AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

chat thread here is too long to load all at once.

It might be worthwhile starting another Chat thread anyway. This current one was started in 2008.

Here ya go…

party_pants said:

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

chat thread here is too long to load all at once.

It might be worthwhile starting another Chat thread anyway. This current one was started in 2008.

Here ya go…

stays B&W, so far.. maybe the original chat thread was special forever.

Good morning. Seven degrees. Still dark. I’ll head off to Casterton shortly for painting and planting a pea patch.

Good morning all. Anzac Day duties at museum today.

Where’s the traditional ANZAC Day thread?

Harvard trainer doing the flyover at the local service. He’s having a great old time.

Back from the dawn service.

The one day of the year I have a beer in my hand before 7.

6:37 this morning.

Can I start a WMDC?

sibeen said:

Back from the dawn service.

The one day of the year I have a beer in my hand before 7.

6:37 this morning.

Can I start a WMDC?

OK. But why do you have a beer before 7am on ANZAC Day?

I go to a small dawn service at the East Keilor RSL. About 500 people turn up each year, this morning in reasonably heavy rain. After the ceremony is over we cross the road, into the RSL, and they provide breakfast and the bar is open.

Is there also a two-up game at that hour?

No. Traditionally two-up isn’t played until about 11 am.

sibeen said:

No. Traditionally two-up isn’t played until about 11 am.

It always was that the respect part was done first.. after the march past.. it was always a bit of come in spinner.

I had a vague recollection that you couldn’t play it til a certain time.

One year, my (now ex) boyfriend was pulled over by a cop for not wearing a seatbelt. After being fined, he asked the cop where the nearest two-up was being played. I was so embarrassed.

Geoff D said:

Harvard trainer doing the flyover at the local service. He’s having a great old time.

Didn’t see the image Geoff.

Morning folks

morning stumpy.

ended up getting an orange 200 pump and controller. $423. so happy and it works well and no taint.

Boris said:

morning stumpy.

ended up getting an orange 200 pump and controller. $423. so happy and it works well and no taint.

Good to hear, great pumps those are (my 2nd favourite seller)

Good to hear, great pumps those are (my 2nd favourite seller)

excellent. it wont get a hard life. so should last. thanks for the advice.

:-)

No probs

Take me to the April chat in Cuba woo hoo.

Peak Warming Man said:

Take me to the April chat in Cuba woo hoo.

rofl

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17818532

truth be told, there wasn’t much left – it must be practically new / bjorn again..

Kii kii over here, here take my hand and come and have a look.

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is I think out of copyright and it speaks to the deceased SSSF.

The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

Peak Warming Man said:

Kii kii over here, here take my hand and come and have a look.

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is I think out of copyright and it speaks to the deceased SSSF.

The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

I beg your pardon?

>>I beg your pardon?

Are you not looking for something to put on your thingy?

Peak Warming Man said:

>>I beg your pardon?

Are you not looking for something to put on your thingy?

I’ve already figured it out on my own. I might consider your work for an additional item. We don’t do no mañana around this house. It’s all systems GPO!

…or GO!!!

>>I’ve already figured it out on my own

Jolly good..
I’m not myself today, I’m taking scotch stat for my dicky knee, caught a mortar board round on the knee at Uni in the fifties.

trying to remember the one abut casting the stars into the bowl of night.. or whatever.

You’re all getting too fancy schmancy.

I’m not, but I am becoming soberish.

sibeen said:

I’m not, but I am becoming soberish.

Quick! Drink! Drink!

sibeen said:

I’m not, but I am becoming soberish.

Well the sun is past the yardarm.. may as well make a day of it.

early morning ale for AD?

A few, OK, a few few, after the dawn service.

i went to maccas ;)

Killer, take a seat and grab some hankies.

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDV67204/IDV67204.586084.plt.shtml

Much better than last night.

Today would’ve been a good day to have the footy at Arctic Park – 65 mm of rain in the last 24 hr…

And there we were, three against a thousand, it was a close run thing make no mistake but in the end we gave those three the father of a hiding.

i stormed the building wearing just my slippers my pipe sat in a grim mouth and a sub machine gun

david jones had never seen anything like it

>>i stormed the building wearing just my slippers my pipe sat in a grim mouth

And you try and tell that to the kids today and they wonr believe you, no.

“Now I know why I’m here”

Ascribed to an allied soldier on liberating a concentration camp in Germany in WW2.

I’m back. Done some painting. Planted some pea seeds.

Going to archery in a couple of hours.

Call me “Glowie” if you like but I’m having a few problems with the new ABC Forum.
Am I correct in saying that you cannot start a new topic unless you are a “Senior” and you have to have made 10? posts before you are considered to be a “Senior”, if so does the Lab officially notify you of your Senior status? and do you have to make the 10 posts to 10 different titled topic posts? I also seem to get “lost” or confused whilst going from one thread to another, wanders of mumbling and muttering obscenties to self .

bob(from black rock) said:

Call me “Glowie” if you like but I’m having a few problems with the new ABC Forum.
Am I correct in saying that you cannot start a new topic unless you are a “Senior” and you have to have made 10? posts before you are considered to be a “Senior”, if so does the Lab officially notify you of your Senior status? and do you have to make the 10 posts to 10 different titled topic posts? I also seem to get “lost” or confused whilst going from one thread to another, wanders of mumbling and muttering obscenties to self .

10 posts your status gets changed to “Member”. I think after 10 posts (to any thread) you can start threads and post pictures. This is done to stop spammers and advertisers using the forum to promote themselves. One articular forum I posted at had this problem with promoters of porn sites – you can imagine the sort of threads and pictures they posted. After this, the status is largely arbitrary and a bit of fun, last night I went from “herring” to “stalwart” in the space of a dozen posts. “Senior Member” I think is 100 posts, but it doesn’t have any special status.

The post count is any post you make in any thread. There is a “View by Time” button you can click on which rearranges the posts into something that approximates the layout of this and the old forum.

Had quite a lot of salmon patty leftovers for lunch, so for dinner I’m just thinking: ham sandwich triangles dunked in tomato soup.

Major food shopping tomorrow. And since I’ll be having a 4 day holiday of Intensive DVD Viewing, I’ll get some pleasant drinks and nibbles in:

Brandy
Blue Cheese
Smoked Cheddar
Olives
Figs
Walnuts
Dark Chocolate
Etc

bob(from black rock) said:

Call me “Glowie” if you like but I’m having a few problems with the new ABC Forum.
Am I correct in saying that you cannot start a new topic unless you are a “Senior” and you have to have made 10? posts before you are considered to be a “Senior”, if so does the Lab officially notify you of your Senior status? and do you have to make the 10 posts to 10 different titled topic posts? I also seem to get “lost” or confused whilst going from one thread to another, wanders of mumbling and muttering obscenties to self .

no.. the title is member. 10 posts before you become member. the number of post you have made are under your avatar icon and the junior member.. member .. etc.. all appear above your avatar.

And since I’ll be having a 4 day holiday of Intensive DVD Viewing
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What are you going to be watching?

Bubble Car said:

e I’ll be having a 4 day holiday of Intensive DVD Viewing,

Which DVD’s?

party_pants said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Call me “Glowie” if you like but I’m having a few problems with the new ABC Forum.
Am I correct in saying that you cannot start a new topic unless you are a “Senior” and you have to have made 10? posts before you are considered to be a “Senior”, if so does the Lab officially notify you of your Senior status? and do you have to make the 10 posts to 10 different titled topic posts? I also seem to get “lost” or confused whilst going from one thread to another, wanders of mumbling and muttering obscenties to self .

10 posts your status gets changed to “Member”. I think after 10 posts (to any thread) you can start threads and post pictures. This is done to stop spammers and advertisers using the forum to promote themselves. One articular forum I posted at had this problem with promoters of porn sites – you can imagine the sort of threads and pictures they posted. After this, the status is largely arbitrary and a bit of fun, last night I went from “herring” to “stalwart” in the space of a dozen posts. “Senior Member” I think is 100 posts, but it doesn’t have any special status.

The post count is any post you make in any thread. There is a “View by Time” button you can click on which rearranges the posts into something that approximates the layout of this and the old forum.

The view by time button onlny sjhows the forum you are in .. ie SSSF or Scribbly. this link will show all three. or if you click the coloured icons in the header.. other variants.
http://chrw.customer.netspace.net.au/hf/stss-vBull.html

I’ve got about 200 kilos of walnuts to pick up by hand..

This four day holiday, what exactly are these holidays in aid of, have you trawled through Wiki for some Byzantium feast days or something?

