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Good morning.
Steve Coogan got on my train last night. Took me a while to realise (he had sunglasses on at first) and then I was hit with realisation and awe. I'm very shy at approaching celebrities, so it wasn't hard to stop myself telling him how much I loved him. http://a.yfrog.com/img864/5704/lp4hf.jpg
So chuffed it's Friday tomorrow. How's everyone's Thursday looking?
played fives last night in a storm
scored one, set up a few, and played okay. considering. 7/10.
my lady baked some bread yesterday. today i have it as my lunch. pretty happy with that, to be honest.
oh, and I am moving office and city. that's cool.
Nice one!
I hope the lady who makes lovely bread is joining you on your venture, where are you moving to?
I want to start a fives team so bad, but I think I know a grand total of 1 other person who is at all interested in football.
Glasgow. :D
why doesn't baked rhyme with naked?
because
many thanks
omg i am so hungover.
i went to my students school leaving party last night. turns out they know how to party. also i cried a bit because i will genuinely miss them (and i was wasted). but fuuuuuck, it's my best friend's birthday today and i have to get on a ferris wheel and go for lunch and go to a classical music concert at 9pm. and i am just dying a DEATH. my head. my face. my body. omg. i am not surviving today.
You got drunk with school children? Man, Vienna sounds pretty liberal.
That's an excellent picture
It's like a Coogan Cleavage
Morning all
I'm tired, stayed up late playing FF VII and listening to Liars.
At least it's Thursday already. Quiet night tonight ahead of a probable MAD ONE!!111!!! tomorrow
last full day in the office this week
got my parents arriving in town tomorrow so taking a half day.
I do have 3hrs of 'decomposition' meetings though. They're definitely not as exciting and zombie-related as that makes them sound :(
my legs!
Went to see cloud nothings last night, they were very good, had to leave before the encore (if there was one) to get the train. My legs ache something rotten, will be putting my feet up tonight.
I once saw a woman that looked like Alan Partridge on a train
is that a First Capital Connect train?
I'm in work on my own wondering why I took this job and now I want to leave because it's rubbish. I have no motivation to do what I have to do and I think it's starting to show. Maybe I'll talk to my manager, maybe I won't.
Unfortunately it is (I hate FCC)
He got on at St.Albans and off at St.Pancras Intl. I spent my journey just listening to him talk and pretending he was Partridge
I used to take those trains every day from Bedford to St Pancras
never saw anyone famous :'(
I think this is my first star spot on FCC
I did see Rob Da Bank on a South West train earlier in the year, though.
FCC are useless
they are the bane of my life. They were doing maintenance works near where I live and woke me up at 2am every night for a week. I complained every day and they said they'd 'look into it'. They called back a week after the maintenance had finished to ask me if the noise had stopped. Even when I'm not on a FCC train they continue to irk me. At least you saw Steve Coogan, I guess they're partly acocuntable for that.
I must admit I don't know how much of it is FCC's fault
But they always seem to have 'signal failure' and crazy delays, which I've never experienced with any other operator.
Oh, and they're bloody expensive and don't do advance fares
And their staff always seem snotty and unfriendly. And they seem to have a lot of grotty trains.
Besides all this though, they're not too shabby.
just be grateful one of their trains didn't spray you with shit
http://leytr.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/poo-train.html
Walking to work is destroying my knees, but I've got to stop being chubby
That picture is amazing. Imagine how many partridge quotes get thrown at him every day? It'd be hellish.
I planned to say something like..
'Don't wanna come over all Jed Maxwell, but I'm such a massive fan and thank you for everything' but I just couldn't.
Glad I got the ridiculous picture though.
starting my new job today
first shift is 2:30 to 9, then working 5-9 tomorrow and 10-7 saturday/sunday. might try and get them to give me more shifts, quite fancy working 9-9 six days a week or something, get loadsa cash and then I'd have an excuse for not having a personal life. gotta go buy some new trousers first though, it rained yesterday and I didn't wanna go outside.
when are you going to find time to petition the government
about that touring business?
e-commerce
what is yr new job?
phone monkey
for a very large market research company. no selling, no pissy customers, just surveys and the like.
ipsos mori?
