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Post by grahamthomson on Sept 8, 2008 8:40:43 GMT
Moving house this week. Hopefully Thursday. Very excited.
Virgin Media is estimating 14 working days (which probably means six weeks) to move the broadband to the new house, so I will be offline for aages. Which, actually, might not be such a bad thing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2008 10:37:54 GMT
It would be a bad thing for me to be offline for ages - I'd soon begin to miss my porn!
Got a week off from work this week and have decided to spend the spare time on doing a bit of spring cleaning (can you do spring cleaning in the summer?) and catching up on my TF comics.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2008 10:47:45 GMT
Up half the night with insomnia, then massively slept in. Few things to do then of to Turnbull Towers for a break for a few days.
-Ralph
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Post by chrisl on Sept 8, 2008 12:00:40 GMT
This morning I had a job interview. And now I've just been offered a new job with 40% salary increase. Still at my current place of work, only in another department doing something entirely new. And they are willing to fund my PhD! Fingers crossed this will be a good week.
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Post by grahamthomson on Sept 8, 2008 12:20:13 GMT
That's great news, Chris!
Ralph, I hope you enjoy your few days with Andy. Don't be up too late, though, otherwise you'll never relieve your insomnia.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 8, 2008 18:09:53 GMT
This morning I had a job interview. And now I've just been offered a new job with 40% salary increase. Still at my current place of work, only in another department doing something entirely new. And they are willing to fund my PhD! Fingers crossed this will be a good week. Way to go, Chris! Pity the world's due to end on Wednesday. Martin |
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Post by legios on Sept 8, 2008 19:20:56 GMT
This morning I had a job interview. And now I've just been offered a new job with 40% salary increase. Still at my current place of work, only in another department doing something entirely new. And they are willing to fund my PhD! Fingers crossed this will be a good week. Congratulations Chris! Karl |
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Post by chrisl on Sept 9, 2008 8:58:29 GMT
Thanks guys - shame about the end of the world, isn't it ironic  |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 9, 2008 10:59:20 GMT
Well done Chris (Ralph is here too and he says well done as well).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2008 18:37:23 GMT
I haven't seen Ralph post anything today so maybe Andy is the cure for his HubAddition.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2008 22:27:39 GMT
This morning I had a job interview. And now I've just been offered a new job with 40% salary increase. Still at my current place of work, only in another department doing something entirely new. And they are willing to fund my PhD! Fingers crossed this will be a good week. Way to go, Chris! Pity the world's due to end on Wednesday. Martin "A lucky escape for Arsenal then sir" |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 10, 2008 5:17:37 GMT
Well, if we've got to go, it might as well be in style*. Spectacular, spectacularly stupid, non-violent, well-intentioned and well-planned, as arranged by the planet's greatest minds and costing more than the Beijing Olympics. If alien bookies are taking odds on how we're going to destroy the planet, this way will probably take them by surprise.
* I mean, picking the date 10/9/8...
Martin (presses red button)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2008 7:22:38 GMT
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Post by chrisl on Sept 10, 2008 7:56:20 GMT
The Metro this morning suggested it would take 4 years for us to see the effects.
Speaking of bookies, Steven Hawking has apparrently placed a £50 bet on not finding the "God particle" in the experiment.
And the LHC was infact brought to us in part by Prof Brian Cox who also brought us D:Ream's "Things can only get better"......... I am now getting visions of an apocalypse taking place while that song plays in the background...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2008 9:50:09 GMT
Nostradamus also apparantly predicted the world would end today ... just like he predicted the world would end in 1999, 2000 and several other years after his own lifetime.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 10, 2008 15:08:09 GMT
I haven't seen Ralph post anything today so maybe Andy is the cure for his HubAddition. Ralph's been visiting Turnbull Towers, so very little time is spent online. Japery, bad films and booze being the order of the day. Andy |
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Post by Hero on Sept 10, 2008 16:40:33 GMT
Hope you all have a RULEerific! week gang!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 10, 2008 18:49:05 GMT
To use Ralph's phrase, I'm well and truly cabbaged.
Caught 07:25 train to London yesterday morning to attend a meeting. Thanks to more than an hour's hold-up at the Severn Tunnel coming back, got home just before 9 pm.
Today, got into work about 07:30 in order to participate in an emergency exercise (which I can't talk about, but it didn't involve black holes), and left work 18:15.
Lots of flexi-time earned.
Long lie-in tomorrow, since I've volunteered to help do some hay-raking (or the closest we can get in this wet weather) on a sort of environmental away-day thing, in the Howardian Local Nature Reserve, which happens to be just round the corner from my house. Get out of bed around 9 for that, I reckon. Bought some wellies from Homebase on the way home. Think I'll need them.
No normal office days this week, which is quite nice.
Martin
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Post by karla on Sept 11, 2008 12:14:51 GMT
i've got a few days off this week which i'm looking forward to, just eating one of my pork and pickle pies mmmmmmmmm. These babies are so bad, but thats why I love them!
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Post by legios on Sept 11, 2008 20:57:47 GMT
I'm back from spending a couple of evenings over at Andy's sharing some convivial company, banter, booze and bad movies. An excellent time was had, but following that up with a somewhat hectic day at work has left me feeling a little bit cabbaged as well.
