Wed Feb 28 23:20:14 2007 Wed Feb 28 19:18:57 2007 Wed Feb 28 19:15:42 2007 Wed Feb 28 19:12:02 2007
Wed Feb 28 17:41:30 2007 Wed Feb 28 17:04:16 2007 Wed Feb 28 16:40:38 2007 Wed Feb 28 14:56:11 2007 Wed Feb 28 13:41:28 2007 Wed Feb 28 13:16:59 2007 Wed Feb 28 13:15:35 2007 Wed Feb 28 13:14:42 2007 Wed Feb 28 12:57:45 2007 Wed Feb 28 12:11:46 2007 Wed Feb 28 11:03:10 2007 Wed Feb 28 10:43:33 2007 Wed Feb 28 10:21:46 2007 Wed Feb 28 10:06:00 2007Unfortunately for the next few weeks we are accepting UK only Beta testers. When we go global I let you know and you can have a go on the system :). Currently we are running Counter Strike Source and HL2 Death Match.
Kev
Wed Feb 28 10:04:38 2007
OK well there's a slight glimmer of hope - it seems Virgin Media actually have a special dedicated team for the development I live in, I've just had a call from them, and they actually seem like they know what they're doing... So I still have to wait a few days, but with any luck I'll be connected by the end of the week.
John
Wed Feb 28 10:02:36 2007
Right, well, I'd better go and await the onslaught! (From my Bosses!) :))
Nigel
Wed Feb 28 09:49:54 2007
Nigel: I am still having troubles with my line. It's not a problem due to Tiscali but it is Telecom Italia's lines that are totally crap... :( Apart from that so far their service has been quite good...
Lox
Wed Feb 28 09:45:05 2007
Lox: Well Tiscali have been ok the last two years here for me... Except that time the service disappeared for a week and the "Foreign Call-Centre" operative wanted my UserNames and Passwords before he would help me. Put a big dent in my trust, that did. Of course I reported said person. Otherwise (and I max out locally at 2MB) all is usually OK and relatively affordable...
Nigel
Wed Feb 28 09:43:23 2007
Nigel: There are two of us Nigel, I am planning a major revolt too.... Optic Fiber TV/Broadband is found in Italy too but it's hideously expensive!
Lox
Wed Feb 28 09:29:35 2007
Oh they're giving me the good old "I can't get you up on the system". I'm glad they've issued me with this nine digit account number which appears to have absolutely no use whatsoever!
John
Wed Feb 28 09:28:41 2007
MM: That's certainly true of NTL - No cable TV hereabouts!
Incidentally, I've just walked out of a large whole-office meeting... So I'm on my own here. Probably in trouble too... But "Pah!" :) Today I am being rebellious!
Nigel
Wed Feb 28 09:22:58 2007
Wow the Virgin Media hold music really does destroy your will to live.
John
Wed Feb 28 09:22:12 2007
NTL was one of the big cable TV companies in the UK (maybe the only one in the end - I think they merged with Telewest or something didn't they?) which also offered people phone lines and Broadband internet connections via cable. Hmmm I think technically it isn't exactly the same technology as ADSL because it goes via some other cables rather than over a phone line, but anyway, as Virgin have now bought out NTL, Virgin are basically in the cable TV / phone / Broadband business now... and seemingly not doing a very good job of it so far.
John
Wed Feb 28 09:04:58 2007
Is Virgin selling ADSL connectivity then? What is this NTL stuff? Cannot be worse than Telecom Italia anyways... :(
Lox
Wed Feb 28 08:58:54 2007
Nigel: they've probably not gone as far west as Oswestry ;)
Mad Mumsie
Wed Feb 28 08:58:53 2007
Morning all!
Hmm, I tried to sign up to Virgin once... No, more than once... they never followed through. No contact. Nothing. My customer enquiries just fell in to some void...
Nigel
Wed Feb 28 08:56:54 2007
NTL have now been incorporated into "Virgin Media" - I had thought being bought out by Virgin would mean a sharp improvement in customer service etc, but it seems this one is going the way of the trains, rather than the planes.
John
Wed Feb 28 08:34:53 2007
Kev- lack of broadbeans is due to lack of computers. On day I'll buy a new machine, and broadbeans will follow. Mrs. Jimmy is actually quite a broadbean advocate, but we just can't be bothered right now ...
Jimmy
Wed Feb 28 08:29:23 2007
Kev: As I am a definite lover of such games, which so far I played together with other people only at LAN parties, I was wondering if you could give me more info about this site that you are talking about...
Lox
Wed Feb 28 08:13:15 2007
Ah, I see... So it *is* a bit like Second Life, but you get to kill things too! Never played HL, but I guess it's like a souped-up Quake Deathmatch? I always lasted about ... oh ... 10 seconds.. :(
Nigel
Tue Feb 27 20:51:10 2007
Hey Nigel, no the skill comes from the players. We just create the environment and infrastructure to play the tournaments and manage the money, along with lots of other cool stuff that I can't type in a public forum right now :)
Kev
Tue Feb 27 20:14:23 2007
Evening guys! :)
Was it BT, John? I *tried* to connect to them once... The Indian call-centre mistook my request for a BB connection and assumed I had a problem with my line. To this end I had phone calls from irrate engineers asking me what I though was wrong with my perfectly tested and working line? I was a bit non-plussed and said, no, I was just trying to order more of their services as a customer... wanting to pay and give them money... This is why I am with Tiscali.
Kev... Looks cool! Sadly I have no game-playing abilities! Do you actually *play* against your beta-customers or deisgn AI to do that?
Nigel
Tue Feb 27 19:38:33 2007
did you get suspicious when you overheard someone in the background shout matchpoint!
kev
Tue Feb 27 18:57:18 2007
Well it seems my new broadband connection didn't happen today after all. I got a confusing letter about it yesterday saying they were coming to install it at a minute past midnight on Monday morning (having previously been told they'd just send the equipment for me to set up myself today). I tried to call them today and they played call centre ping pong with me so eventually I had to give up. I should have heeded my doubts about having any dealings with the company formerly known as NTL!
John
Tue Feb 27 18:40:37 2007
nah, living this particular dream costs a shit load of money!!!
Kev
Tue Feb 27 16:57:12 2007
Ah Kev - I thought for a moment you were living the dream.
dsp
Tue Feb 27 16:46:55 2007
Yeah thats the boring bit of our company that subidises my fun bit of the company :)
Kev
Tue Feb 27 16:42:18 2007
Oh, further down in that wikipedia article it says Google AdSense isn't affiliate marketing. Ok then.
John
Tue Feb 27 16:37:49 2007
Oh I see, wikipedia just learned me - it is kind of like some of the things Google does, sort of.
John
Tue Feb 27 16:35:53 2007
What actually is affiliate marketing?
John
Tue Feb 27 16:34:22 2007
Lol dsp, no thats not 'my' website, tournament.com is a company and I am one of about 8 devs/graphics guys working on this project ( we also do lots of affiliate marketing stuff ). ...and thats just the beta site, the real one is much nicer!!