If it is, enjoy your slow death
One of the surveys i had to do involved me randomly phoning up numbers asking if they had anyone disabled in the household and if i could speak to them
I left after that one.
:D
God it was really horrible. Got one woman who was disabled and I asked her if she lived with anyone
and she said, No he left a long time ago and when I asked if she had any children she said Oh No that has never worked for me. Arghhhhhhhhh
I am really fucked off with everything
The rain has made my usually perfect hair look like a row of dominos that's midway through falling over
Accidentally got to work half an hour early too, so I read the internet a bit before getting started. Viewing another house tonight then meeting a friend for sushi, drinks, etc.
Also FAO of Jordan: I don't like to kick a man when he's down and not in Porto, but UPS seem kind of useless. That's all.
FAOo
no u
FaOonOu
^withc house
i work for DHL you dumb broad
(unless that was a joke, then clearly i'm the dumb broad)
Oh
I'm the dumb broad, apologies. Thanks for offering me the joke option as a way out though. Next time you're doing benchmarking or whatever mention that UPS are useless.
Are you responsible for delivering Utd to the world?
If so that's a paddling.
no mate
although i have been at two events with United 'dignitaries' i'm on a Boots contract, which is quite insular. although it does mean i get advantages available to Boots and DHL staff. pretty nifty!!!!!!!!
You win this round.
Show us the photo of Dwight and Andrew again please.
Hiiii
I found my headphones this morning which has made me happy.
So tired. So fucked off with work. What's the point in working 12 hours a day when you get in in the morning just to read snotty emails from yr boss?
7 days :)
Verbal
When you take something into consideration, do you: "bare it in mind" or "bear it in mind"?
Thanks in advance
Bear.
Like bearing a load.
Thank you
Songs_about_ducking
in this situation you would 'bear it in mind'.
yours,
V
If you get stuck with this common confusable next time
please bear in mind (hey) this handy diagram
\http://antonburmistrov.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/bear-in-mind.jpg?w=545&h=622
This is very useful
Got an angry email off my boss about it (your post reminded me of my annoyance)
i have decided to become new improved healthier cat_race
but i don't really know where to start. at the moment i'm eating peanuts and raisins and drinking orange juice. maybe tonight i will do 1 million star jumps. if anyone has any other advice then please do let me know. i might go swimming this weekend.
do parkrun
5k runs on saturday mornings.
there are a few in manchester
www.parkrun.org.uk
5k?!!??!
we're not there. not yet. how do you get yourself there from the point i'm at which is where i am able to sit down or stand up.
Please see below
you could try the NHS couch to 5k programme
designed for those who ain't run before to build them up to 5k distance. A few people I know have done this and said it was very enjoyable.
www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx if you're interested.
I propose the plan with Cool Running in the title but yes I concur with Verbs.
This is the only way to start otherwise you'll just mash your knees and stuff. Speaking of which my knee is pretty mashed I was almost in tears last night.
i am going to do this
There you go.
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
do i have to count the seconds?
that seems like it will be complicated on top of running around. should i take a stop watch?
Stop watch is a must. Or a phone with a stop watch might work but you'd be thinking outside the box.
where do i even get a stopwatch?
maybe i'll use my phone
Maverick.
get one of those terrorist watches
Elaborate.
or should that be terrowrist? No, no it shouldn't
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F91W
I have had that watch
i have have that watch
That'll teach the infadels.
Of course I meant infidel.
I've worn one of those every day for years
Classic time-keeping device
get a bike
gogogogogogo
i totally object to bikes so i can't do that
Bikes are the bomb, they're like a mechanical horse. Or something.
