Sat evening: watching Gay Against You then dj-ing indie bangers
Sun: recording
ps - one day i'll fly away
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
Tonight: Squash, then going to girlfriends. Wine. Saturday: Snooker match. Girlfriends. Wine. Sunday: Snooker tournament. Squash. Wine.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Sat afternoon: mushroom picking, Hampstead Heath
Neat! But be careful. My son picked what he thought was an innocent mushroom in our woods the other day, only to learn from a neighbor that it was a death angel mushroom. There is no known antidote to it's poison.
[ 06.10.2006, 09:13: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: Tonight: Squash, then going to girlfriends. Wine. Saturday: Snooker match. Girlfriends. Wine. Sunday: Snooker tournament. Squash. Wine.
Monday: Wine. Liver failure. Death.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Why don't we write each others' weekend plans?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Dr. Benway:
Friday: Go to pub. Get drunk. Come home. Piss in washing machine.
Saturday: Go to pub. Get drunk. Come home. Piss on the neighbors cat.
Sunday: Stay home due to hangover. Get drunk. Piss on the carpet.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
ralph
Friday: go home, wrestle a bear, make love to wife whilst wearing chaps and bronze bracers, tea is a giant steak while strangely, wife says she's tired only prepares grits for the children
Saturday: go out to cut wood, come home to find children missing, wife is perplexed
Sunday: find strange half-eaten bread trail, reunited with children in the woods, children are unexpectedly delighted to hear the wife has died, live happily ever after
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Lucid
Saturday: Buy big ugly house somewhere horribly cheap. Console self that despite being an arsehole I still have a big cheap ugly house.
Rest of life: Bang on about big cheap ugly house. Drop big cheap ugly house into conversations. Post about big cheap ugly house on internet.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Why don't we write each others' weekend plans?
Right, I see now.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
This weekend is a bit shit. I could do next weekend's plans. They're much better. And involve driving vans around the country whilst cheerily saving my idiot sister from her latest abusive partner, getting the kids away from him with minimum upset, concealing them elsewhere then I get to go and get drunk miles away from all of them.
You can just see the entertainment in that, can't you?
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Tonight - probably another near 4 hour journey home like the one to work this morning, thanks to vandals cutting signalling cables in Rijswijk. Followed by beer and Tiger Woods, or possibly some messing with my Flash Guns and Camera.
Tomorrow - haircut. Dinner somewhere then surprise birthday party for good pal with many visiting friends from England.
Sunday. Chill. Pray trains are alright again on Monday.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
This weekend i will mostly be playing Lego Star Wars II and watching the formula 1. I imagine some selfish bastard will try to ruin my weekend by inviting me out somewhere I don't want to go, whereby I'll have to go out so as to avoid looking like an unsociable **** , but I'll probably be really moody and when people ask me what's wrong I'll say I'm really tired from work, then make some crappy excuse so I can go home and get back to playing Star Wars.
I've already told Emma that I probably wont see her much this weekend. I think she's starting to think that I don't want to spend time with her. It's not that, it's just that I'd rather watch the F1 because its an important race.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
That made me sound like a lot less of an arsehole in my head...
Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
Do you watch the entire F1 race?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
And if so, why?
Posted by Vogon Poetess (Member # 164) on :
Could someone write me weekend plans that don't include revision? Perhaps it could involve a boyfwend!
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bandy: Do you watch the entire F1 race?
I watch the whole show. Qualifying on saturday, full race including the buildup and post race stuff on Sunday. Because it's in Japan, this means I'm going to have to get up at 5am on Sunday to watch it. It's likely that I will then watch the replay of it at midday as well.
The annoying thing is that nobody seems to share my passion for F1 so I never have anyone to talk to.
Except my brother of course, shown here wearing a fetching sweater Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Ringo, you can talk to my dad. My entire childhood was punctuated with scenarios such as you describe. I think you and him would get on like a house on fire. You should totally befriend each other! But not in a pervy way.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: The annoying thing is that nobody seems to share my passion for F1 so I never have anyone to talk to.
I've been feeling some of the old passion return after Schumacher's performances and I'll try and find somewhere to watch it on Sunday. Used to follow the whole season and watch races from start to finish but things like ITV commercial breaks, Murray Walker retiring, general failure of other teams to put up a proper fight... kind of wore me down. But things are looking up a bit these days.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I've just been looking for archived Nomad posts but found this little doozie instead:
quote:originally poste by Londie, 27 Sep 2002 11:58 Miscfiles rocks.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
That 'Londie' was clearly an idiot.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: Dr. Benway:
Friday: Go to pub. Get drunk. Come home. Piss in washing machine.
The service-wash woman in Benway's launderette (laundromat, ralph) isn't going to like this one bit.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:originally poste by Londie, 27 Sep 2002 11:58 Miscfiles rocks.
That 'Miscfiles' was clearly an idiot.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by jonesy999: The service-wash woman in Benway's launderette (laundromat, ralph) isn't going to like this one bit.
As if Dr. "I'll piss wherever I please" Benway gives a shit about what the service-wash woman thinks.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
tonight: drive to parents to see distant cousin over from Australia. Drink far too much to calm shredded nerves
tomoz: repair bathroom light. Entertain roof mender (get laid, etc). Make memorial box. Party in evening
Sun: Prostrate on settee with Observer
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Is everyone else feeling wierdly depressed?
eta: that wasn't aimed at you, Herbs. There's just this wierd 'meh' feeling floating around and I was wondering whether anyone else was feeling it.
