Jaxen Curved Shaver wrote: » A guy in Athlone just posted a picture of a car park with a skiff of snow that looks like a decent frost with the note the they had "true blizzard here just now!". Give me strength! I'm going for a walk to clear my head.
jimgoose wrote: » I remember the half-decent freeze-up of 2009. After about a week people got bored of huddling under the kitchen table doing Scott of the Jaysis Arctic, ventured gingerly outside and found that although it was cold and a bit slippy, they didn't die once. Not once, I tell you! :pac:
eisenberg1 wrote: » Advice from the met office: "In adverse weather, only travel if you must, and tell people when to expect you, wear thermals and a parka, wear proper footwear, and bring a blanket/sleeping bag bring extra socks, . a large thermos of soup, extra water, and enough food to see you through two days, a torch with extra batteries, a small shovel, and make sure your phone is fully charged" I looked like a right tool getting on the LUAS this morning. (stolen from the joke thread)
OldNotWIse wrote: » Pears don't taste the same as they used too. They're either too hard (which is usually the problem) or, if they are soft, they have that ganky powdery texture. Why can't I just have a normal pear??
eisenberg1 wrote: » Biting my tongue here:D
fizzypish wrote: » Python (the language) treats division as integer division unless told otherwise. "Why yes last 2 hours of my life, you have been wasted. Will I remember this in future? Most likely not so we'll probably meet again in a years time".
eisenberg1 wrote: » Claudia Schiffer on the Opel ads..... The head on her, smug as bejaysus because she has "hill descent control" in her car. I am sure it is handy in the Himalayas, but she is coming out of a car park!!!
MsBubbles wrote: » Jimgoose now it's my turn. I thought a python was a huge snake
LexieOnRale wrote: » The snow in 2010! it started snowing in November and of course I still wore shoes I couldn't walk in. That night the roads were so bad the taxis wouldnt drive them and I ended up walking home, in snow, inappropriately dressed, carrying stilettos and wearing flipflops.
jimgoose wrote: » Umm, that would be perfectly normal when dealing with a dumb machine. Mind you as an ageing C programmer I'm perfectly happy doing my own garbage collection.
LexieOnRale wrote: » Does anyone know what this bae thing means? My best friend texts me every night saying "night bae" I thought for ages she meant babe but apparently it's a thing now.
Jaxen Curved Shaver wrote: » A spammer from India who just called about a problem with Microsoft and had the audacity to complain and swear when he realised I had been stringing him along for 15 minutes. Tough luck sunshine! Lowlife gangsters!
