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Posted Jul 21, 2002
I'm seriously thinking about trying to arrange a meet in Manchester, and having Go-carting as the main activity.
It's quite pricey £47 per session, but you get 5 races each (6 if you make the final) over 3 hrs. I went speed carting in Warrington yesterday & think it's well worth it! 
We'd have to book *well* in advance & have concrete numbers. 
Could be tricky, but I'd love to try....
Maybe one for next year?
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Latest reply: Jul 21, 2002
Nodding off
Posted Nov 30, 2001
Does anyone else out there have strange thoughts just before they fall asleep?
I know I do, but rarley notice, even if I do catch myself thinking them, I can't remember what they are. Probably droping off before I can catch up with them. However I do know that they make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
I knew this before yesterday morning, but now I have proof.....
On the Bus on my way to work, I started to drop off, which I never normally do. I've been feeling rough all week with a cold (I blame Sus, and the Kids at work in equal measure 
), so there I was, head down not wanting to be headed where I was headed.
And I started to have these disconnected thoughts....Not quite dreaming. I caught myself, and thought 'You're about to nod off on the bus - You'd better not!' And so woke myself up again. And this time I clearly remember what is was I was thinking about.
It was about Quavers, (- yes the cheesy, curly crisps) "Not all that odd." I hear you say....
....well these Quavers had poppers attached to each end, -The metal sort you might find on the flap of a purse, or on a small child's vest for easy nappy access. Each end of the quaver had opposing popper sorts so you could attach each Quaver to other Quavers..... I think I even started to mentally fix a few together before I realised what was about to happen, and stopped it from going any further.
I can't decide if this is amusing, or if it means I should seek mental health care as soon as possible. Hmm, perhaps the answer will come to me as I go to sleep tonight. 
!!!!
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Latest reply: Nov 30, 2001
Alton Towers - reservations
Posted Sep 26, 2001
Yippee! I'm going on Sus' Alton Towers trip! 
One thing really worries me though..... Sus has a camera! 
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Latest reply: Sep 26, 2001
Messiness;- an explanation.
Posted Aug 25, 2001
I must confess, I am a slob!
I can make mess without trying, without even realising, I can be siting in a space alone, and then look round a few hours later & think OMG! Where did all that come from? A good example is round my computer, where I have amassed an alarming amount of junk since last night:- 3 glasses, an empty bottle of coke, a full bottle of beer and 2 empties, a bottle of JD & one of Vodka, a plate of half eaten munches, a roll of tape, a salt shaker X-F books CD's, a bike light, a plectrum, 3 guitars, a work bag, 3 pairs of shoes and more. Now I surely didn't use all of those things....so what happened?
Anyway I have developed a theory to explain my acute messiness.
I am genetically predisposed to mess making, it's in my genetic make up.
Now as yet I have no proof, but I believe there is a messy gene!
It can be Recessive - m,
Or Dominant - M.
The combinations and the effects are as follows:-
m-m = this person will be a tidy one, able to keep things in order & the space around them clean & clear, in all eventualities. The mess of others will make them feel uncomfortable & the urge to tidy will be overwhelming.
M-m, m-M, or M-M = these people will be hopelessly messy, displaying the symptoms as I noted earlier, unable to control the build up of junk in any given space in which we frequent. Mess will accumulate at an astounding rate, and without opposition. They will live with mess quite happily, unworried by the mess of others, and quite willing to help them make more.
The urge to tidy is so suppressed that in order to make any kind of effort to put things away keep thing in order some sort of ulterior motive must be on offer.
The dominant fashion of the Messy gene would account for the overwhelming mess creating capacity of the human race.
I also believe that there can be mutations within the MG, creating mutants within the population, perhaps being recipients of an extra M gene. These 'Triple M's' take slobishness to new levels, and even conventionally messy people will find themselves shocked by their capacity for mess making.
It is my hope that any Genetic Scientists out there on h2g2 will take on the quest to locate the MG, and develop gene therapy to help people such as myself, and especially those poor 'Triple M.ers', the survival of the human race could depend on it!
Thanks, ASS!
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Latest reply: Aug 25, 2001
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