Just the rest of the Hammer House of Horror (about 5 episodes to go) and getting into the complete set (41 episodes) of Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) which I’ve been promised will arrive tomorrow or Friday. Also various DVD movies. I have a lot more on order, including this very cosy set of British GPO Film Unit documentaries from the 1930s:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Post-Office-Collection-Vol-2/dp/B001MK9ZHG/ref=pd_cp_d_h__0

>I’ve got about 200 kilos of walnuts to pick up by hand..

Lucky duck.

Good game of footy considering the weather.

I’m loading Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013 on a cleanskin computer, it’s pretty exciting.
It’s got a shed load of programmes including Autocad Electrical, that one wont even get started.

Peak Warming Man said:

This four day holiday, what exactly are these holidays in aid of, have you trawled through Wiki for some Byzantium feast days or something?

It’s just in celebration of the first of the cold weather (we’re promised a minimum of zero over the weekend) and the fact that I now have an all-regions DVD player.

party_pants, thankyou for your help and the clarity of your explanation.

>>“herring” to “stalwart”
“Vas iz das?”

Your a man for all regions now, Bubbles.

>including Autocad Electrical, that one wont even get started.

Shit, I won’t even use that one. I’ve got it loaded but it would been ages since I opened it up.

It’s just in celebration of the first of the cold weather (we’re promised a minimum of zero over the weekend) and the fact that I now have an all-regions DVD player.
-

Do you enjoy having all the heaters on while it’s cold outside? Certainly sounds cosy but how do you keep warm on your frequent ventures outside?

So on the new forum you need to make ten posts before you can start a thread?
Damn I was going to join and then start a I’m leaving thread.

Arvo folks

How much was it BTW, Peter. Someone sent me an autocad file yesterday, and I couldn’t open it.

Damm new versions!!!

bob(from black rock) said:

>>“herring” to “stalwart”
“Vas iz das?”

It’s the administrators having a bit of fun, because they can. Anything after 10 posts and “Member” is arbitrary and meaningless. They’ve just had a bit of fun making up names and categories.

So who are the admins?

sibeen said:

So who are the admins?

Nick, and The Lab.

party_pants,
again thanks.

bob(from black rock) said:

party_pants,
again thanks.

No worries. My name is Kevin, and I’m here to help.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Do you enjoy having all the heaters on while it’s cold outside? Certainly sounds cosy but how do you keep warm on your frequent ventures outside?

I rarely have more than one (thermostat controlled) heater on at a time. For outside I have plenty of cold weather gear, including this Victorian-style woollen greatcoat that arrived last week:

Hi Stumpy. Much rain your way these last few days?

So who are the admins?
-

You don’t concern yourself with questions like that sonny. The admins know who they are and they certainly know who you are now too.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/girl-in-china-engrossed-in-mobile-chat-falls-into-sinkhole-20120425-1xkav.html

>>How much was it BTW, Peter

It’s part of a Autodesk Product Design Suite, they throw in a shed load of programmes, the only ones I ever use are Autocad Mechanical and Inventor, I dont know the price of the individual programmes I’m on subscription.

>>The admins know who they are and they certainly know who you are now too.

I’d be incredibly surprised seeing as I haven’t joined that forum(s).

Damn links aren’t working for me.

I’d be incredibly surprised seeing as I haven’t joined that forum(s).
-

Now you’re just digging your own grave.

:-)

Bubble Car said:

Hi Stumpy. Much rain your way these last few days?

Gday Mr Car.

15mm over the last couple of days, splendid day today (other than a cold wind)

going down for a weekend in St Marys this week, although rough weather predicted..

Girl in China engrossed in mobile chat falls into sinkhole

Just had a look at the auto cad website.

Standard autocad – $4k

Autodesk Product Design Suite – Standard

Includes:
Autodesk® Inventor®
AutoCAD®
AutoCAD® Mechanical
Autodesk® Vault Basic
Autodesk® Sketchbook® Designer
Autodesk® Mudbox®
Autodesk® Showcase®

$4.5k
????

Peter, looks like you’ve got at least the Premium version which is $6.5k.

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday Mr Car.

15mm over the last couple of days, splendid day today (other than a cold wind)

going down for a weekend in St Marys this week, although rough weather predicted..

That should be pleasant. I’m going to have an east coast holiday myself this year some time, but maybe not until spring.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/girl-in-china-engrossed-in-mobile-chat-falls-into-sinkhole-20120425-1xkav.html

I’ve got the Ultimate Suite, Sibeen.

Damn html has it in for me.

Your second attempt to link that story worked, Witty.

Bubble Car said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday Mr Car.

15mm over the last couple of days, splendid day today (other than a cold wind)

going down for a weekend in St Marys this week, although rough weather predicted..

That should be pleasant. I’m going to have an east coast holiday myself this year some time, but maybe not until spring.

Yes, i’ll be helping out with some renovations down there, so at least i’ll be inside all day
(and get some lessons on renovating this little castle :)

Peak Warming Man said:

I’ve got the Ultimate Suite, Sibeen.

About $10k then.

Autocad must be coming under some pricing stress. I remember when just the standard autocad was about $20k. Isn’t competition a bitch.

damm capitalism

On the left is what goodies you get.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=16491127

It’s a lovely day today!

And a bit wetter than when buffy was here recently.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10928909@N08/

Sadly it’s only minor flood level. At major I’d be cut off from werk :-D

Lex said:

It’s a lovely day today!

Good. It’s getting properly autumnal on the island now, too, after an unwelcome leakage of summer temperatures into April.

Just had a look at the autocad Australian site. Bog standard autocad – $6k, a 50% markup on the USA price and our dollar is still higher.

Thieving C****s.

My little creek is usually about 75 cm wide. The retard’ basin is usually completely dry.

Last time it was this wet was when I came back for Granny’s funeral.

Well at least you had a nice day for Granny’s send off then.

Actually, it’s worse. They state “from $6k” on the site, but if you try to actually buy it it is $6.7k and you have to download it electronically.

Thieving mongrels.

It was a comedy, petert. It was bucketing down all day, and Granny and Grandpa are at the bottom of a slope. First my aunt discovered she’d forgotted the key for her motor scooter, so the boys hot-wired it. Then the brakes wouldn’t work and she kept sliding down the hill…

Fortunately her after-party was inside so there were no disasters there.

>>It was a comedy, petert. It was bucketing down all day, and Granny and Grandpa are at the bottom of a slope. First my aunt discovered she’d forgotted the key for her motor scooter, so the boys hot-wired it. Then the brakes wouldn’t work and she kept sliding down the hill…

LOL.

Where’d you get those prices from Sibeen?

http://store.autodesk.com.au/DRHM/store

Night folks,
bob.

Damm, my links seem to have developed witty disease.

null yes no maybe

<body>Dinner tonight shall be quick and easy as the kids have been annoying me and their possible choices are
fish fingers dim sims tomato soup scrambled eggs

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I will be selecting from Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Abbotsford Invalid Stout Red wine

What have you done in that last post Sibeen, you’ve broken it.
Anyway I just opened Autocad Electrical 2013, it’s very similar to the P&ID programme.
It’s intelligen and will size wires for you and automate a lot of the drawing, print out reports and BOMs etc etc.
It’s probably a lot different from the old ones, worth downloading a months trial and viewing the videos on the opening splash screen.

I’m going for Pizza.

Peter, I do electrical designs for data centres, telco buildings etc. I don’t know anyone who uses autocad electrical for this role.

I did, a year or two ago, have a look at it and found it to be a non intuitive dogs breakfast. Completely unsuitable for the job I do.

Sounds and feels like a bit of weather is blowing in.

Sparkly new forum appears to have shat itself.

Geoff D said:

Sparkly new forum appears to have shat itself.

Yeah it just came good again.

Anyway Geoff I have a question for you.

I need to replace the gunwhales on my boat.

I’ll need two pieces 70×20mm x 8m.

I know teak would be perfect but what other timber could I consider?

Geoff D said:

Sparkly new forum appears to have shat itself.

Bugger

Gallipoli (PG)
10:30pm – 12:35am (125 minutes)
SBS ONE
More than 120,000 soldiers lost their lives in the deadly Gallipoli campaign in 1915. This program focuses on the diaries and letters of Australian, New Zealand, British and Turkish soldiers who describe the horrors of war. The soldier’s letters to loved ones back home make a powerful and emotional statement, some surviving, most dying.

…

I don’t know why this new program is on so late. Might be interesting viewing nonetheless.

>>
Just had a look at the autocad Australian site. Bog standard autocad – $6k, a 50% markup on the USA price and our dollar is still higher.

