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« Reply #800 on: March 21, 2012, 11:29:34 am » |
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« Reply #801 on: March 21, 2012, 12:04:18 pm » |
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My new white gaiters for my 3rd F&M uniform have turned up really quickly (a tip of the pith to Wolfram Quicksilver for recommending Tartanista)..and my kilt carrier has also arrived this morning as well. No more arriving at a function with a creased kilt for me!
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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Nothing beats a good hat.
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« Reply #802 on: March 21, 2012, 12:36:49 pm » |
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No more arriving at a function with a creased kilt for me!
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« Reply #803 on: March 21, 2012, 12:41:30 pm » |
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No more arriving at a function with a creased kilt for me!
Or a twisted sporran either? Oooh! That'll make your eyes water! |
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« Reply #804 on: March 21, 2012, 12:53:14 pm » |
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For the first time in years I reverted to paper and pencil for design work, rather than computer and pen/tablet. It sure feels good. Captain, a friend runs his own little engineering works and designs things sometimes with an amazing 3D computer system....or sometimes just on an envelope. His kitchen is often littered with fascinating/weird ideas on the backs of old envelopes  |
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There is nothing that cannot be made a little worse and sold a little cheaper
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« Reply #805 on: March 21, 2012, 01:41:03 pm » |
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For the first time in years I reverted to paper and pencil for design work, rather than computer and pen/tablet. It sure feels good. Captain, a friend runs his own little engineering works and designs things sometimes with an amazing 3D computer system....or sometimes just on an envelope. His kitchen is often littered with fascinating/weird ideas on the backs of old envelopes AHH!! the old "Back of an envelope(tm)" design school - I love it, we too reliant on CAD/CAM these days - whilst I appreciate its place in the world, sometimes the "old ways" are better! |
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We are the BEC,
And this we must confess,
Whatever is worth doing,
We'll do it to excess!
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« Reply #806 on: March 22, 2012, 01:41:42 am » |
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I remembered my password. A major triumph for someone who usually has trouble remembering what day of the week it is. |
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'How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
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Daedric Lord of Biscuits
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Rogue Ætherlord
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« Reply #807 on: March 22, 2012, 02:00:30 am » |
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Welcome back!  ~Longeye~ |
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I say you, chaps down there! Piss off, see? Haa ha! Love, Space Longeye <3 |
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« Reply #808 on: March 22, 2012, 05:31:03 am » |
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I have a progress review panel to attend on 10th May; this will decide if I can upgrade to PhD.
There is a conference I wish to attend that is normally around that time of year so I was worried I'd miss it. Today the conference date was finally added to the webpage. It's on the 11th this year =] I hope they'll let me attend... I'm only a lowly master's student!
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« Reply #809 on: March 22, 2012, 09:25:13 am » |
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For the first time in years I reverted to paper and pencil for design work, rather than computer and pen/tablet. It sure feels good. Captain, a friend runs his own little engineering works and designs things sometimes with an amazing 3D computer system....or sometimes just on an envelope. His kitchen is often littered with fascinating/weird ideas on the backs of old envelopes Oh, I always keep a notebook handy for sketching random ideas and jotting down measurements/calculations and such, but this is the first time in ages I've actually drawn artwork. Still need to clean them up a bit and, hopefully, the Memsahib will be engraving them onto glass. |
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« Reply #810 on: March 23, 2012, 03:34:53 pm » |
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I won a tow bar for a BMC 1800 off eBay for £10. They are normally around £118 so a bargain. the only thing is I spent most of last week making one myself and it works because I tried it. Never mind I have two now.
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Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.
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« Reply #811 on: March 23, 2012, 05:43:14 pm » |
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Sunshine. Cooking. Baking. More baking. Steampunk meeting with steam trains and picnic tomorrow! |
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. (Cecil Beaton)
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« Reply #812 on: March 23, 2012, 05:51:17 pm » |
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It's 4.50pm on a Friday Steampunk meeting with steam trains and picnic tomorrow And I have a four day week next week followed by a three day weekend... |
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Master Tinkerer
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« Reply #813 on: March 23, 2012, 05:51:39 pm » |
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Afternoon off work; spent the first part of it walking home through the woods in spring sunshine (good).
