General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[DawnFireDragoon]

hey everyone,

here's a random story of misery....i went to my local Asda (Wal Mart equivilent in the UK to you guys across the pond) for some reason they had 10, 40gig backwards compatible ps3's that they had to get rid of (the guy didn't explain why fully, but there was some odd reason!) going for £105, add to that a 10 percent discount i could get through a friend....but alas i was half an hour late. All gone!!! :( :( :(

i had resigned to waiting for the slim ps3 to finally take the plunge and get one, but getting one for just over 90 quid would have been amazing.

i was pi&*^d off for a bit after that i can tell you. would have been perfect with Fury so close to release.

[Rapier Racer]

I wonder if they were Supplied by the company EUK. I know they supplied supermarkets with games not sure if they did hardware or not or if it would even work the same way.

Basically I got Fallout 3 and Farcry 2 for 6 quid each at Morrisons and the explanation for the cheapness was that since EUK went bust the stock was instantly de-valued. They send games back to the supplier once the said game falls out of the top 20 in the charts, I guess they had no one to send them back too however I don't see how that would work with a console.

[DawnFireDragoon]

the guy at the counter did try to explain it, something about stock been zeroed and they needed to get rid of them...i'm not sure...kinda lost interest when he said they had all gone! :(

[ACE-FLO]

You're talkin' to me ? (with De Niro's voice)
:lol

No Asa, never you buddy... You are a living legend!

[IxDELTAxI]

This is just a random event that happened while i went to my gamestop to get wipeout pure. So my brother and I were getting into his truck and randomly out of nowhere a flash flood starts near where I live so we think that we would be able to beat it because the gamestop is only 10 minutes away from my house. So as my brother is driving we notice all the main roads are getting flooded so my brother decides to just go through and we eventually make it to the gamestop before the streets got flooded. We enter and start looking for pure because I called them ten minutes before we left and they said they had a copy for $6.99 we ask the lady at the counter only to find that someone bought the copy five minutes ago. Just when I think that the trip was a waste my brother notices that they had one copy of Pulse for 9.99 on sale so i bought that. As we walk out of the store the sky is clear and its not raining anymore and most of the streets are dry. I really hate how the weather changes in randomly in Las Vegas.

[mdhay]

So it isn't just England...:lol

[willsgb13]

hello

i'm bored and feeling down

i have all these things i want to say but i cannot remember any of them

gutted

JT took his time to make a statement about his future didn't he. he probably did what gerrard did a few years back - nearly joined megabucks before deciding it was a better idea to stay put where he was revered, and probably eke some more money out of his club who want their talisman to stay into the bargain

still the summer's not over. i hope he doesn't join citeh though; top heavy and even more classless with champ man moneys then chelsea were

also what's with investors, sheikhs, oligarchs, franchise owners etc. buying up every club in england now - notts county? ****ing bangor city? perhaps they're planning to make a 50 team premiership, or maybe 3 premierships or something; or maybe - no! crazy idea - but wait, maybe, just maybe, they're trying to tap into the vast revenue pool generated by tv money and merchandise from british football fans?

:nod

weird what football has become

wow mega-rant

bye now

[yeldar2097]

Michael Schumacher is back!! YES!
If only he wasn't standing in for favourite driver....Poor Felippe....
Schumi is my man :D

[gmrtom7]

Michael Schumacher is back!! YES!
If only he wasn't standing in for favourite driver....Poor Felippe....
Schumi is my man :D
Holy crap, are you kidding?!? They actually got him to drive in Massa's place...wow.:guitar I hope Massa will be Ok, though, that looked nasty. A coil spring to the head at 180 MPH has gotta create some serious problems...

[yeldar2097]

yeah apparently (don't trust the grapevine 100%) he may have damaged his eye from the force of impact or something which would make a comeback difficult.
why my favourite driver? why?
of course shumi is my all time fave so i'm glad it was him who was chosen to drive (albeit temporarily)

[rdmx]

He's a great driver, but I can't help but feel the expectations of him will be too great, especially in an off-pace car.

[slimjim]

And if schumi does come back maybe kimi will pull his finger out and drive good

how would it look if schumi out performs him

[willsgb13]

interesting times

i feel bad for massa, unlucky as hell, beaten by a glock slip on his home track last season, despite winning the race losing the title by one point to hamilcunt... and then a freak accident spring to the head from countryman barichello's car that could end his racing career... poor guy :?

and bmw sauber are pulling out, hmm. were will heidfeld and especially kubica go next?

[Aeroracer]

My bf just made me watch this film called the midnight meat train......

Its was absouloutly disgusting, it had vinny jones in it as a psychopath killer and he just killed people in the most graphic ways you can imagine and there was a bit in the film when he hit a man in the back of the head with a meat tenderising hammer so hard, both of his eyeballs flew out of the front of his head.

It was definatley the most nasty horrific film i have ever seen, and im never gonna get on a late train again:nod

[mdhay]

I just found out how to clone stuff on Oblivion on PS3.:D

[willsgb13]

i drank around 15 pints of bulmers and kronenberg yesterday and got a headache :(

chester is a husk of a town, pretty and attractive but vacuous and disgusting when populated by locals and tourists and no students during the holidays

some lad having a fight outside a takeaway store yesterday - total, total ****. policewoman took him aside to cool off and he still pushed her aside and ran back to try and smack the other guy. his poor girlfriend's saying 'if you love me calm down' and i felt sorry for her

delighted those manc redshite cunts lost to chelsea today, poor fergie, take it on the chin whiskeybreath

[Eloï]

I go in holidays and wish you all a nice august month ;) I sent some messages on the psn but it's not very convenient so I'm sorry if I forgot you, nothing personnal ;) See you all and enjoy the best racing game in all times :rock

[OBH]

I swear every day more and more people i know talk almost endlessly about WoW. Doesnt matter about age or gender, everyones corrupted.

Honestly, i might have to start killing people if i keep hearing people talk about it :beer

God i hate WoW.

[yeldar2097]

What's WoW? ;)

[blackwiggle]

Wallys on wipeout ;)

[Chuckzombie]

Fellow WoW hater here. It gets under peoples skin too much. Starts off as endless gaming sessions, then endless chat sessions, then clandestine real-life meetings and the next thing you know, it's grounds for divorce. It's evil :frown:

[rdmx]

Michael Schumacher cancels F1 Return Due to Lingering Injuries:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/11/sportsline/main5231972.shtml
:(

[okam]

While having a late night snack yesterday, a large piece of one of my teeth fell out. 2nd upper molar, left side. I have an old amalgam filling it that tooth, and that is probably partly if not fully responsible for this. Many of my friends around my age have had to have their old amalgam fillings replaced with the new porcelain fillings.

Price of dental care being what it is here, I could really use my students' discount (25%), but I only paid my fees yesterday and it will be at least 4-5 days if not longer until I recieve the new student ID card valid for this semester. At least the missing bit of the tooth is just annoying, and not painful. So now I wait, and hope I can get by with a porcelain filling and don't have to get a crown or whatever it's called when you pull the old tooth and put in a fake one.

FML...

[Rachel Johnson]

@okam Yeesh. I know how you feel with that one. I had a chunk fall out of one of mine and I can't afford to go to the dentist either. I had to make do with one of those awful temporary DIY dental kits. The only dentists around here charge stupid prices. I can't even get discounts, because Incapacity Benefit doesn't cover it. Ugh.

[Lance]

If the filling falls out, then the remaining natural part of the tooth has no support; biting something firm could easily break the remaining bits. Don't chew on ice to keep cool!

[blackwiggle]

I thought that would be obvious Lance.

