So how about an 'Over 50's' page?

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This topic is slowing down and "Once upon a time" is catching up fast.

But let's see if this can reach page 9 first - but even this is difficult as Ouat seems to get 3 or 4 postings to every 1 here.

Help...

John

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i need somebody but who ?

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Charles,

Sign of aging - your memory's going...

John

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I don't want to worry you chaps, but I was only joking when I said we had a target to reach (of over 700 postings at that time).

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John
It's gone,what's gone,i don't know,but somebody just said it's gone,was it John that said it,yes,i remember,so its not my memory that's gone,so what has gone,i don't know,but it's not my memory,because i remembered it's gone.....
(this message NOT posted by Charles)

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Well Charles, as they say down at Tesco's:

"When it's gone, it's gone!"

However all is not lost - "The Mummy Returns!"

(Not sure whether or not the memory does though?

Get well soon.

Chirpy.

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Chirpy,your wish worked,i feel better already now that it's gone

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Sorry chaps I`m lost, I told you I was thick,
I`m going to have a look at OUAT.

Dave

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The virus has spread to Dave,he is now lost,i had lost it but i found it at tesco,i think Dave has gone to the wrong place, OUAT, what will he find there

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Dave, come back! You're needed here too!

What a strange day it's been. Thankfully I got all my window cleaning done by lunchtime - except for one customer who had locked the back gate and asked me to call after 3:30 'cos that's when she picks her kiddy up from school and goes back home.

So I went around at 3:30, did the windows, got my money and cycled home. Then it chucked it down and it's been raining ever since!

I like it when it waits for me to get my work finished before it rains!

I've spent the rest of the day re-doing the ending to my film. Why can't it just take 2 minutes to add dialogue to 2 minutes worth of footage? Come on Alan Roberts, there must be a scientific answer to this - No wonder Dennis Norden (?) gets an abundance of out-takes to keep him in business!

Bye for now, got to feed the chick before bedtime!

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Chirpy,

When I was doing radio it worked out at about one hour of work ber minute broadcast. If it's better than that you're on to a winner.

Night night.

John

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John,

Were you Deejaying or were you doing voiceovers for jingles/commercials?

Chirpy.

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Actually it was a magazine programme (hence the large work/broadcast ratio).

It was the religious programme on LBC radio in London which I did in the late '70's and early '80's. It was great fun and I learned a lot as well.

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John, while you were there, did you know of anyone by the name of Iain Mann or John Brunning?

Iain used to work as News Editor for Radio City in Liverpool and John was a guitarist with Mungo Gerry (not on their first few songs though) until he became a Newsreader.

Also, were you ever into the offshore stations - Caroline, Radio London, Swinging Radio England, etc?

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Hi guys,

I`m having problems with this thread and OUAT, everytime I put a reply to post in, Explorer freezes, and I have to control, alt, delete to get out of it,any one else having any problems?

It is only with these two threads.

Dave

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One minute per hour is damn good going. On a drama shoot I was at recently, they got 13 minutes of useable footage in 2 working days of 12 hours each. On another 6 day shoot, 14 hours overnight, they came back with about 20 minutes useable.

Editing is another matter though, last year it took me 400 working hours to complete an 18 minute piece. And that was only the time at the PC. Mind you, there was 3 hours of video footage and over 400 stills in it, and no voice-over.

There's no science in this, just bloody hard work.

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Chirpy,

Sorry, no, I didn't come across either Iain or John (though I did hear Mungo Jerry live at the Royal Albert Hall once). Though one of the people on my team, Dave Loyn, is now one of the BBC's top reporting team.

Offshore - listened to rather that workrd on.

Dave,

With these long threads it gets ~very~ slow and I often get the "timed out" message - even though I am on an ISDN line at work and NTL-Broadband at home with very fast download speeds. Even then I have to re-load the page to get my new message. It is only on these long pages though.

Alan,

"Bloody hard work" you are absolutely right - though it is enjoyable most of the time - until the wife complains how long you are on the computer.

John

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Yes, same hear. It takes ages for me too and sometimes it locks up. I guess it's our fault for going where no man has gone before!
(And where Alan has only just arrived!!! )

Cheers,

Chirpy

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Oh No !

