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WEEK ONE

Well, week one and a couple of days.

A couple of upgrades await at the new site, including a daring innovation I call a “blogroll”, which lists other sites of interest. It should be added today. Also, moderation has been made speedier - although evidently not speedy enough for many PSRs (previous site readers). Apologies for that, but Australian libel laws are ******* ******* ridiculous and require that each comment be viewed before publication. Incidentally, naughty words will be ******* cut or edited, so don’t ******* use them. And editing the ******* things takes time, which causes delays, which adds to concerns about moderation not being ******* speedy enough.

(Not that many comments have required editing or cutting. Stunningly few, in fact. And the numerous lefties who’ve endlessly complained about being banned here and who vowed to show up in number at the new site simply haven’t appeared. Wimps.)

By the way, your moderators at the new site are Tran and Nkomo, two hard-working young immigrants keen to make careers for themselves in the lucrative Australian moderation caper. A live-and-let-live type of guy, Nkomo is inclined to let even the most contentious comments through. He doesn’t have issues with anybody, God bless him. Nkomo is a Libran who lists cricket and peace as his major interests.

But Tran is absolutely terrifying. The other day, down in the moderation pit, he got into a fight with one of Joe Hildebrand’s nightshift moderators over possessive apostrophes. The ambulance guys said they’d never before seen such elaborate knife wounds.

Thing is, Tran was armed only with a thesaurus. Sharpened, admittedly, but still just a thesaurus.

Treat both of them well. And treat Tran with extreme caution.

Now head on over to the new site.

Posted by Tim B. on 05/20/2008 at 11:17 AM
  1. Turn the Fucking page!!!

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 24 at 05:05 AM • permalink

  2. #248
    kae said Clever ones will be posted. Excludes me.
    Boring ones will not.
    Includes me.
    Oh woe.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 24 at 05:22 AM • permalink

  3. Sorry MM. Tried to leave a comment about Germaine but that google account crap is a bridge too far. I love commenting, but hate signing up for stuff with anything harder than that required at CL or Andrea’s. Or, for that matter, the new, shiny DT Blair.
    My comment was rejeKKKted, sigh!

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 05 24 at 06:46 AM • permalink

  4. Speaking of shadowlands, the msm seem to be failing again in their vow (?) to report without fear or favour:
    “The MSM had good reason for not covering the hearings, which weren’t even live on C-Span. The news from both commanders about progress and security in Iraq are irrefutable and contradict the logic for withdrawal that has been flaunted by Democrats for the past several years and we all know how liberals in the media want this war to end.  Even Democrats on the committee were docile, agreeable and non-confrontational.”
    Amy Proctor

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 05 24 at 07:14 AM • permalink

  5. Come to my place, I won’t rejekkkt you!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 24 at 07:14 AM • permalink

  6. #3 “a bridge too far” needs to crossed.
    I did and very useful. Give it a go.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 24 at 07:18 AM • permalink

  7. Blogstrop
    I agree, the password and registration thing is really annoying, I have enough passwords and crap to remember for my private banking, let alone work stuff and leisure stuff.
    But I had to create a special no-ID email and my resolve weakened.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 24 at 07:21 AM • permalink

  8. Just a reminder for those of you, who like me, only have access to SOHO computer.

    I have a download limit of 4GB on DSL2 and never exceeded the limit, except last month.

    Checked it, and News Ltd sites are the reason for my extra usage.

    Both Bolta and Tim have an extensive use of ads on their blogs with lots of graphics, which have to load and unload every time you switch windows. (very poor web design practice, only the relevant section should change not the whole page!!)

    This not only slows the site down but adds to your band with use.

    In contrast this site takes about a fifth of band width to load!
    (of course if you follow every Utube link it will add up here as well but that’s a choice!)

    Posted by Orion on 2008 05 24 at 07:30 AM • permalink

  9. #8
    Orion, it’s hard for people with limited download and slow speeds. I have unlimited downloads with my ISP, but it’s not fast ADSL, so sometimes I can’t look at video links because they’re too slow to play properly, and if you can’t pause them and let them download in the background while you do something else (not on the net though), I quite often don’t bother.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 24 at 07:41 AM • permalink

  10. A masterpiece as usual, Lyle!

    Posted by SwampWoman on 2008 05 24 at 08:02 AM • permalink

  11. #3 Alas, thanks for visiting.

    Hoping we hear from paco real soon…

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 05 24 at 08:06 AM • permalink

  12. #5 - kae: I said “Here I am, do with me what you will ...” but nothing happened.
    Sigh.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 05 24 at 08:25 AM • permalink

  13. #12
    Wot?
    You can post anonymously, just tell me who you are. I don’t think you tried very hard… I’da noticed.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 24 at 08:30 AM • permalink

  14. #8 Orion: There is another problem that I am starting suspect is the fault of the News Ltd site. I use Firefox and have been taking full of advantage of the tabs, leaving lots of them running as I open each thread in its own tab. Lately, I have had so many slow downs and stalls, mouse not responding and that sort of thing, that I opened the Performance tab in the Task Manager to try and hunt down the cause. CPU usage was steady at about 64% just coping with background stuff and PF Usage was also very high.
    I closed the browser and everything returned to normal.
    So, heeding your warning on usage, I have just checked and I’m already 50% over my monthly data allowance with a week to go.
    Never been in that usage situation before.
    No more browsing News Ltd sites for me.

    Posted by Skeeter on 2008 05 24 at 08:30 AM • permalink

  15. #14 Skeeter, I find the mouse stops responding for a few seconds on Bolta’s site as well. It even happens with javascript and plug-ins turned off, so it’s just bad design on their part. I must admit I’ve never looked at how much is downloaded from there - I had assumed it was just due to watching old movies and programs on youtube and google.

