I'm saying thanks steve. You were a good mate when I needed one and you helped me make a real change in my life. Not bad for a bloke I've never met and won't ever meet.
What goes around comes around so I hope some of it comes back to you. I shall pass some of it on to someone else myself one day, if I get the chance.
I hope the house goes well and the kids grow up well and strong. I hope your wife recovers somewhat now she is out of that death trap and you, too. I mean that, mate. You are one dude.
I know it might seem an odd gesture, saying this now, but I really wanted to pay a tribute to you steve. You're one of the good guys.
Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
and bearded.
lest we forget.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
As if we could.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Shucks.
Thanks sam. And I haven't forgotten I owe you an email. 7:00am my time tomorrow. Promise. Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Shucks.
Thanks sam. And I haven't forgotten I owe you an email. 7:00am my time tomorrow. Promise.
X X X christine
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
You're going to make me cry.
cries Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
Who the hell are "Steve" and "Christine", and how are they channeling themselves through two of the most respected posters on TMO
Brian.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: I'm saying thanks steve. You were a good mate when I needed one and you helped me make a real change in my life. Not bad for a bloke I've never met and won't ever meet.
What goes around comes around so I hope some of it comes back to you. I shall pass some of it on to someone else myself one day, if I get the chance.
I hope the house goes well and the kids grow up well and strong. I hope your wife recovers somewhat now she is out of that death trap and you, too. I mean that, mate. You are one dude.
I know it might seem an odd gesture, saying this now, but I really wanted to pay a tribute to you steve. You're one of the good guys.
Proof that drinking and posting on TMO are a bad decision?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
I'm perfectly sober. I was having trouble getting in touch with steve through the email address I had is all. Job done.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: I was having trouble getting in touch with steve through the email address I had is all.
Yeah, that's a bitch of a surname to spell after a few bottles of vodka.
[ 17.04.2008, 06:02: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Why have you turned nasty?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
you guys
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I'm not being nasty.
Why have you turned fluffy?
Sure Ralph's a nice chap, and it's great that he's helped you improve your life and all...
But come on... This is TMO! Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
I think taking advice from a bearded hermit who thinks it is a good idea to build a trampoline over a moose enclosure is asking for trouble.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Misc is right, sam. I'm actually surprised the posting since I left work yesterday wasn't more brutal towards you and I. Perhaps tmo has gone soft?
[ 17.04.2008, 06:40: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Wuv you, Walph Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
Why have you turned fluffy?
Sure Ralph's a nice chap, and it's great that he's helped you improve your life and all...
But come on... This is TMO!
What do you expect? booze doesn't exactly sharpen up the wits, ask jimmy.
I love ralph.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
((((((I wuv u walph)))))
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
you're both starting to make me feel a little uncomfortable.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I think taking advice from a bearded hermit who thinks it is a good idea to build a trampoline over a moose enclosure is asking for trouble.
A man who can look at an apple like he does deserves our respect.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: you're both starting to make me feel a little uncomfortable.
No need for that yet.
Yet.
One day though i'll be standing there on your doorstep, wanting to express my gratitude.
PS it's just been the anniversary - two years; hence fluffy. Bless you.
[ 17.04.2008, 06:56: Message edited by: sam ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I'm finding this all very unsettling.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
oo-er
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Me too. nervous lol.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I'm finding this all very unsettling.
Would it help if I offered to visit you too one day? Would you wear your lycra cycling shorts if I did?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Threesome in the woodshed, anyone?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: PS it's just been the anniversary - two years; hence fluffy. Bless you.
I knew it was getting close. Happy anniversary, sam. Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Threesome in the woodshed, anyone?
heh. I don't have a woodshed yet. That's actually my next project. Right after I finish putting down a slate floor.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: I don't have a woodshed yet.
I was talking about your house. Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: was talking about your house.
LOL
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
quote:Originally posted by ralph: I don't have a woodshed yet.
I was talking about your house.