OUAT's catching up

John

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BUT - this topic is 1st to Page-9

John

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...and I decided to come back just to keep Chirpy happy...although the wife thinks I`m emailing some female with all the time I spend reading these forums, but we have to keep this thread in front of OUAT.

Thinking about it that`s a bit daft really, because mostly it`s the same names keeping both going.

Anyway I`ll only be here `til 8, I`m going to watch "Diamonds are Forever" for the umpteenth time.

Dave

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Fancy me getting my page numbers wrong in the OUAT thread! What a nerd! I should've realised it couldn't be page 9 because it's still behind this thread and we've only just reached page 9 here! Only 38 posting to go till page 10 - but I still think the other one will get there first.

Isn't this exciting!!!

Cheers,

Chirpy.

P.S. Enjoy your film Dave.

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Hi Chirpy

I`m back for a little while.

Watched the film, and blow me if the ending wasn`t the same as all the other times I`ve watched it.

Dave

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What you should have done Dave is to tape it,split it halfway,add half of Dr No,record to tape and then you would have two new endings to two films,
Charles

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ARGH!

Missed it!

I've been out all evening and missed "Diamonds".

That was the one with the crater - wasn't it?

Ah well, it was a nice evening.

John

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Hi John,

No "Diamonds" wasn`t the one with the crater, that was on last week, although if I did what Charles suggests, it could well have been.

By the way, it was the one with the oil rig thing that wasn`t an oil rig, if you see what I mean.

Dave

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Hi Dave,

Thanks for that. Most of the early Bonds I have seen several times over - the later ones several only once. I think there are one or two I have missed completely - so if they're going through the whole lot it will give me a chance to catch up.

I hope I don't miss next weeks.

John

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"Ten minutes and counting..." (By kind permission of United Artists)

Hi all, despite watching bits of the film three times a day, six days a week for 6 weeks - it was on while I worked at the Odeon many years ago - I still couldn't resist watching 'Diamonds' last night!

I remembered all the classic lines:

"I didn't know there was a pool down there!"

"I got a brudda."

"I'm Klaus Hergeshymer, from 'G' section, testing Radiation Shields."

"I'm Plenty" " Of course you are."

And did anyone notice when James tipped his car onto two wheels to get through the narrow gap at the end of the car chase? The ramp tipped the LEFT wheels up in the air but when he dropped down onto all four wheels it was the RIGHT side which was up in the air!!!

You won't hear from me much over the next three days. My brother in law is here at the moment - staying in our daughter's room. She's having to sleep on a spare mattress in our room and she goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. So the computer - which is in the bedroom - has to be switched off. How inconsiderate!!! As well as that, we're all going to Norwich for the next three days.

Of course, you realise what that means don't you?

Yes...you'll all have to run this page while I'm away!

It probably means I won't be able to witness the moment this or the OUAT thread reaches page 10 - or which one does it first!

Never mind, I'm sure it's all in capable hands!

Right, I shall go and see what's happening elsewhere now but...I'll be back.

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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You're right about the wheely, I'd noticed it too.

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Cor! Thank goodness for that!!! Imagine being wrong after watching it so many times!And yet I don't ever recall it being on anyone's 'blooper' type programme.

Here's another thing I've noticed but never had an answer to:

In the first of the two 'Mission Impossible' films, Emilio Estafez (?) plays a small part. He get's killed when the lift crushes (or electrocutes) him in the lift shaft. And yet his name - or the character he plays - does not appear anywhere in the credits. Anyone know why?

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Q.1: Emilio Estevez.

Q.2: could be the Alan Smithee effect. When a director of a film gets so pissed off with the producers interfering with the edit, he may wish to dissociate himself from the production. Then, either a new diretcor will finish it off, or he'll do it and not claim credit. "Alan Smithee" is the oft-used alias for such occasions. There may be other reasons as well, in "A Touch of Evil" (Orson Welles), one of the pivotal characters was played by Marlene Dietrich, who demanded that she be not credited. It was just that she wanted to do the part, for Welles, and was contracted by another company, so took no credit (and possibly no pay) for the part. But the film's a lot better for the air of mystery she brought. Could be he (Estevez) was playing the same game.

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Thanks for the expanation Alan. I'd already checked on the web but every item just said 'uncredited' but didn't explain why.

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Looks like OUAT is catching up with this fast and will probably overtake this evening.

And page 10 is still a long way off.

