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The Vinyl Adventure
14-01-2011, 17:55
Obviously this isn't balderdash, piffle or trivial ... ...

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/167091_1806829972197_1283350218_32104958_8238864_n .jpg

Reid Malenfant
14-01-2011, 18:12
It's a mini Hamish, nicely done sir :)

The Vinyl Adventure
14-01-2011, 18:14
Cheers buddy ...
It's been a stressful few weeks but now we can relax a little ... Happy days :)

Barry
14-01-2011, 18:29
A mini-Hamish?!! What's this - I must have missed something important!

Congratulations to both you and Hannah.

(Is that a little Hasselblad I think I can see him clutching?)

Regards

The Vinyl Adventure
14-01-2011, 19:31
Yeah, it's a baby hassleblad

http://www.minox.com/typo3temp/pics/7a7325c707.jpg

Cheers buddy

Techno Commander
14-01-2011, 19:35
Congratulations Hamish. :)

Make sure you start him or her off on the right track. :)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1455866616_77c2db119d.jpg?v=0

The Grand Wazoo
14-01-2011, 19:38
Congratulations mate, it must have been a pretty special moment for you both to see that.

Alex_UK
14-01-2011, 21:44
Shrimp appears to be developing nicely Hamish - fingers crossed for the rest of the gestation! Having been through it I'd like to tell you that the stress is over now, but then I wouldn't want to lie to you would I? ;)

The Vinyl Adventure
15-01-2011, 09:37
Damn straight Andy!

It was odd Chris, very happy to see it's heart beat and it rolling around and waving it's arms around
It's been a horrible few weeks though, Hannah has some severe disability in quite close family so we have had to see a genetics councillor and get blood tests and wait for results were the outcome was 1 in 4 that she would pass it down ... ... We got results yesterday and they came out fine even now we still have to wait another week to find out 100% in the particular gene hasn't expanded beyond the testing capabilty of the first test ... But the geneticts lady was fairly certain it would be fine ... An as it's 12 weeks tomo (and my birthday) we are setting aside any remaining worry and getting back to celebrating what's happening ... Still, will be nice to get that final all clear next week!!

The Grand Wazoo
15-01-2011, 09:48
Fingers crossed for you both.
After close inspection, I can also see that Baby Gill at least hasn't inherited the voodoo toe genes from Dad!

The Vinyl Adventure
15-01-2011, 10:35
You think... What's the big White thing on the end of it's foot then ...
Cheers Chris, although I have stopped worrying now ... The best news is that if it's not what we think it is then it's genetically impossible to be anything else ...

Jonboy
15-01-2011, 11:05
Damn straight Andy!

It was odd Chris, very happy to see it's heart beat and it rolling around and waving it's arms around
It's been a horrible few weeks though, Hannah has some severe disability in quite close family so we have had to see a genetics councillor and get blood tests and wait for results were the outcome was 1 in 4 that she would pass it down ... ... We got results yesterday and they came out fine even now we still have to wait another week to find out 100% in the particular gene hasn't expanded beyond the testing capabilty of the first test ... But the geneticts lady was fairly certain it would be fine ... An as it's 12 weeks tomo (and my birthday) we are setting aside any remaining worry and getting back to celebrating what's happening ... Still, will be nice to get that final all clear next week!!


Fingers crossed from us as well Hamish, we had a simular type of time with our lot as my wife has 3 cousens with Cistic Fibrosis so we went through some tests at the time as well, unfortuanatly there were 2 more cousens that didn't make it as the medical knowledge 50 years ago wasn't so good

Alex_UK
17-01-2011, 00:11
Avatar at dinner time: "Daddy, sprouts make you trump!" :lol:

Not quite so impressed though with Avatar deciding for no reason whatsoever to spit in my face... :( Hamish - you really have an odyssey waiting for you!

Rare Bird
17-01-2011, 00:50
Yeh just wait till you come home from work & find a ball point pens been inserted into your speaker cones. three times this happened to me :lolsign:

Macca
17-01-2011, 00:57
Yeh just wait till you come home from work & find a ball point pens been inserted into your speaker cones. three times this happened to me :lolsign:

That's bad -If I had to choose I'd take the spitting every time:lolsign:

Alex_UK
17-01-2011, 08:53
That's bad -If I had to choose I'd take the spitting every time:lolsign:

:lolsign:

Tweeters poked in twice before I saw sense and now leave the grills on (luckily salvaged with a straw) one woofer holed and replaced, and left woofer now looking distinctly misshaped despite grills being on, but doesn't seem to affect the sound :scratch: Currently searching ebay everyday for a replacement! This is exactly the reason why I have abandoned plans to upgrade the speakers!

Dreading the day I forget to put the lid back on my turntable, or when she works out how to get it off... :eek:

So yes, wiping a bit of toddler spit off my face is a walk in the park in comparison!

DanJennings
19-01-2011, 20:32
I'm (extremely briefly) in the new film about Lemmy.... how cool is that?!

Bqua3YOA_sc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(film)

Alex_UK
19-01-2011, 20:38
That is pretty cool - but I didn't spot ya - giz a clue?

Techno Commander
19-01-2011, 20:47
I was thinking the photographer.

The Vinyl Adventure
19-01-2011, 22:47
I didn't know you had grown a tash ... Ha!
Where, I can't see you, your lying Daniel Jennings.. Arent you?!

DanJennings
20-01-2011, 07:15
Nah, Sorry chaps, that's just the trailer, I'm in the actual film, getting my ticket signed

The Vinyl Adventure
20-01-2011, 09:13
Aaaaaah well, that makes more sence .... So this shall be your 15 mins eh :)

Alex_UK
20-01-2011, 21:29
Nah, Sorry chaps, that's just the trailer, I'm in the actual film, getting my ticket signed

You little tease! (Wants us to shell out for the film so he gets his royalties, hope you've got your Equity card sorted Dan :))

Rare Bird
22-01-2011, 19:41
This year we will experience four unusual dates:
1/1/11, 1/11/11. 11/1/11, 11/11/11

Now figure this out.

Take the last two digits of the year you were born and add to the age you will be this year and it will add upto 111

The Vinyl Adventure
22-01-2011, 19:49
Now figure this out.

Take the last two digits off.

Eh?

Reid Malenfant
22-01-2011, 19:57
1/1, 1/11, 11/1, 11/11

You mean like that Andr'e? :scratch:

2, 12, 12, 22

1, 0.0909999, 11, 1


Must admit i'm a tad lost as well :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
22-01-2011, 20:11
sorry chaps go back try again

Reid Malenfant
22-01-2011, 20:16
Take the last two digits of the year you were born and add to the age you will be this year and it will add upto 111
Now that actually happens to be true :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
22-01-2011, 22:03
Who think's sex is a vastly overrated pastime?

The Vinyl Adventure
22-01-2011, 22:06
Depends on the time of the month ...

Alex_UK
22-01-2011, 23:38
Who think's sex is a vastly overrated pastime?

If you're just doing it to pass the time then that could be your problem! ;) Me, every time I think its going to happen, the time passed!

Rare Bird
22-01-2011, 23:43
If you're just doing it to pass the time then that could be your problem! ;)



Na i can think of better things to do to pass 30 seconds :lol:

Alex_UK
22-01-2011, 23:46
I can just see it now... "Wanna watch Eastenders? Nah. Fancy a shag? Oh alright then. That was nice. Corrie?" :lol:

Rare Bird
26-01-2011, 00:58
Plumbing at 1:00am unbelievable. :steam: :steam: :steam:

Alex_UK
26-01-2011, 20:04
I know mate, happens to us blokes as we get older, something to do with the prostate I think. I'm a martyr to mine.

;)

So anyway, your plumbing went, or someone else doing their plumbing? Not good at that time of the morning! ;)

The Vinyl Adventure
28-01-2011, 22:28
Fred dibnah is my new favourite person!

ourdogmax
28-01-2011, 23:20
Fred dibnah is my new favourite person!

Wife beater, but a funny and clever bloke.

The Vinyl Adventure
28-01-2011, 23:22
They don't show that on the tele programes ... ...

