• Buy knife + marker pen and begin construction of Gundam model
• party hard at the Respect Festival because I racism
• sick on sunday

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Sunday, July 9, 3-5 PM
Peter and Pam's, StoneOak, end of Thompson Road, XXXXXXX

Two miles into the State Forest, a 7-acre clearing with stone house, sauna, studio/workshop, wood-fired cooking, heating and hot-tub, owner-installed solar electric system, Gap Mountain composting toilet, solar shower.

Organic vegetable garden, shiitake mushrooms, and ever-expanding perennial gardens making maximum use of existing stones and boulders. Stone house built by Jonathan & Susan xxx XXXXXX; gardens, etc by Peter & Pam.

Thompson Road is the first right off of XXXXXX Road coming away from town. If your car has good ground clearance, you can drive in. You can also park at any of several stopping points along Thompson Road and walk the rest of the way in. 999-999-9999 if you need more info.

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Later on Sunday, I may take my own life.

[ 07.07.2006, 11:01: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
 
Tonight: hairdresser torture, then curry and horror vids with my flatmate

Tomorrow: going to the Eclipse at Sandown. Wearing a flash new dress. Hoping to see wonder-mare Ouija Board cream the field.

Sunday: Pirates of the Caribbean at the big Odeon, Leics Sq with my Lord of the Rings geekmates. Lunch and gossip beforehand.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Tonight: decking man coming round, dinner with Mum, BB eviction

Tomorrow: shopping, birthday barbecue, overeating, overdrinking, falling asleep on sofa.

Sunday: Pirates of the Caribbean matinee, potential arm-wrestling competition between French and Italian friends (not really), footie watching with assorted masses and takeaway food.
 

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Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
 
Tonight: nothing. Unless you count slipping into a coma whilst slumped in front of the telly watching the BB eviction shows.

Tomorrow: nothing. Unless you count attempting/completing DIY type jobs on the house in a vain attempt at tarting it up enough to put it up for sale.

Sunday: nothing. Unless you count doing the laundry, ironing school uniforms etc etc etc
 

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Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
 
Perhaps I should buy a vat of wine tonight and spend most of the weekend fending off the subsequent hangovr before going to see POTC on Sunday instead.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Tonight: prancing around stage in Ilford in variety of sweaty polyester frocks, and blonde wig which becomes larger as the show goes on. Boyfriend, friends and new boss to be in audience. *barf with nerves*

Tomorrow: matinee and evening repetition of tonight's activities. Poss after-show over-excited curry house visit with am dram cast.

Sunday: 'Post-show comedown', preparing for starting new job by reading, learning and inwardly digesting books about 'make your mark in 90 days or you're TOAST'
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
tonight I am locked out my flat until louise gets back because she took my keys this morning. I've just found out that she won't back until well late, so I'm going to be quaffing pints and playing pool in the Old Street area. The Elbow Rooms probably, paying a billion pounds for a glance at a pool table.

[ 07.07.2006, 11:16: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Tonight: 100 hour journey on the NotSoMegabus to Swindon to celebrate granny's eightieth. Celebrating includes lots of being quiet and not swearing. Granny (and probably parents) will try to make me eat so much food I'll be sick. It will last forever and I might have a break down due to the fact I have nothing interesting to tell anyone over 40 years old. i will get to see my Step-Sister though, as she is flying in from Scotland. My Sister is pretty \m/ though, so I'm sure she'll make me do a laugh or two.

Tomorrow: Lunch with my folks and then he is giving me money to go out with my sister for drinks. I don't know why he feels the need to bribe me though. Regardless, it will be a non-stop PR exercise as I say 'I'm playing at pub in Old Town on Thursday....yeah......you should come down.......yeah man........yeah do it' I suppose I had better try to get my friend Debbie to do my hair. I'm a bit worried though as she has hair like this:



and wanted to bleach mine, so I reckon I'll come back to London with some serious fucking Metal hairdo.

Sunday: I travel back up to London to practice with the band. Late practice, but all in all it's pretty exciting to be keeping busy. I've been trying to book a gig in Gloucester too, which is jam packed full of goths and metallers, which you know can't be a bad thing.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
tonight I am locked out my flat until louise gets back because she took my keys this morning. I've just found out that she won't back until well late, so I'm going to be quaffing pints and playing pool in the Old Street area. The Elbow Rooms probably, paying a billion pounds for a glance at a pool table.

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Man, I've got to kill time in Victoria until 8pm. Gnh!
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
Gnnnn!
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
GNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
 

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Posted by Uber Trick (Member # 456) on :
 
Mikee, that bleaching your hair thing? As a close, personal, ex-girlfriend I would humbly suggest that it might not be the best idea you've ever had... Don't kill the Seth Green looky-likey, please?! Oh, and say hi to Debbie from me
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Don't listen to her nwod. Do you really want to look like this



for the rest of your life? He look like a fucking child for Christs sake. Bleach your hair. Be a man. Post pics.

[ 07.07.2006, 13:33: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
 
Tonight - sit on sofa, watch telly, read, dick about on internet, drink wine.

Saturday - sit on sofa, watch telly, read, dick about on internet, drink wine.

Sunday - sit on sofa, watch telly, read, dick about on internet. Be visited by Samaritan friend. Eat chocolate eclairs. Sit on sofa, watch telly, read, dick about in internet, drink wine.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Tonight: Continue to unpack stuff. Wash dishes. Wank later

Tomorrow: Work till midday or so. See friend I haven't seen in a while. Get more stuff from old house. Unpack for a bit. Wank.

Sunday: Wank. manically tidy parents' house. Manically tidy old house. Hand over key to ex housemate. Get his sister's phone number on the sly. (might try to do that tonight actually thinking about it) See female friend I've not seen in ages who's moving away soon, with questionable motivation. Welcome parents back. Get massive eerbashing from parents because house is still untidy depite the fact I planned to tidy in the morning. Wank. Sleep.

[ 07.07.2006, 15:23: Message edited by: Ringo ]
 

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Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
 
Today/tonight: Had EMG test, they think I have a pinched nerve/congenital(i.e.-possible DEFECT) in lower discs/spine. This means I really am broken. They have prescribed 2 vicodin every 4-6 hours and then at night a muscle relaxer. The vicodin doesn't work. I need something stronger, doc still hasn't given me anything stronger. *sigh*

Later: Watch Asian movie with A.

Tomorrow: Car show in next town over. Then I go for my MRI. Must remember to buy acrylic jewelry before hand, so I don't get sucked into magnet and die.

Tomorrow night: Another movie? Why can't this be next w/e when I'll be at the beach???

Sunday: Nothing. It's supposed to be too hot to do anything.

(psst- EMG (nerve tests) hurt like an effing bitch. THey electrocuted my legs and back for over an hour. Electric currents running through body is not fun. The doc must have realized how painful the last current was, b/c he sat there and rubbed my lower back for a good 2 minutes afterwards. The first current he gave me had me jump so high I scared the hell out of him. I probably looked like a flailing fish out of water.

(edit- i can't seem to spell today)

[ 07.07.2006, 16:30: Message edited by: Amy ]
 

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Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
 
Tionight - drank beer with Darryn , and now he has gone will continue to impress myself now I have my AS/400 - spent all afternoon begging and borrowing favours with people all through amsterdam, however have been real A-Team and solved the issue not by paying 60 quid for a cable, but have solved it by stripping some satellite attaenae cable and poking some copper wires in holes.

Rest of tonight, cary on drinking beer, rest of weekend - getting my career back on track by being a nerd.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ringo:
Wank. Find cup of tea on bedside table. Sleep.

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lol
 

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Posted by Uber Trick (Member # 456) on :
 
xxx

[ 07.07.2006, 19:27: Message edited by: Uber Trick ]
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
Question: what does Ringo wank about?
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
I generally fantasize about a couple of my closest friends. They don't know that I do that.

Hey, I'm a man of simple pleasures but complex relationships.
 

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Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
 
MRI: I'm broken.

Will update once I've spoken with my doc.

Fingers crossed for me.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
You sound as if you are having a really unpleasant time of it. Good luck and best wishes for the MRI and the overall prognosis, Amy.
 

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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
 
My mate bought me a hammock! A hammock! How fucking cool is that? I'm in my living room, in my hammock. I might have a wee Pimms in a minute. In my living room, in my hammock.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Best wishes Amy, hope there's light at the end of your tunnel.
 

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
hullo amy! poor you. i hope everything stops hurting soon.

here are my plans for the weekend- eat some toast. once ive done that it will be practically monday and ill have to start planning my week.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
My weekend was a bit mental. The bit I was most surprised at was when my step-mum said 'tell Mikee who called you up the other day' and my Dad was like 'ah yes, I got a call from Fuzz Townsend from Pop Will Eat Itself the other day. He's such a nice chap. I called him back later and he pulled over at the side of the road, in case he had an accident'

'Isn't he nice?' piped up my step-mum in-between my fathers casual banter, while I looked on as if I had stepped into a strange dream conjured from my own imagination.

Oh, I had my hair bleached:

For Benway and Bandy, the original Bang Brothers


Waynster giving Benway a much earned kiss.
removed pending approval

[ 09.07.2006, 19:41: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Don't know how it looks in a full-fat browser, but that photo is cool in Ghostzilla:


 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Best wishes Amy, hope there's light at the end of your tunnel.

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Originally posted by Amy:
Today/tonight: Had EMG test

(psst- EMG (nerve tests) hurt like an effing bitch.

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I'm having this test done Friday afternoon.

ETA: The paperwork that the testing facility sent over described the tests as resulting in mild discomfort. Nowhere in the paperwork does it mention it hurting like an effing bitch.

Sorry to hear you're suffering, Amy. I know exactly how you feel.

[ 10.07.2006, 07:21: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
Does anyone know: when you want to find some cheap dump to live, can you just walk into a few property places and ask for help, or do you have to phone them and make appointments?
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
Come on, Internet. You are supposed to be my surrogate mother. You advise. You comfort. You nourish. You kiss and make better. Wake up, Internet. Let me in beside you. I'm scared.

[ 10.07.2006, 09:10: Message edited by: Fionnula the Cooler ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler:
Does anyone know: when you want to find some cheap dump to live, can you just walk into a few property places and ask for help, or do you have to phone them and make appointments?

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Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler:
Does anyone know: when you want to find some cheap dump to live, can you just walk into a few property places and ask for help, or do you have to phone them and make appointments?