Ah well - this will put this one step forward.

John

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And this another step

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Which is one step for mankind, but a giant leap for a lemming.

Hmmm. Must stop getting my references in a twist.

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quote:By John Willett:
this will put this one step forward

Is that your best foot or...
quote:And this another step
...are you doing a Military Two-Step?

Either way, well done. Keep up the good walk...I mean, work!

Chirpy.

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Alan, it's very good for colds - Honey and Lemming!

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Dave, (dmvideos) help, we need your support. OUAT is catching up fast!!!

Chirpy.

P.S. I don't know what I'm worrying about - I started it anyway!!!

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Did I hear someone mention Honey?

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...looks like the Countdown has begun!!!

C.V.

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20 more postings to Page-10.

I suppose cheating is out of the question?

Ah well - I will have another look when I get home.

But - I have just bought a Palm m505 to replace my aging Psion and I have to enter about 400 addresses (Phew!) - at least I can do it via the computer and I will have a proper back-up now (which I didn't before).

John

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quote:originally posted by John Willett:
I suppose cheating is out of the question?

Why...what did you have in mind?

Chirpy.

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WOT - No more postings?

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Hi All,

I`m back, been to work again, for those of you who have forgotten what that is, your employer sometimes pays you at the end of the week\month for services rendered.

Just in closing...

When you go to court, just remember that you are trusting your fate to twelve people who weren`t clever enough to get out of jury duty.

Dave

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quote:Originally posted by dmvideos:
...been to work again, for those of you who have forgotten what that is, your employer sometimes pays you at the end of the week\month for services rendered.


I wouldn't know Dave, being a window cleaner I've got loads of employers who pay me straight away - and then it starts raining!!!

Anyway, sit down, rest your feet - and get writing! I won't be around for a few days.

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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No, neither will I!!!

(All hands to the pumps)

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...that's right, she's coming with me!!!

and so is... and and

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But we haven't got a

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No, I know we haven't, it's called 'Artistic License.

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What's called 'Artistic License', the ?

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No! Dumbo!! It means I was pretending.

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Oh I get it!!! Well then we mustn't forget to take and the (whatever that is!)
Oh and grab hold of before he runs away, and and and I suppose we'd better take ...even if we haven't really got one.
Oh, don't forget to

Bye then.

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Yes we'd better let someone else get a word in edgeways! Come on Dumbo - all of you.

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Well, it seems that Chirpy and Mrs. Chirpy are going out in a blaze of elephants. Hurry back.

Come on Carol Vorderman, who are you? and where are the rest of you tonight, all been watching "Frost", can`t you tell that Chirpy wants this thread to get to page 10 before OUAT, it`s harder to type OUAT than anything else.

In closing...

Man in restaurant

"Waiter, you`re not fit to serve a pig."

Waiter.

"I`m doing my best sir."

Dave

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...and it's "Good Night" from me!

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...and it's "Good Night" from him...

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And it's hello from me - I'm home at last!

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...and it's "Goodnight" from us:

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Hey, we're gonna do it tonight, But I'll be kind and let you carry it through 'cos i really must have a bath and get to bed.

I'm up at 5.45am in the morning.

Well done everyone.

Best wishes,

Chirpy & Wife.

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PAGE 10 - WE'VE DONE IT!

Good morning all - I was waiting for someone else to start this page - but as no takers.....

John

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Well Done John, I have just got back from testing cars,so have only just caught up on the page, yes,who is this carol vordermam,the web page comes up blank.and the initialls are CV ring any bells????.see you all in a bit must sleep

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Good morning all,

Won`t Mr.& Mrs Chirpy be happy.

Page 10. Yippee.

Good grief Peter, you were late weren`t you?

I think we should persue this Carol Vorderman thing, after all, he/she could be a spy from some other forum.

Dave

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He/she first appeared about a year ago, when one of the fora was in turmoil but I can't recall what it was all about. There was a spate of "famous names" appearing and slagging each other off. It got quite amusing for a while, then they went away.

And then all this started and Chirpy woke up.

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Surely 'twas when the Cathy Barry thing blew up (oo-er), that Carol V. came upon the scene (oo-er oo-er)?

Martin - DVdoctor in moderation. Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

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Morning all I looked at this carol vorderman profile,and she joined the forum the same day as I did, bit iffy that ,pete

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No relation then?