Alex_UK
28-01-2011, 23:39
Betty Driver is my new favourite person... She was on Desert Island Discs this morning, what an amazing lady (and some interesting music) - 90 years old, bless her, but I suspect the last 40 have been the happiest, dishing up the hotpots... Here she is, singing in one of her movies, before the war cut short her film career

bZDkh9kNduQ

The Vinyl Adventure
29-01-2011, 00:03
"New favourite person" would make a good thread

Alex_UK
29-01-2011, 00:15
I reckon it would! You gonna start it as it was your idea? :)

Rare Bird
31-01-2011, 23:21
Do you know i'm truly truly glad i'm into vintage hifi cos some off the ballerks you lot come out with regarding modern hifi & it's so called upgrades is truly a laugh a minute ffks :lol:

The Grand Wazoo
31-01-2011, 23:57
It takes about 22 hours to travel the 10,500 miles between London & Sydney.

Here's a thing - it's only 15 or so miles to the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere. Why don't we go straight up for 15 miles, wait for Sydney to come around, then go back down - that should only take 12 hours or so & it'll save lot of fuel!

Gravity - what's that?

Macca
01-02-2011, 23:05
It takes about 22 hours to travel the 10,500 miles between London & Sydney.

Here's a thing - it's only 15 or so miles to the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere. Why don't we go straight up for 15 miles, wait for Sydney to come around, then go back down - that should only take 12 hours or so & it'll save lot of fuel!

Gravity - what's that?

They designed it but never built it:

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/hotol.htm

Rare Bird
02-02-2011, 00:03
Project well cancelled

The BAC's 'TSR-2' another brilliant plane.

Alex_UK
15-02-2011, 00:18
I stayed off the forum for over 2 hours, as did the wife keep away from Facebook. We put some nice music on instead of CoronEnders... who says romance is dead! :lol:

The Grand Wazoo
15-02-2011, 00:22
.. who says romance is dead!

Oh yes, it was Valentine's Day today, for some of you, wasn't it?
Ha! We never fall for that loblocks.

Marco
15-02-2011, 00:22
I stayed off the forum for over 2 hours, as did the wife keep away from Facebook. We put some nice music on instead of CoronEnders... who says romance is dead!


No rumpy, then? ;)

Marco.

Rare Bird
15-02-2011, 00:32
something myself & the wife have knocked on the head..valentines day

The Grand Wazoo
15-02-2011, 00:34
What........rumpy.........or V Day?

Rare Bird
15-02-2011, 00:35
both :lol:

The Grand Wazoo
15-02-2011, 00:36
Ha.........so there will be no 'scenes of a sexual nature' on Yorkshire TV tonight then!?

Marco
15-02-2011, 00:42
both :lol:

Surely the sex god's pencil hasn't lost its lead before he's reached 50? :eyebrows:

Bet yer palms now are as smooth as a baby's bum! ;)

Marco.

Rare Bird
15-02-2011, 00:59
:eyebrows:

Rare Bird
18-02-2011, 17:01
Why wont people finish item on auction early regardless of how much you offer to throw at em? & please don't say they believe in the spirit of the action site cos that a load of ballerkz!!

The Grand Wazoo
18-02-2011, 17:53
Because they're hoping that if there's one person willing to chuck an unfeasible heap of cash at it, then there just might be another who can spare an equally unfeasible amount who'll bid against 'em. Result - a bidding war, one much richer seller, one much poorer buyer and another buyer who, in the cold light of day will realise that he got off lightly by losing!

Beechwoods
18-02-2011, 18:45
God knows. I've only ever asked for a 'BIN Price' once... 'cos I was going on holiday and it was a seller I'd already bought from before. They did, and set a price that was half what I had expected to pay. I was very pleased. I paid more for postage than I did the asking price... damn US auctions.

Alex_UK
18-02-2011, 22:57
Why wont people finish item on auction early regardless of how much you offer to throw at em? & please don't say they believe in the spirit of the action site cos that a load of ballerkz!!

It was you you basterd that nicked that one from under my nose! ;)

Rare Bird
19-02-2011, 13:06
It was you you basterd that nicked that one from under my nose! ;)

Which one was that :)

The Grand Wazoo
05-03-2011, 02:05
Tw*ts that don't convey messages

Andre,
If that was aimed at me, then thanks for the promotion mate. I'll bear that it mind next time I go out of my way and spend money to do someone a favour.

Alex_UK
05-03-2011, 09:27
I was really excited about this when I saw it in Tone Audio... but a bit of googling suggests it will be about $2000! :eek: ...for a clock. That's all it is!

Still, cool as though!

http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mcintoshclock-sg.jpg

Macca
05-03-2011, 10:27
Yep that is proper funky:)

The Grand Wazoo
05-03-2011, 10:28
Why does our otherwise clean & healthy dog always come back from a stay in kennels stinking like a putrid piss-hound from Hades?

Alex_UK
10-03-2011, 10:31
I don't think we have a "vents your spleen" thread, so this one will have to do. What grinds my gears is when some tnuc who can't park bashes your car and then fcuks off without leaving their details... :steam: Just noticed bright green paint scuffs on the front bumper of my car, which must have happened in Sainsbury's car park early this morning - I'm pretty sure it will T-cut out, but that's not the point - the w@nker who did it wouldn't have a clue how bad the damage was... Grrrrrrr! I can only hope they did worse damage to their own car!

<rant over>

Rare Bird
10-03-2011, 11:14
I use it as a "vents your spleen" thread :lolsign: well i sympathise cos i've been stood outside the supermarket on many occasions waiting around for gerty watching cars rubbing cars, i watch & it's almost as if they don't realise they are doing it but cumon they must do.

The Vinyl Adventure
10-03-2011, 13:24
most spleen vents are fairly pointless i reckon ... so its the perfect thread

vinylspinner
10-03-2011, 17:45
Alex,

Know where you are coming from, on Sunday someone took out the electic wing mirror on the wife's Golf in a car park, cost us £185 to replace!!!

nigel

Rare Bird
10-03-2011, 17:50
Alex,

Know where you are coming from, on Sunday someone took out the electic wing mirror on the wife's Golf in a car park, cost us £185 to replace!!!

nigel

These days having something really nice doesnt seem to pay. If i had the money i'd buy myself a nice Aston Martin 'DB5' but it would be under lock & key in a central heated guarage 24/7 used for special ocasions in nice weather, shopping & just bobbing about would be some cheap arse run about.

Reid Malenfant
10-03-2011, 18:24
<snip> I can only hope they did worse damage to their own car!
I'd suggest that is probably the case if the other cars paint is on yours Alex ;)

Bloody shame though as that car of yours is very nice indeed, if a little on the large size :) As i mentioned after getting into it, it's the most luxurious motor i can remember being in :cool:

Hope it gets sorted without a problem chap..

Alex_UK
10-03-2011, 18:52
Thanks guys, I think it will be ok with a bit of elbow grease, but not the point really! Pi55er for you Nigel, so bloomin' expensive nowadays with all these electrics.

Sort of related - saw a Driving School car today with the registration number N3 RVY :lol:

Rare Bird
13-03-2011, 13:19
Do any of you lot ever clean up ie: general housework, washing, ironing, cooking etc etc. Some bloke are pigs in the respect they assume it's always the womans job to do everything, well it's not! i personally wouldnt let the wife loose cleaning up in our house.. Right i'm off to clean all the windows :eyebrows:

Alex_UK
13-03-2011, 14:03
Do any of you lot ever clean up ie: general housework, washing, ironing, cooking etc etc. Some bloke are pigs in the respect they assume it's always the womans job to do everything, well it's not! i personally wouldnt let the wife loose cleaning up in our house.. Right i'm off to clean all the windows :eyebrows:

All shared- but I wouldn't let her anywhere near my kit with a duster, so I usually do the dusting and hoovering. She's the untidy one out of the 2 of us, though. :rolleyes:

Mind you, the definition of mess is a two-and-a-half year old daughter so chores are now never ending!

