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johnnyurq · August 2014

That looks like awesome fun @viz.

Must have been a real buzz looking out and seeing such a big crowd.

Well done that man.

viz · August 2014

It's certainly not an every day occurrence, for me anyway!

VimFuego · August 2014

I've looked out and seen crowds that size more than a few times. Generally they have more flaming torches and pitchforks than your crowd, and they usually applaud for different things but still.

viz · August 2014

I can imagine!

Bucket · August 2014

After quite some time spent trying to come up with music that sounds like The Best Band Ever (Jellyfish), I've finally hit upon a chord progression that I like, and which I hope to use as a starting point for a whole song. SO happy.

Even came up with the beginnings of an instrumental section inspired by the middle of "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" by 10cc.

Phil_aka_Pip · August 2014

@viz way cool

@Bucket you'll eventually find ways to use the same chord progression in different songs with different rhythms and not too many people will notice

johnnyurq · August 2014

VimFuego said:

I've looked out and seen crowds that size more than a few times. Generally they have more flaming torches and pitchforks than your crowd, and they usually applaud for different things but still.

Last time I saw a crowd like that at a gig the mushrooms hadn't worn off.

Bucket · August 2014

Just read the whole of the "Bullshit" thread in SC. Laughed like a fucking drain throughout. Recommended.

Also I'm rather looking forward to my band rehearsal tomorrow (well, later today). Great to finally be part of a band that's doing stuff.

boogieman · August 2014

Been putting up with our power shower cutting in and out for the last few weeks. Took it apart yesterday, replaced a dodgy part and IT LIVES!!! Go me.

Bucket · August 2014

My sister got her GCSE results through today - she did very well indeed. So happy and relieved for her, she put in so much work and had been stressing about the results for ages. Better than my GCSEs a few years ago too... clearly I didn't get the brains in the family after all.

Phil_aka_Pip · August 2014

@Bucket cool, nice.

My sis left school with half a CSE, but she sorted things out by getting her Grade 5 on clarinet, doing an Art A level, and then doing a BA in Fine Art at St Martin-in-the-Fields (or at least I think it was called that). She's still skint, but enjoys life a lot more.

In other news, the software I've been brewing up for the last year and a bit is proving to have some good design features and we might be getting it out to a test site soon.

VimFuego · August 2014

car's just sailed through its MOT.

holnrew · August 2014

I'm no longer single.

johnnyurq · August 2014

VimFuego said:

car's just sailed through its MOT.

So it is amphibious then?

VimFuego · August 2014

round here sometimes it's a useful trait.

johnnyurq · August 2014

Here too dude.

Wish someone would do one that is not only amphibious but a mini sub too with the ability to breach like that Dolphin shaped thingie.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

lloyd · August 2014

My brother cashing in some shares and bunging me £500...increasing my GAS budget by a few quid....

ThePrettyDamned · August 2014

For the first time in a long time, I have connected with someone new in my life. I'd actually ask her out, but recent circumstances now dictate it couldn't work anyway (will be far too distant).

I feel great about it though.

Also, I'm getting really good at section 1 of the GAMSAT exam practice papers, the exam is in March but I feel very focussed - I'm balancing work, fun (guitar

) and revision quite well.

Lastly, 4 weeks ago I had a 34 inch waist and was a bit of a bloater. Now, I'm a bit of a bloater but with a 32 inch waist. I'm aiming for 30.

holnrew · August 2014

ThePrettyDamned said:

For the first time in a long time, I have connected with someone new in my life. I'd actually ask her out, but recent circumstances now dictate it couldn't work anyway (will be far too distant).

I feel great about it though.

Also, I'm getting really good at section 1 of the GAMSAT exam practice papers, the exam is in March but I feel very focussed - I'm balancing work, fun (guitar ) and revision quite well.

Lastly, 4 weeks ago I had a 34 inch waist and was a bit of a bloater. Now, I'm a bit of a bloater but with a 32 inch waist. I'm aiming for 30.

You can still bang her.

