Lick Mars wrote:getting chewing gum spat on my skirt, and it won't come out so thats that ruined.

Put it in the freezer. The gum will harden, and should peel off. It worked a treat when I got some on one of my T-shirts. If that doesn't work, then try WD-40, which should shift it.

I've been mostly playing Guitar hero: Rocks the '80s of late. That and Manic miner (Fuse rocks!), and of course Angband (the greatest game of all time).

What the hell cd or recorded output did you get. If it was old stuff then ok, if it was Darkest Pinnacle of Light then infact you are crazy It was "Darkest pinnacle...". To be fair, I've only had one listen, and some tracks are better than others. Maybe it'll grow on me with repeated list...

Just finished Sean McMullen's "The miocene arrow".

Now reading "Backroom boys: the secret return of the British boffin" by Francis Spufford

Finding out that Honey For Christ, who were so outstanding at BOA this year, are actually quite mediocre when it comes to their recorded output :-(

jackcake wrote:Also my road tax bill. It's gone up by a fortune.

Tell me about it. 3 cars and a bike means a lot of money for me to shell out to the government each year...

I love looking in charity shops for books, can often find some real surprises. Try porn shops (yes, seriously). I used to make some amazing finds trawling through the shops in Soho. I don't know if it's still the case, but due to some strange licensing laws, many of them were only allowed to sell a...

Just started the Redemption of Althalus Not a bad book, but a bit predictable, like much of Eddings' work. I'm currently reading "Assassin's quest", the last part of Robin Hobbs' "Farseer triliogy". So far, it's OK, but not quite as good as the first two. I'll wait and see how i...

The fact that nobody in work at all remembers star fleet..... Heh. I still have the Brian May / Eddie Van Halen EP of the theme tune... What pissed me off today? Getting back from holiday to find a £13,000 bill from the Inland Revenue. I simply don't have the energy to look into why they think I o...

The fact that in a few short hours, I will be on a plane heading to Sweden.

I rang up last Monday to ask (politely) where the hell my replacement card was and got told it should arrive by the "end of the week. " Just curious... that wouldn't happen to be with Abbey National would it? My girlfriend's having exactly the same problem with them at the moment. Her las...

spook1957 wrote:Well seriously long term relationship....30 years last March

...and I thought I was going to be the longest around here. 18 years for me.

Oh, and what pissed me off today? Getting home from work to find some git had driven into the side of my car. Naturally, they didn't stop to leave their insurance details... :-(

Its coincidence if a negative post happens to disappear. Yes, it could be coincidence that the majority of posts that seem to disappear are the ones criticising Bloodstock, but every time we just get an apology about it being a server problem, and a big thumbs up from the webmaster, claiming it's a...

Being blamed for something that wasn't my fault... by the person who was really at fault :-(