The only previous advice I have taken from any forum member regarding dental matters was from Stinkelroy.

It was very good advise [That's on the proviso that you were not expected to make a speech].....CLOVE OIL is DEAD Numbing to the tooth & somewhat unexpectedly [unless forewarned] to your tongue and every other part of ones mouth.

Not the greatest training speech I've ever performed.:turd

[Rachel Johnson]

I remember clove oil being somewhat nice tasting. It's just a shame I had a mishap with that involving my cheek, my teeth and a horrendously long wait to have my mouth seen to at the hospital. These days I don't use it anymore. Having a nice taste certainly does not outshine the mouth-related injury risks. :P

[Lance]

blackwiggle, of course it's obvious, but that doesn't mean that I haven't ignored the danger and foolishly chewed on ice, anyway, :D

[okam]

* pictures blackwiggle drooling heavily infront of a crowd * Hahaha :P

Most of my amalgam filling is still intact, its part of the actual tooth that fell out (allthough there is a bit of amalgam attached to the bit that came off). No exposed nerves I think, at least no pain while eating or drinking today, and I had ice cream, ice cold water, and hot tea in addition to hot meals. I didn't chew on that side, but I'm sure something must have touched that one tooth during the day, especially the liquids. I am a bit worried about more bits coming loose but when I checked in the mirror the rest looks solid enough. Just a bit of a rough edge around the "hole". SHould be OK while I wait for that student ID card.

BTW, "temporary DIY dental kits", what on earth are those? Like DIY filling? o.O

Prices are bad here, but not for everyone. Everyone gets free dental care until they turn 22, students get discounts (varies from place to place), pensioners and those on benefits or disability can get most of the cost covered, same if you need care due to illness (cancer) or you get in an accident (reconstructions, etc).

It's really only costly for otherwise healthy adults with paychecks (and students age 22+, of which I am one).

[Rachel Johnson]

Aye, they are. A lot of Dental repair kits only last so long though, so you'll probably have no choice but to go see a dentist eventually. I've had to make do with using it, waiting for it to fail and re-using it.

[okam]

Wow... just wow... we don't have anything like that here, that's insane! Might as well stick a piece of gum or toffee in there then (well...).

[yeldar2097]

Daily thought:
Seeing the PS3 Slim has left me feeling nostalgic about my sexy black box.

I'm also **** scared about A-Level results...

[mdhay]

Don't be, just think - someone is bound to have done worse, and the only thing that's waiting for them is a dole payment (there is always someone that does this). You won't have done that badly, surely? :D

[okam]

Do you need a particular score to qualify for something?

[mdhay]

Not exactly, employers tend to look for people with good qualifications, e.g diplomas, A*,1st degree's, that sort of stuff. It also helps to go in for higher education for 5+ years, because someone will appear more educated in, say, C++, than someone who has been in college for a week.:)

[yeldar2097]

Well I need all A's otherwise I'll need to find a new place to live...

[SaturnReturn]

I can only think that having a good degree is what got me my job. It certainly wasn't my (complete lack of) charisma, or the fact that I told my potential employer that I knew nothing about the job I was applying for. :? Come to think of it, it probably also wasn't the fact that one of my proposed solutions to the problem I was given appeared to be (based on my piss-poor sketch of it) a magical floating robot arm.....you could say an anti-gravity robot arm. hmmm...

I wouldn't worry yeldar, I got half decent results and your track record is way better than mine. The parents shouldn't be too annoyed if you don't get all As, which you probably will anyway.

[okam]

Well, student ID finally arrived and I have been to the dentist. Need a root canal :(

The tooth actually started to hurt like a mother****er just as I was getting ready to leave this morning, so I am really glad I didn't wait longer before making the appointment!

The man did some serious work in there, cleaned and hollowed out the whole molar, stuck some root-uh, things down there, and filled it up with a temporary filling. Took about an hour and 20m of solid work. Have to go back for a checkup in 1 week, and a rebuilding of the tooth in 2 weeks.

Cost for the entire job incl. all materials is going to be about 415 euros / £360... that's with the 20% student discount.

Seeing the amount of work and mats involved I actually dont think the price is that bad. At least I will gladly pay to have a happy healthy tooth again (and may it last many many years).

[mdhay]

Ow, my brother had to have one of those; too many custard creams :lol.

[Rachel Johnson]

Good luck there okam. Tis a bugger.


Well, I've had a lousy day today. I got insulted on my doorstep be a Jehovah's Witness of all people.

[okam]

So far it's fine - the dentist's work didn't hurt one bit, and although he did warn me that I probably would be aching the rest of the day I haven't :D Bit of a pain to have to go back twice though, ah well.

Sooo... why did a jehovas' witness insult you on your doorstep? Do tell...

[Rachel Johnson]

Good to hear. :D

Well, for 14 years of my life I actually was one myself, but I left around 7 or 8 years ago. I got called on by someone I used to know back in the religion and she was asking about my beliefs now. I told her I was a Wiccan/Pagan/Kemetian and she just kept asking questions. She then turned round and told me I was naive. Gotta love it, eh?

[mdhay]

Infidel!!!!!!:D

Just kidding, I'm an atheist through and through.;)

[Lance]

uh... so the person who has actually experimented with several different things is naive, but the person who decided on one thing and hasn't tried something else is the sophisticate? Is that what your acquaintance was saying? Has she tried anything else?

[mdhay]

Escaping the watchtower?

[Lance]

Was Jimi Hendrix ever a Jehovah's Witness? :D

[mdhay]

No, he was a guitar player.;)

[Rachel Johnson]

LOL @ mdhay

Lance: Obviously. She didn't even know what a Wiccan was. She actually asked "Is it something to do with those goth hoodie people?"

[Lance]

Sigh. Ignorance is so often satisfied with itself.

[mdhay]

Just had to.:g

http://foo.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/evil-monkey.jpg

[Rachel Johnson]

Oh lordy, that's sweet. I'm saving that to show my folks. :P

I actually got hold of a copy of their 'Elders Manual' once and read it. You should hear the section about husbands chastising their wives like children. xD

[Lance]

Whatever you do, don't bleed.

[Rachel Johnson]

In the words of Jesse Ventura: "I ain't got time to bleed!"

Seriously though, you should have heard her blabber on about how I was possessed by Satan. Apparently, he made me turn away from Jehovah and have the experiences I did. I had to laugh.

[mdhay]

I actually got hold of a copy of their 'Elders Manual' once and read it. You should hear the section about husbands chastising their wives like children. xD


What does it say?


Seriously though, you should have heard her blabber on about how I was possessed by Satan. Apparently, he made me turn away from Jehovah and have the experiences I did. I had to laugh.

I had to be exorcised when I was 4.:o

[Lance]

In the words of Jesse Ventura: "I ain't got time to bleed!"

Didn't the Rolling Stones do that song? "Ain't Got Time To Bleed, sweet darlin'..."
No? :g

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I needed exercise when I was four. Still do.

[Rachel Johnson]

It, to cut a long story short, states that wives should be in charge of sorting out the kids, but the husbands should chastise their wives if they do not do as they are told.

Oh and don't forget the old "Women have smaller brains, so that's why we never give them leadership roles. They aren't qualified." thing.

[mdhay]

Eh, I thought The Bible was bad..:D

[okam]

Wow, that's some serious shizzle. A lady I used to work with had been in an obscure sect a few years before I met her. I have no idea how she got tangled up in that in the first place; she seemed like a strong, independent person to me, not someone who would "fall" for some "we are awesome!" happy clappy christian sect (as she briefly described them to me, allthough she didn't like to talk about it).