Kev
Tue Feb 27 16:09:02 2007
Kev - that is a very slick looking web site, well done!! Is this a side-line or a full-time venture?
dsp
Tue Feb 27 15:57:23 2007
Do they not do broadbeans in your area, or has Mrs Jimmy forbade it ?
Kev
Tue Feb 27 13:28:54 2007
aaaaAAAAaahhhhh! Well, I'd join-in & play, if only I had Broadbean ...
Jimmy
Tue Feb 27 13:06:48 2007
No, not at the moment, its more about bring players together to play skill games on line to win cash. Sort of an expanded Lan Party type events. We have servers in the UK London, and are expanding in the next few weeks to start the Beta in the US.
Kev
Tue Feb 27 12:42:17 2007
Hmmm ... kinky! I thought you were developing your own game, though .... ???
Jimmy
Tue Feb 27 12:33:47 2007
Opps I messed up that link lol linky link
Kev
Tue Feb 27 12:05:49 2007
hey Jimmy: well, I don't want to blocked as a spammer, but www.tournament.com has been in beta for about 3 weeks now. Its going very well, lots of late nights ( we open from 6pm till 10pm Mon-Wed-Fri). So basically I just play games like CounterStrike, HL2 Deathmatch all the time :) ... which is nice.
Kev
Tue Feb 27 12:04:24 2007
Kev- how's your online muitlplayer business going? Has it launched yet? Does it have a name? Is it still TOO SECRET to mention?
Jimmy
Tue Feb 27 11:43:28 2007
Lox: I suggest you go to the Winery, get totally and utterly smashed, and then let the afternoon play out from there... Que Sera sera.
Kev
Tue Feb 27 11:30:54 2007
Hmmm Lox, well on the face of it a visit to a winery then a meal out doesn't sound too ardurous! ...but I guess when things like that are done for business reasons they can be a bit of a chore. I think you need more "me" time Lorenzo - say, do you have hot springs you can bathe in anywhere in Italy? Failing that a couple of glasses of wine in the bath may be a good substitute.
John
Tue Feb 27 11:16:28 2007
Seem to be getting a lot of spam on here lately - they seem to be getting wise to the fact that we don't accept any URLs, and are trying to subtily suggest things they think we'll be dumb enough to go and type in Google. How annoying.
John
Tue Feb 27 11:07:17 2007
Up and running in a crappy cloudy day. Will have to go to a winery in the morning then to the company to get some business done, then dinner out... I am quite tired and totally not looking forward to this occasion. I hope that your tuesday will be better than mine at least!
Lox
Tue Feb 27 06:47:22 2007
John: Then I might as well shoot myself.. Went to play football to discharge a bit of bad feelings, actually played quite well and scored a couple of very good goals. I am impressed that at my age I run more than 22 y.o. that I usually play with. I can't take my mind of the money related problems that I have anyways. Theoretically tomorrow we have to go to this fabric maker to make a huge presentation and try to sell as much as possible. I really do not feel like doing it, it feels as if it is completely pointless. Today my boss sort of said that my "project" (i.e. employing me) is very big and they really put a lot of effort in it and a lot of people are responsible for it and basically said that if I quit him and other guys will loose their job... I wanted to tell him: ".... and?...", but I went for the political route...
Lox
Mon Feb 26 23:14:05 2007
Sorry to hear it Lox... I suggest you either start planning your escape strategy, or else find something in your spare time to take your mind off it. I recommend drinking, good quality cheese, spending time with friends, and if none of the above are available you can always attempt to simulate any or all of them via Second Life.
John
Mon Feb 26 20:44:21 2007
Talking about tyre adverts... I used to like the pseudo-thriller one from Pirelli - "Gripping Stuff". A guy leaves this woman's house early in the morning to drive down the steep curving road into town, when it seems his brake-lines have been cruelly severed... He careens round all the bends and eventually skids to a halt at the bottom. Safe. Then the slogan and close-up on the types... "Gripping Stuff" !
Lox: Poo! :(
Nigel
Mon Feb 26 20:27:13 2007
Hello chaps, I'm posting from the pub round the corner from my flat which has free wireless internet (no Kev, not like you used to get "free" internet at the Copper Inn).
John
Mon Feb 26 19:09:53 2007
Crap day, argued heavily with my boss about my contract... It seems that they don't still understand what I am saying. Things are starting to get sour, but on the other side I am still pressed to continue my job for them waiting for a fantomatic day when things will be discussed with the people in charge (who then will change the whole story again and I bet I will not have a contract signed until next September)... In the meantime I feel as I am loosing a lot of money, and trust me the feeling is quite shit... :(
Lox
Mon Feb 26 18:29:38 2007
Kev- yeah, but it was a great ad. It made me want to rush out and buy tyres!
Jimmy
Mon Feb 26 16:42:46 2007
Nor does ''Mmmm Danone''
Squirly
Mon Feb 26 16:13:49 2007
That slogan, of course, make no sense whatsoever.
Kev
Mon Feb 26 15:46:18 2007
My favourite was "Dunlop - tested for the unexpected"
Jimmy
Mon Feb 26 15:13:16 2007
John - yup! I remember. Along the same vein as "Daddy - chips. Daddy - chips. Daddy - chips." I think it was McCain.
dsp
Mon Feb 26 14:26:18 2007
...it's better than bad, it's good!
John
Mon Feb 26 14:14:59 2007
Does anyone remember the "It's log, log, it's heavy, it's brown, it's wood." song?
John
Mon Feb 26 14:14:46 2007
That's better, equityloan but I get the feeling that someone is impersonating you - badly.
Rob Lang
Mon Feb 26 13:19:04 2007
I always wanted to be ... a penis enlargement pill!
equitylooan
Mon Feb 26 13:15:23 2007
equitylooan was always rubbish at quoting. Give us some python, equitylooan!
Rob Lang
Mon Feb 26 12:00:16 2007
No that's not quite right equitylooan - "we hope it's chips".
John
Mon Feb 26 11:32:30 2007
MESSAGE
equitylooan
Mon Feb 26 11:12:59 2007
I bet Tim remembers it.
John
Mon Feb 26 10:55:58 2007
(oh and it's to the tune of "che sera, sera, whatever will be, will be", however I feel the chip based lyrics are far more touching).
John
Mon Feb 26 10:55:23 2007
I believe it was an advert for Bird's Eye, McCain's or something like that. It was quite possibly getting on for twenty years ago.
John
Mon Feb 26 10:54:36 2007
I don't remember it that way Rob - I remember a bunch of workmen sitting in a minibus or similar, singing the aforementioned ditty.
John
Mon Feb 26 10:53:50 2007
I'm remembering a goalie standing in the goal mouth singing about chips and then the whole stadium singing along. Am I right? Do I get a gold star or the mystery prize?
Rob Lang
Mon Feb 26 10:26:27 2007
Don't you guys remember the song? I somehow got it stuck in my head on my way into work earlier and it brightened up the otherwise unbearable drudgery of Monday mornings.
John
Mon Feb 26 10:11:35 2007
Are those vegetarian chips?
Rob Lang
Mon Feb 26 10:04:34 2007
Chips, eh? Interesting choice of breakfast ...