    Posted by Burbank on 2008 05 24 at 10:14 AM • permalink

  16. News Ltd blogs have always been a bit slow, but they’ve gotten much worse in the past few months.

    Does anyone know if Andrew or Tim’s attention has been called to this problem at all?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2008 05 24 at 03:28 PM • permalink

  17. I noticed the same thing with Firefox the other day - I normally have up to 20 tabs open, but the whole thing grinds to a halt with just 2 or 3 News Ltd threads open.  A restart of the browser quickly becomes necessary.  And yes, my mouse has frozen too for short periods.

    Sorry Tim, but it sucks.  It blows.  It sucks and blows.  The message is as good as usual, but the medium is bollocks.

    And don’t get me started on the moderation delay.  The next ice age will hit us in less time than it takes to get some comments published. 

    Kae and Margo’s - you are off to a good start.

    Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 24 at 05:55 PM • permalink


  18. #16
    Tim’s reading this blog, he’ll be aware of the moans and groans, whines and whinges, whinges and bitches… most of which are not without foundation, and hopefully a solution!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 02:13 AM • permalink

  19. Everybody’s Out Of Town B.J. Thomas

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 25 at 02:17 AM • permalink

  20. All the bodies have been snatched Radiohead

    Posted by dean martin on 2008 05 25 at 03:21 AM • permalink

  21. It’s the End of the World as we Know it!

    Can someone please tell me which one of the RWDB Party Animals from Tim’s many absences sold REM the film of his place after the party?

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 03:30 AM • permalink

  22. WA sex offenders to have property seized
    link

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 25 at 05:28 AM • permalink

  23. #23 - Good link, but I was expecting to read that property seized included that of Premier Carpenter and Energy Czar Fran Logan.

    Posted by Ubique on 2008 05 25 at 06:43 AM • permalink

  24. hello

    HELLO?

    I think it’s terminal.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 07:43 AM • permalink

  25. Kae, I’m still here.

    Posted by Ubique on 2008 05 25 at 07:45 AM • permalink

  26. Good.
    You and me until the end.


    But first I have to have a shower.

    (I don’t know if it’s going to end soon, but it’s awful quiet here… hear the echo?)

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 07:47 AM • permalink

  27. Yes, it’s very sad; but it’s important a vigil is maintained until the end.  A good and faithful friend shouldn’t be left to die alone.

    Posted by Ubique on 2008 05 25 at 07:53 AM • permalink

  28. I agree wholeheartedly.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 08:09 AM • permalink

  29. #28 Norah Jones : Until the end

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 25 at 08:37 AM • permalink

  30. #29
    now is the hour

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 25 at 08:38 AM • permalink


  31. Sad how lost many usually up-beat regular commenters seem lately.  No doubt Tim’s feeling cut to the quick by many of the more acerbic comments and aspersions.  So it’s come to this, a virtual deathwatch? 

    Buck up, my hearties!  Tomorrow’s another beautiful day, brimming with promise.

    Posted by Olrence on 2008 05 25 at 09:31 AM • permalink

  32. Anyone home tonight?  I posted at Tims and have given up waiting for it to be moderated.  What have we done?????

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 25 at 09:41 AM • permalink

  33. Hi surfie.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 25 at 09:59 AM • permalink

  34. Hey, look at me! I’m a blogger!

    Posted by paco on 2008 05 25 at 12:47 PM • permalink

  35. At Margo’s place I’ve found I can comment without signing up for accounts or anything. Just click on the Name/URL option. You can put your screen name in. The URL thing is optional. Works for me (except when I posted a comment as “f” rather than my normal name. But that was just my crap typing.

    Posted by Francis H on 2008 05 25 at 06:04 PM • permalink

  36. So now we await the closure here then move lock stock and barrel to MM, kae, paco, cl, etc, etc.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 25 at 08:39 PM • permalink

  37. This is a bit soppy. I was looking for an appropriate song to link and I found In My Life, sung by Bette Midler, and put with slides of Gerard Butler.

    I think I’m in lust.

    Swinish, you didn’t tell me he was in 300!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 08:50 PM • permalink

  38. Swinish, you didn’t tell me he was in 300!

    Whoops.
    Did I mention that he was great in Dracula 2000?

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 25 at 09:26 PM • permalink

  39. #40
    No. You didn’t.

    And I’ve always told you when I’ve found, what’s her name, Scarlett Johansson.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 09:30 PM • permalink

  40. HELLOOOOOOoooooooooo!

    Just thought I’d shout and see how much it echoed.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 11:13 PM • permalink

  41. helloooooooo…...

    Posted by Patrick Chester on 2008 05 25 at 11:26 PM • permalink

  42. oooooh! and echoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 11:27 PM • permalink

  43. ok i have a blog too.. what hath tim wrought!!
    miss red

    Posted by missred on 2008 05 25 at 11:44 PM • permalink

  44. hellllllllloooooooooooooooo
    hellllllooooo

    Posted by missred on 2008 05 25 at 11:45 PM • permalink

  45. This is really weird.

    There’s echoes coming from every direction!

    Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 11:48 PM • permalink

  46. I think, like Margo’s, that Tim’d be proud of us leaving the nest.

    Of course, we’ll be expected back for Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, Hatchings, Matchings, Despatchings, Birthdays, and so on.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 11:54 PM • permalink

  47. See you all at the new site sites

    Posted by Big Jim on 2008 05 25 at 11:54 PM • permalink

  48. Ease up, Big Jim, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings… and I ain’t singin’ for anyone yet!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 25 at 11:58 PM • permalink

  49. Mmmmm strange….... TB at Daily Tele not opening. Is it just me or anybody else having problems?

    Posted by Penguin on 2008 05 26 at 03:31 AM • permalink

  50. Sorry, Pingue, I think it’s just you…
    is it a particular post not opening or is it the whole thing? I just refreshed the index page and it was OK.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 03:34 AM • permalink

  51. It’s slow now, very slow. Strangely, the busier Bolt blog is fine. Same media group

    Posted by Contrail on 2008 05 26 at 04:04 AM • permalink

  52. I hear the fat lady singing. “Rupert’s killed us, Rupert’s killed us, Rupert’s killed us, moderators have done the deed.”

    Posted by dean martin on 2008 05 26 at 04:08 AM • permalink

  53. I love the smell of napalm in the morning…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 04:12 AM • permalink

  54. #55 Mobil used this music in their early tv ads. Us kids like the music but did not know what it was.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 04:41 AM • permalink

  55. Hey, guys. Remember the complaint about the computer slowing down? Well, mine’s at 97% cpu usage and I don’t know why. I have my blog open, blair, blair, bolt, photobucket, and a connection to my work email. This hasn’t happened for ages and it’s annoying the hell out of me.
    As I type emails they take a while to print.
    Arrgh!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 04:50 AM • permalink

  56. I just ditched Bolta and usage has dropped to less than 50%.
    And the computer isn’t revving it’s guts out any more.
    Usually it’s really quiet.
    What is going on?

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 04:52 AM • permalink

  57. kae my non-tech answer is that the rubber band is not wide enough. Narrow rubber bands cannot handle all the work.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 05:23 AM • permalink

  58. Oh crap, Stacks. I had a Daihatsu Charade years ago and the rubber band broke. It was baaaaaad!
    $13,000 to get the motor fixed, the, um, pistons went all over the place….
    Better shut down more stuff, don’t want the confuzer to blow up!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 05:25 AM • permalink

  59. kae, sorry about Charade.
    Serious what RAM and processor do you have?
    My CPU Pentium 4 3Ghz, and 1Gb of RAM.
    Yet even it needs a rest sometimes.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 05:47 AM • permalink

  60. Ah, never mind, it was in 1993 that the Daihatsu died. On the main drag, near the Woy Woy turnoff… I phoned Mum and she came and rescued us, with a car trailer… What a hoot, the poor dog freaked out a bit.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 05:53 AM • permalink

  61. I have a Dell Dimension 9150 with extra memory. I don’t think that it should be running slow.
    Others mentioned here that the news blogs sucked up the CPU capacity.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 05:59 AM • permalink

  62. kae, probably news blogs.
    Too much Flash. Like Youtube.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  63. Any lurkers this evening?

    Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 26 at 06:40 AM • permalink

  64. Indeed there are Mr Creosote - some of us still lurk amongst the ghosts and shadows.

    A link to liven up your evening.

    Posted by Burbank on 2008 05 26 at 06:47 AM • permalink

  65. lurk
    lurk
    lurk

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 07:06 AM • permalink

  66. #65 The black watch is on guard.
    #66 Terry Wogan BBC, so not a bogan.
    The blogroll shows http://timblair.net/

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 07:08 AM • permalink

  67. Tim (or preferably, one of your News Ltd minions) - this might explain why people are complaining about the awful performance of your new dog, I mean, site.

    Hope it helps.

    Linky

    Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 26 at 07:18 AM • permalink

  68. Hi Tim
    about the new site
    I know someone who is 50% over his monthly allowance from his ISP. He’s a bit miffed about it because there’s a week to go this month and his budget is very tight.
    He thinks now that he’s seen Margo’s explanation that the Tele site is the reason.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 09:03 AM • permalink

  69. anyone home?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 26 at 10:34 AM • permalink

  70. Just the crickets.

    Posted by deadparrot on 2008 05 26 at 02:37 PM • permalink

  71. wronwright walks quietly into Tim’s old place, looking for old furniture he can appropriate.  Yes, he sees a very nice high back wing chair.  Quietly, he moves it to his ute.

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 26 at 07:08 PM • permalink

  72. Wronwright has a ute?
    Or did you mean Ute?

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 26 at 07:15 PM • permalink

  73. That’s Andrea’s chair.  Enjoy it, but expect a visit.

    Posted by Olrence on 2008 05 26 at 07:16 PM • permalink

  74. #72
    Not Fade away by The Crickets

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 08:03 PM • permalink

  75. Heinz - The beating of my heart

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 26 at 08:09 PM • permalink

  76. Think.

    Posted by SwampWoman on 2008 05 26 at 08:35 PM • permalink

  77. The new site is definitely bollocks.
    It leads to a slow death in IE, by hogging all the resources, less so in Firefox, but the effect doesn’t disappear just by leaving the site or even closing that window.

    After 3 or 4 visits, restarting the OS is necessary.

    Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2008 05 26 at 10:18 PM • permalink

  78. #79
    Wondered why everything was slowing down…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 10:20 PM • permalink

  79. Hey, Telly Tim’s changed.
    No more junk on the site by the looks of things, just the masthead of the paper…
    Changes afoot?

    (The page now spreads across the width of the normal monitor, and cannot be shrunk by moving the edges in. Don’t ask me the technical term for it. It’s a pain.)

