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That's some zit ...

Paul.

 

Yeah - I know what you mean, but having not lived in Melbourne for 20
years, I can't remember the critical turns that get from one suburb to
another. I'm getting lazy so just suss it out first, then switch on
the GPS in my phone and let it talk me there.

Last time I lived here there were no mobile phones, no internets, and
no GPS.

How the hell did we meet up with mates fora beer?

 

I'd fucking love a private jet.

 

Until you found out about the cost of running the damn thing.
Rather hire one when you need it.

 

If you have to ask...

 

Easy. Try to drink with people that have some modicum of intelligence.
Otherwise it was like this:

"Let's meet in the Drunken Arsehole. Don't know it? Oh, it's wasy -
come out of the station, turn right, take the next left and it's the
building that looks like a pub, with a sign saying Drunken Arsehole.
What? Oh, I see...yes, you see that wooden rectangular thing at the
front? There's a round knob or lever on the front; turn it and push.
You will then be in the pub so walk towards the bar and ask the nice
mane for a pint of Old Scrotum. What's a *bar*?!..."

 

heh. When we'd finished our Road Trip in 2005 and were back in LA for
a night, we decided we had to go and see the Hollywood sign. I mean,
how difficult could it be? Seeing as one of our group had been the
Support Vehicle driver, I took him on the back. So, four HDs, riding
around LA during evening rush hour, with our only directions given by
my mate on the back trying to read a crappy map in twilight.

We made it in the end, and got right up close to it, but I'm still not
convinced it was worth the effort.

 

It was actually a rhetorical question.

I've tried to explain that to my 24 year old flatmate for the past 3
years. She never turns up on time. We had to or you wouldn't find the
person. She has no concept of this.

I ended up saying "You text me when you are _actually_ on the way and
I'll tell you where I am".

She spent more time planning what she was going to do than actually
doing it. I would call her Rimmer when she did that but I don't think
she quite got the reference. In fact I think she probably thought
more of an unsavoury sex act knowing her.

 

And this is the nub of it, IMO. Back In The Day {tm} if someone said
meet at 8pm in such-and-such a place, people got there OK, and pretty
much on time.

Nowadays, it's just too easy to be lazy, incompetent, selfish, to not
really worry about where and when you need to be somewhere. Can't be
bothered to find the place? Just call. Can't be arsed to organise
your life to get to a pre-arranged meeting on time? No, problem - be
an hour late, but as long as you call on the mobile, that's OK, right?

But you never found out? Shame...

 

Fucking *revelation*

You just put your finger on what's been annoying me. I shall now go and
purchase a high powered rifle and scope.

Actually, I don't mind *too* much as long as the call is *before* I've
arranged my life to get there on time. Which, of course, it seldom is.


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heh, no - a .44 Magnum.

Mate walks in:

"You're late"
"Yeah, sorry..."

*BANG*

Oh dear. Best turn that gun on yourself then.

 

I think you misunderstand. The call is seldom before I have arranged my
life to make the rendezvous on time. I have a pathalogical aversion to
being late.

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Oh, aye. Me too.

 

Yes, that was the story.

It'll be interesting to see how it ends up: in an ideal world everyone
can get on and use the map data we've all paid for at vastly reduced
cost. In a non-ideal world, OS will lose the funding it needs to keep
everything up to date.

 

Well considering she is a pole-dancer and now living in LA, there
isn't a lot I don't know about her after living with her for 3 years

 

Yeah - I'll admit to being pretty anal about it. I think it is rude to
leave someone waiting for you. Gen Y don't seem to consider that
though. Well not most of them that I hang out with.

 

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Bloody pole dancers, coming over here, taking our jobs.

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Is the right fucking answer.

I can spit on half a dozen Gen Xers from here with the same attitude.

I have a 5 minute rule for all meetings.

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When I was romancing with Novel and Schmidt was CEO they had a great PJ.
I think A Challenger 604, new at the time. It was full gold bling
inside. Bouncing back between San Jose and Provo was a breeze and he
hopped over to St Andrews for dinner at Rusacks and a few games of golf.
Brought his his SO Wendy, also ex Sun, and very nice too.

It used over 9000kg of fuel each way for that little junket, think of
the 3rd world children dying for that. As the **** had already banked
his first $100M via Sun he didn't really GAF.

Something for you to aspire to Ben?

 

Go you! It's a little difficult for me because of the aforementioned
focus grab.

Skype has IM?!?! Wow, I've been missing out on so much. This goes back
to what I said. I'll use Skype if I want an interactive experience, else
I'll just send an email.