Well "Safe journey", Kev! Last time I was over that way must be 6 years ago - we holidayed in a leaky boat on the Broads!
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Fri Sep 30 21:29:09 2005

 Nigel, option3 "staring at some cardboard boxes filled with your last belongings" - just eager to get going now, need to wait till tommorrow till I can check out of the house though.
kev
- Fri Sep 30 20:48:32 2005

 Kev: Well done! Are you on your way to GY today, in the pub celebrating your "release" or staring at some cardboard boxes filled with your last belongings??? :) -- Lox: Yes the Sony is looking good at the moment. I had another look on the way home this evening. Will d some more research tonight then choose!!
Nigel
Oswestry, bathed and tying to relax... - Fri Sep 30 20:21:57 2005

 Had an interesting job interview today, I have written something on my blog not to clog the messageboard with too much stuff...
Lox
- Fri Sep 30 18:43:23 2005

 Sheri: Will do!
Nigel: CONGRATS!! Now I officially envy you! As for the phone my K700i is terribly good at battery consuption I can keep it on standby for 5 days and no need recharge. But you have tio update the bios to get to that point, as the standard one is just pants...
Lox
- Fri Sep 30 18:36:18 2005

 Hello everyone. I'm still feeling peacky. Not in the mood to bother you today. - Lox. Don't worry, send me your stuff. It will be a good opportunity to practice my Italian.
Sheri
- Fri Sep 30 18:25:35 2005

 my last day at work just ended. I am now unemployed and it feels GREAT!!!!! I am now looking forward to some well deserved ( at least in my opion anyways) rest and relaxation in sunny Great Yarmouth Hurrah!
kev
- Fri Sep 30 17:53:47 2005

 Almost 5pm - day has gone very quickly. Have a good weekend everyone.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 30 16:55:18 2005

 dsp: I don't think I expected much more to be honest - my PDA takes awful pics so I guessed phones did too. Tom: Good point! Two screens twice as bad, probably...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 16:46:42 2005

 <dsp>Like this one.</dsp>

dspBot
- Fri Sep 30 16:27:51 2005

 I have a Sony Ericsson T60 which is great apart from the camera takes rubbish quality picture (not enough contrast).
dsp
- Fri Sep 30 16:23:13 2005

 Warning: big screen = bad battery life in my experience
tom
- Fri Sep 30 16:21:02 2005

 Well, it's now official... My brain hurts... Too much choice, not enough knock-out factors. What will probably happen now is I will dither so much I'll give up and stick with the old phone...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 15:59:28 2005

 Mine's a small Nokia, can't remember what the model number is.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 30 15:27:31 2005

 Yeah, picking just the right phone is bl@*&y hard!! I've just noticed that although the 6170 can record video it only has 2MB built-in and isn't expandable... Figures starting not to add up here... No bluetooth either.... Lox's k700i swings back in to frame again... Shame, the Nokia looks perfect for a "Chap". I think that's a new phrase dsp: "Barbie-Phone" Good one!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 14:55:11 2005

 I remember a particularly bad period in my life where my phone broke and Clare lent me her spare one. To call it a 'barbie phone' didn't do it justice. It had a pink see-through cover and flashed when it rung like the bat phone. Quite rightly, I got oodles of shit of all my mates and co-workers.
dsp
- Fri Sep 30 14:43:43 2005

 I think the search may be over... Nokia 6170... Stainless steel, colour, video, shiney!!!!!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 14:42:09 2005

 Too true! But you know what we chaps are like... To update a rather old phrase - "So many gadgets - not enough time!"
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 13:26:20 2005

 Listen to the pair of you discussing the merits of various mobile phones. As long as "her in doors" can reach you Nigel, whereever you might be, that's all that matters.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 30 13:21:42 2005

 Funnily enough Lox, that one is on my list!! I went to a phone shop at lunch time to take a look at one. Loved that big screen. Well, "big" even though the phone is so small!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 13:14:11 2005

 Nigel: I have a Sony Ericcsson and it's GREAT (K700i), lots of memory, has radio, mp3, camera and of course you can phone too!
Lox
- Fri Sep 30 13:01:33 2005

 Ah, no, the phone's for me. Fancied a colour one with camera etc. Wanted a "man's" phone too, if you know what I mean. Liked the Motorola V3 but it has no video recording and poor memory. My current one is B/W and a bit "girly" :/
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 12:54:52 2005

 New mobile phone? Are you management now Nigel? Or is it a personal phone?
dsp
- Fri Sep 30 12:46:01 2005

 Now that's what I like to hear - problem solving - bound to be a corporate competency... !! I've been doing that mindless, boring, but ultimately expensive "job" of choosing a new mobile phone... Don't tell the bosses...!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 11:55:58 2005

 I keep getting interrupted today. Took me ages to finish the jigsaw puzzle.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 30 11:48:00 2005

 Ahhh, it's Friday! Are you all in hiding? Bit slow here. Tum-ti-tum...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 11:45:21 2005

 Morning! Absolutely pouring down when I came in, but spookily warm as well... KEV: Is this your last day at work?!?!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 30 09:54:30 2005

 WHOOPEE. 7 hours to go and I can go home!! Very grey here today and trying to rain. Don't remember anything about that on the weather forecast this morning.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 30 08:59:02 2005

 Ah and good morning all... IT'S FRIDAY!!!!
Lox
- Fri Sep 30 07:36:27 2005

 Travis: NOW, that is an interesting e-mail address!!
Lox
- Fri Sep 30 07:36:06 2005

 Sorry about your infirmity, Sheri. I'm okay with posting my email address. It's koprophage at gmail dot com. I'll read it, but slowly, as I'm up to my neck in work right now.
Travis
- Fri Sep 30 00:23:14 2005

 Hey Tom, I remember the first time in a hostelry with (our) Tim. I was all on edge, expecting the inevitable screams. When they came, the ensuing embarrassment. Get's easier though, doesn't it? Trouble is, I'd never been in a "family pub" before... :(
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Thu Sep 29 19:44:37 2005

 (smugness) Better beer here though! (/smugness)
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Thu Sep 29 19:41:59 2005

 I don't mind that !
Sheri
- Thu Sep 29 19:27:50 2005

 It's cold here though.
tom
- Thu Sep 29 19:24:38 2005

 The hell with the wife and kid !
Sheri
- Thu Sep 29 17:12:02 2005

 Come to think of it, I don't know what I'm doing here ! Guys, it's decided, I'm going back to England... !
Sheri
- Thu Sep 29 17:10:57 2005

 Tom. Lucy's first pub ? I envy her. I haven't been in a (real) pub for ages. French café's are so depressing. As for the rare (so-called) Irish pubs here, they're nothing but cheap ersatz.
Sheri
- Thu Sep 29 17:04:52 2005

 Hi Lox, hi Travis, hi everyone. Today is not a good day. My son was thoughtful enough to pass the virus he contracted at school on to me. Isn't he lovely ? - Travis. It's a story which takes place in Syria in 1938. I'll send you a copy if you want, but I need your email address. Perhaps you can give it to me through Lox.
Sheri
- Thu Sep 29 16:45:11 2005

 Tom: Woooo 20 months!! he seems older than that! Did Lucy had her first pint at 1 week of age?!
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 16:18:21 2005

 Well, Lucy is a week old and she's been out to her first pub for lunch. Lox: Dominic is just shy of 20 months old... he's had a growth spurt recently!
tom
- Thu Sep 29 16:15:20 2005

 Rob: Remember to remove his blond hairs from you shoulders otherwise Kate might get suspicious.
dsp
- Thu Sep 29 15:27:15 2005

 Here, there, everywhere. Entertaining the Hawkins last night.
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 29 13:56:59 2005

 Ah, so you are still alive then Rob, I thought you'd dropped off the planet.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 29 13:49:53 2005

 Thanks mum. Tom, the pictures are great. Dom looks a bit like he's going to be a bit of a terror in years to come! Much like his dad. Love to Sarah.
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 29 13:46:11 2005

 Tom: They are MARVELLOUS! I didn't think that Dom was so big, how old is he now?
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 12:52:25 2005

 Tom: Splendid! What a beauty!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 29 12:42:06 2005

 Only one with red hair!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 29 12:40:46 2005

 Presumably, there was only one in there??? ;-)
tom
- Thu Sep 29 12:36:10 2005

 When Rob was born, the nurse took Alex into the nursery to "pick" a baby brother. So, its all her fault.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 29 12:24:40 2005

 Lovely pictures Tom. My goodness isn't Dom growing up fast.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 29 12:23:54 2005

 Yup - she managed to pop to Toys 'R' Us and get a Duplo farm set for him. Clever girl!
tom
- Thu Sep 29 12:19:58 2005

 Great pictures Tom! Glad Sarah's ok. Did Lucy bring Dom a present to say hello?
dsp
- Thu Sep 29 12:19:16 2005

 Sarah says "Hellllo" to you all... and asked me to post up a couple more pictures. Here goes: http://www.loosefruit.co.uk/juice/lucy/lucy2.jpg and http://www.loosefruit.co.uk/juice/lucy/tom-dom-lucy.jpg
tom
- Thu Sep 29 12:16:01 2005

 Sat in the nive warm conservatory. Will give Lucy a nice dose of radiation (I mean sunlight) to clear up the remains of Jaundice.
tom
- Thu Sep 29 11:44:09 2005

 John - if you're still around, pop over and see the new arrival!
tom
- Thu Sep 29 11:43:14 2005

 We have been playing aroudn with a Fortran Algorithm Redundancy Test. Intriguing...
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 11:22:10 2005

 And naturally that's the Binary-Unsigned_Recursive_Parameter. Goes without saying... ;/
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 29 11:03:55 2005

 Dsp: Lovely! I'll try the burping emulation from here! :)
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 10:39:44 2005

 Nigel: Flush and burp!
dsp
- Thu Sep 29 10:13:11 2005

 Your page is working fine from here, Lox!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 29 10:03:25 2005

 Ah, dsp, so does that mean - "Flussshhhhh!" ?? :0)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 29 10:00:53 2005

 Hiya boys and girls - I'm trying this from my home office today :-)
dsp
- Thu Sep 29 09:45:35 2005

 Ciao all, here is cloudy and coldish... I have updated the picture pages, now coded with the program that John gave me (marvellous again I must make a statue for this guy!). The links on the thumbs pages are not working properly yet (pointing to the old page), but the rest seems ok, so if someone has 2 minutes to try it out and maybe find some other bugs that will be appreciated!
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 09:44:52 2005

 Morning! Ay, cold here too. 50/50 sun/gloom (and that's just me!) Office was sprayed for fleas last night soit smells pretty horrible today. I've also had this strange urge to lie on my back, kick my legs in the air and make a buzzing noise.... hmmm...
Nigel
Wrexham, hmmm - Thu Sep 29 09:39:08 2005

 Good morning to you Lox, a lovely sunny morning in London, but a bit fresh.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 29 08:36:50 2005

 That'll be good morning for you all !
Lox
- Thu Sep 29 07:50:14 2005

 Sheri: Wow you have found quite some readers here! Anyways I am on page 63, I have already a few comments but will mail them to ya'!
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 21:33:01 2005