Anyway, after a while she managed to see that these people had a *bit* of a skewed look on life and religion, and left the group. She ended up in therapy for years after that just to wipe their "teachings" from her mind, and while I was working with her she would still get messages and visits from the people in the sect, basically they would come to her house to inform her that she was going to die a horrible death for leaving the group, all sorts of diseases and painful things would happen to her, her future children would be born deformed and live a life of suffering, really ****ing horrible stuff. Apparently the did once offer her to pay for her sins, and asked for some ridiculous amount of money to give her a blessing so that she could live happily ever after.

Happy clappy gang, for sure... and totally awesome. Until you break away from them. Not sure what happened in the end but I sure hope she managed to shake them off.

[Frances_Penfold]

Well, for 14 years of my life I actually was one myself, but I left around 7 or 8 years ago. I got called on by someone I used to know back in the religion and she was asking about my beliefs now. I told her I was a Wiccan/Pagan/Kemetian and....

Holy **** you told her THAT?!

The trick with door-to-door religious zealots is to be nice and polite but don't tell them ANYTHING about yourself ;)

[mdhay]

@okam

Religious zealots are money - grabbing pricks, eh? :lol

[Rachel Johnson]

@Frances_Penfold - Thing is, I WANT them to know what I am now. The more they know, the less they have to do with me. Believe it or not, they strongly avoid Wiccans around here. Like the plague. :P I'm like the local leper with the Christian community that actually KNOW my beliefs.

@okam - Sounds familiar. I once knew an old lady when I was with the JW's who used to tell people they were going to die and everything. Lol.

And as for money, a lot of JW's don't know it, but they are part of a pyramid scam. Oh well... Sucks for them.

[DISRUPTOR]

You are a Wiccan and you play wipeout, lol. Cool

[Rachel Johnson]

I also make cupcakes, omelettes and like punching small children.

Oh wait...

[DISRUPTOR]

It takes all types, makes for an interesting world.

[Rachel Johnson]

Sounds like a country song.

[Aeroracer]

@racheal....
dosn't wiccan=witch:dizzy

if so have you got a broom like harry potter.:p..also can you fly on it.:p..if so do you have a pilot licence.........and lastly did playing wipeout help you fly on broom to tesco to get the weekly shop..:dizzy:dizzy

:p:p

[Rachel Johnson]

Yes, Wiccan does = Witch.

I just had my broom waxed. I like to fly into teenager's bedrooms at night and give them acne. It's a nasty job, but someone has to do it, kiddo..

[ACE-FLO]

Excellent [rubs hands in anticipation] I know a few unruly teens who deserve acne! lol...

[DISRUPTOR]

How long have you been a Wiccan for, how did you get into it.

[Rachel Johnson]

For quite some time now. I can't really recall the exact date... It was not long after I stopped with the whole Jehovah's Witness thing. I just eased into it. I'd already started to develop similar beliefs, then I was introduced to it properly by my brother's partner's mother.

[ACE-FLO]

... I suspect it's a calling, or maybe witches are born when the full moon is out and a lone wolf howls on a hill... but I could be wrong!

Rachel?

edit: nevermind, you posted before me. So it's like a calling then.

I'm interested in these things.

[Rachel Johnson]

Beware, the extra 'a' strikes. :P

[DISRUPTOR]

Well from my limited understanding of religion, it's definatly move in the right direction.
At least it dos'nt involve banging on good folk's doors harrasing them. :p

[Rachel Johnson]

And calling them naive. ;) Lol.

[DISRUPTOR]

Couldn't agree more.

[Rachel Johnson]

@ACE-FLO - I don't really know. I guess it just sort of happened as I became more aware that there was more to life than one way of thinking. I started learning more and more about all kinds of things and it opened my eyes. The belief system I was left with fit the profile of a Wiccan, so that's what I was. I also added Pagan/Kemetian to the end to cover the part about my specific beliefs, namely following the old Egyptian gods.

[Aeroracer]

have you got a cauldron, with black cat and toad assessories...

can you do spells..whats your favourite...if so can you do one for me please...::):):):):dizzy

[Rachel Johnson]

I'm allergic to cats and thing they are pretty disgusting creatures. :P I have birds though.
No, I don't own a cauldron, but I use the beheaded skulls of orphans to brew up my potions.

Seriously though, I do use spells, but I'm more of a hedge witch. I prefer to use natural ingredients as medicines.

[ACE-FLO]

edited! ~ don't curse me. Yikes [runs around looking for a garlick necklace]

[wait - that's for protection against vampires, Schitt - I'm fucced!]

edit: we can trade! I have an organic selection of "Medicinal Herbs"... er... if you na am sayin' lol

[exhales]

[Rachel Johnson]

LOL.

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7200000/twilight-blade-twilight-series-7218972-400-267.jpg

[DISRUPTOR]

LMAO @Jasmin, you speak like being a Wiccan is a fashion statement.

Rachel, do you pray to your gods then.

[mdhay]

@Rachel:

You use skulls? I use a kettle:p (Just as likely as Bernard Matthews sitting on a throne of turkey skulls). XD

[Rachel Johnson]

@DISRUPTOR - At times, yes. But, it's not like a usual prayer. It's usually to ask for help with certain things (IE: Love, employment, even asking for some sun or rain.) but is followed by an offering. (Ale or vegetables never go amiss. ;) ) I'm a patron of Osiris, so I usually ask him for help with certain things. Other than that, Ra, Seth (For the darker things), or Ma'at for justice.


@mdhay - I also use dried out cat skins and the eyeballs of old people. :P

[Aeroracer]

who is your favourite god...
1 ra
2 anubis
3 osiris
4 someone else


..yes i have watched the mummy so im an authority on the subject:dizzy

[ACE-FLO]

Gah, lol.

0800 mythbusters lol

[Rachel Johnson]

@jasmin - Like I said, I'm a patron of Osiris, so quite naturally it is him if I had to pick. (Which I probably shouldn't.) I'm not fond of Inpu (Anubis) for certain reasons, same as Seth, but still...

@ACE-FLO - Lord, I haven't watched that in yonks.

[DISRUPTOR]

I dont think Rachel would have one.

[ACE-FLO]

@ACE-FLO - Lord, I haven't watched that in yonks.

Blade is cool. I don't need garlic for him, the DayWalker happens to be a private financier to the AirLicker Group! lol. in the future he patrols the earth in a custom AirLicker Tech AG-craft! lol

[Rachel Johnson]

XD Oh u

[mdhay]

who is your favourite god...
1 ra
2 anubis
3 osiris
4 someone else


..yes i have watched the mummy so im an authority on the subject:dizzy

Either:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster;
The Invisible Pink Unicorn;
Uncyclopedia;
Or this.;) (http://www.google.co.uk)

All of them parody religions, lol

[Rachel Johnson]

I prefer the idea of being a Frisbeetarianist.

[DISRUPTOR]

Airlicker? who are they

[ACE-FLO]

@Disruptor, Capital "L" in AirLicker btw!

AirLicker Group: We make you faster than you would ever believe!

Chairman: ACE-FLO

Co-Director: Mdhay - Western Operations Division

Co-Director: Designer_79 - Eastern Operations Division

for more info on our technologies, go to the 'New Teams' thread in the WipeOut Future part of the forum...

Sorry about breaking the rule of this thread peeps! lol

[Rachel Johnson]

Naughty ACE-FLO, for that you shall be flogged with nettles.

[mdhay]

Ooh, nasty.

[DISRUPTOR]

Thanks for the info Ace, now i know. Hopefully Rachel will go easy with your nettle whipping.:pirate

[ACE-FLO]

I wish I could say "I'm used to dealing with lil pricks" but that is just... ahem, gay (no offence to anyone)...

um, Rachel - since you're a good witch, will it be a bit like acupuncture?

