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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:08:23 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:30:53 -0800 (PST), Cab <rosbif@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> > A career in the forces is still a bloody good career.
>> Right up to the point you lose both legs and an arm in Helmand.
>> "Your daddy well he died in the Falklands
>> Fighting for another man's cause
>> And your brother he was k ...
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:07:17 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:24 -0800 (PST), Cab <rosbif@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> >> >> And lets not forget, soldiers are usually pretty thick
>> >> Traditionally, the armed forces have drawn their recruits from the
>> >> poorest areas, where they find young men with few qualifications and
>> >> poor prospects. ?Mo ...
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Re: OT: Quickquid
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:32 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:35 -0000, ogden <ogden@pre.org> wrote:
>Ben wrote:
>> Personally, I spend all my loose change in the pub. It's the only
>> place I use cash now.
>
>Conversely, the pub is where I mostly acquire loose change. I know when
>I've had a good night because the wad of notes previously in m ...
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FYI: LHC startup
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:37:34 +0000 (UTC)
It's getting close. (un)Fortunately I've finished this batch of
control-room shifts, but I'll be around for a few days more. Here are
some excerpts from an official message that I presume are OK for public
dissemination:
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Dear CMS Colleagues,
As you all know the LHC re-start is underway and first colli ...
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Hopefully ...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:08:27 -0000
... not a ginge
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2009/November/nov1909-speeding-penalty-for-leading-rideout/
Seems a tad harsh ..... discuss :)
--
Steve Parry
87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE
02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition , 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY ...
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:18:11 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:24 -0800 (PST), Cab squeezed out the
following:
>On Nov 20, 10:03?am, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>> Why do squaddies have such an appalling reputation around Aldershot,
>> then?
>
>They're young soldiers, trained to be aggressive and kill.
Reminds me of one of my favourite ...
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Google search algorithms
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:01 +0000
How do these work? Yesterday I was doing a search, put one term in and
then searched for 'problems with' (without the quotes) and the very
first drop down suggestion was what I was about to type. None of the
words in that were in the original search. Today putting 'problems
with' gives me 'facebook' as the first d ...
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OT: Move somewhere less pikey?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:30:49 -0800 (PST)
I've noticed that a fair few of you on here are in the Beds/Herts/
Bucks area. Recently a lot of burglaries have taken place in which the
thieves target gold jewellery (and folding cash) but leave all the
silver, electronics and other valuables behind.
Ones I know of (that have happened during one of the past co ...
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Re: OT: Quickquid
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:24:23 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:10 +0100, Ace <b.rogers@ifrance.com> wrote:
>>>>I make a conscious effort not to have more than ¡ê5 worth of change.
>>>
>>>Ah well, that's just you being special.
>>
>>Well, I don't either.
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>It's the 'conscious effort' and the predefined amount that I find odd.
>I try and use th ...
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Re: Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:25 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:58 +1300, BrianNZ <brian@itnz.co.nz> wrote:
>Andy Bonwick wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:57:39 -0800 (PST), ??? ??? ????? ???
>> <macmiled@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> snip>
>>
>>> For instance, you Limeys have several islands that are just filled to
>>> overflowing with with lonely ...
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