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OriginalGriff wrote: trebuchet
french for The Bucket right? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: I wonder how many Americans have any idea what a trebuchet is?
I'd guess the majority, it's a weapon after all.
I saw a punkin chunkin/[^] contest on tv a while ago, and is planning how to convince the government to vacate in the US this november.
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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OriginalGriff wrote: wonder how many Americans have any idea what a trebuchet is
Any who would frequent this site.
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I would think anyone at my school would know, considering we have at least 2 annual trebuchet competitions. My phone on the other hand, apparently has no idea the word even exists...
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I only know what it is from playing Age of Empires 2.
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You'll take my trebuchet when you can pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I'm sure they can mangonel their guesses 
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I think I've found the ideal babysitter[^].
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I have passed that on!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Somehow I feel she may well veto that one. 
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I'd like to veto her
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Never work for you as she is only available outside of pub hours.
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Pretzel M&Ms are just odd. Extremely odd.
Can't make up my mind whether I like them or not. Maybe once I get through this 1.134 Kg bag of them I will have a definitive answer.
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After that many I think the answer will be 'No'.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Barely made a dent in them and feeling  already...Think I will give them to the kids.
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I once had the same problem with a plate of home-made rich chocolate brownies. After I'd decided, yes I do like them there were none left so I had to make a second batch. This necessitated the need to check if I liked them as they were indeed a different mixture. Ali would have been proud.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: This necessitated the need to check if I liked them as they were indeed a different mixture
And how did you feel about this batch?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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They were all just grand.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Send them to me I'll do the research and get back to you.
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One month from now an asteroid called 2012DA14 (Catchy name!) will sweep past the Earth.
It will not just be within the orbit of the Moon, but actually within the Geosynchronous Orbit of our satellites.
This is close. This is REALLY close.
In astronomical terms it is defined as 'A Close Shave'.
See Here[^]
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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hmmmm, wasnt there another of these recently (depends on 'how close' I guess) ?
thanks for the link anyway DD
'g'
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Why dont we shoot Felix Baumgartner up in the sky sponsored by RedBull
I mean he could easily ride that thing
Would probably watch this
is this a signature ?
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Just steer clear of any fast-growing plants for a month or two afterward.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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A close shave? Send up Wallace and Gromit - they should still have the rocket from "A Grand Day Out"
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Transvestites - Roberts in Disguise!
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Just one miscalculation in its mass away from hitting us.
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Some years ago, I dropped a slice of buttered toast, and it landed buttered side up, which caused deep concern for the stability of the universe. However, after serious study by scientific, philosophical and religious bodies, it was established that I had, in fact, buttered the toast on the wrong side, and therefore all was still well with the world.
This latest incident, however, is far more sinister. No explanation exists to clarify the situation, no scenario, either rational or irrational can be envisaged to account for the phenomenon. I will present the details forthwith.
On Saturday, for the third time, the electric kettle melted the wall plug into which it was inserted and therefore needs repair or replacement. My wife got out the purchase documentation and we found – wait for it – the original three year guarantee does not expire until 27th January 2013. Not 27th December 2012, or any other date, but a date sufficiently in the future to be still valid.
If anyone here can offer a suitable explanation for this break-down of universal laws, please let me know. In the meantime, I am busy stocking up on food, drink, and fuel, on the basis that the Mayans were just a month too soon.
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Perhaps the discovery of the Large Quasar Group[^] has altered the structure of the universe and so such laws no longer apply.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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I guess you must be right - when the Cosmological Principle went tits-up, whatever could happen, did happen.
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That "discovery" made I laugh. Talk about castles in the air. It's about as valid as ley lines.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When you take the "expected Mayan warranty offset" into account, you see that all is well with the world. What happened was that companies used to offer warranties that would be guaranteed to expire before the product dissolved in a rancid heap - however, with the approach of the Mayan crapocralypse, savvy companies realised that they didn't have to worry about the real product end date anymore, so they became lax about putting the self-destruct into the consumables. This means that they are now apocalypsing themselves because they've just realised that a whole bunch of equipment will now break inside the warranty period - something they had assumed would be taken care of by the end of the world fire sale.
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Thank you for that most lucid explanation, now I can relax a little. 
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There's no real mystery here...
The small print on the warranty will showne plug isn't covered, and the manufacturer is now out of business.
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I have no worries on either of those scores, as the shop we got it from is still open and doing business, and - a much more important point - my wife is going to take the kettle in to make the claim. I almost fel sorry for the shop already!
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Chris C-B wrote: almost fel sorry for the shop already!
LOL
I know what you mean; My son gets embarrassed when I 'make a fuss' in a shop and I always tell him to look on the bright side - at least it's not his mother making the fuss!
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There was this gigantic recall operation on electric tea kettles a couple of years ago, after the manufacturers found out that a conspiracy of irate electronic engineers had manipulated the wiring schemata so the devices would fail while still within the warranty period.
After a careful re-engineering, the devices are now guaranteed to fail exactly one day after the warranty expires. By some strange incident your device was missed by the ninja "Collection And Replacement Squad", which was sent out to silently replace units that were not turned in by their owners in the recall operation.
Hope I could clarify this issue!
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Please read the :Bruce Willis on Standby" thread above, I believe there are gravitational constants involved here and stocking up on food would only be valid if you are in a mountain stronghold.
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I left the office at 1830 on Friday. Just before I left I switched off a piece of equipment I had been using, but would normally have left powered up. I thought, "I won't need remote access to this during the weekend so I'll turn it off; no point in leaving an unnecessary fire risk."
At 2100 on Friday another piece of equipment on the floor above caught fire and burned out a significant part of the building. My office is undamaged except that the floor got very wet and dirty as a result of the firefighting efforts. I'm out of the office for the rest of this week, visiting a customer in another country.
Maybe there's some kind of cosmic connection??
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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Speaking of warranties; last summer my Microwave died. I pulled out my receipt and warranty; it had expired five days previous. I cursed. And then noticed that I'd bought the appliance with American Express, which has an extended warranty program. I logged in, filled out the forms and within two weeks got my money back.
Unfortunately, I paid cash for my used washing machine. It died a month ago.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Speaking of warranties; last summer my Microwave died. I pulled out my receipt
and warranty; it had expired five days previous. I cursed.
At least you have the comfort of knowing that the universe was working perfectly normally at the time!
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You ef-er! That's why my dishwasher brokedown! Just outside the warranty period! You stole my warranty! Damn you!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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That may be, that may very well be. It would certainly fit into the universal laws of energy warranty conservation. Gain it here, loose it there.
I do have to say, however, that my dishwasher is working perfectly, albeit without guarantee. I find that preventative maintenance consisting of nice fillets of fish, fresh vegetables, sufficient good wine, and the occasional glass of scotch, all interspersed with plenty of exercise, has kept it working now for over thirty years.
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Movie Quote Of The Day
I'm the guy who's telling you the way it is.
Which movie?
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The Madonna Story
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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"Some Like It Hot 2 - The Chronicles Of Chili"
(yes|no|maybe)*
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ha ha good one. have a virtual 5.
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(yes|no|maybe)*
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Paris Hilton - The Syphilis Years
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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1997 to 2033?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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