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- Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:27 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Currently Reading....?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65631
Re: Currently Reading....?
The Hunger Games trilogy. (stop laughing in the back there) I don't really read teen fiction but MrsMuttley said it bore a resemblance to a short story I had written without even knowing what The Hunger Games was about. I read it and yes it easy to read with a touch of teen angst but overall I'm qu...
- Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How will our world look in 3013?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 13510
Re: How will our world look in 3013?
Well, how has the world changed since 1013? I think it'll be beyond comprehension if we were dropped straight into 3013, we'd have to look at it gradually. And that's if things go as they are now. Will there be another renaissance? A paradigm shift that changes the world as we know it, another age ...
- Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Movie Review Thread
- Replies: 1589
- Views: 810225
Re: The Movie Review Thread
Watched Amadeus yesterday. Originally a play by Perter Shaffer, Milos Forman has done an excellent job in turning it into a film. F. Murray Abraham plays Salieri, a hard working but mediocre composer driven mad by the arrival of a natural talent, Mozart, played by Tom Hulce. Its dark, its thoughtfu...
- Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tom Cruise
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8693
Re: Tom Cruise
All these people slating Far and Away. I saw it in the cinema and thoroughly enjoyed my visit to see it. Of course the cinema was pretty quiet and I was on a third/fourth date with my then GF. I may not have been giving the film my undivided attention. :D Fun Fact about it. If you recall the scene w...
- Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:30 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Official Gaming Thread
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 884440
Re: The Official Gaming Thread
Steam summer sale guys and gals. buy all those games you missed the first time around and then have enough to keep you going for months.
- Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Currently Reading....?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65631
Re: Currently Reading....?
The Hunger Games trilogy. (stop laughing in the back there) I don't really read teen fiction but MrsMuttley said it bore a resemblance to a short story I had written without even knowing what The Hunger Games was about. I read it and yes it easy to read with a touch of teen angst but overall I'm qu...
- Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:58 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Currently Reading....?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65631
Re: Currently Reading....?
The Hunger Games trilogy. (stop laughing in the back there) I don't really read teen fiction but MrsMuttley said it bore a resemblance to a short story I had written without even knowing what The Hunger Games was about. I read it and yes it easy to read with a touch of teen angst but overall I'm qui...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:50 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: What was your first car, what did you do to it that was naff
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15595
Re: What was your first car, what did you do to it that was
My first naff car came pre-naffed as it were. Not mine. This one is tidy and mine were all pretty rusty. http://www.blogcdn.com/cars.aol.co.uk/media/2011/10/ford-fiesta-xr2-1.jpg I had three of those things. There were about as much fun as you could have in a car for £400 back in the late 90's early...
- Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:08 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren chassis upgrades
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1120
McLaren chassis upgrades
Joking aside I want one of those dot com.
Re: Ugly Cars
http://static.zigwheels.com/media/content/2011/May/magicirisacezip_1_560x420.jpg That looks like the lovely individual child of My car http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/P5270011_Mitsubishi_Delica_Super_Exceed_(RLH).JPG/280px-P5270011_Mitsubishi_Delica_Super_Exceed_(RLH).JPG a...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:23 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Favourite Planes (aircraft)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14088
Re: Favourite Planes (aircraft)
Blinky McSquinty wrote: RAH-66 Comanche
Well doesn't that look like the product of a Sci-Fi film CGI department. I like it.
IMHO Helicopters look best when all aggressive and futuristic.
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Favourite Planes (aircraft)
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14088
Re: Favourite Planes (aircraft)
Add another vote for the Antonoc 225 from em too. just because it's such a monster. Fun fact. The wright brothers could have held their first flight inside the An-225 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/An-225_Mriya.jpg F14 Tomcat. A10 Warthog and I know it's not a plane but one for t...
Re: Ugly Cars
ladies and gents I present you the Pontiac Aztek http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/merismus/gallery/c440536a.jpg Ugly enough to make small children cry. And the Porsche Panamera http://photo.netcarshow.com/Porsche-Panamera_Diesel_2012_photo_01.jpg I'm not by nature a porsche hater but this just looks l...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:09 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Choice of Phone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5192
Re: Choice of Phone
Galaxy S3 for my day to day phone and an old HTC desire on PAYG for a spare/times when my phone has a higher risk of damage phone
- Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:01 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Currently Reading....?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65631
Re: Currently Reading....?
