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CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Delusibeta
Banned
PC gaming: Mark of the Ninja, Hotline Miami, Zeno Clash, Resonance, Botanicula, To The Moon, Mutant Mudds and Unmechanical for approximately £16 in total. I'll call that a success, methinks.
Also, 360 gamertag (even though I don't have Halo 4, I do have Forza Horizon & Most Wanted 2012) is Delusibeta64, in case anyone wants to add me.
Also, 360 gamertag (even though I don't have Halo 4, I do have Forza Horizon & Most Wanted 2012) is Delusibeta64, in case anyone wants to add me.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
It's not that much >.>
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Next time I drive to my brother's I'm totally going to pop in your shop on the way just to say hi and have a little browse. I also love shiny things
Just drop me a line before you come so I can make sure I'm in the shop rather than at home doing the back-office stuff. Be really nice to see you - GAF and shop haven't interacted at all so far.
as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.
I've never really met anyone who is as patriotic as they are in other countries. A fan of the royals, yes. but the flag... er, it's a far right thing. Which is kind of a shame... and a blessing in disguise.
There were England and Union Jack flags all over England during the Olympics.
I guess there is that. Though sport tends to bring out support.
The number of flags I've seen in the run up to and after the US election is kind of the benchmark I was thinking of.
It's just not in our dna.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pT9p1WDyHc
Been listening to a lot of the Corries. Found a cd of it in my dads and with nothing better to do listened to it like 20 times over the weekend.
EDIT: Hey shorty, would you mind if we went out the 7/8/9th instead of this week? It'd be better for me cash wise.
Been listening to a lot of the Corries. Found a cd of it in my dads and with nothing better to do listened to it like 20 times over the weekend.
EDIT: Hey shorty, would you mind if we went out the 7/8/9th instead of this week? It'd be better for me cash wise.
I just spent a nice weekend with a stomach bug. Got to know my toilet far better than I wanted to. Now it's Monday morning. Rubbish.
Edit: and I missed out on breakfast with Phisheep and a pint with JuicyBob. Lame.
Edit: and I missed out on breakfast with Phisheep and a pint with JuicyBob. Lame.
We don't want you, you rag-tag bunch.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Morning! I have a few scarves, I'll lend you one. Kettle's on, what's everyone having?
Good Morning phisheep! It was quite chilly this morning...in fact, it was freezing all weekend. Had a great weekend?
Sipping on my cup of joe and catching up with work emails atm. I have this weird fascination of learning C++ today for some reason.
Oh right! yeah, that is a bit much. It always freaks me out when I'm at Michigan on a normal day (i.e. non-election time and Independance day) and I can count at least 14 US flags (ranging from posters and tiny flags to proper huge flag pole ones) on SUVs, porches, back gardens, windows on my - lonesome - walk to the shops. Last time I was there during election time was 2004 and it was pretty interesting seeing homeowners planting "Kerry/Edwards 04" or "Bush/Cheney 04" signs outside their houses. I see folk here with Labour, SNP, UKIP, Tory stickers on their cars but I don't think I've seen a sign outside a house.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Must be at the wrong end of the country. C++ is ok but don't expect to learn it all in day though. Looks like the floods are headed north. Bright sunshine here!
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
They're doing pretty well, 5th in the league at the moment and they've won six out of the previous eight games. Just lost to Burnley this weekend but they're doing better than usual. Most of the times you're permanently facepalming through every game!
I had Ms Sandwich down for dinner this weekend and made a most impressive glazed ham, with diamond-scored crispy crackling with cloves in and everything!
I had Ms Sandwich down for dinner this weekend and made a most impressive glazed ham, with diamond-scored crispy crackling with cloves in and everything!
Musha_Soturi
Member
Morning Jill, shorty, phi, Smoky, and everyone else! No tea or coffee for me, just water thanks, still on the diet (put on a pound last week, whoops!).
Sorry to hear about your crap stomach bug Smoky. You and the missus should pop down to London on Saturday and party with Gaf to make up for it.
Hope you find your scarf phi, enjoy those spreadsheets. I see blue sky here so it's looking up!
So I finally sat down and watched the whole of Batman and Robin yesterday. It was painful from start to finish, can anyone think of a worse film? Because it's top of my list of shitest films ever made so far. Who do I need to contact to get my time back?
Sorry to hear about your crap stomach bug Smoky. You and the missus should pop down to London on Saturday and party with Gaf to make up for it.
Hope you find your scarf phi, enjoy those spreadsheets. I see blue sky here so it's looking up!