 Sheri: What sort of script...a story or a computer program (difficult to tell with this bunch)? If it's a story/play, I'd love to have a look. I write quite prolific amounts.
Travis
- Wed Sep 28 19:43:54 2005

 - Travis. The script in question is mine. Wrote it for fun. Not finished yet. I would like John to take a look at it and help me with my poor english. Only he doesn't seem to like me anymore...
Sheri
- Wed Sep 28 18:46:47 2005

 - Lox. (1) Are you telling us you're gender confused ? (2) No problem for the script. I can wait (but not too long).
Sheri
- Wed Sep 28 18:43:56 2005

 Ho dear! I tried my best, but there's only so much gloom this place can take :/
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 28 16:59:54 2005

 10 to 5 and you should see that black cloud coming in from the West. Thanks a bunch Nigel. You might have kept it for a bit longer.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 16:51:30 2005

 Not actually sunny here, but very bright. I'm at cadets tonight, so it will probably pour with rain just as I leave the house.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 15:58:22 2005

 Well the day is blown - pouring with rain now. Dark, grey and gloomy! What a change!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 28 15:54:33 2005

 Just been in a long meeting where we were given this little gem: "We have to sell the fact that we can't help as a positive, then refer them on to someone else who can." Errr. Right... Hmmm. Corporate-speak or what!?!
nIGEL
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 28 15:20:49 2005

 Hello everyone! I'm sitting in Dublin airport waiting for (a) my flight (b) my change to run out for this internet use. Argh!
Jimmy
- Wed Sep 28 14:57:24 2005

 As for the weather, clear, blue skies and 65 degrees F, on its way to 88 today (was 95 yesterday!). Some chance of precipitation today, especially during the evening hours. We could use it.
Travis
- Wed Sep 28 14:12:08 2005

 Lox: What sort of script is this? Re: how close is my work, as most of you have said yours, the drive is generally only twelve minutes followed by a ten minute walk. I could park closer, but that would require that I pay a parking fee that I'd rather not.
Travis
- Wed Sep 28 13:50:25 2005

 Sheri: Script underway, I have promised end of the week, should be able to do it by then... I am on page 30 at the moment...
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 12:38:03 2005

 John: I have sent you a mail on the maison acount, by any chance did you read it? How are you anyways? When are you going to go back to Japan?
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 12:37:15 2005

 Mumsie/Sheri: Yep that was an intentional quote, I love that song, plus I really want to be a lumberjack today. Cutting down trees, wearing high heel, suspenders and a bra! I am in touch with the female Lorenzo side today!!
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 12:36:40 2005

 Not to worry, John. Not being too near to Welshpool is a blessing!! Went there once... I feel better about Oswestry because it's but a short sprint to Shrewsbury and some civilisation!!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 28 11:54:28 2005

 Nigel, actually, having consulted the map Welshpool isn't really that close to you after all... recently I have noted on a number of occasions how bad my geography is!
John
- Wed Sep 28 11:52:31 2005

 Nigel - it is a small world isn't it? Incidentally I was quite close to Welshpool the other day, that's in your neck of the woods isn't it?
John
- Wed Sep 28 11:48:46 2005

 Rob: Oh Dear. I do hope he won't regale Kate with all THOSE stories of your time in Radstock.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 11:48:38 2005

 Thanks Rob, just had a call from Kate - we're going to "do lunch", which will be fabulous!
John
- Wed Sep 28 11:47:12 2005

 John, Kate might be around. If you're bored... 01189755179. Go and have a cup of tea!
Rob Lang
- Wed Sep 28 11:20:06 2005

 - John, good to hear from you again. Thought you were sulking for some obscure reason... - Lox. What about my 'capo d'opera' ? Giving up its reading ? For your information, the two English scholars, Bryer and Cleary, are very real. They were my lecturers back in Birmingham.
Sheri
- Wed Sep 28 11:13:23 2005

 Mad Mumsie. Yeah, Monty Python's ....... isn't it ? The dead parrot sketch with the petdealer who wants to be a lumberjack, I believe. Excellent!
Sheri
- Wed Sep 28 11:05:16 2005

 Hi John. The lady sitting next to me is on her last day with us - she heads back to Reading Uni for her second year tomorrow!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 28 11:03:11 2005

 Hello boys and girls. Sorry I've been away from the internet again for a few days as I've been travelling about a bit. Today I find myself in Reading University with a whole day to kill all by myself... Some people are just so selfish, having jobs and that!
John
- Wed Sep 28 11:00:01 2005

 Lox - that reminds me of a song..............
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 10:01:16 2005

 5 minutes (1mile away), blues skies but some patches are lightly clouded, I want to be lumberjack.
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 09:55:00 2005

 2 hours, blue skies but a crisp morning.
Rob Lang
- Wed Sep 28 09:41:26 2005

 Morning y'all. Takes me an hour to get into work standardly, today is no exception. 25 miles. Ooop north here's turning grey too. Pay day on Friday for me :-)
dsp
- Wed Sep 28 09:39:58 2005

 Morning! Ay, splendid start to the day here oop north too. However - grey is on the way. I can see it heading in over the western hills :) And happily it's the time of the month for payslips!!!
Nigel
Wrexham, .. - Wed Sep 28 09:31:11 2005

 Lox, about 2 miles.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 09:27:20 2005

 Mumsie: I gather that your workplace is rather close to your house.. Correct?
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 09:05:13 2005

 Morning. Sun is shining, a bit chilly, but blue skies. Traffic was heavy today, took 15 minutes to get to work.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 28 08:50:38 2005

 Good morning everyone!
Lox
- Wed Sep 28 08:31:31 2005

 Re weather in Lubbock, all is normal here. My brother and his wife left yesterday to return to Houston. No clue when they can return to New Orleans. They still don't know the condition of their apartment.
Travis
- Wed Sep 28 00:22:05 2005

 Sheri: This Eco is Foucault's Pendulum. I've not read Name of the Rose, but I really liked the film. Eco is very clever so his sexual scenes are even described humorously (even allusions to them, in Pendulum).
Travis
- Wed Sep 28 00:21:02 2005

 Travis: re the weather... Ah! Wondered if it had gone haywire, what with Rita etc. Keep up with the photos on your pages - I enjoyed being nosey!! I'm attempting to get some of my photos together using my .MAC account... Working on the basics now as it happens!!
Nigel
Oswestry, In front of the Mac... - Tue Sep 27 21:09:20 2005

 Great, Tom! Kite-flying... Splendid!! I took my lad - Timothy - the other weekend. Perfect day for it too. Only downside I could think of was running backwards... couldn't see the dog-poo coming... :( Ah-hem! A lot of fun though for little outlay. Excellent!
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Tue Sep 27 21:06:21 2005

 In fact (Mad Mumsie will appreciate this one), we're even having HOT cups of tea.
tom
- Tue Sep 27 20:17:17 2005

 Went kite flying today with Dominic and by brother. Presumably, I'll be shot if the Paternity Leave Police catch me not at home changing nappies and moaning about lack of sleep. Lack of sleep?? No, I'm programmed to cope with that by now!
tom
- Tue Sep 27 20:16:44 2005

 Hey guys/gals, all going well here... on paternity leave this week, returning to work next week, and then having the week after off too. I am having a GREAT time playing with Dominic and basically completely caring for him. Sarah is coping fine with Lucy - she's able to do enough moving about to get by, but Dominic woul dbe a little bit heavy!!
tom
- Tue Sep 27 20:15:26 2005

 Travis, Lox, are you talking about the Name of the Rose ? The movie was pretty... carnal... for some of its scenes. Savage but extremely sensual. I was but a kid when I saw it for the fisrt time. Left an imprint in my brain.
Sheri
- Tue Sep 27 19:52:19 2005

 Dsp. About Creep: Not bad. Or should I say 'Awesome, man !'
Sheri
- Tue Sep 27 19:39:02 2005

 Lox: I haven't had much time to read, but I'm about at page 300...roughly halfway finished. I like it very much. In fact, I just purchased Baudolino and browsed the first few pages. Looks very humorous.
Travis
- Tue Sep 27 18:36:21 2005

 Nigel/Lox: Lubbock is very, very dry. We haven't had rain in days. Our winter is slightly wet but very wet compared to our summer. When I first moved here, we didn't see rain for more than 30 days. That's uncommon but not a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Travis
- Tue Sep 27 18:35:27 2005

 Check out this version of Radiohead's Creep. It rocks!! http://www.lowmorale.co.uk/creep/flash/lm_creep_(FLASH).swf
dsp
- Tue Sep 27 16:54:04 2005

 Hmmm. Sounds as though it's better here at present, then! I have to park on the outskirts and walk in - about 15mins. Good and healthy on a good day, 'orrible when the weather turns...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 27 16:51:17 2005

 Well, Nigel, talking about the weather - we've just had a shower of rain, but that has cleared now and the sky is much brighter, so I shan't get wet going to the car, which is actually parked at the back of the library about 10 yards from the door.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 27 16:26:12 2005

 Yes! And to be a bit "English" about it (because I am) the weather has improved greatly since this morning. Looks like a nice walk to the car park...
Nigel
Wrexham, .. - Tue Sep 27 16:10:13 2005

 Not long now Nigel, under an hour.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 27 16:03:26 2005

 Is it five o'clock yet? This working day is far too long.... :(
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 27 15:59:22 2005

 Travis: I like the pictures!! Can't believe it's soooo dry though... Have you finished Umberto Eco's book? How did you find it? It was a huge sucess here in Italy...
Lox
- Tue Sep 27 12:47:00 2005

 Travis: You all okay over there? I read that you are now busy back at Uni. I was viewing your photos - hard to believe the weather you seem to get. Those of the Uni and your garden appear so *dry*. Did you get a lot of rain recently? (Pardon me if this is a dumb question!!) I have a hard enough time trying to keep everything down. This year has been especially lush!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 27 11:48:27 2005

 It's not office workers I have to deal with - its LIBRARIANS!!! most of whom think we should still be using little brown envelopes to put the cards in that used to be in the books - known as "Brown Issue". Mention Brown Issue to any of them and a misty look comes in their eyes. Ah, they say, those were the days.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 27 11:27:35 2005

 Mumsie: I think it has to do with a general hate of computers that most of the office workers always had. I believe that future generations will be more computer/technology friendly..
Lox
- Tue Sep 27 11:22:43 2005

 What I want to know is, why don't they read their bl..dy emails before they phone.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 27 10:29:16 2005

 We're all here. Bit busy this morning, which is bad news as it means that hardly any of the public computers are working in the libraries, due to an upgrade that didn't work!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 27 10:28:16 2005

 Hi Lox! Funnily enough I've just been in talks about my future career.... Wonder if it has anything to do with my spell as manager!?!?! Could be promotion... could be the door!!! Ah well... Yes, Tom. a new "node" on your web-site menu is required... May I suggest "Family" or some such to place photos?!?
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 27 10:25:52 2005