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Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler:
And see what their reaction is. (I anticipate laughter.)

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At least you're being realistic about something.If you're not prepared to share, anticipate ridiculous prices or a mugging or two.
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
What! How does sharing a flat prevent you from getting mugged? Do Londoners mug people inside their homes?
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
Oh wait. You mean I'll have to live in a ghetto. Yeah. I see.
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 
Your cheapest option will be to share but if that isn't an option, you should be able to get a ropey but charcatful studio flat (bedsti) just about anywhere in London (withing reason) for upwards of 60 quid a week. Find a property
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler:
Oh wait. You mean I'll have to live in a ghetto. Yeah. I see.

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(bedsti)

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Bedsti

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Originally posted by London:
And you know how there are always those cards written in that real scratchy old-lady / old-man writing, advertising single rooms in houses nearby for aobut 60/70 a week? Couldn't you get one of those? I always thought that would be exciting, run away to a new town, make a note of those numbers, go to their house, rent the room there and then, start over.

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
They have this agency here that lets space and rooms in buildings that have been empty for a long time which under Dutch law could be squatted

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I found a link to the container village:

http://www.keetwonen.nl/

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It looks like an open-air Alcatraz.



[ 11.07.2006, 07:42: Message edited by: Black Mask ]
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
That's true enough..

Still an affordable option to consider though don't you think ?, I lived in some bedsits and squats in my youth that would make Alcatraz look like a five star hotel.

They're quite nice on the inside I'm told.

[ 11.07.2006, 07:47: Message edited by: Darryn.R ]
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
More like the interior of a Borg ship.

We are Dutch. Resistance is futile.
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
see how many of these containers they've put together and wonder why it's not an option in London..

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Originally posted by ralph:
More like the interior of a Borg ship.

We are Dutch. Resistance is futile.

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Quick thinking, Ralph. It's in Cambridge though, and I think FtC's looking for somewhere in London.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Just trying to keep the thread on-topic. You know how heavy-handed Darryn can get when he puts on his admin hat.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
the sixties were far out, but the seventies was a heavy scene.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
his mother Winfred? (shurely shome mishtake? Ed.)
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
what's everybody having for dinner tonight?
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Chicken of one variety or another. Roasted potatos. Some vegetable or another.
 

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Chili Con Carne (Chili with Meat) - Beef mince fried in an inch of oil and served with a delicious sauce (Morrisons own brand). Served on a bed of over-saturated rice to the soundtrack of Vogon Poetess complaining about her life.

[ 11.07.2006, 11:18: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
mmmmm
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Was that to the meal or the complaining?
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
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[ 11.07.2006, 11:28: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
both. I haven't seen VP for ages. It would be a pleasure to listen to her endless yammering.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
I'm having: a 4 pint jug of cider, a packet of Nobby's chilli nuts and 5 Marlboro Lights.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Check out Mr. Healthy Eating Newbie and his light cigarettes.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by ralph:
Check out Mr. Healthy Eating Newbie and his light cigarettes.

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Originally posted by Abby:
I would also be pleased to hear of any parsnip recipies readers can reccomend

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Originally posted by Abby:
I would also be pleased to hear of any parsnip recipies readers can reccomend

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
It would be a pleasure to listen to her endless yammering.

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It just seemed like an easy way to get rid of lots of parsnips quickly.

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Originally posted by Zygote:
A quicker way would be to throw the cunting things in the bin. Pfft. Parsnips.

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Nutritionally, parsnips are low in calories, about 130 for a whole one 9" in length, and contain no saturated fat or cholesterol. That same 9" parsnip can boast a 6.4 grams of fiber, 93.1 mcg of folic acid (that's nothing to sneeze at), 59.2 mg of calcium, and 46.4 mg of potassium, and lesser amounts of vitamins B1, B2, B3, vitamin C, iron, and zinc.

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
what's everybody having for dinner tonight?

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Prawn and mushroom tikka masala with rice, yum.
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
Rosemary ham and mushroon carbonara pasta shells.

It was supposed to be steak quesadillas but I forgot to pick up the right ingredients.
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
Fried chicken and molasses.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm having Lee Otway, star of Hollyoaks and Love Island.




Mmmmmm - MM! You go girl!

[ 11.07.2006, 12:19: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
 
I was about to say that everyone's dinners were making me really jones for lunch. Really sparked the appetite.

But then I got to Dottore Benway's pretty boy post and-- well, no, that's okay, I'm not hungry, really. Thanks though.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I haven't cooked anything tasty and fulfilling in ages. It just feels like a massive effort because when I do cook, no-one eats it, so I have to eat the same meal five times a week. Cook chicken on Sunday? Monday: chicken stew Tuesday: chicken soup Wednesday: food has gone off.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Tonight I'm going to eat the original flavours of Findus Crispy Pancakes which I recently bought from a vintage foods collector. As far as I remember, they were a great deal tastier than the flavours which currently grace our shelves. Apparently they're still in the original box and have been frozen since purchase in the 1980s. Some would say that they should be kept in the box as a collectors item, rather than opened, cooked and eaten, but where's the fun in that?

BTW: Keep an eye out for *Findus Flips, pancake fans!

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Bizarrely tasty combination of soft, sweet pancakes with a hot savoury filling. Ironically, they're very much like Nestle Pretzel Flipz in that the taste of the sweet/ savoury combination is really quite bizarre but you keep going back for more.

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
Won't those ancient pancakes be fucked? Freezer burn will render them unto dust, won't it?

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Originally posted by Zygote:
A quicker way would be to throw the cunting things in the bin. Pfft. Parsnips.

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But they're good for you.

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Nutritionally, parsnips are low in calories, about 130 for a whole one 9" in length, and contain no saturated fat or cholesterol. That same 9" parsnip can boast a 6.4 grams of fiber, 93.1 mcg of folic acid (that's nothing to sneeze at), 59.2 mg of calcium, and 46.4 mg of potassium, and lesser amounts of vitamins B1, B2, B3, vitamin C, iron, and zinc.

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Originally posted by sam:
What? After dipping them in butter and then frying them?

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Well no. Obviously. The parsnips in and of themselves are good for you. The oil and butter are so you can actually eat them.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by ralph:

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Originally posted by sam:
What? After dipping them in butter and then frying them?

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Well no. Obviously. The parsnips in and of themselves are good for you. The oil and butter are so you can actually eat them.

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If the heart attack doesn't get you.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 

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Originally posted by sam:
If the heart attack doesn't get you.

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by ralph:

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Originally posted by sam:
I feel mean now.

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Originally posted by ralph:

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Originally posted by sam:
I feel mean now.

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You should. Now if only I could figure out how to make myself have a heart attack. That would teach you!

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Originally posted by sam:
Eat fried parsnips?

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lol.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I was going to comment on ralph giving his children heart-attack snacks but I thought I was just being too sensible.

Misc, may I remind you that we have a gig on Thursday? I don't want to hear an entire chorus played out of tune because your arse fails to retain the basic of bodily products. In particular, brown water.
 

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Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
 

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Originally posted by Physic:
You have my deepest sympathies Amy, having been through the whole screwed up back/mri scan/surgery experience I don't envy you one bit, even now I do my best to blot that period of my life out of my memory. It does get better though.

As for an ovarian cyst that sucks big time, I hope you're okay and that it's easily treatable, I can't say I know much about them other than that they aren't the least bit pleasant.

My best wishes are transmitting their way across the Atlantic as we speak.

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
THere was a TV show a while back about a letting firm that rented spaces in empty office blocks, factories, shops, govt. buildings, etc, for living in.

It was to prevent the buildings getting squatted while keeping them functional. Only short lets, but some of the places were fantastic. Some guy had the entire top floor of a glass-walled office block for a flat with access to the roof. Someone else had a workshop/warehouse that looked quite a mental place to live for a while.

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West London: warehouses, office buildings, big commercial spaces - 20 places

suitable for people with few belongings, able to move quicky and easily, 2 weeks notice period guaranteed next property to move to, nominal licence fee

please email dorota.m@camelotproperty.com

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
I was going to comment on ralph giving his children heart-attack snacks but I thought I was just being too sensible.

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In my defense, the recipe I linked to isn't the actual recipe for the parsnip sensation that mrs. ralph makes. For one, her recipe uses no butter at all. Secondly, the oil she uses is organic extra vigin expeller pressed olive oil, and the parsnips aren't deep-fried in it either.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Please try not to stress yourself out. You will always have a back-up plan (Which incidentally is me mailing myself in a parcel, after I wax my entire body and don a nappy. I've got shitting myself down to a tee. You won't even have to breast feed as I imagine American girls with all do a woozyclunge at the sound of my pompous English accent)

I got invited to America to see my mother in December time, which is marginally ruined by the fact it's Kansas.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
I got invited to America to see my mother in December time, which is marginally ruined by the fact it's Kansas.

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That's excellent news! Except for the Kansas part. Any chance of a brief layover in Boston? I'd drive 90 miles to meet you.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a beer. Yessiree.

Actually, I'm not paying for the ticket, so I don't get to make any decisions on my route *egh*

[ 11.07.2006, 14:51: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a beer. Yessiree.

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I'm an alcoholic.

[ 11.07.2006, 14:51: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by ralph:

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a beer. Yessiree.

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I'm an alcoholic.

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It doesn't have the same ring though, does it? If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a coke.

And I believe you I do I do about the healthy eating.

Edited just to say I hope I am not being insensitive or stuff.

[ 11.07.2006, 14:56: Message edited by: sam ]
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 

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Originally posted by sam:
It doesn't have the same ring though, does it? If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a coke.

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No, but If you drive ninety miles, I'll buy you a drink. has a nice, non-alcoholic beverage ring to it.

ETA: nwod's just trying to get back at me because I may have once made a crack about his height.

[ 11.07.2006, 14:58: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Will everyone stop talking about my height! I haven't felt this sensitive since I asked a girl out and she said she thought I was cool but that it would be embarrasing to be seen with me.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
You've so got to come to Boston.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Why? Are the women there you know....ok about such things?
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
No, I'd just like to meet you is all.

ETA: Meant in the manliest of ways of course.

[ 11.07.2006, 15:09: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
How manly? Bear-traps manly?
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
I can't see a graceful way out of this hole I've dug.

Nevermind. Enjoy Kansas.

ETA: I'm not gay. Not that's there's anything wrong with it.

