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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    I'm not good with mornings either. Yonks ago, we had a hurricane - which I slept through. Next morning, up and off to work. I was taking the bus in those days (the motorbike was waiting a part) so I picked up the bike which was on it's side, blamed the local kids, and climbed over the fallen trees to get the the bus stop. I stood there for half an hour. Fallen trees across the road to my left, fallen trees across the road to my right. No sign of bus. Went home, climbing over fallen trees. Got indoors, and thought of coffee. Put on the filter machine. 5 minutes later, check machine. No coffee. "Strange" I thought. "I'll give it another 5 minutes" It took another 20 minutes before I realised the power was out as well. I'm not good with morning either.

    Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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    :omg:

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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      hurricane

      (UK: Strong wind) ;)

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      1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England[^] And it was a week before I got power back. In an all electric house, with one, single, solitary candle (shaped like a snowman). What was a boy to do? I spent the week in the pub...

      Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

      "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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      • C Chris Maunder

        Porridge done, coffee maker has stopped burbling, computer on, 150 emails from last night freshly baked and ready to be dealt withanswered, and so on to coffee assembly phase: sugar, coffee, milk. Except the coffee looks a little thin. Thin as in, it's just hot water. Maybe adding some grinds to the filter would help improve the flavour :doh:

        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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        I managed to include all the ingredients in my breakfast but my day is all discumknockerated because I woke up 20mins early. Thought "Just another 10 minutes." and woke up 70 minutes later. Not that it would matter, being a gentleman of leisure, but after abluting I donned my wristwatch and found that it went tits-up at 11:00. Which day, whether am or pm, I know not, but it has tipped today over the edge into the twilight zone. Now I have this strange feeling of something hanging over me[^]. <edit>Link to page containing image in link above[^]. Gawd I hope this don't become recursive. :~</edit>

        Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England[^] And it was a week before I got power back. In an all electric house, with one, single, solitary candle (shaped like a snowman). What was a boy to do? I spent the week in the pub...

          Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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          I was walking home from a nightclub in Brighton on the night of the storm. We thought it was really funny to jump in the air and land 3-4 meters up the road - a great way to travel when you're drunk. It wasn't until we noticed that a tree was following us that things got serious...


          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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          • H Henry Minute

            I managed to include all the ingredients in my breakfast but my day is all discumknockerated because I woke up 20mins early. Thought "Just another 10 minutes." and woke up 70 minutes later. Not that it would matter, being a gentleman of leisure, but after abluting I donned my wristwatch and found that it went tits-up at 11:00. Which day, whether am or pm, I know not, but it has tipped today over the edge into the twilight zone. Now I have this strange feeling of something hanging over me[^]. <edit>Link to page containing image in link above[^]. Gawd I hope this don't become recursive. :~</edit>

            Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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            Clicky no worky! [edit] After getting an access denied, I refreshed and it worked.


            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 was walking home from a nightclub in Brighton on the night of the storm. We thought it was really funny to jump in the air and land 3-4 meters up the road - a great way to travel when you're drunk. It wasn't until we noticed that a tree was following us that things got serious...


              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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              OriginalGriff
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              I've been so drunk that I thought I was being followed by a tree, but... :omg:

              Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

              "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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              • N Nagy Vilmos

                Clicky no worky! [edit] After getting an access denied, I refreshed and it worked.


                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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                Henry Minute
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                Worky fine for humble servant.

                Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  Porridge done, coffee maker has stopped burbling, computer on, 150 emails from last night freshly baked and ready to be dealt withanswered, and so on to coffee assembly phase: sugar, coffee, milk. Except the coffee looks a little thin. Thin as in, it's just hot water. Maybe adding some grinds to the filter would help improve the flavour :doh:

                  cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                  The advantage of never cleaning your cup is that you can do that sometimes without noticing.

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                  • H Henry Minute

                    Worky fine for humble servant.

                    Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    Looks like once you have it, it'll work. But first time it gives an access denied foff message.


                    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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                      Worky fine for humble servant.

                      Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      Gives me "Referral Denied" unless I go via a proxy:

                      Referral Denied

                      You don't have permission to access "http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jbtfsplk\_3114.jpg" on this server.
                      Reference #24.4d83183e.1335352746.1e8d1cdc

                      Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

                      "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

                        Gives me "Referral Denied" unless I go via a proxy:

                        Referral Denied

                        You don't have permission to access "http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jbtfsplk\_3114.jpg" on this server.
                        Reference #24.4d83183e.1335352746.1e8d1cdc

                        Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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                        You tell him Griff! BTW, if you refresh you should see the image.