Macbeth. I often wonder at why some writers are popular and others not so. It seems similar to films, average plots and average writing produce best sellers such as the Jack Reacher novels (ironically a poorly selling film), while the better writers with skill and imagination don't sell as well. I ...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Movie Review Thread
- Replies: 1589
- Views: 810225
Re: The Movie Review Thread
Thanks for the reminder about Leon. Was unaware there was an extended cut and I think its time to watch that one again.
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:10 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Currently Reading....?
- Replies: 155
- Views: 65631
Re: Currently Reading....?
I am reading a collection of Roald Dhal short stories and when thats finished I have Sttep Approach to Garberdale it's one of only two Iain Banks books I havn't read yet. A real shame that I will only have three more of his books to read once his new book is out.
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:05 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Brake and Braked
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7701
Re: Brake and Braked
Please can people avoid using the words "Break" and "Broke" like something got damaged when the driver pressed the pedal? I know a lot of people on here are not native English speakers and their English is better than most of my attemps at foreign languages but I don't know if the rest of you are g...
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:24 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Celebrity Hit List
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12394
Re: Celebrity Hit List
I was disappointed by the content of the TV programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d09p5
Someone ought to make a programme with the same name that makes jokes about celebrities that do nothing worth while for their fame.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d09p5
Someone ought to make a programme with the same name that makes jokes about celebrities that do nothing worth while for their fame.
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Do you ever forget who you are?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5151
Re: Do you ever forget who you are?
I had to do this a few yaers ago. I was approaching forty and feeling a bit low about things. Then I reminded myself that I am very happily married live in flat I like a drive a car I love. It took me a bit of soul searching to realise that apart from the life of a rockstar/ lotto winner there was l...
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Done anything stupid recently?
- Replies: 279
- Views: 135597
Re: Done anything stupid recently?
Online games can be bad news when mixed with whisky. I used to play Eve Online which is a really unforgiving game when you're sober. I lost an absolute fortune one evening while flying drunk. took me three months to recover the losses back to where I was before that. Moral of the story. Leave the bo...
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:23 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Oscar Pistorius - Do You Think He is Innocent or Guilty?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 18031
Re: Oscar Pistorius - Do You Think He is Innocent or Guilty?
Purely on what i read in the press I would say he is guilty of murder. If not then as a bare minimum it's manslaughter. I don't personally buy the burglar story. Second rule of firearms safety is make sure your sights are on the target before you put your finger on the trigger. In other words don't ...
- Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:25 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Typical Blokes?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9898
Re: Typical Blokes?
Couldn't help that the most viewed topics are Pit Girls, Football thread and the Gaming thread. So which 2 could you do without I am very un typical in that I think football is the biggest waste of time possible. Not only that but if the violence associated with fans was involved in any other sport...
- Fri May 31, 2013 12:50 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: If you had won €81 million, your first purchase?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 15118
Re: If you had won €81 million, your first purchase?
Pay my debts then hire a big old castle in Scotland and invite all my family up for a massive family holiday all expenses paid. Then between the booking of the holiday and actually arriving there I would fly over to Stuttgart to pick up my new Porsche. I think I'll go for one of their more understat...
- Mon May 20, 2013 10:47 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Done anything stupid recently?
- Replies: 279
- Views: 135597
Re: Done anything stupid recently?
:blush: Ever done the knife in the 'ON' toaster dance. Yep, I'm that stupid I was repairing a guitar amp with it still plugged in to the mains once. Felt the jolt go up one arm and earth down the other with a massive cracking spark and a fair amount of pain and swearing afterwards. /edit: My wife h...
- Mon May 20, 2013 10:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Alcohol Prohibition
- Replies: 98
- Views: 20504
Re: Alcohol Prohibition
Problems with prescription drugs are only now starting to gather attention (I mean in the last 5 or so years). Yet substances like valium, xanax, painkillers are well-known to be addictive and cause physical and other problems. Remember Vioxx? A product lobbied for by the pharmaceutical companies, ...