The Vinyl Adventure
13-03-2011, 16:51
Hannah does the cleaning ... She keeps my hifi shiney for me ...
I keep the place tidy, Hannah is the cleaner though...

Rare Bird
13-03-2011, 17:12
O dear no way would i let anyone near my stuff! the wife is unbelievable untidy. i just sit boiling, i'm one of those that goes nutz at even the slightest spec of fluff on the carpet it will eat into me forcing me to get the vacuum cleaner out, quite ironic as i always go out dressed like a tramp :)

:sofa:

The Vinyl Adventure
15-03-2011, 13:10
this as an email has done the rounds in the office this morning


Subject: Fw: Inland Revenue's Reply

This is a real reply from the Inland Revenue. The Guardian newspaper had to ask for special permission to print it. The funniest part of this is imagining the content of the letter sent to the Tax Office which prompted this reply!



Dear Mr Addison,

I am writing to you to express our thanks for your more than prompt reply to our latest communication, and also to answer some of the points you raise. I will address them, as ever, in order.

Firstly, I must take issue with your description of our last as a "begging letter". It might perhaps more properly be referred to as a "tax demand". This is how we at the Inland Revenue have always, for reasons of accuracy, traditionally referred to such documents.

Secondly, your frustration at our adding to the "endless stream of crapulent whining and panhandling vomited daily through the letterbox on to the doormat" has been noted. However, whilst I have naturally not seen the other letters to which you refer I would cautiously suggest that their being from "pauper councils, Lombardy pirate banking houses and pissant gas-mongerers" might indicate that your decision to "file them next to the toilet in case of emergencies" is at best a little ill-advised. In common with my own organisation, it is unlikely that the senders of these letters do see you as a "lackwit bumpkin" or, come to that, a "sodding charity". More likely they see you as a citizen of Great Britain, with a responsibility to contribute to the upkeep of the nation as a whole.

Which brings me to my next point. Whilst there may be some spirit of truth in your assertion that the taxes you pay "go to shore up the canker-blighted, toppling folly that is the Public Services", a moment's rudimentary calculation ought to disabuse you of the notion that the government in any way expects you to "stump up for the whole damned party" yourself. The estimates you provide for the Chancellor's disbursement of the funds levied by taxation, whilst colourful, are, in fairness, a little off the mark. Less than you seem to imagine is spent on "junkets for Bunterish lickspittles" and "dancing whores" whilst far more than you have accounted for is allocated to, for example, "that box-ticking facade of a university system."

A couple of technical points arising from direct queries:

1. The reason we don't simply write "Muggins" on the envelope has to do with the vagaries of the postal system;

2. You can rest assured that "sucking the very marrow of those with nothing else to give" has never been considered as a practice because even if the Personal Allowance didn't render it irrelevant, the sheer medical logistics involved would make it financially unviable.

I trust this has helped. In the meantime, whilst I would not in any way wish to influence your decision one way or the other, I ought to point out that even if you did choose to "give the whole foul jamboree up and go and live in India" you would still owe us the money.

Please send it to us by Friday..

Yours sincerely,
H J Lee
Customer Relations
Inland Revenue

The Vinyl Adventure
15-03-2011, 13:18
EH forum mod peeepl... cant this thread be a sticky? ... i keep loosing it ...

RochaCullen
15-03-2011, 14:59
O dear no way would i let anyone near my stuff! the wife is unbelievable untidy. i just sit boiling, i'm one of those that goes nutz at even the slightest spec of fluff on the carpet it will eat into me forcing me to get the vacuum cleaner out, quite ironic as i always go out dressed like a tramp :)

:sofa:

I'm with you on that one. The wife doesn't seem to see the floor as a thing that needs cleaning, her idea of organising her clothes consists of her making yet another pile, and dusting is something performed only by policemen at a crimescene when looking for fingerprints. It drives me to drink; well, that is, after I've run around the house with hoover and mop.

The arrival of our baby boy has compounded the issue. My life has gone from being in the vicinity of organized, to outright chaos.

Welder
15-03-2011, 16:24
A recent spat of inter-dish frivolities carried out by a number of largely irresponsibly unattended pieces of pork and chicken finally drove me to cleaning the oven :(
Being fairly wary of the shelf bought oven cleaners…..the apply wearing gauntlets and gas mask vacating the surrounding area to a radius of 500metres types :eek:, this involved a fair amount of elbow grease in addition to the grease which was hanging around the oven at the time.

A day later, ¼ of an inch less on my favorite scraper blade and my local supermarkets entire stock of green pads the job was done. Cooker looks nice though. Strange how visiting females think it’s funny to suggest you nip round and do their cooker :rolleyes:

The whole experience was so horrific I’ve broken out the camping kit, reasoning it’s probably easier to bin and replace than go through a major oven clean again.

The Vinyl Adventure
15-03-2011, 16:51
mine needs doing ... put the grill on earlier and smoke belowed out :doh:
hannah usually does it, but apparently over cleaner and pregnancy doesnt go well....
i think i might just use the microwave for anoter 4/12 months ;)

Rare Bird
15-03-2011, 17:32
Ovens are suppose to be cleaned after you've used it..Amazes me how many people just cook in em, turn it off & forget about it :scratch:

The Grand Wazoo
17-03-2011, 00:27
What is it with Americans?
Why do they give their children a first name for a surname and vice versa?

Now, apparently, it's trendy to use a normal Christian name, but spell it backwards.
Semaj?

Alex_UK
17-03-2011, 08:25
Sirhc,

You're 'avin a laugh! Really?

Wonder what Erdna will make of that! Actually, this is quite fun! Evad's a good one! Ocram sounds like a light-bulb, though!

Xela

The Vinyl Adventure
17-03-2011, 08:58
Hannah spells her name backwards

Alex_UK
17-03-2011, 12:14
Very clever, Hsimah! :)

Rare Bird
17-03-2011, 13:52
Hannah spells her name backwards

Wow a human palindrome :)

Alex_UK
17-03-2011, 14:15
Wow a human palindrome :)

So Hamish has two options: Bob if the baby is a boy, Anna for a girl! :)

Thing Fish
17-03-2011, 14:37
Oops error...!

DanJennings
17-03-2011, 18:45
Nej4xJe4Tdg

The Grand Wazoo
17-03-2011, 23:32
You're 'avin a laugh! Really?


You think I'm kidding?
Cop this for a pile of shite:


Nevaeh

The name Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards, and it has a unique and beautiful sound whether it is spelled one way or the other. This word spelled backwards really is not new, but it is becoming increasingly popular as people find out the meaning and discover that it is simply one of the most beautiful names and words spelled backwards.

Siri

Do you like the name Suri but want a varied spelling of the selection chosen by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise for their little girl? Siri is the name Iris spelled backwards, and although it is short, it is one of the most unique and beautiful names for girls.

Liryc

When the name Cyril is spelled in the opposite direction it creates an alternate spelling of the beautiful name Liryc. This is an ideal choice when the father of a baby girl is named Cyril. The backwards spelling and new pronunciation is unique and appealing.

Sivad

Surnames can also be spelled backwards to create new and unique names. Spell Davis backwards and the baby name Sivad is created. It is definitely unique and interesting, and it is ideal for a boy.

Semaj

The first name James spelled in the opposite direction turns into Semaj, and this is also one of the most unique names for a baby boy. It would take clever thinking to realize this name is actually the backwards spelling of a very popular choice for boys.

Nalla

If the father of a baby girl is named Alan, what better choice than the backwards version? Nala is Alan spelled backwards, and this unique baby name can be altered to match the various spellings of the male version including Nalla or even Nella.

The Vinyl Adventure
18-03-2011, 08:30
That truly is a load of shite!
I have heard of neveah bedew as a name and it was described as heaven spelt backwards with that being the reason why it was so "beautiful" ... I nearly did a bit of sick when I hear that!

Where next ..."I have called my son dog ... ..."

I can't really talk mind, if we have a girl I want to call her "Thursday" ... Hannah actually seems like she thinks it's a good idea too ... ...

Stratmangler
18-03-2011, 08:48
Thursday might be fairly unique as a given name, but not necessarily in a good way.
You should name all of your kids carefully - an oddball name can be a burden for them to carry, so pick names wisely.

