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Dean

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 08:59

Jim Garten wrote:

(Hetfield's voice has improved no end, now he's removed his head from up his arse

)

...which goes someway to explaining his vocal style(-ahh!)

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 09:07

Jim Garten wrote:

heads!

ers!

The words p1ssup and brewery spring to mind...

Our wonderful IT department spent the whole of last week setting up worldwide synchronised systems testing for disaster recovery trials on Saturday, but forgot one minor detail - telling our building's owners we required the building to be open on Saturday.

Luckily I got the call on Friday evening - I would not have been a happy bunny had I turned up on Sarturday to find the offices locked up.

So - no additional day in lieu for me... b

s!

But on a better note, Vicky and I spent a good few hours in the sun on Saturday and Sunday educating the garden & disposing of shed-junk.

Speaking as part of an IT department, we never bother about minor details like a building being open. That's an admin job!

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 09:44

IT or admin - not a credit controller's job; to paraphrase Led Zep - everybody's fault but mine

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 12:35

Jim Garten wrote:

It's surprising how much you can get done in just a couple of hours a day over a weekend; all we need to do now is wait for an evening when there's no washing to be seen so we can burn the rubbish (our recycling wheelie bin's considerably fuller than it's ever been).

This is what they want - a good fire

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mystic fred wrote:

bought a copy of the new Metallica album - it's good, why is everybody trashing it...?

because iconoclasticism gives people the misplaced illusion of credibility, Steve...

I have to be honest, it sounds like the first album of theirs in 20 years, that I'd actually enjoy listening to.. must pick a copy up, along with a bit more Handel...

Face it - everyone's been waiting for them to fall flat on their faces again since the horridness that was 'St Anger' & just don't want to be proved wrong; from the little I've heard, sounds like a bloody strong album (Hetfield's voice has improved no end, now he's removed his head from up his arse

)

"the day that never comes" and "Unforgiven III" are future classics ....i sweaaaar!

(the Shed's foundations quake from the power of Metal...)

Edited by mystic fred - September 22 2008 at 12:37

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:11

I've raised this before on the forum - why do things always break down in threes?

In the last week the dryer part of our washer dryer has stopped drying, yesterday I got our digital video camera out and that's now broken and tonight our fan oven has also stopped heating (a bit of a drawback with an oven). Could be an expensive month.

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:14

After several months of toil (and about 5 years of planing and procrastinating), Darq Towers now has a moat to repel invaders:

Added the final touches this weekend and transfered the fish from their temporary home in a large tub to the relative luxury of a 2000 litre pond.

If nothing else I now know not to give up my day job to become a brickie.

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Dean

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:24

chopper wrote:

I've raised this before on the forum - why do things always break down in threes?

In the last week the dryer part of our washer dryer has stopped drying, yesterday I got our digital video camera out and that's now broken and tonight our fan oven has also stopped heating (a bit of a drawback with an oven). Could be an expensive month.

Probably because one is unfortunate, two is careless and three has to be retribution of some kind (i.e. Someone Else's Fault!)

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:24

Dean wrote:

After several months of toil (and about 5 years of planing and procrastinating), Darq Towers now has a moat to repel invaders:

Added the final touches this weekend and transfered the fish from their temporary home in a large tub to the relative luxury of a 2000 litre pond.

If nothing else I now know not to give up my day job to become a brickie.

Very nice Dean, and here I thought I had done well by planting a few shrubs... Confused

Ah well, still have a lot to tackle on the inside - want to replace almost all the doors, and my basement looks like a Texas Gulf Coast town (sorry if that's too crass Embarrassed

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:45

Thanks Pat - must admit I used it as an excuse not to do chores around the house - I'll be laying a new bathroom floor next weekend - slightly less enjoyable (can't see what's wrong with the old one myself)

Now the sun has set, the same scene by night:

Edited by Dean - September 22 2008 at 14:45

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:45

I would just like to advise the Shed that my arms are now covered in scratch marks as a result of spending a couple of hours 'educating' my plants...

and I've just had to mow the lawn AGAIN...I filled a whole black bin liner with 2 week old growth...what is it with this September??...

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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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:48

fandango wrote:

I would just like to advise the Shed that my arms are now covered in scratch marks as a result of spending a couple of hours 'educating' my plants...

and I've just had to mow the lawn AGAIN...I filled a whole black bin liner with 2 week old growth...what is it with this September??...

Coming from farther north (New England), where you never heard a lawnmower after school started back up in September, I was dismayed to find that I regularly have to mow well into October down here! Ouch

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:48

^^very impressive Dean...

nice one...

do you have a business card??...

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:50

Dean wrote:

I've argued along similar lines for some projects myself, to be informed that my opinion is not the relevant one in my house. Wink

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:05

NaturalScience wrote:

Dean wrote:

I've argued along similar lines for some projects myself, to be informed that my opinion is not the relevant one in my house. Wink

I hear that one regularly as well.

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:08

Spent a good few hours mowing the lawn over the weekend. I use a petrol rotary mower. It's not too noisy but I wear padded ear protectors...........

..........over my Walkman earphones so that I can listen to prog at the same time!!!

Who said blokes can't multi-task????

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:10

Syzygy wrote:

NaturalScience wrote:

I've argued along similar lines for some projects myself, to be informed that my opinion is not the relevant one in my house. Wink

I hear that one regularly as well.

so do I... and I live alone...

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:11

limeyrob wrote:

Spent a good few hours mowing the lawn over the weekend. I use a petrol rotary mower. It's not too noisy but I wear padded ear protectors...........

..........over my Walkman earphones so that I can listen to prog at the same time!!!

Who said blokes can't multi-task????

nice one Rob...

if that doesn't make you an honourary member of the Shed...I don't know what would...

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:17

fandango wrote:

limeyrob wrote:

Spent a good few hours mowing the lawn over the weekend. I use a petrol rotary mower. It's not too noisy but I wear padded ear protectors...........

..........over my Walkman earphones so that I can listen to prog at the same time!!!

Who said blokes can't multi-task????

nice one Rob...

if that doesn't make you an honourary member of the Shed...I don't know what would...

remembering to turn off the mower before putting it in the Shed would.

*cough* *cough* *choke* *choke*

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:19

limeyrob wrote:

Spent a good few hours mowing the lawn over the weekend. I use a petrol rotary mower. It's not too noisy but I wear padded ear protectors...........

..........over my Walkman earphones so that I can listen to prog at the same time!!!

Who said blokes can't multi-task????

If you're anything like me you probably spend longer choosing what to listen to than you do actually doing the job.

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:21

Syzygy wrote:

limeyrob wrote:

Spent a good few hours mowing the lawn over the weekend. I use a petrol rotary mower. It's not too noisy but I wear padded ear protectors...........

..........over my Walkman earphones so that I can listen to prog at the same time!!!

Who said blokes can't multi-task????

If you're anything like me you probably spend longer choosing what to listen to than you do actually doing the job.

But it's such a critical decision! The next 30-60 minutes of your life hangs in the balance! Wink