#Alternate Use #9
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'SNOW HAS MELTED' two days of snow and its melted, already! weired assed
weather. Come summer I think I'll sail over and check it out; assuming you
have summer of course! Maybe I'll have a pint or two of Tetleys. Although
not in that pub on the Yorkshire moors.
I think Kangaroo translates as "What did you say?" speaking of
translating, I believe my name translates from Saxon(or something) to
dweller of the dark lands of Lancashire.
I wasn't talking about God TV, Praise the Lord and pass the plate; just
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) I assume its the quality TV equivalent,
no ads unless you count their own and the "this program was sponsored by
…", its just that every couple of months they have: please send money to
keep all these quality programs coming to you, like re-runs of Are you
being served though I do miss Hitchhikers Guide and one who's name I
forget, it had a black guy with a liverpool accent (I think) and all the
rest of the cast were holograms, love those Brit Sci-Fi's the fx is cheezy
but the story-lines seem to be better than STNG and Babylon 5, Tek War et
al.
I agree that realty TV shows COPS etc. make me shudder. Personaly I hope
that if someone is kicking tens colors of sh*t out of me I wish they'd
drop the bloody camera and come help.
Nothing in particular against lawyers, they're the only bait I've tried
that the sharks refuse to eat, maybe its because they're related.
Alternative uses for floppy disks, Number 9:
cleaning do-do off your shoes.
–>though I do miss Hitchhikers Guide
Graham that's on the Sci-Fi channel now (think it's every saturday or
sunday.
–>it had a black guy with a liverpool accent (I think) and all the rest
of the cast were holograms
You're thinking of Dwarf Star. Great show!!
–>the story-lines seem to be better than STNG and Babylon 5
Ah, but remember the BBS assumes it's watchers have an education and
understand what the plot line is<g>. British comedy is so much more
sophisticated (when you get the jokes<g>)
Heard the joke the other day: What do you get when you have 2000 lawyers
chained at the botton of the ocean?
A start!
Or another: Why was the leopard following after an elephant eating the
elephant's excretment (read sh*t).
It had just eaten a lawyer and wanted to get the taste out of it's
mouth.
Trent
Flying near the Pole in the Great White North
Thanks for the info on Hitchikers I'll look for it.
I don't know about Brit Sit-Coms being more sophisticated, it's just
that they don't have to be so p.c. they take a jab at whatever the
writers think will get a laugh, I agree that some of the college
comedy shows: Monty Python etc. do have some oblique references but
you have to remember these were orignated by college students
originally for their own entertainment.
Don't get me started on lawyers; only in America could two "kids" who
freely admit they shot their parents get off with a mis-trial.
Maybe I should have said their humour was more dry<g>.
As to the Menendez (sp?) thing, I believe it has to go through again
as in a mis-trial it just means the jury cannot make up it's mind.
Another jury has to be picked and the whole thing re-done.
Remember the pointy end of the boat is called the 'Bow'.<g>
Thanks for the tip about the `pointy end', now if I can figure out
what all these ropes laying around are for, I may be able to get
somewhere.
The ropes are for fishing.. You tie an old disk on to the end of one
and toss it into the pond and lo and behold you will soon be lying
with the best of them<g>. Make sure you cut the rope attatched to
the big paperweight (it's not really required and it takes up too
much space – space needed for more beer coolers<g>).
Does your boat come with the optional string bikini clad goddesses, or
is it the economy version?
No optional extras I'm afraid, I've just the economy version, thanks for
the tip about the ropes, next on my list of things to find out about are
these big white thingys that flap around in the wind, I believe the
technical term is 'sails'.
I have found a tip for the coolers, if you freeze your beer
beforehand then you've no need for ice, just remember to leave a
six-pack or two unfrozen else it may be a dry day or two. The
paperweight I need to keep my Frontier manual from flying away, Those
constant references to it for the game protection is extremely
irritating, surely its only neccessary once per playing session. If
you run across me in the vicinity of Sol, I'm the Panther going slow,
but getting these, give a wave as you pass.
Hey, the most I know about squiding is that those flapping white
things are noise makers for keeping you up at night<g>. They could
be real annoying with a hangover<g>. I would suggest getting rid of
them and make them into bedsheets or something<g>. Use the
outboard..<g>.
As to giving a wave as I pass, I will be the heavily armed gunboat..
Rob will be out to get me so if you do wave back please make sure
that the finger isn't near the fire control button<g>. Would really
hate to _accidently_ waste a Panther..<g>
Hey, I'm just a poor 'honest' trader just trying to make ends meet, but I
toast any gunboats that tries to interfer with where I want to go.
Honest officer.. He did point something at me.. How was I to know it was
his finger?
Trent
"Tracers work both ways"
Don't blame the lawyers, blame the stupid people who pay the lawyers
to do their bidding. It's not as if lawyers can hold people down and
force them to obey stupid suggestions.