Failing that, if it's gonna hurt - I'll give you those medical grade herbs I've got if you refrain from punishing me lol!

[DISRUPTOR]

Rachel may just put you into a wickerman and torch you if you wind her up enough::p

[ACE-FLO]

lol, believe me I'm not trying to lol. I know a lil about herblore myself, it actually is a major factor in being responsible for research into natural medicine, on an international level.

Being Indian, I've gotten used to healing myself with ayurvedic medicine, and if being a witch can heal people then hey, need I say more?

Interesting fact, a spiderweb can heal a cut better than anything you can buy in a pharmacy/chemist!

[mdhay]

Interesting fact: You would have had to have tried that to have found that out.:D

[ACE-FLO]

True story

I was in India for 8 months when I was ten.One day, I cut myself whilst playing. It was a bad cut, blood was everywhere and I was in panic but a servant kid, led me to his mud hut house. He then took a long twig from a plant and fished out a spiderweb from a corner of the room and applied on the cut. I stopped bleeding straight away! 2 mins later he pulls the excess webbing off and my cut had sealed itself. I can still make out a very feint marking of a scar if Iook!

[DISRUPTOR]

That totally farout.

[Lance]

"I wish I could say "I'm used to dealing with lil pricks" but that is just... ahem, gay (no offence to anyone)..."

Actually, that is offensive to someone. Namely me. And to gays in general.

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I had a look at Wiccan after I found that a few decades of agnosticism seemed overly featureless and lacking in liveliness, but I found it too female-centered for me. I liked Feri better. I still have some interest in the Craft, but I've always been too lazy for rituals.

Currently, as my livejournal bio says, I am sort of a Taoistic Pantheist with animistic tendencies. :D

[DISRUPTOR]

Sorry to be ignorant but what is a feri?

[Lance]

Feri is one of the versions of the Craft; it's not an individual or an object. Its a particular belief set and method of dealing with the universe, a way to become who you innately are underneath the previously acquired customs of your life, a way to achieve harmony within yourself and with all other things.

[Aeroracer]

like a jedi in star wars...Mmmm well be careful and do not underestimate the power of the darkside.:dizzy


yoda says...."achieve harmony you must my apprentice yes."

[ACE-FLO]

Sorry Lance, was a cheap joke and I apologise.

Speaking of Jedi knights, they all look like modern day Muslims I think. And come to think of it, Muslims have the Force... almost 2 decades since Operation Desert Storm and the Stormtroopers (USA & UK forces) still haven't managed to secure Afghanistan and Iraq...

What gets me is that it is Ramadhan atm. The Iraqi and Afghan people are fasting for this month, yet western militia are still firing bullets and bombs into civilian territories! CHICKENZ!

[Lance]

War is not a respecter of rituals, not even its own. It's true nature is total destruction.

[ACE-FLO]

How very very very true!

The Art of War is an ugly art, indeed!

[Aeroracer]

war suks....

better to make love than fight.


if the politicions want a war they should do it themselves and leave everyone else alone.:)

[ACE-FLO]

Politicians are at war all the time. With themselves! I've never seen a politician smile, convincingly... have you? Didn't think so lol

Politicians are a nasty piece of work. Did you know that a politician can tell you to Go to Hell in such a way, that you'll look forward to the trip!?!

And what's with Politicians all having either one long "spam" eyebrow, or overly long eyebrow hairs? They need to be told that 'image' is half the campaign... Now, if I was a politician I'd ... lol

[Aeroracer]

lol..i call it a monobrow...spam one is funny though...


lol at alistar darlings clown face...only good thing about him is he is living proof that anyone can be successful regardless of abilty...

[yeldar2097]

what do the + signs mean after people's names in the online list?
always wondered about that...

[slimjim]

i think its to do with being a friend like its showing if you have been added

[yeldar2097]

ahh, no wonder there's so many of them :lol
teehee

[BulletWraith]

Feri is one of the versions of the Craft; it's not an individual or an object...
thanks Lance that was interesting I hadn't heard of the term before, maybe it doesn't have much of a presence over here, we only have a handful of magikal shops in our whole country

& Politicians erk!, our government recently changed from labour to national, every couple days I hear they are selling off more public assets and trying to privatise more things grrr arg


zer:donutshen

[Lance]

zerOshen, I think Feri is pretty much an American thing, practised by a fairly small group.

[Rachel Johnson]

I'm not with a 'coven', or 'sisterhood', so I don't really tend to hold onto the whole "Oh yeah, women rule" thing. While it is a big part, it's not something I like to dwell on too much, as I see both genders in the same light. Too much of that 'girl power' nonsense makes me rather queasy.

I'm a solitary and have always been since I 'classified' myself, so to speak. I just focus on the 'working with nature' and 'giving dues to the gods' part. I used to study natural medicine a lot, so that was always my main focus. (I've actually helped out a good number of people with my remedies.)

--------------------------


Speaking of politics, I've been laughing to myself recently. They help the annual BNP Red Whie and Blue thing recently and, naturally, the bloody students held their protests against it. It cost the police (Or rather the taxpayers) over £500,000 and they arrested 19 people.

War in the streets in my tiny village. Ugh. Not fun. No traffic, no public transport, litter, blood, but hey! It's all ok, because they are protesting against the 'bad guys', right!? [/sarcasm]

[mdhay]

Speaking of politics, I've been laughing to myself recently. They help the annual BNP Red Whie and Blue thing recently and, naturally, the bloody students held their protests against it. It cost the police (Or rather the taxpayers) over £500,000 and they arrested 19 people.

War in the streets in my tiny village. Ugh. Not fun. No traffic, no public transport, litter, blood, but hey! It's all ok, because they are protesting against the 'bad guys', right!? [/sarcasm]

I think some people have played too much HL2.;)

[Lance]

"I'm a solitary and have always been since I 'classified' myself, so to speak. I just focus on the 'working with nature' and 'giving dues to the gods' part."

Makes a lot more sense to me. I prefer that each person have their own private religion [or not have one if that's their preference] rather than get together in churches, which have a tendency to become political, to be about power, and trying by persuasion [with or without coercion] to get EVerybody to believe exactly the same thing.

[Rachel Johnson]

@Lance - Agreed. I've had too much of that pushed at me in my life. The whole "If you don't attend our meetings, you aren't a true follower", or "God won't listen to you if you don't attend" got pretty tiresome. I understand that, while I have my own beliefs, there'll be a good number of people who think I'm nuts for believing it. But, I'm not all that bothered by it. I don't force my beliefs on others, so I'm not worried. The way I always saw it was, you know you have found the right belief system for yourself when you don't have to defend it. No need to defend it if it's right. :P

[Lance]

Yes, if your feeling of comfort and security, and your view of how the universe works, depends on everyone else agreeing with you so that they never question the validity of your belief set, then you have major insecurity. A study of history shows that the insecure and controlling have often killed for each or both together of those reasons.

[Aeroracer]

i saw kingdom of heven last night..

the templar knights basically went around killing muslims and jew in the name of the lord..they basically said "i killed 100 muslims today and i survived so god must have wanted that..ill go out tommorow to kill some more."

many people have to force their oppinions on others or justify their actions through insane logic.:dizzy

[Lance]

I guess they didn't read the part about thoushaltnotkill. Or found it inconvenient to promoting the religion of which it is a fundamental rule.

Being a cynic, I suspect that they had other motives. Like taking someone else's wealth and territory. And maybe killing just felt too good to stop.

[Aeroracer]

yes doing what they wanted and wrapping it up in a nice little package called Christendom..

