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Atavachron 
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 Posted: August 18 2016 at 23:03 |
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Just watched English Gardner run. To my disappointment she is neither.
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Dean
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Posted: August 18 2016 at 23:13 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 24 2016 at 05:13 |
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The Sourbutts surname evolved from any of several places so named in Northern England. The place name comes from the Old Norse 'saurr,' meaning 'ground,' and the Old English 'byr,' meaning farm.
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Dean
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Posted: November 24 2016 at 05:55 |
 Atavachron wrote:
The Sourbutts surname evolved from any of several places so named in Northern England. The place name comes from the Old Norse 'saurr,' meaning 'ground,' and the Old English 'byr,' meaning farm.
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Maybe. It would be unusual to mix Old Norse and Old English in a place name, whereas the Old Norse for "short" is 'butr' so 'saurrbutr' could mean short-ground rather than ground-farm.
This stacks up with other meanings of 'butt' relating to short pieces of abutting land such as in the medieval strip-farming field system and areas of land designated for compulsory archery practice (a butt is a medieval term for an archery target - from where we get the idiom 'butt of a joke').
Alternatively, 'butt' also means barrel so it could also refer to sour beer or wine.
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chopper
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Posted: May 10 2017 at 06:08 |
Blimey it's been a long time. Just had a phone call from "BT Technical Department". "Hello sir, I'm Kevin from BT Technical Department, we've noticed you appear to have a virus on your computer". "I'm not a BT customer" "We know, we monitor other service providers as well". "Really, which one am I with then?" "Do you have a computer sir?" "What do you mean "do I have a computer?", you just told me you'd detected a virus on my computer!. I work in IT Support, do you really want to continue this conversation?" "F*** off" Get a proper job Kevin. You knobhead. PS - I suspect Kevin may not have been his real name.
Edited by chopper - May 10 2017 at 06:09
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chopper
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Posted: July 28 2017 at 02:28 |
Quite a few good prog releases at the moment, I can recommend - Valdez - This (our old friend Mr Godfrey releases a cracker) Damanek - On Track The Tangent - The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery plus new releases from Lifesigns and I Am The Manic Whale still to come!
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Atavachron
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Posted: July 28 2017 at 03:29 |
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a lot of cobwebs in here
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chopper
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Posted: July 28 2017 at 04:12 |
Atavachron wrote:
a lot of cobwebs in here
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All the best sheds have cobwebs (my son won't even go in mine because he's scared of spiders). They just need a bit of a sweep now and then, which is why I posted.
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Atavachron
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Posted: July 28 2017 at 17:13 |
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I was terribly scared of spiders when I was a boy. Later I learned how crucial they are to controlling flying bugs... and that real cobwebs are mostly dust.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 12 2017 at 12:11 |
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Heeeelllooo......Cooooeey...
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 12 2017 at 16:49 |
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Lee, wonderful to see you ~
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 01:14 |
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Hi David,
How are things with you?
It's been such a long time since I've visited PAs.
Life has been so hectic over the last 4 years that I haven't had time to blink.
I was made redundant from my job of over 30 years and the job that I'm now in is so exhausting it takes me nearly the whole weekend to recover and then it's back onto the treadmill...
Edited by Man Erg - August 13 2017 at 01:24
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 01:23 |
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I see, a good thing? I hope so. You and your true expertise are sorely missed 'round these parts. We've lost some good people due to the reCaptcha nonsense of late.
Edited by Atavachron - August 13 2017 at 01:24
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 01:50 |
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I see, a good thing? I hope so. You and your true expertise are sorely missed 'round these parts. We've lost some good people due to the reCaptcha nonsense of late.
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Thanks David.  Yes and no. The job and the commute are exhausting. Most people my age who worked in 'The City' have moved elsewhere to work. It's a young person's game.... reCaptcha; Access permissions etc.? The 'How many buildings can you see in this picture' thing...
Edited by Man Erg - August 13 2017 at 01:53
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 02:13 |
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^ Yep-- it's random and especially bad with images.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 02:21 |
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What a pain in the posterior. I was reading a thread about it (Captcha)
I don't like having to use it either.I can understand people getting annoyed about it.I hope that I don't sound patronising.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Atavachron
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 02:38 |
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No I understand too, apparently M@x had potentially serious online threats. Just how it is right now.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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chopper
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Posted: August 14 2017 at 05:50 |
Man Erg wrote:
Most people my age who worked in 'The City' have moved elsewhere to work. It's a young person's game....
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Lee!!! welcome back mate. I'm still in the City, despite many attempts by my employer to get rid of me.
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 14 2017 at 09:40 |
chopper wrote:
Man Erg wrote:
Most people my age who worked in 'The City' have moved elsewhere to work. It's a young person's game....
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Lee!!! welcome back mate. I'm still in the City, despite many attempts by my employer to get rid of me. |
Hi Alan. It's great to hear from you. How are things? I hope that you are keeping well I didn't realise that I had been away for so long. I await news of the next Prog' Curry/Booze up....If they still happen.
Edited by Man Erg - August 14 2017 at 09:50
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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chopper
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Posted: August 15 2017 at 06:29 |
Man Erg wrote:
chopper wrote:
Man Erg wrote:
Most people my age who worked in 'The City' have moved elsewhere to work. It's a young person's game....
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Lee!!! welcome back mate. I'm still in the City, despite many attempts by my employer to get rid of me. |
Hi Alan.
It's great to hear from you. How are things? I hope that you are keeping well
I didn't realise that I had been away for so long. I await news of the next Prog' Curry/Booze up....If they still happen. |
We've not had a prog curry for a while now, the last one was just me and Chris (syzygy), I keep thinking it's about time we had another one but never quite get round to it. As you probably know Sigod is in the US now but Jim and Andy are still around here. I'll see what I can sort out.
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