[ 11.07.2006, 15:14: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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Enjoy Kansas

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Mate,

I'm really sorry, but I've got a bit of a problem. I had the antique Crispy Pancakes for supper at 7pm and they didn't quite taste as spectacular as I expected. Basically, within the hour Kelli and I fell rather ill. She is far more sensible than me and decided to go to the toilet 'just for a precaution' but while she was in there, I felt dizzy and made my way to the toilet. She had locked the door and I was quite urgent to get in. She said no at first but I promised her I would only sit in the sink and shit if I had to. She couldn't reach the door lock due to stomach cramps. Oh man, I fucking... I fucking shit my pants right there and then. I was planning to wear my favourite trousers to the gig so I instinctively ripped them down to stop myself from shitting the insides. Then.... Oh god man, then I shit into the avonator. As I was staggering backwards I hit the 'on' switch and all of my bum squash was mashed up in the fan and spread across the living room.

Basically, on Friday evening my dad is bringing the vicar around from Newbury Cathedral and I'm going to have to clean all this arse-juice up. I won't be able to make it Thursday. I'm sorry mate. I'm sorry.

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
HOLY FUCK WOMAN PUT SOME CHEMICALS ON IT

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o h f u c k n o t a g a i n

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Originally posted by herbs:
No way Ho Say. Nasty spammers will spam the website, which is pretty fragile at the best of times.

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Nah, you'll be Ok, current trends in 'spamming' or 'trolling' seem to be heavily focused on the ITV LOVE ISLAND (loveislandforums[dot]itv[dot]com) forum, where the Dr Who geeks from Outpost Gallifrey seem to be having a rum old time in quite a subtle but funny way.

Love Island, pah ! Even though I love Fearne Cotton my faith in her to choose proper programs to appear on has all but vanished, she should stick to painting.

[ 12.07.2006, 07:36: Message edited by: Darryn.R ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
that's okay. tonight I'm being forced to go to south east london by a slut.
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Top Tip!

'Finchley Road' is not in Finchley.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
Also another handy thing to know if you're in that area: Highgate Village and Highgate are different places. Highgate Village is +10 more home counties than Highgate (read: Gastropubs, porsches, loafers, boutiques)
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
Another top tip:

Brixton is a shithole and should be avoided at all costs. If you want cheap rent but decent transport connections and an interesting local scene, I'd recommend New Cross. Goldsmiths is based there, so there's lots of gayers. You'd be near Greenwich Park and glass and steel towerland and a short DLR ride to uberamp and you can stalk Kovacs. Yes, move to New Cross!


Benway, who is this 'slut' that is dragging you down to SE London and why are you going? You reject my invitation to dance this Friday...
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
O she's just this massive slut. And I don't think I can afford to go to your dance thing on friday. I know it'll end up in me dribbling at a cashpoint taking out hundreds of pounds to pay for drugs and cocktails. Plus I was out on monday and I'm out tonight and tomorrow and on saturday so I think I need a night off at some point so I can have a sober chat with Louise and catch up on some health.

[ 12.07.2006, 09:28: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
I always understood that New Cross was at least as much as a shithole as Brixton. Having said that I've been out in Brixton a great deal over the past few years and its reputation as a dump seems to me to be partly a hangover from the riots 30 years ago.

Having said that, even when London's broken down into areas like 'Brixton' and 'Finchley' you still find a vast variety of price and standard of area. So it's hard to say.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
Brixton is less of a dump than, for example, kings cross. At least Brixton is lively. In fact, I'd much rather be out drinking in brixton than say, Clapham or Balham or any of those south london property bubbles.

[ 12.07.2006, 09:32: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Why is Kings Cross such a dump?
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
I was in Brixton a week and a half ago for the frst time in a year or so. I used to go to the Dogstar, Mass, Fridgebar and one or two other places all time. I liked Brixton. But maybe I've changed cuz I found the site of a crackwhore stumbling by wearing only one shoe, teh other foot caked in dirt, immensly depressing. And there are more fucking beggars than in Jaipur.

Horrible, horrible place.

New Cross is nowhere near as bad. It's pretty friendly and there really isn't that much crime and it doesn't feel so menacing and although the scene there is more limited than Brixton's, cuz of Goldsmiths there's still lots going on particularly live music.


And Benway, I'd rather live in King's Cross. Nearer a lot more proper places like Bloomsbury and Clerkenwell and teh last few years seem to have been good to teh neighbourhood whereas Brixton seems to have got worse
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
O she's just this massive slut. And I don't think I can afford to go to your dance thing on friday. I know it'll end up in me dribbling at a cashpoint taking out hundreds of pounds to pay for drugs and cocktails.

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Originally posted by vikram:
speaking of which, I went to see Teh Soho Dolls last night. I assumed they'd be shit.

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Originally posted by vikram:
the singer is fit and it was free

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Good answer.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
the guitarist looks like tommy lee
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
We are in London in two weeks for a wedding on the Saturday. We are going down on Friday so we can spend an evening there and we certainly don't want to book a show. Not our sort of thing. We want to wander around a bit and have a few drinks and something to eat.

We don't know London at all. We will look at the touristy bits I suppose as it would be a pity not to, but we don't want to spend all evening walking around in circles among tourists or trying places on a hit and miss thing and getting it wrong if there are more pleasant or fun places to be instead.

When we did that in Athens we spent most of time circling the red light district and being followed by Armenians. Don't want to come away thinking London is that bad.

Any suggestions?
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Ringo's your man. Ringo? Any suggestions?
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
How do you feel about roundabouts, sam?
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
there's nothing worth seeing or doing in London.

[ 13.07.2006, 07:02: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Take a cab straight to Neasden. You mustn't miss Neasden.
 

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Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
 
What sort of food are you after Sam?
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 

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Originally posted by Physic:
What sort of food are you after Sam?

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You're not gonna cook for them, are you?
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
Sorry, wasn't paying attention. I've been listening to some cool music. Two great bands: Shimura Curves and Interlopers. You guys ever heard of them?

So, where was I? Oh yes, food. I'll eat anything as long as it cooked, so that's MacDonald's/Kentucky fried shit and probably Japanese food out. Maybe also not too much in favour of stuff like T-bone or huge chunks of meat. I don't mind different.

Thanks for the encouragement about sites to see you guys. LOL Maybe just tell me where to go so I don't get mugged?
 

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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
 
Last time I went to London I saw:

• A pub (I think it was in Kensington)
• Another pub
• A hotel
• A cafe
• Tate Modern
• The inside of some tubes

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Originally posted by sam:
Sorry, wasn't paying attention. I've been listening to some cool music. Two great bands: Shimura Curves and Interlopers. You guys ever heard of them?

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Arse-licker. [/QB]

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Are you making me an offer?
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
Go to Borough Market on the saturday morning and buy some expensive food (such as venison burgers and smoothies). Save some bread. Then go to the Market Porter and enjoy some real ale.

After that walk along the river then head north to piccadilly circus. go to the japan centre and buy some take-away sushi. Walk to St james Park, lie on the grass and eat your sushi. Then take your left-over bread and feed the ducks. Then go for a pint somewhere. Use www.fancyapint.com to locate a decent pub in your vicinty.
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Southbank and Bourough market is an enjoyable combination indeed. The market is open friday and saturday daytimes, until about 3-4 ish I think.

Dont try and find any bars or restaurants in the westend, it is shit. Where is good for hanging about? Hmm...Notting Hill Gate, Hampstead (posh), Clapham (young), Shoreditch (wanky), Camden (skanky), Clerkenwell (trendy)...now, everone else can argue about how wrong my classifications are!
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 

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Originally posted by Zygote:
The Slug & Lettuce, near Bishopsgate's pretty good.

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Originally posted by sam:
So, where was I? Oh yes, food. I'll eat anything as long as it cooked, so that's MacDonald's/Kentucky fried shit and probably Japanese food out. Maybe also not too much in favour of stuff like T-bone or huge chunks of meat. I don't mind different.

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You're probably best off just sticking to the Soho area really, plenty of decent bars and pubs and a number of Japanese restaurants.

If you really want to eat KFC there's a few round there, one on Oxford Street and one in Leicester Square for sure. You can't really go to many places in London that don't have either a KFC or a KFC clone as far as I can tell.

China Town is obviously worth a look, Personally I like China China, cheap prices and good crispy duck.

If you want something different there's a bar called Salvador & Amanda just off Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square tube station, doubles as a restaurant and bar with a mediterranean/tapas style, good food, great raspberry sangria and reasonable tunes.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Nell Gwynne Tavern

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On the face of things a Ye Olde pubbe, the Nell Gwynne is not as touristy as it's location and cosy size would make you think. Sure, it's dimly lit and makes the most of it's historical associations, but it still has the feel of a locals' pub. Friendly staff, a good jukebox and decent fayre add up to a decent, busy boozer. Even though it's about the size of a phone box inside, it's usually a better bet than some of the other tourist traps nearby. Hellish stairs to the toilets though.

reviewed:
17/04/2006

location:
Strand

phone:
0871 984 1264*

clientele:
local workers, theatre people

address:
1-2 Bull Inn Court
WC2R 0NP
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
Some helpful answers! Cheers.

I like the stroll idea and a few drinks. I shall have to look Bishopgate and some of the other places up. I shan't be there early enough to see Tate Modern or parks because we can't get time of to get there early enough. We get there about 4 and drop our bags off. On Saturday we will be getting totally blathered at a very large, mostly Irish wedding and then we are travelling back with our hangovers. So only Friday night.

I reckon the day time would be easier to sort but in the evening, well, it feels more dangerous at night, the big city thing, and easier to get wrong.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by Bandy:

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Originally posted by Zygote:
The Slug & Lettuce, near Bishopsgate's pretty good.

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Especially if you like insurance brokers or commodities traders from essex.

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Originally posted by Physic:

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Originally posted by sam:
So, where was I? Oh yes, food. I'll eat anything as long as it cooked, so that's MacDonald's/Kentucky fried shit and probably Japanese food out. Maybe also not too much in favour of stuff like T-bone or huge chunks of meat. I don't mind different.

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You're probably best off just sticking to the Soho area really, plenty of decent bars and pubs and a number of Japanese restaurants.

If you really want to eat KFC there's a few round there, one on Oxford Street and one in Leicester Square for sure. You can't really go to many places in London that don't have either a KFC or a KFC clone as far as I can tell.