[yeldar2097]

Do you reckon pulling an all nighter will help me get to sleep earlier this evening?
I spent hours in bed tossing and turning so I decided to stay up instead.
The only reason I'm not sure about it is because I might just get caught up in whatever I'm doing tomorrow and not feel the tiredness. Whaddya reckon?

P.S. Why does bed become the least comfortable place in the world when you actually want to get to sleep...

[BulletWraith]

very much so lance, funny how most religions tend to have a taste for blood, People ask me why I'm not interested in learning about my cultural heritage, as far as I can tell Missionary's burned it lol :g

& Yeldar have you tried sleeping on the floor?, I did it for a couple years as I read it was better for dreaming and also because I wanted to be comfortable sleeping anywhere I think it's great
also if you have other associations with your bed like if you watch tv, work, or use the computer in bed you will have also given it a dual association so your body may respond to your bed as a place to be alert/concentrate.
oh and you could always try sleeping on the couch for a few days it prolly won't kill you


zer:donutshen

[Rachel Johnson]

@yeldar - Lol. Tis a conspiracy. I think they invented beds to mock and taunt everyone.


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I tell you what else is annoying... 14 years of constant sneezing every time I wake up and in the evening. It's driving me nuts. :(

[mdhay]

You might have some mold in your bedroom or somewhere.

[Lance]

very much so lance, funny how most religions tend to have a taste for blood, People ask me why I'm not interested in learning about my cultural heritage, as far as I can tell Missionary's burned it lol :g

lol for about one second, then I realise just how thoroughly true and tragic that is.



& Yeldar have you tried sleeping on the floor?, I did it for a couple years as I read it was better for dreaming and also because I wanted to be comfortable sleeping anywhere I think it's great


I slept on the floor for six years when I moved into my first apartment. I was tired of manoeuvering though furniture, and didn't want to spend any money on it either, trying to make the money last so it would be longer before I had to get a job. Bit ironic now, considering how totally cluttered and difficult to navigat my house is these days. And I sleep in a chair. Back in that first apartment, I never did get any furniture. I loved having all that space too much; it was great.

[willsgb13]

all nighters are a deceptive concept

although after drinking coffee and smoking fags and writing a second year essay and then handing it in and then sitting in the garden of your mates' house with a guitar and a can in the sunny afternoon with your mates after 40 hours of being awake - there was a certain clarity i had in that few hours that i have struggled to recapture

war doesn't determine who is right, only who is left. cookie for whoever tells me who originally said that

spiderweb is pound for pound the strongest substance on the planet

religion should only ever be personal, an expression of the way you percieve the world. organised religion, besides pastafarianism and those of its ilk, is not something i'm fond of

[ACE-FLO]

the templar knights basically went around killing muslims and jew in the name of the lord..


The Knights Templar, also killed Christians. The Jews, Christians and the Muslims lived together in peace within the walls of Jerusalem!

The Crusade of the Templars, was an unholy one. Remember that the Templars were dispatched to Jerusalem to beg Gods forgiveness, Western Europe was in famine and plague, at the time! But the Templars had other, darker plans..

to loot Jerusalem!

