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Post 1341

Santragenius V

Here, Lil -have one of mine: ! And smiley - goodluck with getting rid of infections!!

Might have confessed it before - I am a closet South European. Very much enjoying life in Barcelona this week with Mrs SG V and N (now 18 - where did that come fromsmiley - huh). Rather than hotels, we have rented a small apartment - cheaper, more space (even though small is the word) than in hotel room(s). And a rooftop terrace smiley - smiley Absolutely only drawback is that it is fifth floor - up a looong and narrow staircase.

But Mediterrenean life is good. And we haven't even been to the next door food market yet...


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Post 1342

Bald Bloke

I don't think Tony's new, he is just wearing a Dreadful disguise smiley - smiley


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Post 1343

Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.")

It's disgustingly dreadful at that.


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Post 1344

Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am...

*Lifts up glasses.*

It is I, Mr. Dreadful.


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Post 1345

Pastey

Well, it's happened. I got the paperwork through today, and my garage is now official registered as a brewery smiley - biggrin

So I can now sell the stuff I brew to bars, shops and beer festivals. If they want it that is. smiley - erm

The thing is, brewing's fun but mostly you're sat around waiting for things to happen. So it'll be nice to have something to do in between bouts of coding and writing smiley - winkeye


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Post 1346

Santragenius V

smiley - oksmiley - cheers


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Post 1347

Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence

*falls back into her chair, stunned* It is you, Dreadful!

Congratulations, Pastey. smiley - ale May you enjoy the pastime, and may it be profitable. smiley - smiley

Santra, after some long spells in tropical climes, I couldn't wait to get back to seasons. Corfu has seasons, but Florida very rarely does, and I just got tired of the unvarying warmth.


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Post 1348

Milla, h2g2 Operations

[smiley - towel]


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Post 1349

marvthegrate LtG KEA

Congrats Pastey. I hope it's a good experience for you.

I am dying to try my latest brew. It's in a keg now and getting some carbonation built up as we speak. Should be ready to go by next week I think.


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Post 1350

Pastey

I'm going to have to look into kegging and cornies etc. At the moment I'm planning purely to bottle, because it's a lot less equipment smiley - biggrin


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Post 1351

marvthegrate LtG KEA

The friend I brew with has 7 cornelius kegs in a refrigerator with taps on top. Once the outlay for equipment is done, it's a lot less work than bottling.


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Post 1352

Pastey

Oh yeah, a *lot* less smiley - biggrin My problem would be also in kegs that then get sent out with the beer to pubs, and hoping they make their way back in one piece. It's a lot of outlay.


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Post 1353

8584330

I've experience filling bottles while Mr Nerd caps them. (Must add that to my resume.)

Tree is completely down now. I feel terrible about letting the hummingbirds down. Hang in there little birdies, we are replanting as soon as possible!

In other news, Mr Nerd gave the stray cat a name, Al Fresco. Conundrum: now that Al has a name, is he still a stray?


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Post 1354

Pastey

I reckon if the cat's with you more than not, it's probably upgraded from stray to adopted. smiley - smiley


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Post 1355

Bagpuss

Is anyone else thinking of the Strict, Unbending Rules for Dealing with Stray Cats? http://www.pawsperouspets.com/humor/catstrays.shtml


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Post 1356

Bald Bloke

Yep them rules is true,
Fortunately my visiting cat is not a stray, she has a full time house down the road, she just pops in if her people are out and then disappears back as soon as she hears their car pull in.
And No she does not get fed here smiley - smiley


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Post 1357

Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence

*recovers slowly from latest microbial onslaught*

This afternoon, as I was sitting at my netbook after lunch, I noticed two gentlemen in business suits moving hurriedly up and down the hall. Then they stopped outside my door and addressed my room mate in a manner so odd that it got my attention. First they asked her what month it was and then told her what it was before she could answer -- ditto the date. And then they began talking to her about God.

No, it started out with talk of computers. Did you know, computers have their uses? Heh heh, sez the one fellow who did most of the talking, now I don't know hardly nothing about computers, I can't even turn one on! Ha ha! But computers can be, well, did you know there is pornography on computers? (Alert: when they stop using contractions, you know there's a script afoot). Did you know some people spend Six! Hours! a! Day! on computers?

(Ten! I said in a conversational voice. No, twelve! But, what with several devil televisions quacking in adjacent rooms, I was unheard.)

Do you know there was a young man who sold a kidney so he could buy himself a computer? (Let's stipulate all the arm-and-a-leg jokes, please)

(Who? I asked in a louder voice as I reached for my call button. Name him!)

A computer when you spend more time than you need to on it is a road to the Devil. And at this point the gentleman began to speak louder and in an even more stilted manner, and to say things about God and Satan and his Computer Minions that my brain refused to remember. At about then an aide came in to find out what I needed, and I shouted, "That man! He's proselytizing!" and then I had to explain to her what 'proselytizing' means. And while I was doing that the two men heard me sputtering and hurried away. Which infuriated me even more because I had wanted them to come in here and apologize to my computer.

Now, you can be as religious as you want. I'm pretty religious. You can believe that there are devils in computers -- most IT people will at least agree about the daemons. smiley - winkeye But what you don't get to do is browbeat nursing home residents on private property, with your superstitions and half-truths about machines you don't understand.

smiley - popcorn

I posted the foregoing tale on Facebook. Here I can add a fact that makes the men's behavior especially bad; my room mate has fairly substantial dementia. She does not know what day of the week it is, much less month or number. The men seemed to be carrying out some sort of required test when they asked about the date, but they promptly fudged it by quickly giving her the answers. Hypocrites.


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Post 1358

Milla, h2g2 Operations

What clowns... And what a sorry little world they must live in.
I'm glad you're better now, I hate to see you with antibiotics.

smiley - towel


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Post 1359

Pastey

He didn't sell a kidney to buy a computer, it was to buy an iPad. smiley - winkeye

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9466585/Chinese-student-sells-kidney-for-iPad.html


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Post 1360

marvthegrate LtG KEA

Now I am no longer religious but I can state that there are daemons and demons,devils, poltergeists, spirits and ghosts in them machines. Also, I know a computer isn't truly yours unless you bleed into it.


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