                        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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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          Porridge done, coffee maker has stopped burbling, computer on, 150 emails from last night freshly baked and ready to be dealt withanswered, and so on to coffee assembly phase: sugar, coffee, milk. Except the coffee looks a little thin. Thin as in, it's just hot water. Maybe adding some grinds to the filter would help improve the flavour :doh:

                          cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                          Gary R Wheeler
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                          I suggest strong words, spoken loudly, to your robot. Mine (who resembles me closely, just minus the consciousness) is now reasonably well-trained. It knows there will be punishment if the coffee is not prepared properly.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          • N Nagy Vilmos

                            I was walking home from a nightclub in Brighton on the night of the storm. We thought it was really funny to jump in the air and land 3-4 meters up the road - a great way to travel when you're drunk. It wasn't until we noticed that a tree was following us that things got serious...


                            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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                            TenmanS14
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                            heh, remember doing that during a Taiphoon in Taiwan

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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              You tell him Griff! BTW, if you refresh you should see the image.


                              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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                              OriginalGriff
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                              Tried that - same message. It's probably an ISP/Referral related thing. A proxy server got it though.

                              Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

                              "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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                                I suggest strong words, spoken loudly, to your robot. Mine (who resembles me closely, just minus the consciousness) is now reasonably well-trained. It knows there will be punishment if the coffee is not prepared properly.

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                Nagy Vilmos
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                                When home, we have a very good system. Mrs Wife usually rises before me and goes and puts the kettle on for her tea and switches on the coffee machine. I then have 5 minutes to get up and find the coffee. I only drink espresso and so have to wait for the water to heat up to make a coffee. I make my coffee, then start getting breakfast ready. By the time we have breakfast I have my second coffee and the world swims into order.


                                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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                                  The advantage of never cleaning your cup is that you can do that sometimes without noticing.

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                                  • C Chris Maunder

                                    Porridge done, coffee maker has stopped burbling, computer on, 150 emails from last night freshly baked and ready to be dealt withanswered, and so on to coffee assembly phase: sugar, coffee, milk. Except the coffee looks a little thin. Thin as in, it's just hot water. Maybe adding some grinds to the filter would help improve the flavour :doh:

                                    cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                    That's the problem with coffee: the more you need it, the less able you are to make it.

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      I'm not good with mornings either. Yonks ago, we had a hurricane - which I slept through. Next morning, up and off to work. I was taking the bus in those days (the motorbike was waiting a part) so I picked up the bike which was on it's side, blamed the local kids, and climbed over the fallen trees to get the the bus stop. I stood there for half an hour. Fallen trees across the road to my left, fallen trees across the road to my right. No sign of bus. Went home, climbing over fallen trees. Got indoors, and thought of coffee. Put on the filter machine. 5 minutes later, check machine. No coffee. "Strange" I thought. "I'll give it another 5 minutes" It took another 20 minutes before I realised the power was out as well. I'm not good with morning either.

                                      Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                                      DeathByChocolate
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                                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                                      I'm not good with mornings either.

                                      I'm just 'not good'! ;P

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                                        Porridge done, coffee maker has stopped burbling, computer on, 150 emails from last night freshly baked and ready to be dealt withanswered, and so on to coffee assembly phase: sugar, coffee, milk. Except the coffee looks a little thin. Thin as in, it's just hot water. Maybe adding some grinds to the filter would help improve the flavour :doh:

                                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                        Never done that before! :wtf:

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          I'm not good with mornings either. Yonks ago, we had a hurricane - which I slept through. Next morning, up and off to work. I was taking the bus in those days (the motorbike was waiting a part) so I picked up the bike which was on it's side, blamed the local kids, and climbed over the fallen trees to get the the bus stop. I stood there for half an hour. Fallen trees across the road to my left, fallen trees across the road to my right. No sign of bus. Went home, climbing over fallen trees. Got indoors, and thought of coffee. Put on the filter machine. 5 minutes later, check machine. No coffee. "Strange" I thought. "I'll give it another 5 minutes" It took another 20 minutes before I realised the power was out as well. I'm not good with morning either.

                                          Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                                          Brisingr Aerowing
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                                          :wtf: :omg: I thought I wasn't a morning person, but you take the cake! Were you tired, or had your brain not booted up and logged in yet?

                                          All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. Carl Sagan

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