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Well its that time of year and I'm off to Great Yarmouth for a holiday and it's a hot 31c.

So I won't have a decent Internet access, other than via my mobile, so as the Terminator said "I'll be back" in a couple of weeks. :D

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Enjoy yourself Hom3r, have a lovely time! Wish I was going I'm on my own till Thursday.:(

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Thanks to those who have very kindly sponsored me to do Race for Life, its this coming Thursday at Knowsley Hall, 7.30pm :)

If anyone else would like sponsor me (all donations go to Cancer Research), please click the link in my signature below ;)

Many thanks indeedy :tu:

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Pass or Fail? we just don't know until mid August.

is he dim or bright?

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Your usual lack of tact I see and it will go down like this below.

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He's quite bright, but, being a normal 18 year old, doesn't focus on what is (in our opinion) important, as social life and friends seem to take priority - I was just the same at his age, but had the bonus of being in the forces at that time, where lack of focus was not an option.

We will just wait until the results come out and see - can't change anything now.

btw, thanks for your kind thoughts - much appreciated.

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Best of luck to him - I'm sure he's a credit to you! :tu:

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Aww sorry to hear that Tinky but console yourself with the thought that for many people you're already 'away' down there in lovely Cornwall... :)

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He will do fine and will probably be surprised at how well he actually has done, have a family holiday beforehand and forget about the results if possible for now.;)

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I wish you the best of luck in escaping from the coast!!!

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Got given a Logitech Harmony 555 remote control tonight. Ive used loads of all in ones before but this one is a dream to use :)

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Wish him all the best from me foreverwar

You're quite right Osem what the hell have I got to moan about eh? Decided to fill the time until Thursday, will all these little jobs I've been putting off, and keep myself busy. Still miss Mr Tink though!:(

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Playing catch-up, so sorry for the delayed reaction.
I remember our son saying he felt he was living in a kind of limbo during the period between his exams and the results coming out. He couldn't seem to settle, not knowing whether his results would get him on the Uni course he wanted or send him back to 6th Form for re-sits.

Fingers crossed your son gets the results he hopes for. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/10.gif


I have a feeling Mr Tinks will be relieved to get back home as well Tinky. Not a happy time but the hours will pass faster if you keep busy. :hugs:

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Another thank you from me Jo! Technology is a wonderful thing, and my happy thought is I can still speak to him as often as I want on WLM:).......now to cut the grass.

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Just found out we're off to the Lakes next week-end, for a suprise (belated) 50th Birthday party for a friend.

A friend of ours has lived in California for the past 10 years, and celebrated his 50th in Hawaii. He mentioned to his wife that it would have been nice to have some friends there to share it with.

She is bringing him back to the UK this week, allegedly to visit family, but has arranged a surprise party for a few (14 couples) close friends, and has taken over a small boutique hotel near Ambleside for the weekend (she knows the owners).

Should be a cracking week-end - looking forward to catching up with him (and her) - he was in the 100 top US CIO's last year, just before he took early retirement, so I will try not to be too envious.:D

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I try not to be envious of you, but I just can't help it :D

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Just ordered my new work laptop today.

I currently have a Tosh R500 (Core2 Duo 1.2Ghz, 2GB RAM), and I am changing it for a Tosh R700-160 (i5-520M 2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM) - should notice a difference in processing power, methinks.

Still Ultraportable, at 1.4Kg.:D

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We took my daughter for a family meal for her 21st birthday last night at Marco Pierre White's "The Swan" in Aughton and the meal and the restaurant were both superb and the service was spot on.

I would recommend it to anyone able to get there.

http://www.mpwtheswan.co.uk/

Her birthday is today so we are having a small party for her at home.

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Im not fishing for rep here, Im more than happy staying on one star :) However, whenever I do receive good rep Ive just realised how sad I am. Thinking back, I smiled, stood up and walked in to the kitchen thinking "hmm, someone actually agrees with me" Odd thing is rep doesnt bother me, its more the knowing someone agrees. Even more odd that that puts me in a good mood :o: Im now in the kitchen wondering why Im stood in here

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wondering where to put your laptop? :p:

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under a fire blanket might have been best, I've never furiously blown something so hard in my life :D

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Oh puurrrlleeassee.... don't make it any easier..... :)

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Whatever you get up to in your own time is between you and the fire blanket.https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/10.gif

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CJSKEYS have just issued me with a new digital copy ( photograph of an actual key) to allow me to play Battlefield Bad Company . EA blocked the first lot of keys CJS issued saying they were not authorised to sell the keys

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oh and I got multi tasking working on my Ipod touch with 3.1.3 firmware not ios 4 ;)

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Am getting a little bit quicker in Grand Prix Legends. Lowered my PB at a few circuits by a half-second or more. :)

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I have the 515 model (got it for £19) and they are excellent when you get them set up right. Make life so much easier. The 555 is a lot better though, lucky to get given one.

