Bits and Bobs 20 - The important thing is...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Jul 10, 2010 18:52

They should have sent in Jimmy Five Bellies.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

kalmar wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

lasermink wrote:

If people want to play Burnout Paradise, I'm completely up for it. As soon as my replacement Xbox arrives from Microsoft, that is.

I too wish to play burnypea. Infact, I will download the island like the fool I am.

It's about time this game made a comeback. Any more?

I think I have this...

[checks]

Yes! Played it once. I'm up for some reckless (virtual) driving - during the week suits me better than the weekends.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Started tidying my room at some point last night. Now it's 5am. In my defence, I had a break for an hour or two to eat and watch Due South. But still.

Tidying small spaces is a nightmare - there's nowhere to put it while you organise it.

Even after years of moving house, mercilessly discarding the useless each time, I have so much crap. Christ knows how many times I've dragged a sack of books across some town centre in the middle of the night.

This time I'm not just quietly leaving the acre of cack my sister has bought for me over the years behind - I'm putting it all in a bloody great sack and chucking it off something tall. I'm almost tempted to think it's some bizarre ploy to make it harder for me to leave again.

Does anyone here like Ian Rankin? I have a few of his detective Scotchland McHamish books knocking about, which for some reason are shrink-wrapped. Also a couple of suits I don't think I've ever actually worn. Also some James Joyce physical manifestations of unbearably pretentious tedium, which look a lot like books. Proper inventory to come when I'm done, obv.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 18:53

Wedding was really good. had a lovely time.

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Why, hello there. You appear to have fallen.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10171

Someone I know down there was at her sister's wedding yesterday. I expect you were at a different one.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

More at eleven.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 20:59

MaliA wrote:

Some people are beyond stupid. At about 10-15 this morning, I had to drive into town to drop a tenner off for MrsA as none of the cash machines in bicester are working today, but the same yellow skoda had parked across my drive. So As I tried to move around it, the woman comes and moves it into the parking space over the road.

I needed to go to the shops and as I opened my front door, to my amazement, the car is back, blocking me in again. So I bang on the door of the house she's visiting and she parked there as "there wasn't space anywhere else".

She fucking did it again this evening. Banged on door, asked her to move it. She didn't look happy.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 21:13

MaliA, the test shot from The New Statesman remake is looking good.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

MaliA wrote:

Wedding was really good. had a lovely time.

Why, hello there. You appear to have fallen.

You remind me of someone.......

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3303

MaliA wrote:

Some people are beyond stupid. At about 10-15 this morning, I had to drive into town to drop a tenner off for MrsA as none of the cash machines in bicester are working today, but the same yellow skoda had parked across my drive. So As I tried to move around it, the woman comes and moves it into the parking space over the road.

I needed to go to the shops and as I opened my front door, to my amazement, the car is back, blocking me in again. So I bang on the door of the house she's visiting and she parked there as "there wasn't space anywhere else".

She fucking did it again this evening. Banged on door, asked her to move it. She didn't look happy.

She needs to discover the power. The power of *walking*. The laziness of some people.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 21:33

JBR wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Some people are beyond stupid. At about 10-15 this morning, I had to drive into town to drop a tenner off for MrsA as none of the cash machines in bicester are working today, but the same yellow skoda had parked across my drive. So As I tried to move around it, the woman comes and moves it into the parking space over the road.

I needed to go to the shops and as I opened my front door, to my amazement, the car is back, blocking me in again. So I bang on the door of the house she's visiting and she parked there as "there wasn't space anywhere else".

She fucking did it again this evening. Banged on door, asked her to move it. She didn't look happy.

She needs to discover the power. The power of *walking*. The laziness of some people.

Normally I wouldn't get so annoyed, but twice yesterday, and once again today has got my goat somewhat. I'm baking a huge Bounty bar right now.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10171

Tell her that next time you're calling the police about the illegal obstruction (assuming you have a dropped kerb).

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 22:07

BikNorton wrote:

Tell her that next time you're calling the police about the illegal obstruction (assuming you have a dropped kerb).

Tempting though that is, I'm going to just ask them to move the car when they do it. I don't particularly want to inflame the situation, as cats and cars aside, I quite like the neighbours. Also, the amount of time it takes me knock on the door is minimal compared to the hassle of the car being moved.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 22:29

"Pics what Mrs Z has taken with her Phone Camera"

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38648

Speaking of smallville, we've just walked past Jon Glover, Lionel Luthor, on 8th Avenue. New York is awesome. Body still on UK time. Up at 5am and we're both now knacked.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 23:19

Gee that sounds swell! Don't forget to make the most of the USAs mouth watering treats while you're there. Gaywood says you can't beat a good twink bar.

Can you get me an iPad 4 plz

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

MaliA wrote:

BikNorton wrote:

Tell her that next time you're calling the police about the illegal obstruction (assuming you have a dropped kerb).

Tempting though that is, I'm going to just ask them to move the car when they do it. I don't particularly want to inflame the situation, as cats and cars aside, I quite like the neighbours. Also, the amount of time it takes me knock on the door is minimal compared to the hassle of the car being moved.

This happened to me once. It didn't happen again after I rammed the offending vehicle out of the way and introduced the owner to a punch in the face.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

I finally did my CV up, researched a company and applied for a new job.

This makes me feel prouder than it should for some reason.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Pretty horrendous bomb attack in Uganda reported on the BBC

What got me though was the pointless and tasteless paragraph at the end;

Quote:

At the scenes of the two blasts chairs were overturned, and blood and pieces of flesh lay on the floor.

