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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 06:21
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I do have to say though...

Quote He thought about it for a bit and then said "er, they look different"


...was probably a very accurate answer.

It was 100% accurate, they did indeed look different. The problem was I had worked that out for myself and I was kind of hoping for a bit more information on the technical side. That'll teach me to go in on a Saturday!

And yes, Jared, AFC Wimbledon have hit the top of the table and hopefully will be in the Conference next season and possibly back in the League soon after.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 06:32
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

It was 100% accurate, they did indeed look different. The problem was I had worked that out for myself and I was kind of hoping for a bit more information on the technical side.


That's my point - behind the shiny facade & going back along the supply/distribution/manufaturing chain, you'd probably find they came from the same factory.



Although I have to say, considering I'm e-conversing with a bloody dangerous old git Super Veteran Martial Artist, I will of course bow to your obvious frustration.

+++backs away slowly+++

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 07:03
I'd like to see Chopper (what an apt name!) and David (Atavachron) take part in a martial arts contest. Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 07:09
That could be a plan - we could set up a dojo outside, next to the dustbins, charge admission, then whilst everyone is busy watching them beating seven shades of good-for-the-roses out of each other, I could lock myself in The Shed's beer cellar

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 07:19
But you haven't seen David's vicious kick have you?  He could kick a hole through the shed wall easily. Wink  He makes it look like it's made of balsa.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:28
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

It was 100% accurate, they did indeed look different. The problem was I had worked that out for myself and I was kind of hoping for a bit more information on the technical side.


That's my point - behind the shiny facade & going back along the supply/distribution/manufaturing chain, you'd probably find they came from the same factory.



Although I have to say, considering I'm e-conversing with a bloody dangerous old git Super Veteran Martial Artist, I will of course bow to your obvious frustration.

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Ah, I see your point Mr Garten, you're probably right. Don't worry, as my son will tell you, I get duffed up at karate most weeks. Mind you, we may attempting to break tiles with side kicks soon. I'm expecting to break my foot before the tile.Pinch
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:32
I have trouble breaking a polystyrene ceiling tile

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:08
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I have trouble breaking a polystyrene ceiling tile
 
Try removing it from the ceiling first WinkLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:10
Thank you, Rob... (someone had to say it)

I remember those bloody things well - we had them when I was a kid... as well as polystyrene coving

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:17
Those were the days. I remember we had them in our kitchen - with at least 5 coats of paint on them and a vignette circle of purple above the cooker. (This was due to my Dad pressure cooking some beetroot and forgot about it - and the safety valve didn't work either.)
 
Warning - Don't try this at home. Unless you like purple.Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:29
Beetroot, beetroot - it always comes down to beetroot, doesn't it

Quote I remember we had them in our kitchen


Many finger indentations? It was irresistible to give them a good poke occasionally then deny responsibility when dad asked...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 11:34
Quite a few. They were also a decent place to keep pointy objects as we were too small to get to them. Trouble was that my parents didn't view this with same degree of fun as us kids.Cry
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:55

...throwing sharpened pencils at them and trying to get them to stick! - hours of fun. Approve

What?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:58
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

...throwing sharpened pencils at them and trying to get them to stick! - hours of fun. Approve



We had polystyrene ceilings at College.

So we made lots of paper aeroplanes. Big smile  Yep, hours of fun.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 13:19
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

...throwing sharpened pencils at them and trying to get them to stick! - hours of fun. Approve
 
I remember a school 'friend' hurled his (geometrical) compass into the poly celing at the beginning of a lesson, before the Maths teacher walked in...he spent half the lesson wondering on whose head it was going to fall, until we heard a small thud as it stuck into the wooden desk, near the ink well...LOL
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:09
aaaaaaanyway... I went shopping in Hereford with my sister today (she's a teacher and she's on half term), and she said she just wanted to pop into Primark...
 
well, I've never been into a Primark store before...Confused
 
oh, dear God..its Chavtown... lots of oddly shaped women, who have attempted to squeeze a good proportion of the lower half of their anatomy into track suit bottoms, even though they have no intention of going anywhere near a gym, attempting in vain to threaten young Finlay with playstation confiscation and mean it, whilst negotiating a double buggy around to the aisle where her other progeny are tipping over precariously balanced piles of clothing...Ouch
 
and please can someone tell me, how the Censored can anyone manufacture, distribute, market and sell an item of clothing for £1.47??ShockedConfused


Edited by Jared - February 18 2009 at 15:11
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:11
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:18
^^Pinch.. it is simply too frightening to contemplate..

Edited by Jared - February 18 2009 at 15:18
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:19
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

like this (apparently): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7824291.stm


"TNS Knitwear Ltd, based in a former Victorian mill in Manchester..."

Plus ca change... Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:22
That makes me think of "What did the Victorians do for us?". Ermm
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