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coincidently there is also a Richard Whitely listed now that does ring alarm bells.

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Not much happening since we went away then!

My little birdie died about an hour before we left on Friday morning. Poor little thing, I didn't really expect it to be alive when I woke up at about 6am. as he'd been quite restless the night before. In fact he'd hardly put any weight on for the whole of the week I'd been feeding him. I gave him a feed at 6.10am. and he made a few chirping noises at 6.20am. Then he just died in my hand.

It was quite sad, but I'd rather it happened that way than me keeping him alive and in pain.

It's amazing isn't it, we get to page 10 - which I see OUAT still hasn't managed to do. Then I disappear for four days, during which the the next seven postings following John's at the top of page 10 are all about Carol Vorderman - Who he/she might be and where's she from?

Well now, good job none of you are in the police force - you'd all have been fired by now.

As far as I know, only one person was able to come up with the answer (I'll tell you who later).

I've been doing some detective work:

quote:By peter grendon:
...the initialls are CV ring any bells????
I'd imagine CV stand for Carol Vorderman Peter.
quote:By dmvideos:
...he/she could be a spy from some other forum.
Yes, but for what reason? Surely a spy would use a less obvious name?
quote:By Alan Roberts:
He/she first appeared about a year ago, when one of the fora was in turmoil but I can't recall what it was all about.
Alan, a quick search shows that she first appeared on the scene when both you and Richard Payne admitted to having met her.
quote:By mooblie:Surely 'twas when the Cathy Barry thing blew up (oo-er), that Carol V. came upon the scene (oo-er oo-er)?
As far as I recall mooblie, the Cathy Barry incident only happened a few months ago. The thread I found goes back to 13th. October 2000.
quote:By peter grendon:
I looked at this carol vorderman profile,and she joined the forum the same day as I did, bit iffy that ,pete
Yup, I checked that too, she did - 13th October 2000.
quote:By John Willett at Home:
No relation then?
Yes - they're both decendants of Adam & Eve!!!
quote:By Mad_mardy:
...coincidently there is also a Richard Whitely listed now that does ring alarm bells.
I noticed he appeared on the scene three days later and only made 2 postings. (probably wasn't as popular)

I guess if you'd checked out Bob Crabtree's clever detection work in this thread:
http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum10/HTML/002212.html

...you'd all know the truth by now!

Cheers,

Chirpy.

P.S. Sorry Alan

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Chirpy i always knew you were insane

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It's a privilege and a pleasure...and a mystery!!!

Chirpy.

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...It's gone ever so quiet on this page. OUAT has caught us up.
I think I may have upset a few people.
If so, I'm sorry.

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And so am I

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and me

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Aah - We're ahead again

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just out of interest chirpy what was the answer to the conundrum you posted last october,that richard whitely gave you?

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Yes, I have actually met the real Carol Vorderman, but I don't know her email address, and I seriously doubt that she's heard of this forum. So, will the unreal Carol Vorderman please stand up?

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Alan! Do I have to spell it out! It was me!
It only started out as a joke but I think somewhere along the line you got a bit annoyed and the joke wore thin. So I dropped the alias. Which is why I apologised to you at the end of my 23rd July posting.

Once again, sorry.

The way Bob C found out was to check the email address 'Carol' was using, (if I can remember it I'll re-post it on 'her' profile). As Administrator he was able to find it out even though I'd not made it available to anyone else.

Just in case anyone needs more proof...

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...yes, it WAS Chirpy.

By the way Mad_mardy, the conundrum:
ROPEY RAT POP was:
PARTY POOPER

...a reference to Bob C for giving the game away so quickly - even though no-one cottoned on.

As for the identity of Richard Whiteley - I have no idea who that was.

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Aha, I admit I've only read maybe 5% of this thread, been mightly busy lately, so I'd missed all that. I don't remember getting angry, amused maybe and possibly confused, but it takes quite a lot to get me angry (don't try, please, life's too short to waste adrenalin that way).

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Alan, glad to hear you weren't annoyed.

Now the game's up I'll have to put Carol to rest - before she (or me!) gets into more trouble.

