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Post by legios on Mar 4, 2009 21:48:42 GMT
No, it was disintegrating in the sense of slowly falling to bits. It has been disintegrating for the last year or two, and putting more and more nails into it was merely delaying the inevitable. Ah, regular slow-motion entropy. Sad but true, a fence's lifespan is not indefinite. But fifteen years is pretty decent going, there must have been decent craftsmanship behind it at the beginning. (This reminds me that I have a shed that is starting to show signs of age catching up with it. Perhaps I should encourage the indestructible Ivy to grow over it and become a structural support for it.) I like hedges. If I had more garden at the back I would be tempted to grow a hedge along my fence. My mothers current house has a rather nice hedge around the front garden I think they are quite aesthetically pleasing, and also put more greenery in the urban enviroment which is a good thing. They are a bit of a commitment in that they need regular cutting back once they are mature, but they are probably worth the effort. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2009 22:45:33 GMT
Perhaps this is an issue where you need to...hedge your bets.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Mar 4, 2009 23:36:53 GMT
I got new neighbours occupying the house next to us which has been empty the last few months. The previous neighbours left descreetly without warning (probably a lottery win?). This house is on one of those modern rent-to-own schemes.
Either way, these newer neighbours have made thier presence known in the street by blasting out thier bass-cannon all day with R and B and chart 'music' (perhaps this is for the old man music rant). I've called round to ask to turn it down, but nobody would answer. Not sure whether they could either hear the bell or did'nt want to come to the door. Been grinning and bearing it for now. I'm thinking polite letter through the door is maybe a step forward.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 5, 2009 7:34:33 GMT
Perhaps this is an issue where you need to...hedge your bets. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2009 11:40:31 GMT
It now becomes clear that cost of commuting to Edinburgh for job is close to what flat rental would cost so nowt to be gained living with parental units for a while to save money for deposit as, er, I won't. Not entitled to help from DWP. Bit of a head scratcher.
-Ralph
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Post by karla on Mar 5, 2009 14:30:51 GMT
by train or bus? I didn't think buses could be so pricey
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2009 16:48:49 GMT
Bus is impractical. It'll already be a 6am start to get to work in time using trains.
Things will work themselves out. Every time I try to work out the logistics and practical detail I get the screaming heebie jeebies. Some short-term difficulties for long-term gain. I'm not going back on the dole. 6 months from now I should be settled in job and in new area/flat. Just not sure how to get there yet. Problems in the first few months I can cope with so I'm not going to complain about it. It's the reality for many people after all.
References are done, I found out today, so once the meeting tomorrow re: contract/discloure paperwork and other details are sorted it's just a case of waiting for a start date. I've heard from 2 different sources now that the agency which processes disclosure checks has a large backlog so it could be several weeks before I can start. I'm keen to start next week! But then, knowing I have a wait before starting a job rather than knowing all I can look forward to is the dole is not exactly a hardship. Even if it is a wee bit frustrating!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2009 19:48:29 GMT
I'm really excited for you Doc'! I know it's a big change, but it'll be fab in the long-run. Mrs Shockprowl's always wanted to visit Eds. We'll come and visit!
I'm arese deep in Uni work. Lots to do, exam next week, practical exams coupla weeks after that, but I've been feeling a bit blue 'bout it all comming to an end. Got a fab bunch a peeps on the course, and I've really enjoyed the learning atmos.
Can't wait to start injecting people with things!!!!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2009 19:49:12 GMT
i've started my course, yay!! What course ya doin' again, K? |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2009 19:50:15 GMT
Athens is gorgeous. Lovely weather and Trisha and I are in a killer hotel, very friendly staff. I hate him. |
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Post by karla on Mar 5, 2009 21:45:31 GMT
I'm sure Mrs Shockprowl wouldn't mind being whisked away somewhere expensive....
I'm doing maths & science starter course though open uni, not exciting but my free education was rubbish and I need to pay for a better one.
ouch, 6am.....its a shame you don't have a pegasus Doctor. Though i'd feel sorry for the people below if it had to take a dump or such mid-air
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 5, 2009 21:58:17 GMT
Well in addition to the bad throat - now recovering - I've caught the viral conjunctivitus off Liz.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 5, 2009 22:05:30 GMT
I shall send Dr McCoy round to cure you!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 6, 2009 18:15:01 GMT
And I'll send Ratchet! Although he's only really good with robot eyes...
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 6, 2009 18:15:42 GMT
I'm sure Mrs Shockprowl wouldn't mind being whisked away somewhere expensive.... No I'm sure she wouldn't!!! Course sound good. Enjoy! |
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Post by chrisl on Mar 6, 2009 23:04:06 GMT
stressful week at work which is likely to continue, finally finished my hound pic for AA - just need to finish my other pic + do my article and then get round to writing a chapter of my PhD and preparing guest lecture on said chapter :/ *panics*
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 6, 2009 23:14:37 GMT
And a fine looking pic it is too!
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 6, 2009 23:15:34 GMT
Got a text from Ralph, he is drunk.