Got blisters doing so (nicht sehr gut).
Got home to find a book on Victorian provincial architects has been delivered (grand).
Went down into town and picked up the first parts for my Farnsworth Communicator build from the post office (excellent!)
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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« Reply #814 on: March 23, 2012, 06:11:08 pm » |
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And I have a four day week next week followed by a three day weekend...
I see your four day week and three day weekend and raise you... two days at work two days at home then four days away for a LRP weekend and fun! All next week! |
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« Reply #815 on: March 23, 2012, 06:23:39 pm » |
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And I have a four day week next week followed by a three day weekend...
I see your four day week and three day weekend and raise you... two days at work two days at home then four days away for a LRP weekend and fun! All next week! I see you both, and I raise you a 5 day week, very little of which will be 'proper' work, then 3 weeks off! Included in that will be 2 weekend jaunts back in time to the War of The Roses, and one to the Alternative Victorian Era we know and love! |
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'This job looks complicated, get a bigger hammer!'
'The 4lb lump hammer, also known as a Birmingham Screwdriver'
'Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is never putting them in a fruit salad.'
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« Reply #816 on: March 23, 2012, 07:06:42 pm » |
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We have had our bid accepted on an big house with an even immenser garden with private woodland, right next to a railway station so I can watch the trains. The local pub is called "Beechings" - a sore joke which only Brits * of a certain age will get. I am ecstatic as it means that at last every member of the family will have their own spaces to undertake projects and not have to clear them off the dining table. * Everyone else can read it up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_Axe |
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So it's every hand to his rope or gun, quick's the word and sharp's the action. After all... Surprise is on our side.
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« Reply #817 on: March 23, 2012, 07:23:14 pm » |
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Chapter 5 of my story is finished!
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Mercury Wells
Rogue Ætherlord
I insiste that you do call me WELLS. :)
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« Reply #818 on: March 23, 2012, 07:29:22 pm » |
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We have had our bid accepted on an big house with an even immenser garden with private woodland, right next to a railway station so I can watch the trains. The local pub is called "Beechings" - a sore joke which only Brits* of a certain age will get. Be prepared for a lot of visitors, especially during the summer months. |
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« Reply #819 on: March 23, 2012, 10:38:55 pm » |
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We have had our bid accepted on an big house with an even immenser garden with private woodland, right next to a railway station so I can watch the trains. The local pub is called "Beechings" - a sore joke which only Brits* of a certain age will get. Be prepared for a lot of visitors, especially during the summer months. That is indeed another motivator for getting somewhere big enough to entertain guests properly and not have to squeeze them into the space between the sofa and the bookshelves. |
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« Reply #820 on: March 23, 2012, 11:07:23 pm » |
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There is a reason for this. And trust me, when a bunch of harry potter geeks think your fucking retarded, you know there is something wrong.
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Augustus Longeye
Daedric Lord of Biscuits
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« Reply #821 on: March 24, 2012, 12:09:14 am » |
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HOLY MUTHA- Hmm... oh my, yes... this is pleasing. ~Longeye~ |
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Captain Spice
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« Reply #822 on: March 24, 2012, 12:25:28 am » |
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HE WRESTLES BEARS, HE DRINKS HIS ALE, HE LOVES HIS AUTUNITE! ON WEDNESDAYS HE GOES SHOPPING, THIS SONG IS UTTER SHI-
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« Reply #823 on: March 24, 2012, 12:43:47 am » |
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For the second Friday in the past 9 months, my main customer did NOT email me in the late afternoon with some dire, world-ending problem that Absolutely Must be fixed before Close of Business Today. I also received my delivery of a packet of 100 military-surplus P-38 can openers. A very useful piece of kit.
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At Your Service
"It's so hard to know if you're bound for a fall,
But better to have tripped than never danced at all."
"Dancing Under The Rose" - The Albion Band.
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« Reply #824 on: March 24, 2012, 02:16:20 am » |
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Felt very guilty about having to go to a food pantry this month. But at least we have food. Tonight I was finally able to make one of my comfort foods: Pork chops fried in butter with onions. Hopefully by the end of next week everything gets sorted out and I can get a hair cut so I don't look like Tarzan and actually get around to the dry cleaners so I don't look like a bum going into a job interview.
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