China Town is obviously worth a look, Personally I like China China, cheap prices and good crispy duck.

If you want something different there's a bar called Salvador & Amanda just off Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square tube station, doubles as a restaurant and bar with a mediterranean/tapas style, good food, great raspberry sangria and reasonable tunes.

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Originally posted by Zygote:
[QUOTE]When I was there, this cocky, hair-slicked-back, shit-eating-grinning market-maker from Cazenove came swaggering over and, when asked how his day had gone, remarked, 'Oh - ye knaaaw. A bidda booouuuuyin'... a bidda seeeehhwin', whilst doing some freaky, wavy-arms dance in front of us. He then went on to tell my friend (who was an ex associate of his) how his wife had been cheating on him and he was worried that she'd ruin him.

I found it quite funny.

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Cheers for this. You certainly make it sound like I can't afford to miss the place.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Anyone know of a Stetson stockist in London? I want to buy one of these...

 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I would suggest not going to chinatown for a chinese. At least, not on the main strip. A group of us went to a place called The Chinese Experience on Shaftesbury Avenue, and that had a much more interesting menu than a lot of the places round that area. Might Soho not be confusing and infuriating to somebody who's probably knackered from a day of wandering about? For a really good Chinese, go to bayswater. The ones there are more expensive, but they better than the ones in chinatown. The overall experience is better as well as they are bigger and more comfortbale restaurants than the ones in soho. I think that they're run by a better class of Triad. You could end up in Bayswater if you went to check out Kensington Palace. I think. But I'm not sure.

[ 13.07.2006, 07:55: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by sam:
Cheers for this. You certainly make it sound like I can't afford to miss the place.

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
For a really good Chinese, go to bayswater. The ones there are more expensive, but they are approx 1 million times better than the ones in chinatown. I think that they're run by a better class of Triad.

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
Anyone know of a Stetson stockist in London? I want to buy one of these...

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
I cannot believe that anybody would recommend the Slug and Lettuce for anything, other than a good location for a nailbomb.

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Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler:
I think London has broken me. Forget crying: I want to do a MASSIVE DIE.

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Originally posted by sam:

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
Anyone know of a Stetson stockist in London? I want to buy one of these...

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I don't really understand Black Mask.

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:
Looks like the Gatsby would do you.

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Hmmm... Doesn't really stand up against the Stetson, does it?
 

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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
 
Few peoplw really understand Black Mask. If Black Mask were comprehensible, he wouldn't be Black Mask.
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 

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Originally posted by Black Mask:

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:
Looks like the Gatsby would do you.

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Hmmm... Doesn't really stand up against the Stetson, does it?

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In what ways is it deficient Mask?

Bates is worth visiting just for Binks.


 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by Louche:
Few peoplw really understand Black Mask. If Black Mask were comprehensible, he wouldn't be Black Mask.

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Yes. This is the impression I have been getting.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
is nobody going to answer my most excellent question about the event called 'signs'?
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Signs is these nutters... http://www.uckg.org/

I have mentioned them before. Maybe twice. You should pay more attention to me

A football stadium full of loons whipped into a religious frezy! brrrr
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
Can nobody help me?
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
fine.
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 
Signs is all about removing the obstacles that block your faith in the Lord and your ultimate happiness. I know this because I was accosted by a Signs Person outside Finsbury Park Station the other day. He was quite street for a Religious.

The conversation went something like.

SIGNS: Hello Blood. Do you know about the big concert/festival?

ME: The one in the park?

SIGNS: Nah, this one is in [some other park]

ME: No, I don't.

SIGNS: Well take this magazine, innit. If you come along then we can help you remove all those obstacles that is troubling you. You know, if you mum is dead, if you have got cancer and things.

ME: I don't have cancer. And my mum is fit and well.

SIGNS: Yeah but, there must be something wrong in your life. Maybe you has medical trouble or your dog is going to die.

ME: I don't have a dog.

SIGNS: Ah you sure you is completely healthy and that?

ME: Perfectly.

SIGNS: Maybe you is going to get run over soon.

ME: I'll tell you what, I'll take this magazine and I'll give it to someone with problems.

SIGNS: Respeck.

[ 13.07.2006, 08:59: Message edited by: jonesy999 ]
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 
It seems Signs are something to do with West Ham United. Is your dog healthy, Waynster?

[ 13.07.2006, 08:56: Message edited by: jonesy999 ]
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 
I think I gave the magazine to you Benway.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I don't remember that. I would like to read it.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 

Look at the Stetson. Can you not imagine wearing the Stetson while standing on the prow of a rum-runner, straining your eyes to the horizon while you're fingers tense around the grip of your Thompson? Or breaking the head of some fat-headed Mick copper as you run with your boys down the Bowery?

Now, look at the Gatsby...

It looks a bit like a depressed pasty, doesn't it?
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
I don't remember that. I would like to read it.

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Well, it looks like you've missed the big event at the Boleyn Ground. Judging by the pictures on the website, it was quite an occasion. I bet a lot of obstacles got removed that day.

I'm pretty certain that I no longer have the magazine. Tell you what, next time you see a street looking black guy hanging around outside Finsbury Park Station, just walk up to him and say, "Hey Blood, give me a sign. I got troubles."

[ 13.07.2006, 09:11: Message edited by: jonesy999 ]
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
HELLO!
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 
Hello Abby.
 

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Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
 
I'm a little perplexed by this thread. Because to me, this



and this



are Stetsons... not the tweed cap things.


 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
thanks Jonesy. At least somebody bothered to answer me. Where's the website?
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 

I'm not wearing that! I'd look like some kind of **** !

Stetson make the caps, as well. Apparently.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Here's that website, Benway.
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
I'm not wearing that! I'd look like some kind of **** !

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
Stetson make the caps, as well. Apparently.

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Originally posted by Zygote:
]I've only been to London twice, but both times I've been taken there I've had a very good night.

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Originally posted by Bandy:
They have Slug and Lettuces in other parts of the country which are equally bad though, no?

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
Here's that website, Benway.

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The Female Parasite: "Not only are they just one more creature breathing precious oxygen..."

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
You must be able to see the clear superiority of the Stetson, BR?

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I can see what you're saying, if I was in a Godfather flashback I'd prolly want the Stetson.



But generally speaking I prefer a standard flat cap myself.

No shakes sadly.

[ 13.07.2006, 09:52: Message edited by: Boy Racer ]
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
You've got obstacles, sam.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
You've got obstacles, sam.

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm going to stop pretending to ignore Abby now. It was never funny.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
What's an Abby?
 

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Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
 
No idea about shops in London that stock them but these guys seem to be a decent online stockist.
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Yeah! Stupid Benway...

I am going to this tonight. I shall be wearing a hat.
 

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Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
 

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I am going to this tonight. I shall be wearing a hat.

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[/QUOTE][/b]


What is going on in this picture?

[ 13.07.2006, 10:20: Message edited by: jonesy999 ]
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
I found this on an a view London page for hat shops:

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Now, many of you will have seen that Guy Ritchie fellow (and hordes of other celebs) sporting flat caps over the past little while. No doubt a good few of you will want that kind of thing - slaves to fashion that you are. Well, we recommend you visit James Lock & Co. Ltd. (St. James's Street).

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Aside from their excellent range of hats (of all sorts - not only the aforementioned flat caps) they trade by appointment to both HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - a sign of quality if ever there was one!

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Originally posted by Abby:
Yeah! Stupid Benway...

I am going to this tonight. I shall be wearing a hat.

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Originally posted by Waynster:
I think I might go to the pub tonight, wearing nothing but a shit-eating grin. After nearly 2 years of the most soul destroying, tedious, laborious work I have ever experienced, I have just been offered a contract with ING Bank, working with the system I know best and a ludicrous pay packet.

I'M FREE AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yay! Game on dude, if you're going to be earning mucho £££s then I think you should haul yourself over here and come to this with me
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
well done Wayne.
 

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Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
 
Congrats Waynstersir. Celebrationworthy indeed.
 

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Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
 
Congrats Waynster!

FYI: Chinese food in the UK looks and tastes different than in the States. Your pork fried rice is a totally different color.

Just thought I'd share.
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I spent the last few days sleeping with a friend as we both helped each other to recover from break ups. That was pretty good, I haven't gigled like an idiot for a while, either.

This weekend I will be looking after my sister, and actually getting on with sorting shit out before going to japan for two years, which is hard because it's pretty hot and I'd rather be out gettin' sweaty.

I have a large collection of super plays to give away if anyone is interested. and a ps2 for £25 quid. I will also continue my long crusade into the night of robbing casinos of money via blackjack bonus whoring. Then I may sit and preccoupy my mind with thoughts of an impending horrendous phone bill and lack of second passport so no returning to italy to wave it goodbye. and some girls there. One who I think ahtes me now but there we are!


Also: contemplating life as teacher in cividale, italy or getting another degree in comp sci while I'm in japan.

So quite a busy one really!
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I forgot to add: sitting nervously next to the phone waiting for fionulla to text


 

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Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
 
John, lucky you! Going to Japan. Good luck going for a comp sci degree...that's what I'm doing now. The math classes for it are pretty intense(at least the bachelor of science, as the B.A. is much easier).
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
John, I'll buy your PS 2. (That's the one you can play Dance Dance Revolution and Singstar on, right?)
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
alcohol + drugs + sleaze = bad

[ 13.07.2006, 22:46: Message edited by: vikram ]
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Just looking at this picture

makes me angry. Mostly I think because even though that article is more skewed than a pigscock, that people would live a life of contentment and be made to feel guilty about it. Sometimes I wish I could switch off the worry that I hold inside and get on with living my life. To add an amusing spin to this: I have been reading self help books. LOL.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
dammit I'd have had that ps2
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
NWOD: How did the gig go?

Edited to add: D'oh. Just seen your post on the Tornados thread. Well done. Fame and fortune favours the brave. Or something.

[ 14.07.2006, 05:44: Message edited by: Zygote ]
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Well done Wayne, Misc, and Felix!
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
Well done Waynester, you genius you.

[ 14.07.2006, 07:17: Message edited by: London ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
This Morris Cerullo bloke who's doing 'mission to london' seems like a pretty shady character. The event is free - anybody up for a trip to the weird side?

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During the Morris Cerullo Miracle Explosion, Zaheeda started screaming.
Several men tried to hold her down.When Morris Cerullo spotted the commotion, he immediately took spiritual authority over the curse of the enemy and they were defeated!