 Nobody posting today?
Lox
- Tue Sep 27 10:00:29 2005

 Grande Tom!! Any pictures to show us?
Lox
- Tue Sep 27 07:52:51 2005

 Great news Tom! Enjoy!!
dsp
- Mon Sep 26 23:22:02 2005

 Good news Tom!! You on "Paternity Leave" yet?
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Mon Sep 26 21:58:53 2005

 My ladies are home safe and sound.
tom
- Mon Sep 26 21:01:02 2005

 Real managers use dice (20d) to make hire/fire decisions.
tom
- Mon Sep 26 21:00:33 2005

 the Bank of the Black Monk's of St. Herod "Banking with a smile and a stab'....Our motto is 'Repayment or Revenge'-(BlackAdder)....Student loans are going to kill me! How is everyone else?
Jeff
texas, - Mon Sep 26 17:21:40 2005

 Nigel: I'm sure you "managed" beautifully, after all, last I heard you were enjoying a cup of coffee, no choccie biccies, but the coffee was there.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 26 15:07:53 2005

 Ahhh! Well, as I am not a *real* manager, just someone temporarily in charge, my decisions might just have been too sensible, logical and well thought out to be of any use to you!! :). It will be interesting to see if they ever leave me in charge again... :))
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Mon Sep 26 14:31:56 2005

 Nigel: Just for curiosity would you make us part of your decisions? I am trying to understand the edcision making process of managers and bosses in general...
Lox
- Mon Sep 26 13:51:41 2005

 Hi all. Not too busy for a Monday. Spent the morning explaining my managerial decisions of last week! Also the snotty message I sent to a manager in Batley!! All good wholesome fun!! :)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Mon Sep 26 12:58:47 2005

 Dsp: Yes I am glad to be back from Frogsland. Paris is nice, but the fair in Paris is not!
Sheri: I love Mondays! Especially because they are endless source of craziness from my bosses! How amusing!
Lox
- Mon Sep 26 12:09:37 2005

 I love Mondays, I love Mondays, I love Monday. There, I'm nearly convinced.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 26 11:48:15 2005

 Hello everyone, another exhilarating week of work. Repeat after me : "I love mondays"! You too, Lox!
Sheri
- Mon Sep 26 11:39:58 2005

 Morning all!
Rob Lang
- Mon Sep 26 11:30:18 2005

 Hope y'all had good weekend. Lox, are you glad to be back after Paris.
dsp
- Mon Sep 26 11:25:48 2005

 Hiya everybody!
dsp
- Mon Sep 26 11:25:28 2005

 Morning all...
Lox
- Mon Sep 26 10:55:39 2005

 Morning everyone. What a super picture Tom. When is Sarah coming home, or is she there already.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 26 08:21:05 2005

 Franziskaner is from Munich. http://www.franziskaner.com Both the Dunkel and the "regular" hefe-weisse were nice.
Travis
- Sun Sep 25 23:10:05 2005

 I have finally managed to get back at posting on the blog... I missed it! As for the weekend it has been mostly a huge "recover mentally and phisically from Paris" effort... Done nothing! :P
Lox
- Sun Sep 25 19:31:18 2005

 Sorry, I meant a bit 'of' a belly. Hey, am I the only one to be desperatly bored today?
Sheri
- Sun Sep 25 16:01:13 2005

 Hey John, I can see from your pictures you've got a bit a belly! Better watch it! Don't want nasty cholesterol, do we?
Sheri
- Sun Sep 25 14:40:39 2005

 Travis: Nope,but they sound interesting, let us know where theny make it and maybe...
Lox
- Sun Sep 25 09:56:24 2005

 Travis. Franziskaner beers? Tempting. Where is it produced?
Sheri
- Sun Sep 25 08:05:22 2005

 Rob: Dr. Who made #8 on a top 50 sci-fi shows of all time, according to a US web site (boston.com). It's a questionable at best list but Who should certainly be hight. All: Anyone ever had Franziskaner beers? I've hade their club-weisse, hefe-weisse, and dunkel...all are pretty impressive.
Travis
- Sun Sep 25 03:00:04 2005

 John: Any chance of you posting the recipes that you made with your mum that day (Eating - on your blog)? They seem rather interesting, especially the naan recipe could prove useful for a curry addict such as myself... :)
Lox
- Sun Sep 25 00:14:00 2005

 Right Kev - there is a chance I may be in the Reading area this coming Tuesday... perhaps a handover of the router over a beer could be arranged...?
John
- Sat Sep 24 21:18:49 2005

 Hi John, did you buy the 'Sigmund Freud' toy ? Liked the bit entitled 'Eating' in your journal.
Sheri
- Sat Sep 24 20:04:53 2005

 Sheri: Ciao! Yes the fair was really knackering I'll write some tonite. I have worked all day on the picture pages, they will be re-furbished a little, I should have an easier time now when I post updates... bye for now!
Lox
- Sat Sep 24 17:12:13 2005

 also John, I still have your old netgear router in the house - and if I don't see you in the next week it may end up in Great Yarmouth - perhaps it should be used at the token to indicate the maisoner that is on temprary unemployment leave - sort of a physical-prerverbial baton ? We could even leave a note inside the box to say where its been and when lol ;)
Kev
- Sat Sep 24 17:10:11 2005

 no John, they paid me 10.75 days hols and I leave next week after 8 long weeks of notice. I also got given the "official" presentation of leaving cards vouchers etc at the company meeting last week. So everyone will be confused next week as to why I am still at work ;)
Kev
- Sat Sep 24 17:04:05 2005

 Wow Kev - so are you using up a bit of holiday and leaving little before the end of the notice period? When is your effective last day?
John
- Sat Sep 24 16:11:24 2005

 Good morning everyone. Lox, how was your journey ? And your 'salon' in Paris ? Tiresome or did you do some sightseeing ?
Sheri
- Sat Sep 24 12:24:13 2005

 Well done Kev! Bet that brought a tear to the old eye. So what's left then? A laptop and a few ready-meals??
Nigel
Wrexham, ...not so busy... - Sat Sep 24 11:02:41 2005

 Phew, house all packed off into a van labelled "to Great Yarmouth" - 1 week to go YAY.
Kev
- Sat Sep 24 10:54:17 2005

 Tom: Marvellous shot!! She looks hungry though!
Lox
- Sat Sep 24 10:21:24 2005

 Well, morning all! Yes, I'm the sucker in work this bright, sunny morning... Still it's fairly quiet. Now the, where's that cup of tea...
Nigel
Wrexham, Work! - Sat Sep 24 09:41:57 2005

 Splendid photo!
Nigel
Oswestry, - Fri Sep 23 22:50:25 2005

 Thank you all! The unnamed one is called Lucy Isabella - and is still doing well. She's a hungry little mite - we had to 'top her up' with a bottle earlier and she drunk the lot. It's weird having to change tiny nappies again. Less fighting though. http://www.loosefruit.co.uk/juice/lucy/lucy.jpg
tom
- Fri Sep 23 21:51:20 2005

 Tom. Good to know everything went fine. Congrats to your wife.
Sheri
- Fri Sep 23 17:53:00 2005

 Sorry, Rob. First chance I've had at getting online today. I'm staying put. Lubbock is supposed to be a few hundred miles out of the way of things. We have no more than a 20% chance of precipitation for any day in the next 10. If I hear anything new, I'll let you know.
Travis
- Fri Sep 23 17:48:29 2005

 Have a good weekend everyone.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 23 16:54:13 2005

 Nice, nigel. Interesting stuff.
Rob Lang
- Fri Sep 23 14:21:30 2005

 Good spot Nigel, thanks! Google clearly have a strong incentive to favor ads that give them the highest income. Especially now they are answerable to share holders.
dsp
- Fri Sep 23 13:00:17 2005

 John/dsp: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050922.html Interesting reading!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 23 11:59:10 2005

 T-Boy, what's the story, you getting out?
Rob Lang
- Fri Sep 23 11:39:08 2005

 dsp: would you like to start again?
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 23 10:49:18 2005

 Drive safely Lox.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 23 10:48:46 2005

 I just read back my last post and it reads terribly. That's what happens when your
dsp
- Fri Sep 23 10:44:43 2005

 Nigel: I felt a bit of a dufus 'cos I originally said it was of Katrina. The Mr Smart Alec pointed it out in the comments and had to back track.
dsp
- Fri Sep 23 10:43:27 2005

 Writing from Paris, CONGATS TOM!! Welcome back Johnny boy! I have a very happy 10 hour drive ahead of me now... I am so NOT looking forward to it!! Ciao for now!
Lox
- Fri Sep 23 10:43:20 2005

 Morning! How goes it Tom? Travis - How are you? Safe? I shall not complain about the weather here today :/ dsp - I notice a local paper printed those hurricane photos as "genuine" - even gave them an attribution. I haven't the heart to tell them...
Nigel
Wrexham, Back to surfdom... - Fri Sep 23 09:59:22 2005

 Tom and Sarah: I'll be the first today to wish the three of you congratulations.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Sep 23 08:32:54 2005

 congrats tom and sarah ;)
kev
- Thu Sep 22 23:39:34 2005

 Congrats Tom! Well done Sarah! Welcome little one. Dom... I'm sure your new little sister will bring you a present! :-)
dsp
- Thu Sep 22 23:20:32 2005

 Congratulations Tom! Really glad to hear all is well with number two child!
John
- Thu Sep 22 23:11:24 2005

 WOW! Congrats to you and the family clan!
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 22:59:21 2005

 Tom: Congrats. I suppose it's like I always say, "jinsei wa fukuzatsu."
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 22:57:34 2005

 Congratulations Sarah & Tom, and unnamed little one.
Graf
- Thu Sep 22 22:44:56 2005

 Congratulations Tom, Sarah and un-named one! Well done all! Hurrah!!
Nigel
Oswestry, .. - Thu Sep 22 22:04:48 2005

 At 1027 today, the newest member of the Rowan family entered the world.. Weighing 7lb 7oz, she is perfect in every way, is healthy and both she and mum are doing well. She has no official name yet. I am off to bed.
tom
- Thu Sep 22 21:14:08 2005

 Travis: may I recommend "jinsei wa fukuzatsu" - it means "life is complicated", and can be used as a response to just about any question.
John
- Thu Sep 22 21:11:41 2005

 Ah marriage. I do all the accounts and stuff, but I find I don't actually "respect" money at all. I think I'm *not* actually greedy by nature. I've got no gripe with anything Joc buys - she has a brain and uses it. The kids are well fed, there are shoes on their feet and the bills are paid. I guess the only downfall is that I have to work... and that my wardrobe is not the most scintilating at the moment... :/ 'Course I do buy a lottery ticket every now and then :)
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Thu Sep 22 19:47:26 2005

 I can't remember if I've mentioned this, but I share an office with language students for all languages. I'm hearing a fair bit of Japanese right now, but I can only understand a lot of "hai" and "ne" and "arimasen" "deshyou". I wish I remembered Japanese. Could totally impress them...
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 19:11:14 2005

 Rob: After dragging my wife from Texas to Pennsylvania (1500 miles), from all she had known...we moved into my parents' house and she was unemployed for a few months at first. It was terrible on her and I totally understand why. There's a lot of pressure on people when relationships and in-laws (or almost in-laws) are involved.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 19:09:49 2005