Walked right into that one. Bugger. But you'll not squelch the ralph-luv fest today misc. Oh no. It'll take a better man than you.
patiently waits for Black Mask Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Have you got any more pics of the house ralph? I haven't been around for ages so I might have missed some. How's it doing?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: It'll take a better man than you.
patiently waits for Black Mask
That's a pretty fucking hurtful pair of sentences. Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: PS it's just been the anniversary - two years; hence fluffy. Bless you.
You should celebrate. Crack open a bottle of wine or something.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: Have you got any more pics of the house ralph? I haven't been around for ages so I might have missed some. How's it doing?
not much has changed with the house since the pictures I posted at the end of last year. I pretty much took the winter off, but now that spring has sprung and the snow is *almost* all gone, I'll be starting up again. Brian and I are planning on working together for a few weeks in May.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove:
quote:Originally posted by sam: PS it's just been the anniversary - two years; hence fluffy. Bless you.
You should celebrate. Crack open a bottle of wine or something.
sissy's drink.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
quote:Originally posted by ralph: It'll take a better man than you.
patiently waits for Black Mask
That's a pretty fucking hurtful pair of sentences.
Imagine how hurtful it would have been had I gone with my original idea of using Louche instead of Black Mask.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: [QUOTE]Originally posted by sam: [qb] Brian and I are planning on working together for a few weeks in May.
Ah, spring and a young man's fancy turns to .....
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: Have you got any more pics of the house ralph? I haven't been around for ages so I might have missed some. How's it doing?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Aren't his boys coming along well?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: Aren't his boys coming along well?
Hang on, let me explain these illustrations more clearly:
Ralph asks Brian for sticks Ralph builds house out of sticks
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam:
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I'm finding this all very unsettling.
Would it help if I offered to visit you too one day? Would you wear your lycra cycling shorts if I did?
Because I've got nothing else to do today..
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
this is getting out of hand
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Ahem!
Looking at ringo I would say it needs taking in hand.
*leer*
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: One day though i'll be standing there on your doorstep, wanting to express my gratitude.
That would mean going all the way to America though! I wouldn't recommended that at all.
However, me being a yank here in Blighty, I will offer to be Steve's stand in... We're from the same neck of th woods as well so our accents will be the same... AND I have a beard.
Win/Win
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Yeah, nice cock, Ringo! Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
It's his tyre pump Misc..
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
perv
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
leave himn alone misc. I was first.
cheers sabian. I have put your name in my little black book.
I should point out to you all though, in the spirit of complete honesty and fairness, that ralph can now no longer claim to be the oldest on the board.
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
Leave London alone... We, like her, still think she's 21!
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
Actually, the last time someone was overly "touchy-feely" on TMO, it was Turtle...
Sam, are you Turtle?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
yes
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I knew it!!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo:
lol! You look really good at the moment there, mate, but did you have to dress up like depeche mode?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
See sam? I told you the world wouldn't end. Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
He's built very like mr sam when I first met him.
mr sam is still very fit. Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
christ
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: christ
What? What?
mr sam is very fit.
so is ringo. Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
Give it time Ralph...
I'm not having a go cuz she once said she wanted to shag me so, that earned her a free pass in my book.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sabian: Give it time Ralph...
I'm not having a go cuz she once said she wanted to shag me so, that earned her a free pass in my book.
You do realize she was probably drunk at the time, right?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Aw sabian. That makes me feel all warm.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
I'm bemused by the fact that Ringo seems to have cuddly toys littering his bedroom.
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: You do realize she was probably drunk at the time, right?
And that's different to how I normally get laid?
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: I'm bemused by the fact that Ringo seems to have cuddly toys littering his bedroom.
Bemused?
I would have said confirmation...
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
You do realize she was probably drunk at the time, right? [/QB][/QUOTE]
[ 17.04.2008, 08:09: Message edited by: sam ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam:
Too soon to joke about it? Sorry. Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: I'm bemused by the fact that Ringo seems to have cuddly toys littering his bedroom.
It's unnaturally clean and tidy for a bloke's room. I find that worrying.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by sam:
Too soon to joke about it? Sorry.
Nah! Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: It's unnaturally clean and tidy for a bloke's room. I find that worrying.
mum tidies up on Tuesdays...
[ 17.04.2008, 08:12: Message edited by: sabian ]
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
My secret shame!
