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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:20 |
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There's no wind, where's that draft coming from? It's a nice refreshing draft though, just what I require!
Jared, I'm fine indoors, it's outdoors I cannot bear. The Grey Room is indoors, so don't force me to go out in the burning hot sun!
Edited by James - June 09 2008 at 11:23
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:23 |
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Terrific, Jared. Would you mind drawing me a pint? I'm awfully thirsty over here. What's that, Jim and Vicky have tapped the keg, have they? 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:25 |
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He could have said drought... then we could have sent him to get some water from the well 20 miles away down the cobblestoned pathway next to that huge haunted house and graveyard.
Then he'd have a Richard Chamberlain moment and suffer from sun blindness.
Edited by James - June 09 2008 at 11:39
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:40 |
fandango wrote:
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Funny, because as an engineer I use metric/Kelvin for everything, but for everyday living I've been too indoctrinated with other units - pounds, pints, miles, and the rest.
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as a science teacher in the 70's and 80's, my Dad used to have to measure things in 'Centigrade' (as it was then), Fahrenheit and Kelvin.....  |
Being a) old and b) English, I use Fahrenheit when it's hot and Centigrade when it's cold - that gives us the widest extreme to exaggerate over.
...and it was 100ºF on my patio yesterday. Too hot for gardening, just the right temperature for drinking 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:47 |
darqDean wrote:
fandango wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
Funny, because as an engineer I use metric/Kelvin for everything, but for everyday living I've been too indoctrinated with other units - pounds, pints, miles, and the rest.
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as a science teacher in the 70's and 80's, my Dad used to have to measure things in 'Centigrade' (as it was then), Fahrenheit and Kelvin..... |
Being a) old and b) English, I use Fahrenheit when it's hot and Centigrade when it's cold - that gives us the widest extreme to exaggerate over.
...and it was 100ºF on my patio yesterday. Too hot for gardening, just the right temperature for drinking |
I didn't know you were bald! 
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Dean
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:51 |
Nope. You've completely lost me there James. 
I'm not the one with pictures of bald peolple as my Avi and Sig. 
The hat hides a mutiltude of sins, clare balding isn't one of them
Edited by darqDean - June 09 2008 at 11:57
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 11:56 |
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Don't worry, it was lost on me too. I'm just using patio as a synonym for bald head, for some odd reason, don't mind me.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:12 |
James wrote:
...Then he'd have a Richard Chamberlain moment and suffer from sun blindness. |
Is he the American equivalent of Richard Mellotron? 
Edited by Man Erg - June 09 2008 at 12:14
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:15 |
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Erm no, he's English...
I don't think I mean Richard Chamberlain anyhow, I mean someone else, whose name I forget.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:17 |
James wrote:
Erm no, he's English...I don't think I mean Richard Chamberlain anyhow, I mean someone else, whose name I forget.
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Doctor Kildare is English! Well I never...
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''George Richard Chamberlain.Born 1934.Los Angeles''
Edited by Man Erg - June 09 2008 at 12:21
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Dean
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:21 |
James, you're on form today - the sun blind jape sailed way over my head
(damn, got the theme tune of Dr Kildare in my head now)
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:36 |
All these obscure japes and hilarious Phil Collins piccies; we are truly not worthy...
Ho yesh...
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Yor my beshtesht mate you ar...
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Padraic
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:41 |
I would imagine that if I lead a good life and St. Peter's kind enough to let me through, I would see something like this on the other side of the gate.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 12:41 |
Man Erg wrote:
James wrote:
Erm no, he's English...I don't think I mean Richard Chamberlain anyhow, I mean someone else, whose name I forget.
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Doctor Kildare is English! Well I never...
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''George Richard Chamberlain.Born 1934.Los Angeles'' |
No, it's not him I'm thinking of.  Sir Ralph Richardson... that's who I'm thinking of. He's not Richard Chamberlain, obviously and he was very English. Check his 1939 film "The Four Feathers", where he ends up suffering from sunstroke (causing blindness), for my reference.
Edited by James - June 09 2008 at 12:49
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 13:17 |
James wrote:
Man Erg wrote:
James wrote:
Erm no, he's English...I don't think I mean Richard Chamberlain anyhow, I mean someone else, whose name I forget.
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Doctor Kildare is English! Well I never...
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''George Richard Chamberlain.Born 1934.Los Angeles'' |
No, it's not him I'm thinking of. Sir Ralph Richardson... that's who I'm thinking of. He's not Richard Chamberlain, obviously and he was very English.Check his 1939 film "The Four Feathers", where he ends up suffering from sunstroke (causing blindness), for my reference. |
''Did I ever tell you about my part in the Charge of the Light Brigade...?'' Guffaw,guffawBlinky,blimey,What,what!
Edited by Man Erg - June 09 2008 at 13:18
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 14:26 |
Yay! I finally got it!
Richard Hammond!
oh...  Sir Ralph Richardson ... motorcycles... ... nope, lost again. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 09 2008 at 14:33 |
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Yes, that's right, Richard Hammond was in "The Four Feathers" and "Greystoke" and many other films. How did I forget that?
He was supposed to be in The Great Escape but failed the audition, 'cause he couldn't ride a motorcycle.
Edited by James - June 09 2008 at 14:34
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Wilcey
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Posted: June 10 2008 at 11:01 |
well I think the sun definitely got to you James.........
the Richard Chmaberlain reference, I thought was about the stoopid priest fella who shacked up with a girl who was about a gazillion years his junior in the Aussie outback (hence the glaring sun)
ah well, I think being nuts is ok in the GR.
I am having a "rushed off my feet" week............ so shall get back to it
I'll post some hot news later!
R x
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Posted: June 10 2008 at 11:04 |
prog-chick wrote:
well I think the sun definitely got to you James.........
the Richard Chmaberlain reference, I thought was about the stoopid priest fella who shacked up with a girl who was about a gazillion years his junior in the Aussie outback (hence the glaring sun)
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Ah, "The Thorn Birds". It really is an excellent book, and I highly recommend the series on Ancient Rome by the same author, Colleen McCollough.
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Posted: June 10 2008 at 11:06 |
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