DanJennings
18-03-2011, 19:02
+1 for Thursday

DanJennings
19-03-2011, 07:53
anyone want to buy me the inbetweeners car? (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-INBETWEENERS-CAR-FOR-COMIC-RELIEF_W0QQitemZ250784919731QQcategoryZ9843QQcmdZV iewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26 itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3 D7841226501033249888#ht_621wt_1139)

The Vinyl Adventure
19-03-2011, 10:37
Thursday might be fairly unique as a given name, but not necessarily in a good way.
You should name all of your kids carefully - an oddball name can be a burden for them to carry, so pick names wisely.

Says a Chris to Hamish ;)

I for one have no idea how you are suppose to choose a name before you meet the baby??

That's odd you mention the inbetweeners dan as one of the boys names Hannah has mentioned is Blake ... Which is the name of the actor who plays Neil

Stratmangler
19-03-2011, 12:43
Says a Chris to Hamish ;)

I for one have no idea how you are suppose to choose a name before you meet the baby??

That's odd you mention the inbetweeners dan as one of the boys names Hannah has mentioned is Blake ... Which is the name of the actor who plays Neil

You could use the practise of the Plains Indians of North America - this could, of course have a downside, as their practise was to name a child after the first thing they saw outside of the Tepee, so you could easily end up with "Two Dogs Shagging".:lolsign:

On a more serious note, I know someone whose forenames are John and Thomas and in that order.
Methinks his parents should have been a bit less innocent in their choice of names; either that, or they knew what they were doing and thought it was funny to choose them.
Either way, he never talks of his parents with any affection - is it any wonder ?

Rare Bird
19-03-2011, 13:30
why do women have this compulsion to pile clothes up on the floor in corners rather than just find a home for em!

Macca
19-03-2011, 13:33
why do women have this compulsion to pile clothes up on the floor in corners rather than just find a home for em!

It's not just women, mate. My whole bedroom is a pile of clothes:lol:

Rare Bird
19-03-2011, 13:38
Saying that the corner of our living room is a pile of reel to reels at the moment :lolsign:

Marco
19-03-2011, 14:17
A bit like this..............


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2476/behi7gwkkgrhqfiuev10eyv.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/i/behi7gwkkgrhqfiuev10eyv.jpg/)


:eyebrows: :eyebrows:

Marco.

DanJennings
20-03-2011, 18:25
I came across this, and I found it rather interesting:

Bjork interviews Stockhausen (http://www.stockhausen.org/bjork.html)

Reid Malenfant
20-03-2011, 18:49
anyone want to buy me the inbetweeners car? (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-INBETWEENERS-CAR-FOR-COMIC-RELIEF_W0QQitemZ250784919731QQcategoryZ9843QQcmdZV iewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26 itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3 D7841226501033249888#ht_621wt_1139)
Flaming heck, bit on the expensive side :eek:

I much prefer this idea (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLAUDIA-WINKLEMAN-TWITRELIEF-SUPERFOLLOW-PLUS-/250785953173?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a6401f595) :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
20-03-2011, 20:44
Attraction! Such an amazingly important thing in our everyday lives everything from choosing the right woman, car, styles, colours, friends etc etc.., wouldnt things be so much different if we didnt have attractions?

Alex_UK
22-03-2011, 19:09
A nice gentle cycle ride - downhill all the way (http://www.gadling.com/2011/03/03/downhill-bike-race-in-chile-is-insanity-at-its-finest/?ncid)

Reid Malenfant
22-03-2011, 19:15
A nice gentle cycle ride - downhill all the way (http://www.gadling.com/2011/03/03/downhill-bike-race-in-chile-is-insanity-at-its-finest/?ncid)
:eek: :eek: :eek:

Total madness of the first order :lolsign:

Must watch that again :eyebrows:

Techno Commander
22-03-2011, 21:41
Suiperb. :)

Marco
22-03-2011, 23:49
Totally bum-cheek batteringly awesome! :lol: :lol:

Marco.

Alex_UK
22-03-2011, 23:57
Totally bum-cheek batteringly awesome! :lol: :lol:

Marco.

Are you still talking about the cycling video? ;)

Marco
23-03-2011, 06:49
Wot else? :goodfriends:

Marco.

keiths
23-03-2011, 09:37
Hell's b*ll*cks.

I can just picture the converstaion now -

Health and safety officer: "Now you're SURE you've done a risk assessment?"
Race organiser: "Yeah. It's fine."

DanJennings
07-04-2011, 18:48
This is great.

kqaadTlATqk

Alex_UK
07-04-2011, 22:17
I'm so chuffed, Maggie the Land Rover passed her MOT, only one small job (brake pipe) and £120 all in! I was expecting the worst this year (she's 20 years old next month) but looks like we'll be having at least another year of fun together! (I'd trust her to start every morning and keep going more than any modern car!) Just like in hifi, new and complicated isn't always best... :)

JazzBones
08-04-2011, 14:09
I'm so chuffed, Maggie the Land Rover passed her MOT, only one small job (brake pipe) and £120 all in! I was expecting the worst this year (she's 20 years old next month) but looks like we'll be having at least another year of fun together! (I'd trust her to start every morning and keep going more than any modern car!) Just like in hifi, new and complicated isn't always best... :)

Alex, did you see the Country File programme on the telly where thieves are now
targeting secluded farms and stealing Land Rovers. The programme showed that because the body work is bolted on a Landy can be totally dismantled in a couple of hours and parts can be sold off on eBay earning the shits who do this sort of thing a cool UK£8K per vehicle!!!!!!!

Jazz:(

Rare Bird
08-04-2011, 14:50
Why do stereos sound glorious one night but crap the next day? or maybe i drink too much :lolsign:

Reid Malenfant
08-04-2011, 14:59
or maybe i drink too much :lolsign:
Or maybe not enough eh :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
08-04-2011, 15:22
Or maybe not enough eh :eyebrows:
On that note it's the Mother-in-laws Birthday i'm off out Beer Guzzling :cool:

Any excuse :eyebrows:

Alex_UK
08-04-2011, 23:11
If you could take a pill that meant you didn't have to sleep - ever - would you?

I would, but since I don't believe there is such a pill, :goodnight:

Folkboy
09-04-2011, 04:56
On that note it's the Mother-in-laws Birthday i'm off out Beer Guzzling :cool:
Can she still drink you under the table?

Alex_UK
09-04-2011, 06:43
Alex, did you see the Country File programme on the telly where thieves are now
targeting secluded farms and stealing Land Rovers. The programme showed that because the body work is bolted on a Landy can be totally dismantled in a couple of hours and parts can be sold off on eBay earning the shits who do this sort of thing a cool UK£8K per vehicle!!!!!!!

Jazz:(

I didn't see that, but yes, they are just big Meccano kits really. And as lots have expensive add-ons like bull bars, knobbly tyres etc. they can be even more attractive to the thieving scum bags, especially as they are very easy to break into. I always block mine in with my wife's car which means they'd have to move that first, but even so, it is a worry, especially if she's out for the day.

Rare Bird
09-04-2011, 10:41
Can she still drink you under the table?

She's anti-drink i love winding her up :eyebrows:


If you could take a pill that meant you didn't have to sleep - ever - would you?

I would, but since I don't believe there is such a pill, :goodnight:

No but if there were a pill i could take to sleep & never wake up i'd take it.

Alex_UK
28-04-2011, 21:30
Avatar was in a supermarket with her Nanny today - and saw a man wearing an eye-patch.

"Look Nanny - there's a Pirate! Shimmy timbers! [SIC]" Luckily the man didn't take offence, and instead had Avatar searching the whole supermarket for his "lost" parrot!

She also had me in stitches tonight - "Daddy, the fiercest dinosaur is a 'Dinosaurs Rex' :)

(Why is it that all kids are obsessed with dinosaurs? I remember I was...)

