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Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: January 26, 2003 11:53AM
<HTML>Just to say I won't be around till Tuesday night or possibly Wednesday morning. I am going to Banbury to learn how to fit bras.
All tasteless jokes on this subject should be put in a clearly labelled thread so I can avoid it and won't be shocked. Yes, Ben, this means you... ;-)</HTML>
All tasteless jokes on this subject should be put in a clearly labelled thread so I can avoid it and won't be shocked. Yes, Ben, this means you... ;-)</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: January 26, 2003 01:28PM
<HTML>Damn, and I was just about to make a joke about Banbury buns....</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 26, 2003 04:28PM
<HTML>I'll post this here since it's as good as anywhere else and I can't think of anything funny to say about either Banbury or lingerie. (Getting married removes all the romance from ladies' underthings, believe you me).
Yesterday we went to Manchester and staged a hit and run raid on the bookshops, with the aim of amassing enough material to keep me from boredom during 2 weeks convalescence. I ended up with;
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Shirley, Charlotte Bronte
Stalingrad, Anthony Beevor
Rasputin, Edvard Radzinsky
The Good Pub Guide 2003
The Good Beer Guide 2003
The Good Fiction Guide
The P G Wodehouse Companion and
Always Next Year 4 (about football)
Is that enough, do you think?</HTML>
Yesterday we went to Manchester and staged a hit and run raid on the bookshops, with the aim of amassing enough material to keep me from boredom during 2 weeks convalescence. I ended up with;
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Shirley, Charlotte Bronte
Stalingrad, Anthony Beevor
Rasputin, Edvard Radzinsky
The Good Pub Guide 2003
The Good Beer Guide 2003
The Good Fiction Guide
The P G Wodehouse Companion and
Always Next Year 4 (about football)
Is that enough, do you think?</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: January 26, 2003 05:13PM
<HTML>Good Pub Guide? That's not a guide - it's a hit-list...
I reckon that pile ought to keep you going for at least the first couple of days...</HTML>
I reckon that pile ought to keep you going for at least the first couple of days...</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 26, 2003 05:23PM
<HTML>That's what I thought .... and as for using the GPG and the GBG as a hit-list, the first day I'm allowed out is my birthday. We're going on a pub crawl round the Peak District.
(and oh yes ... I could hear cheers coming from over the hill yesterday ... Rochdale direction, I think.)</HTML>
(and oh yes ... I could hear cheers coming from over the hill yesterday ... Rochdale direction, I think.)</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: January 26, 2003 06:34PM
<HTML>Jon, I just hope your 'puter is upstairs. We'd hate to miss you for two whole weeks!</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: January 26, 2003 06:35PM
<HTML>Oh, and Sarah, have fun...what about Minsky, et al? Taking them with or did you get a kitty sitter?</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 26, 2003 08:52PM
<HTML>Well of course the PC is upstairs. Also a TV, VCR, and stereo. One doesn't wish to lose touch with all the benefits of civilisation, y'know.</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: January 26, 2003 09:37PM
<HTML>Rochdale need the TV fees more than we do, so as an act of charity we played even worse than our usual standard...</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: January 29, 2003 09:59PM
<HTML>It's all right - David very kindly looked after the cats for me. At least, that's how I see it. The way Minsky sees it is that David looked after the rest of the cats, and Minsky looked after David.
I had a great time (but am still very tired), and am now a qualified fitter of both bras and corsets. I bet I'm the only one of <i>those</i> on the Fforum!</HTML>
I had a great time (but am still very tired), and am now a qualified fitter of both bras and corsets. I bet I'm the only one of <i>those</i> on the Fforum!</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 29, 2003 10:02PM
<HTML>Welcome back ...you come, I go; shall be off a little while ... there are those who have the knives out for me. Fortunately they're called 'surgeons'.
And yes you probably have that unique distinction ..... removers of said items, now, that's another story ....</HTML>
And yes you probably have that unique distinction ..... removers of said items, now, that's another story ....</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: January 29, 2003 10:08PM
<HTML>All the best with the operation. I noticed your book list in another thread; oddly enough, I've very recently bought <i>Middlemarch</i> too. I shall be reading it as soon as I've finished all the Jane Austen in my possession - the only one of hers I currently lack is <i>Mansfield Park,</i> and it shouldn't be very long before I have a copy.
Minsky sends a very large purr. He feels you need it right now.</HTML>
Minsky sends a very large purr. He feels you need it right now.</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 29, 2003 10:12PM
<HTML>Minsky would not be wrong.
{brummie accent}
Ta-ta for a bit, each.
{/brummie accent}</HTML>
{brummie accent}
Ta-ta for a bit, each.
{/brummie accent}</HTML>
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Magda (---.med.umich.edu)
Date: February 10, 2003 09:17PM
Hmmmm....I'm not qualified to fit corsets, but I have helped lace people into them. Elizabethan corsets, that is. Did I mention that I'm in a medieval and reniassance recreation group (albeit a very silly one)?
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: February 10, 2003 09:45PM
I noticed it on your site. For goodness' sake, don't lace them too tightly, will you? - but no, I'm sure you're far too sensible...
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: February 10, 2003 09:53PM
do you know I missed the corsets ... too busy ogling the cakes .... <diet><hungry></diet><still hungry>
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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: February 10, 2003 09:59PM
"Diet" is a dirty word, Jon. You have my deepest sympathies.
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Magda (---.med.umich.edu)
Date: February 10, 2003 10:15PM
The medieval stuff is on a separate (and rather out of date) section of the website. The cake page gets the most traffic (followed by the parrot page) so it gets updated the most often. Mind you, it needs a major revamping, but at least I add a new cake occassionally (most recently the Classic Pooh baby shower one). Need to get the better pics of the Chocolate wedding cake up though.......
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
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"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: February 10, 2003 11:19PM
I'm pretty experienced at getting people out of underwear. Does that count?
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Re: Away for a couple of days
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: February 11, 2003 11:43AM
No, Ben. And if your cold shower still isn't helping, then I despair. ;-)
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
(Llewelyn the dragon, Ozy and Millie)
Sarah
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