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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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How many people are ringing?  Stop ringing!  Oh bloody hell! This is getting embarrassing  Right - who's cocked up and what did they do?  Idiots  _________________Jim
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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It actually wasn't nicked. My tax is in situ and valid and correct. It's all to do with the bloody STUPID OLYMPICS (long story)! Safe to say letters fired off to council and the local MP this morning. I feel much better now  _________________Still the official cheeky one 
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
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Location: Middle Earth
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  Two years as a minimum design, but in reality that figure is based on funding. If the performance of Curiosity and the data it provides are positive then no doubt it will continue for many years. Unlike the other rovers it is powered from the heat produced by nuclear decay of a Plutonium source, rather than solar power. The source is designed to last for 14 years. If it didn't hang around for science or be affected by terrain, Curiosity would be able to cover over 11,000km in that time, over half of a circumnavigation of Mars.
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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oceanicitl
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Aww he's like a little Wall-E _________________Still the official cheeky one
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EddArmitage
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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If you want to hire me as a contractor for that very purpose I feel I have just the skills that you're looking for.
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oceanicitl
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I'd hire you if I had that power Edd. Unfortunately I am a lowly telecoms engineer. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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I hate to steal JL's thunder, but I believe that's a Black Adder quote. Series 3, if memory serves. EDIT : No, Series 2 - Money. Possibly the second greatest half hour in British comedy, only surpassed by the episode that followed it. Jon
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm
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Jon is indeed quite correct, it is shamelessly lifted straight from Blackadder. It's a series littered with excellent phrases for dropping into converstations.
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HeatherKay
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Location: Here, but not all there.
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Excellent! It'll still find its way into my vocab, I think. _________________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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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I can't follow this thread to see what you're all talking about as whatever heather quoted that was said earlier was miles back and tapatalk only gives you one quote. But based on the last couple of posts, I'd like to say, "I am the baby eating bishop of bath and wells."
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jonlumb
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I had posted the line about 'needs must when the devil vomits in your kettle' in the FPOTD thread.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Bishop of Bath and Wells: You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the church?!
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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No wonder I couldn't find it!. My parents gave me a black adder video as a stocking filler when I was about 10. It was blackadder "money, beer and chains" all I remember when I opened it was the big 15 designation on it. I don't think they'd seen blackadder before, I certainly hadn't.
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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And £8 later, one fixed tyre... _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Get the ibuprofen gel. I bought the Superdrug own one which was really good. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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