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thats what I thought lol

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I've had my 2 year assessment and am still cancer free. :)

I now have 6 monthly checks until 5 years.

The chances of reaching 2 years without secondary cancer was 30%.
That has now improved to 65% at the 5 year milestone.

As my oncologist said " you're not out of the woods but you are making good progress"

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Congrats! Here is to the next three years! :beer:

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Really good news - well done, you.

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Excellent news indeed :tu:

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yes good positive news indeed :)

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Congratulations and good luck for the future.:)

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Just downloaded, activated, and played Medal of Honor MP beta - good fun, good graphics, died a lot.....

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Good news :tu:

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Thanks for your good wishes guys. :)

I'm really glad I gave up smoking 5 years ago because it's my lungs they are watching.

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Thats fantastic news Julian, I work in a stop smoking service and can hear a guy making every excuse up under the sun to continue smoking - to a colleague of mine whilst i type this. If only they knew eh? ;)

I really do hope you keep improving and your chances of secondary cancers lessen with each day :)

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Now that really is good news Julian and such a relief for you and yours, hope you continue to make 'good progress'.:tu:

Guess who's back today? :D:D:D

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Just ordered 2 r4i's and 1 r4 sdhc for a tenner the lot

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You've got share that info. From where or you got a special code.. or you sleeping with Miss Memorybits :D

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Shall I tell hmmm lol

r4i has a limited price crash . It was said to end midnight but prices are still there

R450s use this voucher code for 50% ;)

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looks like they have killed the voucher . Bless em I paid around £9.40 for the 3 lol

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Yes, voucher didn't work. I still had a 24% one that worked so paid more than you but still not too bad.:-)

24offs is the code if anybody is interested.

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they only killed off santa30 about a month ago lol . They do tend to leave them codes on the site. Who in their right mind cuts prices like that and still leaves a 50% voucher lol I bet they aint made a penny

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Finished work early and getting ready to go night fishing with a few m8`s, think i`m gonna get steaming drunk and will probably end up falling in :D

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Listening to Lee juniors having their sports day..much enjoyment had by all.:D

The thing is they are absolutely fantastic at picking the sunniest day for it every year.Must have a Crystal ball.;)

Shame that the Secondary school sports events are so dull..minimum amount of disruption means all events take place within year groups and there is no audience.:erm:

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Not worth opening a new thread for...

With the youngin at home, 2MB BB was getting kinda tight, so I phoned 150 to get upgraded to 10MB. "Wait about an hour and reboot the modem." Less than an hour later I thought I'd do a speed check to compare before and after and, lo and behold, 10MB already! Darn good service. Thanks VM!

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My daughter Sky was born at 5:19 this morning weighing in at 7 pounds and 12 ounces :-)

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Congratulations, your wallet will now lose the power to hold onto money.:)

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Aw she is absolutely gorgeous Cyco, congratulations to you and Mrs!

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It's already done that with the other 2 kids :D

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Congrats mate :)

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Congratulations to you and your wife Cy. Sky looks beautiful. :)

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Excellent :)

On a side note I'd better not show Natalie 'cos I'm sure she'll want one too :)

Me - well Peter and I are trying to build some lego I got him while we were out. HHHmmm,

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Just imagine all the practice you could have though.:D:D:D

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Congratulations to you and your other half.:)
Are you looking forward to the `Terrible Twos`:D:erm:?

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Been there twice before :D

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Congrats matey :tu:

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Congratulations, hopefully she'll be a sleeper... :D

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Having just missed out on the medals at his last karate competition, Osem Jnr won a gold medal for kata at his latest event and I managed to catch all the action in HD video on my new Sony DMCHX1 camera. I was very nervous so the anti-shake function came in very handy I can tell you... :)

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Hope the new arrival's happy and healthy. :tu:

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iPhone 3GS 32GB for £300, 6 months old with 12 months AppleCare left. Still getting used to owning one outright, it feels weird. Nothing like the Xda which precedes it by 6 years.

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where ya get that from off a mate?