Thieving C****s.
<<

Get Intellicad :)

Gunwale or rubbing strip, SP? The gunwale has to be strong, as it holds the shape of the boat in two directions (sheer and plan). I’d check out what is there now, and try to find the same. Down that way, I’d guess they might have used a eucalypt hardwood.

Geoff D said:

Gunwale or rubbing strip, SP? The gunwale has to be strong, as it holds the shape of the boat in two directions (sheer and plan). I’d check out what is there now, and try to find the same. Down that way, I’d guess they might have used a eucalypt hardwood.

My bad. Rubbing strip.

Bubble Car said:

>I’ve got about 200 kilos of walnuts to pick up by hand..

Lucky duck.

Oh.. I did sow the seed and graft the trees… thirty years ago.

Well neither of these forums are really happening are they?

OK, rubbing strip it is then. Compromise between durability, cost, and appearance. Teak, clear Oregon, Western Red Cedar, do ‘em both so they look the same.

Dimensions should have tipped me off – not terribly bright at the moment, last night before the goblin top-up so am a bit thick.

Thanks for the advice Geoff, I’ll get a quote on the teak and go from there.

If I use teak I’ll leave it natural like I did with the swim platform.

Geoff D said:

Dimensions should have tipped me off – not terribly bright at the moment, last night before the goblin top-up so am a bit thick.

hehe :-)

“natural” is called “finished bright” in boatbuilding terminology.

>>Get Intellicad :)

I’ve got autocad because I was basically forced into it, having to deal with some of the companies I do.

I’ve still got turbocad on the computer. If ever i need to do a simple diagram that need to be pasted into ‘word’ or ‘mathcad’ or such like I go straight to turbocad. Do the drawing, highlight the bits you want, copy and then paste into the other program.

Buggered if I know why autocad can’t provide that simple functionality.

Geoff D said:

“natural” is called “finished bright” in boatbuilding terminology.

Interesting terminology.

I don’t see how it could be called bright when it’s actually dull.

I did try keeping up the oil to the swim platform but I gave up in the end and I’m quite happy with the appearance now.

Have been doing a lot of maintenance lately. Bought the storm covers home and cleaned them with my high pressure gurney.

Painted the deck and the roof and filled some holes with bog.

Installed an inline valve between the two water tanks so I can finally balance the boat. It’s had a list to the left since I got it.

I’d go for the best and most expensive wood even if you need to import it Pete.

I’d go for the best and most expensive wood even if you need to import it Pete.
————————————————————————————————————————————————

I just ordered a cubic metre of Burmese Teak to be flown in especially.

Invoiced to a PeterT from Queensland.

>>Buggered if I know why autocad can’t provide that simple functionality.

Err….it can, you can past selected excel fields straight into Autocad as well, embedded or linked, I do that shit all the time.

Invoiced to a PeterT from Queensland.
-

If you really want to hurt him you’ll go after Peter T Ministries.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Invoiced to a PeterT from Queensland.
-

If you really want to hurt him you’ll go after Peter T Ministries.

But they don’t pay tax. He does.

Skeptic Pete said:

Well neither of these forums are really happening are they?

rubbish

>>Err….it can, you can past selected excel fields straight into Autocad as well, embedded or linked

Yes, but I’ve never been able to copy from autocad and then paste into word, for example, without it being a dogs breakfast.

Having to crop the photo, bugger around with sizing etc. Turbocad, copy the bits you want and that is pasted across without all the other bits you didn’t copy still affecting the frame size.

I’m back. I’ve been shooting arrows. My best set of 6 arrows totalled 46 tonight. At 20m. I did 42 at 30m.

Just thought you all needed to know that.

It’s really odd shooting most of the hour at 30m and then moving to the 20m target. I have to aim, and then drop the arrow dramatically lower or it sails right over the top of the target.

Why is Dawn French doing ads for Coles Supermarkets? Did she blow all her money on nose candy or something?

She appears to have been eating less food too.

buffy said:

I’m back. I’ve been shooting arrows. My best set of 6 arrows totalled 46 tonight. At 20m. I did 42 at 30m.

Just thought you all needed to know that.

It’s really odd shooting most of the hour at 30m and then moving to the 20m target. I have to aim, and then drop the arrow dramatically lower or it sails right over the top of the target.

So you got a better score when you were further away?

buffy said:

She appears to have been eating less food too.

She probably can’t afford it at Coles’ prices.

Can you shoot a moving target, Buffy, robin hood style ?

or on horse back

Trying to keep up with chat in two consecutive forums is like shooting a moving target.

I think Buffy would make a spiffing Robin Hood, gaily skipping through the forest in green leotards all a quiver.

Skeptic Pete said:

Trying to keep up with chat in two consecutive forums is like shooting a moving target.

Oh I don’t know.. you seem to be managing.

Me go bed now. Goblin Day tomorrow.

Geoff D said:

Me go bed now. Goblin Day tomorrow.

give my regards to the goblins

Good luck Geoff

You can only read 2-3 posts an hour in the other forum :)

>>Can you shoot a moving target, Buffy, robin hood style ?<<

No. But I use a recurve bow and no sights. Apparently what I do is ‘intuitive shooting’. I nock the arrow, lift the bow, pull and shoot. Fairly quickly. I don’t mess around trying to sight along the arrow and stuff. I’m worse if I try. I shoot with both eyes open. I don’t have a dominant eye. (I’m sure I did once, but 30 years of optometry has
evened them up)

>>You can only read 2–3 posts an hour in the other forum :)<<

And they are denying it is slow. It is quite obviously slower than here or the old forums. I can whip up through a page of View by Time here in less than half the time it takes over there.

don’t like the new forum…..

appears to let everyone know when you log in.

Indeed it does. I read without logging in unless I want to says something.

buffy said:

>>You can only read 2–3 posts an hour in the other forum :)<<

And they are denying it is slow. It is quite obviously slower than here or the old forums. I can whip up through a page of View by Time here in less than half the time it takes over there.

Exactly. Makes me wonder if their ISP is so poor that they’re just used to slow forums everywhere

grognon said:

don’t like the new forum…..

appears to let everyone know when you log in.

You can change that in settings to invisible.

>>And they are denying it is slow.

They’re forum deniers.

Burn them!

Might need some nano thermite to speed it up

buffy said:

>>You can only read 2–3 posts an hour in the other forum :)<<

And they are denying it is slow. It is quite obviously slower than here or the old forums. I can whip up through a page of View by Time here in less than half the time it takes over there.

2 deny the problem

Hello

Evening sir

this place is probably twice as quick as the other place, instant as opposed to roughly a second

And heaps tidier.

Dropbear said:

Evening sir

Hiya Dropbear

I will disappear quickly as I have to walk down to the dodgy train station to met the eldest girl child

Cymek said:

this place is probably twice as quick as the other place, instant as opposed to roughly a second

Yeah it’s a lot quicker.

Enjoyed supernatural this week :) bobby is cool

The boys were weird about him though, wanting to smite him almost

Be interesting to see if he’s “back” now

Dropbear said:

Be interesting to see if he’s “back” now

Yes he will have advantages as a ghost, maybe he can hurt the leviathans

Blackadder: So your name’s Bob then is it?
Bob: Yes Sir
Blackadder: And you’re a chap then.
Bob: Yes Sir
Blackadder: So what brings you to the front, Bob?
Bob: I wanted to see how a war’s fought ever so awefully Sir.
Blackadder: Well you’ve come to the right place then, Bob.

Hmm yes good thinking, may be how they tie that arc up

Dropbear said:

Hmm yes good thinking, may be how they tie that arc up

They’ve not had much luck before, nothing much seems to stop them apart from the removal of their head

Anyone else notice how BC doesn’t dominate the other forum? I had him switched off for a while, but it doesn’t really matter. He just isn’t there in the large doses he was before.

The trollers of bc are as responsible as bc.

morrie said:

Anyone else notice how BC doesn’t dominate the other forum? I had him switched off for a while, but it doesn’t really matter. He just isn’t there in the large doses he was before.

I had noticed that. He’s posting one or two new threads a day as opposed to previously five or six.

Witty Rejoinder said:

morrie said:

Anyone else notice how BC doesn’t dominate the other forum? I had him switched off for a while, but it doesn’t really matter. He just isn’t there in the large doses he was before.

I had noticed that. He’s posting one or two new threads a day as opposed to previously five or six.

He doesn’t get stirred up so much..

For some reason BC didn’t become a senior member until today.

roughbarked said:

For some reason BC didn’t become a senior member until today.