The Grand Wazoo
28-04-2011, 23:18
We once told our daughter to finish her dinner - we threatened all sorts for her to do this on a nightly basis as she used to seriously compromise her health by just not being bothered by food. Having fun playing was, well.....just more fun!
Anyway on this particular evening she stuck her chest out, banged her fist on the table & yelled "I want a solistitter!" - she was about three years old.

Rare Bird
02-05-2011, 19:36
'I don't mind if i do' ! whats that all about then?

Rare Bird
13-05-2011, 18:16
Why do women have the telly on so loud?, you tell them, turn it down but it gradully increases again..I swear on the wrong day there will be one tell with something gonna be portruding through the screen before she knows it.I'm sick to the back teeth of hearing it, every programme & advert these days has to have loud noisy music accompanying it :steam:

Reid Malenfant
13-05-2011, 18:34
Stick a pin in the coax when she's not looking :lol: It won't do any harm to the TV & it short out the aerial input - no channels to view :cool:

The Grand Wazoo
16-05-2011, 16:19
I've been working at home all day, trying to get a management plan finished off for a deadline & I've been having to put up with a farting dog.
When I say farting, I don't mean the normal 'whispering wind of death' that he specialises in. I mean he's giving full voice to the hell-blown thundering bowels of Beelzebub - the sort of volume that a 12 year old kid would be proud of.

If it weren't so bleeding foul smelling, it would be funny.

Alex_UK
16-05-2011, 17:19
There's "need to know" and "nice to know" - I'm not sure that falls into either category Chris, but hope you feel better for sharing (and got your report done!)

Puffin
16-05-2011, 17:34
Today I have been mostly eating "Cheddars" :lol:

The Grand Wazoo
16-05-2011, 17:36
Today I have been mostly eating "Cheddars"

Today, I have mostly been eating bugger all & I'm starvin'!

Marco
16-05-2011, 17:43
I recommend some filet mignon!

Marco.

Jonboy
16-05-2011, 18:46
my missus woke me up the other night farting , bless her she has an allergy to eggs

Rare Bird
16-05-2011, 18:50
my missus woke me up the other night farting , bless her she has an allergy to eggs

well mine don't have any such allergy, don't stop her, what happened to days when women don't fart like blokes?

Barry
16-05-2011, 18:54
I recommend some filet mignon!

Marco.

Think the last time I eat filet mignon was in Maxims (not in Paris, but in Saigon, Vietnam). Can't remember what wine accompanied it, but I was not into wine so much in those days.

Regarding canine flatulence, Chris try giving Merlot some charcoal biscuits!

Regards

The Grand Wazoo
16-05-2011, 19:18
We might just try that Barry, but I think the poor little bloke has got something wrong with him - he's not looking too chipper at the moment.

Rare Bird
19-05-2011, 22:55
I know a guy who has a system worth easily around £20K, he lives in an absolute shit hole ( i honestly thought it was a Deralict building) :lol: , he stinks to high heaven, the wife looks like a tramp & so do the kids, honestly, one of those houses where you wipe you feet on the way out.. but the stereo is all that matters, i don't even think he works for a living tbh :lolsign: I've actually known three people in my life like this.Is this common practice within Hi-Fi nutters

Marco
20-05-2011, 10:25
Bet he's got three CDs, too, and a penchant for wearing joggers from Matalan, with 'dress shoes' - and buying 'oven chips' in Farmfoods! :eyebrows:

Does his wife have a beard?

Marco.

Macca
20-05-2011, 12:35
Bet he's got three CDs, too, and a penchant for wearing joggers from Matalan, with 'dress shoes' - and buying 'oven chips' in Farmfoods! :eyebrows:


Marco.

You would love it round my way Marco:lol:

Alex_UK
20-05-2011, 17:59
"Look Daddy, I've drawn a picture of you!"

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu259/Alex_Steel1969/hifi/IMG_5171_1.jpg?t=1305914101

Those of you that have met me will realise what an excellent likeness this is, especially for a 2 year old "artist"! (I think the big square thing is supposed to be my tummy, or maybe my weekend pinafore? :lol:)

Reid Malenfant
20-05-2011, 18:00
:lolsign:

Macca
21-05-2011, 00:00
:lolsign:

Rare Bird
28-05-2011, 14:34
Why is this country so shite, when you wanna do something it's such a performance locating the required parts if at all. How people take please in audio DIY is totally beyond me..

Rare Bird
29-05-2011, 17:32
Why don't all manufacturers put values on their crossover Inductors :steam:

Reid Malenfant
29-05-2011, 18:08
Why don't all manufacturers put values on their crossover Inductors :steam:
A good few manufacturers use either in house codes for components or go one better & sand the damn markings off of transistors etc :steam: :steam: :steam:

Arseholes :punch:

Rare Bird
29-05-2011, 18:31
The best ones are the Epoxy encapsulated circuits :rolleyes:

Manufacturers that completely cover crossovers in hot glue, what a performance i've had this weekend with one :steam:

The Grand Wazoo
29-05-2011, 18:51
After a United Nations conference all of the delegates decided to go to a posh restaurant together to have a meal before they all went their separate ways. All of them, that is, except for one spokesperson, who had to leave early to catch his flight home to Bangkok.

In the end, they had to settle for Big Macs & McNuggets at McDonalds because at every place they went to, the head waiter told them that he couldn't let them in without a Thai.

Rare Bird
29-05-2011, 18:59
:lolsign: One for the Jokes & Funnies tho ;)

The Grand Wazoo
01-06-2011, 09:12
Am I the only one who thinks that Sepp Blatter sounds like a paintball gun?

http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sepp-blatter.jpghttp://www.indometric.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/6aaaf_paintball_sentry.jpg

Marco
03-06-2011, 08:21
I'd love one of the those (the paintball gun). I could do some real damage with that, hehehehe...

I'd add it to my 'arsenal' of toys, along with my 'Super-Soaker' rattler water gun:


http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1465/171010400199.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/171010400199.jpg/)


:eyebrows: :eyebrows:

Wet t-shirt competitions, anyone? :eyebrows:

Marco.

Dominic Harper
19-06-2011, 10:00
Cockroaches. What is the F***ing point of them! They serve no purpose do they? And is it true they would survive a nuclear holacaust. If so would all life evolve from cockroaches and what would we look like if we did?
I NEED TO KNOW!!!!:steam:

Macca
19-06-2011, 11:58
Cockroaches. What is the F***ing point of them! They serve no purpose do they? And is it true they would survive a nuclear holacaust. If so would all life evolve from cockroaches and what would we look like if we did?
I NEED TO KNOW!!!!:steam:

There's an old story, may be apocryphal, about a bloke in the States who placed a newspaper ad - 'Sure-fire, guaranteed 'Roach Killer only $9.99'

The product was two blocks of wood with the instructions 'place the roach on block 1 then crush with block 2'

Alex_UK
19-06-2011, 12:19
One of the many great things about being a Dad - Father's Day today, so a toy for the big boy!

http://img.alibaba.com/wsphoto/v0/294854585/SYMA-S032-Gyro-Metal-Frame-3-5-Ch-RC-Heli.jpg

This is just awesome! Taking bets on how long it will last before I crash it, lose it, or destroy an ornament practising inside... :)

Macca
19-06-2011, 12:26
One of the many great things about being a Dad - Father's Day today, so a toy for the big boy!

http://img.alibaba.com/wsphoto/v0/294854585/SYMA-S032-Gyro-Metal-Frame-3-5-Ch-RC-Heli.jpg

This is just awesome! Taking bets on how long it will last before I crash it, lose it, or destroy an ornament practising inside... :)

Jammy Barstard! Remember to have 'Ride of the Valkyries' playing on the hi-fi as you're flying it around:lol:

Marco
19-06-2011, 12:39
Lol - 'avatar' must get bloody good pocket money!! ;)

Marco.

Alex_UK
19-06-2011, 12:50
Remember to have 'Ride of the Valkyries' playing on the hi-fi as you're flying it around:lol:

That's a damn good idea! :)


Lol - 'avatar' must get bloody good pocket money!! ;)

Think Mummy may have helped! I probably set the bar high when I bought her a Tiffany bracelet for Mother's Day! :lol:

The chopper is great fun, but only lasts about 10 minutes on a charge - which takes about 90 minutes, but that's about all my nerves can handle anyway! This is definitely not a toy to get out after a few sherberts...!

