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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Evening all, Been filling in forms and doing schemes of work today... back to it! Enjoy the rest of your weekends everyone. 
_________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:34 pm |
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Morning all. Unsure what today will bring. 
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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:08 am |
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am Posts: 6954 Location: Peebo
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Morning all. Off round my brothers for some coffee this afternoon. I think I may make some scones. Looks like there was a little rain overnight. Plus I actually had the heating on last night and this morning Have a great day folks.
_________________ When they put teeth in your mouth, they spoiled a perfectly good bum. -Billy Connolly (to a heckler)
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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:11 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Morning all, we were supposed to have fireworks in the town last night, so we gave the dog some tranquilizers, he went down in the cellar to sleep and we didn't hear a peep out of him, but I also didn't hear any fireworks...  Hopefully they will work at New Year as well, he flips out when the fireworks go off - somebody threw a banger of the hedge and it exploded next to him, when he was a puppy, now he can't stand to hear them, even in the distance. New Year is an absolute torture for him.
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:14 am |
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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Well its Monday and its still dark outside  Nuff said 
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:11 am |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5161 Location: /dev/tty0
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Morning,
Heading into work via the train today. I wonder if I'll be sent to Birmingham...
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:34 am |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Morning all, Mrs. V has a cold, (and as usual it's a bad one) so I'm going to try and talk her out of going into work today. I'm also going to try and ignore my back, (which is bloody killing me!) as I have a lot, (and I mean a lot!) of reading before my interview tomorrow. Have a great day everyone. 
_________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:45 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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Morning all. Massive install to do today so shall be busy.
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:22 am |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Morning all
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:18 am |
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am Posts: 1751 Location: Marbella Spain
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Morning I hate it when it rains here it screws everything up ,the electrics in this place may have screwed my computer . 
_________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming... Damn, What a ride!!
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:10 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Hello.
*waves*
We've been away again for a couple of days, and apart from hooting with laughter at all the blokes in dresses on the telly over the weekend, achieved a lot of good things. Most of which won't be of any interest to anyone else but us.
We get back to discover our Friday afternoon Vectra is a disaster area. We left it with the garage to try and sort out some lumpy running, only to discover it has a "blown ECU". That's the best part of a grand to fix. Best Beloved, understandably, hit the roof. To cut a long and tedious story short, we've agreed the greasemonkeys put the car back to together again so it runs, we pay for what they've actually spent out on, and then we flog on the dead horse. We'll be happy if we can offload it for £500.
After most of my motoring career being a Vauxhall driver, I shall definitely be steering well clear of that make in the future. I do wonder which car is likely to be the most reliable down the line. It's all the bloomin' electronics they stuff in cars these days. It just seems to break and be expensive, without adding anything tangible to the value and enjoyment. Having spent most of yesterday at a classic vehicle show, I have developed a real yearning for simpler motoring, where a pair of tights and a thumbnail would get you back on the road and get you home. I think I feel a new thread coming on...
Anyway, I am now debating whether to try and catch up on four days' worth of posts, or just mark all as read and start over.
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:12 am |
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm Posts: 12144 Location: Belfast
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Mark all as read and start over, and don't forget to post pics, or your few days away didn't happen. (8+p Mark
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:15 am |
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm Posts: 5041 Location: London
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Afternoon all Went to the Southampton Boat show at the weekend - saw a lovely boat - just need £850K or so to buy it  will ahve to hunt down the back of the sofa
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:02 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Afternoon I'm feeling strange. The buyer upped their offer to the land of sensible and so we will probably be moving down south in the next few weeks. I both like this and hate it at the same time. I've lived here on and off for 30 years and my family has owned it since it was built in 1953. So a lot of memories are here... ...which is why I'm also glad - it's not just the happy memories that are here. And I can't make a new life if I stay here tbh - there's too much old sh*t going on. 
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:50 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5161 Location: /dev/tty0
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The company that is contracting the company I work for are a complete waste of space. They own the technology that is going into the trains I'm working on and they can't design a system for [LIFTED]. I've brought them up on so many things that should have been thought about when the project began several years ago... They don't give error messages, just blank the screen and apply emergency breaks if something goes wrong, these messages that aren't displayed on the screen can be traced into a file, however some idiot has said "Oh, /tmp would be a good place to put these log files", so when the driver turns the system off so that he can get a train full of passengers to 'B' the system shuts down and wipes everything in /tmp Now they are giving us procedures to recover some of these logs and the process seems to corrupt files! How on earth have these people been able to implement this same system in France and Germany!? Have a good day everyone, I'll probably be in Birmingham International if you need me...
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Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:02 am |
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