Jimmy
Mon Feb 26 09:59:15 2007
John Hawkins slides further down the road to the eternal madness.
Rob Lang
Mon Feb 26 09:58:49 2007
Will it be mushrooms?
Fried onion rings?
You'll have to wait and see!
Hope it's chips, it's chips,
We hooooope it's chips, it's chips,
We ho-ope it's chips, it's chips...
Good morning everybody!
John
Mon Feb 26 09:52:34 2007
Pardon?
Mad Mumsie
Mon Feb 26 09:51:15 2007
Hi everyone! Looking forward to another fun, fun week????
Jimmy
Mon Feb 26 09:10:51 2007
Looks like spammers are getting better and better, these messages below are just asking for me to nuke them but I'll let them live! Good morning everyone by the way!
Lox
Mon Feb 26 07:25:46 2007
No, no, Nigel !!! Have no fear, you didn't uspet me at all. I had to catch up with my studies. Seriously! I'll talk to you tonight.
Sheri
Sun Feb 25 17:43:15 2007
OK then... I will go and languish in the bath! Pah! ;)
Nigel
Sun Feb 25 15:54:12 2007
... Oh... And I am also drunk! :)
Nigel
Sun Feb 25 15:40:40 2007
Well keeping the kids happy on a wet, gloomy Sunday is proving difficult!! :) Still, I've partaken of the world-famous "Gin and Tonic" and feel a lot better! :)))
Sheri! Where are you these days! As a fellow father I would have liked to talk about "nowty" children, and alternative methods of dealing with such! Have I offended you? You never write; you never call! Did I upset Chrtistelle? I am bereft! ( ;) )
Nigel
Sun Feb 25 15:40:15 2007
I am back!! .... almost ... until thursday I will be with clietnts all over the place, and must go back to Milan again for a day... I met a colleague on the flight to Florence he wanted to wait 4 hours in the airport for the clients to arrive from Paris. I couldn't bear to leave him there so now he's in the house with me!
Lox
Sun Feb 25 09:21:47 2007
Morning Maisoneers!! :)
Lovely wet and gloomy day here!! Not much to report. Been trying to buy a new PDA but it seems they are so "yesterday" ...
Nigel
Sun Feb 25 08:51:41 2007
Lox should know, surely...
Sheri
Sat Feb 24 17:53:12 2007
Ha! Bit over the top, that! (Not that I'm sure know what they mean by "home file" though...) My considered judgement is ... "It sounds like a load of fluff" ;)
Nigel
Fri Feb 23 23:42:34 2007
No Nigel, Monday, Wednesday and Friday are beta test nights. Opening hours 6-10pm.
Also did you see this story in the Inq
neat anti-piracy device - Not
Kev
Fri Feb 23 23:12:32 2007
Also Tom: The widget works fine for me! Neat!
Nigel
Fri Feb 23 21:22:39 2007
Tom: That's a generous offer! Aren't Apple a bit cheeky though? We have the hardware but have to buy a utility to unlock it's full potential! They should just include it in a saoftware update... Unless it's copyright some third-party company I guess.
Nigel
Fri Feb 23 21:19:27 2007
Why so, Kev? You in detention?
Nigel
Fri Feb 23 19:18:59 2007
Hey all, Still at work, 3 hours to go ;)
Kev
Fri Feb 23 19:09:43 2007
Evening Maisoneers! :)
The end of the working-week for me! Phew!
Nigel
Fri Feb 23 18:15:04 2007
Hello, guys!
What a nice forum...
brokendreamsnah
Fri Feb 23 17:15:43 2007
Have a great weekend everyone.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 16:48:07 2007
LOL.
tom
Fri Feb 23 15:58:46 2007
Gosh Tom that's very accurate non counting.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 15:44:36 2007
Not that I'm counting, but: 49 days, 2 hours and 8 minutes to go.
tom
Fri Feb 23 15:21:25 2007
For those of you with NEW macs, you might like to check out this. Of course, I've got the .dmg for it if you wanted to save £1.25. store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E099&nplm=D4141
tom
Fri Feb 23 14:21:45 2007
Dashboard widget for my blog. You'd have to be a hardcore reader of course. (LOL!!) www.daemonchild.net/kernel/files/kernel77s_blog.zip Still, Mac people, try it anyway. I think it too, ooh, 1 minute to create!?
tom
Fri Feb 23 12:33:00 2007
That's the one Tom. On long term loan from my brother.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 11:42:53 2007
The Bourne Supremacy... The Bourne Ultimatum is due out in August.
tom
Fri Feb 23 11:27:51 2007
Happy Birthday to Clare.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 10:39:00 2007
Agreed Tom. Really must get around to watching the second one, whose title I can't remember at the moment.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 10:38:27 2007
Watched the Bourne Identity (again) last night. It's such a great film!
tom
Fri Feb 23 10:15:41 2007
Cool! Have fun.
tom
Fri Feb 23 09:43:13 2007
Woo hoo! Day off work! Today is the opening ceremony of Clare's birthday festival.
dsp
Fri Feb 23 09:35:09 2007
Yet another noisy day on the Maison! :)
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 23 09:24:35 2007
MESSAGE
jessyhalm
Fri Feb 23 04:51:11 2007
I recommended the Virgin Broadband to my mum. You have a month-by-month contract. So if she moves house (again), she can even cancel and reapply if they get funny.
tom
Thu Feb 22 19:44:06 2007
Good evening fellow Maisoneers!! :)
Bloomin' busy day at work. Kids are sick (the delights of Projectile-Vomit)
Hmmm. Broadband. It's worth making sure you'll be happy with your chosen provider because once you are "linked" it's failry difficult to move ISPs. Don't care about what they tell you (Migration numbers etc) :(
Nigel
Thu Feb 22 19:30:17 2007
MESSAGE
mortgrefinan
Thu Feb 22 16:32:03 2007
Hmm. Yeah.
tom
Thu Feb 22 16:14:34 2007
Tom; problem is we already have a TM :)
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 16:04:56 2007
Tom: The more the merrier.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 16:04:18 2007
John: Where ARE you right now? I don't mean right now. I mean generally. Are you in the UK again?
Travis
Thu Feb 22 15:55:22 2007
Should I get my mum involved too?
tom
Thu Feb 22 15:41:35 2007
Sorry, should have read JM no TM
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 14:44:47 2007
TM: Why are they never around when you need them aye. Always under your feet at other times but you only have to sound as if you have a problem and "poof" they disappear in a puff of smoke. (And I picked my words very carefully, knowing that they will be misconstrued!) :)
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 14:43:15 2007
I have been trying to migrate to BT Broadband since 8:10 this morning and am having a parallel experience. I wonder if BT think that all their customers' surnames are Hawkins?
John's Mum
Thu Feb 22 14:14:12 2007
Nick your neighbours via a dodgy WEP wireless config?
tom
Thu Feb 22 12:51:43 2007
Oh and apparently we'll have to wait 7-10 days just for the phone line, then probably a while longer on top of that to get the broadband set up.... It seems like years since I had a decent internet connection at home!