Reid Malenfant
19-06-2011, 15:01
Cockroaches. What is the F***ing point of them! They serve no purpose do they? And is it true they would survive a nuclear holacaust. If so would all life evolve from cockroaches and what would we look like if we did?
I NEED TO KNOW!!!!:steam:
Watch the film "Mimic" & you may just find out :eyebrows:

Macca
26-06-2011, 00:20
Those damn pesky Bugs missed us this time!

But next time we may not be so lucky!

Want To Know More?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8595514/Giant-asteroid-to-narrowly-miss-Earth.html

Marco
30-06-2011, 10:51
Here's one that's always intrigued me.... When some of you daftees leave AoS temporarily in a wee girly shtrop-ette :eyebrows: what's the significance of removing your avatar?

I just don't get that............. :scratch: :confused:

So what's going through yer daft nuts there then? ;)

Enlighten me - ta!

Marco.

Macca
30-06-2011, 10:54
Like if the Queen is in residence the flag is flying on the pole outside, if she is away they take it down.

Marco
30-06-2011, 10:56
Perhaps, but it just seems daft to me.....

Marco.

Mark Grant
30-06-2011, 10:57
Maybe it's like taking your ball home, there is no ball so the avatar picture is the only thing to take home.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I'm%20going%20to%20take%20my%20bal l%20and%20go%20home!

Marco
30-06-2011, 11:09
:lolsign:

Sounds about right!

Seriously though, some insight from those 'guilty' of doing it would be interesting.... Btw, I'm not taking the piss; I'm genuinely interested :)

Marco.

Stratmangler
01-07-2011, 15:19
I've not long since returned from one of the local supermarkets - Tesco, as it happens - and my son and I have had a real chuckle at the vegetarian range of products.
Neither of us can fathom out why there's loads of stuff all designed to look like meat.
Surely, if you're vegetarian, the last thing you'd want to eat is anything resembling meat :mental:

Barry
03-07-2011, 13:58
Having been prompted by The Grand Wazoo to cut the grass (it's not good enough to be called a lawn), I've now set-to with the dusting and hoovering.

Does anyone know which order the latter two tasks should be done? Logic tells me the dusting of surfaces should be done first, before the vacuuming, but I'm not sure.

And another thing, can anyone tell me how to get rid of those horrible little spiders, with virtually no bodies and very thin legs, that like to lurk in the corners where the ceiling meets the wall? I'm not an arachnophobic, but I detest the webs they make, seemingly overnight, and the detritus they collect. I also hate the way their spider shit appears on my audio gear! :steam: The only solution seems to a 'whip round' with a feather duster.

Alex_UK
03-07-2011, 14:07
Dust first then vacuum, definitely. (Just what I've been doing too, in fact.)

I'm afraid to say hoover up those spiders - we've got a cylinder cleaner and I just put the "brush" attachment, and up the pipe Incey Wincey goes... They seem to survive the ordeal when I empty them out!

Marco
04-07-2011, 01:43
The only solution seems to a 'whip round' with a feather duster.

...and of course whilst wearing a pink tutu and humming a happy tune - not an uncommon scene, I believe, chez-Bazza! :eyebrows:

Marco.

Rare Bird
04-07-2011, 13:20
Seriously though, some insight from those 'guilty' of doing it would be interesting.



shops shut

Marco
04-07-2011, 13:25
Lol - so no more icey-cream from the funny man in the wee hut? :eyebrows:

I gets ya, dude, but if it were me, I doubt that I could be arsed!

Marco.

Rare Bird
04-07-2011, 13:27
I was in the boozer yesterday having something to eat, when i noticed something really odd. A couple in their mid twenies tucking in when all of a sudden the bird gets up goes to the bar to get herself another drink, while she's gone he's eating grub from her plate then continues to tuck into his when he see's her coming back over...very odd!

After he'd finished his (picking up through lip reading), he makes out he's got something stuck in his tooth so lurches over, picks up her drink, down the neck with it..

Joe
04-07-2011, 14:57
Having been prompted by The Grand Wazoo to cut the grass (it's not good enough to be called a lawn), I've now set-to with the dusting and hoovering.

Does anyone know which order the latter two tasks should be done? Logic tells me the dusting of surfaces should be done first, before the vacuuming, but I'm not sure.


Dusting first, around Christmas time, then vacuuming, near Easter.

Barry
04-07-2011, 17:56
...and of course whilst wearing a pink tutu and humming a happy tune - not an uncommon scene, I believe, chez-Bazza! :eyebrows:

Marco.

Well surprisingly the feathers of the duster are cerise/puce coloured - finding a colour that does not clash is very difficult. I'm sufficiently a slut to "just not give a damm" and continue to wear my little French maid's outfit. :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
07-07-2011, 22:13
The way wives rip into Taxi drivers over charging .lol..I've curl up in a balll sometimes :lolsign:

webby
08-07-2011, 07:59
Check out the reviews of this 'pricey' cable!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001NXQRSW/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=08ANC2QSMY2XVKNSHG5P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128453&pf_rd_i=468294

Macca
08-07-2011, 12:20
Check out the reviews of this 'pricey' cable!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001NXQRSW/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=08ANC2QSMY2XVKNSHG5P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128453&pf_rd_i=468294

:lolsign:

'As the price of gold inexorably increases these cables begin to look like the sensible investment for those who wish to ensure financial security for their great-great-great-great grandchildren. In 200 years time they will be able to harvest the refined metal from these cables and barter it for their freedom with our Chinese overlords'

outstanding!

Alex_UK
14-07-2011, 17:40
Isn't this just the coolest tent on the planet?

http://media.firebox.com/pic/p3644_main.jpg (http://www.firebox.com/product/3644/VW-Camper-Van-Tent)

http://www.firebox.com/product/3644/VW-Camper-Van-Tent

Marco
14-07-2011, 17:43
Love it! :lol:

Marco.

Rare Bird
17-07-2011, 08:36
The blue LED on my DAC really gets on my wires, this morning the LED actually went faulty, it won't illuminate like before, it's just dim, thank the lord for little things.

Alex_UK
17-07-2011, 16:27
I can't work out if this is genuine or not - amazing talent if it is, very clever computer tomfoolery if it isn't!

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/drummer.html

Barry
22-07-2011, 15:49
The BT (formerly GPO) 'speaking clock' is 75 years old. Happy Birthday!

To check the time using "123" will cost you 31p, however if you are bored and have some time on your hand, then:

Did you know if you tap in the following sequence of numbers on a modern touch-tone telephone keypad, you play the tune “Frère Jacques”?

123112313693699#96319#9631141141

And it will cost you nothing!

The Grand Wazoo
22-07-2011, 16:41
Did you also know that if you subtract 4663662 from 10 million on a calculator & turn it upside down it reads the name of a band?

Alex_UK
24-07-2011, 20:22
OMG! How, why?

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/07/kid-claims-fish-accidentally-slipped-penis-cleaning-aquarium/

Rare Bird
25-07-2011, 00:23
OMG! How, why?



Scollops & Bollox for tea then :lol:

Alex_UK
25-07-2011, 16:23
And this is a genius idea - but NOT one to open at work, in front of the kids, if YOU are easily offended or if your wife checks your browsing history!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! :)

Smutty Idea For a Website relating to a word beginning with W and ending in K and it's not walk... (http://thankyourwank.com/)

The Grand Wazoo
25-07-2011, 19:37
I met a bloke called Barnaby last week - that doesn't happen every day, does it?

Jonboy
25-07-2011, 20:12
i've been working with a 50 something brickie called Percy the last two weekends, that name isn't common either nowadays

Marco
26-07-2011, 07:47
I know a guy called Cindy, but I think he only uses it when he's got a dress on.

Marco.

Alex_UK
26-07-2011, 15:38
Got any jewellery you don't want any more? Swap it for cats!

http://cats4gold.com/

The Grand Wazoo
26-07-2011, 15:56
Lovethe cats:gold calculator.
My gold:


There's nothing as alluring as something that's purring. Your gold is worth 1.82 large persians.