[Lance]

~~~~religion should only ever be personal, an expression of the way you percieve the world. organised religion, besides pastafarianism and those of its ilk, is not something i'm fond of

I am quite in sympathy with pastafarianism; I frequently eat conchas, elbow macaroni and other such wonderful bases for a meal. ;)

[willsgb13]

hey, i've been munching fresh papardelle pasta for months now and i'm not getting tired of it, god's own produce, lush

[yeldar2097]

is anyone watching the F1 on BBC? if so, what on earth was that singing woman doing? i think my ears are bleeding!

[Rachel Johnson]

Maybe she was sitting on a pin?

[willsgb13]

'wait for the cream' - hans landa

[yeldar2097]

got a new pair of shoes today :g
sweet as a nut ;)

[Lance]

But not as sweet as a fig. And hopefully not as gooey. :D

[yeldar2097]

I literally just ate a fig because of your post. If someone says fig i need to eat one.
Crikey they're good! Best...Fruit...Ever...Maybe...

[Lance]

I love "fig bars", a kind of cookie [Brit: biscuit] we have here. yummy

[ACE-FLO]

Oh, sheesh! I'm actually fasting and now I'm craving cookies, double choc chip!

I haven't eaten or had water since 4:20am Gmt+1 and I can eat/drink at 7:55pm gmt+1... Yep, I'm a Muslim!

[everyone hides] lol

[KIGO1987]

Do you have sessions by yourself Ace? Or do you have a few mates you as well at the same time?

[ACE-FLO]

Mostly I prefer to schmoke weed on my own, whilst watching a movie/comedy/anime or playing wipeout online. But I end up blazing with my buddies Dave, Kev and Amanda about 3 nights a week.

I don't smoke during fasting times!

Kigo! Wait - you did mean weed right? lol

[Lance]

Nah, he was talking about airlicking. ;)

[KIGO1987]

Mostly I prefer to schmoke weed on my own, whilst watching a movie/comedy/anime or playing wipeout online. But I end up blazing with my buddies Dave, Kev and Amanda about 3 nights a week.

I don't smoke during fasting times!

Kigo! Wait - you did mean weed right? lol

**** me,

No Ace i was speaking about Swiss Lint chocalate, Ace.

Best to space yourself out on that **** Ace,

Your head will be FUBAR soon, then you wont be able to commute with Jasmin anymore.

You have 24hour Maccas where you live Ace?

[ACE-FLO]

Lance, you kill me dude rofl! that one was rip, no sorry - rep worthy! lol

btw, good thread here Lance +1 rep again lol


Best to space yourself out on that **** Ace,

Your head will be FUBAR soon, then you wont be able to commute with Jasmin anymore.

You have 24hour Maccas where you live Ace?

Don't panic - I schmoke organic, lol!

Jasmin? it's ok - she's a Muslim too! If English fails me - I'll try Arabic lol

24 hour MickyD's - yes unfortunately, a stones throw away... I prefer homecooked food anyday - especially after a joint!

Kigo - thanks though. I do appreciate your concern, for real! FTA !

[Rachel Johnson]

He's tonguing the air, sir!

PS: Fig bars/Fig Biscuits/Fignewtons = <3

[ACE-FLO]

lol, er... no I'm not! But I am a lil hungry, however - self discipline and will power are some of my finer qualities, So I'll be fine.

Fig biscuits do sound lovely though lol

[Rachel Johnson]

I'll stop talking about food items then... ;)

Had an awesome get together yesterday with my folks. I'll avoid the food talk, but it was awesome. Ended up lounging around tormenting my birds. Lol.

[ACE-FLO]

Thanks for the thought Rachel, but I can handle food talk, lol... but you mention 'tormenting birds' - which sounds quite amusing!

[Rachel Johnson]

Aye, I have 4 birds. 3 Cockatiels and 1 Budgie. We are still training 2 of the 'tiels sand the Budgue, so we have to get them out of the cage as much as we can. We call it tormenting, because they look at us as if we are evil for doing it. xD

[yeldar2097]

training? can you train them to make you cups of tea? ;)

[Rachel Johnson]

Unfortunately, no. :( But, I'm potty training (Yes, it can be done.) one of my Cockatiels, does that count? :P

[finngers]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mg315/Shooting_Stars_Series_6_Episode_1/


just saw this its funny as, glad the shows back

(e: last night not just now )

he's a baby, he's a baby

sorry if theres a thread for tv i didn't see it

lol i killed the thread :(

[yeldar2097]

anyone else going to hospitality@matter tonight?

[IH8YOU]

I'm going to an interview in 2 hours.... does that count?

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah, it counts in 2 hours lol...

I'm in London - and there aint no jobs here - go back home, london hates you lol

[willsgb13]

i want to pretend to choke to death in restaurants so people can heimlich maneouvre and become heroes and then out of elated generosity pay for my meal which is apparently something that works a treat

[ACE-FLO]

That's just bloody genius! Better to try this one nearing the end of the meal, or you'll still be hungry when you leave. :)

[Lance]

You've not read that other thread yet, have you. ;)

[ACE-FLO]

(chokes) Wait! - What "other thread?" ... by my reaction, i'd say no, I haven't lol.

[willsgb13]

it's a good book, have you read it lance, i'd be interested to see the adaptation as against the general trend of contemporary hollywood fight club which alerted me to the existence of palahniuk was an outstanding film filmed with verve and grit and constructed excellently

[Lance]

I've not read 'Choke'. Actually, I've not even read 'Fight Club', even though I bought it the day after I saw the movie.

[willsgb13]

that's ok i own plenty of books which i have not yet read

although i'd very much like to read fight club

i think he approaches his stories in the same outcasted, cynical, therapy slanted, acerbic, pragmatic way, but these similar beginnings branch out into attractively objective and dangerously revolutionary views and ideas

:rock

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah! I just read that other thread, Heinlick...lol gah!

about Arthur C Clarke, is he still hiding in Sri Lanka btw? I heard he was a Paedophile and ran off to Sri Lanka to escape the kurfuffle that ensued after his name got dragged through the dirt! Any truth in this? Good author though... I read all the 'Rama' books about 7yrs ago.

Also noticed MU5 posted ... his current musical selection in the 'what are you reading right now?' thread lol :)

[willsgb13]

never read anything by him before

enjoying the film he cowrote with kubrick though - 2001 of course

apparently there's sequels too

what's rama about?

[ACE-FLO]

Well, there's 4 books in the Rama series.

Rendezvous with Rama
Rama II
Garden of Rama
Rama Revealed

A story telling of how in the year 2130, an alien craft enters our solar system. By the end of the first novel, many wonders had been uncovered, but few of it's mysteries had been solved. The scope of imagination is so vast here, some of the best sci-fi is right here.

Also, it's the only sf novel to scoop all the major awards. 5 in English, including the Hugo, the Nebula and the British Sci-fi award!

[Lance]

Arthur C. Clarke died not long ago. He moved to Sri Lanka decades ago because he loved the place. I don't know anything about his private life, nor do I care. What matters to me is that one of his short story collections was the first sci-fi book I ever bought, and more importantly, that he was probably the best and most imaginative writer of hard-science fiction that there has been.

At least three of his novels are among my all-time favourite books, counting books of all categories.

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah! I guess it's just rumours then. Good! Coz Arthur C Clarke wrote sci-fi which had me totally missing meals ... and sleep! :) Any author that can capture my imagination to the point of self neglect - :rock's

Isaac Asimov - was a true master of sci-fi too. The 'Robot' collection is just a masterpiece! 8)

[willsgb13]

all of that stuff sounds pretty good guys

and i know of asimov - he invented the 3 laws didn't he

GOOD IDEA TOO

i personally quite like philip k dick - do androids dream of electric sheep is an absolutely superb novel, short but so much going on in there, everything a comment on the validity and identity of life, reality, individuality, love, sentience etc.

strangely i've never seen blade runner though

i believe he also wrote the novel total recall was based on

if you're into time travel as an SF device and a platform for things it can be used to represent, such as connection, consequence, fate and chance etc. i recommend audrey niffenegger's time traveler's wife

the movie from others i know who loved the excellent novel who saw it is a massive let down and a naff generic romcom bastardisation of it

but the novel i can assure you is outstanding, a great study of human relationships and the nature of fate and choice

[Lance]

I've never really liked Asimov's sci-fi writing, though when I was a kid I liked his science explanation books for kids.

Ray Bradbury's writing I love whether it's the sci-fi stuff or not. My favourite for the last few years is Dandelion Wine. I suspect it will stay my favourite till I'm dead.

[willsgb13]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a6nrXI2XxVoC&dq=dandelion+wine&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=pHWh1wbAOo&sig=PBWBWEJIK2zqDdrhE-n3hUf4bN4&hl=en&ei=Yk2kSs-cOMKhjAe3uamlDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false

google book preview

it's a play then? sounds pretty interesting

[Lance]

It's a novel, drawing on his own childhood, but modified and fictional.

[ACE-FLO]

My GF did a charity run yesterday. She's living with endometriosis, a condition which is quite rare and only affects women. It spreads like cancer, and is fatal if not caught early enough. When she had 'Severe Endometriosis', the consultants all said that her case was the most serious one they'd encountered. We almost lost her last year during an operation. 5 ops in 1year!