:D
what's wrong with bikes you utter momo
what's wrong with bikes you utter momo?
dunno. i just feel very strange about it all
what's to feel
strange about?
i think it's ever since i saw those cyclists on monkey dust
Elaborate please.
remind me...
they had all tentacles and were like aliens
they're not like that in real life c_r
honestly they're not.
that's lovely
we can go for a run tonight?
can i run in brown pants?
lost my oyster card
having put a monthly travelcard on it 2 days ago, £112 down the drain. currently looking for someone to take my self-frustration out on
Do you know your security answer?
can you not get a replacement?
yeah, being a bit melodramatic
can probably get it transferred but need to get my new oyster confirmed at a station. just heaps of extra faff. and pissed off with self for losing the damn thing
when you get a replacement
you might get one with the Queen on though
fortunately i got one and it doesn't
I'm at the docs
Waiting with about 7 old people. My appointment was at 9:15. Why can't I skip the queue? I have a job, these old people are just gonna go mooch about in sainsburys after. I only need to have my blood pressure taken and my weight done. Nnnrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
They're probably reinforcing the scales.
HIIYOOOOOOOOO.
hmmf
Really sick of revision
been texting a girl a bit. been a while
give me tips on etiquette. the funnier the better
send her this
(.) (.)
sign off every text with
8==>~~~ :')
Tell her you saw a cat fall off a tv. I know this sounds strange but she'll lap it up.
Or watch the D.E.N.N.I.S. system episode of It's Always Sunny.
What's the stage after scraps?
sorry babe, warhammer 40000 tournament
ask her to come over for a shag at 2 am
text her in the morning saying 'hehe omg so drunk'
chicks love that shit.
all gold
think i may send a picture of a penis jizzing over some boobs with a cat watching and ask her of she fancies coming over for a shag. can't fail
Don't forget to mention your warhammer 40k tournament
don't want to look like a sap with no hobbies. Godspeed, sweet prince!
In all seriousness text her saying you saw a cat fall off the TV.
I don't know why this works but it does. She texts back asking for details, you elaborate, she thinks you're a man surrounded by japes and cats. You then get laid.
:D amazing photo
Lynne, I've popped out again
i'm wearing a happy birthday hat i found in the cupboard
BUT IT'S NOT EVEN MY BIRTHDAY IS IT.
Happy Birthday
I GOT THE JOB
That is all. Working in Grands Boulevards with a view over Sacre-Coeur for something which really interests me.
well done squire
YEAH
Developing a tradeable renewable certificate product for marketing on an electricity exchange gets me hot. Also, quite well paid for a placement.
Are you around Paris all summer, then?
I will come. I promise. Be great to see Jen too if she's aroudn.
Yup, placement's until December
Sort of hope it might lead to a job, but it's early days yet.
I said in yesterday's thread I'd be coming back in August/September for a few days. We should go to St John's Bread & Wine.
I'm having a grumpy day.
But I have a Double Decker.
Life, she is a mysterious one.
fucking knackered
Still recovering from the stress and shock of having to dart between london, the lakes and Manchester for hen party and surprise wedding. It was a heartstopper.
Back in London now and really busy with loads of comparatively dull stuff today, but off to scotland tomorrow. This makes me immeasurably happy. :D
Scotland is Full, Sorry
we only want access to the good bit in the west ;)
Possible trip into glasgow on Sat...?
Potentially actually, got no plans.
..although are you going to be in a mood again?
:D
Only if you want me to be! I'll try not to be wearing flipflops in the rain though, I promise. I will text you tmw with PLANS. X
Deal
...
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4352160#r6798290
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_wheel
Kidding like, you about Saturday?
surprise wedding = shotgun wedding, right?
Congratulations, who's your husband?
shit weather. Shitty day
fuck off. I'd like something good to happen today
STOP MOANING!
Fuck You
go and buy some mega drive games from that shop in chorlton
then you can use my mega drive
yes, and then you can visit my house
UPS are the actual worst.
applying for part-time jobs and deliberately sabotaging my own applications because i don't want to work in Next