No I don't have a long enough mirror to take a picture like that. It's with a very red face that I admit that's actually... my parents' room.
teh horror
But let's not dwell on that one. Here have a few interesting stats
weight 1 year ago: 16st1 Weight now: 12st9
Waist 1 year ago: 38-40" Waist now: 34"
There's nearly 20% less of me now
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
im more perturbed by all the scent bottles on the mantlepiece. its like, dude, if youre worried about the smell of all that bollocksweat fugging up the room, try air freshener. anais anias will work to remove the smell of anus anus*, but its totally not the cheapest option.
* referring to anais anais as anus anus: my favourite joke in 1989.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
No no my room is very normal for a guy. It's full of bits of cars, computer equipment and dirty clothes. It smells of sweat and wanking. It's all completely normal stuff, right down the the drawer full of lubricants and photos of my female friends.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
I'm very impressed ringo. 4st.
It makes me feel even guiltier for buying that bike pump; blowing up the tyres on my bike and then popping the bike back in the shed for 'later'.
Have you another picture with a bare chest, perchance? Just for artistic comparison, you understand.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Could you possibly post a 'before' and 'after' picture? Maybe to inspire some of the others?
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
before and after what?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Before and after the weight loss. What else could I have possibly meant?
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
You don't want to make brian feel he has competition ralph.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
I cycle everywhere and haven't gone ultra-buff! Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: You don't want to make brian feel he has competition ralph.
Don't you worry about Brian. That lazy bastard just settled a lawsuit with our town -- seems when the town built our new town offices, they didn't quite follow the letter of the law, and forgot to notify all the abutters that they needed a zoning clearance to build closer to the road than the law allows. Essentially the new town office completely blocks Brians view now. He won't tell me how much he's getting from them, but I'm guessing somewhere in the 50k to 70k range. Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: What else could I have possibly meant?
I don't know. Before and after Sam was a heavy drinker. Before and after Ringo has knocked one out. Before and after Sam has knocked one out over Ringo...
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
fair enough
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Could you possibly post a 'before' and 'after' picture? Maybe to inspire some of the others?
That's not quite the fattest I was, but you get the idea. I don't have many photos of me from around that time, for fairly obvious reasons. Look at my chins!!
And the obligatory 'slimfast advert' shot. I still have man-chebs though, how unfair is that shit? I blame women.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: [QUOTE]Before and after Sam was a heavy drinker.
That would be easy. I look pretty much as gorgeous as ever only I can stand upright now.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo:
That's not quite the fattest I was, but you get the idea. I don't have many photos of me from around that time, for fairly obvious reasons. Look at my chins!!
Wow. You were quite the load. Well done on the weight loss. But is that an arse in the foreground of that pic?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
No it's a knee. The photographer (lol) was sitting on a garden chair with one leg crossed over the other one.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph:
quote:Originally posted by sam: You don't want to make brian feel he has competition ralph.
Don't you worry about Brian. That lazy bastard just settled a lawsuit with our town -- seems when the town built our new town offices, they didn't quite follow the letter of the law, and forgot to notify all the abutters that they needed a zoning clearance to build closer to the road than the law allows. Essentially the new town office completely blocks Brians view now. He won't tell me how much he's getting from them, but I'm guessing somewhere in the 50k to 70k range.
That's hard man. Good for him, but must make you think about your luck with that damn old house. Life sucks sometimes.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
And what is it that you're standing behind? It looks like a glass case with a giant alien slug in formaldehyde inside it.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
It's a barbecue. You can see the flames coming out of the top. I overdid that a bit, if I remember rightly. Got it far too hot and it melted the coal grate. Plus nobody could go near it for about an hour.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Well done indeed, Ringo. That's a pretty impressive achievement. And don't worry about the bitch tits - they're kind of pretty.
Until last weekend, I hadn't weighed myself for ages. I assumed that I'd have put on quite a bit over the last few months due to regular excessive munchie binges and a total lack of any intentional exercise, but I was surprised to find that I'm still only 62 kg.
[ 17.04.2008, 09:27: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I've got a beer belly. It's called Humphrey.