I'm surprised the Raoul Moat report doesn't contain "The bushes near where the stand off ended so dramatically have bits of brain all over them and a small duck was seen nibbling on some stringy stuff which might have been sinew".

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

MaliA wrote:

BikNorton wrote:

Tell her that next time you're calling the police about the illegal obstruction (assuming you have a dropped kerb).

Tempting though that is, I'm going to just ask them to move the car when they do it. I don't particularly want to inflame the situation, as cats and cars aside, I quite like the neighbours. Also, the amount of time it takes me knock on the door is minimal compared to the hassle of the car being moved.

Don't get mad. Get even.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:35

If I glue the cat to my garden, I'll never get rid of it!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:56

Just glue its arse shut.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:12

@Malia Good for you! Keep on knocking the door and make the hassle their's. Hopefully they'll soon realise and stop parking in front of your drive.

It's a pain isn't it? There's some people that visit next door occassionally and they park over my drive... even though the rest of the road is empty! It's just down right not thought full is it? I'd never do it.. so why do they?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I once got asked to move my car because "it was in the space they like to use". The space is directly in front of my house. I literally exploded everywhere, it took days to clean up all the little bits of me that were all over the road.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:23

You are Raoul Moat aicmfp

It's a shame you didn't know Gazza, he could have taken you fishing.

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:36

Is Band Hero worth £8.85?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

I once got asked to move my car because "it was in the space they like to use". The space is directly in front of my house. I literally exploded everywhere, it took days to clean up all the little bits of me that were all over the road.

That was after you'd apologised for taking up their time and they'd left, right?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Craster wrote:

I once got asked to move my car because "it was in the space they like to use". The space is directly in front of my house. I literally exploded everywhere, it took days to clean up all the little bits of me that were all over the road.

You are getting close to outting yourself there..... :attitude:

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 21:52

Bought Lego rock band. It's pretty good fun. Burnt P is still "Fuck me this is most pos!".

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Put shelves up this weekend. Today, I put stuff on them, and they didn't collapse!

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

So, if someone can find the Tuesday night game thread, are we Burny P'ing after 9 tomorrow?

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 23:28

That's a-firmative chief.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

kalmar wrote:

That's a-firmative chief.

Better check I can login with the new net connection. To the Xboxotron!

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 23:47

Craster wrote:

Put shelves up this weekend. Today, I put stuff on them, and they didn't collapse!

I have those shelves in my bedroom. Very sturdy and quite pretty, they are.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

The Egg has those too. It's almost like the tarts at Ikea will sell them to anyone.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

http://91495.spreadshirt.co.uk/

http://91495.spreadshirt.co.uk/moaty-it ... mize/color

Amazing.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

Malabar Front wrote:

Craster wrote:

Put shelves up this weekend. Today, I put stuff on them, and they didn't collapse!

I have those shelves in my bedroom. Very sturdy and quite pretty, they are.

Why do you have Craster's shelves in your bedroom and why are saucepans useful there?

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 23:54

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The Egg has those too. It's almost like the tarts at Ikea will sell them to anyone.

Indeed!

In other Ikea news, my brother went shopping there at the weekend and, upon arriving home, realised he'd completely neglected to put the bookshelf into the car, leaving it propped up against a pole in the car park instead. What a tool.

So he rang Ikea up the next day to see if anybody had reported it and turned it in, but no luck. So he went back, to find it propped up exactly where he left it. Lucky sod.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 23:55

End of an Era wrote:

Why do you have Craster's shelves in your bedroom and why are saucepans useful there?

I live with him, and you don't wanna know.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Fucking Ikea. I am never setting place in that place again. Even if my retro gaming desk did come from there.

I need a new office desk. I am looking at the stuff Viking sell but it is uninspiring. I want one of those corner desk things. Money isn't a problem for the right desk (after all, it will last for years and years) but it must be able to be delivered on a specified day.

Suggest away chums. Or I'll just go to Viking.

And no, I went to Ikea and hated everything they had.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 0:02

Staples? My Den chair is from there and it's right good.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 0:18

https://www.officefurnitureonline.co.uk/

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 0:41

Dwell do nice stuff.

http://dwell.co.uk/products/office/type ... cted/Desk/

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Grim... wrote:

Dwell do nice stuff.

http://dwell.co.uk/products/office/type ... cted/Desk/

The only reason you'd buy that tat is if you wanted to lay underneath while Noddy Holder shat on the glass desk.

Is that what you want? Is it? Eh?

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

I just got to level 101 on The Creeps on my iPhone in Survival mode with a score of 1 million +. I'm not a phone gamer but I'm addicted to that game. Think I'm gonna have to delete it before it wastes more of my time.

It's a tower defence game, but really quite addictive on the survival mode. I picked it up for nowt a while back.

I'm giving it 977 Bananas.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:24

chinnyhill10 wrote:

So, if someone can find the Tuesday night game thread, are we Burny P'ing after 9 tomorrow?

I might activate my 30 days for this as MrsA will be watching Twilight.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:07

MaliA wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

So, if someone can find the Tuesday night game thread, are we Burny P'ing after 9 tomorrow?

I might activate my 30 days for this as MrsA will be watching Twilight.

Probably won't be doing this now as speedtest.net shows my internet speed is this:

and I dont' think it'd work, due to lag. Will be on the phone to SKY later.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:17

A 4:15 alarm clock was not appecated, but was in teh office 150 miles away for 7.00

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:21

Today has started well: I locked myself into the delivery room and had to use my mobile to call for someone to open it for me. :facepalm:

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:25

Kern wrote:

Today has started well: I locked myself into the delivery room and had to use my mobile to call for someone to open it for me. :facepalm:

Sorry, but :DD

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