His card arrived in the mail

brett said:

The trollers of bc are as responsible as bc.

It’s a never ending circle…BC posted heaps of c’n‘p stuff, didn’t take kindly to people disagreeing with him….people stood their ground, he insulted them….they formed a pack circle and went for his Achilles tendon to take down the old moose….he kicked out, others joined in when he started slinging insults based on gender (like me) and then there was the other stuff.

Hopefully BC has learned to accept other people’s POV.

Cymek said:

roughbarked said:

For some reason BC didn’t become a senior member until today.

His card arrived in the mail

:)

Consider aspergers

brett said:

Consider aspergers

puts glasses back on

Oh, aspergers – not asparagus. :)

whatever it is he’s got.. As long as nobody stirs him he can post but without commmenters.. he just posts a new thread.

Anyway he is busy with two daschund pups.. bought them as hot water bottles.

Anyway, woodrow should read this joke. http://tokyo3.org/forums/gardening/posts/149568/

Morning folks

Morning all

Gday Geoff

Good morning Appreciators of Simplicity. We have 8 degrees and overcast and just getting light. Back to normal consulting today.

wookiemeister is in the news chopper gathering all the facts for this beautiful day in sunny downtown australia

Gday buffy and wookie,

3.7 degrees and overcast here, 99% humidity

That other place is a little faster at the moment. But still not effectively instantaneous like here.

And continuing my griping, I don’t like all the mess on the page. I like just the post I am reading.

I’m off to work.

Up early to do my shopping before the predicted late morning showers. A bit nippy so far but I’m not sure if it’s cold enough to wear my coat.

puts some “getting dressed” music on

Morning Mr Car.

4 degrees and foggy at the moment, but looks like it will clear up to about 18… (hopefully soon!)

Morning Stumpy. I’ll probably wear my new coat (for its first public outing) but I wouldn’t be surprised if I get overheated in it, especially while cycling back on a fully shopping-laden bike.

Bubble Car said:

Morning Stumpy. I’ll probably wear my new coat (for its first public outing) but I wouldn’t be surprised if I get overheated in it, especially while cycling back on a fully shopping-laden bike.

pop your gloves in the microwave for a minute before you pop thewm on and head out… does wonders :)

Ha :)

yeah, old high school trick when i used to ride to school :D

Cranking up the heater and the coffee here… have been given 3 days to triple the takings made in the last 15 days…

Sounds a harsh order. Your performance been judged inadequate?

Bubble Car said:

Sounds a harsh order. Your performance been judged inadequate?

No, we’ve been concentrating too hard on selling tyhe business, instead of saled
(also this is a lean time of year)

Ah. Tripling your orders might be easier said than done then.

Well I’m basically ready. Rather than sit around here waiting for the shops to open, I might as well go into the village for a hot cooked breakfast, like this one I enjoyed in Zeps recently:

yeah, justy have to try to bill out everything i can, convince a few poeple to service/replace pumps before the rivers rise, etc…
Hopefully we’ll get close

Morning Pilgrims, it’s a very cool brisk morning in the Pearl of the South Specific.

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning Pilgrims, it’s a very cool brisk morning in the Pearl of the South Specific.

Bleddy ‘ansum morning.

Frigging cold last night though. I kept waking up because I was cold.

Today’s plan: return books to liberry, then down to the GC to see Bill and Spocky.

How was your gig at the museum yesterday, Geoff?

One visitor before I pulled the plug at about 1 o’clock. And that visitor was only interested in looking up something about Sacred Heart Convent schoold.

:(

There was no one around yesterday, except for McDonalds. Everywhere I went yesterday, Maccas carparks were full.

Lots of people at the service, but they all walked straight past the museum. Next year, a sign goes up near the memorial park.

Maybe I should chastise people on the website

Sandgate Museum

That’s a good idea, let people know you are open.

Stumpy_seahorse said:

pop your gloves in the microwave for a minute before you pop thewm on and head out… does wonders :)

That reminds me … if you’re popping something that is essentially dry (gloves, in this case) into a microwave oven, should you put something like a cup of water in with the item – or will the oven not be affected by not having any radiaton-absorbing substances inside?

Day 1 of the Four Day DVD Holiday, and I haven’t watched any DVDs yet. But the shopping is finished and I’ve poured a decadent pre-midday brandy, to accompany a little bowl of smoked roasted almonds. While unwinding with Gerald Finzi’s excellent clarinet concerto.

Then I’m getting stuck into the remaining Hammer House of Horror collection.

AussieDJ said:

That reminds me … if you’re popping something that is essentially dry (gloves, in this case) into a microwave oven, should you put something like a cup of water in with the item – or will the oven not be affected by not having any radiaton-absorbing substances inside?

You’ll have to wait until some of those more experienced with these matters comes along, AussieDJ. There are all kinds of microwave oven tricks I’ve never dared to try at home :)

Bubble Car said:

AussieDJ said:

That reminds me … if you’re popping something that is essentially dry (gloves, in this case) into a microwave oven, should you put something like a cup of water in with the item – or will the oven not be affected by not having any radiaton-absorbing substances inside?

You’ll have to wait until some of those more experienced with these matters comes along, AussieDJ. There are all kinds of microwave oven tricks I’ve never dared to try at home :)

Well what with stinky gloves and hot coffee.. who knows what you are cooking in there..?

My microwave is still sitting there in the kitchen, on its customary cupboard, looking brand new and sparkly clean, but it hasn’t actually worked for years. It’s one of a number of items in this house awaiting a trip to the local dump.

To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump?

dumpa-diddy dump dump,
dump dump!

Dump dump duuuuump!

What’s happening in New Mexico at this juncture, kii?

It’s 7:48pm on ANZAC day (whatever). The little parrots are chirping and squawking, Daisy has had dinner, so have we. The kittehs covered their bowl with the NY Times (it’s on the floor, because I am painting a cupboard). It’s warmish and the fan is blowing.

Oh, we just off-loaded a pick-up full of 8” square metal posts (each about 4 feet long)…they are for some fancy signs at the local uni.

I read that Tassy is cool and some rain might occur?

So were these metal posts you & Mr kii’s handiwork?

Started off cool, now pleasantly warm but not too warm. No sign of that rain yet – maybe later in the afternoon. But it’s overcast enough to be sitting in a comfy armchair watching horror DVDs, which I’ll be doing shortly.

Not yet….some people we know have the job at the uni, these are just raw metal. mr kii will weld the square caps on the top of each one – there’s 20 of them. Then the other guy will paint them and call up the fussy twit at the uni. Seriously these are hefty bits of metal (like bollards) and each one will have a small sign posted on it.

Mmm…comfy armchair and rain and DVDs :)

kii said:

Mmm…comfy armchair and rain and DVDs :)

It’s thankless work but someone’s got to do it.

It’s good to see that you’ve found a decent use for the NYT, kii.

runs

Bubble Car said:

kii said:

Mmm…comfy armchair and rain and DVDs :)

It’s thankless work but someone’s got to do it.

True….sigh

sibeen said:

It’s good to see that you’ve found a decent use for the NYT, kii.

Actually I have been saving this one since November 2010 :D The Sunday NY Times is a whopper and very useful for use on the floor whilst painting.

runs

I read the NYT online, although you’re now limited to 10 articles a month without having to sign up for their service.

So, with my laptop, my wife’s laptop, the kids two laptops, my iPad and the wife’s iPad, it means I can read 60 articles a month without having to sign up. That’s enough to get me through.

Hello Lunchtimers.

Surprisingly….I am eating lunch and checking what you lot have been talking about. Newspapers and horror movies, apparently.

buffy – it’s also interesting in the other place.

It is fairly quiet though, Buffy.

Well, g’night. I should go wash the book dander off and try sleeping .

kii said:

buffy – it’s also interesting in the other place.

Don’t believe her!

She’s an evil temptress, sent to wheedle us into going across to the dark side.

Oh pish!

We are trying to solve personal issues for some dweeb. DO ran through the place starkers after Squeezy did the same.

I swim in both ponds :P

all quiet on the western front.

Boris said:

all quiet on the western front.

Nobody here has insecurity and jealousy issues….

Nobody here has insecurity and jealousy issues….

well, now that you mention it….are you sitting comfortably? then i’ll begin….it all started 56 years ago when i was born….

I’m not as rich as Warren Buffet, that makes me a bit insecure.

sibeen said:

I’m not as rich as Warren Buffet, that makes me a bit insecure.

Now that you mention it, I feel a bit financially insecure too.

