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chopper 
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 Posted: July 12 2007 at 16:30 |
Wey hey, the Admin's gone, let's get the beers out, stick some Pallas on the stereo, wack it up to 11 and have a party!  Sorry, for a minute I thought I was 18 again.  If I can make another 98 posts today, I'll catch up with Jared.
Edited by chopper - July 12 2007 at 16:32
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Jared
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 16:15 |
^^ Vicky, probably...... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Man Erg
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 12:49 |
^^^
Right then! Guess who's got the keys to the GR bar? 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 12:24 |
What are you lot on about?
Anyway - I think I left my keys in here - ah! There they are...
... that stain on the wall is going to be cleaned off by the time I get back, isn't it? 
In my absence, remember:
Grey Good, Velvet Bad
Toodle pip - see y'all in a coupla weeks...
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chopper
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 10:32 |
Some of us have a life though. 
Sorry James.
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Jared
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 10:14 |
 chopper wrote:
fandango wrote:
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable...  ) |
What d'ya mean?
At least 90% of my posts are deeply meaningful and designed to bring a little joy into your lives. The rest are complete bull.
Can I have my 5000 post medal now please Jim? |
of course, James managed to reach the 5000 posts mark before his 6th birthday... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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chopper
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 09:44 |
fandango wrote:
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable... ) |
What d'ya mean?
At least 90% of my posts are deeply meaningful and designed to bring a little joy into your lives. The rest are complete bull.
Can I have my 5000 post medal now please Jim?
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Man Erg
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:58 |
Geck0 wrote:
Da kids?
Nah, not really, even Jim can speak kiddy speak. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:29 |
Da kids?
Nah, not really, even Jim can speak kiddy speak.
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Man Erg
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:24 |
Geck0 wrote:
Man Erg wrote:
fandango wrote:
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable... ) |
Yeah! Celebrate 5,000 posts in the VR with a wooot! or someother , down-with-the-kids expression |
That'd be w00t of course. Cos at the end of the day, a w00t sounds like totally rad, innit? |
c yr dwn wit da kidz, jmz 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:22 |
Man Erg wrote:
fandango wrote:
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable... ) |
Yeah! Celebrate 5,000 posts in the VR with a wooot! or someother , down-with-the-kids expression |
That'd be w00t of course. Cos at the end of the day, a w00t sounds like totally rad, innit?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:21 |
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Do you think that 3 bedroom log cabins in Newfoundland are called sheds/shacks? |
I should think they're called cabins.
Or maybe caddy shacks.
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Man Erg
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:19 |
fandango wrote:
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable... ) |
Yeah! Celebrate 5,000 posts in the VR with a wooot! or someother , down-with-the-kids expression
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Man Erg
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:17 |
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Do you think that 3 bedroom log cabins in Newfoundland are called sheds/shacks?
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jared
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:16 |
^^^ Keep looking Alan...
...and remember, the next time you post in here, you can piss Jim off by celebrating reaching the 5000 post mark....
(although, how many of them were truly valuable to the future of humanity remains debatable... ) |
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 08:14 |
Or Murphy's Law for that matter, that's probably my favourite law actually. Except when it happens to me, that is. Then it's a bit of a sod.
See, I wasn't the only one who hadn't heard of Mr. Parkinson's law of Expanding beyond your means...
Poor Jim cannot find enough space for his Pallas collection in his rack. He uses Vicky's rack instead (oooer!). |
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chopper
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 07:56 |
I'm on an IT course at the moment. We've just done an exercise to read quotes from a database and display them on a web page.
Here are a few -
Anthony's Law of Force - Don't force it - get a bigger hammer.
Cahn's Axiom - When all else fails, read the instructions.
Moer's truism - The trouble with most jobs is the job holder's resemblence to being one of a sled dog team. No one gets a change of scenery except the lead dog.
Cole's Law - Thinly sliced cabbage
No sign of Parkinson's Law though.
Edited by chopper - July 12 2007 at 07:57
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Jim Garten
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 07:08 |
A sub law also stated that no matter how tall you are, the person in front of you at a gig will be taller... and wearing a hat 
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Jared
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 05:50 |
Jim Garten wrote:
no matter how large the shed, it's never big enough. |
I couldn't have put it better myself... of course, this law also includes CD racks, bookshelves and indeed, more abstract concepts, such as demands on your time (eg. no matter how many hours you set aside to work your way down the odd jobs list, Vicky will always add more on the bottom at a correspondingly rapid rate.... )
Edited by fandango - July 12 2007 at 05:52
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jim Garten
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 03:37 |
fandango wrote:
^^ I really don't know why I bother... |
You bother because every now and again, someone will actually take the time to follow the link provided:
Parkinson's Law states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."
It was first articulated by C. Northcote Parkinson in an article published in The Economist in 1955, later reprinted together with other essays in the book Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress
According to Parkinson: "The demand upon a resource always expands to match the supply of the resource."
I had never heard of this, but it certainly explains the common conundrum amongst us members of a certain age; ie no matter how large the shed, it's never big enough.
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