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
Mission to London seems it could be a miracle packed roller coaster ride.

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A very sad event is taking place at the Tummy Touch offices, in the heart of (well next too, kind of parallel to) Brick Lane.

Hundreds of records and cds are being destroyed from an amazing back catalogue including Tom Vek and Groove Armada- naturally we have relieved them of all their Coco Electrik stock though frankly they were so close to selling out of us anyway that there was only half a 12" left that had been torn in half by crazed fans.

This means that stock is going FREE FREE FREE!!!! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!!!!!

For more info text or call Mark at Tummy Touch on 07736 834 407. CDs are being taken away (ie destroyed!) on Monday (this Monday!!! The 17th of July!!) with vinyl closely to follow.

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:
stuffing face with Lady

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
That's one of my favourite things Mart, yes.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
is undercover surrealism worth it?
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
If you can go on a Monday for £3.50 then yes, at full price I'd be less inclined toward the positive.

Alot of the work that was there I'd seen before in other contexts, but it's gathering together in realition to the history of the Document magazine was pretty interesting, and might be up your alley.

Decent, but not wowey.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
fuck it, I'll give it a miss then.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Bracer's weekend sounds the epitome of 'new love' weekend. Full of exciting stuff and new experiences, that seem to go on forever. In three months their weekend will comprise: Friday -drinks after work with theLady's colleagues (bit dull really); Saturday - hangover, papers, visited sister. Sunday - Homebase, argument over lampshade, Enfield multiplex as special treat.
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
Bracer - I half expected to see you at the Kill Bill Pt 1 showing on the Saturday, what with it being:

1) Tarantino
2) In Greenwich
3) Beer-sponsored

But no sign of you. I even hung around the Pie van for a while but to no avail. In the end i slunk back to the press area (free booze - god bless Scrawny's wanky media job) and had a very brief chat about taking photos of portaloos with OB from Hollyoaks. Classy.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I didn't go to the stella screen thing, because I assumed it would bursting with *****.
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
Lol, that sounds like most of our weekends already Hoib.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Bandy - were you walking down St John's Road in Clapham Junction yesterday? If so, our heads passed at the same height, thanks to my enormous wedges.
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
haha. shows how wrong you are m8. i saw alex zane (he looked very loney) and (as i mentioned) ob from hollyoaks.

oh.

herbs - no, yesterday i was in east london at the motor show. now that was full of *****.

[ 25.07.2006, 07:17: Message edited by: Bandy ]
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
Bandrew, were it not for the spokenforness and consequential party attendance I almost certainly would have been there Saturday, the
Pie-Minister stall would have been a safe bet too.

Lots of my mates were there too Benway, so you were probably on the money.

Plus Alex Zane! Shudder.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I haven't got time for *****. Or anybody.
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
Are you looking forward to the weekend Steve?
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I was born ready.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I'm going to a wedding. Yay! But we only get one free glass of champers. Boo! But I have a new dress for it! Yay! But it's from Zara, so I had to buy a LARGE. Boo! The groom's in Death in Vegas! Yay! But there'll be so many young people there I'll feel a total aunt. Boo! I can feel some bad dancing coming on.
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
I'm getting an upright piano delivered tomorrow.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm getting the Adam and Joe DVD delivered tomorrow. Only £6 from play.com

Any other readers getting something delivered?
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
i spent the weekend at home on my own not talking to anyone after drinking a little too much absinthe on friday night.

last night i went to see three highly theatrical electro bands at some showcasey event. drank too much and ended up getting a taxi home. oh well.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
I am having The Dangerous Book for Boys delivered.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
benway, did you have a 'fun' weekend?

[ 25.07.2006, 08:19: Message edited by: vikram ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
It was mellow. Listened to the radio, read a bit. Played DS. Cleaned up, did chores. Went to homebase to buy superglue. Fixed the CPU fan on the pc. Spent sunday in carphone warehouse helping louise to get a new phone. watched filmfour. Failed to go to the Wetlands Centre for the seventh consecutive weekend. Nearly went for a meal, but cooked instead.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
i just got an friend invite from http://www.myspace.com/broken_saints_oran

tell me more, mangaboy.


yeah so after the clerkenwell hen night i inexplicably dragged you to, i had a pretty quiet weekend. last night was ace though, even if my double vodka came to eight bloody quid
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

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've added you purely so I can make this comment, but I will be removing you from my friends list straight after.

I consider myself to be quite an astute person which is why I carefully read everyones profile before I add them to my friends list, and I'm curious to know if the people who have thanked you for the add and asked you to stay in touch have actually read what your about.
People like you scare the hell out of me. I respect the diffrences in culture, religion, faith, colour etc and strongly disagree with the cold blodded murders that take place every second of every minute for these and many other reason all over the world.

If someone was racist towards me because of the colour of my skin, which they have been and will continue to be for many yrs to come no doubt, I would not pick up a gun and shoot them, I would not pick up a bomb and destroy their home. Everyone has faults, dislikes, differnt beliefs, differnt shades of skin colour. If we were all the same life would be boring.

Innocent people have died because of what you believe in doing to protect your cause a lot of those people probably believed in what you were fighting for.

I'm not particularly religious and not political but I do believe in and value life and everyone should live and let live. Everyone should also stand up for what they believe in but not by committing murder and enforcing terrorism on innocent people and hiding behind masks.

If you really truly believe in your cause, you would (1) not be prepared to murder and (2) show your face.

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awww. dim, but means well.
 

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Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
 


 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Well it looks like I was wrong about there being fallout for the awesomeness. The only consequence, it seems, is yet more awesome shit to come!

W00t
 

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Posted by Harlequin (Member # 454) on :
 
Bloody hell, I have noticed since coming back how very quiet these boards have become. I post on another forum occaisonally and it is really busy. I am not staying long on here anyway, I just came back for a fleeting visit.

By the way as this thread is about weekend plans see my free London music festival thread for next weekend.

[ 25.07.2006, 10:02: Message edited by: Harlequin ]
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Ringo - have you been shagging again?
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 

 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Was it sam? Or maybe VP? She's been very quiet this week. Maybe she can't sit down.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
In a rare break from form, it's a non-tmo person.
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
I am 70% sure that Ringo shagged a woman.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
i bet she wasn't a londoner
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Yeah they're all uptight and shit. Provincial birds, though, they fucking love it.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm sure whoever she is, she's not uptight now.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I bet they went dogging.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Actually I don’t want to cheapen this. It was one of those rare and amazing moments where you look into the eyes of someone and see something totally unexpected and suddenly you find your lips meeting. And it feels really right, and perfect, and all that stuff.

And then you find yourself absolutely panicking, and flagging down a cab, and then spending the night sat on your bed with you knees pulled up to your chest, rocking back and forth agitatedly, because her brother is probably going to find out and you’re supposed to be his mate and you just don’t think he’ll be that impressed… etc etc.

So no, technically I didn't shag anyone. You filthy bastards.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
awww, ringo is gay
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
If Ringo wanted to shag my sister, I'd be cool with it.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ringo:
because her brother is probably going to find out and you’re supposed to be his mate and you just don’t think he’ll be that impressed… etc etc.

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Word of warning: if said 'act' leads to further liasons with his sister, don't, whatever you do, claim to be really serious about her; gain your friend's eventual respect (because, after all, who better for his little sister to be going out with than his "good old buddy?!") and then totally fuck things up by realising you'd made a terrible mistake - finishing it with her - then losing both a friend and, more importantly, a regular fuck.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Nah well the thing is, I was well bricking it after that. Especially the next day when my phone rang and it was his number coming up. But he didn’t know anything, and didn’t even suspect anything. I then had to spend an excruciating evening with them both in the pub, trying hard not to make eye contact with her or do anything that might give the slightest hint.

So the thing is, come today I’d got myself all worked up about it. I’d spoken to her about it and we agreed we had to tell him, it’s not something we can just keep a secret, so we met up at lunch time today and went for a walk around the lake. I told him openly and honestly that we really care about each other, and he seemed really ok with it. I guess I’m not an arsehole, and he said that pretty much so long as she’s happy, he’s happy. Which, I guess, makes me happy too.

I suppose it’s kind of inevitable though, when you live with someone for 7 months, you get to know then really well and share some really vulnerable moments together. You kinda get to liking someone without even realising it, it just creeps up on you. Obviously this is intensified if they happen to be startlingly pretty.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
It's all so romantic. *dabs lace hanky to eye*

When do you think you'll go dogging?
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
*sigh*
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
i love herbs.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
You would love me less if you knew I was sitting here listening to Keane, thinking 'lovely boys', and waving my arms around in time to the music.
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
You lived with her? I thought your old housemate was an (annoying) bloke?


I did some more flirting this weekend. I think it will all end in tears....
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
That’s her brother. And actually he was never quite as bad as I made out, although I wouldn’t live with him again because of our differences. I was living with both of them.
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ringo:
I suppose it’s kind of inevitable though, when you live with someone for 7 months, you get to know then really well and share some really vulnerable moments together. You kinda get to liking someone without even realising it, it just creeps up on you.

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I hate most women on sight

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Originally posted by Abby:
I got laid. And marvelled at the gremlin-like increase in numbers of random Germans in my house. Every time I popped home there were more of them, sometimes asleep, sometimes awake...this morning there were naked ones asleep all over the living room!

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Originally posted by Zygote:

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Originally posted by Abby:
I got laid. And marvelled at the gremlin-like increase in numbers of random Germans in my house. Every time I popped home there were more of them, sometimes asleep, sometimes awake...this morning there were naked ones asleep all over the living room!

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Presumably, you experienced much togetherness with the afore-mentioned Germans.

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Yay for Abby! Was it that man at work?

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Hardly. I bet Abby's mimsy cures cancer

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Indeed.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
i wish i had cancer
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
We all wish you had cancer
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
lol
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 

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Originally posted by vikram:
lol

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Cancer isn't funny, vikram.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
you're right, cancer is hilarious.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
My Grandfather died of cancer. It wasn't funny then, and it isn't funny now.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
people can make light of heart attacks (which my father died of if we're comparing war stories here), or 'gaids' or silly darwin-award style deaths, but not cancer? interesting...
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by vikram:
if we're comparing war stories here

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Originally posted by vikram:
if you find making light of cancer offensive you could just say so.

