Bits and Bobs 30

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:54

Zardoz wrote:

Had that on both mornings at the local pub during Tinkers 2011, with fried mushrooms and tomatoes too.

So did I! Apart from the black pudding, sausage and bacon.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:56

And the egg?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:20

kalmar wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Had that on both mornings at the local pub during Tinkers 2011, with fried mushrooms and tomatoes too.

So did I! Apart from the black pudding, sausage and bacon.

So, essentially, you had a salad.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Curiosity wrote:

kalmar wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Had that on both mornings at the local pub during Tinkers 2011, with fried mushrooms and tomatoes too.

So did I! Apart from the black pudding, sausage and bacon.

So, essentially, you had a salad.

A salad fried in meat juice.

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:53

Checking my work emails...

'Well you shouldn’t of done………your on holiday'

*despairs*

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 13:08

The spellings or the message?

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 13:34

Just the spellings. I worry when that kind of stuff comes from the customer-facing people I work with - we must send some rubbish out.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 13:39

I know my writing is bad, so I have to check and double check every thing I send to a customer...

( I typed 5 words wrong in that sentence)

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 13:45

Went looking at more Lego Mecha and found this site: http://mechahub.com/

Pretty new site by the looks of things, not many lego builds but some bloody brilliant concept artwork. :luv:

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:04

...hello...

...any one here?

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:06

Quiet isn't it. Has everyone gone home early?

What are you up to at the weekend Z?

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:09

kalmar wrote:

Quiet isn't it. Has everyone gone home early?

I booked the day off... just because. I've been occupying myself though...

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

I've been daydreaming about expensive impulse purchases, at least one of which will see a new thread in the near future. I can't tell you about it in here though or WTB will get huffy.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:25

kalmar wrote:

What are you up to at the weekend Z?

Pretty good line up really. Taking the kids to The Sandcastle waterpark first thing tomorrow, then on Sunday going up to Toys R Us and Guys Court where there's a bouncy castle festival on :metul:

You up to much?

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:32

Awesome! Bouncy castle festival. Have a good time and avoid the :spew:

I will just be house building, I think, exterior rendering. Time to get the cement mixer out, and learn how to Harl. Wet Harl.

Alberto: Is it a Ghostbusters outfit?

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

I'm very bored. The children decided they wanted an xbox day today so I've been doing housework to occupy myself. Woo.

Not bored enough to clean the bathroom though. Yet.

Tonight I'm going out in fancy dress. Sober. Urgh.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 15:37

kalmar wrote:

Awesome! Bouncy castle festival. Have a good time and avoid the :spew:

Should be good - http://www.guysthatchedhamlet.com/WHATSON/321

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

kalmar wrote:

Alberto: Is it a Ghostbusters outfit?

No, although it would fit into that thread pretty well. It's actually (potentially) a custom made arcade machine, although having inquired about prices I'm prepared to waive the custom made bit as long as I can play Wonderboy on it one way or another. It occurred to that this might intersect with the knowledge base of some people on here :nerd:

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

Apparently Kissyfur has diversified into inventing televisions:

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/uc ... 10685.aspx

Quote:

"The polarizing organic photovoltaic cell demonstrated by Professor Yang's research group can potentially harvest 75 percent of the wasted photons from LCD backlight and turn them back into electricity," said Youssry Botros, program director for the Intel Labs Academic Research Office, which supported the research.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 16:10

Craster wrote:

Kissyfur

Is he still hung over from his shandy binge?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Alberto wrote:

kalmar wrote:

Alberto: Is it a Ghostbusters outfit?

No, although it would fit into that thread pretty well. It's actually (potentially) a custom made arcade machine, although having inquired about prices I'm prepared to waive the custom made bit as long as I can play Wonderboy on it one way or another. It occurred to that this might intersect with the knowledge base of some people on here :nerd:

You could just buy a Wonderboy machine (I have one however since its at my mums house and has not been turned on in 10 years it probably doesn't work) - its also a standard JAMMA connection so if you wanted a real one its probably somewhere around the £150 mark (Or thats what a generic cab plus a board would cost from what i can see)

However you do know you can download MAME and play wonderboy on your PC (or MAC) 'virtually' the same as the arcade one?

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

Apparently some guy has walked into a hairdressers in the middle of Newport, shot 3 women (none fatally), and left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14595676

The BBC showing the sheer quality of their writing staff, also:

Quote:

One eye witnesses said he knew a woman had been shot and that he heard two shots.

Kataru Reddy, who works at the Shell petrol station opposite the salon, said: "I heard two shots. I know that a lady was shot."

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

I've been too busy being disgusted thinking about McDonald's 'food'.

flis wrote:

Tonight I'm going out in fancy dress. Sober. Urgh.

Pics, or it won't happen.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

When you see it you will shit bricks.

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

The TNA roster is a bit weird. Vin Man and Cena?

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

zaphod79 wrote:

You could just buy a Wonderboy machine (I have one however since its at my mums house and has not been turned on in 10 years it probably doesn't work) - its also a standard JAMMA connection so if you wanted a real one its probably somewhere around the £150 mark (Or thats what a generic cab plus a board would cost from what i can see)

That was my first idea but I didn't see any on ebay and went off a-googling in ignorant bliss and found very pretty overpriced alternatives! Very happy to be talked back down to earth though... where are the best places to look for this sort of thing?

