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  • P PhilLenoir

    Oh well, they say opposite's attract. :confused: On that subject: Do you dust your mouse often?

    Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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    Yep. You'd be amazed how much nasty stuff gets in there...but it's an "upside down" mouse - a trackball that you work with your thumb. So a lot of sweat and skin cells and general dirt gets taken in with the ball, and needs to be cleaned out regularly or the movement gets jerky. I dust my keyboard as well - before you ask - with a small soft paintbrush to get between the keys. If you don't, try an experiment. Get a sheet of A3, and shake your keyboard upside down over it.... :laugh:

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      I take it her lawyer was standing right behind you...

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      Mike Hankey
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      With her and my lawyer pushing!

      New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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      • R Rob Philpott

        What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...

        Regards, Rob Philpott.

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        Lost User
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        Food, while living with my parents.

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Yep. You'd be amazed how much nasty stuff gets in there...but it's an "upside down" mouse - a trackball that you work with your thumb. So a lot of sweat and skin cells and general dirt gets taken in with the ball, and needs to be cleaned out regularly or the movement gets jerky. I dust my keyboard as well - before you ask - with a small soft paintbrush to get between the keys. If you don't, try an experiment. Get a sheet of A3, and shake your keyboard upside down over it.... :laugh:

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          PhilLenoir
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          3 M&Ms, a slightly shrivelled peanut and, somewhat mysteriously a ham sandwich. I don't feel very well now, I think I should have left the sandwich. Was that Dr Zeuss book "Green Ham and Eggs"? X|

          Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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          • P PhilLenoir

            3 M&Ms, a slightly shrivelled peanut and, somewhat mysteriously a ham sandwich. I don't feel very well now, I think I should have left the sandwich. Was that Dr Zeuss book "Green Ham and Eggs"? X|

            Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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            That's either a very big keyboard, or a very small sandwich! Or do you normally use it as a plate and forgot to eat your lunch? What happens when you have soup?

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              That's either a very big keyboard, or a very small sandwich! Or do you normally use it as a plate and forgot to eat your lunch? What happens when you have soup?

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              PhilLenoir
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              That explains what the goopy stuff was.

              Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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              • L Lost User

                The Sun Newspaper at the beginning of this week.

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                Rob Philpott
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                It got better today. And yes, I am being completely honest when I say I found it in a bin.

                Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                  With her and my lawyer pushing!

                  New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  Ooooo! Nasty. There's no one as good at shafting a man as a lawyer: but you're supposed to pick one who's on your side, not hers! :laugh:

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                    You payed way too much... :laugh:

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    And your sig is clearly pro-penguin, so it's obviously anti-killer whale. As someone who quite likes killer whales, I'm offended! :laugh:

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      And your sig is clearly pro-penguin, so it's obviously anti-killer whale. As someone who quite likes killer whales, I'm offended! :laugh:

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                      Now that is a clear case of 'reading-between-the-lines'...Where do you came to the conclusion that penguins are involved in my signature?

                      Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                        Now that is a clear case of 'reading-between-the-lines'...Where do you came to the conclusion that penguins are involved in my signature?

                        Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                        MQOTD? :laugh:

                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Yep. You'd be amazed how much nasty stuff gets in there...but it's an "upside down" mouse - a trackball that you work with your thumb. So a lot of sweat and skin cells and general dirt gets taken in with the ball, and needs to be cleaned out regularly or the movement gets jerky. I dust my keyboard as well - before you ask - with a small soft paintbrush to get between the keys. If you don't, try an experiment. Get a sheet of A3, and shake your keyboard upside down over it.... :laugh:

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                          OriginalGriff wrote:

                          small soft paintbrush

                          The vacuum cleaner with the attached brush (for gentle stuff) do miracles for me...

                          Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

                          "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                          • R Rob Philpott

                            What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...

                            Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                            Marc Clifton
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                            Rob Philpott wrote:

                            January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad.

                            Exactly. Taxes. Absolutely the worst thing to have to spend money on. Funny thing is, I wouldn't actually mind paying taxes if I felt I had a say in how the money was used. Marc

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                            • R Rob Philpott

                              What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...

                              Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                              Our family membership in YMCA. For the last 7 years we've used it for like 10 times...top.

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                                Rob Philpott wrote:

                                January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad.

                                Exactly. Taxes. Absolutely the worst thing to have to spend money on. Funny thing is, I wouldn't actually mind paying taxes if I felt I had a say in how the money was used. Marc

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                                Rob Philpott
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                                I don't know how bad it is in the US, but here in the UK there's something called self-assessment where you have to try and work out how much you pay. Doing that is actually worse than handing the money over. Taxation here is very, very complicated. :(

                                Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                                  Our family membership in YMCA. For the last 7 years we've used it for like 10 times...top.

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                                  What do you go dressed as? A policeman, a road worker, a cowboy...?

                                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                  • R Rob Philpott

                                    What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...

                                    Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                                    Sander Rossel
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                                    Your health... If you need to spend on that you're probably not doing so well! And the worst thing about health is that it's priceless. And by that I mean expensive! Luckily I don't spend a whole lot on it :)

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                                    • R Rob Philpott

                                      What's the worst thing you have ever spent a wad of cash on? January tax return is looming, that's pretty bad. That day Camden Council towed my car away wasn't good. Root canal fillings are well up there...

                                      Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                                      RedDk
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                                      Rob Philpott wrote:

                                      Root canal fillings

                                      Wow, you got that one right! Also included in the list of unnecessary surgeries: sebaceous cyst removal. The pucker of that scar reminds me of why you roll the bills around a finger before you chuck them into the fireplace. Everytime.

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                                      • S scottgp

                                        A few thousand on a divorce mediator. Then my ex didn't like what he was saying would likely happen, we both then had to invest in lawyers, and she basically ended up getting what the mediator originally said. Quite a lot of $$ wasted. :sigh: Scott

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                                        Reminds me of my daughter; she gave her soon-to-be-ex a proposed divorce agreement, he got all pissy, ran off to the top divorce lawyer in town and in the end, after he spent well over $5000 and she $3000, they ended with her original proposed agreement! (I was pissed since I "loaned" her the money for the fiasco.) (By contrast, my divorce itself cost $1050; $700 for the divorce, $350 for the ridiculous paperwork and court order to split a 401k. My ex and I came up with our agreement in two hours and it took three weeks to file and get finalized. Best $1050 [and half my retirement] I ever spent.)

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                                        • R Rob Philpott

                                          I don't know how bad it is in the US, but here in the UK there's something called self-assessment where you have to try and work out how much you pay. Doing that is actually worse than handing the money over. Taxation here is very, very complicated. :(

                                          Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                                          Joe Woodbury
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                                          In the US, if your taxes are at all complicated, you need a tax program. Fortunately, there are some free ones online. For everyday life, if it requires software, it's too complicated.

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