    See, I tole you Tim’s listening…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 26 at 11:53 PM • permalink

  80. kae seems quicker too. But taskman still gets excited.
    By the way do you know about

    Ride of the Valkyries - from “Die Valkyrie”
    Performed by: American Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Richard Wagner
    Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
    Matrix number: 7846-B-1-6
    Recording date: 1921Release number: 80638-R
    Release date: December 1921
    NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41877
    link

    Yet sounds good.
    More modern recordings all free.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 27 at 12:26 AM • permalink

  81. #81 kae,
    Just got home and checked the blog, (THIS one)!

    reading your post, logged in to Tim’s new site, Previously it took just under 1 MB to log in (it’s a lot), now it’s less than 60 KB!!!!
    Incidentally it takes less bandwith to stay logged in than to get out and in again on any site, if one has limited download keep it in mind!
    Also there is a certain “Upload”, going from your comp. every time one connects to a site, cookies etc. which counts as far as the ISP. is concerned, as a matter of fact the upload limit is far far less than the download, but unless you use a peer to peer programme it’s of no big deal.

    Posted by Orion on 2008 05 27 at 01:27 AM • permalink

  82. #83
    In addition, I think we have to take into account, how much clout Tim really has!?
    He achieved a lot in a few days and HE IS GOOD, but News Ltd is BIG, so I hate to say this, but should we not pull back a bit, and let Tim get organised!?

    Cheers

    Posted by Orion on 2008 05 27 at 01:44 AM • permalink

  83. It’s called feedback, Orion.
    As soon as we see a problem we put it here and Tim knows about it.
    He may not be aware of the stuff that’s happening at our end of Telly Tim. Ahem.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 01:48 AM • permalink

  84. #85 kae, now Tim does know.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 27 at 02:16 AM • permalink

  85. #85 kae,
    Sure, I know it’s feed back, and if we don’t tell them they won’t know!

    I just thought I let people know, that he listens and tries!

    I am not defending News Ltd or Tim for that matter, because I have cause to be annoyed, at least with the moderators.

    I shot off a reply in defense of 1.6, that was never published, I think because it was critical of Tim’s last column. As far as I’m concerned that was a dud! 1.6 only called it “lame”.

    If you have to genuflect and tug your forelock, every time Tim writes a column, (and I like most of them!!) sorry I’m not interested commenting in his blog!

    At least Bolta will publish most, if not all posts, whether critical of him or not!

    PS. I hardly ever comment anyway, so, being ignored, is twice as hurtful!

    Posted by Orion on 2008 05 27 at 02:20 AM • permalink

  86. I don’t ignore you, Orion.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 03:47 AM • permalink

  87. wronwright looks for Tim’s secret mead storeroom. 

    “I know Michael Lonie found it that one time Tim was out of town.  When we had a party at his house.  A big party.  I bet he didn’t move the mead out just yet.  Where is it?”

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 27 at 05:00 AM • permalink

  88. Wronwright, share the mead!!!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 05:46 AM • permalink

  89. This is almost like the People’s Front of Judea’s little corner of the conspitorial blogging world.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 05:48 AM • permalink

  90. Well, we got a lotta front.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 05:49 AM • permalink

  91. Yo momma.  Hi Kae!!!!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:18 AM • permalink

  92. UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 06:19 AM • permalink

  93. Hi Pogria!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:20 AM • permalink

  94. Hi surfie!!!

    Camden Council said NO!!!!

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 06:23 AM • permalink

  95. Aaaah Camden, used to work there many years ago, too conservative for that “other” lot.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:31 AM • permalink

  96. Does it have to go to the government now?

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 06:34 AM • permalink

  97. We have a government in NSW?  All their base belong us.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:35 AM • permalink

  98. I think all our base belong to “them”.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 06:36 AM • permalink

  99. Surfie,

    I thought we might have to use this song as a farwell tonight.

    I love the song, but I didn’t want hear it tonight.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 06:37 AM • permalink

  100. Can you say that over the border?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:37 AM • permalink

  101. farEwell. there’s that other e

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 06:37 AM • permalink

  102. #102 surfie,

    apparently they can still go after you even if you say it on our side of the border.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  103. I hate that.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 06:42 AM • permalink

  104. That’s one of the things we were warned about last year when we were asked to put our submissions in to council against the school. The slimy Victorians were able to make it so that anyone, anywhere in Australia, could be charged under their ridiculous Racial vilification laws.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:00 AM • permalink

  105. Sometimes free speech is only free if you happen to agree with the vocal minority.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:04 AM • permalink

  106. That’s the problem that Canada is having right now. Poor bastards.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:08 AM • permalink

  107. Oh bloody Hallelujah!!!

    Two great bits of news tonight.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:13 AM • permalink

  108. #109
    Boofuckenhoo.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 07:15 AM • permalink

  109. Hey Kae,

    both those things are making me jump for joy tonight.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:17 AM • permalink

  110. One can be appealed to the Land and Environment court…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 07:18 AM • permalink

  111. Cramb will never take another child photo…..............................

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:19 AM • permalink

  112. oooh Surfie,
    you are naughty.

    Very apt though.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:28 AM • permalink

  113. I can be naughty.

    If you wish :-)

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:35 AM • permalink

  114. I wish! I wish!

    ;)

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:39 AM • permalink

  115. He he he.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:41 AM • permalink

  116. I will have to call in next time I am in town Pogria, (if that is OK of course).

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:47 AM • permalink

  117. Aren’t you going to the wake, Surfie?

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 07:49 AM • permalink

  118. What wake?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:51 AM • permalink

  119. On Thursday night Surfie.

    You been asleep, or something?