I was lumped with the princely fine of $150 this morning for speeding through a school zone. I had no idea that school holidays were over.

it all started 56 years ago when i was born….








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Sibeen are you an excel whizz?

JTQ is having spreadsheet problems that need urgent dealings….

however you WILL have to go to the new place to help him out…

SqueezeBabe, that’s a fairly big nyet on the excel.

I’m also not a member ‘over there’, and don’t really want to be.

sibeen said:

I’m also not a member ‘over there’, and don’t really want to be.

but… but….

you should be?

With the hyperforum, its just like the old place…. and the mods are nice… honest…

trembling bottom lip

I just read JTQ’s thread and I really wouldn’t have any idea where to start.

I don’t think I’ve ever inserted a picture into a spreadsheet.

Sorry.

Rev Dodgson is your Excel man.

i’ve sent out a general alert for the rev.

Bubble Car said:

Rev Dodgson is your Excel man.

He came to the rescue… :)

I was just trying to be helpful…

i’ll go away now…

SqueezeBabe said:

i’ll go away now…

Feel free to peep in whenever you fancy, SqueezeBabe :)

Bubble Car said:

SqueezeBabe said:

i’ll go away now…

Feel free to peep in whenever you fancy, SqueezeBabe :)

Oh, i do peep… but i feel a bit… voyer-ish… :p

We don’t bite over here, squeezy, well, at least I don’t.

SqueezeBabe said:

Oh, i do peep… but i feel a bit… voyer-ish… :p

Will you feel more at home if someone did a nudey run?

We have some pretty big names peeping in here most evenings. But don’t be overawed by the glamour of it all, just join in the Chat :)

You’ll find that in the laid-back atmosphere of the HF, even celebs like Car, PWM, Alex, buffy, kii, Geoff d, Dropbear etc tend to come across just like normal folks sociably unwinding at the end of the day.

…oh and sibeen, and all the rest of them :)

And DA of course.

If you’re an HF poster and I’ve left you out, it’s only because there’s so many of us and this post-SSSF forum hasn’t been going long enough for its Regulars to start printing T shirts etc.

You’ll find that in the laid-back atmosphere of the HF, even celebs like Car, PWM, Alex, buffy, kii, Geoff d, Dropbear etc tend to come across just like normal folks sociably unwinding at the end of the day.
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I just wish you’d all make your bloody minds up.

Bloody hell, this is going to cause me no ends of trouble.

<<Rolls Royce,="" a="" symbol="" of="" wealth="" and="" prestige="" and="" the="" preferred="" automobile="" of="" the="" British="" Royal="" family,="" has="" taken="" a="" hit="" after="" issuing="" a="" major="" recall.<="" p="">

Only a handful of cars are affected in Australia, but because they are so expensive, the recalled stock is likely to be worth a lot of money.

bugger

Bloody hell, this is going to cause me no ends of trouble.

>>Rolls Royce, a symbol of wealth and prestige and the preferred automobile of the British Royal family, has taken a hit after issuing a major recall.

Only a handful of cars are affected in Australia, but because they are so expensive, the recalled stock is likely to be worth a lot of money.

“http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-26/rolls-royce-image-takes-a-hit-after-recall/3974416”>

>I just wish you’d all make your bloody minds up.

Some of us have :)

Bloody hell, this is going to cause me no end of trouble.

>THE good news is, scientists have found the G-spot. As in, really found it – a physical specimen.

The bad news is, scientists have found the G-spot. So now it’s over to you, husbands and lovers.

Nice lump of stripey trumpeter tonight. I suppose I’ll bake it with a bunch of asparagus in a little butter with a chopped clove of local garlic.

Modern Rolls Royces are tragically ugly cars.

The older RRs were always elegant-looking, despite all the pretentiousness etc.

I am still in the depths of despair about the demise of the Real Forum.

These might cheer me up.

It’s just not the same without the old forum. I can see myself drifting away but maybe coming back here during the Tour de Frog and Limpics.

Bubble Car said:

It’s just not the same without the old forum. I can see myself drifting away but maybe coming back here during the Tour de Frog and Limpics.

Well I for one am going to miss you.

Skeptic Pete said:

Bubble Car said:

It’s just not the same without the old forum. I can see myself drifting away but maybe coming back here during the Tour de Frog and Limpics.

Well I for one am going to miss you.

A likely story.

Lex said:

A likely story.

Why?

I’ll still be posting here now and then, but that’s easier to do when you can rely on other posters being here when those “now and then” moments occur.

Bubble Car said:

I’ll still be posting here now and then, but that’s easier to do when you can rely on other posters being here when those “now and then” moments occur.

I just think we should all stick together.

The people I love, the people I hate….

have become part of my life.

The saddest thing is not going to be the fact that the ABC abandoned us and turned our life support off, but the fact that we can’t agree on an alternative meeting place.

Glorious crescent moon with a nearby glorious Venus, out there near your western horizon at this very moment. And it’s free.

Skeptic Pete said:

Bubble Car said:

I’ll still be posting here now and then, but that’s easier to do when you can rely on other posters being here when those “now and then” moments occur.

I just think we should all stick together.

The people I love, the people I hate….

have become part of my life.

The saddest thing is not going to be the fact that the ABC abandoned us and turned our life support off, but the fact that we can’t agree on an alternative meeting place.

Bubble Car said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Bubble Car said:

I’ll still be posting here now and then, but that’s easier to do when you can rely on other posters being here when those “now and then” moments occur.

I just think we should all stick together.

The people I love, the people I hate….

have become part of my life.

The saddest thing is not going to be the fact that the ABC abandoned us and turned our life support off, but the fact that we can’t agree on an alternative meeting place.

What’s your main objection to the other forum?

Bubble Car said:

Glorious crescent moon with a nearby glorious Venus,

I was admiring that last night.

Too fkn slow.

You’re not very good at this quoting business are you? ;-)

Lex said:

Too fkn slow.

A bit of tweaking helps, and I’m like others, I don’t actually find it any slower. A bit clunky or jerky as each page loads.

Ooops, accidentally posted a couple of replies without saying anything :)

Easy to do in this place, ‘cos of the quote button thingy.

I don’t want to go to a vBulletin forum. There’s something old and stagnant and sad about ending up in a vBulletin “lifeboat”. I don’t want to get like that. I don’t expect the parents to understand these things, but the cool kids know what I’m saying.

Skeptic Pete said:

Lex said:

Too fkn slow.

A bit of tweaking helps, and I’m like others, I don’t actually find it any slower. A bit clunky or jerky as each page loads.

The tweaking didn’t really help.

Besides, it just looks wrong.

Real Shepherd’s Pie tonight.

NOMNOMNOM

That’s right, soylent green pie.

Hey this TV show called “The Block” I recon it should be called “A Crock” what do ya recon?

I wouldn’t have thought an elephant’s trunk to be strong enough to crush a person.

Princess and Mrs Skeptic were attacked by a dog when we went for a walk before dinner.

I think it was a pit bull. Huge thing.

It had got off it’s lead and ran out of the driveway as we walked past.

The owner freaked and grabbed it before it had done any damage, but it was going to kill her. The dog that is.

Mrs Skeptic ended up with a burn on her leg from the other dogs leash.

Shook us all up a bit, considering I’ve already been bitten by a dog myself at Easter.

:-(

On a happier note, my dinners tastes as nommy as it smelt.

Skeptic Pete said:

Shook us all up a bit, considering I’ve already been bitten by a dog myself at Easter.

Sounds like it. Thank goodness no one was badly hurt.

-s

SP…is she up to date with her tetanus injections? Mr buffy had a booster straight away when our girl bit him. Our doctor said it was standard practice.

>>What’s your main objection to the other forum?<<

Too slow….the posts don’t come up instantaneously like here and then you have to wait for them to jump into place and then scroll a bit sometimes too.

And too much junk on the page with the post.

So buffy, the creek got to not far belong the surface of Wellington Rd – no gap between the water and the bridge.

Evening folks

>>So buffy, the creek got to not far belong the surface of Wellington Rd – no gap between the water and the bridge.<<

Ooh, I hope they did good drainage on the housing estate that is now on my grandparents’ old farm then……

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10928909@N08/

The drains around here are pretty good actually. Only flash flooding vaguely nearby was the street directly in front of the hospital (which is an older area), but none elsewhere AFAIK. None of the designated floodways exceeded their bounds.

What was that, Simmies? You miss me? Very well, I will play with you.

TTFN hew-mons

buffy said:

>>What’s your main objection to the other forum?<<

Too slow….the posts don’t come up instantaneously like here and then you have to wait for them to jump into place and then scroll a bit sometimes too.