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Just bought a basic no frills mobile phone LG GB102 for 99p + £10 credit on orange. Only want it for Orange Wednesdays over the summer holidays will easy make my money back. But best yet should get £7.50 back through topcashback also so its a bargain lol

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Congratulations to Osem Jnr on winning a gold, and getting it all on video will be a reminder for him/you now, and in years to come, of his great success. :clap:

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Thanks Tinky ;) Last time I took video of him competing my hands were shaking so much it rather looked liked we were in the middle of an earthquake... :) I've explained to him that in competition (and life in general), you win some and you lose some. Sometimes you get the benefit of a little good fortune and sometimes things go against you. The main thing is to do your best....

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It's so quiet at the moment..absolute perfection..lovely.:)

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Had a cracking week-end up in the Lakes, meeting with some old friends, and making some new ones.

I can recommend two places we visited - Jumble Room restaurant in Grasmere, and the Eltermere Inn in Eltermere.

V. tired now, as I can manage on 4-5 hours sleep a night for a couple of nights, and can drink heavily for two nights in a row, but can't manage both now (becoming a bit of a lightweight as I get older)...... early night tonight, methinks.

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just had 6 hotdogs...hmmmmm

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Well my first thought was how well restrained of you...:D


And then I wondered where the punchline went...;)

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yeah, there was an easy joke there - but I was too full up to follow through :)

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Fnarr, fnarr.....:D

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Now the apprentice is the master :)

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Had a belter of a fishing session at the weekend, caught 6 in total, here`s a pic of me with the biggest :D I don`t look my best as many a beer had been drunk and not much sleep :dozey:

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Which one's you? :D

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I`m the fat slimy ugly one who smells a bit! :kiss:

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Wow what a whopper Matty! Do you take them home or throw them back, and what kind of fish is it?

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I thought that I would get here before mr love monkey.:D:D:D:D

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It`s a mirror carp Tinky, we handle them like we would our manhood and try and put them back in the same condition they came out :D

Catching fish is only half of it, there`s the birds like herons, kingfishers, owls etc and the boozing which helps the hours pass by. Allthough there is one small lake i go to which has a dogging car park next door, never look though :erm:

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Lol Masque you beat him to it!

Matty I can well imagine the enjoyment, out there with your friends, in the quiet serenity of the countryside, whiling the hours away. BTW what's a dogging car park?

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Dogging

Not a fan presumably? :p:

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Huh show offs erm... :erm: :shocked: :D

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Just found £10 in the back garden!, gonna treat myself to a chippy supper :D

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Just had a nice day out with my wife at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate - tired now......

(lived in Leeds (on and off) for thirty years, but never got round to visiting the GYS before - go figure).

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Despite my continual trips to the hospital on the whole I don't feel nearly as bad as I have done.

What was excellent recently in hospital was that they recognised me and even offered me a cuppa when I got there this time :)

I mean ok so now I'm going to three seperate hospitals but at least I get about :)

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My little garden is getting very populated now :) - My friend planted loads of stuff and now all the sunflowers are so big it's like a Triffid grove out there :)

Ok, so all I have to do is water them once a day, he does the rest for me.


Pictures to follow when it all actually flowers.

Oh and for some reaon people have started to add gnomes in the night, I have nine now

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LOL @ people adding gnomes. Makes a nice change from people nicking them.

We need pics dude.

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Although I do wonder where they're coming from...

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No idea, I didn't spot them, my dad did.

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MMMmmm :)

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why don't you get some plaster gnome molds dude for you and peter to make yourselves? :)

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/best-qualit..._fsubZ10847052 this guy on ebay does a few

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That is not a bad idea :tu:

I like the mooning gnome :)

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To be a bit different, there's always the Star Wars Jawa gnome


http://shop.starwars.com/kernel/imag..._f;key2=-100_f

Or a Yeti for the garden

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I must admit I like the Star Wars one :)

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I wonder if there is a Dalek gnome?:)

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that would make it inferior and it would have to exterminate itself ;)

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Not a gnome really, but an image search brought this up.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2010/07/28.jpg

Worth posting imo. :)

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mmmmmmmmmmm potato dalek arf arf arf

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Just had a lovely meal out with our best friends at Jamie's Italian, Leeds.

Excellent food, good fizz/wine, and very good service - recommended to anyone in Leeds and the surrounding areas.

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First day sat out of bed in a week. Now if I can just manage to stay awake for more than an hour zzzzzzzzz

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Just been asking about you on Moans and pet hates, wondered where you were, hope you are much better!:hugs::)

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Going the pub with a friend, a pint of cider is calling my name! :D