John
Thu Feb 22 12:34:07 2007
Well BT seem to be in a complete mess. I have phoned them a total of three times today, each time I have to go through all the automated stuff at the start to let them know what I'm calling about, and then I get dropped off in a completely random department and have to explain that all over again. Then the first person said my postcode wasn't valid (I went back and checked it on the Royal Mail website and it was fine), the second person just cut me off half way into the second sentence, and then the third person randomly said they wanted to carry out a credit check...? I mean, are they all drunk or something?
John
Thu Feb 22 12:33:03 2007
Such a lot of noise
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 11:26:01 2007
A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only cling-film for shorts.
The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."
Squirly
Thu Feb 22 11:20:57 2007
That's ok. ;-)
tom
Thu Feb 22 10:23:53 2007
Ooooops, sorry
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 10:22:44 2007
sshhhhh!
Jimmy
Thu Feb 22 10:19:38 2007
Is there anybody there......................
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 22 10:18:23 2007
"Rolling down the dust-pipe now; I've got a ten-dollar bill in my jeans..."
Nigel
Wed Feb 21 20:50:22 2007
Anyway, the reason for coming to post is that I've disovered Yahoo! pipes. http pipes.yahoo.com. You can use them to filter, sort and generally mash about with web content. I've created a simple one which takes my blog and removes the comments, keeping the original text.
tom
Wed Feb 21 13:47:33 2007
Jimmy: There were fits of laughter when Nick is describing how his uncle was such a great guy - and then not. And Danny just goes: "C**t". Fantastic film.
tom
Wed Feb 21 13:45:57 2007
Unless it's a corrugated iron roof in the rain. Then, its better not to.
tom
Wed Feb 21 13:45:01 2007
Well it's always better to have a roof over your head than not.
Jimmy
Wed Feb 21 13:31:00 2007
We signed the contract, picked up the keys and "moved in" (sounds weird to say that as we only had a couple of bags with us) this morning. So I'm no longer homeless any more! I am now suffering a huge wave of buyer's (well, renter's) remorse, it was hideously expensive and I'm very concerned about all the things that will no doubt turn out to be wrong with it (antisocial neighbours, noisy kids, rats, plumbing problems, crime, etc etc etc).
John
Wed Feb 21 13:20:47 2007
Tom- you are dead right. Everyone should have to watch Hot Fuzz. My fave line: If you want to be be big cop in a small town, fuck off up the model village.
Jimmy
Wed Feb 21 13:17:21 2007
Lox: yep! 40 km south of Lyon. And you're welcome, of course!
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 12:24:47 2007
Hot Fuzz. Go see it. It's a cinema film, unless your sound system at home is up to it!
tom
Wed Feb 21 10:46:11 2007
Sheri: You live close to Lyon is that correct?
Lox
Wed Feb 21 10:18:35 2007
Sheri: Car is not an option I am afraid, It would take me 14 hours and it will be much more expensive than the plane... Maybe I could come to see you sometime before my next trip to Japan (mid may), for a long weekend or something like that...
Lox
Wed Feb 21 10:16:46 2007
Lox. Too bad. There is only one route by car and Vienne is on it. Would have been nice to receive you here.
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 10:12:04 2007
Glad to hear it. ;-)
Standards Committee
Wed Feb 21 10:03:33 2007
Sheri: That'll be Plane for me...
Lox
Wed Feb 21 09:57:26 2007
SC: Thanks for correcting me, I was actually trying to say that the BUNCH of Japanese people that I am hanging around with in PARIS during this very limited time window is actually ulgy ('part from one girl who's a hottie, but she's promised to the President's son, which means that I will get into trouble for sure!)
Lox
Wed Feb 21 09:57:09 2007
Lox, going to Paris by plane or car?
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 09:57:03 2007
* Lox in no way meant to imply by that statement that all Japanese are ugly.
Standards Committee
Wed Feb 21 09:46:46 2007
Sheri: How are you? I am about to leave for Paris... You know what I think of that place, I'd like to go there with my girlfriend (if I'll ever have another one), not with some ugly bunch of Japanese people! :(
Lox
Wed Feb 21 09:38:24 2007
Man : "Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home."
Doctor : "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome."
Man : "Is it common?"
Doctor : "It's not unusual."
Squirly
Wed Feb 21 09:30:00 2007
Man : "Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home."
Doctor : "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome."
Man : "Is it common?"
Doctor : "It's not unusual."
Squirly
Wed Feb 21 09:28:30 2007
And I know you didn't accuse me, but I nevertheless want to claim my innocence.
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 09:27:30 2007
I'm not THAT pathetic !
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 09:24:04 2007
John. For your information, I'm not the so called *Mysterious Boy*...! (in case you wonder)
Sheri
Wed Feb 21 09:22:51 2007
Dsp: TOP STUFF, I remember being in Loughborough to see Claire that weekend (like any other weekend really), I missed on a great piece of action at la Maison! :)
Lox
Wed Feb 21 08:03:03 2007
Hi guys! Just posted some glorious MP3s from the Radstock days I discovered whilst clearing out the loft! here. They include the sabotage sounds effects on Rob's computer. Some of these are crying out to be turned into ringtones. Some of the nerdier conversations make me realise what a Maison-De-Stuff podcast might sound like.
dsp
Tue Feb 20 23:49:47 2007
Lox: The Heroic Pattern generally, but Orpheus fits that pattern well. Luke's journey on Dagobah is his brush with the Underworld, where he learns about the dangers of his current mindset and the path he is traveling. Great stuff.
Travis
Tue Feb 20 23:37:06 2007
Very nice site!
John
Tue Feb 20 22:05:00 2007
Evening all! :)
Nice to see a large dose of madness on the board today!!
In response to all those improbable numbers, I have to say - as per Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner "I am NOT a number!"
Travis: Florida is too prone to storms!!!!
Nigel
Tue Feb 20 18:39:15 2007
I don't get that joke....
Lox
Tue Feb 20 18:07:02 2007
10/10 - why didn't I hear that joke 15 years ago?
John
Tue Feb 20 17:56:03 2007
Where does Kylie buy her kebabs from?
Jason's Doner van
Squirly
Tue Feb 20 17:05:43 2007
MM: (:D, blushing heavily, now about to perform the world famous "cat climbing the mirror" trick) ...... Obviously that they should be informed promptly of other (two) female presences in the guise of assistants in the workplace, so that they can rest assured that there is pure academical relationship and nothing else, they are ugly anyways, compared to the astonishing beauty of the missus.... :) That is what I meant before, sorry for mai inglishh ai lernt it fromma book.... :D
Lox
Tue Feb 20 17:03:54 2007
Lox: (Hands on hips) and your point about women is ...............
Mad Mumsie
Tue Feb 20 16:58:10 2007
Nah. Just a good excuse to watch a bit of StarWars rather than teaching I recon....
D7F7
Tue Feb 20 16:44:29 2007
Travis: Luke in Dagobah, now that's cool!! What syllogism was made with ancient greek mythology? Maybe the descent or Orpheus into Ade? Not quite actually, maybe some Shakespearean reminiscence ?