Cheers,

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Quote "I'll have to put Carol to rest", you mean that she can continue with the UK TV adverts for "Second Minus"

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Now all we have to do is to find out who Richard Whitely is

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That might be difficult - he hasn't posted anything since 25th October 2000. However, he signed his name as 'paulj' if that means anything to anybody?

http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Forum10/HTML/002309.html

Cheers,

Chirpy.

P.S. OUAT is catching up again!!!

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Well - we'd better watch our backs for OUAT then.

John

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Please excuse an anorak question, but how do you lot know when a page break is coming up?

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Hi guys, I`m back,

Never mind that Mooblie, OUAT is too close for comfort, I`ve put this post here so someone can answer mooblie, and get us a bit further in front of OUAT, as well as wanting to know the answer myself.

Dave

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mooblie,

Each page contains exactly 40 postings. It doesn't matter whether they're long or short. So if you can count in 40's you'll know when the next page will begin.

Bear in mind though that the number listed on the 'topics list' page is the number of replies to the original topic.
So replies No. 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320, 360 & 400 would start on pages:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11.

I hope that wasn't too complicated.

Cheers,

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Chirpy,could you explain that again,but not so fast,thank you

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Charles,

  1. Boil Haggis for ten minutes.
  2. Swim the length of Loch Ness.
  3. Drink a pint of Glenbogle 'Special Brew'.
  4. Wait till September for new series of 'Monarch of the Glen'.
  5. Give your Sporran a quick brush.
  6. Run to John O'Groats and back.

If if you're still unsure - send a cheque for £50 to:

Bonnie Prince Charlie,
c/o The Queen's Head,
Princes Street,
Edinburgh,
Scotland.

Cheers,

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Damn, I was in Scotland Monday/Tuesday this week, and it felt like I'd done most of that (belting down with rain, trying to get kit to work half way up a mountain). If only I'd persisted I could have found that answer before you gave it

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Thanks Chirpy,but i tried all that(never got my cheque back)the good news is i translated your instructions into garlic and it worked,of to count the posts now.
Regards
Charles

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quote:Originally posted by Charles:
...i translated your instructions into garlic and it worked...

Charles, if you mix some of that garlic with the Haggis it'll taste even better.

Alan, glad to here you had some traditional Scottish Highland weather. I lived in Caernarfon for four years so I know what you mean.

Cheers,

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And I didn't get time to sample the local wares. The first evening I spent trying to dry my trousers and shoes using a hair drier (it worked, I wore them again next day when we shot indoors and it was sunny, bugger, it always works that way with me.)

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Now if that'd been me I'd have had to stay wet all day - with the amount of hair I've got, a hair dryer is the last thing I'd think of packing!

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Ah well, I'm off to Scotland on Tuesday - I only hope the weather will be fine for be - but as long as the local tipple is good...

John

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So what's happening in Scotland for everyone to be heading that way? Is Charles having a Hogmanay rehearsal or something?

John, while you're there can you catch a Haggis for my wife please? They're very easy to come by apparantly. You see, they spend all day walking around the mountains and so the legs on one side of their body are shorter than on the other side.

All you have to do is wait till one walks toward you and go "Boo!!!" This is enough to frighten the timid little creature, which then turns around to run away.

This of course is impossible because its shorter legs don't reach the ground! And so it over-balances and rolls down to the bottom of the mountain, hitting its head on small rocks on the way down. By the time you find it, it'll probably be heavily concussed and quite easy to overpower!

Anyway, let me know if you catch one. The alternative is to buy one cheap at Tesco's, not many people eat them down here!

Have a good time.

Cheers,

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is it possible to answer a post like that?

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...If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again!

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Well, I eat haggis down here occasionally - and I do like it.

And - just to visit all parts of the kingdom - I will be in Wales on Monday.

According to my calculations, this is the last posting on page 10 - so please turn over to page 11.

John

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...There's nobody here!

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unfortunately i am

just wondering ,is there a minimum age restriction on this thread?

i don't think i should be here

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Membership of a group, or achieving a qualification for such membershsip, isn't a requisite for comments about such group. U less you wish to disqualify yourself, in which case, why bring up the matter

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Mad_mardy,

You're more than welcome here.

This isn't actually an 'Over 50's' page - it just started out as a 'tongue in cheek' suggestion for one. In fact, as Alan suggested in another thread, it's more like a 'Chatroom' than anything else. Except for the fact that all the info is retained instead of being lost when you finish chatting. And of course, as the thread is so long, it takes about two minutes before what you submit actually gets uploaded onto the page.