But, yeah! I'm really proud of her! She ran 5k in 35mins and 48 seconds, raising £785 for Endometriosis!

wanted to share that wit you

[Rachel Johnson]

Good on her. :D It's a hard thing to go through. (Both the condition and the run.) Good luck to her in the future.

[mdhay]

Good luck to your gf.:)

---

I just got an A for physics!!

[willsgb13]

childhood is a great repository for defining and forming the world and for inspiration

i just finished choke and went onto diary by the same author, he writes challenging stuff

ace-flo - massive congratulations to your girlfriend :rock

mdhay - well done on the A, at a level?

[mdhay]

For my year 10 GCSE.:)

[KIGO1987]

Year ten? I thought you where ten?

So your 15 then?

[mdhay]

That's what it says on my profile here, and I don't lie about my age.:D Though I'm in year eleven now.:D

[ACE-FLO]

Kigo, he's 15... I clocked that soon after my silly post. I shoulda done my research instead of just posting he was ten!

I wonder who it was that gave me false information regarding Mdhays' age :D was it you Kigo?

[mdhay]

I think I know who it was....

[KIGO1987]

That's what it says on my profile here, and I don't lie about my age.:D Though I'm in year eleven now.:D

I should of read it:D My bad:D:D


Kigo, he's 15... I clocked that soon after my silly post. I shoulda done my research instead of just posting he was ten!

I wonder who it was that gave me false information regarding Mdhays' age :D was it you Kigo?

Someone before said Mhay was ten:D wasnt me:D I first thought he was like at the same age as DD and Insertcoin:D But i was wrong:D

So when can you go for your L plates Mhay? :D

[yeldar2097]

2 years kigo. 17 in england innit :P

[KIGO1987]

16years and 9months here. Thats when i got it.

Its probably changed now thanks to those stupid hooning laws.

[yeldar2097]

kigo you seem to have a completely different language over there mate :P
what on earth is hooning?

[KIGO1987]

A stupid term the minority dictating ponsy chardonnay sippers in Perth as well as other city's in Aus call for people who enjoy there cars, including car enthusiasts.

Things include, accelerating hard, excessive cornering, burnouts, rollbacks, drifts, speeding, enjoying your youth, test driving a nice car, understanding your cars dynamics, making to most of a good Saturday night, socializing with your mates, cruses.

thats what the stupid hooning term comes from.

[yeldar2097]

That's ok then, I can't do any of those in my C1 :lol

[KIGO1987]

Ive been in a car with less power than your Citreon C1, if its a petrol, i can get it to smoke up quite well. Just give me the keys, and ill show you how its done XD :D

[yeldar2097]

no sure my clutch would like it very much... :P

[KIGO1987]

Your right, ill probably would kill it off in one heap.

New cars arent as so strongly built as some of the cars built in the 90s and 80s.

[yeldar2097]

That goes for my car :D
Mine was built to be cheap. hence the 107 and the aygo are identical except for the badge (and the aygo's rear end). Utilitarianism ftw :lol

[abukii]

Ahhh...cool guys. Here in the States, most GtG involving cars is illeagal because 99.9% of the time, theres racing involved. I am a huge fan of Citreon. Nice cars, but...BUT...Volkswagen is my true love. Other than VW, my most beloved vehicle is the Peugot 306 maxxi (Rally Car). Im a big fan of Rally Racing too:nod

Way back in the day (12+ yrs agao), I had a 91 VW Golf. Factory hp was 89. When I was done, it had 190 with all the bells and whistle. I never raced for money though...but man, 140 mph in a car the size of your computer desk...whoa!!The only cars that could really keep up were BMW and Mercedes. I miss that car:guitar

[mdhay]

@KIGO:

I may not be getting a car/ driving license. With the way the economy is going, it isn't likely.

[yeldar2097]

you know you want to mdhay! it's teriffic fun :D

if you do your lessons with BSM and you don't pass first time you get your test money back :dizzy

then do your pass-plus (about £75 everywhere in england apart from surrey where it's £175 grrrrr) and you can get up to 40% off your insurance quote.

you know you want to :P

[mdhay]

University fees are a higher priority, to be honest. I won't get to work at SL if I don't do that.:D

[KIGO1987]

That goes for my car :D
Mine was built to be cheap. hence the 107 and the aygo are identical except for the badge (and the aygo's rear end). Utilitarianism ftw :lol

Ive seen what your car looks like. If i was driving something like that, i reckon i would of lost my soul within the hour XD. Sorry Yelder, it is a bit of a chicks car, thats all.


Ahhh...cool guys. Here in the States, most GtG involving cars is illeagal because 99.9% of the time, theres racing involved. I am a huge fan of Citreon. Nice cars, but...BUT...Volkswagen is my true love. Other than VW, my most beloved vehicle is the Peugot 306 maxxi (Rally Car). Im a big fan of Rally Racing too:nod
Way back in the day (12+ yrs agao), I had a 91 VW Golf. Factory hp was 89. When I was done, it had 190 with all the bells and whistle. I never raced for money though...but man, 140 mph in a car the size of your computer desk...whoa!!The only cars that could really keep up were BMW and Mercedes. I miss that car:guitar

Funny you mention that. My city use to host the Rally Australia, until 2006 when the bastards in government refused to fund it anymore.

Last week i saw some really odd car pull out of this shopping center. I couldnt tell what it was until i caught up with it. It was one of those old Group B rally cars. A Renault Aphine, must of been an import. But christ that thing went hard, it took alot of floggin in my Subi to catch up. Arnaud (Asayyeah) here drives one of these i think.

I don't now what it is with older cars. But there much more fun to drive than newer cars. Even this Bush bashing car me and a few mates had a old Volvo 240, was a hell fun car to fang around in. Went hard too. Until it got bogged bad.


@KIGO:
I may not be getting a car/ driving license. With the way the economy is going, it isn't likely.

Still should though. Everything is coming around.


you know you want to mdhay! it's teriffic fun :D

if you do your lessons with BSM and you don't pass first time you get your test money back :dizzy

then do your pass-plus (about £75 everywhere in england apart from surrey where it's £175 grrrrr) and you can get up to 40% off your insurance quote.

you know you want to :P

You get a free bottle of bubly when you pass your driving license in Surrey Yelder? Maybe thats why it costs a bit more.


University fees are a higher priority, to be honest. I won't get to work at SL if I don't do that.:D

Don't you guys have HECS over there?

[mdhay]

We have an E.M.A. system, where those in tertiary education get, depending on their families' income, get either £10, £20 or £30 a week.

[KIGO1987]

So you dont have a system. Where you can delay the payment of your university payment to another date. Like when your income bracket increases. Damn must suck over there. No space, shtty cars, crap weather, no HECS, i can see why you all migrate to Australia now.

[mdhay]

We don't have deadlines for payments - we just pay what we can at any given time afaik.

[Lance]

Really? Damn. Hooray for socialism. :)

[KIGO1987]

We don't have deadlines for payments - we just pay what we can at any given time afaik.

But the interest, the bastards put on the debts make you want to pay them off quicker soon rather than later.

[willsgb13]

mdhay well done and keep it up

kigo i know people from perth

they have only good things to say about the place

edit - the interest is in line with inflation but given the large amount of money involved and the rates of repayment - lowest income threshold 15 grand a year and then more paid back every 5 grand a year more or something like that, in the lowest cases of repayment and based on how much you took you can be paying back less then the amount of interest being added on - it's a bitch

[yeldar2097]

Katamari Forever = Biggest...WTF...Ever :P

classic

[KIGO1987]

kigo i know people from perth

they have only good things to say about the place


What area of the city are they from?

[willsgb13]

dunno mate, one of them's already gone back there, the other's leaving in a few weeks. they make the place sound like heaven. beaches and sunshine etc.

before i met them the only time i was aware of the place was when lucifer went there to chill out for a while after kicking everyone out of hell and locking it up in the sandman comic

it looked nice in the comic too

[abukii]

@ Kigo-- Very nice. A friend of mine drives a Subaru...STi. Gorgeous [fast] car:nod

[KIGO1987]

Nice:) What era Impreza is it?

[abukii]

By era, Im assuming you mean what year it is? I believe its a 2007 STi :nod

[ACE-FLO]

Damn, that's a nice car. Some bloke who lives on my road had one for the weekend, about a month ago... I was kinda jealous! Coz I'm pushing my old mans avensis... lag infested piece of plastic that it is! lol.

Can't wait to get that Skyline now! I'm scrimping and saving up puchos for it! Haven't even allowed myself to visit cinemas this summer - I need that car!!! :D

[KIGO1987]

Yeah those cars go pretty fast. I love Subi's, not the new ones as there designs are a criminal offence, and the people designing the new Subaru's should be shot in both legs and tortured, truly horrid designs the new Subaru's are. Not as fast as the '09 GT-R is was in though.. I shitted my pants when i was in the front passenger seat of that car last week. **** those things go hard, truely epic car.:)

[mdhay]

I'm taller than my Drama teacher.:g

[KIGO1987]

Well from your location ID there Mhay, you are from Hobbitland, as Ace-Flo says.

[Lance]

Perhaps the teacher is a very small hobbit, definitely not one of the Brandybucks nor Tooks.