Lox
Tue Feb 20 16:38:43 2007
Travis: Well yes, wife might not be quite happy about the two assistants, I think that maybe you should hide it from her, you know... women....As for the prestige and all it might be actually a sensible career move, Next stop MIT, or even better... Boston? :D
Lox
Tue Feb 20 16:36:38 2007
Mysterious Boy: How do you know?!?! These are meant to be classified informati... DOH! I have just confirmed them... :( Now I must kill whomever reads this message...
007
Tue Feb 20 16:35:05 2007
I'll wager that's Ellis by any other name!
D7F7
Tue Feb 20 16:32:00 2007
John Hawkins is a gay boy who's marriage is just there to try to hide his liking for bumming.
P.S. Guess who.....
Mysterious Boy
Tue Feb 20 16:13:47 2007
Oh, I showed Luke's descent into the cave on Dagobah in my classical mythology class yesterday. They loved it. They weren't convinced about Paul Atreides's encounter with the Reverend Mother's pain box or Conan on the Tree of Woe, but they warmed to all of my suggestions.
Travis
Tue Feb 20 15:56:52 2007
Lox: Well, my wife will be with me obviously. Nonetheless, two office assistants could have obvious benefits. The fact of the matter is that Florida State is a quickly up and coming school that is already pretty prestigious. Their financial offer is certainly sufficient as well.
Travis
Tue Feb 20 15:55:43 2007
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Total respect to MR. Robert Ian Lang for that!!! I haven't managed to coerce my friends into doing that, they are all a bunch of softies.... Bravo Rob!
Lox
Tue Feb 20 15:05:28 2007
Lox: last Sunday, he (and a group of similarly minded geeks) watched the six films back to back!
Mad Mumsie
Tue Feb 20 14:34:38 2007
Yesterday I went playing football, it was a grand match, I played really well as I had not been in a long time... Of course this meant hard tackles from the oppositions, and today my knee hurts, but it was worth it! It brought me 6 years back in time... :D
Lox
Tue Feb 20 14:14:40 2007
MM: I have beaten an american friend at a Star Wars knowledge fight some years ago. I pride myself of knowing some of the most important quotes in 2 languages, that would be Italian and English... But if I remember correclty he knew his stuff back at Radstock...
Lox
Tue Feb 20 13:55:17 2007
Travis: As far as I know the speeding tickets are terribly expensive in Japan. My ex-agent used to complain a lot about them, and he always tried to bargain his way out of things... Having said that I am not aware of how expensive fines are in the UK.... As for the girls in Florida, I think you should reconsider the offer, unless of course they pay you more, in that case, try to up the ante, and ask for some benefits like a couple of goodlooking assistants (one blonde one dark hair) and sound proof office walls.
Lox
Tue Feb 20 13:53:18 2007
Guys: you want to ask Rob about Star Wars - I can assure you he knows ALL about it.
Mad Mumsie
Tue Feb 20 13:52:02 2007
John/Lox: Curious about Japanese traffic laws. A Japanese friend of mine called me last night to ask some questions about our laws because he was ticketed for going 32 miles per hour in a 20 MPH zone. He said he tried to ask questions about the fine and office hours and the officer was VERY short with him. I'm not surprised by that fact, unfortunately. Any idea about how expensive speeding tickets are in Japan?
Travis
Tue Feb 20 13:45:42 2007
Rob: Yes. I have 10 more applications to hear back on! Lox: I've not been interviewed face-to-face by anyone. It does happen, but normally only at the very top universities. I've been approached through email and phone, but I've been contacted through snail mail as well. Are the girls good-looking in Florida? Yes. But Playboy Magazine ranked Texas Tech (where I am now) the "#1 Hottie School in America" so it's all downhill from here.
Travis
Tue Feb 20 13:43:39 2007
I'll stick with Duncan, thanks. Should we get some more GUID puns out of our respsective systems? I was thinking of "GUID-fellas", "The GUID, the bad and the ugly", "GUID night and GUID luck", "A few GUID men", "As GUID as it gets", "GUID bye Lenin", "Lady be GUID", "GUID Will Hunting", "A GUID Year", and maybe even "The GUID German". Ahhhh! I feel better now!
Jimmy
Tue Feb 20 13:33:35 2007
Can I have one too?
Lox
Tue Feb 20 13:30:56 2007
From now on I want to be called CE1B.
John
Tue Feb 20 13:26:07 2007
Tom - can I call you D7F7 for short? It's like robots in Star Wars.
John
Tue Feb 20 13:25:44 2007
Hey, how come mine came out in lower case and yours upper case?
John
Tue Feb 20 13:24:27 2007
Nice idea D7F711C18BC37CC4B046B7F09A8A3F000BF57727.
ce1b4809b1c38d98aa91310b7af9e6a1
Tue Feb 20 13:23:51 2007
What about using an MD5 or SHA-1 has of your name? I'm D7F711C18BC37CC4B046B7F09A8A3F000BF57727
tom
Tue Feb 20 13:10:39 2007
Out of interest I googled my name and i'm on page 5. The ones before me sound like really smart cookies - glad i'm not an 'undesirable' though.
Lox, i'm going to enjoy shopping for your parcel!
Tim's Mum
Tue Feb 20 12:54:42 2007
I see.... That's the bit that I was missing, because in order to be unique it would have to be controlled by some super-ego authority put in place to dish them out on request.... :P
Lox
Tue Feb 20 12:15:28 2007
Oh and by the way, no there isn't a centralised server or anything, you can generate them on any computer, originally the used your network card's MAC address as part of the algorithm to have a better chance of being unique, but not sure that is still the case now. So basically it's just a big long random number which is not guaranteed to be unique, but is very likely to be within the scope of whatever you're using it for.
John
Tue Feb 20 12:07:44 2007
John: yes, that was a novelty, usually my "monku mail" (complain mails in Japanese) never really got any reply! :)
Lox
Tue Feb 20 12:07:39 2007
Well, I suppose on the bright side at least they actually replied to your mail!
John
Tue Feb 20 12:04:42 2007
Brief update on the email situation... Basically I got a reply that was quite polite and political, but the bottom line is that I must be patient, this is the beginning and blah blah blah ... Basically a nice way to say that I must do what they say, like it or not... In a way they are correct about it, I do have a lot to learn about this new job, on the other side I feel a bit at loss by the whole story... Oh well I guess from tomorrow I will speak to them about it all... Let's see.
Lox
Tue Feb 20 11:58:46 2007
The second will be the correct one, as I had already read the article on Wikipedia... What I do not understand is how can you get one of these GUID.... I mean is there a centralized server that dishes them out? They are meant to be unique right?
Lox
Tue Feb 20 11:56:04 2007
...although maybe you weren't actually interested Lox, and it was just an excuse for a pun.
John
Tue Feb 20 11:51:52 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID
John
Tue Feb 20 11:46:15 2007
Can someone point me to some GUID-lines on how these GUID work? :D
Lox
Tue Feb 20 11:42:59 2007
So was that really a leaving card, or was it more of a GUID-bye card...? Boom boom.
John
Tue Feb 20 11:29:31 2007
Actually, I already have a GUID. Somebody generated it specially for me ... it went in a leaving-card form a previous job. Sadly, I no longer have the card, which leaves me wonder who I am ...
