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It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 11:59AM

..... is it me?

*sniffs armpits*

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Taliesin (217.205.250.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 12:28PM

No sure its me, hooked on World of Warcraft so don't move :)

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (196.44.177.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 01:33PM

World of Warcraft! I so want to try a chance at that game but my PC won't let me run it! :(

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: January 10, 2007 01:50PM

Z-B, you must talk sternly to your PC. Remind it who owns who.

threaten it with Windows 3.1 unless it is a Mac, in which case threaten it with any version of the OS earlier than 9 or later than 10.1.

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 02:16PM

Z-B, if your PC truly needs to be chastised, I recommend threatening it with a full set of completely useless USB accessories such as a lava lamp, an oil burner, a nodding cat and other items that will totally embarass it in front of its mates.

It's the only way.

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (196.44.177.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 03:22PM

Hehehe! Tried all that! This computer owns itself! Mind of its own!

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 03:44PM

Maybe it's trying to protect you......

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (196.44.177.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 04:04PM

Possibly... only thing is... from what?? The game is addictive... I know that... perhaps it wants me to pass my exams! :P

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 04:19PM

that must be it.

It's trying to help.........

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.isnet.net)
Date: January 10, 2007 06:01PM

It won't matter. You can't get on from Rhodes anyway, the proxy won't let you through.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Zambezi_Bushbaby (196.44.177.---)
Date: January 10, 2007 06:27PM

Yeah. Oh well! Just have to get stuck into something else!

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"I've always believed that it would be up to the young people to save the Endangered Wildlife for the future." - George Adamson.

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: kaz (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: January 10, 2007 08:47PM

There are other Wowers out there? This place gets nerdier by the moment. :)

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 11, 2007 09:07AM

Um...I don't wow...... does that lower my nerd quotient? *worried*

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 09:35AM

No.

Living in Dublin gives you enough bonus points to make up the difference.

Any city which can boast The Book of Kells, an original copy of Principia Mathmatica and Sproutlore is o.k. by me.

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Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 11, 2007 09:48AM

Ah the Book of Kells. Pretty book, but the tourist experience?

Boring.

Very boring.

Really. Deeply. Boring!

Plus I think it was a bit nasty for Dublin to steal it from Kells - they could really use the tourist revenue!

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 10:20AM

I preferred it when it was in a case in the middle of the library, but will put up with the new experience rather than not see it at all.

Incidentally, when mrs SkidMarks and I recently visited Holy Island, The Lindisfarne Gospels have also been "experienced".

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Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 11, 2007 10:25AM

oh it's still in the glass case and they still turn a page every day. It's just the rest of the babble that's annoying.

The next time you come over you have to try the Ghost Bus. Now THAT is a fun touristy experience! :)

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.manc.cable.ntl.com)
Date: January 11, 2007 10:46AM

We hope to be over some time in April for a friend's birthday party.

We did see the "Experience" on our last visit and for anyone now worried about visiting the book I can confirm that it is still a must-see.

For those of you who are unlikely to make a journey to the book, you can see some illustrations here
[celtdigital.org]

or get a dvd-rom of the book here
[www.bookofkells.com]

although it is not the best sales site that I have ever come across!

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: xmorpheus (193.95.170.---)
Date: January 11, 2007 10:54AM

I guess growing up around it and being dragged on school trips to look at it kind of dulls your interest - sad really but there you go.

Everyone should see it once - just to say they did. After all, it's 2 billion years old and everything..... ;)

I still prefer the ghost bus though! :)

Re: It's all gone very quiet.....
Posted by: Taliesin (217.205.250.---)
Date: January 11, 2007 12:42PM

I'm stuck as a lvl22 Warrior, cannae do all the dodgy when against other players though so may have to change :)

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