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Posted: September 22 2008 at 03:38

prog-chick wrote:

Hi Chaps, just got 2 mins free... Saturday and Sunday is the 2 day event to launch PURE unto the world..... so just a wee bitty busy! I am SO tired,and SO excited, and SO scared, and SO busy all at once! I don't quite know what to do with myself!

Well?

How did it go?

Easy birth or a few labour pains along the way?

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 03:35

heads!

ers!

The words p1ssup and brewery spring to mind...

Our wonderful IT department spent the whole of last week setting up worldwide synchronised systems testing for disaster recovery trials on Saturday, but forgot one minor detail - telling our building's owners we required the building to be open on Saturday.

Luckily I got the call on Friday evening - I would not have been a happy bunny had I turned up on Sarturday to find the offices locked up.

So - no additional day in lieu for me... b

s!

But on a better note, Vicky and I spent a good few hours in the sun on Saturday and Sunday educating the garden & disposing of shed-junk.

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 02:08

Had a typically dull though not uneventful weekend -

Saturday was woken up at 3am by a "domestic dispute" outside, called the cops, they came after everyone had gone...

bought a copy of the new Metallica album - it's good, why is everybody trashing it...?

Had a bottle of the ol' "Waggle Dance" and a bloody good laugh at the tw*ts on the "X factor"

Sunday - painted the front door, spent the afternoon watching Porcupine Tree DVD "Arriving Somewhere..." on my new surround set-up.

Edited by mystic fred - September 22 2008 at 02:24

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 00:05

Heavyfreight wrote:

Jim Garten wrote:

Hopefully should only be about 3/4 hours work (system testing...), for which I'm getting a full day in lieu.

In the evening we're seeing a couple of friends at our local... after one or 2 "B&T Extra Stout" or "Dark Island" I'll probably spend a full day in loo.

I'm working all weekend too; if you count being paid for riding around on and occasionally driving and firing City of Truro on the Severn Valley railway as work.

I thought the NRM had City of Truro, when did you guys steal it? LOL

I remember it being in Swindon works and the Railway Musuem before it went up to Yorkshire...

I think we should have it back! Shocked

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 17:00

I did a stint today as part of the London Open House project, at St Anne's Church in Soho. I went round the Foreign Office beforehand, which was stunning, and I'll be using my volunteers priority badge to jump a couple of queues tomorrow. Such are the rewards of promoting Soho's architectural heritage - it's work, Jim, but not as we know it.

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 16:49

I'm working all weekend too; if you count being paid for riding around on and occasionally driving and firing City of Truro on the Severn Valley railway as work.

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 16:46

Jim Garten wrote:

Aha! Timmy Taylors

I do believe Our Mutual Friend has a barrel of silage at the moment...

Hmmmm! Fermented grass.

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 16:43

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1980? I believe we only had three channels back then... BBC1, BBC2 & ITV (I remember marveling at Roger Waters singing "16 channels of

on my TV to choose from" & thinking the USA's TV system must be amaaaaazing!)

He wasn't at all inaccurate though was he? Now we've got the same.

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 16:41

Dean wrote:

Heavyfreight wrote:

Yuck! I'm seriously considering buying a Jack Daniels and bringing it into the Shed.

fixed.

Filth

Glenmorangie please.

When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.

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Posted: September 20 2008 at 13:00

Good luck with it all Rach. Looking forward to the gig now.

Woo hoo, I've spent the afternoon putting some more shelves up in the newly-painted garage. Also managed to clear some of the crap out of the shed and I can now see the floor again. It's been full of junk since we started the extension last year. Slowly getting the house back to normal.
Time to relax with a cold beer now!

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 17:30

Hi Chaps, just got 2 mins free..............Saturday and Sunday is the 2 day event to launch PURE unto the world..... so just a wee bitty busy!

I am SO tired,and SO excited, and SO scared, and SO busy all at once! I don't quite know what to do with myself!

SO I thought'd I'd pop in, soory to hear you've got to work over the weekend Jim............. NAH! not really, just think of all the scrummy things you could do with a leiu day! (The shed could do with a lick of paint!)

Think happy thoughts for us boys, it's like handing over a new born to strangers............... Shocked

2 years work and here it is! Scary!

Ok, love to you all, (can you tell we've just had "hoorah for PURE" champers?!?!!?)

R x

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 16:10

Dean wrote:

I think he was partial to derivatives such as morphine and cocaine.

The Seven Percent Solution is all about Holmes addiction and him seeking help from Freud

..also Young Sherlock Holmes has an excellent cast and story, though it portrays Watson as younger than Holmes

I also loved the books as a kid, I think Doyle must've been an early writing influence

Edited by Atavachron - September 19 2008 at 16:11

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 12:23

Oh! Dear.

I found some masonary paint when I cleared out my shed today.Do you think that you will be in need of it,Jim?

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 12:09

Hopefully should only be about 3/4 hours work (system testing...), for which I'm getting a full day in lieu.

In the evening we're seeing a couple of friends at our local... after one or 2 "B&T Extra Stout" or "Dark Island" I'll probably spend a full day in loo.

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 11:51

Jim Garten wrote:

Will have to be tomorrow evening though - working tomorrow (

why the

did I agree to that?)

Hard cheese,Jim.

It is Evelyn's birthday tomorrow but we have been roped in to attend a 'do' for one of her ex work collegues.

But,on Sunday, we are going to Tamannas' multi-award winning Indian Restaurant which is only about a 10 minute walk from our house.

It has won restaurant of the year in 'Curry Pages' many times.

Huzzah!

Hope that work isn't too much of a bind tomorrow,Jim.

Edited by Man Erg - September 19 2008 at 11:52

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 11:40

Will have to be tomorrow evening though - working tomorrow (

why the

did I agree to that?)

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 11:35

^^^
It's a lovely drop as you well know,Jim

I would also heartily recommend 'Meantime Brewery of Greenwich 'Strong Pale Ale'.Available at Sainsbury's*

It comes in the large,cork-stopped bottles ala Courage bottled beer from the days of yore.

* Disclaimer - Other outlets are available

Edited by Man Erg - September 19 2008 at 11:37

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

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Posted: September 19 2008 at 11:15

Aha! Timmy Taylors

I do believe Our Mutual Friend has a barrel on stillage at the moment...