 Mumsie: That's a funny note about marriages. My wife spends sooo much money. But if it were left up to me, the house would be in shambles, we'd all be wearing rags, but we'd be well-fed. We strike a fine balance, I suppose.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 19:08:45 2005

 Oh and the adverts are on exif.org, and have been there since something like the 6th August. So that $100 has been generated in less than two months...
John
- Thu Sep 22 18:45:16 2005

 Yes Rob, please edit default.asp... better still if you are ASP-tastic, put an HTML snippet in your bit of the site and get the main page to drag it in - as I've done for me and Lox.
John
- Thu Sep 22 18:44:24 2005

 No one left here to drop hints at, now. My managerial tenure ends this evening. I'll celebrate with a curry, me thinks.
Nigel
Wrexham, Still... - Thu Sep 22 17:51:41 2005

 Nigel: You're obviously not dropping loud enough hints.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 16:35:15 2005

 I'm not being horrid, I just thought it would be an interesting switch. All husbands (although you're not one quite) complain about the amount of money the Mrs spends.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 16:34:29 2005

 Funnily enough I have a fresh coffee here right now. I'm on lates. Chocolate biscuits are thin on the ground though... :(
Nigel
Wrexham..., - Thu Sep 22 16:31:19 2005

 Mum, don't be horrid. It's not her fault she's unemployed. Some irons in the fire. dsp: Thanks!
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 16:26:09 2005

 Rob, You must have heard the old one about it being a 50/50 relationship. You put 50 in she takes 50 out.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 16:25:04 2005

 Rob: you mean something like "fight between Mrs and cash"!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 16:24:07 2005

 Nigel: Have you had your tea break yet, and have those who wish favours bombarded you with choccie biccies
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 16:23:20 2005

 Rob: Hiya - John changed the front page to default.asp
dsp
- Thu Sep 22 16:22:41 2005

 Ah, I see. My apologies Rob. Hey, it's been great being manager here. I've had one person leave, never to darken our doorstep again, four new trainees to get up to speed and coddle, numerous out-of-the-blue leave requests and one chap who decided to toddle off early as it suited him. These are testing times....
Nigel
Wrexham, a hard day... - Thu Sep 22 16:18:28 2005

 Yes, for something very sexy.
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 16:16:03 2005

 You're never going to change that bit about PhD and Cash are you.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 15:59:59 2005

 Rob: Sorry. You don't have clearance for that. You'll have to let someone who has more computer know-how get that done for you.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 15:53:45 2005

 Ah, you don't understand, sir. I meant the actual file on the server! I need to update my bit on the front.
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 15:36:50 2005

 Seems to be working okay here. Rob. Maybe just a "blip"!!
Nigel
Wrexham, - Thu Sep 22 15:33:20 2005

 What happened to the front page? It's gone! What's the default load on the front page now? Where is it hiding? Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 15:20:13 2005

 Nice John, where are the ads again?
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 14:53:02 2005

 John: How long have you been advertising with Google? $100 is no small feat.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 14:32:56 2005

 All: I'll stay safe. I think Rob's right on this one. It's fairly scary. I'm located FAR from the coast, but it looks as if Rita is supposed to get about even with us in terms of latitude by Sunday, but we're so far west in Texas that we should be a few hundred miles away from it.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 14:32:09 2005

 Well done John, that's bloody brilliant. You have far exceed mine! If they are paying you $100, I wonder how much they have made?
dsp
- Thu Sep 22 14:06:52 2005

 Hmmm. Sounds interesting John. I used to get commission statements from Amazon, from their referral scheme (from my Desmond Bagley website) but they long since stopped coming. Perhaps they were less than enthusiastic about my sales figures... Still, I knew they cared even when I got a £0.00 statement!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 22 12:55:57 2005

 Don't give up the day job yet John.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 12:23:26 2005

 Woohoo - my Google advertising money has just gone over $100 - hopefully I should get a cheque at the end of this month now then!
John
- Thu Sep 22 12:19:04 2005

 Tim, is there some problem with app.feeddisgest.com, or it it just my dodgy internet connection? I don't seem to be getting your little "most recent" snippet on the main page any more...
John
- Thu Sep 22 12:03:16 2005

 I seem to remember that 22nd was the day.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 11:43:12 2005

 MM: Is today THE day? Fingers but not legs crossed.
dsp
- Thu Sep 22 11:38:31 2005

 Stay safe, T-Boy. don't do anything silly. I doubt your powers are a match even for Rita.
Rob Lang
- Thu Sep 22 10:56:14 2005

 Thinking of Sarah and Tom.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 10:36:45 2005

 "Appalling" even...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 22 10:34:02 2005

 The more I read about Rita the more I worry. Appaling! Looking at www.accuweather.com doesn't help. It's so informative... Travis, and all you US guys, hope you stay safe.
Nigel
Wrexham, Free bus day - only it isn't :/ - Thu Sep 22 10:31:11 2005

 Hi Travis. I've just been watching the news and seen the queues of traffic on the freeway coming out of Houston. Looks like an epic exodus. Hope everything's alright. At least Bush has declared the emergency now. Although I suppose being a Texan, this will have his attention.
dsp
- Thu Sep 22 09:26:21 2005

 Travis: Although the reason is severe, enjoy the visit.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 22 08:27:14 2005

 Nigel, we have a saying, "When it rains it pours," which seems to mean about the same. Turns out that he's only been able to make it 45 miles in 3 hours...so he won't be here until tomorrow some time. Haven't seen him since Christmas.
Travis
- Thu Sep 22 00:09:52 2005

 To coin a phrase (probably very English...) "It doesn't rain but it pours..." Let's hope there isn't a repeat of New Orleans. Well at least you get to see your Bro, Travis. My brother seems to prefer the solitude of his business, fast-cars and wild women... Can't think what the attraction is... :/
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Wed Sep 21 22:51:17 2005

 Nigel: Yes, hurricane again. They're on their way here, will be over tonight. Mumsie: They only know that the district where they live was the lightest hit by water damage but the heaviest hit by looting...in short, they don't know what it's going to be like. It's near/in the French Quarter.
Travis
- Wed Sep 21 20:53:35 2005

 Ah, just seen it. Is this Hurricane Rita?
Nigel
Wrexham, less work... - Wed Sep 21 16:27:05 2005

 Oh grief! Have I missed the news? What's going on in Houston?
Nigel
Wrexham, Managing.... - Wed Sep 21 16:25:17 2005

 Travis: has your brother's property in New Orleans been affected by the previous hurricane.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 21 15:33:56 2005

 DSP: Harsh, but fair indeed.
Travis
- Wed Sep 21 15:32:06 2005

 DSP: Sure. I can do that. Also, interestingly, my brother who fled the hurricane in New Orleans is now perhaps fleeing Houston (where he sought refuge). He would be coming to stay with me for a few days. It's a terrible circumstance, but it would be a nice visit.
Travis
- Wed Sep 21 15:30:28 2005

 Or shall we wait for the table to get the full effect.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 21 09:45:35 2005

 Travis: Pictures of your new couch (sofa or settee as we brits call it) to follow?
dsp
- Wed Sep 21 09:37:36 2005

 Harsh, but fair.
dsp
- Wed Sep 21 09:36:26 2005

 Morning y'all. Its comforting to know that this kind of incompetence isn't just a British thing. Standard practice over here is: "Yeah its on the wagon, its has left the depot and you're first on the list" then they never bloody show up until tea time when you've booked the whole bloody day off work to sit in and wait for the bastards!
dsp
- Wed Sep 21 09:35:54 2005

 Travis: Such is life. Nigel: You can send all that lovely marzipan to me.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 21 08:37:40 2005

 Was supposed to get new couches and an "entertainment center" (dunno what you call them) delivered today. Moved old couch, love seat outside. Moved old EC into garage, moved bookshelves into room...couches showed up. TV sitting on floor awaiting the EC that they damn well forgot.
Travis
- Wed Sep 21 00:13:16 2005

 Do I see Marzipan in there? Yeuch! I always eat the icing and leave the 'pan, so I'll be fine... :/
Nigel
Oswestry, Apple-ing... - Tue Sep 20 22:24:45 2005

 If anyone is considering buying some of Andys Phentermine then they should look here before doing so http://phentermine.drugs.com/ apparently you should not use it if "... you have taken a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), tranylcypromine (Parnate), or phenelzine (Nardil) in the last 14 days." So BE WARNED! ;)
Kev
- Tue Sep 20 22:12:18 2005

 You have a very interesting site... Please visit my site where to buy phentermine
Diana <andy@freedom.com>
usa, - Tue Sep 20 18:28:16 2005

 "known"
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 20 16:35:36 2005

 I've been know to peel a grape!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 20 16:08:41 2005

 Travis: You can't get the staff nowadays. Ask them to peel a grape and they don't know how?!?!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 20 15:14:50 2005

 Nigel: Well, 1.5 ears. I'm reminded of a Kids in the Hall skit about an employee abusing his "moderate amount of power". Go for it!
Travis
- Tue Sep 20 15:09:30 2005

 Hmmm, good ideas! Thanks for that MM! (Nigel makes notes....!)
Nigel
Wrexham, Working hard.... - Tue Sep 20 12:56:33 2005

 Give yourself a nice fat raise in pay Nigel, pity its not Friday or you could have gone home early. Still nice long lunches, coffee breaks, tea breaks the days will fly by.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 20 12:48:18 2005

 Well, my bosses are off on a jolly to Bournemouth for a couple of days and I'm in charge!! Will the power go to my head?? No, of course not! (He-he-he-he...! Mwuhhaa--ha-ha!)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 20 12:05:05 2005

 Thanks for that Kev! I now see my new IT provider in a new light. Nice to know I could be called "bumwipe" and cause no stir! Hope they leave you alone....! (Wonder if it's to do with the "nig..." bit?)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 20 10:44:44 2005

 Nigel: I think you have a made a big mistake choosing Apple http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/19/apple_war_on_nigels/ ( fortunately I am ok - for now! #see end#)
Kev
- Tue Sep 20 10:18:25 2005

 Kev: "I thangyou...!"
Nigel
Wrexham, Training new peeps!! - Tue Sep 20 10:07:34 2005

 This is like being in treacle. (I'm on dialup).
tom
- Tue Sep 20 09:48:27 2005

 lol Nigel: That sounds like the end of one of Jimmys jokes!
Kev
- Tue Sep 20 09:11:07 2005

 And you still have your ears, Travis?!?!? Sounds scary to me!
Nigel
Wrexham, Work... - Tue Sep 20 09:08:17 2005

 Graf: It doesn't look too shabby, to be honest. I shave my hair at least once a year, down to the flesh, using a straight-edged razor after the clippers. It feels so nice...
Travis
- Mon Sep 19 23:09:52 2005

 Er...er...er... Graf had his hair cut off... er I bought a new Sony Clie PDA... er... Hmmmm. Hope you had a great time at the wedding, John. What's it like to be back in the UK?
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Mon Sep 19 22:13:46 2005