Jimmy
Tue Feb 20 11:09:05 2007
dsp: lol. That's so geeky. Fabulous. I'm #1 in google, of course.
Rob Lang
Tue Feb 20 10:46:37 2007
Travis: sounds like a winner to me - you can't underestimate the importance of having good friends in a place. Plus you'd be close to Disneyland.... err, I think. Maybe that's not a good thing.
John
Tue Feb 20 10:28:15 2007
Sorry Tim, somebody's already registered that.
John
Tue Feb 20 10:27:01 2007
Jimmy: Why not change your name to a GUID? Then you'll have no problems getting your domain name and the top spot in Google. I think 5043a514-c0cb-11db-8314-0800200c9a66 is rather catchy.
dsp
Tue Feb 20 10:19:45 2007
Travis: How do they approach you? Do they ask you a lot of questions during the interview? I mean, like an oral exam? Are them ladies nice in Florida? This should be an important point into the decision making.
Lox
Tue Feb 20 08:31:22 2007
Sadly, I share my name with a legendary football player, so googling my own name is extremely unlikley to yield anything that relates to me :(
Jimmy
Tue Feb 20 08:17:58 2007
Good to hear, T-boy. You waiting on any more offers?
Rob Lang
Tue Feb 20 08:12:30 2007
Morning Maisoneers! :)
Nice one Travis! :)
Nigel
Tue Feb 20 07:20:16 2007
I've received my second offer...this one from Florida State University. It's a solid school, definitely on the way up the rankings (yes, philosophy people worry about ranking programs). It's a nice offer, two of my friends are there, and I'd share an office with my best friend if I go. I now await other offers.
Travis
Tue Feb 20 01:50:31 2007
evening all, just got in from another long day at the office. googled my name, since it appears to be the thing to do, turns out i am a photographer!
kev
Mon Feb 19 22:56:25 2007
Evening all!! :)
Bloomin' busy day! Totally kna&*ered. A Google on my own name now seems to bring up all sorts of old and diverse references. Nothing important though...
Nigel
Mon Feb 19 22:38:45 2007
Slow day at la maison, it seems that things have cool off a bit since John is back from Cali...
Lox
Mon Feb 19 21:39:47 2007
My name being quite strange returns my bit of la maison as first hit and then a copule of posts that I wrote on other pages....
Lox
Mon Feb 19 17:20:21 2007
That's true. However, I did a google for, ahem, "Tom Rowan" and link number for is ALSO on the maison-de-stuff. Link 1 is, of course, my own website! At last google-king! I've knocked that chess playing wossit off the top spot!
tom
Mon Feb 19 13:42:58 2007
Yeah, but you can't really be all surprised when your own web-site comes-up trumps with the sorts of things you like to do, when most of it contains photos of the sorts of things you've personally already done. And photographed. Which you always do.
Jimmy
Mon Feb 19 13:36:57 2007
Another good example of my site being more useful than the rest of the web was when I was trying to find that Lebanese restaurant in Paris just now. One of the results that came back was a set of pictures from a weekend in Paris me and Chie had a few years ago, including a picture of the restaurant in question. From there I could get the actual name of the place (which narrowed it down a bit more than just "that Lebanese restaurant in Paris"), and there was even an almost readable street sign in shot. Fabulous.
John
Mon Feb 19 13:21:10 2007
Lox: well I had no particular plan to go to Paris, I just like being a bit random every now and again. Hmmm well if your schedule is really that unpredictable maybe it's not such a great plan then - but yes a visit to Florence at some point in the near future sounds fantastic.
John
Mon Feb 19 13:16:57 2007
John: Actually yesterday I googled for "veggie gay" and your bit of the site came up! How incredible!
Lox
Mon Feb 19 13:10:11 2007
John: Well, if you are going to be there I think that maybe there is a chance to see each other, although the schedule of the trip somewhat escapes me... I really do not know what are we gong to do on Saturday, all I know is that I am going to be with these people, and some big chesses from the company with whom I signed this wretched contract. How about coming to Florence for a weekend in March? Avoiding the 31st is mandatory (busy), but any other day....
Lox
Mon Feb 19 13:08:25 2007
Jill: yea I get that a lot - I Google for something and end up finding my own site. I think the rest of the web is just tripe basically. Anyway, you're welcome!
John
Mon Feb 19 13:07:41 2007
I've just been teaching about the landscape of dartmoor and chemical weathering, google image searching dartmoor gets John's pictures, so I have been using your photos John. Cheers!
Jill
Mon Feb 19 13:03:36 2007
OK Lox well if meeting up in Paris is not going to be possible the so be it...! I would be happy to make it a late night thing if that helps at all, me and Chie could go and have dinner first or something - there's this very nice Lebanese restaurant we've always wanted to go back to, and I've just found the address...
John
Mon Feb 19 13:01:33 2007
Tom: Mmmmmm might be a bt too much for the little ones I am afraid...
Lox
Mon Feb 19 12:58:27 2007
If I were free to just up and travel, I'd be there too!
tom
Mon Feb 19 12:53:14 2007
Although meeting in Paris would certainly add a special twist to our unique friendship! Anyways if you are interested I am organizing a trip to NEPAL this summer, anyone would like to join me there? Kathmandu and Lhasa, bound to be a great trip!
Lox
Mon Feb 19 11:57:58 2007
John: I wish I could speak to you... You don't know how much I need to speak with someone... Oh well, enough of my woes... Unfortunately I am leaving Sunday morning, Saturday all day busy with the mega-president of the company so there is no chance of getting out of the work arrangement..
Lox
Mon Feb 19 11:56:17 2007
... and maybe we could pop into La Fleche d'Or - I've been once before (I think) - I think it's the sort of place that plays the kind of angst ridden music you'll probably need to hear as a result of a difficult conversation with that guy.
John
Mon Feb 19 11:44:43 2007
Lox: ....and when are you going to be in Paris? If it covers a weekend at all, then maybe I could pop down on the old Eurostar and we could go for a couple of glasses of inferior non-Italian wine somewhere?
John
Mon Feb 19 11:41:00 2007
Lox: yep a face to face conversation is the best thing possible.
John
Mon Feb 19 11:39:45 2007
And since I am negative I do not expect this one to have done me any good at all...
Lox
Mon Feb 19 10:03:46 2007
John: I am going to see him in Paris. He's the "boss" in theory so it's up to him to make the first move (at least following Japanese protocol), my mail has got some pointer on how we should organize the work between ourselves, so it's not entirely an hate mail, let's say that I take distances from some things that they seem not to want to understand... Generally speaking though emails never worked for me too...
Lox
Mon Feb 19 10:03:26 2007
Dr Hawkins, we would remind you that Reading is a lovely town. It does not have any problems with gun crime, drugs, stabbings or bottlings. There is no serious drinking or 'laddish' culture in Reading's town centre. Thank you.
University of Reading Alumni Association
Mon Feb 19 09:56:47 2007
Why don't you want to move back to Reading John, I hear its a lovely town ;)
Kev
Mon Feb 19 09:49:04 2007
No! There shall be absolutely NO moving back to Reading this time!