Sadly there will be no ly-in for me tomorrow. Instead I have to get up early, even though I am supposed to be off work for the public holiday. A new oven is being delivered tomorrow, and they are going to come between 7am and 7pm... (no doubt nearer the latter). So I shall have to be up, organised and ready to recieve the contraption from about 6.30 tomorrow morning. I think I can forsee a day spent with books, and a movie or somesuch. Not the worst way to do waiting I guess.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2008 15:34:27 GMT
I haven't seen Ralph post anything today so maybe Andy is the cure for his HubAddition. Ralph's been visiting Turnbull Towers, so very little time is spent online. Japery, bad films and booze being the order of the day. Andy He made me watch the Justice League movie. The bastard. The flat was monitored while I was away for mail/phone calls. No news, so looks like last week's job marathon has come to nowt. In other news, I did get a letter from the Uni today officially informing me I passed the Diploma in Counselling with parchment to follow. So, um, hurrah I suppose. That the letter had literally been crunched up into a ball and thrown through the letterbox with some force did not invoke dark thoughts directed at Royal Mail says something about my level of interest. Tonight, I shall be alternating between episodes of 90's He-Man, Homicide (does what it says on the tin) and Oz (brutal prison drama). I have some pepsi chilling in the fridge. Hurrah. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Sept 12, 2008 15:44:56 GMT
He made me watch the Justice League movie. The bastard. Technically he made _us_ watch the Justice League movie, so you were not alone in your pain. However, I do share your rage at being subjected to such cinematic mediocrity. Sorry to hear that none of those interviews came through for you. Congratulations on the official confirmation on the Diploma though. I shall be partaking of a nice piece of chicken grilled with Cajun spices, accompanied by a fine salad, then settling down to watch some episodes of "The Wire", a fine Police Procedural written by David Simon, and likely following that up with something yet to be scheduled - possibly "Once upon a Time in China". Karl |
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 12, 2008 21:25:49 GMT
Congratulations on passing, Ralph! I'm sure that course has given you more benefits than you are currently aware of, and I have no doubt that you'll find worthwhile employment soon!
Today reeked, but I care not because I'm not working tomorrow! Whoopie!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 13, 2008 7:42:36 GMT
Hurrah for Ralph!
How did Graham's move go?
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 13, 2008 8:03:19 GMT
Long lie-in tomorrow, since I've volunteered to help do some hay-raking (or the closest we can get in this wet weather) on a sort of environmental away-day thing, in the Howardian Local Nature Reserve, which happens to be just round the corner from my house. Get out of bed around 9 for that, I reckon. Bought some wellies from Homebase on the way home. Think I'll need them. That was tiring too, and the wellies were definitely needed, but we followed round the guys with strimmers and managed to rake the whole meadow and dump the grass on the rows of brambles before the rain came. Very therapeutic and good exercise too. And I saw many voles, a few frogs and a rabbit. Yesterday I worked in the office till 6.45pm and then went on to the Sherman Theatre for "The Magnificent Myths of the Mabinogi" by the National Youth Theatre of Wales - v. good - before walking home. Today I'm not only cabbaged but also cauliflowered, but I don't have to do anything today, except pay in a cheque after my final victory in the war with BT. And send off my holiday tickets for a refund. Ah well. I'm doing so much train travel on work this month that I wasn't looking forward to the journey to Paris and back as much as I should, and it does mean I'll have more money in the bank. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2008 22:16:33 GMT
Spent the morning and afternoon dogsitting Sparky, my parents dog. She was given many treats. Then it was off to Davidson Manor. I had not been there for a while and thus had not prepared my mind to see more Transformers toys in one bedroom than you will see at a convention. This probably explains my insane and inexplicable urge to appropriate some of Nick's Dreamwave era TF comics. Fart.
Though he lacks the last issue of War Within II. Now I'll never know how...
...it ends!
-Ralph
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Post by Dark Stranger on Sept 14, 2008 13:18:01 GMT
Spent the weekend roadying for Nickelback. Very sore, tired and bruised. There were a serious amount of screaming girls at the gigs, several of them actually fainting at the front and having to be dragged out of the crowd.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 14, 2008 21:30:23 GMT
Not been sleeping well the last few nights, had trouble getting off. Seen 1:00 and 2:00 in the morning too many times. Probably stayed up too late reviewing old TF toys - got half way through a toy and thought "Push on and finish this one" or "One toy and I've done all of so and so".
Tonight is different. I've paused halfway through a big review of one of my favorite toys which I'm lavishing time and attention on. Seriously. I've even talked about the box and where the name comes from. He'll wait till tomorrow to finish. And indeed to TF to robot mode. I'm going to drink my Camomile Tea then off to bed.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2008 22:14:49 GMT
I'm on week 3 of insomnia land. The world is taking on a surreal edge.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 15, 2008 10:54:02 GMT
Forgot to say thanks for the kind words re: diploma. Alas, I do not share your enthusiasm. It was the biggest mistake of my life.
Ah well. These things happen.
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