ThePrettyDamned · August 2014

holnrew said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

For the first time in a long time, I have connected with someone new in my life. I'd actually ask her out, but recent circumstances now dictate it couldn't work anyway (will be far too distant).

I feel great about it though.

Also, I'm getting really good at section 1 of the GAMSAT exam practice papers, the exam is in March but I feel very focussed - I'm balancing work, fun (guitar ) and revision quite well.

Lastly, 4 weeks ago I had a 34 inch waist and was a bit of a bloater. Now, I'm a bit of a bloater but with a 32 inch waist. I'm aiming for 30.

You can still bang her.

Yeah, I'm thinking the same. She's going to uni (don't worry, she's not that much younger than me, she took a couple of years out) and there is no way in hell I'd wanna ruin her freshers year of learning 1000 ways to bang a dude (or two).

But I figure I can give her an introduction. You know, chokebang her into - I mean, ease her into it.

Still, it's nice to know there are wimminz out there who actually do like me after all.

holnrew · August 2014

I'm not somebody in a position to judge age differences...

littlegreenman · August 2014

ThePrettyDamned said:

will be far too distant...
Still, it's nice to know there are wimminz out there who actually do like me after all.

Me and the littlegreenwoman actually live 5,000 miles apart most of the time, so we only get to meet up 3 or 4 times a year.

Been working surprisingly well for about 4 years now! As with all things, it is what you make of it

Frank Zapppa used to say that the reason he had a successful marriage was because they only met up between tours and so had the opportunity to fall in love all over again! I can relate to that

monquixote · August 2014

My daughter was trying to talk about the microwave, but she doesn't know the word microwave yet so she called it the "dinner cupboard".

This is both amusing and impressive

Phil_aka_Pip · August 2014

monquixote said:

My daughter was trying to talk about the microwave, but she doesn't know the word microwave yet so she called it the "dinner cupboard".

This is both amusing and impressive

That's excellent. Children who don't yet know the words for things often string other words together to describe an object. My mum told me that before I learned the word "bicycle", I referred to the machine daddy went to work on as his "wheel-wheel". Same thing if you think about it. Maybe we should have a thread for language constructs of the juvenile kind.

monquixote · August 2014

That's great.

I remember when I was doing psychology that they said children should be praised for saying things like "Sheeps" because they were learning to understand rules about language even if they were applying them incorrectly.

ThePrettyDamned · August 2014

Goal of the day - call the microwave at work a dinner cupboard in front of other staff and gauge responses.

Genius!

Phil_aka_Pip · August 2014

monquixote said:

That's great.

I remember when I was doing psychology that they said children should be praised for saying things like "Sheeps" because they were learning to understand rules about language even if they were applying them incorrectly.

I'd go so far in that case to say they were applying the rules correctly, but were unaware of the many inconsistencies of the english language where the rules do not apply.

Hertz32 · August 2014

I didn't get accepted to the boarding school in Scotland my parents are so desperate to ship me off to!
So I get to stay in the south with people I care about

On a sad and then happy note, one of my friends isn't dead!
After deliberately overdosing earlier, she went on the run from the police and her parents. Luckily, she texted me as someone she could trust. I let other people know, found out where she was hiding and told people how to find her (I'm in iceland of all places) No news after she said they had caught her. But I wouldn't expect anything else for a while. She's likely in intensive care, and will probably be transferred back to full time medical care again.
Bit depressing, but I'm just so happy she's getting the care she needs.

Nitefly · August 2014

:-O Wow, @Hertz32, what a post!

Well done for avoiding boarding school in Scotland - I suspect it might be more difficult to get in later...

I hope your friend is safe now, but will she trust you in future? Why did she go on the run? Why are you in Iceland?

johnnyurq · August 2014

These and other questions will be answered in next weeks exciting episode of.......

Seriously though wow that is one eventful day right there.

Result on no Boarding school you would only have had to suffer the indignity of becoming one of the UK elite, or worse a politician.

Hope your friend makes it through OK, and yes WTF dude Iceland don't you know a dang old Volcano is gonna go boom.

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