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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 13:46
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| Disarmed the bomb, got my love shack. Filled it full of junk. Finished the fire ant quest got rewards In the form of an injection from the mad science fella. There was an option to have either a perception or a strength boost as a reward. I chose Perception which gave me +25 fire resistance a Percep... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 17:40
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| I am going to check this out tomorrow as the source I got it from is prone to . . . well let's just say he exaggerates a teeny weeny bit! I checked it out, the source was less than accurate and it's not the cheap games I was hoping for. Turns out that at the most employees may be able to get £5 off... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Blibs and blobs number 4 |
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 17:37
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| Elephant.co.uk have just price matched an amazingly cheap car insurance quote saving me £105. . . score! Then; I asked to add Mrs The Egg onto the already price matched policy . . .and despite having a license for less than a year the premium dropped again . . . by another £80 . . double score!! Thi... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 14:33
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| Hah. Y'know how the board puts "edit" and "quote" next to each other? Well now I'm a mod I get Edit on all posts, so I just managed to edit The Egg's post instead of replying to him. Sorry 'bout that! and I've just commented on that on the the last page! break out your broom and... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 14:27
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| Then I know where I'm sleeping tonight (just need to finish the quest first!) What's happening I didn't write this; yet it's showing as my post? You need Explosives 25 to interact with the bomb, mind. I think a dose of Mentats will help you out. Is anyone else considering the level cap? I'm not... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 14:23
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Has everyone figured out that sleeping in your own bed gets you +10% XP?
Err.. own bed? Where and how do I get this? Is it part of the Megaton quests? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 21:28
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| Anyone found a way to mute the radio? The one you can turn off and on in your Pip Boy, you mean? B - Data - Radio - click on the station. I am obviously being a mong - when I looked it seemed as though you could ony choose between stations rather than have a 'listen to none' option edit - I see wha... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 20:55
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| Still loving in; turns out I've played for 16 hours so far! Pleased with most things so far, bit tired of tunnels and spookiness (I've never enjoyed any games like that) but thoroughly enjoying my scoped magnum .44 and being outside in the wilds. Unlocked quite a few locations as part of side quests... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 20:35
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| Oh yes, I have also been evicted from The Big Telly so I have played this evening on my 24" CRT - many colour settings had to be adjusted! Am wondering whether to play on my desktop's 19" WS TFT and just sit a bit closer tomorrow. And desperately trying to resist impulse buying a new Big T... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 20:31
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| I don't think I'm going to get tired of head shotting in slo mo for quite some time. I have mostly been doing side quests and wandering north of Megaton; more of the same tomorrow. I have just finished the quest where you go to the Super Duper Mart and fight lots of raiders and release a robot possi... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:43
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markg wrote: You're making me want to go out and spend money I don't have.
Ah, I see. I thought perhaps you hated Nectar points.
I'm sure it will wont really be rubbish anyway. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:34
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fallout 3 discussion |
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:32
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Good Morning Gentlemen/Ladies/Transgenders and Doctors of Evil, I have just posted this in the bargains thread also so please don't shoot me for posting it here too;
Sainsbury's have Fallout 3 for £29.00 which I consider to be a good deal! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:26
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| Fallout 3 = £29.00 at Sainsburys this morning. And Nectar points too! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Blibs and blobs number 4 |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 23:47
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| That £190 has accumulated just over a grands worth of interest in the 25 years that have passed. Amazing! What will you do with your new found wealth? Or will you simply leave your grand for another 25 years to grow some more? I would personally blow it on a lap dance from the grand daughter of And... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Andrew Sachs |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 23:41
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| Channel 4 are currently showing one of his stand up shows. Wonder if that was planned or a last minute schedule change? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 23:18
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| Surely the gentlemanly thing to do is pay them the £200 and then move on with your life? I had moved on with my life - it's them that keep bringing it up! But in a less flippant manner, whilst I appreciate that I do might owe them some money I got treated so badly when I was trying to buy a second ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 22:58
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ComicalGnomes wrote: I'd be reluctant to offer anything, as this would implicitly acknowledge their argument and thusly make you liable for the rest of it. Lawyer please confirm.