And too much junk on the page with the post.

Agreeing with everything Buffy stated, and the bloody colours, and it’s a f******g ugly layout, and I’m a cantankerous old bastard who hated the way the whole thing was foisted upon the community.

Shit, even those who want the community to stay together can’t be bothered. The post count over there must be at about 25%, if that, of a normal SSSF day.As far as I know there has only been three hard core hold-outs who won’t register over there, so it can’t be the lack of members that has slowed the post count down.

It’s just ugly, and that’s using the view by time that was kindly handed to them on a platter. If cb88 hadn’t provided that, there’d be about 20 posts in a day.

Did I mention it was ugly?

And I’ve just been over there too….but my excuse is that I was also watching Dr Who, so a slow forum was not a problem.

Yss there’s too much visual distraction and rubbish, and the incessant scrolling and crap when you load an image is painful

I can’t keep up with chat next door.

That was a good episode of Game Of Thrones, I like the character of The Imp, real “little” schemer and has some scruples

You have to concentrate hard WR.

I find this place harder on the eyes to read than the other place.

Yeh Game of Thrones was good. Peter Dinklage is a great actor, even if he does have some trouble with the accents sometimes :)

Is ‘Game of Thrones’ on Foxtel or are you guys talking about torrents?

party_pants said:

I find this place harder on the eyes to read than the other place.

I’d agree with that.

Torrents

Witty Rejoinder said:

Is ‘Game of Thrones’ on Foxtel or are you guys talking about torrents?

Torrents

Dropbear said:

Yss there’s too much visual distraction and rubbish, and the incessant scrolling and crap when you load an image is painful

I dunno.. do I have to repeat stuff like this to every person?

give it a try.. you have a settings panel.. switch off everything you don’t need.

you can switch some of it back on later.. have a play.. find out how it works best for you. what you do find useful.. what you do not.

read some of the threads like gripes and features or somesuch.. check the hyperforums threads.. and all.

It wouldn’t be hard for CB88 to change the colour scheme to something a bit easier on the eyes. Even similar to the old forum if we asked nicely.

Skeptic Pete said:

party_pants said:

I find this place harder on the eyes to read than the other place.

I’d agree with that.

The old forum was white on black for a long time. Did you find it easier on the eyes when it changed over to black on white?

The two Stark girls are in a worse predicament than the men fighting the war
The rat thing was twisted, I’ve seen it before many years ago in some movie

Thanks roughy, this forum works fine for me, te VBUlletin one is too slow and unresponsive for it to be my main one.

Did you find it easier on the eyes when it changed over to black on white?
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I think I did yeah.

And the purple’s so……..purple.

Dropbear said:

It wouldn’t be hard for CB88 to change the colour scheme to something a bit easier on the eyes. Even similar to the old forum if we asked nicely.

Give us.. er.. them.. time

the vBulletin forums allow many choices of skins .. or forum styles and indeed your browser should allow you to turn off page styles if that’s the way you wish to read it all.

for example.. turn off styles in here and see what you get.

On the iPad it’s about 4-5 seconds from clicking on a link to me viewing the post over there. Here it’s about 0.5 seconds.

Haha yeh the rat torture was pretty mad. So was the spanking. Joffree is a nasty turd.

Yes he’s a nasty character, his mother and her brothers son alright
The child actors are all really good, very talented

Yeh Ayra is being played really well. I hated the Sansa character reading the books, nothing has changed :)

Dropbear said:

Yeh Ayra is being played really well. I hated the Sansa character reading the books, nothing has changed :)

She is a pain I agree, like lots of teenager girls, one in particular I can think of

HHahah yeh.. Melisandre’s birth scene was pretty full on. Lol…

Dropbear said:

HHahah yeh.. Melisandre’s birth scene was pretty full on. Lol…

What was it a demon?

They created a language for the Dothrakie speech, has something like 1800 words so far

It’s a “shadow” according to the book from memory, but yeh a demon esque type thing

Heh, heh, heh, enough with the spoilers you lot!!

I haven’t even watched S02E01 yet, been too busy.

Mr Sibeen, are you going to be free for a BBQ in the future?

Haha sorry sibeen. I’ve read the second book so it’s all spoiled for me

Squeezy, if there is alcohol involved, I’d crawl over cut glass.

Of course whilst I’m crawling SWMBO may be wacking me with her poking stick, so I must first pass muster with her and the sprogs and the basketball timetables, and the swimming lessons etc etc.

Yeah, I’m normally up for a barby – if work commitments give me the time.

Righto. Episode 3 of the Time Traveller show on DVD.

so whats the word?

more posts here on on the other site??

I haven’t read the books, Droppy, so it’s all new to me.

I loved series one, so am hoping that series two lives up to that. I’ve cough downloaded the episodes, just haven’t had time to get to them yet.

The other site is probably busier but I don’t read many of the posts

Squeezy, forgot to mention, I’m not that far from you. From Essendon it’s about half and hours drive, so no biggy.

I have looked at the other site, just not registered. Trying to trawl through the posts is painful. Bloody painful. So I rarely bother.

Dropbear said:

The other site is probably busier but I don’t read many of the posts

this format is still more dynamic its why i decided to come here regardless

maybe in the future all forums will be like this?

sibeen said:

I have looked at the other site, just not registered. Trying to trawl through the posts is painful. Bloody painful. So I rarely bother.

i find the format weird and stationary

sibeen said:

Squeezy, if there is alcohol involved, I’d crawl over cut glass.

Of course whilst I’m crawling SWMBO may be wacking me with her poking stick, so I must first pass muster with her and the sprogs and the basketball timetables, and the swimming lessons etc etc.

Yeah, I’m normally up for a barby – if work commitments give me the time.

Sweet, i will try and work something out then… :)

sibeen said:

Squeezy, forgot to mention, I’m not that far from you. From Essendon it’s about half and hours drive, so no biggy.

Awesome! :)

wookiemeister said:

sibeen said:

I have looked at the other site, just not registered. Trying to trawl through the posts is painful. Bloody painful. So I rarely bother.

i find the format weird and stationary

The funny thing is, is that I read a few other vbulletin forums and the format there doesn’t bother me, mainly because I tend to read entire pages at a time, and do it more “thread based”.

These forums are based around chat and the social aspect (for me) so I find the single stream of consciousness via VBTmore appealing. The big issue with the other forum for me is the time taken to open a post, and all the screen redrawing scrolling etc

Droppy, I agree with that.

I’m a member over at eng tips and have been for about 9 years. It’s a vbulletin forum and always has been. Never bothered me. Then again, I look in on about 6 sub forums over there, and the total posts across those 6 sub forums would rarely be more than 20 to 30 in a day.

Lets just say, it’s not very chatty :)

Sibeen, how about 5 or 6 of May?

Squeezy, the next few weeks, probably not. I’ve got a large data centre that I’m supposed to get running, which starts tomorrow, I’m sitting here writing the method of procedure at the moment. It’ll probably be a 7 days a week job as they are already running behind.

sibeen said:

Squeezy, the next few weeks, probably not. I’ve got a large data centre that I’m supposed to get running, which starts tomorrow, I’m sitting here writing the method of procedure at the moment. It’ll probably be a 7 days a week job as they are already running behind.

All good…. Stan101 said he was visiting then, and apparently JTQ doens’t live too far away either…

BBQ’s at my place happen about once a month… so there will be others after this one… :)

So, what happened to the name-changing dude? Did he reveal himself? He’s banned…wowsers :)

What’s all that about, kii?

Woodrow? Over in the vbull place. Long and tortuous discussion on his wife and names and babies and cheating ex-husbands and church and on and on and on…

He said he’s a regular and could we guess who :/

kii said:

So, what happened to the name-changing dude? Did he reveal himself? He’s banned…wowsers :)

You mean Woodrow?

Oh, they’ve had their first banning, have they.

…and it begins :)

Witty Rejoinder said:

kii said:

So, what happened to the name-changing dude? Did he reveal himself? He’s banned…wowsers :)

You mean Woodrow?

Yep. The one Squeezy was so nice to and then I think she hit him with a 4×2 ;P

sibeen said:

Oh, they’ve had their first banning, have they.

…and it begins :)

His name has “Banned” under it, so I am assuming “Banned” is not some part of the path to enlightenment that we all go through – like Herring, Hmmm and Frog (or whatever).

Nope, he got banned for 24 hours to “cool off”

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

Only 24 hours? His poor magical wife and adorable unborn baby ;P

sibeen said:

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

pfffft!!!!!!

sibeen said:

Oh, they’ve had their first banning, have they.

