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Good Angel - recently become obsessed to the point of psychosis with the film 'Bio-Dome' Posted May 1, 2001
Do you often remember things in the middle of the night? Cos I do. You wake up suddenly thinking 'I remember now what that really annoying tune I've been humming for three days is! It's (insert name of suitable really annoying tune with a tendency to get stuck in the head, most likely from several years ago)'
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 1, 2001
I only remember things in the middle of the night!
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Good Angel - recently become obsessed to the point of psychosis with the film 'Bio-Dome' Posted May 2, 2001
I get ideas in the middle of the night 
. It's weird. But I have to write them down in the middle of the night, in the dark, or else I forget them by the next morning 
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 2, 2001
As long as they're still good ideas in the morning a few minutes of lost sleep is a small sacrifice 
I'm prepared to bet that someone came up with pop-a-point pencils in the middle of the night!
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You can call me TC Posted May 2, 2001
fluorescent pencils would be a good idea then, so you can see what you're writing in the middle of the night
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 2, 2001
Make that flourescent pop-a-points so they're always sharp and you're on to a winner, TC!
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted May 2, 2001
i woke up 3 in the moring & did (in my head) a maths question that i spent half an hr stressing over in an exam the previous day (which didnt manage 2 understand let alone work out then)! grr! its soo annoyin when that happens!
like finding the next lead in a pop-a-point pencils already been used! 
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 3, 2001
Ah, now that really is annoying. The maths thing I mean. The pop-a-point thing is only really annoying if you discover that there are no leads left at all! Then it's really really annoying.
And don't worry about the maths. I woke up (about 10 years after failing my A-level) finally understanding not only imaginary numbers but the whole equation of a circle thing. Pah!
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Good Angel - recently become obsessed to the point of psychosis with the film 'Bio-Dome' Posted May 3, 2001
Yeah, I only got a C in Higher maths last year, after totally forgetting wave function and then playing Nibbles on my calculator for the rest of the time, but I blame the exam board. I'm actually surprised I managed to get a pass, it was probably a mistake (anyone who got exam results delivered in Scotland last year will know what I'm talking about). And I did actually wake up in the middle of the night remembering how to do simultaneous equations. Unfortunately, that was Standard Grade work and didn't help me much in the exam
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 3, 2001
Simultaneous equations - ah how we loved them.
I gave up on maths (or it gave up on me) when the i numbers came onto the scene. And all that Newton's law stuff about it not working unless K=1 (or some such nonsense) talk about fiddling the results!
Go off and do something nice instead, like cleaning the loo... or babysitting for 25 two-year-olds... compared to maths anything is nice.
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted May 3, 2001
maths is alright. a lot of it is fairly straight forwards really. but i realise im in a minority here!
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 4, 2001
Maths is fine. I liked it. Apart from those pesky i-numbers. Pah!
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted May 4, 2001
we aint got on 2 them yet. (thank god!) i think real numbers r enuff of a handful as it is!
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Good Angel - recently become obsessed to the point of psychosis with the film 'Bio-Dome' Posted May 14, 2001
I have a friend who's favourite number is pi. He remembers it right down to nine decimal places. He always puts it on e-mail questionnires and stuff,when the rest of us put normal numbers like 7 and 13 and 42.
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted May 15, 2001
my fav no is 1/1840 (electron mass in atomic units). i learnt it coupla yrs ago coz me & saffron couldnt spell (or say) negligible!
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Nieve Posted May 16, 2001
Around here everyone uses those clutch pencils: artists, engineers, anyone else who doesn't like mechanical pencils, anyone who wants to have the 'latest in pencil technology'... They can be found in the 'drafting' section of any major stationary store. They cost about $4.00 Canadian. The correct spelling is 'draftsman' and no, there is no female version.
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Sho - employed again! Posted May 22, 2001
Funny about the "latest" technology - clutch pencils are such old hat they're hard to find here! I love 'em though, have a nice supply of shiny new ones for when the kids bust them up.... sigh.
Not sure about the spelling of "draftsman" because I can't remember the last time I saw it written (sure it had a gh in it though) and probably (being on the European side of the pond) it is spelt differently here.......... My mum insists on not making it "female" though. She gets really grumpy when the people she works for try to PC it up!
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the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" Posted May 24, 2001
dont blame her. we should b intelligent enough to work out whether a dratfsman is male or female!
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- 26: You can call me TC (May 2, 2001)
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- 28: the other omylouse "multiply (1*6) by (6*1+0+3)!" (May 2, 2001)
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