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Posted: October 29 2006 at 09:15

Steve, you just had to review an album called "Garden Shed", didn't you.

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Posted: October 28 2006 at 14:11

i was just considering this album for review, and counting how many prog influences are lurking wiithin - i counted about 6, some in the top 10 PA ratings league..will see! it's not a bad album!

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 16:41

mystic fred wrote:

Heavyfreight wrote:

alias10mr wrote:

Middle-age crisis, are you going through it and how has it changed your life! Buy a ferrari or trying to hide the grey? .

I'd prefer a TVR Chimera to a Ferrari.

I guess I went through that whole re-evaluating your life thing recently. I've downsized a bit, sold the house and moved to a bungalow in the country, quit the job and gone self employed, got rid of a load of my posessions.

Well worth doing for me as I was in a rut, not enjoying work and getting depressed. Now things seem a lot more interesting. Now I'm pusuing one of my hobbies a lot more; restoring and operating steam engines. I'm now a steam driver at my local steam railway and recently became their operations director. All voluntary of course so I'm now quite poor, but money isn't everything.

that's amazing, Neil! i love them old railways - the Dart Valley is one i've been on recently.

I'm on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway www.gwsr.com

Pop in and say hello if you're passing

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

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 13:41

mystic fred wrote:

alias10mr -

mid life crisis..? i was tempted to get a motorbike but got a divorce instead - turned out to be more expensive than a Ferrari ! [IMG]height=17 alt=LOL src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle> i've been rediscovering the music of my youth a lot more since joining PA.[IMG]height=17 alt="Thumbs Up" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley20.gif" width=23 align=absMiddle>

as for grey areas - a colleague of mine approaching 40 had his hair dyed grey recently, it makes sense! no one will notice when his hair does actually go grey, will they?[IMG]height=17 alt=Wink src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

Hey Fred, I kept the wife and got rid of the sportscar ( wasn't a Ferrari that's just wishful thinking! ). I like your collegues' idea but my problem deals more with a receding hairline

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 12:50

Heavyfreight wrote:

alias10mr wrote:

Middle-age crisis, are you going through it and how has it changed your life! Buy a ferrari or trying to hide the grey? .

I'd prefer a TVR Chimera to a Ferrari.

that's amazing, Neil! i love them old railways - the Dart Valley is one i've been on recently.

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 12:45

alias10mr -

mid life crisis..? i was tempted to get a motorbike but got a divorce instead - turned out to be more expensive than a Ferrari !

i've been rediscovering the music of my youth a lot more since joining PA.

as for grey areas - a colleague of mine approaching 40 had his hair dyed grey recently, it makes sense! no one will notice when his hair does actually go grey, will they?

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Posted: October 26 2006 at 05:30

I remember I played too much of a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) on Telnet at Uni... kept me up for hours and hours... didn't help that someone else I knew also played it, so we sat in the 24 hour computer lab for far too long...

Edited by Geck0 - October 26 2006 at 05:30

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 21:57

Hope you're feeling better, prog-chick, mood-wise *or* back-wise. My leg was badly broken in a motorcycle accident and I think I'd still take that over back problems which, strangely enough, I had more of when I was a teen.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 19:47

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chopper wrote:

Ooh, I thought you said "at your age" for a minute there Steve! That would be asking for trouble (but only if p-c could get out of her chair!).

'Tis ok, the nice Quack gave me some lubberly drugs........back is still crooked, but i don't really care about it now!!!

Now's a good time to listen to some " spacey" type music

. Hope you get better PC, I sympathise completely.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:38

NaturalScience wrote:

In college we used to start card games at about 2 AM. Today I'm completely dragging because I didn't get to bed until 11:30... Ouch

True, one late night during the week and I'll will regret it.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:33

prog-chick wrote:

chopper wrote:

Ooh, I thought you said "at your age" for a minute there Steve! That would be asking for trouble (but only if p-c could get out of her chair!).

'Tis ok, the nice Quack gave me some lubberly drugs........back is still crooked, but i don't really care about it now!!!

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 15:27

In college we used to start card games at about 2 AM. Today I'm completely dragging because I didn't get to bed until 11:30... Ouch

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 14:34

chopper wrote:

Ooh, I thought you said "at your age" for a minute there Steve! That would be asking for trouble (but only if p-c could get out of her chair!).

'Tis ok, the nice Quack gave me some lubberly drugs........back is still crooked, but i don't really care about it now!!!