So I finally sat down and watched the whole of Batman and Robin yesterday. It was painful from start to finish, can anyone think of a worse film? Because it's top of my list of shitest films ever made so far. Who do I need to contact to get my time back?
Oooh, strong coffee with one sugar please. Preferably Douwe Egberts 'Morning Americano'.
Cheers Lady. It's not been much fun but a Vita is a godsend when you're bog-bound.
On Saturday we have another wedding. That's either 4 or 5 this year. Joy.
Here's my new toy for you & Jill to take a peek at:
A mint condition, 1996 GT RTS-3. My winter restoration project. I'm utterly besotted with her.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
There's a cracker! What needs doing to it?
Everything is a bit 'gritty' and 'grimy', although totally solid underneath. I'm planning on stripping it all down and polishing the frame, rocker and swingarm. Hopefully I'll be able to source new bearings / bushings for the back end (although there's no play at the moment!). Then it's a rebuild with some Quadra 21r's to replace the RST 171's (which are utterly shot).
I'm torn between a factory-spec build using NOS parts or re-speccing it as I'd have wanted it in 1996 (expensive, but ultimately far more satisfying).
I had to ride her about 12 miles home on Saturday and compared to my FSR, it was a harrowing experience. That ~500mm wide, flat bar wreaked havoc with my joints. I was still grinning like an idiot though, I've lusted after this exact model for 16 years.
There'll be a build thread on RetroBike once I get a chance to take some more pictures.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Ooh pretty!
(My condolences to Mrs Smoky, I know what it's like when bikes start taking over the house. I think most we had at one time was 8. Then he sold one, then bought one, then sold another, so we're down to 7 (2 of which are mine). Does Dave do his bike maintenance in the kitchen too?)
I want to ask, but then again, I don't.
We have 4 complete bikes and one in pieces in the house. Only two of them are actually in our 'living space' though, my FSR & RTS. I've had to put two bikes in the cellar as a peace-offering
At the moment, I'm doing all my bike maintenance in the front room. It was a pristine girly-palace of a room because we don't really use it for anything. Now it's a bike-shop. Big improvement in my eyes.
Best Xmas Songs, go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCoZVxlZWtU
Runner up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SzjDOk_u9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCoZVxlZWtU
Runner up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SzjDOk_u9I
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Well, off the top of my head I'd have to go for:
The Pogues & Kirsty McColl
Jona Lewie
and Johnny Mathis ...
(EDIT: Look, the Mathis thing may be kind of cheesy, and even more so in that particular video, but I still bust into tears every time I hear it ... just done so again, dammit).
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
CHEEZMO™;44762190 said:
Ok. I will allow you that one - had clean forgotten it.
EDIT: I really wanted to upstage you with Roy Wood, but unfortunately it is introduced by Jimmy Saville ...
EDIT AGAIN: in what, in hindsight, is a really fucking worrying video
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Yes, I think you may be the only one.
I mean, what do you have here? You got the big octave start, the call/response/ the fantastic harmony in the middle section, the whole theme of the triumph of hope over experience, the crazy accompaniment and all that.
Hell, what do you want - Silent Night?
EDIT: Maybe a slight over-reaction there. Stille Nacht, sung in the trenches, is probably still the best. So BGBW wins maybe.
Yes
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Day in the life of a bead shop. Two awesome hours this morning (good sales, interesting customers and so on) then six hours of absolutely nothing. Ho-hum.
There are times when you just want to close up the shop - but on the other hand you never know when someone will turn up.
There are times when you just want to close up the shop - but on the other hand you never know when someone will turn up.
Delusibeta
Banned
Conclusion: you are not Irish.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Are you open on Sundays?
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Yep, we are. Every day (yep, every damn day!) 10-6 until Christmas, After that it is anybody's guess - I suspect we'll be closed Sundays and Mondays from Christmas until Easter - with maybe a small glitch for daughter's wedding sometime in May-ish.
Where's your shop again?
oh dude! There's nothing more annoying than dashing to a store needing something asap and finding out the shop is shut even though the sign says that it's suppose to be open for another half an hour. I usually never go back/recommend the store when that happens to me.
Xmas songs you say? Who remembers this stinker?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQhuoY5h2kE
BGBW, I wish I could but I can't take your side over Fairytale of New York. It's the only tolerable Xmas song that gets played on the radio.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Weston-super-Mare.
Just off the seafront - head inland from the pier and we are second road on the right (actually the first road is a crappy little road so you might miss it - just take a right at Barclay's bank and we are about 50 yards down).
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