[ 06.10.2006, 12:15: Message edited by: London ]
Posted by Dedalus (Member # 892) on :
I haven't got the depression thing, I've got positive/negative mood swings which are pissing me off.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
just had a drink with my soon to be new flatmate (that third room has quite the turnover). she's a glamour model lol. but is very swete and nice and smart and she loves zombie movies and wanky art books and electro. we are gonna be best flatmates ever.
tonight going to gigtastica at old blue last (vice mag pub), which should be ace.
tomorrow is lounging around, maybe buy new shirts, go see miss odd kid and goldie locks at friend's night, probbaly with new flatmate.
sunday avoiding a girl who doesnt want to lose me as a friend pah. probably be quite chilled, blue.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dedalus: I haven't got the depression thing, I've got positive/negative mood swings which are pissing me off.
They might be pissing you off now, but in a few minutes they'll probably seem pretty cool.
Posted by Dedalus (Member # 892) on :
Hey - you're right! Thanks MF!
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
benway, would you like to hang out with my new flatmate? she's well into horror (movies not life), cosplay, robots and all the stupid shit you like.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Yeah, that's why I didn't ask any questions, because this is just a phase. A phase of uppy downy mad behaviour.
More comedy from the vaults:
quote:originally posted by Dr. Benway my tits aren't as firm as they should be. I wouldn't say that they sag, just that they are maybe too malleable to be legitimately called "pecs".
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Is everyone else feeling wierdly depressed?
yeah totally and i had a good day today, stupid weather, stupid girls, stupid life Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
stupid vikram Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
yeah, exactly Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I feel greleven right now. All day it's been cloudy and grim, but now there is a small hole in the cloud, pouring cliched bright yellow rays of sunshine across the desk from which I'm about to step away...
Have you ever stared into the sun and seen the way that after a while it starts to look like a black circle with a spinning white halo? Trippy.
[ 06.10.2006, 12:41: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
With me it'd turn into a blue cylinder. Stared into the Sun a lot in my youth. Of course I did spend much of my youth in the Fens.
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
I am slightly depressed as evidenced by pointless wigout on other thread.
Joy of joys - seeing my nephew this weekend, who is currently in that nanosecond of child wonder before he turns into a hellish hellbeast.
And - I think we were going to try and come along tomorrow night, as Uber informs me she will be Djing in many guises. Where is it?
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
It's at the Water Rats. I think it's going to be ace: Gay Against You look awesome.
Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
Cool - we may be fresh from Oxford and covered in sick, but we will definitely try and make it.
I promise, I will be less of a psycho by then. *buys Amp some Jack Daniels*
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
I might come as Hadouken! have cancelled at my friend's thing. Who else is going?
[ 06.10.2006, 13:01: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
tonight: working tomorrow: working, then friend's b-day pissup sunday: working (hungover)
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
How long is this hell going to go on for?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Three days, nwod. That's two days straight I've had to do simple math on your behalf.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
maths Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
It's math here in the states, Londie.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
Hopefully, Tuesday latest (if we're successful), then a minor breather of about a day, then headlong into the next phase. By Tuesday I will have worked 27 days out of the last 30.
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
On the plus side, as a contractor, I will be well minted as a result. Perhaps Lucid will want to talk to me.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
You see ralph. If you'd have used maths you'd have got to the correct answer there ralph. I'm taking the tube home to do nothing but boring shit. I'll probably see you guys here, except I'll be armed with drunk.
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: Perhaps Lucid will want to talk to me.
If talking is the same as submerging you in a pool with the same gusto as the inquisition duck a witch, then yes.
[ 06.10.2006, 13:27: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I'll probably see you guys here, except I'll be armed with drunk.
If you get home quickly enough, I could drink vicariously through you. I've really been fighting the urge to have a drink a lot the last few days.
Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
Have you ever stared into the sun and seen the way that after a while it starts to look like a black circle with a spinning white halo? Trippy.
You know you'll burn your retinas out, MF...
edit: I should say that I have tried staring at the sun...but it usualy is how you say...trippy, with burned retinas and bumping into things b/c of blindness.
Weekend plans:
Tonight: BattleStar Galactica season 3 starts. So, staying in and watching it.
Tomorrow: Visiting a friend to pick up something for next weekends escapade to Six Flags Fright Fest. Friends bday drinks. Boxing match on hbo with this giant Russian who is seriously like 7'4" tall and the guy he;s fighting isn't. Should be interesting.
Sunday: No plans.
[ 06.10.2006, 13:30: Message edited by: Amy ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: I've really been fighting the urge to have a drink a lot the last few days.
Don't bother. I'm drinking because I'm trying to fill a hole. I'll snap out of it sooner rather than later hopefully.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
But I've got a hole too. Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
And a wife and kids and a FOREST! You don't need booze too man.
I, on the other hand. Do. Mmm. *guzzles wine*.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: You don't need booze too man.
I, on the other hand. Do. Mmm. *guzzles wine*.
It's not a matter of need. It's an addiction.
This wine you're guzzling...what kind is it? Are you feeling all warm and happy now?
[ 06.10.2006, 13:51: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
It's a claret from Waitrose. I've only had about half a glass - Lisa and I are side-by-side on our respective workstations, sipping away and chatting. It feels ok but I haven't left the house all day (I work from home) so each sip is tinged with guilt. But I'm going to do two classes at the gym tomorrow morning, so that makes it ok, right?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I've suffered a great deal today at the hands of booze, but now I could certainly polish off a few cold ones.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
What are you feeling guilty about, London?