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Originally posted by Ringo:
Spent most of the weekend with Emma doing very little. Eating bacon sarnies and watching the F1. I taught her how differentials work. She looked disinterested. i didn't care.

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One of his most evocative books of the time is Summer with Monika (1978), perfectly evoking the brief 1960s idyll of sun-flecked cohabitation:

'For i locked a yellowdoor
And i threw away the key
And i spent summer with Monika
And Monika spent summer with me'

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Posted by Carter (Member # 426) on :
 
I think Zygote seems to be offended by the concept of death, not cancer.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
I hope I don't get my head bitten ff for this but I guess that no-one here thinks anything of the nature of cancer is actually funny. It seems to me to be a tmo thing to take the piss by saying really shocking things.. well, shocking if it hits raw nerves instead of that 'laugh through the pain' funny bone type effect, I suppose.

There's a 'step away from that joke' thing ought to happen if you don't find it funny. It is safer and less hassle on the old nerves, don't you think? It's a human thing to laugh at the wolves that stalk through our lives. If we didn't maybe we'd always be too scared to go a walk in the woods.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by Carter:
I think Zygote seems to be offended by the concept of death, not cancer.

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Originally posted by Zygote:
blah blah blah

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Originally posted by vikram:
And I love you exploiting your grandfather's death to score a cheap board point. Well done!

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Originally posted by Louche:
Sam's very sweet, isn't it?

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Originally posted by Zygote:
I had my doubts previously, but you have just proved that you are, indeed, one sad little fuck.

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Everyone here knows cancer is awful, so why did you feel the need to tell us about your grandfather's awful demise?

You're one cynical little fuck and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

[ 31.07.2006, 11:22: Message edited by: vikram ]
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
I had my weekend in London at last. Only I didn't get to walk along the Strand as Dr Benway suggested because the train was pulled off with the lines going down. Instead we sat on an old diesel with no air conditioning and blinds for three hours.

The hotel was in Richmond though and I liked Richmond. It looked over Richmond Park and the view was something else and there was all these little pavement cafés. We got a quick walk in before the wedding kicked off. I could live in Richmond. I could if I had the sort of money it took, I suppose.

The wedding party was great. There was a free bar all evening as well as during the day. All evening. I've never come across the like. Good wedding. It's not surprising I have come back in a sweet mood.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I went to a wedding at the weekend. There was no free bar and the father of the bride did a speech that went on for 55 MINUTES. And included talking at length about his mother's alzheimers, the bride's recent miscarriage, and the conception of the bride. Way to harsh a wedding boner.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
yeah richmond is nice. they have deer there, i think.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

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Originally posted by herbs:
the father of the bride did a speech that went on for 55 MINUTES. And included talking at length about his mother's alzheimers, the bride's recent miscarriage, and the conception of the bride

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Originally posted by herbs:
And included talking at length about his mother's alzheimers, the bride's recent miscarriage, and the conception of the bride. Way to harsh a wedding boner.

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Originally posted by herbs:
I went to a wedding at the weekend. There was no free bar and the father of the bride did a speech that went on for 55 MINUTES. And included talking at length about his mother's alzheimers, the bride's recent miscarriage, and the conception of the bride. Way to harsh a wedding boner.

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Originally posted by herbs:
Oh he rolled off a list of the dead, too. No speech is complete without it, it would seem.

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
.... clearly Abby should get laid more.

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We should all get laid more.

I hope Ringo has a good summer.
 

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
on saturday, we were given directions to a party in somerset by gary stringer from REEF. he was very drunk. i did not ask if i could place my hands on his (w)hole; i think he probably gets that a lot, even now.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
last night i bumped into a female friend i hadn't seen in a whole and apparently said:
we should hang out soon... we hafta hang out soon.. we should make out soon.


not impressed
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
I love Reef!
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
We went here for the weekend:



It had a free baa.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
minidang ahoy!
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by dang65:
We went here for the weekend:



It had a free baa.

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You are younger than I imagined.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
He looks like his is writing '4 Reel' across himself with a rusty tentpeg. After all, Dang is the sort of Dad that takes you to a band and buys you a pint, then takes you camping. That will teach him to rest on his laurels. What kind of monster are you Dang?
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
dp

[ 31.07.2006, 13:06: Message edited by: vikram ]
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
good old richey


 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
oh DARREN! i forgot to tell you: check out these pics of lindsay lohan.
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
skanky. I love it vik
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
i think she looks great! here's a few more.

one for kovacs is he's lurking: hermione
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by vikram:
Everyone here knows cancer is awful, so why did you feel the need to tell us about your grandfather's awful demise?

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Originally posted by Zygote:

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Originally posted by vikram:
Everyone here knows cancer is awful, so why did you feel the need to tell us about your grandfather's awful demise?

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Why then, did you feel the need to post a pathetic, desperate-for-a-cheap-laugh message, stating glibbly, 'I wish I had cancer', with a fucking blue sad smiley face next to it? It just puzzles me. You obviously possess entirely different comedic parameters to me.

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Originally posted by Abby:

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Hardly. I bet Abby's mimsy cures cancer

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Indeed.

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Originally posted by vikram:
i wish i had cancer

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And I love you exploiting your grandfather's death to score a cheap board point. Well done!

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We could have called it 'Zygate'.

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It's certainly got a ring to it. It rolls off the tongue better than Zygote too. You can really get your teeth into it.

[ 01.08.2006, 04:52: Message edited by: Zygote ]
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
So there's going to be no bun fight. Oh well.

I suppose we could go back to the origin topic. Anyone looking ahead to next weekend?
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Yeah.
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
Wedding reception Friday Evening, followed by party.

Recovering Saturday; swim, maybe movie or BBQ.

Maybe DIY sunday.
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Im going to the snowdome at Milton Keynes on Friday to learn to snowboard...only Im not because I am a fucking retard and booked it at fucking Tamworth fucking snowdome.


[ 01.08.2006, 05:57: Message edited by: Abby ]
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
Yeah.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Abby:
Im going to the snowdome at Milton Keynes on Friday to learn to snowboard...only Im not because I am a fucking retard and booked it at fucking Tamworth fucking snowdome.

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That's bad luck. According to google maps it is 75 miles and 2 hours driving if you stick to the speed limit; why don't you try it? Or is it an evening lesson?

And I did try not to laugh.

Addendum; I thought you lived in the USA and was studying there.
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
What the fuck are you trying to say, Sam? It's a bit rich for you to come down on Misc like that, with your caustic little remark, posturing like your shit don't stink, when the guy just had the decency to reply to your question.

Some of my best friends and favourite relatives say the word "yeah" when talking about the weekend, and for you to be so snidey rankles pretty fucking muchly a lot, to be honest.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Schoolboy error there Abby. You should rebook with the MK one, and while you're there you could go on the freefall simulator thingy (giant vertical turbine that allows you to float around on air)
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Mmm-hmm. It's gonna be wicked right. Friday night I'm going down Liquid with Rog and Beccz. Oh and Sophie (who's totally mad, right). She'll probably bring along a load of her mates from the Northcroft. That crowd is totally mental - specially on a night out, lol! So we're gonna knock back a few beers and get out of our trees.

Saturday I'm gonna recover - because - get this - overconsumtion of alcohol makes you feel rough! Don't believe me? Try it yourself! They call it a hangover.

Never mind though, cuz I'm gonna stay in bed and wrap my head in the duvet until the afternoon when I'll get up and smoke a few ciggies. Maybe have a greasy brunch and then go down town to pick up a DVD or something to kill a few hours in the afternoon. Safe!

Then Saturday night I'm out again with a different crowd - probably head to the Tap for a bit of the old "live music" thing. Standing room only though, eh. No probs, we'll prob ourselves on the bar and get plastered on Corona. I might do my usual trick of downing eight pints of butts followed by a kebab, then chuck it up in the church yard. Why do I always need to throw up when I'm going past the church?

Yeah, maybe have a bit of a ruck with some townies on the way back to the flat - fuckers need some sense smacked into their heads - then collapse on the sofa with a post puking burger....

Wake up Sunday - forget what happened the night before, lol, then go for that almighty piss you always need the morning after - then probably just sleep for most of the day.

Back to work Monday *grone*
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by mart:
What the fuck are you trying to say, Sam? It's a bit rich for you to come down on Misc like that, with your caustic little remark, posturing like your shit don't stink, when the guy just had the decency to reply to your question.

Some of my best friends and favourite relatives say the word "yeah" when talking about the weekend, and for you to be so snidey rankles pretty fucking muchly a lot, to be honest.

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quote:

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That's bad luck. According to google maps it is 75 miles and 2 hours driving if you stick to the speed limit; why don't you try it? Or is it an evening lesson?

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
Yeah.

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Misc is just taunting me now.

Boy Racer, may your Friday be blessed with a free bar.

My sister is coming up today with my small nephew. I get to go meet them in a couple of hours and they'll still be here at the weekend so I expect we will all be at the beach a lot.

I get to make mammoth sand castles and race him at it when he tries to knock them down. Why do they do that?

I am also a master at making sand bridges and deep pits and being buried alive and I bought him a mini-golf set too and a craft box in case it rains. Which it did last night. I get a pretty good deal because I am his favourite relative.

Not so much booze though.
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
What day do you want a tip for?

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
No hat, Martina, my head is too small to carry it off. What day do you want a tip for?

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Originally posted by sam:
Who was it recently who wanted to buy himself a hat?

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Originally posted by Zygote:

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Originally posted by sam:
Who was it recently who wanted to buy himself a hat?

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Black Mask was looking at purchasing a Stetson if my memory serves me correctly.

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Just feeling chatty and mildly curious Zygote.

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Originally posted by Ringo:
you should accessorise with a black leather belt with a giant buckle in the shape of Texas. Then you'll look really sharp...

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Originally posted by vikram:
After Benway's Scrawny-esque e-marketing of Innocent smoothies, I'm gonna to go to Fruitstock this saturday. It's free and there's a couple of bands I wanna see: Nouvelle Vague to enjoy, Puppini Sisters to throw ludicrously overpriced organic produce at.

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Originally posted by mart:
Happy Yorkshire Day everyone, by the way.

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Oh yes, I nearly forgot. We should all take a moment to think of those that fought in the great Battle of Minden, 1759.

Hope everyone has a splendid Yorkshire Day.
 