Alex_UK
26-07-2011, 16:04
Alternatively, if you're not a Cat lover, perhaps you fancy "eating out"

http://www.picturesandjokes.com/pictures/funny02.jpg

The Grand Wazoo
26-07-2011, 16:05
Working from home today are we Alex?

Rare Bird
26-07-2011, 22:18
:lolsign:

Barry
26-07-2011, 22:41
Working from home today are we Alex?

Call that work?

No wonder my insurance premiums are so high! :ner:

Alex_UK
26-07-2011, 22:54
In my defence, I did start very early, and I've been working this evening - its hard to work out where work stops and the fun starts, sometimes! :lol:

I didn't have an Indian though, or buy any cats with gold!

The Grand Wazoo
26-07-2011, 23:11
I didn't have an Indian though, or buy any cats with gold!

I understand there are some take-aways where it is possible to pay with cats! And it's alleged that they often have the word Golden in their name

Alex_UK
26-07-2011, 23:18
Never sure about any restaurant with Golden in their names...

http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/bad-restaurant-name-19.jpg

http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/bad-restaurant-name-1.jpg

The Grand Wazoo
26-07-2011, 23:20
The Golden Stool - so they sprinkle glitter in the mashed potatoes then?!

The Grand Wazoo
26-07-2011, 23:33
How about 'Poo Poo Hot Pot'?

http://www.offbeatenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/8290a__weird-resturents-01.jpg

http://www.offbeatenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/d67ef__weird-resturents-02.jpg

http://www.offbeatenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/d67ef__weird-resturents-09.jpg

The Grand Wazoo
27-07-2011, 07:25
This one's not to be ignored either!

http://foodnetworkhumor.com/img/bad-restaurant-name-4.jpg

Rare Bird
27-07-2011, 08:08
Some funny road side signs aswell

Alex_UK
27-07-2011, 08:32
I know I've posted this before, but... My favourite ever road...

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/files/imagepicker/1/bellend.jpg

Rare Bird
27-07-2011, 08:42
:lolsign:

The Grand Wazoo
27-07-2011, 23:14
I bought an album the other day from Ebay & received a message from the seller asking if I would mind returning the stamps from the package - he provided an SAE for this purpose.

I thought this was a bit unusual but agreed to do so.
I got the parcel today - WOW!
The stamps show images from Thunderbirds & they are like those motion cards you used to get in packets of cereal in the 70's. Tilt them to different angles and (for example) Thunderbird 2 goes up the ramp & takes off!
My parcel had this whole set attached:

http://www.positivelypostal.co.uk/img/uploads/1230.jpg


..........and I thought Thunderbirds was crap when I was a kid!

The Grand Wazoo
31-07-2011, 23:07
I've been wearing shorts all day - You know you had a good night when you can't find yer trousers in the morning!!!!

Barry
01-08-2011, 00:34
I've been wearing shorts all day - You know you had a good night when you can't find yer trousers in the morning!!!!

Hmmm - that reminds me of someting that was quoted to me by a once girlfriend of mine.

Unfortunately, it's not really suitable for the 'Jokes and Funnies' thread, despite appealing to Marco's sense of humour. It would, no doubt, be considered acceptable to the 'Pub car park' section of HiFi Wigwam. :rolleyes:

Sorry to let you down.

Rare Bird
01-08-2011, 00:42
I often find my socks & jeans outside at the weekend, honestly.

Macca
06-08-2011, 11:43
Why do second hand AC-DC records always have groove damage? :steam:

Rare Bird
06-08-2011, 11:57
Why do second hand AC-DC records always have groove damage? :steam:

It's a Bridge rectifier issue :eyebrows:

Macca
06-08-2011, 12:10
It's a Bridge rectifier issue :eyebrows:

:lolsign:

Alex_UK
11-08-2011, 22:44
Does anyone have net curtains any more? Sorry, my curtain fetish is getting the better of me, but it suddenly occurred to me (this morning, when the window cleaner peered in, and I happened to be viewing my collection of Justin Bieber images... :lol:) that you never see them any more...?

keiths
12-08-2011, 00:06
I have - in the bathroom only.

Marco
12-08-2011, 07:43
So no-one can peer-in and watch you play with your toy helmet? :eyebrows:

Marco.

Rare Bird
17-08-2011, 12:13
People that play nothing but female vocal based music because they get off on the midrange that they feel makes their hifi sound good to them, who cares about the rest of the audio spectrum :D same goes for people who primarily listern to dance music that gives them a false, what ever takes your fancy powerful bottom end that their speakers fail to reproduce with real music :lol:

Stratmangler
17-08-2011, 12:49
People that play nothing but female vocal based music because they get off on the midrange that they feel makes their hifi sound good to them, who cares about the rest of the audio spectrum :D same goes for people who primarily listern to dance music that gives them a false, what ever takes your fancy powerful bottom end that their speakers fail to reproduce with real music :lol:

I'd widen this to anyone who plays recordings because they make the hifi sound good.
Talk about tail wagging the dog :rolleyes:

Barry
18-08-2011, 18:05
I'd widen this to anyone who plays recordings because they make the hifi sound good.
Talk about tail wagging the dog :rolleyes:

I know someone like that. :doh: He seems to miss the point that system is only "a means to an end". And we all know what that "end" should be. :)

Rare Bird
08-09-2011, 10:30
Why is it that you can't stick the wife's family?

Why is it that there's more Dole scroungers than you care to realise!

Rare Bird
11-09-2011, 21:35
Idiots. It either stupid sounding exhause pipes that were not designed for the cars they have been fitted to or it's unbelievably loud thumping music or both. I do not want to hear this crap, why should i?

The Grand Wazoo
12-09-2011, 14:26
I'd just like to say that none of this is true - you can't believe anything you read in the papers these days.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8149/newspaper1.jpg

Barry
12-09-2011, 14:32
I'd just like to say that none of this is true - you can't believe anything you read in the papers these days.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8149/newspaper1.jpg

Nice one Chris! Looks like you have been 'outed'. I suspect involvement by News International. :lol:

Regards

Alex_UK
12-09-2011, 15:07
I'm sure its not true... ;)

sburrell
15-09-2011, 09:54
This seems like the ideal thread to post a link to this YouTube vid. It's just something I uploaded from E4, and offers a great example of how to make a TV line-up voice-over interesting and funny! I laugh every time!
uvWnBrtp-1U
By the way, am I the only one that notices that on Channel 5 (and sister channels) the voice-overs by women are invariably distorted due to harsh clipping?:scratch:

Alex_UK
15-09-2011, 13:14
What I meant to type... "good to meet you on Tuesday, and put a face to the name"

What I actually mistyped... "good to meet you on Tuesday, and put a faece to the name"

What Word spell check "helpfully" did for me... ""good to meet you on Tuesday, and put a faeces to the name"

:doh:

(Luckily I spotted it and cancelled before sending!)

Welder
16-09-2011, 19:52
Not quite sure where to post these.
It doesn’t get much more sinister than this imo. I can’t remember the name of the guy that does this style of graffiti.

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/b48d3e4b8dc517f6b636809b505f19b8f5799104a0d7699669 3f15ae19aba5402g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=s71jzcwj0ra570w&thumb=5)

There is just something about this. I’ll let you sort out exactly what it is.
l2cczk6aBjU

Barry
20-09-2011, 17:12
Picked up on my way back from shopping:

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/001-7.jpg

OK, so it’s probably not a record beater by any means, but with dimensions of 47.2 x 37.0 x 34.5 mm, I was quite impressed.

Just the ‘little boy’ in me. :lol:

The Grand Wazoo
20-09-2011, 21:28
A quick update on the Google / zarzleberry situation, as seen here in Aug 2010:


Here we go, fame at last! And they've only just revised the Oxford English Dictionary, dammit!

http://a.imageshack.us/img831/2156/zarzleberry.jpg


No-one else on planet earth apart from me, Alex & Google have yet seen fit to recognise this marvel of modern lexicography. A terrible shame, as it had so much potential!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=zarlzleberry#q=zarzleberry&hl=en&nfpr=1&prmd=imvnsfd&filter=0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=f662e1c76c521b02&biw=1440&bih=785
AoS - the home of zarzling.