…and it begins :)

so begins end game

kii said:

Only 24 hours? His poor magical wife and adorable unborn baby ;P

The mods apparently don’t want to appear over-zealous at this stage…

sibeen said:

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

Never met Squeezebabe, but she doesn’t seem to have insecurity and jealousy issues.

Seems to me he wanted to get into an argument with anyone on an internet forum as a proxy to not having the same row with his wife. Defensive and argumentative response to even the most helpfully intended replies.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

Never met Squeezebabe, but she doesn’t seem to have insecurity and jealousy issues.

Seems to me he wanted to get into an argument with anyone on an internet forum as a proxy to not having the same row with his wife. Defensive and argumentative response to even the most helpfully intended replies.

I reckon it was pure trolling. From what I read he changed his story, originally it was him who wanted the church attendance thing, then it was his wife. I call shenanigans.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

Never met Squeezebabe, but she doesn’t seem to have insecurity and jealousy issues.

falls over

you’d probably be the first person to think that…

:p

SqueezeBabe said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

I would have banned SqueezeBabe as well, just to be sure :)

Never met Squeezebabe, but she doesn’t seem to have insecurity and jealousy issues.

falls over

you’d probably be the first person to think that…

:p

I never claimed I was a good judge of character :)

So who are you on the new forum then? curious

He’s Boing…I mean Byng.

SqueezeBabe said:

So who are you on the new forum then? curious

Me?

I was party_pants on the old forum till I got banned after the unfortunate nano-thermite thread. Then I posted as Admiral Byng or Pigeon of Damocles on SSSF. I have registered the abbreviated version as Byng on the vBulletins place.

kii said:

He’s Boing…I mean Byng.

giggles @ kii

Pleased to meet you Byng! :)

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips …

What’s eng tips?

AussieDJ said:

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips …

What’s eng tips?

English tips :D

runs away

kii said:

AussieDJ said:

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips …

What’s eng tips?

English tips :D

runs away

Yeah, right. Thanks.

Engineering tips :P

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips and have been for about 9 years.

I have been a member there for about the same length of time, but I haven’t visited there for ages.

kii said:

Engineering tips :P

oh – Is that where Sibeen gets his info from ?

:P

morrie said:

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips and have been for about 9 years.

I have been a member there for about the same length of time, but I haven’t visited there for ages.

Link?

I am a member of another Engineering forum, but it has become overrun with Indians asking questions that are either very poorly written or simply nonsensical. I have stopped going there too.

AussieDJ said:

morrie said:

sibeen said:

I’m a member over at eng tips and have been for about 9 years.

I have been a member there for about the same length of time, but I haven’t visited there for ages.

Link?

http://www.eng-tips.com/

morrie said:

AussieDJ said:

morrie said:

I have been a member there for about the same length of time, but I haven’t visited there for ages.

Link?

http://www.eng-tips.com/

Thank you.

Tripping on a very engaging Danish blue, this end. It’s similar to the brandy I’m drinking in that we’re talking a rich and creamy base that seems to deeply fill every horizon, but which sends up tendrils of sharper, spicier tastes that get sharper and spicier and more complex the higher they grow and the more they mingle, in beautifully complex twiggety clusters.

But don’t let this similarity distract from the profound differences in the two adventures unfolding here. The cheese is cool, fat, complex but expansively timeless. Meeting the mouth, it warms, melts and spreads, creating a deliciously abundant, temperate world criss-crossed by thin, warm blue waters, themselves bordered by many perfect little beds of tasty cress amongst the soft and jovial mud.

The brandy, in contrast, is in more of a hurry to detonate its many varied spices into the nose and mouth, with little gushes of hot molten butter and toffee pushing the aromatic mists along their way. But like the cheese, it’s all in the interests of helping to establish a timeless corner of the cosmos in which these evocative adventures of taste and aroma are all that matter – until, soon enough, they’re strong enough to combine with whatever else is going on in the soul at the time, such as listening to recent recordings of one’s own piano improvisations, in between watching the last of these dream-like Hammer House of Horror stories.

AussieDJ said:

morrie said:

AussieDJ said:

Link?

http://www.eng-tips.com/

Thank you.

No worries. I just logged in there. Remembered my password even and they still recognised me.

Hi you guys … a day or so someone at the other forum wondered if PM2Ring had been around. I haven’t seen him over there and thought he might be here … but can’t see him (though I have only had a quick look).

Should he rock up would one of you say hello for me please.
I used to enjoy his (and your) late night convos.

Good night :)

Morning folks

Moring Stumpy and lurkers.

Gday Geoff

Good morning Morning People. We have 9 degrees and it is still mostly dark.

Hi Buffy,

5.4 here, rain predicted later

Oh dear….Bubblecar’s Big Red Post is a bit on the bright side!

(Back down the View by Time a little bit – 11 posts down)

Mmm, and I was surfing around archery pages last night looking for a pattern for a back quiver and the forums that I came across were (apparently) vBulletin type things, but a lot, lot tidier and less fussy than the Alternative Science Forum.

jj said:

Hi you guys … a day or so someone at the other forum wondered if PM2Ring had been around. I haven’t seen him over there and thought he might be here … but can’t see him (though I have only had a quick look).

Should he rock up would one of you say hello for me please.
I used to enjoy his (and your) late night convos.

Good night :)

his last post was on 18-04-2012, 10:21 PM

Morning all.

That is one good feature of VBull – you can check out Community and see who posted what and when. (Have you seen how many handles Pauls H has stockpiled?)

Mr ‘been!

‘orrible grey day here.

The sun is attempting to break through here after a night of drizzle. Could yet turn out to be a nice autumn day.

(Have you seen how many handles Pauls H has stockpiled?)

he really lives in a delusional little world doesn’t he. I just bet you he has an alfoil hat.

waves

Morning all.

Hey, Rule, how’s it hanging?

How long is your recovery going to be?

>(Have you seen how many handles Pauls H has stockpiled?)

How can you tell?

One must assume from the large number of variations of “Paul” and “h” that he has been stockpiling handles.

Paul H Junior Member 0
Paul H. Junior Member 1
Paul H.. Junior Member 0
Paul. H Junior Member 0
Paulh Junior Member 0
Pauls Junior Member 0
Pauls H. Junior Member 0
PaulsH Junior Member 0
Pauls_H Junior Member 0

Oh, OK. Can you see everyone’s names over there?

sibeen said:

Oh, OK. Can you see everyone’s names over there?

Under Community, you can alphabetical lists of members, and even check out what they’ve been posting about yadda yadda. You probably have to be a member and logged in to do so.

So the number of actual members may, just may, be a slightly inflated figure?

Yes. I have two handles registered, mainly to stop someone else using the other. Looking through the list, I suspect there are several who have done the same.

Protecting Origins of Specious’s intellectual property, Geoff?

:)

History was made today.

history is made everyday.

Exactly Boris, and that was the point that I was going on to make if someone had of had of asked me.

Exactly Boris, and that was the point that I was going on to make if someone had of had of asked me.

adds pwm thunder to collection.

taps

anyone about?

Lunch: chicken liver pâté on crusty bread with thinly sliced raw onion. Jumbo green olives. Pink bubbly.

Geoff D said:

Yes. I have two handles registered, mainly to stop someone else using the other. Looking through the list, I suspect there are several who have done the same.

I’m tempted to just have AWM and say that I am only AWM so that anyone who imps me is definitely not me. There was an imp over at Old Forum who had Divine AngeI (with a capital I at the end).

Um, capital i at the end.

Hi Car!

That sounds very rich.

Hi DA. It is but I’m only having two slices.

…and only 8 jumbo olives.

And only one bottle of pink bubbly :)

I’m looking for a nice bottle of something (I like bubbly, Mr Mutant doesn’t) for our anniversary dinner in a couple of weeks.

What’s on the menu?

the whole thing about global warmingis not so much about warming as such but the variance of the weather, dry becomes drier, wet becomes wetter. as i understand it, its about volatility.

Yet to be decided. We’re not sure if we’re having a nice restaurant dinner or fish and chips on the beach yet. Either way, I think the bottle of something will be opened once we get back to the room.

wookiemeister said:

the whole thing about global warmingis not so much about warming as such but the variance of the weather, dry becomes drier, wet becomes wetter. as i understand it, its about volatility.

You read the article about Australia being declared drought-free?

You could always get a bottle of bubbly for yourself, and a bottle of Mr Mutant’s favourite stuff for Mr Mutant.

Bubble Car said:

You could always get a bottle of bubbly for yourself, and a bottle of Mr Mutant’s favourite stuff for Mr Mutant.

