Chris

All the times at a gig someone asked me to ban Cloud

The MMW years of Ben Weapon arguing with everyone about everything

The people's court

Dave's multi-quoting politics thread nightmares sucking the fun out of the very fabric of the earth

So many great bands and music over the years

All the bands who have started from threads on the forums, all the people who have received and offered genuinely helpful feedback.

Getting Ab-Music blocked from my and Neil's former place of work because I was on it so much.

Nefarious Cock

Fudge awards vote whoring and aftermaths

10 hours ago, ca_gere said:

- who was the ICT fan that posted a lot?

RossP 

I thought you'd gone all sophistigent. Oh well. I know dick about shoes this much is true.

To be fair I'd quite like a pair of wing tips for the office and I do need a new pair of shoes...

I saw the Officer twin crossing the road next to Ibis/Pure Gym at the end of Shiprow this morning at 8:06am. He had some crazy ass light brown/black well polished shoes on. They looked wing-tipped.

They're just a battered pair of North Face trainers I wear to walk to the office.

life is pain.

Punning in French. Nice.

I got pretty bad nipple damage after running in my old reissue Scotland top. A whole segment of nipple disappeared, thankfully, that shit grows back.

My problem last night was not putting any lube on then getting caught in torrential rain. Running in a wet shirt = ruined nips.  They're still sore today.

Could be worse though... could be this guy:

Nipple chafe. Fucking hell.

What kinda brews did you guys go for?  I wonder if something strongly flavoured like a porter would be more forgiving to get my eye in without winding up with 40 pints of swill and heartbreak.

I did a red ale first then tried a few pale ales. They were grim.

Tried it a few times, using the ready made wort in a tin and don't think I got a single batch which was worth the wait.  Even tried pimping it out with better quality ingredients and dry hopping but still tasted like yeasty vomit.

If you have the patience to persist, or if you can do the whole process including making your own wort from scratch, then you might have better results.  I decided I had enough hobbies to waste time on and nothing I made was going to be as good or varied as the beer I can buy from the shop.

The best use I got out my homebrew was for killing slugs.

So how many pro cycling kits do you own?

None (shit's expensive). But see a lot of folk going around in them and don't have a problem with it.  Got a fair few bits of lycra shorts and jerseys though.  Because it's more comfortable on a road bike than normal shorts and a t-shirt. 

I hate the all pervasive Lad culture that deems any sport that's not football as posh wankers showing off. Which is what slagging off cyclists in lycra seems to be to me. Why is football the only acceptable sport to dress in the correct gear for?

18 holes is just too many holes IMO.

Yeah I get seriously fucked off with it by the 14th.  A round of 9 holes is about right. Just takes a couple of hours, can fit in after work in the summer and it's cheaper.

Cyclists who dress like they're in the fucking Tour de France to cycle home from work. You do not need to wear bright green Lycra and be covered head to toe in slogans to cycle through the city. You cunt. Full kit cyclist wanker.

Heaven forbid anyone dresses appropriately for their hobby or shows support for a sport they enjoy.

Just like the stupid bastards in Barca tops and footy shorts for a game of fives. You can still kick a ball in jeans for fuck's sake!

I like golf but I'm fucking awful at it.  Don't play enough to get better and it ends up bottom of my hobby priorities, which is a shame.

Thinking an ASOS voucher, but she likes "personal" gifts that a lot of thought has gone into it.

Realise you said she has allergies, but does she like/can she eat cake?  Lots of places do vouchers for afternoon tea these days.  Or a voucher towards a nice meal somewhere?

Does she like going to the theatre or anything?  I've bought Ticketmaster / Aberdeen Box Office vouchers for my Mum in the past so she can go see touring shows at HMT or in Edinburgh.

The Poets' Republic are having a launch event tonight at Stonehaven Community Centre, doors 7pm until 10pm with guest poets, free wine and an open mic.  

http://poetsrepublic.org/

If it goes well they're looking to host similar events in the future.

Also stringy bits on bananas are made of Satan's jizz.

You're peeling it from the wrong end.  Peel it from the bottom and you don't get the stringy bits.

Lowest ranked team still in the competition though. So in some respects it's the best draw we could have got.  They'll have the long flight the other way too so it'll balance out. Shite for the fans looking to travel though.

I was on my FB the other day and someone was posting pictures of their kids "Graduation" from nursery school!

Why is that even a thing?

 

They had an itinery posted which included the kids singing songs.  One of which was, "Twinkle Twinkle, I'm a Star"......What?

I have a few friends who were posting pictures of nursery graduations this year. Was blissfully unaware it was a thing until now.  Seems like a total pile of shit brought over from America but which there's no escape from. Who wants to be the one to tell their kid they can't "graduate" because it's a load of fucking pish?

I also keep meaning to go back and read some Charles Dickens and some of the Shakespeare plays we didn't cover at school.

Man, Moby Dick is a slog.

Some that are on my kindle just now:

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Peter Pan - JM Barrie

Dune - Frank Herbert

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Would a wireless solution be more sensible? 

Ooh. This thread is interesting (after the first page nonsense).  I've been attending a local writers group recently which got me writing poetry for the first time in years. I might post some later (not making any great claims on it's quality mind).

In the meantime some of you might like this new magazine which has launched recently in the NE:

http://poetsrepublic.org/

How much does the hipster hairdressers on The Green charge for a haircut?

Nice work dude! What's the new role?

Moving from an IT operational support role (Apps - where I've spent most of my career) into a vendor as a software consultant doing new installs, upgrades and customisations for clients.  Really looking forward to it. No more being on call and even a bit of travel on the cards.

Handed in my resignation last week with a new job starting in August.

Taken me 18 months, 13 applications, 5 interviews (3 of which involved mutiple sessions), countless CV revisions and many meetings with useless agencies.