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 07:53

chopper wrote:

NutterAlert wrote:

^ having looked again, you may have a point.
<TABLE ="wikitable"><T>
<T>
<TR>
<TH>Addr</TH>
<TH>Label</TH>
<TH>Instruction</TH>
<TH>Object code<SUP id=_ref-Murdocca_0 ="reference">[2"></TH></TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>.begin</TT></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>.org 2048</TT></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>a_start</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>.equ 3000</TT></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2048</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>ld length,%</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2064</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>be done</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>00000010 10000000 00000000 00000110</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2068</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>addcc %r1,-4,%r1</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>10000010 10000000 01111111 11111100</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2072</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>addcc %r1,%r2,%r4</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>10001000 10000000 01000000 00000010</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2076</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>ld %r4,%r5</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>11001010 00000001 00000000 00000000</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2080</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>ba loop</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>00010000 10111111 11111111 11111011</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2084</TT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>addcc %r3,%r5,%r3</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>10000110 10000000 11000000 00000101</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2088</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>done:</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>jmpl %r15+4,%r0</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>10000001 11000011 11100000 00000100</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2092</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>length:</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>20</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>00000000 00000000 00000000 00010100</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>2096</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>address:</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>a_start</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>00000000 00000000 00001011 10111000</TT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD><TT>.org a_start</TT></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><TT>3000</TT></TD>
<TD><TT>a:</tt</TT></TD></TR></T></T></TABLE>

Well, it's obvious to anyone what that bit of code does.

Er...

Yes - it completely confuses PA's 'quote' icon

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 07:34

NutterAlert wrote:

^ having looked again, you may have a point.

Addr	Label	Instruction	Object code^[2]
		`.begin`
		`.org 2048`
	`a_start`	`.equ 3000`
`2048`		`ld length,%`
`2064`		`be done`	`00000010 10000000 00000000 00000110`
`2068`		`addcc %r1,-4,%r1`	`10000010 10000000 01111111 11111100`
`2072`		`addcc %r1,%r2,%r4`	`10001000 10000000 01000000 00000010`
`2076`		`ld %r4,%r5`	`11001010 00000001 00000000 00000000`
`2080`		`ba loop`	`00010000 10111111 11111111 11111011`
`2084`		`addcc %r3,%r5,%r3`	`10000110 10000000 11000000 00000101`
`2088`	`done:`	`jmpl %r15+4,%r0`	`10000001 11000011 11100000 00000100`
`2092`	`length:`	`20`	`00000000 00000000 00000000 00010100`
`2096`	`address:`	`a_start`	`00000000 00000000 00001011 10111000`
		`.org a_start`
`3000`	`a:</tt`

Well, it's obvious to anyone what that bit of code does.

Er...

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 07:32

mystic fred wrote:

[QUOTE=prog-chick]here's one for the really very grey room.......
woke up this morning, sneezed................and put my back out!!!
I am now wedged in a chair at the desk.........have no idea how to get out of it though..........kids (on holidays) are milking it for all they are worth and the beloved figured ther was no point looking for dinner and has gone to pick up pizza (kids are much impressed!)

So here I am.... aging cripple.....hoping to recover in time for a gig at the weekend.........might need to hire a zimmer at this rate!

QUOTE]

occupational hazard at our age PT !!!

Ooh, I thought you said "at your age" for a minute there Steve! That would be asking for trouble (but only if p-c could get out of her chair!).

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 07:18

Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by heavyfreight the wise

heavyfreight the wise wrote:

...money isn't everything

Indeed - in many cases, it only provides a higher standard of unhappiness.

Sage words Mr G.

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

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 07:15

heavyfreight the wise wrote:

...money isn't everything

Indeed - in many cases, it only provides a higher standard of unhappiness.

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 06:44

alias10mr wrote:

Middle-age crisis, are you going through it and how has it changed your life! Buy a ferrari or trying to hide the grey? .

I'd prefer a TVR Chimera to a Ferrari.

Well worth doing for me as I was in a rut, not enjoying work and getting depressed. Now things seem a lot more interesting. Now I'm pusuing one of my hobbies a lot more; restoring and operating steam engines. I'm now a steam driver at my local steam railway and recently became their operations director. All voluntary of course so I'm now quite poor, but money isn't everything.

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

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Posted: October 25 2006 at 03:36

alias10mr wrote:

Middle-age crisis, are you going through it and how has it changed your life! Buy a ferrari or trying to hide the grey?

For me, I guess, it was discovering the noble art of clubbing at Psy-Trance parties at the ripe old age of 40 which has since developed into DJ-ing in chillout rooms to captive blissed-out

audiences (next gigs 11th November & 25th November, both in Bristol) - one advantage of my age being it enables me to cross-contaminate by playing seriously chilled out beats & ambient soundscapes, but mixing in Floyd, Ozric Tentacles, Hillage & Gong...

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