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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 10:28
Anyone got their governmental leaflets on how to survive this worldwide deadly pandemic yet?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 10:33
^ not yet.
 
When I heard we were getting a pandemic survival pack I was expecting a hazardous chemical suit and a shot gun at the very least ... not a flimsy piece of paper... which was really useful last time:
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 12:38
Duck and Cover!  LOL
When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 12:42
^ probably the most effective defence against flu anyway
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 13:38
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ not yet.
 
When I heard we were getting a pandemic survival pack I was expecting a hazardous chemical suit and a shot gun at the very least ... not a flimsy piece of paper... which was really useful last time:
 
 
ah yes, but at least you can blow your nose on the leaflet and contain the germs. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2009 at 15:13
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Such is the case with all forums (fora?? ) people come & go, popularity waxes & wanes, real life issues intercede. That's what's good about The Shed - here, members of a certain age (and others, if they behave themselves & leave my beer alone ) can come & go, swap gardening stories & various age related trivia, complain about young'uns & generally have a nap in peace.

As with all such threads, it's sometimes busy here & sometimes dead as a doornail... but it's always here


Sounds good to me. And it depends on what beer you have. If its any good I make no guarantees LOL

And as for the swine flu. As I was typing this I JUST got a "call" from the Superintendent of our school system saying there are no more confirmed or suspected cases, but children should never the less be sure to wash their hands etc etc etc

Wait, no MORE.....?Shocked Oh boy


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 02:38
Hate to double post....but I am currently up at 3:37 am!
There is this beeping, really loud beeping (sounds like a truck backing up almost) that has been going on forever! I have no idea what it is, and now I am wide awake.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 02:42
Originally posted by Neil Neil wrote:

Duck and Cover!  LOL


That reminds me, I need to see if they released any recordings. LOLEmbarrassed

They're a band featuring former members of Henry Cow but I don't think they recorded.  They were a touring outfit only.

Anyhow... back to Greyism.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 02:44
My god....that cat rocking out is putting me in a trance
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 06:44
'tis a kitten, not a cat.

But aye, 'tis rather groovy methinks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 11:33
*breaks from hypnosis*
what? Yes, kitten of course.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 10 2009 at 17:46
It looks like me and Mrs Syzygy could be getting a toe on the propery ladder soon. HELP!
 
Oh, and is anyone else going to the Gryphon gig next month?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 02:08
This is probably the best time to get there, to be honest - Vicky and I did the same 18 years ago at the depth of the last recession; it may still go down, but eventually, you'll be well in profit.

Good on ya guys

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 02:12
Splendid day on Saturday for the Gartens, BTW - day trip up to York with 16 other Mutual Friend regulars; terrific weather, did most of the York city wall walk, good laughs had all round, many good hostelries visited, many fine brews sampled, much good good eaten, nobody crossed the contentment-before-capacity threshold & back to the Mutual in time for a swift before bed.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 15:59
Thanks for the kind thought there Jim - alas it's only a flat so I won't be able to have a shed (assuming everything goes through OK in the next few weeks).
 
My sister was at York university and now lives in Ripon, so I know that part of the world very well and it sounds like you had a good day in the land of the flat cap and the whippet - no problems with the natives, then?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 16:49
Just before tuckin' in I have a question for James...

Shouldn't your sig read "Beautiful women are shaped like an Elton Dean sax", so without the "solo"  at the end?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 16:52
So, you've been to Swindon then Angelo Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 11 2009 at 22:48
Anyone think 20 is too old to start playing guitar? I've wanted one for a while but never had the time/money. Im thinking of getting one by the end of the week though. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2009 at 02:18
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Thanks for the kind thought there Jim - alas it's only a flat so I won't be able to have a shed (assuming everything goes through OK in the next few weeks).


It's a step on the ladder, though (I hate that expression, but unfortunately it's apt) - we're in the doldrums at the moment, but property is always a good bet in the long run - so long as you're buying a home, rather than an investment opportunity - too many people do that (and look at them now... ) Vicky and I bought our house in 1991, we're still there, and see no reason to move up the ladder

BTW - if you have a balcony, why not enclose it in shiplap? Hey presto! High level shed

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

My sister was at York university and now lives in Ripon, so I know that part of the world very well and it sounds like you had a good day in the land of the flat cap and the whippet - no problems with the natives, then?


York's a fab place (especially the Ackhorne Pub) & the natives seemed very friendly - probably down to the fact none of them knew we were from Stevenage (our football team gave theirs a good spanking at Wembley the day we were in York)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2009 at 02:19
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Anyone think 20 is too old to start playing guitar? I've wanted one for a while but never had the time/money.


Not too old at all - I'd never touched a musical instrument until my 40th birthday, when my wife bought me lessons for my Hammond.

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