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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 


[ 01.08.2006, 10:03: Message edited by: ralph ]
 

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Yes, here in the West Riding we're celebrating in traditionally stoic, gritty style by pretending that it's just another day.

As I said earlier to a friend, if the Spanish celebrated Yorkshire Day there would be a public holiday, a tapas festival featuring salt-cured ferret, a black pudding fight and a huge effigy of Geoffrey Boycott paraded round the streets with a brass band and a group of clog-dancing young fillies.
 

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Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
 
Fucking Catholics
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
"sugar tits"
 

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Posted by Grianagh (Member # 583) on :
 
speaking of stetsons, can i take a moment to repost this photo of mart and doc d


class
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
"sugar tits"

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you must be a fucking joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
Poor Mel.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
speaking of stetsons, can i take a moment to repost this photo of mart and doc d


class

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Not un-cute.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
Did you have a good time at the seaside yesterday, sam?
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Did you have a good time at the seaside yesterday, sam?

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quote:

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Originally posted by sam:

quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Did you have a good time at the seaside yesterday, sam?

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Three year olds are demanding. He won't let me play on the computer. I will have to go back to work to play!!

Oops. I hear him calling again.

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:

quote:

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Originally posted by sam:

quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Did you have a good time at the seaside yesterday, sam?

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Three year olds are demanding. He won't let me play on the computer. I will have to go back to work to play!!

Oops. I hear him calling again.

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I'll swap you a three year old for a two year old, at least at three they can talk...

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True. They are a bit more entertaining I suppose. I can hear him talking now though and he is supposed to be asleep. I think he has spilt milk in my bed.

Oops. Here comes the sound of those feet again.

I love him really. Small children are
 

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Posted by Grianagh (Member # 583) on :
 

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I'll swap you a three year old for a two year old, at least at three they can talk...

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
watching a film....

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
watching a film....

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Surely you can drill that out of them?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
apparently using power tools on small children is prohibited in this country

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bloody nanny state
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
apparently using power tools on small children is prohibited in this country

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Originally posted by herbs:
Zygote has a son?

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Originally posted by herbs:
Zygote has a son? For some reason, I am surprised by this.

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• prison - prisoners really shouldn't breed especially while locked up
• anyone charged with a sexual violation
• anyone already with two children that is unable to support those children shouldn't have additional children until they can provide support

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
should i really continue?

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Originally posted by dang65:
* stares at Grianagh, mouth agape *

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
should i really continue?

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Is there more?

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• anyone currently in drug rehabilitation or currently addicted to drugs known to harm the fetus

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Originally posted by dang65:
* stares at Grianagh, mouth agape *

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
'all teenagers should have their reproductive rights suspended until they graduate from university and prove they are able to function as adults....'

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Would certainly help to stem our current overcrowding concerns.

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Originally posted by Grianagh:

basically my views stretch to any man/woman who can't support themselves emotionally or monetarily and/or rely upon others assistance for basic survival

i don't understand how someone in those situations could raise a healthy productive child

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That would mean that pretty much all housewives and or househusbands who are the full time parental carer and rely on their working partner to support them and the children financially wouldn't actually be allowed to have children..

I figure once people in a relationship like this split up then the custody of the child would fall to the full time carer who would then be unable to work and support themselves due to being the full time carer and would have to rely on the other parent to support them financially along with state benefits.

HOWEVER, the other parent who is in full time employment can go off and spawn as many children as they like (as this is predominately a position related to the man) as they are able to support themselves and their children..

There's too many questions raised by attempting to justify breeding controls.

[ 03.08.2006, 06:48: Message edited by: Darryn.R ]
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
how about gypsies and the disabled? You should probably chemically neuter them. You can't trust either group to raise kids. Also, people with diseases, mental illness, and very poor people should also be prevented.

[ 03.08.2006, 06:47: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 


ETA: Benway MindMeld

[ 03.08.2006, 06:47: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

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Originally posted by mart:
i've opened a can of worms here haven't i, sorry.

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Although, reducing the current rate of immigration to the UK would no doubt be more plausible.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
how about gypsies and the disabled? You should probably chemically neuter them. You can't trust either group to raise kids. Also, people with diseases, mental illness, and very poor people should also be prevented.

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Originally posted by Zygote:

quote:

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Originally posted by mart:
i've opened a can of worms here haven't i, sorry.

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No. You've opened a new and interesting debate. Hold onto your hats!

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Originally posted by vikram:
i don't think it's any business of the state to decide who can and can not have children. i'm surprised that you advocate that kind of fascist society. surprised and appalled.

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Originally posted by Grianagh:

basically they are born on goverment money, raised on goverment money and either are supported or work via the military for and by the goverment

in such cases, is it really so radical to ask that some extreme measures be taken?

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Originally posted by vikram:

quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:
Although, reducing the current rate of immigration to the UK would no doubt be more plausible.

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given that the UK birth rate is something like 1.6, reducing immigration would be very stupid.

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UK politicians are "living on borrowed time" on immigration, a former Labour minister has said.

Frank Field questioned whether current record levels of migration into Britain were "sustainable".

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At the time the UK government predicted 13,000 workers a year from the new EU member countries would move to the UK for work, but the actual figure of registered workers was about 329,000 in 18 months.

According to the latest available figures, for 2004, the overall migration picture saw 359,000 people leave the UK while 582,000 settled in the UK. The figures do not include illegal migrants.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
so - what - they shouldn't be alive? Or at least, it's a damned nuisance to the state that they are, and an eyesore for the neighbours?

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Originally posted by herbs:
So, a yummy mummy in Clapham wouldn't be able to have more than two children, as without investment banker hubby she wouldn't be able to support herself, while a successful drug-dealer with an unhealthy interest in nazi memorabilia would?

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
obviously as they are already born, it would be horrid to wish they not be

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quote:

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
What about terminations then?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:
According to the latest available figures, for 2004, the overall migration picture saw 359,000 people leave the UK while 582,000 settled in the UK. The figures do not include illegal migrants.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
in such cases, is it really so radical to ask that some extreme measures be taken?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:
Gree, I appreciate the unpleasentness and frustrations of witnessing the situations you're refering to. I work in an inner city school and repeatedly see instances of nice kids getting the shitty end of the stick in terms of their parents/guardians, but in the circumstances you are talking about surely better education, counselling and rehabilitation programmes are what is required in order to help to break these cycles of deprivation and abuse, rather than compulsary contraception?

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quote:

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Originally posted by vikram:

quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
in such cases, is it really so radical to ask that some extreme measures be taken?

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I wouldn't use the term 'radical'.

abhorrent.

there are plenty of poor families that bring up their kids just fine. you'd seek to sterilise them until they could afford the 'privilege' of children.

reproduction is a fundamental human right, however much you think society must be defended

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quote:

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Originally posted by dang65:
It would probably get a few kids to pull their bloody socks up, start respecting their elders and eat their vegetables if they knew they were going to be shot at 7 if they didn't.

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I don't think that's necessarily true, Dang. The hard core of bad kids would think "I'm blatantly gonna face the firing squad in a couple of years, so what have I got to lose?" There would be street gangs of violent six year olds terrorizing society with their spud-guns and catapults.


 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by vikram:
That's about 0.7% out of a population of 60 million or so. high? yes. excessive? not when you consider the 1.6 birth rate.

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Sir Andrew Green, of pressure group Migration Watch, said: "This rate of migration cannot be maintained without the most profound changes occurring in our society, and particularly, given where we know migrants first live, in our poorest areas.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
i am suggesting monitored birth control system

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Originally posted by vikram:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
i am suggesting monitored birth control system

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i don't understand what this means.

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quote:

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:

quote:

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Originally posted by dang65:
It would probably get a few kids to pull their bloody socks up, start respecting their elders and eat their vegetables if they knew they were going to be shot at 7 if they didn't.

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I don't think that's necessarily true, Dang. The hard core of bad kids would think "I'm blatantly gonna face the firing squad in a couple of years, so what have I got to lose?" There would be street gangs of violent six year olds terrorizing society with their spud-guns and catapults.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
does that help explain?

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oh i understand now. like what rick j wants, but less bloody.
 

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Posted by Grianagh (Member # 583) on :
 
oh yes, exactly, now you've got it
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 

 

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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
 
I agree with vikram. Lol.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Birth control pills aren't that great for everyone you know...
 

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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
 
Seeing as this thread has included just about everything, I just thought I'd let Dang know that I counted 7 (seven) Chelsea Tractors go past as I waited for the lights to change when crossing onto (the) King's Road this lunchtime.

Do you want to know what I was doing on (the) King's Road? I was in a posh salon- the kind which does colonic irrigation, seaweed wraps and all that nonsense- getting my eyebrows "done". For the first time in 28 years my eyebrows have been trimmed. Exciting stuff.
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
Can we see a picture of the done eyebrows Veeps ?
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
Yeah, let's have some pics.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 

 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
*shudder*
 

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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
 
No, it's a bit red at the moment. It's not dramatically different, just, you know tidier. I'm getting my hair done posh for the races on Saturday as well. I just hope the horses appreciate it.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
I always thought you'd look better if you had your eyebrows done. I thought it was probably rude to mention it though.
 

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Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
 
7k
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
w00t
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
Goodwood: 14:05 1m 6f Class 1 Lillie Langtry Fillies' Stakes.

Zygote's Tip:

Tartouche - 100 pts each way @ 5/1.

Monster, monster.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 

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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ringo:
I always thought you'd look better if you had your eyebrows done. I thought it was probably rude to mention it though.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ringo:
To be fair I also didn't want to appear to be a massive mincing homosexual giving beauty advice to pretty girls, like.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
Nice tipping, Zygote. Bet you can't get the winner of the Stewards Cup on Saturday.

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Originally posted by Ringo:
like duh, who doesn't??

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:

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Originally posted by Ringo:
like duh, who doesn't??

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I don't pluck, Chris. Got a problem with that?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Grianagh:
i feel much better now after two pints of stella at our local this nice sunny afternoon - gawd it's beautiful out there

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It has done nothing but piss down here in Amsterdam for the whole of August so far. At least summer lasted longer than usual this time....
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
I don't wax or pluck.

My only hair removal rituals are a daily shave and a quarterly haircut.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
I pluck. Eyebrows and nasal hairs only.
 

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Posted by Grianagh (Member # 583) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Waynster:
It has done nothing but piss down here in Amsterdam for the whole of August so far. At least summer lasted longer than usual this time....

