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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 3838 Location: Here Abouts
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It wasn't a funeral, it was a memorial service and was a celebration of his life. People were dancing and singing all the way through it so it's a total non-story! The tale behind it is here: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post%2FSelfie
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:50 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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There was never any point to Facebook. There is no point to Facebook. It's just there. 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:24 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Like any of the other 'social' sites, really. It's still pretty useful for me. #1 - It's not Google. #2 - I'm currently coordinating a short film with people and it's really handy rather than checking emails etc. #3 - I'm cripplingly lazy when it comes to dates, so being reminded of events and birthdays is a big plus. #4 - See #1.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:36 pm |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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It's also easier then using emails to keep in touch with family, especially those who live abroad.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:02 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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I find email much easier. I've had my appointments in my calendar for years and my pc or phone always chimed to let me know... When I was on Facebook, i'd check it about once a month, whilst I get push notification from email.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:55 pm |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Sure, it does work for some people. I think it depends on what you use it for. As far as I'm concerned, I left Facebook a couple of years ago and didn't miss it. I'm only back there because, like Royston Vasey, "you'll never leave" and I've started a business page (finding my supposedly deleted profile still intact  ). I've futzed around with Google+, but I fell out of love with it like Facebook. It's still a million light years better than FB, because I've made new friends there which I'd never have found on FB. It's also better at the interaction stuff, too. If social media is all about getting together and organising stuff, then it's not working for me very well. 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:52 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Sister-in-law fail
'Got a card today saying, Dear Sarah, Lev, James and baby'
He's 15 months old for [LIFTED] sake. How hard would it be to phone your mother and ask his name if you wanted to send a card? Silly bitch.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:22 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Amazon fail
Sent us the correct parcel, but put someone elses invoice in it. That means someone has ours.
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:25 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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I lost my gym card. Last visited gym on Tues. Put card into wallet and then didn't notice until Weds lunch time when I went to sort out a cheque that had been written last year and I'd forgotten to cash. I would normally have gone to gym yesterday but didn't so planned to go today. Stopped off at the local petrol station which is where I stopped on Weds morn. No sign of a card. Already rang gym and not handed in. So planned to go straight to gym but realised on the way that I'd left my bag at home (when i was searching for said card) and forgot to put it back.
Wasted journey and wasted time.
Debating now whether to go to gym or do the 101 things that need doing around the house. Will go tomorrow anyway.
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:18 am |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Child abuse victims walk out of hearing after lawyer quotes Bible http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/d ... s-walk-outStaggering, just staggering.
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Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:09 pm |
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:13 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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If it had been followed by the sentence "We completely failed in this area" or words to that effect, then I'd have said it would have been appropriate I think, even if not what that part of the hearing was about. However, whilst not expressly stated in the article, it would very much appear that this was not the tone taken with that passage.
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Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:36 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Two can play at that game, Mr Gray.  |  |  |  | Quote: The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep. You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the injured, you have not brought back the strayed, you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and scattered, they became food for all the wild animals. My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with no one to search or seek for them.
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: As I live, says the Lord God, because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild animals, since there was no shepherd; and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep; therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, I am against the shepherds; and I will demand my sheep at their hand, and put a stop to their feeding the sheep; no longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, so that they may not be food for them. Ezekiel 34: 1-10 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  | Quote: Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgement on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. You say,* ‘We know that God’s judgement on those who do such things is in accordance with truth.’ Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgement of God? Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgement will be revealed. For he will repay according to each one’s deeds: to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life; while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. Romans 2: 1-8 |  |  |  |  |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:22 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Double fail. She just sent a thankyou card. This time she got the youngest lad's name right but got the older one's wrong........ Even though that was the one she got right last time.
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