 I finally arrived in the UK yesterday after a very long winded journey from Hiroshima (via Holland and Germany) which started last Tuesday. Will try to get up to date with emails, web stuff etc now... Did I miss anything while I was away?
John
- Mon Sep 19 21:49:30 2005

 Last time I had my hair cut short was before Tom & Sarah's wedding, which was April 2003 iirc.
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 16:31:39 2005

 Well done, you short-haired chap you!!! (Bet you haven't been called that for some time!!) All for a good cause!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Mon Sep 19 15:27:19 2005

 Yeah, the clippers were pretty blunt so they were struggling to get it really short. Luckily I escaped being attacked with a razor, as they were threatening earlier :) I'm quite pleased with it really - it could have been a lot worse. I'm amazed with how generous everyone has been as well, so thanks to everyone who sponsored me.
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 15:15:50 2005

 Wow Graf, that's more stubbly than I thought, unless its growing back v. quickly. Well done matey!
dsp
- Mon Sep 19 15:13:49 2005

 And do you like your new look Graf. At least you were still smiling in the last photo, or was that before you looked in the mirror!
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 19 14:45:22 2005

 Doh! I had it right the first time. They're here:- http://www.bohemiannight.co.uk/graf/gallery/hair
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 14:29:04 2005

 The photos are up, at http://www.bohemiannight.co.uk/graf/hair .
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 14:28:28 2005

 Graf: where's the final result then.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 19 14:25:44 2005

 Slow day today, I guess we're all waiting for the photographs.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 19 13:03:52 2005

 Yes, before and after photos will be posted here:- http://www.bohemiannight.co.uk/graf/gallery/hair
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 10:09:36 2005

 Completely shiny bald is the aim. I will be going wooly hat shopping at lunchtime :)
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 10:08:19 2005

 Do we get a before and after photo?
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 19 10:07:13 2005

 Morning gang! Good man, Graf - you're gonna need a hat, it's chilly out there!
Nigel
Wrexham, Working. - Mon Sep 19 10:02:04 2005

 Wow Graf! Will you be completely shiny bald? Or convict style?
dsp
- Mon Sep 19 09:24:39 2005

 Shameless plug:- Tomorrow (well, looking at the time, later today) I will be having my hair shaved off in aid of the British Heart Foundation. If you would like to, you can sponsor me here:- http://www.bhf.org.uk/sponsor/grafham
Graf
- Mon Sep 19 01:37:34 2005

 Ciao Everyone! I will be in Paris next week, so I assume that my presence will be practically impossible for the next 5 days. I wish you all a great Monday to Friday, TOM my toughts will be for you on Thursday! Ciao and see you all soon!
By the way who is interested in knowing about the meeting with the HR director + other marvellous scenes at work, check out my page!
Lox
- Sun Sep 18 22:41:21 2005

 Kev: That would be my wonderful wife, Erika. She's great at things like that.
Travis
- Sun Sep 18 20:26:53 2005

 Travis: I am intrigued as to how loafing about your house makes food appear? You're not in prison are you ?? ;)
Kev
- Sun Sep 18 18:11:16 2005

 I've been busy, too, waking up at 11 o'clock and loafing around until there's some food in the house. Then I'll translate some Vergil and watch football all day...I love the weekend.
Travis
- Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 2005

 I've been busy today so far: 0600-0700: interval training in the field nearby, 1000-1230: Newbury Battle of Britain parade, 1230-now: playing with dominic and his cousin, tidying the house, cookign lunch, hoovering and washing the floors. COFFEE required.
tom
- Sun Sep 18 15:39:40 2005

 (cont) Today, a bit of shopping I normally do Saturday, and now NOTHING until dinner tonight. Might watch a film - Cyberdad is out so I can watch what I like!!
Mad Mumsie
- Sun Sep 18 14:44:45 2005

 Hi All, don't usually get to post on Sundays, but am drying my hair and using Cyberdad's PC. Quite exhausting looking after granddaughter as she is teething and has become quite mummyish. Still she went to bed OK and we collapsed in a chair with a bottle of wine. Home by lunchtime on Saturday, bit of a snooze in the chair, before setting off for the Inter-Squadron swimming event - it never stops.
Mad Mumsie
- Sun Sep 18 14:44:07 2005

 Afternoon! Enjoy the holiday Jimmy! Travis: Sorry mate my CSS skills are up there with my brain-surgery and ballet-dancing! Well after finishing the garden, I've been backing up the old PC to a portable hard-drive. Bought a SATA to USB Metal Gear box on Ebay, fitted a spare 80GB drive and am copying everything over. It's viewable on the Mac too so transferring is a breeze!.... :)
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Sun Sep 18 12:28:07 2005

 Hello everyone. Well, I'm off to Ireland to relax for a couple of weeks. Byyeeeee......!
Jimmy
- Sun Sep 18 09:15:13 2005

 Spent the day doing nothing at all.. Will go to Milan tomorrow for some shopping then I have to pack to go to Paris for the usual textile crap fair... Until Friday!! I am so NOT looking forward to it!! :(
Lox
- Sat Sep 17 20:40:21 2005

 Hello everyone. Today is a quiet day. Fell into a doze under my plaid while reading and enjoying a glass of wine. Wearing slippers.
Sheri
- Sat Sep 17 18:07:06 2005

 Ah, know what you mean. I've been selling a lot of old computer stuff on Ebay recently. Sadly monitors don't do well :(
Nigel
Oswestry, Watching Thunderbirds with my boy! - Sat Sep 17 17:39:30 2005

 Nigel: well the junk in my house moves to Norfolk next weekend and I will be following the weekend after. I am exhausted now. fortunately I don't have any really furniture, but I do have an awful lot of old monitors and computer cases and other crap that I forgot I had.
Kev
- Sat Sep 17 17:10:04 2005

 Anyone know if it's possible to nest (div) codes when using CSS and get the nested code to manifest in the document? I'm having problems getting my formatting to show up on my current main page. If anyone should be so kind as to help, I'd be indebted. Trying to get my subhead/text divs to work in my right column.
Travis
- Sat Sep 17 16:19:33 2005

 When are you due to go Kev? Travis - yeah, lawns and allergies don't mix... :/
Nigel
Oswestry, ...ahhhh-tishooo!!!... - Sat Sep 17 16:16:38 2005

 hello. I am busy packing up my house ready for my move. I am really knackered now !
Kev
- Sat Sep 17 16:11:55 2005

 What a series of coincidences. I'm doing my lawn today as well, at least the front lawn. I'll do the back lawn tomorrow. And there's such a high allergen count right now that I awoke with a lot of nasal problems.
Travis
- Sat Sep 17 16:06:42 2005

 Well me too... I've just stuck my head around the door... Full of cold today, so not a happy-chappy. Why do these things strike at the weekend?!?!
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Sat Sep 17 15:47:12 2005

 I am here... have been cutting the lawn today and generally tidying the house ready for the baby to arrive in Thursday!
tom
- Sat Sep 17 15:11:53 2005

 Ciao everyone! nobody online on Saturday? Too much booze yesterday night?
Lox
- Sat Sep 17 12:35:28 2005

 Sheri: Updated the main page a bit and now the e-mail is a little more evident! :)
Lox
- Sat Sep 17 00:13:58 2005

 Sheri: Address is on the page, you should find it. Will wait for your mail so that I can read it during the weekend before I leave!
Lox
- Sat Sep 17 00:07:00 2005

 Hi Lox. How can I send you an e-mail ? I don't have your address. Unless it's on your blog. I would like you to read part of a script I wrote (It isn't finished). I enjoyed today's article very much. Left a small comment.
Sheri
- Fri Sep 16 21:01:59 2005

 Evening Tom: Ay, thanks for that. You must be right! A good read. Mind you, not that my employers could possibly be called "early adopters". I think they work on the principle that any hacker worth his/her salt will be "up" on the latest technology, so instead they adopt the old stuff. It's cheap, its on service release 4510 (or any random number) and it only just works. Touch it and it crumbles - a good defence actually!
Nigel
Os, ... - Fri Sep 16 20:00:30 2005

 Security obvisouly don't want you to read about security. Meaning they are crap and fear for their jobs.
tom
- Fri Sep 16 19:48:57 2005

 Hi Travis. Ahhh, yes I started Judo at 8, karate/Ju-Jitsu at 15. Sadly my parent (sic) could not afford to keep paying for the Judo courses. I did the others on my own for a few years, but moving around so much meant I finally let it all slip. Took up cycling and squash instead... :/ Is it any wonder I'm now pooped! Lox: Hey, great.! Looking forward to the read later! Weekend - have no plans - yet. The kids will probably have other ideas. Could use a party :)
Nigel
Oswestry, after dinner... - Fri Sep 16 19:34:56 2005

 Finally I have managed to update the page and also the Recipie section.
You can find:
Enjoy!
Lox
- Fri Sep 16 19:05:31 2005

 Nigel: Nice stuff. I did ju-jutsu for a while, but I keep myself in shape with a workout routine that would kill lesser men (Rob, for instance). And I'm quiet because I'm generally in class today. Any good plans for the weekend? I've been invited to a party at the Language Department chair's house.
Travis
- Fri Sep 16 17:05:14 2005

 Ho-ho Tom! Security just blocked me from viewing that one! Have you just got me the sack?!?!?!? :)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 16:54:42 2005

 Nah. been reading thishttp://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/:
tom
- Fri Sep 16 16:48:49 2005

 So, is it quiet because everyone's away for the weekend? All drunk after a rowdy mid-day meal and socialising? No, me neither.... :(
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 15:55:40 2005

 I used to practice Judo, Karate and Ju-Jitsu, but I'm soft now... Soft and dark haired..... :(
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 15:47:49 2005

 Incidentally, Raj, you must kill me in one-on-one combat. As you are the challenger, you get to choose the weapons. I must warn you, I'm a hard man. Hard but fair.
Travis
- Fri Sep 16 15:15:58 2005

 Tom: Nice link. Useful for a sci-fi story I'm writing. Lox: Your boss didn't, by chance, take out his guitar and sing "Free Love Freeway." Did he?
Travis
- Fri Sep 16 13:59:53 2005

 also who do i have to kill to get a section of my own on maisondestuff ? or have i been away from you guys for too long to return to the fold, oh and good luck Lox, hmm i never did understand why the nickname is the same as Salmon or Liquid Oxygen :P
Raj <raj.sobratee@gmail.com>
- Fri Sep 16 12:36:26 2005

 Sheri: Ciao bello! Send me an e-mail for that idea of Le Fontaine's tales. I am really interested. I will be away next week but I can certainly work after that. I have replied to the post on the blog thing, let me know what you think!
Lox
- Fri Sep 16 12:35:17 2005

 hi all, blatant advert here, anyone who is interested in buying my canon lens 28-90, 50mm prime and 75-300 USM drop me a gmail. I'm upgrading my lenses to Sigma EX ones and so I don't need my 1 yr old ones (all in fantastic condition), anyway so how is everyone, if you use msn messenger, drop me a gmail with your username and i'll drop u a message on there, bye for now, Raj
Raj <raj.sobratee@gmail.com>
- Fri Sep 16 12:30:43 2005