I do no exercise, and drink and smoke regularly. Go me.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Well I smoke too, but don't really drink alcohol. So there's your answer.
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
i smoke, but i dont drink, and im still a chubby saucepot. what can we deduce from this? nothing. maybe it has to do with the fact that misc files subsists on dust, dead skin particles, and the dreams of lost children.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I don't smoke and I rarely drink. But I think it has more to do with the fact I cycle every day. Plus not treating my body like some kind of industrial food shredding machine.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by dance margarita: maybe it has to do with the fact that misc files subsists on dust, dead skin particles, and the dreams of lost children.
Not true!
Most days I have a black coffee and a Tracker® bar for breakfast, an M&S sandwich and a packet of Walkers Sunbites™ for lunch, a generous portion of dinner, and then an obscene binge on cookies, brownies¹, cakes, yoghurt, fruit and nuts in the half hour before I go to sleep.
[ 17.04.2008, 10:05: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: He won't tell me how much he's getting from them, but I'm guessing somewhere in the 50k to 70k range.
Some guys have all the luck. You can only earn that in two thirds of the year, posting on websites.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I don't get it. Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
He's saying you make shedloads of money while being able to spend your day posting on the internets.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: He's saying you make shedloads of money while being able to spend your day posting on the internets.
Well, shedloads of $ anyway...
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
You be nice to walph. I luv walph. walph has to earn shed loads because a strange english lady is going to move in and camp under his trampoline and he will have to look after me; like Alan Bennett did that van lady.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: He's saying you make shedloads of money while being able to spend your day posting on the internets.
Ah. Well, I do *some* work, too.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by sam: walph has to earn shed loads because a strange english lady is going to move in and...
Walph has to earn shed loads because Walph is building a giant shed.
Posted by sam (Member # 884) on :
Indeed. But it is a classy shed. I live in a lil' brick outhouse.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Fucking hell, Ringo, you are fucking gorgeous.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Please stop calling me Walph. It's genuinely creepy. Like Ringo's biking outfit. shudder Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Fucking hell, Ringo, you are fucking gorgeous.
I know! I wish I'd shagged him now, when I had the opportunity. (ie, I was sixth on his list at a meet...)
I too am a chubby saucepot: eat healthily, don't smoke, only really drink at weekends, do sporadic flailing in sitting room to Davina workouts.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: (ie, I was sixth on his list at a meet...)
who were the five ahead of you?
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
One was Fifichan...
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
That's gotta hurt.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I might have to shag him when I go to Milton Keynes, if he's going to go about looking like that.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Please stop calling me Walph. It's genuinely creepy. Like Ringo's biking outfit. shudder
I don't know. I mean, I'm not exactly lingering over Ringo's spandex clad photo but I wouldn't call it creepy either. Then again there was a time I wore similar clothes to cycle. But I'm certainly in no position to do so at the moment, as it's not the most forgiving material. Mountain bike and baggy shorts, thanks.
[ 17.04.2008, 11:29: Message edited by: froopyscot ]
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: I might have to shag him when I go to Milton Keynes, if he's going to go about looking like that.
I thought we had gotten this out of the way during 2003-2004's all forumites must shag ringo period? Which would leave just the newbies, I suppose.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: That's gotta hurt.
That's when the comfort eating started.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I think Louche was shagging Thorn back then.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I'm starting to feel pretty queasy now.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I've never had sex with Thorn, sadly enough. He was always in my top 4, though.
Posted by Cherry In Hove (Member # 49) on :
Did Harlequin make your top 3?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Guess.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
yes?
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Stakker, teffers and missgolightly I reckon.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
oh wait, I guess GtG should slot in there somwhere
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Stakker, teffers and missgolightly I reckon.
Are they yours or are you guessing mine?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Kira would have been number one on my list. Until Ringo ruined her with his huge member. Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
my before and after is like Ringo in reverse..
oh fleeting beauty of youth, how I miss thee, come back you miserable bastard and make me human looking once again.
[ 17.04.2008, 17:08: Message edited by: Darryn.R ]
Posted by Modge (Member # 64) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: I know! I wish I'd shagged him now, when I had the opportunity.
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