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From: Tony Houghton on 25 Dec 2008 19:50 On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:34:48 +0000 Ian Rawlings <news06(a)tarcus.org.uk> wrote: > On 2008-12-25, Tony Houghton <h(a)realh.co.uk> wrote: > > > Are you any relation to Alan Sugar? > > No, fat enough but no beard! Just checked out your Lotsu pictures. Aren't you supposed to rebuild engines in the kitchen rather than buy a new house? -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
From: Ian Rawlings on 26 Dec 2008 03:57 On 2008-12-26, Tony Houghton <h(a)realh.co.uk> wrote: > Just checked out your Lotsu pictures. Aren't you supposed to rebuild > engines in the kitchen rather than buy a new house? Not in the kitchen as the kitchen's too dirty, but I did finally find out what oven cleaner is for, cleaning pistons! Ovens are for heating car parts to expand them to get bearings in, useful places kitchens. -- Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! http://youtube.com/user/tarcus69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarcus/sets/
From: Stephen Ward on 26 Dec 2008 04:51 On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:14:59 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:08:23 +0000 > Owain <owain47125(a)stirlingcity.coo.uk> wrote: > >> Justin C wrote: >> > Luxury! We used *dream* of having 3583 bytes free... >> >> Luxury! We used to dream of having 3583 bytes ... > > A dream compared to running Vista in 3583 million bytes. **Now that wins the award of post of the year 2008.** You have won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (RRP $500, Actual Price $worthless) -- .. . .
From: Gordon Henderson on 26 Dec 2008 05:16
In article <slrngl82dp.jhj.news06(a)desktop.tarcus.org.uk>, Ian Rawlings <news06(a)tarcus.org.uk> wrote: >On 2008-12-25, Stephen Ward ><stephen.usenet.ward(a)wibblywobblyteapot.co.uk> wrote: > >> Who needs the web anyway. I remember when it was all fields here and >> there were only 3583 bytes free. > >I still remember dismissing Mosaic as a flash-in-the-pan and being >confident that the web wouldn't catch on.. Just as we were getting the hang of this new fangled gopher thing... Gordon |