 Guys the design meeting was lightned by a comment made by our most important salesman. A massive argument came out ending with our boss screaming... More on the blog later it's comedy time!!!
Lox
- Fri Sep 16 11:08:53 2005

 Rob: They have to understand English first, no names are ever posted, no info about products, just personal opinions. I don't know how it works legally, but they would find it extremely difficult sacking me for what I write. to be honest I wish they could read it, of course I do not advertise the blog among colleagues. Surely they can retaliate, but the bottom line is that even if they fire me I am not all that sad... :)
Lox
- Fri Sep 16 11:07:32 2005

 Oh... but you can still talk to me!!!! ;)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 10:56:32 2005

 I guess it's different in private industry, but working for "Big Brother" everything here is scanned and people are regularly dragged away to explain themselves. The words MI5 and MI6 spring to mind... Most of it is automated though, so I guess it works on parsing for key-words. Certainly the amount of "denied access" screens we get is enormous. I always dread reading political decent - I'm sure someone followed me last night... :(
Nigel
Wrexham, work - Fri Sep 16 10:35:14 2005

 Thank heavens, Lox! However, I should warn you that posting detrimental company info and opinion on a blog is sackable offense. Just thought you ought to know, they have ways of finding out.
Rob Lang
- Fri Sep 16 10:21:36 2005

 Good morning everyone. Alleluia, praise the Lord ! Lox's still with us !
Sheri
- Fri Sep 16 09:29:37 2005

 Interesting link, Tom! It seems to me the trouble with this idea is not the theory, but random magnetic influences. I can see the shielding necessary adding considerable bulk... However the funds for research in the mobile phone sector are probably some of the largest... One benefit... If they are using "spin" ... is that it's one step nearer to quantum electronics, which is mooted to be only a couple of years away.
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 09:25:51 2005

 Morning all! Glad you're still employed Lox! Clear blue skies here, but cold...
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Fri Sep 16 09:17:34 2005

 http://www.imperial.ac.uk/P6807.htm
tom
- Fri Sep 16 09:15:08 2005

 I hope you wiped his browser history!
tom
- Fri Sep 16 08:46:40 2005

 Ciao guys, first of all I wanted to say that I am fine. Secondly I thank you all for the kind words and for worrying for me, you are a great bunch and I really appreciate.
I came back home at 7ish and had to go straight to a friend's house for a pizza, so I couldn't post. Later I was really too tired to write and went to bed. I have not been fired, I have typed from the HR director computer while he was away (mission impossible like). I'll try to update the page today, fact is we the "collection presentation meeting" today, which is worth a whole blog entry because it's the most grotesque and stupid thing that I have ever witnessed in my life. So I'll try to do a double post ! Cio for now.
Lox
- Fri Sep 16 07:49:46 2005

 Lox, lox , lox... Are you on the booze, drowning your sorrows ?! Answer !
Sheri
- Thu Sep 15 18:27:00 2005

 Lox: Best of luck!
Travis
- Thu Sep 15 18:20:30 2005

 I find myself sitting here, waiting for the next call and tapping my fingers on my desk. Has Lox got us all worrying for him ?!?!? :/
Nigel
Wrexham, Working late... - Thu Sep 15 17:50:36 2005

 Hi everyone. Lox's meeting with his boss worries me a bit. Delicate situation. Am slightly apprehensive. Perhaps he'll get promoted to shut the f... up ! Who knows...
Sheri
- Thu Sep 15 17:24:29 2005

 We are obviously in the presence of The Master.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 16:53:42 2005

 I thought I was good at sneaky use of computers!
tom
- Thu Sep 15 16:52:41 2005

 Thanks dsp. I think if anyone from his company read this lot he would have been fired long ago!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 16:52:08 2005

 Enjoy the baby sitting :-)
dsp
- Thu Sep 15 16:49:24 2005

 I often wonder if anyone from Lox's company reads his blog and this board. Oh yeah, just after the thought, I usually cringe.
dsp
- Thu Sep 15 16:49:00 2005

 No work tomorrow - Bethan sitting, not literally of course, whilst parents go to a wedding. Super. I shall be exhausted when we get home on Saturday.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 16:48:56 2005

 He's probably been extolling the virtues of all his wonderful friends on the site.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 16:28:13 2005

 Wow Lox! Did you type that on his PC whilst he was looking out of the window?
dsp
- Thu Sep 15 16:22:13 2005

 Mumsie: I am now posting from the director's office, the meeting is still on, I haven't been fired yet. It's an hard job this one, I have to pretend that I really care as I need to get the surgery WHILE I am still employed (will be operated in November), at the same time I am telling him what I think doesn't work in our company under a "human" point of view (mentality, people, behaviours of my boss)... I'll write more later!
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 15:59:23 2005

 Any news yet Lox, or have they escorted you off the premises!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 15:53:10 2005

 Lox: I wouldn't be surprised if half way through your meeting with the HR director he asks if he can join your commitee. God DAMN! I never get bored of this joke! ;-)
dsp
- Thu Sep 15 14:05:33 2005

 Oh. That.
tom
- Thu Sep 15 13:47:31 2005

 Mmmmmm... "connections"... Thanks you made me remember that I gotta call Don Vito before I leave... "Capisc"
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 13:30:10 2005

 Tom: (quietly so no-one else can read this) No - he's probably got "connections" if you get my drift!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 13:19:18 2005

 Tom+Mumsie:Mmm I'll probably become a company man switching sides half way through the talks!!! :) Can't hide to you all that I am quite nervous...
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 13:18:04 2005

 Oh yeah. He'll run away. ;-)
tom
- Thu Sep 15 13:10:09 2005

 Good luck Lox
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 13:07:58 2005

 Tom: what ARE WE SAYING - he's Italian!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 13:07:15 2005

 Will do! I'll update the blog thingy when I come back!
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 12:47:37 2005

 A large one.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Sep 15 11:57:50 2005

 Take a gun.
tom
- Thu Sep 15 11:41:10 2005

 Nigel: I still have to send the mail with the "requests" of our inofficial cometee. It's going to be a nice one when they receive it. This is if they do not fire me today as I have a meeting with the Human Resources director (alone) this afternoon.
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 11:28:08 2005

 Well at least they have taken note of what you have done for your fellow employees, Lox, and are acting on it. This is a "gold star" for you!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Thu Sep 15 11:03:52 2005

 Today it's a bit of a shock day for us, as they started interviewing people, one by one, regarding the personal problems that we are going to have for this move. Some people were totally shocked (almost crying for anger), some other seem happy. Need to do more research to understad what's going on with people...
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 10:38:13 2005

 Nigel: Thanks! I am planning a bit of a restyle of the picture site, and I should be upping the pictures of PAST holidays (Moroc, Iceland, Finland), hopefully you will like them too! :P
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 10:36:04 2005

 Morning all! Well it's been a bit slow here so far, so I've been browsing through your holiday photos, Lox. Splendid! A really nice trip for you - and for me because it is grey, gloomy and raining a bit over here!!
Nigel
Wrexham, Working... - Thu Sep 15 10:21:45 2005

 Today I have had a review of the statistics that I usually make together with our system responsible [Read More about him on my space].
Anyways, since we are always joking with each other he gave some "interesting names" to the files that he sends me, such as:

MARVELLOUS!!
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 09:15:19 2005

 Sheri: Replied. As for the red monkey on my page, this picture was taken in VATNAJUKULL in Iceland where I went for holidays 2 years ago with some friends. The monkey is the daughter of this couple, 6 years old. The picture is obviously a series of pictures put together later, but the effect in nice, I have even printed a series of them and hanged on the wall.
Lox
- Thu Sep 15 08:47:33 2005

 Correction: 'I wrote'
Sheri
- Thu Sep 15 08:06:19 2005

 Lox, I've wrote another comment on your page. Read it and tell me what you think.
Sheri
- Thu Sep 15 08:05:32 2005

 Lox. It's 40 km south of Lyon, on the A7 highway that leads to the Riviera. Sometimes I go with Christelle to Torino to do some shopping. Next time, I'll let you know.
Sheri
- Thu Sep 15 06:15:20 2005

 Sheri: Where is it exactely? North, South, East, West..?
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 22:14:24 2005

 Tom: My condolences. One is enough for me. Hey, got an idea ! What if you get three for the price of two ? I give you mine. Lox: Apparently, Vienne (n.b. not to confuse with Vienna in Austria) is not on your way. I’m afraid we won’t meet.
Sheri
- Wed Sep 14 16:41:10 2005

 Tom: I'll be in Paris that week, but I'll certainly share a thought for you and Sarah during that day. Will see if I can connect from somewhere in the hotel...
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 16:27:48 2005

 The date is in: Thursday 22nd.
tom
- Wed Sep 14 16:17:52 2005

 Sheri: no, second.
tom
- Wed Sep 14 16:17:37 2005

 Tom: Let us know when is the time, we'll be thinking of you two (three actually)!
Sheri: Will pass through Mont Blanc, up to geneve and then straight to Paris.
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 15:48:27 2005

 Sorry Dsp, I meant Tom.
Sheri
- Wed Sep 14 15:10:42 2005

 - Dsp: First child ? - Lox: Which way are you going ?
Sheri
- Wed Sep 14 15:09:54 2005

 Tom: at least you know now what is going to happen. Let us know when it is. We'll all be thinking of Sarah.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 14 14:45:48 2005

 A caesarian is booked. We just don't know when it is yet. Awaiting a phone call.
tom
- Wed Sep 14 14:39:54 2005

 Sounds like a right Lionel. How's Sarah? Its gotta be soon now? Is that baby still upside down?
dsp
- Wed Sep 14 13:12:36 2005

 Tom: Yes, it's amazing the agreements you have to digitally sign just to download a plain old driver... Been there, done that! :/
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Wed Sep 14 12:59:51 2005

 Tom: Mmmmm that sounds rather bad.. Cisco must be a very complicated company, am I right?
Sheri: Nope we have to DRIVE (10hous) to save money.... Nuff said...
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 12:15:18 2005

 Grrr. Fighting with Cisco... trying to get permissions to download a new IOS image for a router. And we're supposed to be a Partner. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
tom
- Wed Sep 14 11:57:05 2005

 - Lox. Everything’s fine over here. Il solito tran tran (the daily round). Weather’s ok. Are you coming to Paris by plane ?
Sheri
- Wed Sep 14 11:50:53 2005

 Sheri: Actually this is the true nature of this site!!! :)
We have had a troll (read annoying person posting shite to disrupt the normal course of events) for some time, every now and then the random spammer comes along... Nothing to worry about :P Everything well in France today? I am coming to Paris next week!
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 11:03:09 2005

 Hello everybody. Anyone willing to comment the message below ? Don't know what to think of it...
Sheri
- Wed Sep 14 10:42:22 2005

 Many thanks for inviting me to look at your web site. I like what I see and will return often to see your progress and additions. Look at my site daughter incest porn
Irina <irina_r@fromru.com>
ru, - Wed Sep 14 10:28:17 2005