John
Mon Feb 19 09:43:15 2007
...as would commuting from Florence indeed (which would actually cut down the average journey time a bit as well).
John
Mon Feb 19 09:41:27 2007
That's probably true. You can always move back to Reading...
tom
Mon Feb 19 09:40:01 2007
Mum: the insane thing is that commuting every day from Derby would actually work out cheaper than paying for accomodation in London.
John
Mon Feb 19 09:37:05 2007
Now, now, AMA. Have we been that bad yet?
tom
Mon Feb 19 09:35:46 2007
Morning all. JM, I've got some super pics of Rob too.
Mad Mumsie
Mon Feb 19 09:24:28 2007
Lox: I've never had much luck with emails - I suggest you phone this guy up instead.
John
Mon Feb 19 08:56:01 2007
Message sent... I think that the guy is now in France so maybe he will not read the mail... It's weird, I am self employed and they treat me like an employee... It's a nightmare coming over again!
Lox
Mon Feb 19 08:46:10 2007
Good luck, Lox!
Jimmy
Mon Feb 19 08:41:52 2007
Morning....
Lox
Mon Feb 19 08:36:10 2007
After 2 days of rewriting I am finally sending the mail that might change my future... If it goes well and it's taken in the correct way it might improve life, job and results for me and my contractor. If it's taken the wrong way, it's a one way ticket towards unemployment.... Given that it's a long mail, that it's written in English and the receiver is Japanese, there might be very good chances that it will be simply ignored, misunderstood a or deleted as spam. In any case I'll fancy my chances on this one, the present state of affair is quite unsatisfying to me so something needs to be done... Wish me luck, I need it and lately it has been quite scarce...
Lox
Mon Feb 19 00:14:19 2007
John: You can come and crash at my place there is plenty of room, beds and food. Flights every day to London from the nearby airport.
Lox
Sun Feb 18 13:01:18 2007
JM: MAMA Would have been class!!! It could be "the Mighty Assorted Mothers Association!" How does that sound?
Lox
Sun Feb 18 13:00:42 2007
Lox - I did think very carefully about the acronym before naming the group! I was trying to get "MAMA".
John- you do still have the key to no. 29, so you aren't exactly homeless. Heck of a big commute though!
John's Mum
Sun Feb 18 12:53:43 2007
Putney Bridge is quite comfortable, especially under the second arch, not to many mice...
Lox
Sun Feb 18 11:23:10 2007
Well I'm homeless yet again, the company arranged two weeks in a temporary apartment, which has just expired today, so need to find yet another place to live for the next three nights.
John
Sun Feb 18 11:20:50 2007
Ciao Nigel, how are you today? I wonder if John has a statistic of how many spam messages a certain person has busted in these months...
Lox
Sun Feb 18 08:58:51 2007
Morning Maisoneers!! :)
Nigel
Sun Feb 18 08:49:00 2007
We are turning into a sort of secret society thingy... .:D
Lox
Sat Feb 17 23:54:28 2007
Hi
I'm new here!
What do you think about Madonna?
Bye
Hperchik
Sat Feb 17 22:15:32 2007
LOL!!!! :)
Nigel
Sat Feb 17 21:03:07 2007
What an exciting day on the maison.
John has something to say but its so awful he can't post on the maison board.... maybe it has something to do with his dream about Lox?
Lox has a controversial email to send to his Japanese business colleagues... what does it contain, how will they react?
Will some of the 'Assorted Mothers Association' members create a splitter group called the 'Association of Assorted Mothers'?
Kev
Sat Feb 17 20:54:27 2007
I have spent all day writing a mail to the japanese responsible of my team... I haven't sent it yet... keep re-reading it... trying to imagine what will happen when he reads it...
Lox
Sat Feb 17 18:31:35 2007
Hmmm, dreams are sometimes hard to rationalise... You get the notion, the idea behind the images etc, but it's hard to explain the train of thought going on... Well in my case anyway. This could be down to my own insanity though....
Nigel
Sat Feb 17 16:57:49 2007
The fact that bugs me most is trying to understand what is so terrible that John cannot write.. I mean I'd write almost anything here on the board, but then again I am a dirty Italian....
Lox
Sat Feb 17 14:43:45 2007
Incidentally, the acronym would be AMA (which means "he/she loves" in Italian)...
Lox
Sat Feb 17 14:42:38 2007
If your "social etiquette" ever does get out of hand, the Association will simply upload all your worst bare-bum baby photos!
p.s. we love you really.
Chair of Assorted Mother's Association (aka John's Mum)
Sat Feb 17 11:35:08 2007
Well, I don't *have* to be here ... Alison has come to "Finish some bits off" and I'm just keeping her company.
Jimmy
Sat Feb 17 11:28:44 2007
Morning all!! :)
Jimmy: And of course the annoying thing is having to go in to any kind of work on a Saturday!! You really will have to get connected at home ;)
Nigel
Sat Feb 17 11:05:41 2007
Hi everyone! Look ... I'm using t'internet on a Saturday! Got a connection at home? No such luck ... I'm at Alison's work :(
Jimmy
Sat Feb 17 10:52:38 2007
Considering that I have only 4 days in Florence before the next business trip (Paris) the option of coming to London is no really appealing... I mean, jst an HINT? Porn movie star? Head of a terrorist association? Won the national lottery?
Lox
Sat Feb 17 08:54:19 2007
Lox: I don't reallty intend to mail you about that awful business - it is more the sort of conversation that needs to be had over a few beers.... Why don't you get on a plane to London tomorrow? :)
John
Sat Feb 17 00:03:41 2007
Jimmy: Yes Wilde did say that but I believe it was Napoleon who coined the phrase... Oh well, doesn't matter!
John: SEND ME THE MAIL nothing arrived yet...
Lox
Fri Feb 16 19:08:07 2007
That reminds me of "his majesty is like a streak of bat's piss".
John
Fri Feb 16 17:29:54 2007
Isn't that a bit like Oscar Wilde's "The only thing worse than being talked about behind your back, is not being talked about behind your back" ???
Jimmy
Fri Feb 16 17:06:04 2007
Post it Lox.
tom
Fri Feb 16 16:04:02 2007
Ooops, sorry, should have read "Lox"
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 15:47:23 2007
Sheri: But surely he was talking to his Mistress, not another fella.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 15:46:52 2007
Sheri: Parapharsing Napoleon "make good dreams about me, make bad dreams about me, the important thing is that you dream about me..." :D
Lox
Fri Feb 16 14:42:13 2007
Now stealing the connection off a supplier stand... John send me a mail with the details, PLEASEEEEE, you know I am curious... As for the assorted mothers I thought it was nice to describe the mother presence on the board! :D As for the rest, I am seriously considering to post a mail that I got from my boss, I really dunno what is keeping me at this job.... :(
Lox
Fri Feb 16 14:41:23 2007
Lox. D'you hear that?! John is having dreams about you. I would start worrying, if I were you...
Sheri
Fri Feb 16 12:56:56 2007
That would be fantastic... you'd have to post the video on YouTube.
tom
Fri Feb 16 11:53:02 2007
I've always fancied trashing a guitar. Rob do you have an old one?
