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ogden
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      03-17-2010, 08:09 AM
darsy wrote:
> On Mar 16, 11:50*pm, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
>
> > Last bizarre nightmare I remember ended with me being accused of child
> > abuse.
> >
> > Just imagine, waking up in a cold sweat, terrified, yet everso slightly
> > aroused and unable to log on to Bebo

>
> I read that as "bonobo" the first two times (can there be two first
> times?). Still, you freak, stay the hell off Bebo, you're about 15
> years too old for it.


I've honestly never been on Bebo.

Used Habbo Hotel waaay back though. Found some dirty mum on there.


> [3c] bit of ****-up (including me and S. (the saffer you met that
> time) "not drinking" in The Paternoster this thursday, if you or
> anyone else is interested[7]


Maybe.

Need to get back from the land of Nazi gold first though.

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darsy
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      03-17-2010, 08:18 AM
On Mar 17, 9:09*am, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
> darsy wrote:
> > On Mar 16, 11:50*pm, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:

>
> > > Last bizarre nightmare I remember ended with me being accused of child
> > > abuse.

>
> > > Just imagine, waking up in a cold sweat, terrified, yet everso slightly
> > > aroused and unable to log on to Bebo

>
> > I read that as "bonobo" the first two times (can there be two first
> > times?). Still, you freak, stay the hell off Bebo, you're about 15
> > years too old for it.

>
> I've honestly never been on Bebo.
>
> Used Habbo Hotel waaay back though. Found some dirty mum on there.


hah - I remember that. Iso graphics *suck*, though.

> > [3c] bit of ****-up (including me and S. (the saffer you met that
> > time) "not drinking" in The Paternoster this thursday, if you or
> > anyone else is interested[7]

>
> Maybe.
>
> Need to get back from the land of Nazi gold first though.


bring some back - that'd help.

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      03-17-2010, 08:20 AM
darsy wrote:

> [1] I've been awake since about 03:30 yesterday; it's 2:10 "today",
> and since stopping those stupid drugs last week[2], my mind's still
> racing like a 50cc mini-moto[4]
> [2] ****- thinking about it, it really has been a week already - I may
> have to take up the offer I had the other day of a "help"ing of
> special K to help me get off the drugs that were supposed to make it
> easier for me to cut down on drinking[3a][3b]
> [3a] stopping drinking was easy - just as Champ has "noted", it's made
> me surreally lucid. Or silly. One of the two.
> [3b] my own alco-fascist doctor made a comment along the lines of "why
> the **** she prescribe you these? Of course you drink too much, but
> making it easier for you to cut down won't actually make it easier for
> you".[3c]
> [3c] bit of ****-up (including me and S. (the saffer you met that
> time) "not drinking" in The Paternoster this thursday, if you or
> anyone else is interested[7]
> [4] not particularly fast, and I look like an idiot.
> [5] though if I do manage to sleep at some point tonight, and dream
> about Batey again I may have to kill someone[6]
> [6] anyone will do[8]
> [7] a particular "special" week at my former employers with 4 permies
> being laid off - from ~75 in 2003, they're now down to around 15.
> [8] I'm thinking of putting Platypus out of our misery - how does that
> sound?


**** me. With a footnote list like that, it's almost like having Bear
back.[1]


[1] As opposed to bare-back.

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      03-17-2010, 08:25 AM
darsy wrote:
> On Mar 17, 9:09*am, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
> > darsy wrote:
> > > On Mar 16, 11:50*pm, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:

> >
> > > > Last bizarre nightmare I remember ended with me being accused of child
> > > > abuse.

> >
> > > > Just imagine, waking up in a cold sweat, terrified, yet everso slightly
> > > > aroused and unable to log on to Bebo

> >
> > > I read that as "bonobo" the first two times (can there be two first
> > > times?). Still, you freak, stay the hell off Bebo, you're about 15
> > > years too old for it.

> >
> > I've honestly never been on Bebo.
> >
> > Used Habbo Hotel waaay back though. Found some dirty mum on there.

>
> hah - I remember that. Iso graphics *suck*, though.
>
> > > [3c] bit of ****-up (including me and S. (the saffer you met that
> > > time) "not drinking" in The Paternoster this thursday, if you or
> > > anyone else is interested[7]

> >
> > Maybe.
> >
> > Need to get back from the land of Nazi gold first though.

>
> bring some back - that'd help.


Hard to get it out of the country - they'd just swap it for Toblerone
while my back was turned.

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      03-17-2010, 09:06 AM
Champ wrote:

> On 17 Mar 2010 09:20:50 GMT, "CT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> > **** me. With a footnote list like that, it's almost like having
> > Bear back.[1]

>
> And strike two!


heh, I wondered WTF you were on about, until I read darsy's post.

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      03-17-2010, 03:29 PM
On Mar 17, 9:20*am, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
> With a footnote list like that, it's almost like having Bear
> back.[1]
>
> [1] As opposed to bare-back.


having Bear bare-back isn't something I want to spend too much time
thinking about.

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The Older Gentleman
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      03-17-2010, 08:38 PM
platypus <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I must admit that my stubby fingers occasionally struggle with the
> touch-screen qwerty keyboard, but the phone is quite clever and changes it
> to what it thinks I should have said.



If only Usenet had a program to match.



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      03-18-2010, 09:08 PM
On Mar 14, 12:23*pm, "sweller" <swel...@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> stephen.pac...@gonemail.com wrote:
> > > There's always a chance. Everyone dies eventually. Should doctors give
> > > up and go home? I think sweller should be lauded.

>
> > Lauded for what? *Insulting someone with a crap job?

>
> 'I'd like to publically demonstrate I'm considerably cleverer than you' stand off,
> which is not my style.


I've seen an 'i'm massively more ****ed than you' standoff.

Does this count ?

> I still maintain Halfords are the automotive equivalent of Dixons.


They open better hours than my motor factor and the shelves are bigger
for browsing things that arent oil filters or air filters.

But i'd still prefer to avoid ..

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Wicked Uncle Nigel
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      03-19-2010, 08:08 PM
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Nige
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>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Nige <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's a clue- if he knew what he was talking about he wouldn't be
>>>> working as a manager in halfords.
>>>
>>> I know the local Halford manager, in faqct i returned a socket to
>>>him this
>>> very morning. We used to go boozing & clubbing years ago, top lad
>>>thats got
>>> plenty of nouse, he does it 'cos it fits in with times for kids etc & is
>>> rather better paying than you would think.

>>
>> Roughly what; give or take 5k?

>
>Dunno exactly, even to that sort of margin, but he's done some serious
>holidays & **** recently.
>
>He's no fool & given you have to deal with the public, i reckon he's on
>around £35k a year. Not big bucks, but not bad for running a shop.


I'd be very surprised if it was that much. Retail pays *really* badly.

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