[mdhay]

No, she isn't. If you saw her you wouldn't say that.

[yeldar2097]

Is she boof? :P

[ACE-FLO]

Is she boof? :) :D got the accent down quite well, Yeldar! buff/boof :D hihi

[KIGO1987]

What the **** is boof? I dont understand:?

[yeldar2097]

boof = buff = hello lay-deez :eek

[KIGO1987]

Oh you meant Buff.

I cant understand a ****ing word you English bastards say half the time anyway.

So Mhay has the hots for a teacher who is shorter than him, and is buff too, and looking like that South African runner.

[ACE-FLO]

Hot teachers, all the rage... no matter what your age! :D

[KIGO1987]

Mhay must be enjoying himself at school i guess then:D

[ACE-FLO]

btw Kigo, do you know what something being called 'butterz' is?

[KIGO1987]

****, more Pommy terms, ive never heard the term 'butterz' before. Does that mean cum in your pants or something?

[ACE-FLO]

It's the same as calling something/someome ugly. In essex, they use the term 'mingers' lol

[KIGO1987]

hence a pommy term, never heard that before here....

You get your first boner as well Mhay?

[Rachel Johnson]

Yeesh, if that's confusing, I sure as hell won't start on Derbysharian. :P

[ACE-FLO]

Ya know, Kigo's a fine one to talk - Aussies have the most wierdest word associations ever, :) - but I guess we're just as confusing to the Aussies as they are to us... even the cricket proves it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN_btZ6tfw8 too funny!!! :nod:)

[Aeroracer]

lol..minger is famous word in essex..think jade goody made it up or at least made it famous..means ugly, like ace say :)

you got nobber..that means F***er, essex slang

you also got nob jockey..very popular thing to call someone..but it's generally used to call a guy who is a toal jerk. crappy drivers get called this all the time.

dont know why, cos the name suggests something gay not an idiot or a jerk.

lol to be honest most rude insults in essex i can think of generaly have the word nob or dik in them

I think the most famous essex slang swearing has to be when your driving, i see this every day and its someone shouting w****r out of a window while doing the tossing sign with their hand just to ensure the message was understood.:nod:nod

[yeldar2097]

gotta love english :D

Arsebandit is the new nobjockey round these parts :g

[ACE-FLO]

We got a few good ones in London, but what I can't stand is the kids' - seems like they're talking a whole new language with words like choong, nang, blip and blem? wtf? seriously, one of these days, when I hear a teenager going on like he's all that, giving the large with words like "blip" and "blem" - I'm gonna give em a big man slap to the cranium and say -"Ong Bak to that you lil rat"!!! :rock

Who is with me here? English just isn't what it used to be...

[yeldar2097]

I meant proper english not dirty english :P

I swear I don't talk like that (correct me if I'm wrong ACE ;) ) and I'm a teenager :g

[ACE-FLO]

No Yeldar :) I didn't mean you mate... I've met you and you speak better English than I do :)

No, I was referring to the silly trampish street urchins who peddle drugs in London - they do need slaps! And I think most will agree - but these street kids, they all carry knives ;) so I better bring a machete :D

[yeldar2097]

Or they are short, white, middle-class public school boys sporting a host of complexes,
leading them to over-compensate and pretend they are 6ft 6 and black.
They use similar vocab to the street urchins described by you ACE (for some reason), not sure why though, completely different kettle o' fish :g

[ACE-FLO]

...different kettle o' fish :g

Ya know, as far as stereotypes go, I think we're all a lil wrong. The media dictated that drug dealers all drive around in BMW 3series cars, with blacked out windows and are 6ft6inches tall, black, in a string vest and sporting a loaded weapon thrust in their shorts, which are visible over theirlow hanging trousers. - But no, what I see on a regular is 14 year olds, with McKenzie tracksuits on - sporting low hanging tracksuit bottoms, riding around on BMX's with their skinny lil asses hanging out - next time I see that - I'm gonna kick a butt so hard, the poor ****er will drop off the bike and hurt his ego more than himself - prick

Something funny to share - about a month and half ago - I saw one of these idiotic lil schitts being chased by the police, and I gotta tell you, the police didnt have to run very hard... The lil prick was wearing his tracky bottoms so low, that the crutch part was by his knee caps - so he couldnt take larg steps. The funniest moment was when the police caught him in all of 7 seconds time, and the lil schitt fell to the floor, trying to grab his pants, as they'd slipped off too, there were girls around and they were creasing up laughing. The kid was a show off, and he got to show off his lil weiner :D havent seen him around for a while... must be dying of embarrassment still! A very funny moment that was!

[mdhay]

So Mhay has the hots for a teacher who is shorter than him, and is buff too, and looking like that South African runner.

No I don't. What you wrote after that is just perverted and distgusting. Do not want.:blarg

[OBH]

Took a trip to britsol yesterday. As soon as i stepped off the bus I saw a woman get told by police (in the middle of the street i might add) that her husband had died.

crazy stuff.

On a less morbid tone, i saw a very very fat man today, on a very very small moped :)

[ACE-FLO]

I feel sorry for him - but still, I giggle ;)

oh and um - Rob Fox, fancies this chook! (so do I - she's hottttt)

[yeldar2097]

chook? never heard that one before....
i feel old

[ACE-FLO]

No need to Yeldy, Choiok is one that only "I" use... lol

Suits me, the way I say it! besides - I'm older than you, you nut! :)

[abukii]

Oh yea!! She is a doll...and Rhode Island is on the screen...

It was really a secret A.L.T.E.R.N. message sent form my basement:rock

[yeldar2097]

is it just me that finds her a bit funny looking (in a cool sorta way though)?
if any of you happen to be married to her then i apologise :P

[ACE-FLO]

Call it character/charm... whatever it is - it works for her :D

[Lance]

@ACE-FLO, Re: the chook pic: Cross-posting same data on different threads today. Tsk.

[Aeroracer]

lol@ace..yeah i know what u mean about black gangsters in there crappy BMW worth like £200 with blacked out window and trousers so low you can see their bum crack..lol..think their so hot..hot as a snowball in space more like.

These gangs u hear about on the streets knifing youngsters is bad. They go around acting all hard but their really just nothing more than weak little rats..never hear a story like..man was stabbed in a fair fight by another knife user. Its always the same story numerous gang of black gangster stab unarmed man who didnt want to fight...Wow being a gangster must be so cool.

i personally blame hip hop music and gangster rap and glamourisation of black gangsters for this.

Its propoganda of a really bad kind.

bring back public flogging for gansters lets see how hard they are when they cry in public. See what their rep is like then.
uk is way to soft on criminals and too hard on honest workers.

govement needs to goto prison

[Lance]

Re: Black-suited and black-automobiled criminal stereotypes [and a bunch of other things], here is a bit of speedwriting I did almost two years ago. [blatant self-promotion] Skip it or read it, as you wish.>

Black suit. Secret murder. Something in the past a convoluted path to now and beyond justice and mercy flavoured with licorice and cinnamon and not a lot of sugar. White tie and violins playing a song of six-penny roses older than the church, older than the gravestones, older than the time before the henges but wearing a top hat and carrying a scepter still like Macbeth and his lady doing the old soft shoe on Duncan's grave while William builds ships for a long vacation in southern England. Picnic hampers once used in St. Tropez will come in handy. We'll use tapestries for saddle blankets on great black chargers loaded with food and champagne and dark secret ambition that becomes a pact between old business partners with carnations in their buttonholes and revolvers in their pockets dressing left handed all sinister in black and white. Canto arrabiata being played by the band on the roof of a big black Lincoln while sparkling wine and vinegar kisses are exchanged between the Man and his main squeeze prostituted jeweled and draped simulation of a lady. Barbarian splendour fueled by whiskey fumes and tommyguns and deadly secrets hiding in black suits worn by fedora-crowned kings of the night and Bahama slot machines in glittering sunswept Caribbean seas of wasted desperately boring lives that can't even imitate quite right the love and laughter and creation and peaceful contentment they all crave and kill for in those secret convoluted lies and ways to the ugly side of madness. This way this way the carny barker said as he howled at the moon he never chose to look at. Follow me follow me I'll show you wonders and wondering I follow him into a cracked-paint faded tint of silver screen illusions behind the triple-x bookshop of wealth and power to buy a dog-eared paperback of acid-brown cheap pages that have been dead too long, so murdered, so secretly murdered, the trees and I.

[mdhay]

Good read.:D

[yeldar2097]

wow, those sentences are bordering on german (looooooooooooooooooong)
melike :+

...: Someone called me at 05.10 this morning and I have no idea who it was (no caller ID). They left a message but clearly didn't realise it had gone to voicemail; all I could hear was people speaking chinese and what sounded like castanets.

A night in at Yeldar's place :g

[KIGO1987]

Ok, on a different note,

When will Andy and Pih get the ability to post and PM again ???