I suspect this is right, good point.
I hate them, I hate them to death. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 22:40
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| Spoke to the salesman's boss last week and expressed (quite politely) my surprise that he was allowing his staff to make idle threats based on a spurious grasp of the law and how from now on they should speak to me. (For I am all that is man and Mrs The Egg is a mere Woomin, hear me roar!*) As the o... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 22:07
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| Interestingly I have just found out that Crap-phone Whorehouse now stock games and peripherals; perhaps another place for future bargains? Also, if you know anyone who works there, tap them up for some of their Staff Turbo Discount (30% I believe) - making my purchase of Fallout 3 an absolute steal ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bargains, Bargains, Bargains! |
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 18:04
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The clittycally-insane Cull of Jewty 4 Mordor Wharfe Hare |
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 16:12
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| Blimey, at this rate we'll have to have private matches as we'll have too many for regular deathmatchey goodness! I shall possibly play for some length of time... but then again I might go to the cinema instead. Probably not my call to make. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THAT ROOM? COME BACK DOWN HER... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Andrew Sachs |
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 21:02
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| Dear Gordie Broon, Errrrmmm . . .Don't you have something more important to be getting on with rather than sticking your beak into some bollocks about two clowns being rude to an old man? I appreciate that I may have simplified this a touch but the Prime-fucking-minister?! For fuck's sake, piss off ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:34
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| What about China and India? Aren't they knocking up factories and power stations all over? They sure are but for some reason they haven't ever appealed to me. I am lucky in that I did a 2 month secondment in Dubai the Christmas before last so that should bolster my CV. Also, all of their lager is e... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:11
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Craster wrote: Page 1 can fuck off.
Yeah, fuck them Page 1 bastards!
Client side construction Project Manager and Chartered Quantity Surveyor and I dabble part time as a Sex God but that doesn't pay as well as it used to. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:11
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| Well there's plenty of work about for a chap like me . . . . . it's just unfortunate that it's all on the other side of the world ?:| I will start looking today though, I need to be employed and as much as I want to stay and give these guys everything to make it a success there is a massive chance t... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:50
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The Egg wrote: As per 2 but dust off my Sith helmet and head to the Far East Moons of Endor - Where all of the MONIES! pesky rebels are.
Fixed That For Me! (although I think this counts as frivolity in an otherwise serious thread so Mod set you phasers to kill) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:58
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| So, what happened? Like all good heroes, I went to the pub and I got mortally drunk and couldn't see to type when I got home. So apologies for leaving you hanging. Well, it was exactly as I imagined I'm afraid; Our 12 month fee forecast was presented and discussed and we basically drew a line acros... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 17:18
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Mmmm. . . .well here goes. Myself and the PA have just been asked to stay on a bit to have a meeting with the two directors because "there are some business things that we need to talk about."
Director No. 2 is on his way back so I'm sat here like a limpet wondering what's going on. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 17:34
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| I'm not feeling the most secure at the moment. Mate, I hope that all of this went okay for you and you had a "things are tight but we're hanging in there" type consultation rather than the "thanks for all of your hard work, much appreciated and all that but here's a box for your thin... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Blibs and blobs number 4 |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:09
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DBSnappa wrote:
That stuff is ace. Dare I say it so early . . . . but xmas pressies for this year's influx of ankle biters all sorted! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:28
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myoptika wrote: That 300ZX seems to have melted.
Outside now!  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:25
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| Well this is the same dealership that shattered my dreams in the summer by fucking up my purchase of this; http://gallery.eggwan.com/v/cars/zed/Image146.jpg.html It's still up for sale but it's not £1200 pounds less than when I was trying to buy it. Funnily enough, I didn't buy it because the salesm... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:08
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ComicalGnomes wrote: You should read my blog Egg
Ha, just read it. How have you not torched their dealership? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:56
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kalmar wrote: I don't really think you can just not pay them though, that makes you as bad as them.