ETA: Hi, Dr. Benway!
[ 06.10.2006, 14:01: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
I don't know how last night sneaked up and fucked us the way it did, Benway.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Guilty about not leaving the house and therefore doing no exercise and still drinking anyway! It's bad.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
It was the old not having any dinner problem.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
Don't worry London. I've been working from home all day and I'm on my second beer with a curry on order (plus two starters to myself). I've left the house once today, to pop around the corner. I drove because the hangover Benway put in my head wouldn't allow me to walk the 400 yards. So, you're not alone.
I did go to the gym three times last week, though.
Posted by jonesy999 (Member # 5) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: It was the old not having any dinner problem.
You're right. That's exactly what it was.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I couldn't go into work today. Woke up around 11, lurched down the Blackstock Road to put credit on my electricity key. Ate a turkish pizza. Came home, threw up, and haven't moved since.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
So did I! Go to the gym! Three times this week! I am loving the gym at the moment. I'm going to do a double class tomorrow. But now we're going to have macaroni cheese.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Have you urinated in anything interesting, Dr. Benway?
[ 06.10.2006, 14:25: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
wow i'm so fascinating
*stabs self in eye*
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
x
[ 06.10.2006, 14:36: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I saw that, edit boy.
I am home. I didn't get any booze. I didn't feel like it. Hah, take that booze!
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
You saw nothing.
So if you're not going to fill the hole with booze, what are you going to do instead?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Watch the Hills Have Eyes remake and maybe the first episode of season 3 Lost. Oh and I have to write and sing some lyrics for a track my uncle wants me to work on. He's younger and more down with the kids than I am. And taller.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Don't all chate at once or anything. I might go get that beer.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
If anyone can locate me an mp3 of 'That's What We'll Do' by Poppies, I'll give them a prize...
Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Watch the Hills Have Eyes remake and maybe the first episode of season 3 Lost.
Oh! I have seen both of those - The Hills Have Eyes seemed disappointingly tame. Mind you, I was only about eight years old when I watched the 'video nasty' original and so probably found it scarier than it actually was. Episode one of season three Lost is a cracker, though!
*goes off to join London in eye stabbing activity*
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Don't go Stabby Eyes, answer me this: Is lost just going to continue to be a series of cliffhangers offering no further explanation as to what the bollocking buggery[/phillipdang] is going on?
Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
Well, I'd like to say no but......
However, episode one of season three does give more of an insight into the 'Others' but, just as you think the scales are beginning to fall, a whole new haddock takes their place.
Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Don't go Stabby Eyes, answer me this: Is lost just going to continue to be a series of cliffhangers offering no further explanation as to what the bollocking buggery[/phillipdang] is going on?
I think they answered quite a few questions on Wednesday. It rocked. But, I don't want to ruin it for you.
A bit disappointed that they're doing 6 episodes and then a 3 month long hiatus.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I have the hills have pies queued up and I am just having this discussion online:
"She has had botox" "What's botox" "Huh? That stuff they inject in your face which makes you unable to emote" "?" "Nothing, but she's 28"
Is 28 a worryingly young age to start using botox?
If any of you ladies use botox. Sorry.
Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
Seems a bit young...I think anyway.
Watched The Hills have eyes a couple of months ago...made me very anxious, so I would think it did its job. The shotgun scene is quite graphic...didn't expect it.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Would you get botox Amy?*
*you don't have to answer that actually, that seems quite forward and rude, but I was genuinely interested - it always seemed like a rich old ladies cure for ageing and frowning. Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Amy? Don't leave me here on my own. Amy?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
MIGHTY ALOUSE IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I wanted to see you today Alouse Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
Mikee...I needed to put lounge clothes on. And no, I wouldn't get botox. It makes people seem kind of corpse-like.
Helloooo Alice!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Who would like to see a picture of Thorn moshing so hard that he looks like he'd bust a plank over someones head?
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
hello amy!
i am sorry to have deprived you of my company nwod. i can pretty much guarantee you didnt miss anything, except some whining, some stuttering, and my rubbish new joke where i ask the person going to the bar to buy me a virgin long island iced tea.
[ 06.10.2006, 18:12: Message edited by: dance margarita ]
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
i just got back from one of the best gigs ever. kate nash. it was fucking superb.
[ 07.10.2006, 05:58: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
My guy always wayches the Formula one races. Which is fine, doesn't affect my life in any way. When we were at the club tonight, he was discussing with a friend how the friend should come watch the race at our house on Sunday, because the guy doesn't have satellite TV. Then they started discussing having breakfast, which I found slightly odd as the race is always around 2 p.m. Oh, well, perhaps they're meeting for breakfast somewhere first. Then I found out that the race is in China or somewhere, and it's on at 06:30. "And Brenda won't mind making breakfast for us" Er, I don't fucking think so. Cuh.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: The annoying thing is that nobody seems to share my passion for F1 so I never have anyone to talk to.
Not quite, actually- I stayed up to watch the race live (pre-show started 12:30am local time), rather than my usual approach of recording it and watching it when I have time, usually a few days later after I've already heard who won and after any chance of discussing it as a current event has long since dried up.
For what it's worth, it would be (or perhaps at this point "would have been") good to see Schumacher end his F1 career with another championship win, rather than expiring in a puff of smoke. I know Alonso is Ringo's brother and all, but there's something about him that leaves me cold- certainly I can't be the only person who finds him a bit arrogant?