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 11:49:55 2007
TM: I'm sure you'll do a splendid job.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 11:49:15 2007
I'm on spoons!
TM
Fri Feb 16 11:42:32 2007
Agh Nigel - my stomach is rumbling even more now!
John
Fri Feb 16 11:40:03 2007
TM: OK, then, who's going to be on the drums.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 11:32:32 2007
... just dunking a custard-cream in coffee... Hmmm... Rather good! :)
Nigel
Fri Feb 16 11:28:01 2007
The Assorted Mothers? - sounds like a rock band! I like it!
TM
Fri Feb 16 11:19:32 2007
Thats sounded rather like your best Darth Vader impersonation, but I can't quite tell.
Kev
Fri Feb 16 11:19:15 2007
The council tax at this place is insignificant when compared with the rent.
John
Fri Feb 16 11:13:28 2007
Or even a severe bout of Dawlish.
John
Fri Feb 16 11:08:20 2007
Jimmy: I am experiencing a sever bout of Dawlish, and it is not even lunchtime yet. What should I do?
John
Fri Feb 16 11:07:56 2007
It must be nice not having to pay gyjin tax this time, just extortionate Council Tax instead :)
Kev
Fri Feb 16 10:45:37 2007
Oh and in another news, apparently our reference checks have turned out OK, so that should mean we've got a flat to move into next week... which is nice.
John
Fri Feb 16 10:41:00 2007
They're very open minded, these assorted mothers.
tom
Fri Feb 16 10:34:20 2007
Sorry MM - I didn't intend to refer to you as "assorted" (can that ever be applied to a single entity anyway...?) it was merely my clumsy way of identifying that several of our mothers read this page, so a certain amount of social etiquette is required. :)
John
Fri Feb 16 10:28:37 2007
Also, do I like being referred to as an "Assorted Mother"! :)
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 10:04:37 2007
John: If you are having dreams of that nature I suggest you have a word with your subconsious.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Feb 16 10:03:06 2007
Jimmy: I thoroughly intend to go and see it - although I have to admit I am a tiny bit put off by all the hype. Especially here in London it's in all the newspapers, splashed over the side of buses, on telly all the time, etc etc.
John
Fri Feb 16 09:26:22 2007
Lox, not sure it will cheer you up at all, but I had a strange dream last night in which you had become famous for, errr, dubious reasons (I cannot go into details here given the presence of our assorted mothers). Anyway, you certainly had a smile on your face.
John
Fri Feb 16 09:24:32 2007
Go and see "Hot Fuzz"! Despite the trailers that make it look really lame, it's actually hilarious.
Jimmy
Fri Feb 16 08:17:53 2007
Morning all! :)
Hi Lox! Sounds like you need a break, mate. When are you due home?
Nigel
Fri Feb 16 07:45:48 2007
I barely have the strength to type, and it's morning.... I really cannot take it anymore.
Lox
Fri Feb 16 07:21:00 2007
Good evening chaps/chapesses! :)
Been to the in-laws today... So that was fine. Then, on the way back discovered my barber has started opening late on Thursday! Splendid! No queue (which of course means late-opening won't last!) so I had a quick in-and-out (Oooeer Missus!). Sharp and smart and all that now!
I've been to Birmingham since the "renovations". Latest thing to have been pulled down since must be the Bull-Ring. My trips seem to revolve around - train to New Street. Straight in to Waterstone's and or Os-nackers (or whatever) then across to see the Floozi-in-the-jacuzzi, then home! No idea what the rest's like... Sad, I know...
Nigel
Thu Feb 15 19:10:29 2007
Ironically, John's Big Brother IP antics are as annoying as a little brother.
Rob Lang
Thu Feb 15 15:54:27 2007
Alon: the logs told me you'd say that.
John
Thu Feb 15 14:55:49 2007
John, you're no fun anymore!
Alon
Thu Feb 15 14:23:18 2007
...and incidentally, looking at the logs it seems recently we've been getting loads of would-be spammers who are being caught by the filters in the add message script - in the region of 50 of the blighters today alone!
John
Thu Feb 15 14:01:16 2007
Alon: I don't specifically want to cast doubt on your existence as a real and unique person, but iI couldn't help but notice that you post from the same IP as Jimmy.
John
Thu Feb 15 13:58:21 2007
My name is Alon and so's my wife's.
Alon
Thu Feb 15 13:57:59 2007
OK, if you're so real then how come nobody's ever heard of the "Birmingham City Council Traders' Association"? Hmmmm?
Jimmy
Thu Feb 15 13:53:52 2007
I can assure you that Alon is a real name. It has been mine since birth. Is everybody on this board so abusive?
Alon Stokes
Thu Feb 15 13:45:49 2007
Alon Stokes? That's not even a real name! You're made-up, you big girl's blouse!
Jimmy
Thu Feb 15 13:18:29 2007
On behalf of the Birmingham City Council Traders' Association, I really have to say I think you do our city a disservice. There are many attractive features to the city, and it makes a perfect holiday destination. I think you'll find that the poeple of Birmingham would be insulted to hear what you have to say. Perhaps you would consider a making visit?
Alon Stokes
Thu Feb 15 12:52:44 2007
I'd rather visit my own toilet for holiday than bloody go to bloody Birmingham.
Rob Lang
Thu Feb 15 12:45:49 2007
Somebody got the word "visited" confused with "avoided" there. A common mistake.
John
Thu Feb 15 11:35:51 2007
Birmingham? Holiday? I very much think not!
Jimmy
Thu Feb 15 11:23:21 2007
Birmingham was on the news - ok, the Local Warwickshire news - as the most visited holiday destination in the UK. Really?
tom
Thu Feb 15 11:16:58 2007
Yea I went to Birmingham with Chie a while back, after the new Bullring had been built etc, because everyone was telling me "it's soooooo different now". I'm pleased to report they were all wrong, and my prejudices about the city were wholly justified - it is still a dreary and depressing place.
John
Thu Feb 15 09:50:18 2007
I once took a wrong turn and ended up in Brimingham. Never again!
Jimmy
Thu Feb 15 09:30:33 2007
Strange you should mention Birmingham Lox. Watched our "Holiday" programme last night and the featured city was Birmingham. Apparently it is considered by many to now be THE place to go. The old image has gone and there has been much refurbishment. In fact it looked quite delightful, with lots of small shops, as well as the big stores.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Feb 15 08:54:26 2007
MESSAGE
oneducbeep
Thu Feb 15 08:16:01 2007
It sounds like the notice period is "dragging" Tom?
Lox: Sell your skills to someone else... That'll teach your present "employers"!! :)
Nigel
Thu Feb 15 08:07:19 2007
Morning all!! :)
Yyyyaaawwwnnnnnnn!!! Tea! I need TEA!!! ;)
Nigel
Thu Feb 15 08:03:53 2007
Only 1 month 29 days to go.
tom
Thu Feb 15 07:49:55 2007
have you got a boat?
Sheri
Thu Feb 15 07:44:04 2007
Like in the 'ultimo bacio'...
Sheri
Thu Feb 15 07:43:32 2007
So you're not happy with your job. Ne