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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2006 at 07:03
Originally posted by Heavyfreight Heavyfreight wrote:

I always thought that Oyster cards were carried by those who use Yiddish expressions a lot


Hmph - these Goys, always kvetching
    

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Oyster Cards work ok if you do a straightforward trip, but if you go to Notting Hill Gate via zone 1 because of those bloody line closures you have to pay double!!Angry
 
also...LOL
 
 

"'Chelsea tractors', many of which are responsible for some of the highest CO2 emissions of any cars on our roads, have to be dealt with. Angry

 
Photo of a Scrap Yard With Heavy Equipment   LOL
 
 
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Points: 2567 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2006 at 07:57
MY BRAINCHILD WAS KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!Cry
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

'Chelsea tractors'


Ho, Yus!

usually seen in their natural, all terrain, 4 wheel drive extreme environment of the school run... one driver dropping off their little precious to school, thence on to a coffee morning where they'll ernestly discuss global warming, overcrowded roads & petrol prices.    

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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2006 at 06:44
Walked past one of these BMW four wheel drive things on the way to work. Off road isn't in it, the alloy wheels and low profile tyres would fail at the first large stone. However the government's well thought out H&S legislation may be partly to blame. I was talking to a colleague yetserday and asked if he and his wife were considering a third child. He said no and then qualified this by saying because it is no longer legally possible to fit three small children in a normal four seater family car. The child seat laws prevent this. If they had another child his wife would have to have a large people carrier to be able to take the children out.

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My university, FIU, just lost $40 million because of the asshole who happens to be its president. How? Why? Well, a donor was gonna donate 5 million bucks each year for 4 consecutive years while the state would give $20 million too due to a policy in florida based on large donations. The president wanted the money right away, so there was a f***ing argument and the president of FIU told the super generous donor (who wants the medical school department named after him) that for getting his name in the medical department, he got it "cheap" because some donor got his name for donating 100 million in University of Miami. So the donor is like screw you.

now that FIU needed so much money with professors and knowing that less-paid and less professional graduate students will teach instead on fridays, this will affect my studies.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2006 at 10:24
The only thing that completely sucks about fall (perhaps my favorite season) is raking.  I raked my back yard yesterday, only to wake up this morning to a backyard full of leaves.  Angry  Maybe I should get a leaf blower, but my garage is already stuffed with crap and I'm running out of room.  If only I could erect a structure in my back yard to place lawnmowers and other such items....what do they call those things again?  Wink
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I'm sick of being sick! Dead
 
 
I'm also sick of not knowing what I want out of life. Disapprove
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I am happy and don't have anything to moan about.
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2006 at 11:01
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

I am happy and don't have anything to moan about.
 
you need to get out more, James!Wink
 
 
 
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2006 at 11:02
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

I'm sick of being sick! Dead
 
 
I'm also sick of not knowing what I want out of life. Disapprove
 
 
i'm sick of knowing what i want from life but can't get it...Embarrassed
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2006 at 12:06
The new Firefox.

It's horrible!  I went back to the old version and now as soon as I shut down the browser and re-open it, it's going to automatically update and I don't want it too!  Very annoying.
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I'm sick of young people using words I don't understand - Firefox?

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Mozilla Firefox: it's an "alternative" Internet Browser, just like that one you're using (probably Micro$oft Internet Explorer), only usually better (except in the case of the new version, which annoys me).

I also get annoyed by people who use the word genre and do those silly little quote marks with their fingers when talking about genres.
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I'm sick of seeing people that try to copy other people to look cool. It's everywhere you look in Puerto Rico and that's sad.

I also don't like people that lie just to pretend they know about something or lie about imposible things they do or pretend they have alot of things like big plasma TVs, mansion and other exagerated things like that just to make people think he/she is cool.

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Points: 10094 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2006 at 18:10
I hate not being able to talk to girls, it's reall-.....oh wait...wrong room Wink


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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 16:07
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Oyster Cards work ok if you do a straightforward trip, but if you go to Notting Hill Gate via zone 1 because of those bloody line closures you have to pay double!!Angry
 
also...LOL
 
 

"'Chelsea tractors', many of which are responsible for some of the highest CO2 emissions of any cars on our roads, have to be dealt with. Angry

 
Photo of a Scrap Yard With Heavy Equipment   LOL
 
 
 
I use an Oyster card and in general I'm pretty happy with it - BUT - if you want to use the Croydon tramlink (I work in Croydon at the moment, for my sins) you're OK with a 4 zone card, but if the tram breaks down you either have to take a replacement bus (which takes hours) or buy an extra ticket because East Croydon is in zone 5.
 
Even more frustrating is the fact that none of the overground rail companies accept Oyster prepay, and some don't even accept it if you've got a pass on your Oystercard. Just try travelling from Paddington to Southall and see how far you get -
 
AND THE @#$%ING PRIVATISED RAIL COMPANIES GET @#$%ING MASSIVE SUBSIDIES FROM THE @#$%ING TAXPAYER AND CLAIM THAT THEY CAN'T @#$%ING ACCEPT OYSTER BECAUSE THE @#$%ING TECHNOLOGY'S TOO @#$%ING EXPENSIVE AngryAngryAngryAngryAngryAngry. MY @#$%ING ARSE!!!!!!
 
Which is something that I find fairly irritating.
 
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2006 at 16:20
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Oyster Cards work ok if you do a straightforward trip, but if you go to Notting Hill Gate via zone 1 because of those bloody line closures you have to pay double!!Angry
 
also...LOL
 
 'Chelsea tractors', many of which are responsible for some of the highest CO2 emissions of any cars on our roads, have to be dealt with. Angry
  LOL
 
 
 
I use an Oyster card and in general I'm pretty happy with it - BUT - if you want to use the Croydon tramlink (I work in Croydon at the moment, for my sins) you're OK with a 4 zone card, but if the tram breaks down you either have to take a replacement bus (which takes hours) or buy an extra ticket because East Croydon is in zone 5.
 
Even more frustrating is the fact that none of the overground rail companies accept Oyster prepay, and some don't even accept it if you've got a pass on your Oystercard. Just try travelling from Paddington to Southall and see how far you get -
 
AND THE @#$%ING PRIVATISED RAIL COMPANIES GET @#$%ING MASSIVE SUBSIDIES FROM THE @#$%ING TAXPAYER AND CLAIM THAT THEY CAN'T @#$%ING ACCEPT OYSTER BECAUSE THE @#$%ING TECHNOLOGY'S TOO @#$%ING EXPENSIVE AngryAngryAngryAngryAngryAngry. MY @#$%ING ARSE!!!!!!
 
Which is something that I find fairly irritating.
 
 
 
 
..i can detect you do seem slightly irritated, Chris....Wink
 
 
 
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2006 at 04:40
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Mozilla Firefox: it's an "alternative" Internet Browser, just like that one you're using (probably Micro$oft Internet Explorer), only usually better (except in the case of the new version, which annoys me).I also get annoyed by people who use the word genre and do those silly little quote marks with their fingers when talking about genres.


Try IE7. It's a big improvement on IE6. Many of the advantages of Firefox now included.
    
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2006 at 04:43
Hands up who hates "RnB" and "Bling" and the whole status and respec' through possessions thing
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