On a slightly different note, when was the last time you heard someone say 'shed-yool' instead of 'sked-yool'??

Alex_UK
20-09-2011, 21:35
I'll have a pint of whatever zarzleberry juice you're currently on, Chris! :lol:

(Hang on, no I won't - its a school night, isn't it!)

Barry
20-09-2011, 21:36
On a slightly different note, when was the last time you heard someone say 'shed-yool' instead of 'sked-yool'??

I make a deliberate and conscious effort to pronounce it correctly.

On a similar theme, what's all this with "gifted"? Gifted is an adjective, not a verb. The past participle of the verb is "given". As I was taught at school: "you can't 'do' nouns". Seems the Americans can. :doh:

The Grand Wazoo
23-09-2011, 07:02
Have you ever had trouble getting used to the controls of a new piece of technology?

http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

Barry
23-09-2011, 16:33
Have you ever had trouble getting used to the controls of a new piece of technology?

http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

Where's the 8-track player? And which switch operates the wipers? :scratch:

Equally puzzling is why there are Christmas cards and wrapping paper in the shops now, when we haven't reached the end of September! :doh:

The Vinyl Adventure
12-10-2011, 22:46
I day shed-yool ... But then I sometime say irregardless ... Who gives a shiz
I also like who'd have thunk it and that'll learn ya...

Barry
22-10-2011, 00:33
According to some [1], the Universe came into being around 8:30 in the evening on October 22 in the year 4004 BC. That makes the Universe 6,015 years old tonight. Considering that cosmologists claim the Universe is actually 13.7 billion years old, the Old Girl isn’t wearing too badly.

Mind you, according to Harold Camping in Oakland California, God gave Noah a message in 4990 BC (so that would be 986 years before the Universe was created!?), that the destruction “in seven days time”, translates to 7,000 years and thus World will end quietly, yesterday October 21, 2011.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-faithful-await-prophesy-end-world-173152152.html

I'm still here, are you?

[1] James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh, in 1658. http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/ussher.htm

Alex_UK
22-10-2011, 06:09
I'm still here, are you?

I think I am Barry but what do I know? ;)

sq225917
22-10-2011, 08:43
zarzleberry wtf is one of those, do they have them in the US

Joe
22-10-2011, 11:48
[1] James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh, in 1658. http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/ussher.htm

He made some good speakers, even if he was a made as a box of frogs.

Barry
27-10-2011, 15:14
Apparently when I was born, I was the 2,519,158,724th person alive at that time and the 75,637,776,785th person to have lived since the start of history.

Shouldn't take too much effort to work out how old I am!

The Grand Wazoo
13-11-2011, 23:22
Did I miss the announcement or something?
Apparently problems are now officially known as 'issues'.

The Grand Wazoo
19-11-2011, 00:39
The Eighth most bizarre advert ever to appear on Craigslist:


8) Pope hats
"Because of this terrible economy, I'm having to shut down my business. I have OVER 1300 Pope hats (replicas) that I REALLY need to get rid of. The pope hats came from China and are a little too small for most adult heads and are also irritating to the skin, so you would need to have long hair or wear a smaller hat underneath (just like the REAL POPE). Dogs do not like to wear these pope hats, but maybe a large cat or maybe a nice dog would wear one."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6157363/20-most-bizarre-Craigslist-adverts-of-all-time.html

Alex_UK
24-11-2011, 12:37
All been happening here this morning, first off sirens all over the place, a massive traffic jam on my road, and then a power cut for half an hour... seems the local substation had a fire.

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/update_blaze_breaks_out_at_electricity_sub_station _on_ipswich_docks_leaving_400_homes_without_power_ 1_1135470

Couple of hours later I thought we were being invaded, as a helicopter was low overhead, and I thought must have landed somewhere - seems like it did, another accident in the very near vicinity!

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_man_airlifted_to_hospital_with_serious_hea d_injuries_after_cutting_through_oil_drum_1_113582 3

Just waiting for the plague of frogs or a meteor strike this afternoon...

Alex_UK
14-12-2011, 13:24
Learned this morning that after the "Petrol Pump" warning light comes on in a Landrover Defender 110 that you can't then carry on driving for two weeks without worrying about it... :doh:

Still, 25 years of driving and first time I have run out of fuel. (That's not bad fuel economy in anyone's book! :lol:)

Alex_UK
14-12-2011, 13:26
A question, if I may - if we have anyone of the medical persuasion amongst us, or perhaps you don't need to be qualified to help! Why is it that alcohol has much more effect at lunchtime than it does in the evening?? It has often puzzled me - usually after two pints in my dinner break when I then fall asleep at my desk in a pool of my own drool... :)

Macca
14-12-2011, 13:29
If you carried on drinking you'd be fine - its just that you stop and go back to work and then your blood sugar crashes... I think...

Alex_UK
14-12-2011, 13:32
If you carried on drinking you'd be fine - its just that you stop and go back to work and then your blood sugar crashes... I think...

Yeah but no but yeah - I understand the crashing thing, but why do I feel much more inebriated after two pints at lunchtime than I would with two pints in the evening...? :scratch:

Macca
14-12-2011, 13:34
lack of training? ;)

Alex_UK
14-12-2011, 13:35
lack of training? ;)

Good point - I'm off down the pub now!

Barry
14-12-2011, 15:15
A question, if I may - if we have anyone of the medical persuasion amongst us, or perhaps you don't need to be qualified to help! Why is it that alcohol has much more effect at lunchtime than it does in the evening?? It has often puzzled me - usually after two pints in my dinner break when I then fall asleep at my desk in a pool of my own drool... :)

Alcohol is made from fermented wheat and grains. It contains a protein called gluten that has the effect of making you tired. Alcohol is full of carbohydrates and these give your body a sugar 'rush', because they are metabolised quickly; they have a high glycemic index.

Food in the stomach helps absorb the alcohol so it gets into the blood stream slowly. It is likely that at lunch time there is insufficient food in your stomach to absorb the 'lunchtime drinks' (especially if you only have a light breakfast) and so you will get an energy rush. This does not last long which is why, in comparison, you feel sleepy afterwards.

When drinking in the evening, it is likely that the food you eat for lunch will slow down the rate at which alcohol gets into the blood.

Only my thoughts - I'm no expert. :cool:

Can anyone explain how and why the 'hair of the dog' works?

Macca
17-12-2011, 13:27
Freezing cold here today with occasional outbursts of sleet and hail. I have to go into town to buy a new mop, putting it off for as long as possible...:(

Rare Bird
17-12-2011, 13:43
What have you gone bald then?

Macca
17-12-2011, 13:52
What have you gone bald then?

:lol:

No, just grey before my time, mate..

Rare Bird
17-12-2011, 17:49
Same here, im looking more like Gandalf every week :(

JJack
20-12-2011, 19:01
Freezing cold here today with occasional outbursts of sleet and hail. I have to go into town to buy a new mop, putting it off for as long as possible...:(

So the English wait for good weather to buy mops?

Then why do the floors always look so clean?:scratch:

Stratmangler
20-12-2011, 23:16
Freezing cold here today...

I'm still waiting to experience freezing hot ;) :eyebrows:

Rare Bird
22-12-2011, 14:17
What planet are certain Mail order companies on? Last night i was looking at a new Sony internet TV, this certain mail order company were the cheapest last night, this morning i came to buy it it's increased by a tenner, through this ive put my spiteful head on bought from someone else even though they are both virtually the same price now.they have obviously been scanning compares & thought they would match but i'm sorry to say they lost a sale from me.

The Grand Wazoo
29-12-2011, 00:56
Just in case you're planning to fly somewhere anytime soon, be sure not to take any terrorist paraphernalia with you.
Like small cakes, for example. God help you if you're a practising pâtissier - you spawn of the devil you.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cupcake-sparks-airport-terror-threat.html