- Mon May 20, 2013 10:03 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Alcohol Prohibition
- Replies: 98
- Views: 20504
Re: Alcohol Prohibition
Prohibition. A well tested and truely failed proposition. Like a couple of people have said. I like a drink but it is just 'a drink' not going out and getting absolutely rancid every weekend and more. Prohibition would stop me drinking but would do nothing for crime and health. I drink 1-3 units of ...
- Mon May 20, 2013 9:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: why is so much fuel being used in f1
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8188
Re: why is so much fuel being used in f1
If you ran an F1 motor at 2000 rpm and drove it to the shops and back it would get better fuel efficiency than any 2.8 litre car engine and most smaller engines.
- Thu May 16, 2013 5:31 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Will physical currency ever disappear?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5222
Re: Will physical currency ever disappear?
There will always be a need for a physical currency. Some transactions are just not going to happen with electronic and therefore traceable currency. These transactions may be illegal (e.g. Street drug sales and bribery) but that doesnt mean they dont happen. If governments abolish hard cash then so...
- Thu May 02, 2013 11:01 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Most annoying phrase on an add.
- Replies: 127
- Views: 32230
Re: Most annoying phrase on an add.
I'm with domdonald on this.
Womens beauty products "especially scienced by some scienetists." or "95% of women agree"
Womens beauty products "especially scienced by some scienetists." or "95% of women agree"
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Do you believe in premonitions ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7791
Re: Do you believe in premonitions ?
I thought you were out lol
Because there doesnt appear to be a logical explanation other than "there's a lot of stuff out there that science cant explain"
Because there doesnt appear to be a logical explanation other than "there's a lot of stuff out there that science cant explain"
- Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Do you believe in premonitions ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7791
Re: Do you believe in premonitions ?
I do hate premonitions. The logical part of my brain wants to say its all a load of mystic meg nonsense and yet I have seen premonitions in action a handful of times. My best premonition was a remarkably clear dream where my GF told me she was buying a car soon. She had no reason to buy a car. She l...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:06 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: When you die where do you go?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11634
Re: When you die where do you go?
You die and that's it as far as I can tell.
It's possible that you go onto some other place but there seems to be very little evidence for that.
It's possible that you go onto some other place but there seems to be very little evidence for that.
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: News Coverage of Tragic Events
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6321
Re: News Coverage of Tragic Events
I was watching the news last night and obviously the coverage was entirely devoted to the Boston tragedy. I absolutely agree that the events in Boston should be the top item of the news but in those hours before we all went to bed all the news presenters were saying was "Some explosions have happene...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:01 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Planet-F1 Photo Competition - April 2013
- Replies: 47
- Views: 17517
Re: Planet-F1 Photo Competition - April 2013
I love crayfish
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:57 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Positive Thread
- Replies: 351
- Views: 393590
Re: The Positive Thread
Not seen you around these parts for a while Nakojo.
Not really in to all that finding your self and so on. My recovery has been about standing up to some people who definitely needed it.
Not really in to all that finding your self and so on. My recovery has been about standing up to some people who definitely needed it.
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:44 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Fine Dining verses Home Cooking Thread
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3056
Re: Fine Dining verses Home Cooking Thread
I'm a bit of an amatuer chef at home and I've work in kitchens at various stages of my life. I once worked in an expensive hotel resturaunt where my job on Sunday morning was to salvage leftovers from the Saturday evening service to present to the blue rinse brigade who turned up every week for Sund...
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:36 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Chrismo's Dog House and Beer Garden
- Replies: 516
- Views: 471671
Re: Chrismo's Dog House and Beer Garden
My new medication doesnt mix with alcohol. I hope the coffee around here is good.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:30 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Joke Thread
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 626508
Re: The Joke Thread
Or "I got a beautiful husky last week but my boyfriend is allergic to it. so one of them has to go. Sensible offers accepted for either. "
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:06 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: North Korea - Suicide by country?
- Replies: 156
- Views: 33996
Re: North Korea - Suicide by country?
My biggest concern about NK is that even it's leaders don't really know how their military strength compares with the rest of the world. There is almost certainly a long line of advisers and military men from the sergeants in the barracks all the way up reporting what their superior officers want to...