Unless you'd rather keep it to yourself, it would be nice to know your name. Most of the Members/Contributors have said what their name is somewhere in this thread - if it wasn't already part of their UserName.(you're not another Dave are you? )

Cheers,

Chirpy. (Dave)

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Dare I suggest we all start posting not only our names, but also mugshots??

Now that WOULD destroy the imagination, like seeing Archers characters...

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Do you mean with the numbers underneath, or without?

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Thanks Chirpy.

It was said in jest you know
with probably a hint of working 18 horurs in front of a screen in with it

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Mad, you should be out enjoying the
not stuck in front of the all day and night!
...So I think I'll go and before my daughter gets to it first!!!

Chirpy.

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Well, it seems everyone has been taking your advice Chirpy.

What a ~hot~ day, well it is here in Oxfordshire.

And from looking at that wonderful red sky - another one due tomorrow.

John.

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Hi John,

You're right, there's not much activity going on around the forums today. Well, not on the 'Chatter' ones anyway.

I really like the 'Oh deary me...' thread. I love anything nostalgic and didn't realise how easy it is to find info on the web. For instance I asked about a kids puppet programme I used to watch with a guy called 'Weatherspoon' in it. Someone came back with the name of the show and a website for it!!!

I also found no end of nostalgia here:

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/

I also found a radio site:
http://www.live365.com/home/index.live

When I clicked on the 'Pick a Genre' Browse section and pressed '60's, up popped a load of stuff connected with the offshore radio era. Great stuff - especially if your a Radio London fan like me.

http://www.bigl.co.uk/

I see 'OUAT' has overtaken us again, but both these pages are slowing down. I wonder if either thread will make it to 500?

I like this thread, as Alan Roberts said - and I think you did too - it's like a 'chatroom' in a way.

Wow it's so hot in here, that's the trouble with having the computer in the bedroom. I think I'll install a ceiling fan in here.

So how long are you in Scotland for? You may have already said but I can't be bothered to sift through the last few postings!

Anyway, I'm gonna have a look around the forums - hopefully you'll add a few postings 'afore ye go' to Scotland.

Cheers,

Chirpy.

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Hi Chirpy,

Just you and me tonight it seems.

Thats the nice thing about not having kids - one of the spare bedrooms is my "studio" where I keep the computer and all my audio equipment.

But it's ~hot~.

Ah well, I have to be up before 06:00 tomorrow for my trip to Cardiff for the day.

Then Tuesday to Glasgow - and Wednesday.

Thursday Leeds, Friday Brum, and home for the weekend.

But now - time for the Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .

John

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John, enjoy your week and hopefully we'll hear from you at the weekend...

So I guess it's just me then...
"Hello, anyone around?"

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Yep, I'm here, back from a super weekend off. We took my new car to Northants just for the hell of it, ended up at Barnsdale, Geoff Hamilton's TV gardens. Wonderful, but very hot and somewhat overshadowed by an air show at Cottesmore. And I was most taken by how quiet and pretty the villages are.

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Hi Alan, I've just posted a load of Radio Caroline North stuff for you on the 'Oh deary me...' page.

There's some Kenny Everett stuff and miscellaneous (?) offshore goodies there too.

Chirpy.

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hi all, yes its hot down here in devon as well,been away a lot with the cars so hope to have some shorter working days this wk and see the little ones,I had lovely break the other night.I came back with the artic,shoved the rig in the work shops and de hithched the trailer,and off home,I had to leave with the tractor unit at 7 for a 2 hour drive and park up for 6 hours,so seing how warm and nice it was I grabed me fishing rods fired down to my local spot had a few hours fishing,caught a couple of skate,and slept during my 6 hour park up,very nice.see you all in the wk,pete.

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Peter, you describe yourself as a " race mechanic", clearly cars or bikes. Which is it and what sort? I'm curious.

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Hi All,

I`ve had a lovely week-end, some friends from Worthing came to visit us, met them in Italy a few years ago, got friendly because we both had camcorders, and have been friends ever since.

It`s a wonderful world this video thing.

We make friends on holiday that we see, and also make friends on forums such as this which we don`t see.

Well I will have to sign off, I`m going out to do some filming with the video club, see you all later.

Dave