I know. But I hate them.
But I think somewhere my morals are telling me it's the right thing to do. Although I could easily numb that with some rum which would be cheaper. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:48
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| Empty threats, it would be a very poor deal on a car if *some* level of tax wasn't included. Well poor deal or not, it's by the by. Also, it's from a dealer there's no such thing as a good deal - they're all robbing cunts. All you can do is hope that you don't get robbed as much as the next guy. As... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:43
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| Depends what you actually signed, surely? We signed a finance deal for the value of the car less my deposit (so £1,000). That's all fine, finance company are happy as they're getting what we agreed and have signed up for. The garage are arguing because we didn't pay them for the £100 tax or £100 su... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Can I tell them to shove it? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:36
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| A quick question for your collective hive mind BETEO crew. . . Mrs The Egg and I bought a car earlier this year from a main dealer. To make things straightforward lets say the car the car was £1,500; plus we asked them to tax it and we also bought Super Guard for the paint and upholstery at £100 eac... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 0:02
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| And if I've got this right, Nervie P's cardboard library! (The temporary buildings Blu Tack'd to the old WNO building by the Brains bridge) Ha! Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's where NP works. Then that was one of my projects. A few million quid doesn't buy much does it! edit - although I love the fenc... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 23:58
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| I am a quantity surveyor, my job centres around telling people how much it will cost to build things such as offices, supermarkets, houses, shopping centres and factories. And if I've got this right, Nervie P's cardboard library! (The temporary buildings Blu Tack'd to the old WNO building by the Br... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Norman Tebbit's Dead Serious Thread |
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 23:56
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| Are you seeing the effects of the economic slowdown in your businesses? Oh fuck yes. I have never worked through a recession/slump whatever we're in, but my Spidey Sense is telling me that I wont like it. I am a quantity surveyor, my job centres around telling people how much it will cost to build ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Blibs and blobs number 4 |
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:02
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For those about to rock . . . AC/DC tickets for the Oh Poo Arena, Bummingham and Madchester went on sale at 10am and now they're already all sold out. I am sans tickets.
Bum.
Although a road trip to watch them in Milan is currently being suggested. 
Did anyone else manage to get some? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: MS Project |
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 15:16
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| MS Project would be good, but are there any good freeware ones that people use? I know they exist, but there's so many of them all I haven't got time to try them all. I have recently come up against this same question and also decided there were too many to try. I ended up resorting to theft which ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Playing online: now and soon |
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 20:57
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The Egg wrote: The Egg wrote: richardgaywood wrote: Also, we are pissed. Speak for yourself. I am merely 'squiffy'.  Well I'm cunted.
That;s me. Myfinger |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Playing online: now and soon |
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 20:56
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The Egg wrote: richardgaywood wrote: Also, we are pissed. Speak for yourself. I am merely 'squiffy'.
Well I'm cunted. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Playing online: now and soon |
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 19:07
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richardgaywood wrote: Also, we are pissed.
Speak for yourself. I am merely 'squiffy'. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The weekend |
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:48
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This weekend I'll be working out how I can pay Tom Nook 19,800 bells for that house he just sold me. Tom Crook more like.
And going to Gaywood's house for games, rum and chilli. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Forearm Muscle Fatigue |
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:19
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| Very late to the discussion so apologies. My only piece of advice is to do something, don't ignore it and stick with the changes - don't lapse back into your old ways. I am currently suffering from suspected carpal tunnel syndrome and take it from me, waking in the middle of the night with searing a... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fringe |
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 22:12
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imtypingonakeyboard wrote: In other notes, Entourage is back to quality Ari Gold, .
FTFY |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Fringe |
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 22:08
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| Burn Notice is surprisingly not bad at all - someone HC works with gave us the pilot - I then went torrent hunting and discovered it's on season 2 in the states. I've watched the first 3 and I quite like it. Plus it has Bruce Campbell in it, which is always good for a laugh. Then perhaps I'll stick... |
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