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I found today's race kind of disappointing to be honest. The thing is, last year when Alonso took the championship, lots of people said it was great that soemone other than Schumacher was winning races. I didn't agree, because Ferrari were embarrasingly off the pace last year and never looked like challenging for anything. I maintained that I wanted to see Schumacher drivign to the best of his ability with a great car under him and still getting beaten, whcih is more or less what's happened this year, except it seems like a horrible way to have the championship snatched from you, when your engine blows up when victory is in sight. I suppose it's no different from what happened to Alonso in Monza, but it just seems like an awful way for things to go. I honestly think that the Brazillian GP is going to be a bit of an anticlimax.
I have to agree with you about Alonso too. For all his faults, Schumacher is a great personality and ambassador for the sport. Any arrogance is surely completely justified when you're the most successful F1 driver the world has ever seen. Alonso on the other hand seems somewhat preoccupied with personal glory. The fact he's moving to Mclaren probabl speaks volumes about the kind of champion he is. In many respects, I'd love to se his car let go at Brazil and see Schumacher snatch the championship away from him.
Still, next season's going to be exremely interesting. I heard them mention that Lewis Hamilton may take De La Rosa's seat for the Brazillian GP, and I'd imagine it'd be on the strength of his performance that the decision would be made as to whether or not he gats a drive alongside Alonso next year.
Personally I still want to see Button fulfil his potetial.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
I had quite a good weekend, off and on. Got completely soaked through on Friday evening in a proper storm, then it cleared away instantly leaving me looking like someone had just chucked a bucket of water over me. But the rest of the weekend was like summer all over again.
I was sitting on a bridge in the middle of town just watching the world go by when this girl walked past me and suddenly went, "Oh!" and snatched up a man's gold wedding ring from the pavement just next to me. Now, I'd been sitting there for about ten minutes by then and hadn't noticed it, but there were a lot of people walking past so someone could have dropped it.
Anyway, she goes, "Is it yours?" and I said, "No," and she was getting all excited, going "Is it real?" so I looked inside it and there was a hallmark so I said, "I think so, yeah."
Then she started saying how she couldn't take it because it's against her religion, so she gave it to me and walked off! A big heavy solid gold ring, for free! Hooray. I couldn't give a toss about jewellery though, so I didn't really want it. Then the girl came back and said, "I can't take the ring, even though I found it, but can you let me have a couple of euros to buy a coffee?" Aaaah, right, I get it now. I said I didn't have any money to give her, sorry. And I gave her the ring, which her religion obviously now decided was OK because she took it this time.
About twenty minutes later, an old lady walked past me, suddenly lunged at the ground and held up... gosh, a man's gold ring. "Is it yours?" she asked. I had so many response options that inside my head was like the Terminator scrolling up loads of phrases. In the end I just said, "No," and I think she realised that I knew about the con and she walked off quite quickly. I watched her try it on a couple of other people without any luck either.
Then I went and looked in lots of little galleries on the Left Bank, which was nice. One painting really affected me and reminded me that years of looking at Photoshop and CGI has made me forget that real art is 3-dimensional and you can touch it and smell it. It was a picture of a wet road after a storm, with evening sunlight shining on it, a scooter with its light on coming towards us, a couple of cars driving the other way and a pedestrian crossing the road in the distance. That's all, but the light and hazy effect was just fantastic. I would have taken a photo but it was a busy gallery and I don't think you're supposed to, and a photo wouldn't have done it any justice anyway. I'll just remember it and probably see it again one day in one of those weird coincidences that conclusively prove the existence of a higher being.
Anyway, I did lots of other things and it was a lovely weekend, but I won't go on about it because it involves the C word. Ding ding.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
What's the c word? The word that Darryn won't let us type on here?
[ 09.10.2006, 06:20: Message edited by: London ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
cycling, probably.
Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
My weekend was divided between being ill (I had to go home ill on Friday afternoon - I’d have posted a picture of 'Sick Boy', but photography failed to capture the particular green hue of my skin, and I felt like I was going to passout), DIY, staying in watching telly/dvds, and more DIY.
They cancelled my blood test this morning because the nurse was off sick. Woot.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
new little style mag did a photo shoot in my flat yesterday. was a fun day - lots of booze, fags and pretty teenage girls. we all went for quality burgers and wine after. i think my (soon to be ex-) flatmate shagged the photographer. probably because he, you know, told her she was beautiful and wanted to take photos of her or whatever. can't wait for her moaning on about how men use her and they're only after one thing (she slept with a middle-aged record producer a while ago, you can imagine the rubbish he fed her). stupid fucking princess.
[ 09.10.2006, 07:43: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Ups: Delicious nourishing food at parents Fun party with pals Saturday Lots of satisfaction from chores, including making quince jelly in the manner of domestic goddess
Downs: Strange 25-stone cousin wiping sweat from his forehead with forefinger, then sucking it off Finding disgusting bugs on my bay tree, explaining its rather wilting performance of late Taking one-and-a-half hours to get to party, instead of 20 mins, due to road works
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
quote:Originally posted by H1ppychick: tonight: working tomorrow: working, then friend's b-day pissup sunday: working (hungover)
I think I must be clairvoyant.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I had a quite a good weekend. Went to a job interview on Friday morning where I just kind of exploded in a torrent of utter fucking bullshit to the point where I began to wonder what the purpose of job interviews was. Essentially the job was way, way beyond my experience and probably ability and commitment, but I seemed to do a reasonable job of convincing the MD and the Chairman that I should be let loose on their marketing strategy. It was utterly ridiculous. The idea that after 18 months in marketing I was trying to convince someone that I'd be halfway capable of starting up an entire business development strategy for them had me alternately practically laughing at the ridiculousness of it and sobbing at the idea of actually having to deliver on anything I was saying. It was like I'd wandered into a parallel universe where I was smart and capable and qualified. Still. We shall see.