    Same place as last time.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 07:52 AM • permalink

  120. Oh, didnt know about that, will John be there.  I have been a little busy with “The Firm” lately, not the paid one, Kae knows what i mean.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:53 AM • permalink

  121. ‘s long as you’re not busy with the in-firm!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 07:55 AM • permalink

  122. ary.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:58 AM • permalink

  123. I did the infirm on the weekend, stabbings, assaults, et al, just another weekend in town.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 07:59 AM • permalink

  124. I dont suppose Andrea or Tim would let us use this blog ad infinitum?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:00 AM • permalink

  125. If you want the info surfie,

    I’ll send you the latest missive about the wake.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:00 AM • permalink

  126. Missive away Pogria, I am awaiting your missive.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:03 AM • permalink

  127. #126
    I dunno Surfie.
    He’s left us alone playing with amongst ourselves for days and days and days and days and days and…
    well, you get it.

    I really miss strike.

    *sigh*

    You know, even though the furniture is gone, and all the spears and stuff are gone, it’s still a great place to be… company’s good.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 08:05 AM • permalink

  128. Ten days is the 31st.
    Threads are open for ten days.

    It’s the countdown to DOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

    And there’s not Gormons in sight.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 08:06 AM • permalink

  129. Is the 31st the cutoff date.  (And I had an excuse Kae, I have been away with your mother).  :-)

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:07 AM • permalink

  130. #131 ooooh surfie!,

    I’m dobbing…..........

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:12 AM • permalink

  131. #128 done.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:16 AM • permalink

  132. Missive received Pogria, you could have warned me about the self destruct though, dog damn near shat on the loop pile.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:17 AM • permalink

  133. Number One’s orders surfie.

    You were wearing the spy glasses at the same time, were you?

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:19 AM • permalink

  134. you WERE’NT wearing!!

    Sheesh!!!

    Too much of the Celebratory Libations tonight.

    Groan!

    What the hell was that about Loop Pile carpet???


    Damn!! I always saw you as a “shag carpet” kind of bloke.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:21 AM • permalink

  135. Pogs, I always, loop before I “shag”.  Haven’t you heard of “floorplay”.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:25 AM • permalink

  136. RAOTFLMAO!!!

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:30 AM • permalink

  137. Aaaaaw shucks.  :-)

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:30 AM • permalink

  138. All gone and left me?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:39 AM • permalink

  139. Nearly

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 08:40 AM • permalink

  140. I gotta get up at 5am
    Going to Liz’s birthday this weekend.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 08:41 AM • permalink

  141. I’m back.

    Have to get clean.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 27 at 08:55 AM • permalink

  142. wronwright peeks in, notices kae and others are gone.  Good.  Coast is clear.

    He carries in a shovel, a pick ax, a wheel barrel, and bucket.  He then brings in his trusty beagle, Fizz, to sniff out the hidden store of mead.

    It’s here somewhere.  Michael Lonie can barely operate the weather machine.  I just know he didn’t find the mead.  Probably found a keg of Fosters and bragged to everyone he found some Akkadian mead.  Probably doesn’t know the difference.

    I find it.  If it’s here, I’ll find it.

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 27 at 01:42 PM • permalink

  143. Hmm Wronright snuck in while we couldn’t post, that damn Tardis really affects my broadband connection when it is running.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 05:18 PM • permalink

  144. Echo


    Echo

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 05:20 PM • permalink

  145. Wake up everybody!
    Wronwright was in here at 0342, creeping around and pinching the mead.
    Somebody better do a stock take.
    Surfie, weren’t you supposed to be rostered on for the dogwatch?

    Posted by Skeeter on 2008 05 27 at 05:27 PM • permalink

  146. Sorry Skeets, I found some uhhhhh….mead, I only had a drop, honest and sort of dozed off!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 05:30 PM • permalink

  147. I was NOT asleep on watch. I was rostered off.

    Troooolly, rooooollly!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 27 at 05:30 PM • permalink

  148. New Tim acknowledges feedback.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 27 at 07:50 PM • permalink

  149. Kae, your roster must be different to mine!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 27 at 08:21 PM • permalink

  150. I too, have been to the other side and don’t find it as warm and friendly. I like it here by the hearth with friends and family, not in some heathen dominion that asks me for security clearance every time. It’s harder than getting   past Wronwright’s Barricade the doors! dachshund security system to the cellar vault.

    Posted by Deborah Leigh on 2008 05 27 at 10:31 PM • permalink

  151. Been learning all about the Laws Of Armed Conflict and Rules Of Engagement, and was astounded to discover we can’t just pop off some Pathan for giving a surly look. Whatever has happened to our fine tradition of being able to shoot any sullen dusky denizen of the world without having to consult some venal pettifogger beforehand? What’s worse, they allow the bounders into the mess- should be able to take to ‘em with the squadron mace.

    Posted by Habib on 2008 05 28 at 12:31 AM • permalink

  152. #153
    *sigh*

    yes, Habib.

    The world is changing.

    Perhaps not for the better.