 Hi Lox
dsp
- Wed Sep 14 10:25:52 2005

 Good morning everyone!
Lox
- Wed Sep 14 09:53:21 2005

 Thanks Lox - I knew you would know. Now I can appear knowledgeable when asked.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Sep 14 09:04:07 2005

 Ok tomorow I will post a new one!
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 22:31:29 2005

 Yes, I've read the "new" blog Lox. Left a comment too. Great stuff!!
Nigel
Oswestry, In front of the Mac... - Tue Sep 13 22:27:07 2005

 Frankly, Lox, it's cool. I have a clear picture of the girl in my mind. Anyone else has read it ? Please, do carry on !
Sheri
- Tue Sep 13 19:28:46 2005

 What's funny about SAP is that the only thing I can think of when I see it is "Second Audio Program" (I think that's the P). It means that certain television programs are available with an audio track in a different language, usually Spanish given where I'm living.
Travis
- Tue Sep 13 18:47:22 2005

 Sheri: Was the blog thing ok? Too personal? Comments please! I have only started today after all... :P
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 18:29:06 2005

 Sheri: I think that they will strike back, it's not going to be pleasant but in the end they cannot do much harm. If they want to fire me they have to pay, which is a good solution from my point of view, so it's gonna be ugly but... In the end the meeting was made to be proactive not to destabilize, the fact that he reads it this way it's his problem, if he's an idiot it's not my fault!
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 18:28:17 2005

 SAP= "S"ystems "A"pplications and"P"roducts (in data processing I think)....
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 18:26:39 2005

 However, enough for today I'm off to do some retail therapy - well I am visiting my grand-daughter this weekend.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 16:52:20 2005

 Not sure what the initials stand for - only that I hate it. It is a system for buying/invoicing/human resources/payroll - you name it its probably being put through this new system. Rob or Lox may be able to shed some light on SAP.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 16:51:29 2005

 Mad Mumsie, forgive my ignorance, but what does mean SAP ?
Sheri
- Tue Sep 13 16:38:20 2005

 Careful, Lox ! The Empire (i.e. your boss) might strike back...! You know what ? I think you are a little deranged. I like it ! Straight tempers depress me… (p.s.: Mind you, this is NOT a love declaration…. Ok?)
Sheri
- Tue Sep 13 16:31:26 2005

 Way to go Lox! Well done on part one of the campaign!! :)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 13 16:01:36 2005

 Everyone: Last week I have held a meeting with my colleagues in order to speak about the move that our directors imposed on us [HERE].
Basically today our director told one of the partecipants that he felt really bad about beign left out!! YES!!! 1 - 0 Lorenzo!!!! I can's hide that I feel very good about this!! :P I must be a nightmare employee!
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 15:27:47 2005

 Mad Mumsie: Mmmm not bad!!
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 15:24:43 2005

 Also - I placed an order for cartridges a few weeks ago - so far I've had it delivered three times.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:48:27 2005

 And our Chief Exec.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:47:24 2005

 Incidentally dsp: I've not heard a good word about SAP, except for their adverts, of course.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:45:12 2005

 I'm in local government, and we have just gone over to SAP for everything. I run the Help Desk for the libraries and I was just trying to order a few folders/envelopes/paper, and the site I was using fell over - just as I had finished putting in what I wanted. The catalogue nearly went out the window.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:44:08 2005

 MM - what job do you do? What are you using SAP for?
dsp
- Tue Sep 13 14:42:33 2005

 And addressed to the right person. Who knows where the invoice is going to go, because I don't know the person mentioned on the delivery note.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:20:17 2005

 It's just taken a week to get an order that previously would have been delivered the following day - and to the right place!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:19:31 2005

 YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 14:18:29 2005

 Mumsie: Ciao! I thought that SAP was the "non plus ultra" of intergrated systems, intranetworks and blah blah blah. If Frankfurt it's full of adverts on how cool is SAP, they can't be lying can they?!
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 14:10:12 2005

 I hate - HATE - H A T E - SAP. God alone knows what is going to happen when they put the salaries on the system as well.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 13:38:28 2005

 Dsp: Is there an extension that provides download manager-type services? I mean, an extention that will let me manage partial downloads...
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 13:30:14 2005

 I may be a bit "behind the news" with this one dsp; but did you notice Michael Hanscom's comment about the hurricane piccies? I followed his link to his own blog.... Very interesting. Has John read the story???? :) John, if you're there. it make interesting reading!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 13 12:01:30 2005

 Lox - my recent posts is provided by JavaScript from an external site - your script blocker is preventing it from rendering. The hurracaine shots were sent to me by email - turns out they are not of Katrina, but some other random storm. Nice pics though. Cheers!
dsp
- Tue Sep 13 11:39:12 2005

 Dsp: You are my super "A++"!! But now you removed it from the main page correct?
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 11:36:20 2005

 That was doDgy, not related to the highly popular quadrupeds...
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 11:34:29 2005

 Hi Lox - top recommendation - I love it. The script on the post message was my feendish brain child to trap the anoying little bastard that was spamming us with Segal comments. It sets a cookie and logs their IP address. It was phase one of my plan to boot him off for ever, but then he stopped.
dsp
- Tue Sep 13 11:33:07 2005

 Dsp: Why is your script on the main page not working? Moreover, I am impressed at the pictures of the hurricane, did you take them or are they blatantly downloaded from some doggy site?
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 11:32:50 2005

 Wow, Rob! Just been reading the first chapter of your phd thesis. Cool! Surprised that *any* neural network is considered stationary. Being dynamic sounds like what it should be all about. However, be gentle, I am a novice. Stationary would just be a relatively normal computer programme (?)... When I'm feeling stronger I'll attempt chapter 2... :/
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Tue Sep 13 11:19:12 2005

 John: Have a good trip. Weather in London is superb at the moment - dont know how long it is going to last though.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Sep 13 09:59:27 2005

 apparently there is a Java script running while posting messages, do you know what it does?
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 09:44:58 2005

 Just downloaded a nice extension for Firefox, apparently it blocks all Java scripts from various sites, as a result the browsing experience is very quick and it should be safer. It works as a popup blocker, you can allow certain sites to be "executable". Any thoughts? Dsp? The extension is called NoScript..
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 09:44:18 2005

 Yes Travis, I know what that's like...! We have a term for it - maybe the same in the US - "square-eyed". I try to write stuff down here at work, then email the lot to myself to use at home in the evening.
Nigel
Wrexham, working... - Tue Sep 13 08:39:18 2005

 Sheri: I'll try. Today I am expecting a slow day so I should have time. Wil start with a colleague or something like that.. :P
Lox
- Tue Sep 13 07:30:05 2005

 - Lox. Excellent. Looking forward to reading your stuff. But, if I may, try to remain objective. Describe, do not judge. How about a person a day, or something like that? I’m only suggesting naturally, you write as you please.
Sheri
- Tue Sep 13 06:53:53 2005

 Nigel: It was actually a bit cool last night. I slept so poorly because I was staring at a TV or a monitor all day and my eyes were hurting like crazy. Still, I couldn't fall asleep. I was writing before bed and had so many ideas going through my head. Too tired to write them down, too awake to sleep.
Travis
- Tue Sep 13 01:25:51 2005

 Good night everyone!
Sheri: You gave me an idea for the blog, I'll try to post what I think people feel and think here.. Italians are a strange population!
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 23:13:39 2005

 Sorry John, I just read your journal. Apparently, you were just visiting Onomichi. If I got it right, Chie has family in Hiroshima. Why don’t you talk a little about her family ? And the people in general ? What’s in their mind ? Their preoccupations, interests, etc… Are they superficial like us ? More reserved ?
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 18:36:39 2005

 Oh, I spoke loosely, I suppose. The larger one is a Blue Heeler/Labrador mix, a neutered male. The small one is a border collie/labrador mix female. They are unrelated. I have another dog actually...a Beagle. I'll keep them all. We wanted one that was a female (because Fenris is aggressive to males) and would be more playful with Fen. The Beagle is lazy.
Travis
- Mon Sep 12 18:33:36 2005

 - John. About the “Common” (Chie’s favourite place in Onomichi). I can say as a Belgian connoisseur that the waffles look rather good. The place looks nice too. Chie has family there?
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 18:21:04 2005

 I'm probably not going to be able to post for the next few days, so please excuse my absence! I'm flying to Amsterdam on Wednesday, then going to a wedding in Germany on Saturday, and hopefully carrying on from there to England on Sunday. May not have internet access properly until next Monday then!
John
- Mon Sep 12 17:57:47 2005

 - Mad Mumsie: Irrefutable point. - John: I forgive you! Mistaking me for a frog was, after all, not a big deal. As for Holland, not to worry, everyone speaks English. My previous mistress comes from Amsterdam, so I know the place a little. Bring us back plenty of pictures from there and from Germany. I love the pictures you take, though preferably without you on it...
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 17:10:53 2005

 Travis: They look nice! Are you going to keep the little one or are you going to stick just with 1 puppy?
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 17:08:36 2005

 I is not klever or intelli-junt.
Rob Lang
- Mon Sep 12 16:34:28 2005

 Sheri: Whose notes have YOU been reading.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 12 15:36:39 2005

 - Mad Mumie :"Sometimes this lot pretend to be intelligent!" But they are, are they not...?
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 15:34:51 2005

 Ah..! I remember the hassle Hercule Poirot would give anyone who mis-took him for a Frenchman!! Not been to Belgium before - been to Germany, tho' not Hamburg. Not Amsterdam either.... Hmmmm... Don't get out much, do I? :)
Nigel
Wrexham, .... - Mon Sep 12 15:23:42 2005

 Still kidding, naturally...
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 14:52:59 2005

 Travis, your puppy looks like a rat to me...
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 14:49:07 2005

 Sheri - my deepest apologies if I have inadvertently mistaken you for a Frenchman! Mind you it could be worse couldn't it - the French aren't really that bad are they? Anyway, the Belgians are a great lot, excellent beer, and, on my last trip a few years ago, I actually discovered the food was rather good there too. As it happens I will be in that area (ish) in the next few days. I am flying to Amsterdam on Wednesday, and the current plan is to get a train from there into Germany (Chie's friend is getting married in Hamburg this weekend). OK so we won't quite be passing through Belgium, but we'll be close, and we might spend an evening in Amsterdam where my utter inability to speak Flemish/Dutch/anything other than French will be highlighted somewhat. Hey, god bless Europe!
John
- Mon Sep 12 14:47:38 2005

 Rob: Yer sister had one though!
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Sep 12 14:46:50 2005

 Cool, T-Boy. So, is the little one food for the big one? I've never had pets, you see.
Rob Lang
- Mon Sep 12 14:36:03 2005

 Nice pets Travis! What a cutie! Is the bad sleep down to the heat/humidity? Like the way the dogs are keeping in to the shade!
Nigel
Wrexham, Working away - Mon Sep 12 14:22:17 2005

 <Travis>My new puppy (Zoe) with my 2 y/o Lab (Fenris)</Travis>

dspBot
- Mon Sep 12 14:00:18 2005

 So...tired...slept like crap last night. Hmm...
Travis
- Mon Sep 12 13:56:12 2005