After that, went to see The Departed, which was brilliant. Then on Saturday went out for Octavia's birthday meal at Village East in Bermondsey, and spent Sunday watching George the Robot's wife do the Nike 10k. Then we all went to the pub. End of story.
Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
I spent the entire weekend slumped on the sofa in my pyjamas with a box of tissues in one hand (which gradually evolved into a heap of disgustingly moist tissues) and a plastic bowl acting as sick receptacle in the other. Stupid bloody colds.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sidney: Stupid bloody colds.
Same here *sniff*
Kittens love to chase those snotty tissues that don't make it to the bin. Apparently they also love eccles cakes, as proved by my kitten's not-so-delicate footsteps across the keyboard whilst doing some online shopping. Somehow, she managed to select 24 of them and add them to the cart...
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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
awwwwww
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
My weekend was far from life-changing. Met my lady friend after squash on Friday. She'd been out on the piss all day, so she passed out at about 11.30pm. On Saturday, I lay in bed until about 2.30pm, dropped my hungover girlfriend off at home, then lost my shirt at a poker night.
Woke up feeling like a fucking loser, played in a snooker tournament, lost 2-0 and went to a mosher bar in Manchester where me, my brother and friend headbanged to classics such as, 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', 'Girls, Girls, Girls' and 'Caught in a Mosh', before getting thrown out for being too rowdy. In a fucking heavy metal bar?? Rowdy? I thought that was the fucking idea. Bought an horrific kebab, threw up, passed out. Sat here today wondering why I bother breathing. Head spinning still. Only squash later may save me.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I don't think gambling is for you Zygote.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
lol, if you swap squash for playstation, zygote is the northern benway.
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
Post weekend (late; ranty)
Friday Spend 11 hours travelling to location of conference near Lake Guarda (Italy), losing one colleague on the way after he has a fight with Valerie (most annoying + boring person ever) Conference centre turns out to be a kind of posh Butlins Golf based holiday resort 5km from Lake G. Have bland buffet dinner (this is Italy ffs! I was counting on the food being a saving grace). Bar contains a kind of karaeoke band doing ABBA and Tom Petty covers. Go to bed.
Saturday Get up very early. Attend seminars, poster sessions and meetings from 8.30am to 7.30pm (break for bland buffet lunch bearing strong resemblance to last night’s). Have conference ‘grand dinner’ = mediocre. Bar closed so everyone goes to bed. Stay up drinking leftover wine with conference organiser’s assistant, until she invites a group of Polish air conditioning salesmen to join us. Go to bed, snore with such gusto that Valerie goes and sleeps on the bathroom floor (highlight of weekend!).
Sunday Get up early, meetings and seminars until 2pm. Return to England. Wait for 60mins for small piece of luggage which was not allowed on the plane due to explosive toiletries). Get home 10.30pm to find Saturday night’s party still going and the hot water broken. Am assured by housemate that they haven’t made any noise (we are under threat of ASBO by the neighbour) and have cleaned up everything. These claims are clearly false. Drag massively drunk boy back to his place so I can have a shower and sleep.
Monday Return home before work to clean the house ready for visiting letting agents. Go to work. Sulk.
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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
mine was alright. I bought some clothes. Pair of black t-shirts, and a nice black adidas hoodie. Did some hardcore tidying.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
happy 10,000th, loser.
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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
A little known fact - Dr. Benway keeps a hard copy backup of his TMO posts in a secret archive located in a disused underground station:
Ten polish immigrants tend the files regularly and duplicate his online edits to the paper copies.
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Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
well, there you go.
I'm still doing that story, but guess it won't have the same impact now.
Posted by not... (Member # 25) on :
oh bunway!
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Misc! Put some carriage returns in for pity's sake. The wide on is gigantic.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: Misc! Put some carriage returns in for pity's sake. The wide on is gigantic.
Fixed now. Sorry - it looked fine in Firefox / Ghostzilla.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
So does this signal the death of Jimmy Big Nuts?
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I don't think gambling is for you Zygote.
True. If I lumped my life savings on the sun rising tomorrow, there would be a 48 hour eclipse.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I can't stop absorbing pointless reading material on the net. For some reason, instead of using it for useful study, I can only read Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle FAQs and pulpy intros to muder trials:
quote: Police held the trump card from the outset - unknown to her, Fred West had already confessed to the murder of their daughter Heather. By the end of the interview, skillfully outmanoeuvred by Detective Sergeant Terence Onions, Rose West is in tears. She knows the game is up.
Terence Onions - lol
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I can't stop absorbing pointless reading material on the net.
I'm reading stuff I already know about early '80s computers thanks to the wonders of Wikipedia. I think I've finished the whole *x-entertainement site now. Later on, I might stalk the net for people I used to hate at school, and sign them up for gay porn e-mails.
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Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
When I was off work, borked, I read tonnes of wikipedia, vaguely hoping that my mind and knowledge would expand exponentially. I can't remember any of it, though I have a clear recollection of a interboard war I watched happen on a couple of other sites. This is rubbish. But not as rubbish as going to Italy and having shit food. I'd be well offended by that.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
There is nobody.......nobody from my school that I am tearing at the monitor to find out about. All the people that I got on with, I still know of and anybody else all seemed to be......I don't want to say it, either fucking imbeciles or only just qualifiable as breeding stock.
