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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: July 30 2008 at 20:23 |
 A sleepover, eh, Jared? 
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Jared
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Posted: August 01 2008 at 09:44 |
blimey, its quiet in here...only the hob nob crumbs on Dean's chair for company...
...and we really ought to find that rota for taking out the refuse.....
oh, hear it is...
Aug 1st: Chopper
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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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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 07:51 |
...and nobody in here at all over the weekend 
Is it maybe Neil's "hogweed rash" putting people off - is there maybe a fear the rash in question may have other less botanical origins & may be catching?
I think we should be told... 
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 08:01 |
...i'm back - was just leaving my little bit of poo in the "Miles Davis to be added" thread..
guess everyones been out enjoying the "weather" 
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 08:04 |
 fandango wrote:
blimey, its quiet in here...only the hob nob crumbs on Dean's chair for company...
...and we really ought to find that rota for taking out the refuse.....
oh, hear it is...
Aug 1st: Chopper
Aug 8th: Chopper
Aug 15th: Chopper
Aug 22nd: Chopper
Aug 29th: Chopper
yes, as I thought...it's Chopper's turn this week... |
and for making the tea, and dusting...
Aug 2nd: Chopper
Aug 9th: Chopper
Aug 16th: Chopper
Aug 23rd: Chopper
Aug 30th: Chopper
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 08:16 |
Ok I'm back now, you can stop nominating me for jobs and make your own  tea.
I have returned from a succesful Scout camp in a very hot Germany. I say succesful, only 2 of the Scouts had to pay visits to German A&E departments and only 1 of those had to leave a body part behind (i.e. an appendix).
One thing I've learned - never underestimate the stupidity of boys. One particular chap spent about 50% of his camp on punishment duty (including spending the last night asleep in a field having been banished from his tent). His finest hour was setting fire to another Scout's hair, then denying it was him. Unfortunately he was 1 of only 2 Scouts who could have reached the afore-mentioned hair (he was sitting behind him on the coach) and had a lighter on him. Doh - cue a quick toilet cleaning stint.
I'm now suffering from ferry-lag, that 1 hour difference is a killer, although it could have been the staying up till 1am drinking every night.
Have I missed anything?
Edited by chopper - August 04 2008 at 09:31
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 12:19 |
Not really, apart from the fact Lee's been using your woggle in a most inappropriate way   
I always thought boy-scouts were clean living, studious, Enid Blyton reading types, not the kind of oik to go round setting fire to peoples' hair... and what does a boy scout have to do to warrant being banished from his tent (that occasionally happens to me at Cropredy, but it's usually down to the combination of chilli sausages & Hook Norton ale)?
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 12:52 |
"One particular chap spent about 50% of his camp on punishment duty (including spending the last night asleep in a field having been banished from his tent). "
...yes Alan - why was he banished from the tent...? 
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 13:24 |
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Well it wasn't a Garten-style wind related offence. That would probably have smelt quite pleasant compared to the smell of 22 pairs of worn-for-7-days-without-being-changed socks that hit me when I attempted to enter their tent in the morning.
No, they were just chucking things around and stopping everyone else getting to sleep.
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 13:25 |
Three slightly soggy Scouts, having spent the night in a field 
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 13:34 |
^^^
Little Red Riding Hood should have had an inkling that all was not well as she approached Grandma's cottage.In fact,things looked pretty Grimm. 
Edited by Man Erg - August 04 2008 at 13:39
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Jared
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Posted: August 04 2008 at 14:44 |
^^that's truly awful... 
don't call us, we'll call you... 
and Alan, isn't there something in the new Scouting Child Protection Policy, which precludes you from leaving them to look at the stars in a muddy field at 3am?
did you carry out a Risk Assessment first? Was this particular 'activity' covered in your initial Site Survey??  |
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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: August 05 2008 at 02:12 |
Jim Garten wrote:
I always thought boy-scouts were clean living, studious, Enid Blyton reading types, not the kind of oik to go round setting fire to peoples' hair... |
I have never heard such nonsense in the GR yet!!!!! I was a girl guide so I know!
Make 'em sleep in a field!  fabulous!
Sorry I've not been about much recently............... working my wotsits off at the mo, starting at 7am going through until something or other am, every bl**dy day, I spent yesterday thinking it was Friday all day! Still, it should get easier soon, and it's not like it's not fun, but boy do I need a day off!
R x
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 02:33 |
Hello all, just popped in to see what was happening. Is the site still under attack from this hacking stuff? This is the first morning for ages that I've been able to open the GR before I've had to go out. Blisters are fading now leaving quite colourful scars.
Jim, didn't need an exact time for your leaving the camp site. Just a rough idea as I'd quite like the walk.
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 03:38 |
chopper wrote:
compared to the smell of 22 pairs of worn-for-7-days-without-being-changed socks that hit me when I attempted to enter their tent in the morning. |
That's nothing, Alan - When we first started going to Cropredy many years ago, there was a group of around 15 of us who used to share a huge ex army tent (large enough in fact that on rainy years we used to put up smaller tents inside it & then carry them out to be pegged down)... imagine if you will, the atmosphere inside a large canvas tent, in summer, containing 15 people, all of whom being aficionados of real ale & spicy food, first thing in the morning...
Neil - we'd usually be setting off around 10:30-ish, but Mr Stumble's boat will be there as well, so if you could boot him into action as well, we'll call you to arrange a meeting...
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 03:43 |
Jim Garten wrote:
... imagine if you will, the atmosphere inside a large canvas tent, in summer, containing 15 people, all of whom being aficionados of real ale & spicy food, first thing in the morning...
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I'm surprised the thing didn't float off the ground like the Hindenburg
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 03:54 |
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Let's just say the first cigarettes of the morning were generally lit outside the tent...
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 05:12 |
Jim Garten wrote:
chopper wrote:
compared to the smell of 22 pairs of worn-for-7-days-without-being-changed socks that hit me when I attempted to enter their tent in the morning. |
That's nothing, Alan - When we first started going to Cropredy many years ago, there was a group of around 15 of us who used to share a huge ex army tent (large enough in fact that on rainy years we used to put up smaller tents inside it & then carry them out to be pegged down)... imagine if you will, the atmosphere inside a large canvas tent, in summer, containing 15 people, all of whom being aficionados of real ale & spicy food, first thing in the morning...
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HA! that's STILL nothing! Have you EVER smelt a tour bus after a dozen band/crew members have lived on it for a month??? 
sweaty hot venues, odd food combos, beer, and little washing facilities, plus the 'snug' bunks............
Thinking of that............... why oh why am I going to join the tour for the LAST week?????? best pack a surgical mask and some smelling salts!
R x
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 07:16 |
Oh - I think Rach wins 
So much for the glamour & gentility of a prog rock band on tour - eewwww
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Posted: August 05 2008 at 07:26 |
I agree. Given that 1 small Scout managed to stink a whole coach out by removing his socks, the thought of an entire road crew for a month... 
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