Would you like a T-shirt with that on it?

Firstly, probably not!

Secondly, I doubt that I'd wear it if I did own one.

Thirdly, it would need to be rather large!

I do have mathematical-themed ties, but they tend to be rather discreet, restrained affairs; likewise those of a musical disposition.

Again, the advantage of living in this part of the country is that I should be sufficiently far away from Sol's concert, not to have to hear it!

Haha, I think I must have the most wildly eclectic tastes in music going. I'm sure I'll get into it and go nuts when the time comes!

My conservative tastes would be sufficiently narrow to leave substantial gaps either side when passing through the eye of a needle!

I think I might be able to challenge you on that one Sol...

Ohhh, I wish I was going!! I adore Slayer, hope you have fun Sol

The place is going to go absolutely nuts if they play Seasons in the Abyss, Raining Blood & Black Magic! I think they've done a couple of gigs up North lately too?



Have you ever heard S.O.D. Live at Budokan? That has to be the most awesome CD in my collection metal-wise! Must say I mostly listen to Classical, Nu-Metal (Breaking Benjamin style stuff) or lighter rock (eg: Paul Weller) these days though!

I think they may have done, I think I was away at the time though and I hadn't heard of them before, I shall have to listen to them further!

What an awesome projector show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb6k-8hhGQ8

Excellent

I'm liking this rain right now

And I thought the pot-holes were bad in Hertfordshire:



Full story here

Oh my goodness, how awful!

I hope no one fell in, but right at the junction, surely not everyone escaped!
I agree about potholes in Hertfordshire, we were near you in Sawbridgeworth for the weekend, and the roads are atrocious.

Sandworms? (sorry, I'm a Dune fan! )

My commute, as you probably know, takes me from where I live in Hertfordshire, to where I work in Essex.
There is quite literally a line across the road - where Essex tarmac'd up to the border. And the Essex roads are just brilliant. They get potholes, of course, but they get filled with a nice level filling and fully resurfaced when that's necessary.
Hertfordshire is just rubbish. The bit between Harlow and Sawbo I don't think was ever done properly, the top layer of the tarmac doesn't reach the curb on either side and it is just nightmare for riding. Where potholes are filled, they are still with a dip, or in one or two cases over-filled and become a lump. Drains are patched around, when the patch fails it is re-patched, and re-patched, and re-patched...just dreadful stuff!

Why on my laptop, when I move the cursor around, do I get a google search 'rectangle' opening up, providing a translation of what it's pointing at, into Italian/Spanish?

Anyone any ideas? How do I get rid of it?

It's boiling!!

Well I guess we live in very different places - I'm tucked up with a fluffy dressing gown and socks!

Swap you I'm not a fan of the hot weather-I'm virtually cold blooded, and I prefer the weather as such too!

No idea, but have Spanish, and I rather like it

Lindsay Lohan did a cover of Stevie Nicks' Edge Of Seventeen. I actually think I'm going to cry!

I had this last week. I managed to get rid of it, but I can't remember how! Sorry!

Fortunately, I too managed to get rid of it, when a box opened up allowing me to choose not to receive immediate translation of what the cursor was pointing at. Nor have i been able successfully to find that box again. Ho hum.

I think it's lovely - I enjoyed my lunch on the roof in the sun!

Well I feel all dizzy from the sun.

Thanks for letting me know - now I can make sure I avoid it

Maizie, it's horrific-nothing like destroying a good song!

Who is Lindsay Lohan? Who is Stevie Nicks?

My ignorance knows no bounds!

You should be relieved that you don't know who Lindsay Lohan is, but Stevie Nicks?! little blonde singer from Fleetwood Mac?

What... "Thunder only happens when it's raining...." .... or is that just a Rumour?

That's the one! I knew you couldn't not know who she was

Discos crisps were on offer - I haven't seen them since I was a nipper!

Immediately found myself singing (in my head):

We're Discos, we're Discos
We're KP Discos,
We're different, we're rounder,
Will you take a look?!
We're Discos, we're Discos
We're KP Discos,
And we taste as different as we look!

Most people my age are complaining that their going to fail their exams because of Facebook...if I fail mine, I think it'll be cause I spent too much on the AB forum!

You could always claim that you were revising by asking questions of forum members - I'm sure that I've given maths advice somewhere!

There is a PhD thread available after all!

It's in the same league as World of Warcraft as far as being a timesink is concerned. I still refuse to join, despite constant badgering by friends.

It's also annoying when you get talking to people on a night out and they say "I'll give you a shout, are you on Facebook?" - what's wrong with a phone call or a text... or am I just a neo-luddite?

you're not missing out on anything special, Solari-I have it, but it's abit pointless really-it's a good way of keeping up with my cousins who live in Liverpool as I can see family photos etc. but beyond that, it's a tad pointless and time-consuming-yet there's nothing to do on it!

This time last year my land-line phone on my desk went dead (I don't have a mobile phone). I didn't know that this was the case, for the dialling tone was still present when I lifted the receiver (presumably out-going calls were possible). My sister emailed me, to tell me that my Mum was concerned that she had rung me several times over a period of a week or so, with no reply.

It seemed to me like an ideal state of affairs!

I did get it sorted though, online.

I noticed that I typo'd "timesink" into "timeskink"... Is that some sort of time-travelling lizard? Perhaps we'll see one in Dr.Who at some point!

I did actually notice that, but figured it was some sort of weird technical jargon I didn't understand

Who ever said British workmen never turn up on time and are always late??!
They said they would turn up at 8am today and they all turned up at 6.45am!!!
I'd just got out of the shower and hadn't even started getting ready for work
Well I'm not complaining...I'd rather them come early than late!!!
I'll just have to make sure I wake up REALLY early for the next few days!!

My thoughts precisely!

We had a professor of Computer Science whose surname was 'Niblett', which sounded appropriate for some or other computer component!

Say "No. Send me a letter".

Haha! Would that be by carrier pigeon?

I wouldn't go that far, hence the term "neo-luddite". I embrace technology, I just don't feel that some of it is necessary, or even beneficial. *sigh*

Now, I like satsumas .... and I like Mars Bar Icecreams .... but which one is better?

There's only one way to find out ........ F-I-G-H-T!!

I had a Mars Bar ice cream for the first time the other day-far too sickly for me, my dad ended up finishing it off!

Yes, they are an acquired taste and probably a few calories more than the satsuma I mentioned.

I wonder which one won?

Sheesh, it's quarter past twelve!

Do ants go to sleep?



I merely ask because, when I returned from my food-shopping, there were just a few ants milliing around my door-step and I wondered whether the rest were having a lie-in?