 #Cough, splutter# Think a bagel went down the wrong way.
Jimmy
- Mon Sep 12 13:45:23 2005

 Sheri: Sometimes this lot pretend to be intelligent!
Mad Mumie
- Mon Sep 12 13:28:26 2005

 Sheri: But it must be good to be whatever you wanna be when you please! :)
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 12:11:09 2005

 - Rob: As my wife keeps saying, I’m French when it suits me…! - Lox: Wish I could help you about the download thing, but it’s all Chinese to me. I can barely use internet. – Nigel: Brothers-in-law…(sigh)! ………….. Wait a minute! Actually, if I have a brother-in-law, it makes me a brother-in-law too…! Arg…!
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 11:34:39 2005

 Well looking at the file you're aiming at Lox, it apprears to be a CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) chipset. This is one of the most common bluetooth chipsets out there. So you can check www.csr.com which refers you to www.csrsupport.com ; or Belkin (I use one of their BT CSR USB adaptors). The software always seems to be the same ubiquitous BT stack (whose name now escapes me!) I'm sure other well supported makes use the CSR chipset too... :)
Nigel
Wrexham, ... apres coffee - Mon Sep 12 11:25:33 2005

 They ask for a security key before you can download the file.
dsp
- Mon Sep 12 11:01:40 2005

 Dsp: Is the file protected or do they ask for a password in order to download the file?
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 10:52:30 2005

 what!? It doesn't ask me anything here.. it just stops halfway through... Mmmm so probably it's because of that! I'm getting kicked by the server... Oh well, no chance then... :( Any of you knows a good site to download the latest bluetooth drivers? Thanks for tryin dsp!
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 10:10:17 2005

 Lox, it asks for a security key.
dsp
- Mon Sep 12 10:07:39 2005

 Guys I need your help... I have been trying to download a file off the internet, it's a Bluetooth updated driver, comes off a taiwanese server. Unfortunately the dwload stops every time half-way, I think it has to do with the fact that I have too many firewalls and FTP blocks. Can someone download it for me and the place it somewhere sensible over the net so that I can get it local? Maybe using Tim's file share application... the affress is "http://www.ccandc.com.tw/support.htm" the file is " ¡@ v1.2 - BTW-4.0.1.2101 - for BT-0330, BT-0333". I have tried to find the same updated stacks around the net, but I was terribly unsuccesfull.
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 09:43:38 2005

 [Lox Crying].... Florence......
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 09:39:36 2005

 <dsp>Florence by bird</dsp> 
Here you Lox, an arial photo of Florence like you asked for...


dspBot
- Mon Sep 12 09:31:17 2005

 Jimmy... Jimmy... JIMMY! You ok? Someone call a doctor!!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Mon Sep 12 09:24:28 2005

 ...or should that be xenophobic.... Whoops!!
Nigel
Wrexham, ... - Mon Sep 12 08:50:46 2005

 Well, I can certainly cook top sav-ARGH! #THUD#
Jimmy
- Mon Sep 12 08:50:36 2005

 Got some Eddie Izzard videos - brilliant! Love his description of Cats (not the musical, the felines). I'm glad you guys can joke about nationality - shows a sence of perspective! But then you're all intelligent. One of my brother-in-laws is a zenophobic ninny who could possibly be a member of the BNP - undercover (union-jacks everywhere, strange porcelain bulldogs... yeuch!). So I take great pleasure in extolling the virtues of my overseas buddies!!
Nigel
Wrexham, Worketty-work - Mon Sep 12 08:49:09 2005

 Or that English people can cook to save their lives.
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 07:45:17 2005

 Mmmm "la Maison" is in a buoyant mood today, it might even happen that someone writes that Italians are not that bad at war after all... :P
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 07:44:53 2005

 So what is all this hate against the French that YOU tought me, you bastards!!! I was a law abiding person before living in England! One thing has to be said. In the last 4 years I had to travel to France a lot, especially by car, and I have found out that in France road signs are completely pointless and generally made just for the locals. One time we got lost in Paris, 5 of us, it took 1 hour to get where we wanted. Several times on the highway signs disappears. Either than that, Sauternes, Cheese, Baguettes Bohemien art, the Guillottine, Suspenders... they are all things made by French which I particularly like!
Lox
- Mon Sep 12 07:44:09 2005

 We're much better at taking the piss out of Belgians. Winding up the French is passe!
Rob Lang
- Mon Sep 12 06:59:09 2005

 Lox, John, Travis, I would like you to bear in mind that I am not French. I’m from that silly, pointless little country that faces England and which the most erudite amongst you would know as Belgium. Telling me that I’m French is like telling an Irishman, or a Scot, or a Welsh that he is English. How offending!
Sheri
- Mon Sep 12 06:22:55 2005

 Descent looks good...but the writer also wrote Dog Soldiers, which I've heard is one of the worst movies ever. I'm willing to look past that and give it a try if I can find it. Thanks for the suggestion. Eddie Izzard may be English, but I know he was born in Yemen. And he's funny as hell.
Travis
- Mon Sep 12 05:32:02 2005

 The Germans call us "inselaffe" - island monkeys, which I think is fantastic - it fits so perfectly. For me, this dispelled that myth that the Germans have no sense of hmour - they are clearly quite adept at taking the piss!
John
- Mon Sep 12 04:24:40 2005

 Eddie Izzard (for those not in the know, he's an English comedian) rather bravely did a whole gig in French once, to a French audience, presumably in France. As part of it he asked the audience if they hate the English, and rather pleasingly a resounding "no" came back. Having said that, they were a group of people who had intentionally gone to watch an English comedian, so perhaps they are not entirely representative of the French population!
John
- Mon Sep 12 04:06:55 2005

 Travis - I know pretty much nothing about the horror genre, but my friend Russ seemed to think The Descent was rather good - and he is usually very critical of this sort of film. Having said that I'm not sure how available it will be over there - I think it was only released in cinemas in the UK in June.
John
- Mon Sep 12 03:54:56 2005

 I know a lot of people who hate the French...and none of them have probably met any Frenchies. I don't think I've met any in person (and by "met" I mean had a formal introduction), but I have no issues with them. French is the coolest sounding language, in my humble opinion.
Travis
- Mon Sep 12 00:44:40 2005

 Found It!!! It was right before I left or Japan....
Lox
- Sun Sep 11 23:43:39 2005

 Incidentally the pictures at Green Park were among the best! :).... I still can't find that link though!!
Lox
- Sun Sep 11 23:41:49 2005

 Sheri: Which link "live together"?! As for the uglyness no offence taken, you are french after all ! (before you spit at my feet too.. I am joking!!) Ah this is a nice part of "la maison"... In a very Biritish way, every now and then, a total slag off between different nations begins. Pretty much the same thing that happened in the house, with me reminding the guys how shite in England, and they telling me how worthless is Italy.. Marvellous!!
Lox
- Sun Sep 11 23:40:58 2005

 I think I covered it before Tom: two of mine are Thinkpad 365's. Not tried Linux on either yet. It may come. The idea of the SG pc's is intriguing. What do you use them for? I have an old 450mhz PC I rigged out with all the old floppies I could find - 720k & 1.44MB 3.5"; 360k and 1.2MB 5.25" and a "whopping" 85MB HD, so I can rescue all that old software. Can boot Linux or DOS or a MAC emulator using a floppy. I suppose I could turn it into some sort of server... Hmmm...
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Sun Sep 11 22:42:54 2005

 To be honest though, I'm retiring a few sparcs soon.
tom
- Sun Sep 11 22:00:31 2005

 And an xbox.
tom
- Sun Sep 11 21:59:49 2005

 I have 3 laptops, two pc servers, 4 sparcs and a silicon graphics indy. That's, um, 10.
tom
- Sun Sep 11 21:59:24 2005

 I was the same John. Never heard of the band before - but I'll certainly look out that new LP. One of the guys is called Luke, and with the references to older TV/Film stars etc I guess it's a bit autobiographical. Lox/Travis: Yes I don't actually have all 8 going at any one time. Usually just a couple. Getting the family (as opposed to just me) coverted to all things Mac is not going smoothly... They keep coming back to the old Sony PC.... :|
Nigel
Oswestry, Evening here... - Sun Sep 11 19:34:43 2005

 Sheri, no problem. I live in Texas...Bush's home state (though I'm not from here) so I'm inundated with stories of his incompetence.
Travis
- Sun Sep 11 19:31:56 2005

 Of course, I was only kidding. No offence.
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 17:08:24 2005

 Lox, I clicked on the “live together” link and saw pictures of you taken in Green Park. Man, you are uuuuuugly!!!
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 17:07:46 2005

 John, How long do you intend to stay in Japan ?
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 16:41:26 2005

 - Travis. You’re craving for shivers? I suggest you watch Fox News and listen to what Bush has to say about hurricanes, pollution, global warming and world peace. Quite frightening!
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 16:32:36 2005

 Nigel: Wooo 8 computers!! I have a plan for my new house (whenever I'll move out of this place), basically I want to have at least 3/4 computers, 2 of which will be fitted with digital TV cards to watch tv. Everything it's going to be wireless and no telephone will be needed as skype or some other VoIP program will be istalled (with bluetooth headsets). Then I can die of cell mutation due to the magnetic fields, but at least I'll be happy! :=)
Lox
- Sun Sep 11 16:31:40 2005

 Oh. I'll ask this now and perhaps later, too. Every year I have a Halloween party. The past two years I have tried to find a scary movie to show. Two years ago it was Ring. Last year it was The Eye. It needn't be Asian...just worked out that way. I prefer semi-obscure stuff so most haven't seen it. Any thoughts?
Travis
- Sun Sep 11 16:12:59 2005

 Eight computers? Nice! I thought I've got a lot. I have one, each of my children (2) has one, and my son and I both have laptops. I'm tired...staying up too late staring at Greek is killing my eyes.
Travis
- Sun Sep 11 16:11:05 2005

 - Lox. About the Catholic Church, I can’t really tell. My mother, who was sent to a Jesuit school, developed quite early a loathing for priests. My grandmother, on the other hand, reveres the Church as an institution based on proscriptions. She’s totally impermeable to such concepts as tolerance and forgiveness. As for me, well, I don’t believe in God (or gods). I whish I could, but I’m sceptical. I don’t believe in men either.
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 16:06:01 2005

 Who said the weather was crappy ? Was it you Lox ? For my part I love bad weather, for it incites my charming neighbours to remain indoor. The less I see them, the better I feel. By the way, I opted for the “be super-polite” attitude.
Sheri
- Sun Sep 11 15:40:43 2005

 Is it because of my isolation here in Japan, or just my general ignorance, but I haven't even heard that of that band until now, let along heard the song. At the risk of sounding a bit girly, isn't it beautiful? Particularly with the video, which is absolutely superb...
John
- Sun Sep 11 15:16:59 2005

 Ho.ho.ho! Have you seen this Flash site? Wonderful! www.jcbsong.co.uk Marvellous!! My lad spent ages exploring the pages...
Nigel
Oswestry, ... - Sun Sep 11 14:17:48 2005