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Oh yes, that reminds me: On the r3ok home page you see these words: The IT Helpdesk.
Computer crashing? Mouse going mental? Has your hard drive suddenly gone floppy? Post your computer problems here and someone will get back to you after the beep BEEEEP Would it be too precious of me to suggest that the word "mental" be changed for something else? (edit: that is a serious question for the moderation team by the way!) |
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« Reply #7081 on: 14:35:47, 01-09-2008 » |
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There's also
************ ** **** *** ******
which nobody would really want to say anyway.
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"Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left." - Rohan Candappa
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« Reply #7082 on: 14:38:44, 01-09-2008 » |
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The fact that I had to go to S****horpe at all was bad enough. Edit: those asterisks were not added by me - wonderful.  The place is s.c.u.n.t.h.o.r.p.e for anyone not resident in the UK.... Oh, that is wonderful . |
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« Reply #7083 on: 15:00:15, 01-09-2008 » |
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Your kind thoughts people will be with tomorrow!
Hows ya Rubes, havnt heard from you in a while!!
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« Reply #7084 on: 15:19:51, 01-09-2008 » |
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I'm OK thanks BBM - a bit achey today from playing Badminton yesterday but we had fun.  I spent a couple of weeks pretty busy in work so with rather less time in here. I'm now just making little alterations to a few pieces of work I've just finished, so I'm finding the need for a little more brain stimulation... Hence me paddling around here again. Plus whoever finishes the current tranche gets to pick up the next bit (not a nice one), so it's now a bit like one of those slow races where everyone is trying to finish last. I'm also spending a fair bit of time as IT support to a colleague in another office who's struggling a bit with the software (15 minutes on the phone to finally work out what the problem is and say "Oh! Press F11, has that solved it?" "Oh yes...."), so I keep getting distracted and forgetting what I was doing. I find this place means that if I get a phone call I don't get interrupted in the middle of any work. I jest of course...   |
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« Reply #7085 on: 17:24:52, 01-09-2008 » |
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I'm semi-grumpy now, having been through a major-grump and a following comfortable period.....
I've been trying to get fit by cycling. For weeks I've struggled to fit in a cycle ride after work and before the evening really commences, and have grabbed a few 30 minutes here and there. Weekends are always busy, so a similar story there. The problem is, I need a few long runs to build up stamina.
Finally I managed time on Sunday so that I had a spare hour and a half. Sod's law it was urinating it down when the time came. But I decided to ride and get wet anyway.
I was just thinking how well things we're going, when after 25 mins, I got a puncture.
I was out in the middle of nowhere, but it seemed only a (fairly) slow puncture, not a complete flatty. So, I decided to make my way back to a major road where I would pump it up then zip home on the easier road surface.
Sadly, as I got to the major road, I found my tyre now had a fairly fast puncture. Too dangerous for a wet A-road, so I tried to find a short cut.
It was horrid. Bumpy, skiddy and muddy, with pot-holes to avoid to make sure my wheel rims weren't damaged. And after 25 minutes of this poo I found that my 'short cut' had led me round in a circle to where I first had my puncture.
A bedraggled Tommo pedalled back the way he'd come, fuming at the crapness of it all. 25 mins of a decent pace and 1 hour 5 mins of slow torture. No use for fitness at all.
A hot bath was lovely, and quelled my grumps for the rest of the day. But now I'm semi-grumpy as I have to mend my tyre and still have yet to do a longer run!
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« Reply #7086 on: 17:30:39, 01-09-2008 » |
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Not very nice at all, Tommo.
Instead of going to the gym today I ate 9 chocolate biscuits. I suppose you're all going to say it's my own fault.
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« Reply #7087 on: 17:36:16, 01-09-2008 » |
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Instead of eating any chocolate biscuits, I went to the Gym. I think you had the better deal, r; this new programme is really pushing me to the edge of what the old bod can take.
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« Reply #7088 on: 17:37:30, 01-09-2008 » |
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Chocolate biscuits.
Want.
Gone back to bed.
Probably shouldn't be looking at the internet while I have a migraine but it's better than marking a dissertation (which made it worse!)
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« Reply #7089 on: 17:42:19, 01-09-2008 » |
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Not very nice at all, Tommo.
Instead of going to the gym today I ate 9 chocolate biscuits. I suppose you're all going to say it's my own fault.
Not me, darling. I haven't eaten any chocolate biscuits so it can't be my own fault. <ducks to avoid hurled empty cornichon jar> |
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« Reply #7090 on: 18:41:55, 01-09-2008 » |
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You sound very busy, Rubes. Good to see around again!!
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« Reply #7091 on: 19:04:23, 01-09-2008 » |
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This is the Evening from Hell. This is when I wonder why I live in the Wettest Place in The British Isles. This is when, at 7.00pm on the 1st of September it is so dark that without a light I cannot even see the keyboard. The mist is swirling down the valley, the rain is torrential, the wind is whipping leaves off the oak. I can hardly see the end of the garden let alone the field (which is rapidly turning into a lake as the water tables rise from the adjoining river) I have drawn the curtains to shut it all out.
And I have no chocolate biscuits!
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« Reply #7092 on: 19:10:17, 01-09-2008 » |
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Same here Antheil....pee-ing since lunchtime, winds at 40mph, fire alight, heating on.
GAWD!
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« Reply #7093 on: 19:11:34, 01-09-2008 » |
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Well, we're coming in October Jan!! Where you live then Antheil?
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« Reply #7094 on: 19:21:01, 01-09-2008 » |
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And I have no chocolate biscuits!
Before you all started talking about chocolate biscuits, I didn't mind not having any. Now I do  . |
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