    *sigh*

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 12:34 AM • permalink

  153. Whatever has happened to our fine tradition of being able to shoot any sullen dusky denizen..” Like below Habib?

    5th-6th July, 1918] PEACEFUL PENETRATION-SOMME 339
    link
    The 6th (Victoria) Brigade was to be relieved next day by the 5th (N. S. Wales), and, during the night while the Victorian garrisons were digging and settling into the new positions, the advance parties of the New South Welsh battalions (a few representatives of each company and of battalion headquarters) arrived at the front. Next morning one of the incomers, Sergt. Walter Brown 5 of the 20th Battalion, was walking round the trench seized by Weir’s party when a sergeant of the 21st, with whom he was hobnobbing, told him that his men were still being troubled by German snipers in some position close “over there.” After waiting in vain for half an hour for these Germans to disclose themselves by firing another shot, Brown walked on along the empty trench saying that he would see if he could “have a pot at them” himself. The trench soon became shallow, and seventy yards across the open, in the direction which the Victorian sergeant had indicated, he saw a mound. Presently a shot was fired, apparently from the mound. Guessing that this place was the source of the trouble. Brown decided to go out to it. He dropped his rifle, picked up two Mills bombs, and ran towards it. As he went another shot was fired-he was not sure whether he was the target. He stopped and threw a bomb at the mound, hoping that it would kill or scare any Germans there while he made his rush, but it fell short. Dropping down in some broken ground, he waited to see what would happen. As several minutes passed

    5 Sg t. W. E. Brown, V C., D.C M. (No. 1689. 20th Bn and NX35, 492; 2nd/15th Fld. Reg,, A.I.F., 1940). Grocer; of Hobart, Tas., and Petersham, N S.W., b. New Norfolk, Tas., 2 July 1885.

    340 THE A.I.F. IN FRANCE 16th July, 1918

    and the place remained without sound or movement, he got up and ran to it.
    He found himself standing over one end of a small, kidney-shaped trench, empty, but with the entrance of a dugout gaping towards him at its far end and a machine-gun standing on the parados in the middle, its belt trailing from the breech. Brown jumped into the trench and ran to reach the dugout entrance before any one could emerge. As he reached it a German appeared in the entrance and began to step from it. Brown swung a blow at his jaw, and the German, crying “Kamerad” as it struck him, was knocked down the stair. Brown backed to the machine-gun, holding his only bomb ready to throw. At this moment, probably hearing movement behind him, he turned and received a surprise: at the other end of the trench, where he had jumped in, was another dugout entrance and Germans just emerging from it. He could not throw his bomb, for when it had burst he would have been at the mercy of the survivors. He therefore held it threateningly-and they at once put up their hands. He ordered them to pass out over the parapet, which they did, scowling, while he perforce kept turning his head so as to watch first one entrance and then the other. Thirteen Germans in all emerged and trotted across to the Australian line, some German post opening with a machinegun as they went, and Brown following the prisoners, bomb in hand. The Victorians took charge of them. Presently German shells began to burst around.

    Actually Brown had captured an officer and twelve men of the 137th I.R. (108th Divn.). They belonged to its I Bn. and on the day of the Hamel attack had been holding the support-line posts. After that battle these posts found themselves to be the front line. The one captured by Brown appears to have been subsequently thrust farther forward; it had not been rationed since the battle, and the spirit of its garrison was low.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 28 at 12:59 AM • permalink

  154. #101
    Pogria, what a song.

    (I wonder if posts can echo?)

    Posted by Col. Milquetoast on 2008 05 28 at 04:46 AM • permalink

  155. Echo?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:08 AM • permalink

  156. Must…...reach…....1000…...posts…....

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:10 AM • permalink

  157. FFS. Repeated “Echo"s don’t count as REAL posts.
    So let’s have one last Echo and leave it at that, huh?

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 28 at 06:27 AM • permalink

  158. So there is somebody home?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:32 AM • permalink

  159. It’s not as if we’re the first to hear the sounds of goodbye. The question is, what are we going to do about it? Mope? Feel sorry for ourselves? Reach for the hot bath and razorblades?
    Or are we going to get out and meet some new people?

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 28 at 06:33 AM • permalink

  160. Sorry, surf, I’ve got a hot date with a couple of French maids…

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 28 at 06:34 AM • permalink

  161. #160
    No. But the light’s on.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  162. Amuse yourself with some borderline NSFW boobs.

    Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 28 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  163. C’mon Swinish, it is polite to share!!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  164. Psst, Tim.
    Blogroll.
    Alphabetize it, pls!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  165. # 164, 2.47min.  Yep that about does it.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:43 AM • permalink

  166. kae wants a sort, surfy likes a sort.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 28 at 08:09 AM • permalink

  167. lol
    surfie’s spoken for

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 08:13 AM • permalink

  168. thanks kae. :-)

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 08:15 AM • permalink

  169. The moderating at Tim’s has glaciated again.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 08:18 AM • permalink

  170. kae :)

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 28 at 08:37 AM • permalink

  171. surfs, I’m talking on skype with sister in law…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 08:40 AM • permalink

  172. You mean you arent talking to me?

    Say hi to Cath for me.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 08:45 AM • permalink

  173. skype chat

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 08:45 AM • permalink

  174. downloading, standby

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 08:51 AM • permalink

  175. Hang on, hung up on the free google virus bar.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 08:58 AM • permalink

  176. Kae I have skyped at surfmaster4 please make contact!!!!!!!

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 09:02 AM • permalink

  177. It gets lonely in here these days, not even Pogria drops by anymore.  Guess the local school thingy has made her happy.

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 09:12 AM • permalink

  178. wronwright peaks in.  Good.  Surfmaster finally went home.  His attempt yesterday to find the hidden mead storeroom under Tim’s old blog was not successful.  Not even his trusty beagle found any scent of it.

    Cunning.  The old bastard is one cunning man.  But he hasn’t reckoned with the likes of me.  If those golden drops are hidden here, I’ll find them.

    wronwright backs the backhoe to the empty house.  I might need to dig through the floor a bit, but I’ll find that mead.  Now I’ve to work quickly.  kae and others will be back soon, no doubt.

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 28 at 12:38 PM • permalink

  179. Wron, please be careful. You don’t want to hit the water pipe like the last time. Remember, the pump is from PACO Industries, because you gave lent Paco the good one.

    Now hurry! We have a need for mead!