Look, even after all this time, someone is picking on the fat kid:
quote: Name: John Park Nickname: Fat **** profile: Still a fat **** living alone! some thing don't change i guess! i now enjoy humpin cows as they seem to be more my size. that it for now will keep u all updated if i get to shag a real girl!!!!
I don't know whether I find that amusing or whether it identifies the level of mentality my school comanded. It isn't even dubbed a comprehensive. They called it a technology college.
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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: They called it a technology college.
LOL - my school is now a Business and Enterprise College. It's quite the thing, these days. Is yours also an Investor in People?
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
If a school has a specialism and is quite good, they now get a free sixth form. Which means loadsa extra cash. Hence the proliference of Business and Enterprise Colleges.
This is my least interesting post ever. And the sad thing is it has a lot of competition.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Is yours also an Investor in People?
I'm not sure, but the brochure does say it has it's own fish pond.
Posted by Sidney (Member # 399) on :
Yes - they also gets wads of capital, so specialist sports colleges get to build new sports halls, IT colleges get new IT departments with equipment etc. It's also something that positively influences OfSTED reports. so semi-pushy parents might be tempted to send their offspring there.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Ok, I've found my schools website. It has 'a gallery' in the art section which Tony Hart would be suing for plagiarism if he knew about it.
We used to have equal opportunities, so it's nice to see that they still let the handicapped kids compete in the racers with the able bodied kids:
Image abandoned dude to being bigger than the sun.
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Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: There is nobody.......nobody from my school that I am tearing at the monitor to find out about.
My best mate from school, who I hadn't seen for like twelve years, I found on Myspace. He lives one street away from me, but we never bumped into each other. His profile is well japagay
but there isn't anyone else at all from back then i'd like to reconnect with.
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Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
I met up with a couple of people from school who'd contacted my best mate through that school site thing friendreunited.
They spent the evening trying to prove that they'd grown up by talking about politics and crap, while me and my mate felt more and more purile. The night collapsed into angry silence when we asked what one of them was doing for a job, and after twenty minutes of waffle, we said 'so you're basically an admin assistant' which they took umbrage to (but also couldn't deny, so...)
there's one or two people I'm midly interested in, but that's about it.
Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
quote:Originally posted by vikram:
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: There is nobody.......nobody from my school that I am tearing at the monitor to find out about.
My best mate from school, who I hadn't seen for like twelve years, I found on Myspace. He lives one street away from me, but we never bumped into each other. His profile is well japagay
but there isn't anyone else at all from back then i'd like to reconnect with.
he lists showgirls as one of his fave movies.
i'm sorry.
(edit- that's better)
[ 09.10.2006, 15:44: Message edited by: Amy ]
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
he's gay!
nice to have you back amy
[ 10.10.2006, 06:00: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
quote:Originally posted by ralph: So does this signal the death of Jimmy Big Nuts?
It would be castration, no?
Posted by Amy (Member # 11) on :
quote:Originally posted by vikram: he's gay!
nice to have you back amy
thanks Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
whatever happened to sam?
[ 10.10.2006, 10:27: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
She emailed me and said she was deeply offended by your username.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: whatever happened to sam?
She emailed ralph. That usually happens a few months before all the young ladies disappear.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Laura Fadden, last seen scrumping apples in Grizzly Bear Forest. Age: 3, Height: 2'1" Hair: Yes, lovely pretty hair, It shines.
Hilary Eggnog, phoned her parents on July 10th and said she was on her way home from the fair. She has not been seen since. Age: 32, Height: 5'9" Hair: Like goldilocks
Police are urging people to come forward as there are concerns these ladies have been made into glue.
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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
What are you implying?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Hungy are you? After all those apples? Well I...never. Well I do have more food in the basement, but I'm ever so tired. You could go and get some. Well I could get it for you but I can't reach the shelf with my bad back. Come on I'll show you where I keep everything.
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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Ralph prepares to assist the police in another manhunt.
We're gonna need to cut down a few trees, aren't we guys? Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I actually hurt my left hand pretty badly yesterday whilst cutting down some trees. I was trying to thread the needle with one of them, a fifty footer, but I made a rookie mistake and ended up getting it hung up in an old beech tree. While I was trying to push it out of the beech, one of the beech's dead limbs fell off and struck my hand. I initially thought I had broken it, but this morning it's merely swollen and purple. There's a lesson in there somewhere, but I'll be damned if I know what it is.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
the lesson is that you suck at trees.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Something like that. What I should have done was taken down the tree to the left of the beech first, thus giving me a clear spot to drop the tree I was trying to take down in the first place. Bastard.
[ 10.10.2006, 12:24: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
yeah bet ralph would survive the zombies way better than you or me, benway
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
In the event of a zombie attack, I'm going to hang out with the guy who lives across the street. He's a survivalist, whereas I don't own any firearms.
[ 10.10.2006, 12:26: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
He'd nail you before you got half way across the street. Survivalists don't trust anybody.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
True, but he likes my kids, so at least the ralph gene pool would continue. I guess I'll have to fend the zombies off as best as I can with my axe and chainsaw.
Posted by vikram (Member # 98) on :
So far every zombie outbreak has been neutralised (and covered up) by the WHO, but eventually - inevitably - there'll be a zombicaust. Do you think it will be as cool as the movies?
[ 10.10.2006, 12:36: Message edited by: vikram ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Before:
After: Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
bloody hell
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
What?