You present a compelling argument. We’re not going far away from the hotel anyway just in case we need to stumble back :)

Conversation in Medicare, Chermy, just then.

Me: Hello Vicky Darling. How’s life after politics?
Vick Darling: Great! Now I can drive the kids mad.
(followed by assorted small talk)

AussieDJ said:

morrie said:

AussieDJ said:

Link?

http://www.eng-tips.com/

Thank you.

Not sure they are quite ready for me .. yet.

roughbarked said:

AussieDJ said:

morrie said:

Not sure they are quite ready for me .. yet.

oops my mistake.. I had another forum in my focus at the time

Divine Angel said:

Geoff D said:

Yes. I have two handles registered, mainly to stop someone else using the other. Looking through the list, I suspect there are several who have done the same.

I’m tempted to just have AWM and say that I am only AWM so that anyone who imps me is definitely not me. There was an imp over at Old Forum who had Divine AngeI (with a capital I at the end).

We know it is you..

when people try to pretend they are somebody else.. they have to be really good at forgetting who they are.. this is a talent rarer than the number who try to pull it off. I’ll challenge you now.. see if you can find my alter ego.

My lunch was a jam scroll and a glass of milo……..I’m not posh like Bubblecar.

>>I’ll challenge you now.. see if you can find my alter ego.<<

I doubt I could geoff. I thought I did pretty well with wergles (not sure anyone got that one), dragonette was picked up by one person, I think, who was kind enough to not out it (and it was someone not well liked on the forum that picked it up). My others most people worked out.

I am only buffy here.

In the vBulletin I am dragonette and now I’ve registered that I was able to go into the lists and find the other name I had previously registered. But I’m not telling on that one for now, and if anyone guesses it I’ll just delete it.

Oops, that should have been directed at roughbarked.

roughbarked said:

I’ll challenge you now.. see if you can find my alter ego.

I’m not very good at these games :)

So where’s that DV prick, where’s he hiding? what’s his story?

And here’s something that does cause brain damage… ***

KFC to pay $8m over girl’s brain damage

Fast food giant KFC has been ordered to pay $8 million to the family of a girl who say salmonella poisoning left her paralysed and with brain damage.

Monika Samaan became seriously ill when she ate a chicken twister at Villawood KFC in 2005.

A New South Wales Supreme Court judge today ruled KFC will have to pay $8 million plus legal costs after the lengthy litigation case.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-27/kfc-to-pay-248m-over-girl27s-brain-damage/3976690

>>KFC to pay $8m over girl’s brain damage

I guess they’re insured against such things.

One would hope so.

That was one expensive chicken wrap.

So which forum are we drinking in tonight?

Might have to send you another invoice soon Pete.

The insurance company wrote me today saying that I need an out-of-water survey before they will renew the policy.

Let’s do a forum crawl!

WTF is an out-of-water thingo?

Divine Angel said:

WTF is an out-of-water thingo?

Pull the boat out of the water and give it a thorough inspection (survey).

WTF is an out-of-water thingo?
—————————————————————-
Like putting your car up on a hoist :-)

They need to inspect it out of the water.

Oh I see! It’s in case there’s a crocodile holding onto it, right?

No, it’s in case something important like the keel or the garboard is rotted and the boat is about to fall apart and sink.

Geoff D said:

No, it’s in case something important like the keel or the garboard is rotted and the boat is about to fall apart and sink.

Will I have to get the hull cleaned and antifouled before the survey?

I’d still check for hanging-on crocodiles just to be sure.

hey PWM, check this out for me and tell me what you think?

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/mitsubishi-triton-2001-12033880?base=1216&vertical=Car&eapi=2&page=1&sort=Price&cr=13&__N=898 1493 1246 1247 1252 1282 4294680273 1216&silo=Stock&Range=Price:Min,10000~0.5

That link just gives me a page of vehicles and none are Tritons.

Let me just say, I like the moderation over at New Forum.

Divine Angel said:

Let me just say, I like the moderation over at New Forum.

Who’s been modded?

And I wonder what has happened to BC?

I don’t know if anyone has been modded, but I was reading a thread that had some posts missing due to moderator’s cleaning it up.

BC’s not interested in anyone who doesn’t fight with him :)

Looks like the link didn’t work.

Copy and paste the entire line

Bishes.

HI Alex

Lex said:

Bishes.

Damn i can’t even say Lab notified.

TROLLOLOLOLOL

Chubbies and Chubbletes, good evening.

Sistard’ll like this. Might get it for Xmas.

Howdy sibeen

Intestinal worms, Alex?

>>Copy and paste the entire line

Copy and what?

Heh heh heh.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/xkcd/

Be better if it was pinkish grey

A brane.

Lex said:

Sistard’ll like this. Might get it for Xmas.

Why would she want a walnut on a chain?

Divine Angel said:

Be better if it was pinkish grey

Or is it greyish pink?

Divine Angel said:

Divine Angel said:

Be better if it was pinkish grey

Or is it greyish pink?

Just greyish.

>Let me just say, I like the moderation over at New Forum.

Who have they banned that was on your list?

sibeen said:

>Let me just say, I like the moderation over at New Forum.

Who have they banned that was on your list?

Glowie.

The moderators over there are a cabal of secretive faceless punters of dubious parentage, I think one of them is Knickerless Ross.

Peak Warming Man said:

The moderators over there are a cabal of secretive faceless punters of dubious parentage, I think one of them is Knickerless Ross.

FTM

I bet the mods are the 1%.

I would just like to say that I totally heart being a relieving reg – no on call, no weekends, no evenings. It’s like being a Normal Person.

sibeen said:

>Let me just say, I like the moderation over at New Forum.

Who have they banned that was on your list?

No one that I have noticed, but there are posts missing that really clean up the threads.

I don’t think you could ever be A Normal Person, Alex.

I think you’re right.

Divine Angel said:

Or is it greyish pink?

Did someone say pink dancing elephants?

Lex said:

It’s like being a Normal Person.

• sprays mouthful of lemonade all over the computer *

well I gots me sunscreen packed.. my boardies.. my camera… 2 pair of undies.. im all set..

Dropbear said:

well I gots me sunscreen packed.. my boardies.. my camera… 2 pair of undies.. im all set..

Where you goin’?

vanuatu, noumea and parts around there

So, what do normal people do on a Friday night? I have worked late on Friday nights for so many years I don’t think I know what to do. I’ll still be doing alternate ones, so I won’t feel completely odd.

Dropbear said:

well I gots me sunscreen packed.. my boardies.. my camera… 2 pair of undies.. im all set..

Going away for a month, eh?

buffy said:

So, what do normal people do on a Friday night?

FIIK but I suspect it doesn’t involve fora…

Lex said:

Dropbear said:

well I gots me sunscreen packed.. my boardies.. my camera… 2 pair of undies.. im all set..

Going away for a month, eh?

don’t be daft! that’t be four pairs of undies.

buffy said:

So, what do normal people do on a Friday night? I have worked late on Friday nights for so many years I don’t think I know what to do. I’ll still be doing alternate ones, so I won’t feel completely odd.

I dunno, I still work Friday nights :P I hear FNDC is popular ‘round these parts.

Dropbear said:

Lex said:

Dropbear said:

well I gots me sunscreen packed.. my boardies.. my camera… 2 pair of undies.. im all set..

Going away for a month, eh?

don’t be daft! that’t be four pairs of undies.

My bad. I was just extrapolating from myself.

Oh, but I don’t drink alcohol. But I could watch you lot for a while, I suppose.

I’ve already cracked a coldie.

A cheap but surprisingly tasty coca de cola 2012 vintage.

Best not pack a boogie board bag, Bear, or in years to come, PWM will be saying “What about that Dropbear, then?”

still. there’s a few pools onboard.. i could probably get by with one pair and the odd swim

AFAIK FNDC hasn’t been officially declared although Car was drinking pink bubbly at lunchtime.

It’s not the, er, Love Boat you’re booked on, is it?

Neophyte said:

Best not pack a boogie board bag, Bear, or in years to come, PWM will be saying “What about that Dropbear, then?”

yeh.. ill try my best not to be caught in the room of any dead party girls either.

Neophyte said:

It’s not the, er, Love Boat you’re booked on, is it?

hell no.

it’s the fall about nissed as a pewt boat..

Dropbear said:

vanuatu, noumea and parts around there

Don’t you come back speaking French-talk or we’ll have to stage an intervention.

Wait a sec… that’s New Caledonia. Doh!

He’s going on a trip to be painted like a French girl.