    Posted by Deborah Leigh on 2008 05 28 at 01:44 PM • permalink

  180. #180
    #181

    And what have you two been up to?

    What’s that backhoe doing here…
    Hey, what’s going on?

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 03:02 PM • permalink

  181. Oh, dang it.  Retreat!

    * beep * beep * beep

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 28 at 03:16 PM • permalink

  182. I saw you, Wron!

    I SAW YOU!

    what HAVE you been up to?

    I’ll figure this out… I will. And I just know you’ll be in trouble!

    Off to work I go. Behave Wron, you’re being watched!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 28 at 03:21 PM • permalink

  183. Morning all, hey what the, where did those tyre tracks come from…........

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 28 at 06:43 PM • permalink

  184. Oh, what a mess.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 28 at 07:32 PM • permalink

  185. trixi peeks in with disgust.. i am not putting on the maid outfit this time to clean up this mess.. you lot are on your own!!

    Posted by missred on 2008 05 28 at 08:44 PM • permalink

  186. Been redecorating again, have you?  Didn’t there used to be a wall in back?

    Posted by SwampWoman on 2008 05 28 at 09:59 PM • permalink

  187. What will Andrea say?
    We hope Tim is busy.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 28 at 10:50 PM • permalink

  188. Wronwright has been helping Paco’s attempts to quit smoking.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 29 at 12:18 AM • permalink

  189. Paco told wronwright to mind his own business.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 29 at 12:51 AM • permalink

  190. The great escape my arse! That tunnel digging was chickenshit compared to this. This tunnel will be the death of me - but not before I have the mead! 210 metres from the neighbouring blog to here, and now I’ve come up against this concrete wall!

    Starting the tunnel at the neighbouring blog seemed like a simple plan but I underestimated how humiliating it is to masquerade as lefty! That was actually worse than when I encountered the sewer pipe at 89 metres.

    The stuff that came out of that in a hurry was a disgusting backlog of Miranda Divide’s comments, mixed with what Bryla passes for humour!

    I’ve also run out of canaries. Who’d a thought they’d be so expensive. And tasty.

    And now to top it all off, it looks like I need explosives. Aahh well, only one place to get explosives on the cheap. I’ll have to visit the “males of no appearance gang” or the “men of a diverse range of backrounds.” They’ll hook me up.

    Posted by Penguin on 2008 05 29 at 02:02 AM • permalink

  191. I’m guessing this is the last time that someone will spill the italics on this blog.  The honour is all mine.

    Posted by Penguin on 2008 05 29 at 02:04 AM • permalink

  192. You’re in trouble, Penguin.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 29 at 02:07 AM • permalink

  193. The Maid regrets she cannot make the Blair-a-thon in Sydney tonight, but wishes thanks and good vibes to all in attendance…

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 05 29 at 02:55 AM • permalink

  194. I too am stuck at work and cannot escape to the Blair-a-thon. I hope there will be others in the future.

    Posted by Penguin on 2008 05 29 at 03:55 AM • permalink

  195. PC moderation at Tele-Tim’s certainly dulling the commentariat; gettin’ away with more at Bolta’s ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 05 29 at 07:40 AM • permalink

  196. Hello Egg, how are ya?

    moderbloodyration.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 29 at 07:42 AM • permalink

  197. Enjoying the prollies’ Rudd awakening to FoolWatch(TM) over at Bolta’s :)

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 05 29 at 07:47 AM • permalink

  198. well contrary to stated intentions, i have commented a coupla times at the new site, but it’s just not the same.  bugger

    Posted by KK on 2008 05 29 at 07:51 AM • permalink

  199. #198
    Oh, I’ve been there.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 29 at 08:06 AM • permalink

  200. #197
    What’s the problem with ‘Too many lights don’t make a Wong’, anyway? ;)’

    Posted by egg_ on 2008 05 29 at 08:16 AM • permalink

  201. #202 Not Trans-action approved.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 29 at 08:21 AM • permalink

  202. OK, here’s a comment just for the old team, inspired by an LGF entry:
    The big item on the ABC’s “let’s score one for the left” news tonight was about Scott McClellan, former White House spokes-wheel-person. He’s just been published in a whole book, saying that the Iraq war was a fraud, a sell-job. Well, you know money talks all languages, and sure enough someone has turned up some interesting connections to the money-fountainhead, none other than Georgie-boy.
    The Link

    Posted by blogstrop on 2008 05 29 at 08:34 AM • permalink

  203. #204 Soros hedging bets again. House of Saud?
    Would this be immoderated at NewTim?

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 29 at 08:40 AM • permalink

  204. #195 & #196,

    Margos and Penguin,

    A good time was had by all. You were missed. There will be more opportunities to meet as we have decided to form a Company of Blairheads so that we may turn the fine sport of Extreme Troll Hunting into a television reality show.

    As everyone at the gathering is a Dentist by profession,
    we can’t show you their faces.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 29 at 10:01 AM • permalink

  205. Pogria, is that an alien at the bottom right?

    Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 29 at 04:17 PM • permalink

  206. Definitely an Alien Surfie,

    he had a very peculiar form of greeting.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 29 at 04:52 PM • permalink

  207. #206 Many thanks Pogria. I hope the BLF didn’t cause too many troubles this time round.

    Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 05 29 at 07:17 PM • permalink

  208. Looks like the Sydney meet was very well attended.
    Brisbane Blairites should be meeting monthly. It has been suggested that the meetings be moved around. Contact via bloodnut blog.
    If you are visiting from places other than Bris and would like to attend please let me know.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 29 at 08:13 PM • permalink

  209. [Wanders in, looks around]

    It’s awfully quiet - but what a mess! It looks as though someone’s been in with a backhoe or something.