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
That's an impressive amount of tree damage.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Everybody needs a hobby I suppose.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
x
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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
Posted by Travelling Canadian (Member # 491) on :
I didn't think you were allowed to cut down trees in the Disney forest? Thumper and Bambi are going to be coming after your ass.
Posted by squirrelandgman (Member # 201) on :
My old man once took out 3 villages electricity cutting down a tree. It was great. A slow motion fall into electricity lines. Good old dad.
He used to look like Keith Richards and now he looks like Gandhi.
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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Travelling Canadian: I didn't think you were allowed to cut down trees in the Disney forest?
lol. Disney forest. I hadn't thought about that one for quite some time.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: I had a quite a good weekend. Went to a job interview on Friday morning where I just kind of exploded in a torrent of utter fucking bullshit to the point where I began to wonder what the purpose of job interviews was. Essentially the job was way, way beyond my experience and probably ability and commitment, but I seemed to do a reasonable job of convincing the MD and the Chairman that I should be let loose on their marketing strategy. It was utterly ridiculous. The idea that after 18 months in marketing I was trying to convince someone that I'd be halfway capable of starting up an entire business development strategy for them had me alternately practically laughing at the ridiculousness of it and sobbing at the idea of actually having to deliver on anything I was saying. It was like I'd wandered into a parallel universe where I was smart and capable and qualified. Still. We shall see.
Hah. They said 'yes', incredibly.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Are you dead pleased then, Thorn? It is obviously a good time of year for jobs. Someone has just offered my husband one. Which is useful as I was going to murder/ divorce him on grounds of reckless fiscal irresponsibility. Although apparently for him to do the job he first has to be strapped into a helicopter and thrown into a swimming pool.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
Not for me and my kind, is it a good time of year for jobs - it's quiet, and the few days that I've done this month have been long and cold, and left me in bed feeling like shit and with a sore throat.
Still at least I get to read fun stories like this:
quote: Mr and Ms Phelps were woken by the sound of a dog barking and came downstairs to discover Henson. In the struggle he stabbed Mr Phelps and tried to force his hand into Ms Phelps' mouth, shouting out: "By the power of Grayskull" - apparently a reference to a magical castle in the fantasy cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
lol - this guy didn't really do himself any favours in court:
quote:He said if he had wanted to kill her his military training would have enabled him to do so in "four seconds". Addressing prosecutor Lynne Matthews he said: "I can take the palm of my hand and kill you by shoving your nose into your skull. That's a four-second death. If I wanted her dead, she would be dead."
And: congratulations, Thorn! Don't fuck up!
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Well done, Thorn. You must've used up all your convincing arguments at the interview.
Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
Well done Thorn. Does this mean you're moving to Oxford?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bandy: Well done Thorn. Does this mean you're moving to Oxford?
Yeah. I'm going to be in the London office until about mid-January, then move to Oxford. I'll be down in the big city about once a week, though.
Posted by Bandy (Member # 12) on :
Good for you. You can do it!
Posted by Waynster (Member # 56) on :
Nice one Thorn! Well done mate.
Posted by turbo (Member # 593) on :
Good for you, Thorn! Hmm, 18 months in marketing and you've landed yourself a hot-shot marketing job? I've been in marketing for 4 years and I really need a new job. Our entire management has resigned and my superior is a total wanker. I'm going to have to practice talking convincing bullshit...
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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by turbo: I'm going to have to practice talking convincing bullshit...
Yeah. Like you need practice.
Nice to see you , turbo. Hope everything went well last month and you're adjusting. Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
So, turbo's an alcoholic, too...
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Not to my knowledge. She's just one of the loveliest people on the internet ever.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Right.
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
My favourite internet person was Dottor Banwey - I wish he'd return.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Work has reached an all new low of depressing. Everyone is leaving the building and being reassigned. The permanent staff are never in the building so I am here on my own right now, oh and the only permanent position (which is double the money folks!) went to that nice soul Tommy who I work with. I've been chasing up a position at IBM that I'd shoot a man for, but I haven't been called back yet. It is so frustratingly bleak.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
I knew that Tommy fellow would do ok. He seemed like a real go-getter.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Someone said 'when do you leave?' and he said 'end of November' to which, almost like a wind-up jack in the box, the words 'It can't come fucking soon enough!' nearly burst out on the end of a spring from my mouth.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: ...oh and the only permanent position (which is double the money folks!) went to that nice soul Tommy who I work with. I've been chasing up a position at IBM that I'd shoot a man for, but I haven't been called back yet.
Maybe you could shoot Tommy. It might not get you the position at IBM, but it would almost definitely make you feel better.
Posted by Benny the Ball (Member # 694) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
quote:Originally posted by Bandy: Well done Thorn. Does this mean you're moving to Oxford?
Yeah. I'm going to be in the London office until about mid-January, then move to Oxford. I'll be down in the big city about once a week, though.
Thorn - Oxford's full of Heroin addicts, but well done! You should visit the towns ride through history exhibit, it's like the lame inbred love child of the London Dungeon and Mdmme Toussards/the rock circus.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: Maybe you could shoot Tommy. It might not get you the position at IBM, but it would almost definitely make you feel better.
Or, perhaps you could invite Tommy to post here. I suspect we're not getting the full story from you.
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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Erk. In 15 minutes' time I've got to conduct my first-ever interview, for my underling. Yikes.
Tell you what. Be careful what you wish for. I wanted a job with status, where I was in charge, had responsibility, etc. Now I wake up in a sweat at 2.30am worrying about the five trillion things I have to do, the fact that my boss will see through my flimsy facade to the dismal shit-head that lurks beneath, how far I can push the deadlines, etc.