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quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:

quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
Nice tipping, Zygote. Bet you can't get the winner of the Stewards Cup on Saturday.

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Tax Free is worth an each-way punt at the meaty 10/1 currently available.

Trained by Dandy Nicholls, hence will stand its ground and is a sound investment at the current price.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
The favourite looks pretty good, but will be artificially short due to L Dettori being in the saddle.

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Yeah, the favourite represents poor value. The only reason I picked Tax Free is because a "friend" is backing it quite heavily and he seems to fare a lot better than other punters I know.

*Nudge, nudge, wink, wink*
 

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Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
 
Hello from cloudy Pirna.

Just reading Gree's posts, and I have now realised I am truly redundant on here.

I'm now going for a beer.
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 

 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Hilarious, yet faintly terrifying.

My weekend plans are sketchy at the moment. They involve going to the pub with emma and watching the grand prix.

The real fun, however, will be on Tuesday when I go to Silverstone for a drift practise day. I'll try to get some pictures of me destroying tyres and wasting petrol.
 

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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
 
that's the scariest thing i've ever seen
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 
Steady there Violet Beauregarde.

Mac photo phuckery?
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Is it one of Gree's welfare children?
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I am answering an advert that says:

Calling all short men
Are you angered and frustrated by people reacting to you because you are short? Are you a man of short stature with the drive and determination to succeed?

A television production company is making an observational documentary documentary looking at what life can be like for short guys

Most of these shows make people look like twats, but I thought it might be quite funny to do you know? Bit of an adventure. Looking like a dickhead. On national television.
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I was in the last 12 to be on Would Like to Meet, but sadly turned out to be too normal. The same thing may happen to you.
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
I just got a new computer - a 15.4 inch Macbook Pro, baby - and it's got its own webcam and there's a feature called 'Photobooth' where you can do that and, well, who needs telly? Hours of entertainment.



[ 04.08.2006, 05:02: Message edited by: London ]
 

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Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
 
You're probably not short enough.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Yeah, but then I could hang around backstage being king for a day, pushing around the midgets.
 

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Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
 
That would be pretty rad
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
My weekend plans are too dull for me to even summon up the effort of typing them out.
 

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm going to do nothing this weekend.
 

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Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
 
Mikee, I have "been on television" and really didn't enjoy it. Think carefully about why you are doing it (to become King of the Midgets sounds a pretty fair reason).

Did anyone see "School of Seduction" last night? I only caught the last half an hour. Those American "dating experts" were fucking annoying.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Mine too. How many ways can you try and jazz up 'staying in, alone and bored' and delete it again in futile frustration?

Nicola is eating a warm steak and kidney slice and I am so hungry I have to summon strength not to fight her to the death for it.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
Mikee, I have "been on television" and really didn't enjoy it. Think carefully about why you are doing it (to become King of the Midgets sounds a pretty fair reason).

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quote:

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Originally posted by London:
Mikee, our single got played on Radio 1. Are we winning yet?

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Originally posted by London:
Mikee, our single got played on Radio 1. Are we winning yet?

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Well done... is everybody apart from me doing well with their lives ?

I'm so pleased for everyone, new jobs, singles on the radio, general happiness and all that, shame it makes me feel so crap about my life
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 

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Originally posted by London:
'Photobooth' Hours of entertainment.

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Yus is good innit. Did a great one of me with a shruken head on a friend's, will have to get him to mail it to me.

Congratulations on the Radio 1 thing, like you weren't successful enough already bitch.

Does the Book have Comic Life(?) thing on it aswell?
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
It was on Huw Stevens' show on Tuesday night, and it's called 'Stronger'. It's like we're playing this joke called 'Let's Pretend To Be In A Band, Lol' and everyone's believing it.
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
oops! sorry

[ 04.08.2006, 05:28: Message edited by: London ]
 

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I'm singing eight bars of 'As Long as He Needs Me' from Oliver on my own in our next show. I have to perfect my cockernee accent. And my lower range.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Well done, London
 

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
Well done... is everybody apart from me doing well with their lives ?

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dont worry, darryn, im still an abject failure.
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by dance margarita:

quote:

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
Well done... is everybody apart from me doing well with their lives ?

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dont worry, darryn, im still an abject failure.

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quote:

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Originally posted by London:
Mikee, our single got played on Radio 1. Are we winning yet?

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quote:

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Originally posted by dance margarita:
that would have been much more impressive if they were still vikrams friends on myspace though, wouldnt it. then at least my looking like a turd in a wig would have meant something.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
Is everybody apart from me doing well with their lives ?

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quote:

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
Next step: record of the week.

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Would that beat ONoD's Radio 1 Best Unsigned Act award? I'm not entirely sure how the hierarchy works. Is there a points system, like PopEx?


 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
It's like a fantasy league.
 

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by London:
Yeah and Darryn, you have a daughter and a lovely gaybie and a beautiful home. I am like blatantly never going to have a gaybie. Jake's having ANOTHER one. So yeah. Or is having a child not a thing that actually magically makes your entire life completely perfect and ok? Have we been LIED TO?

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Originally posted by London:
Or is having a child not a thing that actually magically makes your entire life completely perfect and ok? Have we been LIED TO?

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Originally posted by Samuelnorton:

Just reading Gree's posts, and I have now realised I am truly redundant on here.

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
Kids are lovely though and I wouldn't trade having them for anything, it’s just when being a full time parent is your job and there's nothing else in your life it all gets a bit much.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I never thought my brain would start to atrophy like it has.

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I never thought my brain would start to atrophy like it has.

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
I'm waiting to see if it kills the forum software.

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Might have a way to go. There's a thread on another forum which set out to break the system. It's over 4,000 posts so far and still going strong.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I've just had a massage from a proper massagey person and now it;s time to go down the pub for lunch. Fridays Rock!!
 

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
ive just bought a FOOTPUMP. i can now PUMP THINGS on my camping weekend.

i hate the word pump.

i also bought- a rose pink waterproof ladies' outdoor pursuits jacket. i look like a rambler in it. there was a beige one with zip- off arms! so renk. i tried on some hiking trousers but they were fucking enormous, because obviously women who wear hiking trousers have arses the size of the isle of purbeck and colossal great tummies from eating four tons of kendall mint cake per mile. i now feel very smug about my teeni- tiny- mini- urban buttocks.

[ 04.08.2006, 08:22: Message edited by: dance margarita ]
 

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by dance margarita:
i hate the word pump.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Darryn.R:
That's at least 3 years off yet V.P, I don't honestly think I can do another 3 years of this, or even another 3 years in Holland considering how 'anti' its become towards us foreigns.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Zygote:

quote:

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
Nice tipping, Zygote. Bet you can't get the winner of the Stewards Cup on Saturday.

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Tax Free is worth an each-way punt at the meaty 10/1 currently available.

Trained by Dandy Nicholls, hence will stand its ground and is a sound investment at the current price.

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Utterly ruinous day all round- but pretty awesome to be there watching one of the races of the century in Ouija Board vs Alexander Goldrun. Magic.

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Y'know it's great being a parent, but at the same time it sucks big time.[/QB]

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Ah Darryn. The baby blues are awful. It's why my sister comes and spends time with me so often. I get to be the boy's favourite relative whilst she gets to do grown up things like drink wine in the evenings and lie in bed in the mornings, and have adult conversations. She is a totally amazing mother and the lad adores her and is an incredibly happy and secure child, but sometimes she wonders if she'd have had him if she'd truly known. The answer isn't always a resounding yes, though she wouldn't be without him now. I guess that makes sense to other parents, eh; most of whom would do it all again in spite of it. There was an article in the Observer or Guardian this week in which the columnist said she thought the only reason she hadn't been so wound by her kids when they were small was because she'd had them so young she hadn't had a life to miss then!
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
zoom zoom!


 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
So you got to Silverstone then?

Because of the company name in the corner, I take it that the pic is not you? Is it?

How did it go?

[ 09.08.2006, 04:14: Message edited by: sam ]
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Aye, tis me.

Was an awesome day, hard going though. Think I was moving in the right direction with my technique, it's really hard to find the right balance of throttle and countersteer to sit right on the endge of a spin without losing control while powering tthrough the corner near the rev limiter. I hooked it up about 3 times. The rest of the time i was either spinning or fighting understeer. Getting there though. This time next year I aim to qualify for a D1 licence.
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
That's cool ringo. It's rather classy.

I like racing, although I prefer bikes, so don't think me a bit limp, but I don't actually drive, so I look up D1 licence and it says mini-buses.

Something tells me I am being an idiot again.
 

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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
http://www.d1gp.co.uk/
 

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Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
 
Right. I am with you now. That looks something else.

It also looks a bloody expensive hobby sez me, being nosey. I am curious about how much it takes. It's not exactly banger cars.

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Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
 
I reckon I should turn pro. My technique is spot on, plus I'm an expert at overtaking motorway traffic at speeds in excess of 140 mph.

My talent is wasted on the public transport infrastructure.
 

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I reckon I should turn pro. My technique is spot on, plus I'm an expert at overtaking motorway traffic at speeds in excess of 140 mph.

My talent is wasted on the public transport infrastructure.

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Right. I am with you now. That looks something else.

It also looks a bloody expensive hobby sez me, being nosey. I am curious about how much it takes. It's not exactly banger cars.

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Right. I am with you now. That looks something else.

It also looks a bloody expensive hobby sez me, being nosey. I am curious about how much it takes. It's not exactly banger cars.

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This is what makes professional drifting so interesting. It's not about having all out ultimate power, since the speed at which a car can drift is based on the chassis and suspension setup more than anything else. In the top level world D1 championship, you get the likes of 600odd bhp turbo monsters drifting against 200bhp Hachi Rokus. Obviously the more powerful cars have an advantage of having power to hold angles at very high speeds without relying on inertia to drift, but the principle is that most rear wheel drive cars can be made competative without having to spend hundreds of thousands. It's the driver that's the most important component, not the car itself, and that's what interests me the most.

Obviously like any motorsport you need a budget for buying tyres and fixing the car when it breaks, so I wouldn't necessaraly be aiming to compete as such, just to try and qualify for the licence which would indicate that my driving is of a certain standard. This is why I'm committed to learning in the Roadster rather than a more powerful car with a longer wheelbase. My car is hard to drift and that's exacly why it's so perfect for learning in.

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