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silentNate wrote:I just discovered that the posters on this site have read one of my wifes favourite books-the Unadulterated Cat :eek: :lol:
Not only that one ;) Read 'em ALL ;D

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
silentNate wrote:I just discovered that the posters on this site have read one of my wifes favourite books-the Unadulterated Cat :eek: :lol:
Not only that one ;) Read 'em ALL ;D

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I doubt you have read that many Patricia Cornwell novels :eek:
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silentNate wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
silentNate wrote:I just discovered that the posters on this site have read one of my wifes favourite books-the Unadulterated Cat :eek: :lol:
Not only that one ;) Read 'em ALL ;D

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I doubt you have read that many Patricia Cornwell novels :eek:
Pratchetts I mean ;)

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I discovered that Ronnie Hazlehurst created the intro to "Are You Being Served?" in the way that he did to save cost, hence the tills and money sounds. Most surprisingly, this was before Pink Floyd did it at the start of "Money" - looks like the now passed composer was the cool one ! ;D
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I discovered that you can't submit a proposed agenda for a meeting with your boss, but you can submit a "list of items we would like to have covered in the course of the meeting".

Bizarre and farcical!
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This really made my jaw drop, even though it's geeky:

The designer of the original Apple Macintoshes is the same guy as the one who designed the Windows 'style' and UI back in the days :eek:
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Xerox guys, all from Palo Alto, Zed IIRC

I remember using Macs for about 5 years then going to a Xerox demo of their latest "graphics type thingey"

it was years away from what was already being ported for the Apple Macintosh computers back in the day
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Interesting!
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JSILT -
Skinny Puppy are shite, no matter what genre they are trying to create, and they are not scary just daft!

caveat: on the 2007 tour they had a most excellent drummer
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Until today I had no idea that Richard Dawkins is married to former Mrs Tom Baker, the lovely Lalla Ward. :eek:

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jsIlt:
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1 (one) G'n'T plus the first sunlight and heat of the year, sends The Mum "aff her heid"!

thank you
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James Blast wrote: 1 (one) G'n'T plus the first sunlight and heat of the year, sends The Mum "aff her heid"!
I've noticed the same thing with mine... in the dead of winter :lol:
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aye, but.... winter in Poshville is different from Pleeb Toon :lol:
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Gordon Bradley died earlier this year. :(
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