    [looks around again, wanders back out]

    Posted by EdwardM on 2008 05 29 at 08:14 PM • permalink

  210. #206 Pogria

    Not only have you shown everyone my identity, you’ve told everyone my profession.

    I’m shocked!

    Posted by Wand on 2008 05 29 at 08:52 PM • permalink

  211. #212,  Oh My God, Wand!! I am so sorry!

    In my excitable hurry to post the picture, I forgot the “Cardinal Rule” of Blair Club!

    No one talks about Blair Club

    I am writing this while on a plane bound for Venezuela. Someone please let me know when the heat is off.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 05 29 at 09:09 PM • permalink

  212. Song for Tim and the Old Blog….

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 05:04 AM • permalink

  213. So, isn’t anyone going to do anything about this mess?

    The place has been ransacked, and lots of stuff is missing - souvenired no doubt. And there’s backhoe tracks all over the place - and little test trenches through everything.

    I’m sure Tim took the mead with him.

    *sigh*

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 05:06 AM • permalink

  214. Hello?

    Hmmm.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 05:07 AM • permalink

  215. Psst.

    DMinor knows what really happened to Tim Blair….

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 05:40 AM • permalink

  216. Five O’Clock World

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 30 at 05:41 AM • permalink

  217. I was going to pinch that last bar stool, but there appears to be a tooth embedded in it.

    Posted by lotocoti on 2008 05 30 at 06:16 AM • permalink

  218. Forget Henson.  I’ve been censored!  I defintely called Marion Le a ‘slapper’ on Blair’s new fangled site, but them moderators snipped the ‘s’ word.

    Posted by Big Jim on 2008 05 30 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  219. this still working?

    Posted by eeniemeenie on 2008 05 30 at 06:57 AM • permalink

  220. #219
    lotocoti - I missed you the other week!
    #221
    shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 07:04 AM • permalink

  221. cool- what with a kruddy bad PM, $6.50 Jim Beams and a bolted Blair I’m suffering from change fatigue big time.

    this blue and white screen is somehow soothing.

    i might even treat myself to some italics…

     

    mmmmm- nice

    Posted by eeniemeenie on 2008 05 30 at 07:07 AM • permalink

  222. #220 My “Maid Marion” seems to be immoderate.
    Post those censored at NewTim, elsewhere, MM, Paco etc, etc…
    The message will get delivered.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 30 at 07:12 AM • permalink

  223. #222 hi kae, thought i was all alone here- glad i didn’t act on my urge to dance around nekkid while there was no-one around.

    Posted by eeniemeenie on 2008 05 30 at 07:14 AM • permalink

  224. um…. not sure about whether I wanna dare ya to do that….

    ah, what the hell, someone’ll wanna watch.


    DARE YA!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 07:18 AM • permalink

  225. naaah, i’m a bit too sober for that- for now

    good to see you anyway. much rain down there?

    Posted by eeniemeenie on 2008 05 30 at 07:44 AM • permalink

  226. Man charged for abusing infant girl in the Thursday Island.
    Hensonites will rush to support the poor man.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 30 at 07:45 AM • permalink

  227. #227
    Hmm. Maybe later? he he
    Rain? 8ml, so that’d be a negative.

    But I hear we’re going to get more… and I have to go up to Nambour tomorrow to a birthday party… not looking forward to the drive, it’s 240k one way, using the shortcut!

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 07:52 AM • permalink

  228. #222
    Circumstances conspired against me.
    Although at midday I was in Amy St (opposite the Creek car park).

    Posted by lotocoti on 2008 05 30 at 08:26 AM • permalink

  229. #230
    Bad timing!

    MarkL might be coming up soon, we’ll definitely have another one then.

    And when I hear from Richard Sharpe.

    And a couple of Blair orphangees have said that they’d like to make it a regular thing.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 08:29 AM • permalink

  230. I’ll keep my fingers crossed against the fates for next time.

    Posted by lotocoti on 2008 05 30 at 08:43 AM • permalink

  231. #232
    It’s always interesting, so many different fields of expertise are covered by the people who comment here….
    used to comment here.

    And then there’s ones who aren’t much good at anything in partickler. he he, like me.

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 09:34 AM • permalink

  232. wronwright quietly enters Tim’s old blog.  He stops.  And thinks. 

    Damn it, where is it?  I know it’s still here.  I checked every box and every single article when they were being loaded onto a Daily Telegraph truck and I didn’t see one keg.  So it’s got to be here.

    Oh gee whiz.  It’s come down to this.  Okay, fine, I’ll try this.  paco sold me this so called “alien technology” device for $999.99.  I told him “a thousand bucks, are you nuts?”.  And he just replied “no, no, my good friend, it’s not a thousand.  I would never charge you a thousand dollars”.  Well, it’s a penny away from a thousand.  But still, desperate times call for desperate measures and I’m desperate to get to that Sumerian mead.  As I recall, it’s the stuff we filched from Urak, circa 3200 BC.  Good, really good stuff.

    Hmmm, how does one work this thing?  Alien my ass.  It looks like one of those hand held devices on the original Star Trek series.  What were they called?  I bet Michael Lonie knows the name.  He’s watched every episode 40 times.  And that’s before he graduated from high school.

    * beep * beep * beep * burrrr * burrrr *

    Hmmm.  I think I might have found something.

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 30 at 10:17 AM • permalink

  233. Lookout, wronwright, I think it’s the backhoe backing up…

    Posted by kae on 2008 05 30 at 10:24 AM • permalink

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