Hi John, Sorry if I offended you with the running joke about lawyers,
I didn't know we were so p.c. here in the AmigaArts. But if you want
to get into a fight <g> here's my penultimate insult: "Your mama uses
a IBM" Graham On a quest to find the Holy Kalik
Penultimate? You mean you've got another insult coming? And I'm
certainly not P.C., and it seems more PC to be to bash lawyers…
defending the unpopular has never been popular, in any age. 🙂
Yeah, it cud geet yous hung!!
Think the Japanese have got it right.. They call America the 'Paper
Tiger' due to the huge amount of lawyers. There names should be
changed to "leeches" (IMO)
> Think the Japanese have got it right.. They call America the 'Paper
Tiger'
I remember Krushchev's retort that the 'tiger' has nuclear teeth
according to an anecdoete sometime after the Cuban missile crisis.
BTW, there are only 3 lawyers' jokes:
The rest are true stories!
> You're thinking of Dwarf Star. Great show!!
. Actually, it's called "Red Dwarf". It is a great show, though. 🙂
Ouch!! Knew it had a dwarf in it somewhere.. I think I'm mixing up
Red Dwarf and Dark Star.. Oh well.. Back to PBS..
Trent,
Dark Star. Wasn't that a movie about a crew of bored people blowing up
planets or something? I think I liked it when I saw it ten years or so
ago.
Nate Wahl, Emerald Video
I am a Nate, ergo I Animate!
Yup, a camp or cult classic.. Stupid plot, but was real amusing just
watching the 'special effects'.
Trent
Flying near the Pole in the Great White North
English weather is ALWAYS weird… generally wet but mostly weird <g> Oh
dear a Tetley drinker… switch to a good solid Guinness…
How do TV Evangelists get away with it ? in fact what sort of a person
sends in money ? from all i've seen it looks a real big con, but an
obvious one…
BTW The brit sci-fi one is called Red Dwarf, with 'The Cat, and Rimmer
the hologram + Lister the only surviving crew member' that is VERY
funny, one of the best programs since the Blackadder series..
Hmm maybe Politicians would be unpaletable to sharks, or how about
crooked newspaper owners (aka Robet Maxwell…)
I have just tried a bar in Freeport, Bahamas by the name of Union
Jack, you'd think they'd have a Guinness, but while while there I did
finally find a reason to laugh at a Harry Harrison joke in the Bill
series (Planet of Ten Thousand Bars, I think) there is actually a
brew called Old Percular.
TV Evangelists? well that's a southern thing and the physcology of it
baffels me, any region that eats grits and chicklins, and their
family tree dosn't have any branchs, has to be a little strange.
Although there is a Steve Martin movie: Leap of Faith which had me
(ROTFWLIA).
Heres another thought: the decline of the Brit Empire was completed
when they went decimal, any culture that had so many mathmatical
bases i.e. base of 12 for pennies, base of 20 for shillings, base of
8 for pints etc. must have a reasonable school system else everyone
would be wandering around going is 17/6 the right change from a five
for a pint of Guinness.
Loved Blackadder, though Mr Bean is the one for me, pity there is so
few of them, I always thought a series had to have 100 shows before
being syndicated?
Alternative uses for floppy disks, Number 11:
Lining warp containment fields
– Graham,
Looking for Guiness in all the wrong places.
Hey I like Grits (well in small doses <g>) fraid i've never seen leap of
faith, although steve martin is brilliant in nearly every film he does…
Re: UK going to metric… ROTFL.. he he, could be it but even a
young 18 year old like me still weighs himself in Stones and measures
his height in Feet…still i gotta admit the old metric thingy <g>
makes a little more sense then the old Imperial system, apparently we
(eg the Government <g> not me….) put off converting to Metric coz
we thought it was TOO complicated <g>
I find Mr.Bean is a 'Cringe' factor a bit too high for me, some comedy
i like, even some blatantly silly stuff like Allo Allo but mr.Bean
just makes me wanna leave the room… still he redeemed himself with
the Barclycard adverts <g>
he he, i think i've sorted out the floppy disk numbering system <g>
I didn't know that grits were available anywhere except in the south?
You must be talking about instant grits which southerns argue don't
count as real grits, which are so bland that the only way I can eat
them is to stir my eggs yolks into them, cover them with syrup and
then while the waitress is not looking scrap them into the trash.
Stones, see what I mean calculate in base 16(hex/) US weight systems
are a little simpler i.e. 100lbs (8 stones = 112lb) in a
hundredweight, 2000lbs (2240lbs 20hw) in a ton. Leap of Faith has
been showing on some of the premium TV networks, which get the movies
around 3 months after the video stores, so I guess it may be
realeased to the theatres over there shortly, although if King Ralph
as only just made it there then it could be a year or two, unless of
course it's too american. I always thought KR was a brit movie with a
american lead to sell it over here, like A Fish Called Wanda.