Is this feeling of inadequacy normal among today's middle managers?
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
No. It's you. You're shit.
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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Benny the Ball: Thorn - Oxford's full of Heroin addicts,
Well, that should come as a relief. At the moment I live in Wimbledon, which is full of South Africans.
Herbs - I've been told that the paranoia about whether or not your boss is going to find out how inept and useless you are is actually a sign that you'er a decent employee. Apparently incompetent people don't realise they're incompetent. So if you do nothing, but are aware that that's a bad thing, you're already way ahead, apparently. Meanwhile, TMOers thinking they're OK at their jobs should maybe start to worry.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: Is this feeling of inadequacy normal among today's middle managers?
I wake up in the middleof the night and write notes for myself. I once sent a work email at 3am, huddled over the laptop with weak tea. It is madness.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Thank god it's just me. I even add to my early-hours frenzy by having half-dreams full of new, fictional, stuff I have to do. I got up last night at 3 to have some toast and peanut butter. It seemed to calm the nerves.
I suspect a lot of it is due to my 'troubles'. Like I've got a jar of stress and sad, and it only takes a couple of droplets of pressure for the whole lot to spill over, and cause crying at am dram, for example.
Posted by turbo (Member # 593) on :
I do the waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night thing too and it's really fucking annoying. Especially if you know the kind of stuff I wake up for. I don't wake up because I've gone 10 grand over budget or because a key employee has resigned. I wake up because I think I've forgotten to sort out a coffee machine for our stand at a trade show. Or because I think I might have forgotten to add a remark to a press release. True, coffee at a trade show is important, but lying awake for 3 hours in the middle of the night is going a bit over the top. At moments like those, I curse my brain for working the way it does.
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Oh verily. My 3am sweats aren't over having libelled someone or done anything remotely bad, it's always trivial crap like... God I can't even remember any of them. They're so inconsequential
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
No more waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-worrying-about-work- related scenarios for me anymore. Yours truly has been made redundant (on Friday 13th...) and now works from the comfort of his own home. Risky business at present, but I've sufficient capital behind me to make a decent go at things. We shall see.
Ps: Congratulations, Thorn.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Er. Didn't working from home go massively tits up for you last time you tried it, Zygote?
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: Er. Didn't working from home go massively tits up for you last time you tried it, Zygote?
Yes, it did. However, it was a completely different scenario back then. Started with very little collateral and was 'over-trading' in order to pay for the extra bills (my son had just been born), mortgage etc... buying dodgy stocks, taking huge risks, not applying stringent selection criteria... the list goes on. It was a very unstable working environment, to say the least.
This time around, I've collateral aplenty (from selling my house last year), shedloads more stock market experience, low overheads, more freedom and am now trading in a mere handful of stocks (as opposed to anything that starts to tick up) which are performing strongly. It took a week of rigorous research and late nights to come up with my current investments - out of 1,000 stocks I analysed, only 7 came through the sieve.
As I say, we shall see. I'm confident I'll be far more successful this time around.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Good luck Zygote! I hope your compulsive gambling helps you in this instance. Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Oh, better, Zygote. Beware those pesky pigeons, though.
Posted by Zygote (Member # 883) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: Good luck Zygote! I hope your compulsive gambling helps you in this instance.
Cheers, NWOD. It's less of a gamble than horses and one-frame snooker matches - at least when you get it wrong the loss is more gradual, as opposed to instantaneous..
Haven't suffered any major pigeon run-ins of late, so my fingers remain firmly crossed that I don't suffer another encounter in future. They will never enter my house again. I swear.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
quote:Originally posted by dang65:
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: The annoying thing is that nobody seems to share my passion for F1 so I never have anyone to talk to.
I've been feeling some of the old passion return after Schumacher's performances...
Well, I've no idea what other F1 fans are saying about yesterday, but to me that was a vintage drive from Schumacher which reminded me of why I loved watching him, and F1, for so many years. A more exciting drive, from start to finish, than all the rest of the field put together. The fact that, after all that fighting, he got nothing out of it was also old-style Schumacher. Top notch. IMHO.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
I got the impression that the 'final fight' may not have been all that satisfying for Schumacher. True, he fought hard all the way despite the qualifying and flat-tire problems, but I can't imagine him not being disappointed for not being able to pull off what would have been a tremendous win against all odds. After all, the podium finish from midfield is something we've seen him capable of on many occasions. Which has got me wondering today whether he will take the 07 season off and then decide he'll return to F1 after all?
Or perhaps he'll take the Hakkinen route and switch to another series? After all his retirement announcement seemed to very narrowly excuse himself from F1, but didn't seem to close the door on another racing series.
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: I got the impression that the 'final fight' may not have been all that satisfying for Schumacher.
Well, of course not. Nor for his fans. But I don't think there's any current driver who would have fought back like that in what was basically a futile gesture, which still could have panned out in the end.
About 1 1/2 laps from the end, when Jensen Button was right behind Alonso, the commentator on ITV said, "...if Button and Alonso collide now and both go off, then Massa will ease up and let Michael through..."
He may have been saying it subconsciously, I dunno, but it wasn't said sarcastically, and the other commentator didn't laugh. I think it was what a lot of people were praying would happen - although Massa winning his home GP, Alonso getting a second title when he's so young, Button being on the podium and Schumacher driving like he was possessed made for a pretty smart end to the whole thing.
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