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  • H hairy_hats

    Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days? Two bites and it's gone. I feel robbed. Wagon Wheels? Maybe on a wagon fit for a Borrower. And what happened to if-you-like-a-lot-of-chocolate-on-your-biscuit-join-our-Clubs? Now it looks like a molecule-thin layer deposited in a vacuum chamber. :sigh: (Edited for grammar.)

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    Dalek Dave
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    Something else you don't see around these days, but which were common in my youth was the Spaz Chariot.[^]

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      Something else you don't see around these days, but which were common in my youth was the Spaz Chariot.[^]

      ------------------------------------ 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[^] Trolls[^]

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      Rubbish, you see them all the time in London[^].


      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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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        Rubbish, you see them all the time in London[^].


        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 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[^] Trolls[^]

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          I really miss the old fashioned little paper bag with a 1/4 of licorice torpedoes but no green ones thank-you very much as they give me wind but the red and blue ones are great.


          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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          Pete OHanlon
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          I got some a few weeks ago. My kids love them.

          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

          "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            I got some a few weeks ago. My kids love them.

            Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

            "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

            I got some a few weeks ago. My kids love them.

            Does. Not. Compute. :-D


            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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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

              I got some a few weeks ago. My kids love them.

              Does. Not. Compute. :-D


              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:

              Does. Not. Compute.

              Of course it does. Any parent knows that if they buy any form of sweet, their children will appropriate them for themselves.

              Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

              "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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              • P Pete OHanlon

                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                Does. Not. Compute.

                Of course it does. Any parent knows that if they buy any form of sweet, their children will appropriate them for themselves.

                Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                You take sweets of that quality near your kids? Licorice has an 8 minute half life with me. :laugh:


                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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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  You take sweets of that quality near your kids? Licorice has an 8 minute half life with me. :laugh:


                  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:

                  Licorice has an 8 minute half life with me.

                  And the trips to the toilet caused by scoffing that much licorice has an 8 day half life.

                  Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                  "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                  • H hairy_hats

                    Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days? Two bites and it's gone. I feel robbed. Wagon Wheels? Maybe on a wagon fit for a Borrower. And what happened to if-you-like-a-lot-of-chocolate-on-your-biscuit-join-our-Clubs? Now it looks like a molecule-thin layer deposited in a vacuum chamber. :sigh: (Edited for grammar.)

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                    viaducting wrote:

                    How Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days?

                    To me, being across the pond, after I read that I was hesitant to Google Penguin biscuits lest I set off the corporate site blocker. But curiosity prevailed, thank goodness, another awful image purged from my mind. :laugh:

                    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                      viaducting wrote:

                      How Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days?

                      To me, being across the pond, after I read that I was hesitant to Google Penguin biscuits lest I set off the corporate site blocker. But curiosity prevailed, thank goodness, another awful image purged from my mind. :laugh:

                      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                      The slogan of P-P-P-Pick up a Penguin could have taken a whole new meaning there.

                      Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                      "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                      • P Pete OHanlon

                        The slogan of P-P-P-Pick up a Penguin could have taken a whole new meaning there.

                        Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                        "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                        :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That would explain the stutter.

                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                        • S S Houghtelin

                          viaducting wrote:

                          How Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days?

                          To me, being across the pond, after I read that I was hesitant to Google Penguin biscuits lest I set off the corporate site blocker. But curiosity prevailed, thank goodness, another awful image purged from my mind. :laugh:

                          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                          hairy_hats
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                          S Houghtelin wrote:

                          viaducting wrote:

                          How Have

                          Darnit! :D

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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                            Licorice has an 8 minute half life with me.

                            And the trips to the toilet caused by scoffing that much licorice has an 8 day half life.

                            Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                            "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                            hairy_hats
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                            Liquorice gives you a good run for your money.

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                            • H hairy_hats

                              S Houghtelin wrote:

                              viaducting wrote:

                              How Have

                              Darnit! :D

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                              S Houghtelin
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                              You're probably like me, my brain is several words ahead of my typing. Without the red squigglies I'd end up looking like a bad typist. (Hunt and peck typist that I am.) :)

                              It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                              • H hairy_hats

                                Have you seen how small Penguin biscuits are these days? Two bites and it's gone. I feel robbed. Wagon Wheels? Maybe on a wagon fit for a Borrower. And what happened to if-you-like-a-lot-of-chocolate-on-your-biscuit-join-our-Clubs? Now it looks like a molecule-thin layer deposited in a vacuum chamber. :sigh: (Edited for grammar.)

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                                Gregory Gadow
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                                I remember the day (granted, when I was five) when an apple required two hands to hold and half an hour to eat; now, they are small and can be finished in about 5 minutes. One of the reasons getting old sucks is that we still remember when the world seemed big and shiny and new.

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                                • P Pete OHanlon

                                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                  Does. Not. Compute.

                                  Of course it does. Any parent knows that if they buy any form of sweet, their children will appropriate them for themselves.

                                  Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

                                  "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier - my favourite utility

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                                  Ben Breeg
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                                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                  Of course it does. Any parent knows that if they buy any form of sweet, their children will appropriate them for themselves.

                                  I can vouch for that. I never get to see any of the chocolate/sweets that enter out house. :sigh:

                                  Why can't I find a signature that I can stick with? Are they all gone?

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                                    I remember the day (granted, when I was five) when an apple required two hands to hold and half an hour to eat; now, they are small and can be finished in about 5 minutes. One of the reasons getting old sucks is that we still remember when the world seemed big and shiny and new.

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                                    Gregory.Gadow wrote:

                                    ne of the reasons getting old sucks is that we still remember when the world seemed big and shiny and new.

                                    And more pleasant.

                                    Why can't I find a signature that I can stick with? Are they all gone?

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