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

throughsilver wrote:

The TNA roster is a bit weird. Vin Man and Cena?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

first name under women

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Alberto wrote:

zaphod79 wrote:

You could just buy a Wonderboy machine (I have one however since its at my mums house and has not been turned on in 10 years it probably doesn't work) - its also a standard JAMMA connection so if you wanted a real one its probably somewhere around the £150 mark (Or thats what a generic cab plus a board would cost from what i can see)

That was my first idea but I didn't see any on ebay and went off a-googling in ignorant bliss and found very pretty overpriced alternatives! Very happy to be talked back down to earth though... where are the best places to look for this sort of thing?

For a real cabinet - my first question would be are you sure you want one ?
MAME with a control pad is a very good alternative , or MAME with an arcade stick would get you so much more than a single game.

If you really want the cabinet then do you want a real one (JAMMA) or do you just want a cabinet (which you can then stick a PC into and use MAME)

If you really want the real thing , do you want the *real* thing or will a MAME-like board do (Ebay has plenty of 101 JAMMA boards and they include wonderboy).
Finally do you want the *REAL* thing or would a bootleg do (although my cabinet has a wonderboy marque i'm pretty sure the board inside was a pirated one so its not really a SEGA board) - the difference in the game will be virtually nill but the difference in cost between an authentic SEGA board and a knock off will be pretty high.

As for where to pick it up - Ebay , or check out any arcade suppliers near you (if there are any left) , or the local paper - I bought mine (admittedly a long time ago) from the Yellow paper that came out weekly with loads of 2nd hand adds - cost about 50p at the time for the paper and I think I paid about £100 for the cab (and just squeezed it into a hatchback - not recommended!)

Other suggestion for where to ask would be one of the forums about old arcade games (JAMMA PLUS http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/ )

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Decca wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

The TNA roster is a bit weird. Vin Man and Cena?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

first name under women

Lou Thesz and Bob Backlund are more manly, and they're on that list too. It's just rubbish sorting.

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

throughsilver wrote:

I've been too busy being disgusted thinking about McDonald's 'food'.

flis wrote:

Tonight I'm going out in fancy dress. Sober. Urgh.

Pics, or it won't happen.

You don't want these pics....we're dressed as pensioners. I look like a tranny granny.

Sent from my HTC Desire S

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

flis wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

I've been too busy being disgusted thinking about McDonald's 'food'.

flis wrote:

Tonight I'm going out in fancy dress. Sober. Urgh.

Pics, or it won't happen.

You don't want these pics....we're dressed as pensioners. I look like a tranny granny.

Sent from my HTC Desire S

A tranny granny sent from your HTC Desire S?

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

throughsilver wrote:

flis wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

I've been too busy being disgusted thinking about McDonald's 'food'.

flis wrote:

Tonight I'm going out in fancy dress. Sober. Urgh.

Pics, or it won't happen.

You don't want these pics....we're dressed as pensioners. I look like a tranny granny.

Sent from my HTC Desire S

A tranny granny sent from your HTC Desire S?

Yes!

Either way, it's not a good look.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 21:41

Kern's new gaff is pretty pro. Well impressed.

Four houses to look at tomorrow. Shitting bricks over it all.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 22:32

Good luck MaliA, you'll be fine.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Zardoz wrote:

Good luck MaliA, you'll be fine.

I dont do slushy nice often, but you guys are too awesome for things not to work out.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

MaliA wrote:

Kern's new gaff is pretty pro. Well impressed.

Four houses to look at tomorrow. Shitting bricks over it all.

On the plus side you may be able to find one with a nice big garden. Where in the north are you moving to?

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 23:20

Somewhere around Leeds, but it must be considered that my grasp of geography is loose at best, and imagine my disappointment when I couldn't see the sea when I went to Manchester.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 23:31

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Good luck MaliA, you'll be fine.

I dont do slushy nice often, but you guys are too awesome for things not to work out.

I'm, umm, excuse the poor choice of words, going to have to, sorry, bale on the cricket option on monday, though.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

MaliA wrote:

I'm, umm, excuse the poor choice of words, going to have to, sorry, bale on the cricket option on monday, though.

I thought I'd already dropped out anyway. Oops. Everyone's a winner.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

MaliA wrote:

Somewhere around Leeds, but it must be considered that my grasp of geography is loose at best, and imagine my disappointment when I couldn't see the sea when I went to Manchester.

Define "around leeds" I ask because anywhere west of Leeds is a fucking shit hole. I make no apologies to anyone living west of Leeds, I'm right and you know it.

If anyone mentions Keighley, Skipton or any town near the M65 then punch them in the face and run away very very fast because the chances of you getting a job in any of these places is about the same as finding a 15 year old virgin who lives there. That is of course if your job isn't selling heroin.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 0:48

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Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

I just agreed to go on a coach trip to flamingo land. This may have been a mistake.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:58

Are we classing Newton Road and Saint Martin's Avenue as Chapeltown, Leeds?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:25

I think you'd be better off looking at the Headingly side of Leeds rather than Chapletown.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

DO NOT MOVE TO PUDSEY! Just in case I didn't make this clear enough the other day.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

By the sound of it, don't move to Leeds.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

MaliA wrote:

Are we classing Newton Road and Saint Martin's Avenue as Chapeltown, Leeds?

Pretty much. See if you can get somewhere a bit further up the hill, in Chapel Allerton.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

DavPaz wrote:

By the sound of it, don't move to Leeds.

Leeds is a gem in the middle of a load of bile, shit and chavs.

Alberto · **Joined:** 28th Jan, 2011 **Posts:** 1198

I'll admit to finding Leeds surprisingly palatable

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 14:09

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