Bits and Bobs 51

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22411

Happy mimi day!

Giphy "mimi":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/KxoA5wFunRz5EFIVHn/giphy-loop.mp4

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:09

Remember kids, if your using Power query to extract a YYYYWW from a "W01/2025(30/12/2024)" thing, don't set it up so you get the year from the very end and the week from the start as you're going to spend an hour working out why values in week 1 2024 are far too high

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26362

It's Dimrill Day, and big snuggly huggums could not be more deserved by anyone more than they are by our lovely Dimmers.

Giphy "glomp":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/lW48b7LA4XKFIAAI1Z/giphy-loop.mp4

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38743

MaliA wrote:

Remember kids, if your using Power query to extract a YYYYWW from a "W01/2025(30/12/2024)" thing, don't set it up so you get the year from the very end and the week from the start as you're going to spend an hour working out why values in week 1 2024 are far too high

Sage advice

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:23

Giphy "trout spoon":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/25o4uVqWyqHGo/giphy-loop.mp4

Merry Birthday, my Dwarven protector x

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

MaliA wrote:

Remember kids, if your using Power query to extract a YYYYWW from a "W01/2025(30/12/2024)" thing, don't set it up so you get the year from the very end and the week from the start as you're going to spend an hour working out why values in week 1 2024 are far too high

Any fule kno this.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Dec 22, 2023 19:48

Happy bthtday @Morte! It's the christmas rush

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:00

Awwwww

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:46

Owwwww

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:02

Happy days!

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:06

Happy Christmas, goons.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

MaliA wrote:

Happy Christmas, goons.

They're all dead.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11920

We will find it, we will bind it. We will stick it with glue, glue, glue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67902966.amp

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jan 08, 2024 16:17

Get a 360.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Jan 13, 2024 20:59

Happy Birthday Kov!

Giphy "big bat cake":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/7BKpdr5rBfDxK/giphy-loop.mp4

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jan 14, 2024 16:48

I see the guardian has felt a need to increase the word count on its letters page.

This bit is particularly savage

Quote:

"A tattoo doesn’t stop you getting a job any more. They’re kind of expensive and middle class and, unless you cover your neck or face, have ceased to effectively convey rebellion. Indeed, if you’re 20 and can afford a tattoo in this economy, you’re probably still living at home with your parents."

They'll do a thing about dogs not being allowed in cafes next month, so people can compare them to children in the comments.

Polly Filla at its finest.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26362

Just split one of those 0.0 Guinness cans with Russell (year, we’re having a proper mad one here tonight), and it was good. I thought it had a very slightly oily aftertaste, but that may have been my imagination, or that I’d had it not long after some apple.

I bought it to make a sausage casserole with, but Ocado didn’t actually bring the sausages.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes

Ah yes, I remember it well.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5522

As do I.
A friend was the son of the caretaker at the primary school opposite me, so he could borrow a computer in the holidays.
Compared to our Dragon 32, this was mind blowing stuff.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2024 17:37

We're ordering club kit for the board game group, and under the logo there's space for your name and a motto.

Someone said they couldn't think of one, so I suggested "ask me about Loom". When they replied with "I'll bite ... tell me about Loom" I failed to follow through.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:23

How old were they?

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:25

Mid-30s so probably just outside my frame of references

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:49

Yeah, I guess I'd only expect people 40+ to intrinsically know the reference.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:54

GazChap wrote:

Yeah, I guess I'd only expect people 40+ to intrinsically know the reference.

A very small subset!

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jan 23, 2024 13:13

Next time, I'll have the reply ready to go

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26362

Kern wrote:

We're ordering club kit for the board game group, and under the logo there's space for your name and a motto.

Someone said they couldn't think of one, so I suggested "ask me about Loom". When they replied with "I'll bite ... tell me about Loom" I failed to follow through.

When I bought my loom I put up a picture of something I was weaving with the caption ‘ask me about Loom’ and people just asked me about my loom

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Jan 29, 2024 15:24

"No decorum in public peeing, say Dacorum"

Guardian, who went for "Wee won't back down" instead.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3328

I wouldn't like to think anyone missed this gem from Private Eye:

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GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Jan 31, 2024 17:28

Giphy "vic reeves":
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GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:21

Streaming from my Steam Deck to the Steam Link plugged into my tellybox works better than streaming from my PC, which is odd given that the PC is hardwired into Ethernet and the Steam Deck most definitely isn't.

Nice way to play MGS2 and 3 though!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38743

Happy birthday, Mr Russell!

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:25

Happy Birthday Russ!

Giphy "birthday mr russell":
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Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26362

Giphy "he’s russelly versatile":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/14e5M1adodXpspqrGT/giphy-loop.mp4

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12360

Thank you!!!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:25

Happy birthday Mr Russ!

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5522

Happy cake day Mr Russell!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Feb 08, 2024 22:42

Giphy "happy birthday russell":
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Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12360

Thank you, everyone !

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Feb 11, 2024 18:00

Anyone around in That London on the evening of Fri 23rd, or during the day on the 24th? I've got this London Winter Run 10K on the Sunday so I'm down for the weekend, if anyone wants to grab a beer or a cocktail or whatever, I'm available!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sun Feb 11, 2024 19:35

Damn, happy Rusks Day. I didn't read until now. Share Mimi's card

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2024 18:55

@kern day happy cake!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26362

Aw, happy birthday Kern!!

Giphy "kern":
https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT1R9H700IFWQ6A0lG/giphy-loop.mp4

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:19

Happy birthday, Kern!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38743

Happy birthday, Kern!

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:02

Thanks everyone!

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:57

Happy birthday for yesterday, dude!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2024 13:20

Happy Kern Day... (belated)

NervousPete · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2024 14:51

Happy Birthday for yesterday Kern!

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 19, 2024 14:24

I wrote a poem about seeing a farm animal eating some prickly bushes on my walk yesterday:

Quote:

Whilst on a walk I saw a horse eating some gorse
From that moment forwards I knew my course
You know, I hate rhymes that you have to force
So they'll be no lines ending in boss or arse or nurse
Apart from that previous one ofcourse
I looked online for various words to source
I feared I'd have to resort to speaking in Norse
Or the dots and dashes of that code by Morse
You might think resorting to that would be a little coarse
But I'm not going to debate you or argue myself hoarse
This is not the time or place for that sort of discourse
I'm left wondering if I'll turn to the ole' sauce
A path that I very much do not endorse
But the suitable words are turning pauce
So I'll return to the gorse being eaten by that horse

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:33

I'm not sure it's normal for me to have so many T-shirts from the one place that I've just managed to pack them all into a suitcase, rolled up tight, 2 deep on the one side of the suitcase and 3 deep on the other side.

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