Look for some revelations tomorrow!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 7, 2009 9:15:51 GMT
We wake this morning to find both sets opf eyes better but Liz's voice to be missing. Doesn't stop in the house of sickness
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2009 13:12:50 GMT
Got a text from Ralph, he is drunk. Look for some revelations tomorrow! Andy YEEEEAAAAHHHHYYY!!!!!!! I LOVE DRUNK DOC'!!!!! |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2009 15:06:27 GMT
Got a text from Ralph, he is drunk. Look for some revelations tomorrow! Andy You'll have to rely on the Kaptain for revelations. My memory is a bit dim of last night. -Ralph |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 18:24:32 GMT
My workplace made a few redundancies yesterday - fortunatly I wastn't one of them. The criteria for redundancy was based on two catagories - workers who had got the most warnings and people who had had the most nauthorised time off work. A points system was made the people who had got warnings and had time off were given points and the ones who were the biggest offenders in both catagories would be given the elbow. Because I have a good record in both catagories I survived the recent cull but about five or six others weren't so lucky.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 8, 2009 8:25:34 GMT
We wake this morning to find both sets opf eyes better but Liz's voice to be missing. Doesn't stop in the house of sickness May Sunday provide relief to the Ayres clan. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 8, 2009 16:43:00 GMT
Don't fuck with crabs:
-Ralph
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Post by karla on Mar 8, 2009 16:49:41 GMT
I've been pinched by crabs a couple of times, it wasn't nice.
but I think crabs are cute, nonetheless!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 8, 2009 17:28:12 GMT
They are evil. No good can come from them.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Mar 8, 2009 18:59:51 GMT
Our sex education teacher told us the very same thing at school. |
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Post by legios on Mar 8, 2009 20:50:25 GMT
Ah Sunday's, I do so love a Sunday. I spent most of today with my feet up watching Kenneth Brannagh's movie version of Hamlet. I originally only intended to watch the first disc, and to come back to the second after lunch and nipping into town to do a bit of clothes shopping. So much for that idea, I was sufficiently absorbed by the production that come the intermission I basically grabbed a few minutes to get some soup for my lunch before diving back into the second disc. A genuinely impressive and gripping piece of work. Good to see Shakespeare invested with some real passion - it illustrates exactly what was lacking in the way that they taught it in high school. The way to engage people with it isn't to treat it as dry academic stuff. There must be a way to put some life and energy into it. Their was something rather appropriate that the sleet that had been falling when I got up for my breakfast turned to snow just as I started the film. So there I was, watching the events in the state of Denmark unfold whilst outside snow whirled down from the sky. There was something rather appropriate about it.
Actually it has been an interesting weekend for films. As well as finally catching up with Hamlet I spent Saturday evening watching Vexille. Sadly the latter was never even within distance of sighting the former in terms of quality. Lacking as it did strong characterisation on which to hang its story. It was far too much assembled from stock bits and pieces. You could tell that the director had worked as a producer on the recent adaptation of Appleseed, the opening action sequence just screamed out its influences from the latter. It did convince me that there is something in motion-captured CG animation that has a future. There is a lovely scene of something fidgeting around with a combat knife in a quiet moment that simply wouldn't have the same casual life to it in traditional animation. It also underlines how far facial animation has to go before it can really bear the weight of conveying real emotion. I will give Fumihko Sori one thing though - he has one of the best eyes for lighting I have seen in CG animation. There are some cases of the very over-bright, clinical lighting that marred Appleseed and it's sequel, but here they are making a fairly subtle thematic point, and they are counterpointed by some genuinely wonderful warm lightin elsewhere in the film. Sadly, the plotting and charaterisation let the film down a lot. There was a good idea buried in there somewhere. A subtext about what it means to be human, and what you would do to hang onto your humanity for a but longer in the face of its inevitable loss. Unfortunately it was all but swamped under the very generic action movie gloss. I think I actually enjoyed the erudite commentary by Johnathan Clements, which goes into the background of the film and the political undercurrents of it in a very accesible way, more than I did the actual film. (It also gives away one of those in-jokes that just doesn't initially translate but did amuse me once I knew - one of the cheif villians of the piece has a character design that is bulky, menacing and bald for a very simple reason. As well as being Solid Snake, he is also the voice of Ross Kemp in Ultimate Force.... One of those in-jokes that is immediately obvious to the domestic market but all but vanishes once you export it elsewhere).
A fairly cinematic weekend really. It was nice to have nothing pressing to do other than put my feet up for once. It has been rather hectic the last few weeks and I rather relished the chance to sit down and really indulge myself by setting aside a major chunk of the day to enjoy Hamlet (Which if folk haven't seen I doubt I can recommend enough really.)
Karl
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Post by karla on Mar 8, 2009 20:59:55 GMT
well, i've just brought the watchmen soundtrack without seeing the film yet.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2009 16:53:37 GMT
Got a text from Ralph, he is drunk. Look for some revelations tomorrow! Andy You'll have to rely on the Kaptain for revelations. My memory is a bit dim of last night. -Ralph Though the memory of eating a Lidl flyer on the train has come screaming back to me. -Ralph |
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