Just took a run over to Miami and found Frontier, Elite II, It
certainly beats the c**p out of Civilization, which has been my main
stay of eating time. After fairly intense trading (would you believe
a 25hr session), I have maxed out my ship on Earth 8 missiles,
shields, ecm etc. and am now ready to set out into the galaxy, I also
found quite a few English bars in the next town up (Lauderdale), so
I've stopped looking for guinness, a few of those puts hair on the
back of eyes. Ah well back to bud.
Ok maybe the grits i have eaten were not the real thing, hmm maybe
i'll try some when/if i come over again.. tried a bagel, tasted foul
<g>
Base sixteen is fine but they haven't quite mastered the art of
putting 8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F on the scales yet…. hmm o have to admit
your Billions and ours do differe, it's all too confusing for me i am
afraid – still i rarely have to count Biliions <g> if only huh…
I found A Fish Called Wanda weird the first time i watched it, they
put it on TV again this Xmas and i found it hysterical, maybe i'm
just oer know and get the jokes but i was waking the family up with
my laughter <g>
Glad i win with the floppies, i've gotta think of somthing else now
🙁
I hope you live near Miami, seems pointless going that far to get a
copy of Frontier otherwise <g> Glad you like it… it's real
addictive, i have done a 13 hour session (exculding toilet breaks etc
<g>) but that obviously pales into insignificance compare to your 25
– ouch bet your eyes hurt after that (also bet you turned the music
off by then <g>)
Rejoice… he found somewhere to get him a good pint of guinness…
Agree with you about some bagels, but until you've tried a wholewheat with
lox, you haven't lived.
If you've got your Panther, take care of those engines there not many
class 8 hyperdrives lying around, I tried the plasma thingy, but now
just mount a couple of 100mw's in the turrets, and punched the
shields up to 50, if I can't track the pirates as they come in, they
just run into the shields, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Graham
On a quest to find the Holy Kalik
Sorry what is lox ?
Hmm already lost my Class 8 before… nasty experience, shame i can't
put them in a smaller ship and get a REAL big hyperspace range and
time… as for shields, well it gets real boring once you've got
more than 25 – nobody can penetrate them as far as i can tell –
almost funny when you get some silly little fighter trying to blow
you away <g>
You've never tried lox? You're pulling my leg, still I'd expect that
from a country that still drinks its tea warm!
Yeah, it does, get a little boring going anywhere and nobody being
able to touch you, thinking about trading down.
He he, Tea warm…. well actually i have been known to drink Cold coffee
does that qualify ? still what is Lox ?
I have traded down to an Imperial Courier – many more fights though that
becomes tedious….
"Son she said, have i got a little story for you"
"What you thought was your Daddy, was nothing but"
I was serious about cold tea, try brewing a pot sticking it the icebox,
serving it with ice, lemon and sugar to taste, Lipton actually has a
Instant Ice Tea Mix, but what do you expect from a country that can't be
bothered with tea-leaves. (I seem remember a minor fracas over tea) and
Iced coffee is also a legitimate drink, but no lemon.
I went to a Imperial Trader, purely because it looks nice, now if I could
find one with a saucer in front, I'd be able to utter those immortal
words:
"To baldly to go …", can't imagine where I'd find 2,000 crew though.
1: Do you have any Lox, lox, lox, egg, lox, lox, chips & lox without the
lox?
2: I'll have the lox, I like lox.
Cut to: Group singing: Lox, Lox, Lox wonderful lllloooxxx.
Graham
There's no future in Time Travel
Hmmm.. I wonder what would happen if two Panthers met in the deep cold
depths of spave to duke it out?
Trent
"Tracers work both ways"
I've done it as part of an assassination mission, just takes longer 🙁 no
extra thrill i am afraid they are both barge like for steering and the
computer can't do sweet fa if you've got about 25 shields…
"Son she said, have i got a little story for you"
"What you thought was your Daddy, was nothing but"
Try the local beer Kalik next time you're in the Bahamas. Not bad.
Oh no another quest!
Graham
On a quest to find the holy Kalik
What is your name ?
What is your Quest ?
What is the average migrating speed of a swallow ?
<g>
"I've got a little black book with my poems in"
"I've got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb" – PF
My name is George, no wait its AAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrggggggg …..
(voice from afar), is that the European or African swallow?
<g>
Graham
On a quest to find the Holy Kalik
I'll see if I can get one more Monty Python gag in without being attacked
by a sysop <g>….
'HALT! We are the knights who say NE and none shall pass'
He he….
"I've got a little black book with my poems in"
"I've got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb" – PF
This lox is dead!
No its not, its only sleeping.
Graham
On a quest to find the Holy Kalik
"We are all young women aged between the age of 18-22 and need
protecting"
he he
"I can take them there can be only 2 or 3 score"
he he he….
"Son she said, have i got a little story for you"
"What you thought was your Daddy, was nothing but"
Oh no another quest!
Keep on animating (Garcia, I think)
Graham
On a quest to find the Holy Kalik