The "Baby it's cold outside, lets stay indoors and babble" Thread

With a hot toddy by a warm fire:

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[Barian]

Oooo......new Babble Thread........and strangers too

Welcome all

[Nixon[I-C]]

Which part of sweden is that? Must be fairly north. We've had dribs and drabs of snow, but it's mainly in the mountainous regions

Chilly chilly bum bum...Car windows frosted over in London. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

*debuts Saphireena's amazing portrait of Nico - still stunned &amp; honoured*

[Kamelbarn]

It's snow pretty much all over Sweden at the moment. I live below Stockholm and we have snow outside. And the damn car keeps getting its locks frozen.

morning all
not snowing here, (outer hebrides) no frost either. beautiful sunrise, clear blue sky and gorgeous golden clouds.
we have, however, had some seriously impressive winds, and horizontal rain. that was last week. this week, been lovely so far. am hopefully getting the chimney swept this week, so i'll be making serious inroads into the peat in the barn http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[John II SRC]

doh ... I missed the closing of the old babble thread yesterday http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Love the new title though ... http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[John II SRC]

oh, almost forgot : good morning babblers!!!

Yay what a start to the day a new babble and itsssssssssss fridayyyyyyyyyyy

[John II SRC]

Isn't it great to just click on the babble thread and only have to scroll down instead of trying to remember which page you read last? We old people can have problems with that (no ageism intended ...) *grins*

And yes, it's FRIIIIIIDAYYYYYYY!!!

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning chaps and chapesses, nice new thread http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Flipping cold down here today as well, about -3 overnight.
*wanders back down cellar to finish hauling the drum kit up for tonights Children in Need gig*

[imported_Seasseragh]

just 2 more hours ´til the weekend, yay!

Morning all

Got to go shopping soon, I think i'll wrap up warm http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

In case anyone's interested

Baby it's cold outside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klyIX4RIWA)

UTube video.

I live north of Stockholm, and the snow has pretty much melted away here http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif. Am not a big fan of winter, but rather snow than mud.

Friday cheers to all the "staying indoors" babblers!

Not fond of early evening, either...

[Nyte Doombringer]

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Which part of sweden is that? Must be fairly north. We've had dribs and drabs of snow, but it's mainly in the mountainous regions

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No its mid sweden about 1.5hrs south of Stockholm. Winter just came early. grr

[Fluffi]

Home at last, from the unspeakable torture that is "a week in a hotel in Coventry."

*puts nose to Petras' grindstone*

[imported_Coppelia]

Good evening!

@ultima online:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/ixidoruo/yatta.gif
Isn't it G-R-EE-N leaves?
No that I'm an expert of Yatta, but it makes more sense than "Gieef lives". Misheard lyrics?

[Fluffi]

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I didn't know you were stuck in Coventry.... Don't mean to nag....

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I quite understand.

Nobody but a sadist could pick-on someone who was already suffering from "Coventry", and I've never thought of you like that.

We'll do our best now. Honest Injun.


....Now, go and answer the Desert Island Dics thread.

[Fluffi]

Gosh!

We are annoyed!


(which translates to WTF????? in young-peoples' language)




(re. Desert Island Discs)....

Three posts that got lost in the Stratics ether, withiin 10 minutes of each other.



Poo!

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Good evening!

@ultima online:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y204/ixidoruo/yatta.gif
Isn't it G-R-EE-N leaves?
No that I'm an expert of Yatta, but it makes more sense than "Gieef lives". Misheard lyrics?

[/ QUOTE ]We are the wad of dough
You didn't eat, QQQQ SSSS
Eye!

[Fluffi]

I have a confusion. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Probably doesn't entirely fit into the broad definition of "work safe", but not too bad

Irrational Exuberance (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta)

[Garrison Darker]

Only page 2, should have paid more attention.

My ICQ has rather noisily just told me it's Petra's birthday. If this is correct, then happy birthday!!!!
Have a dragon cake
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/garrison13/dragon1.jpg

[imported_Coppelia]

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Probably doesn't entirely fit into the broad definition of "work safe", but not too bad

Irrational Exuberance (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta)

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Ok I didn't know that "misheard lyrics" version.
For those wondering what it is, the original version (with good subtitles) is there : Clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9rWFZesV8s).

Thank you very much

Icq is correct.

My ICQ is very uninformative.
Happy Birthday http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[imported_Wishbone]

Happy Birthday Petra!! http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Morning all.

[Barian]

Morning all

We have cakey?

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[imported_Tabby Kapak]

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Home at last, from the unspeakable torture that is "a week in a hotel in Coventry."

[/ QUOTE ]!!!??!!! BLASPHEMY!! Torture and Coventry should NEVER EVER go in one sentence!!! Except for when telling others not to do that, heh.... although......... we admit... It sometimes borders on torture being a Sky Blue... Why Miffy, why?!

And, speaking of footy (sorry for the ppl who don't like football, but had to rant somewhere, and GD will likely listen!): What a disgrace was tonights ref in the Scotland - Italy game.... If there was ever any proof of matches being fixed by UEFA, referees getting instructions, it must be tonights game! Italy just can't miss out for them bobos! Big teams always need to win. Bah!
And then the F-ing Dutch reporters/analysts going on abt how "justified" it is at the end of the day tha Italy goes through... Makes us wanna puke! Always these stereotypes about how Scotland can only play with their hearts, not with their mind putting a good display on the pitch. But they were freaking awesome, and outplaying those Italians! [/rant]

Good night all!!

PS: BAH! at missing the first page of the first Babble thread started by moddy Petra... http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Sounds like a bad game http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif



Anyone else playing Mario Galaxy?
My copy arrived this morning and it is superb, one of the most fun games i've played in ages, I suspect i'm going to be spending a fair bit of time on it http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I went to have a quick go earlier and did the first set of levels http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif


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that's it, no more mario tonight, it's now 4:25am and i've buzzing around in mario for far too long.

[Dewi Putri]

Good morning all!!

Wow Nilrem, you've got an addiction again lol! Haven't played Mario Galaxy, but most of those mario games are fun. Is it single player type game or such a Mario-party like game that's so funny to play with friends? http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/confused.gif

it appears to be a game for the Wii a utube vid of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Qw1ClCVN8)

[Garrison Darker]

Morning.
The refereeing decisions in the last couple of minutes of the Scotland - Italy game were not very good to say the least. I have calmed down a hell of a lot since watching it in the pub last night. Ultimately losing a goal in the first minute was the downfall. Myself and most people in the pub were baffled by the substition. Scott Brown and Barry Ferguson were by far the best midfielders, so why take Brown off when Fletcher and Hartley had very poor games?
It's another glorious failure, we can talk all we like about beating France home and away, but France will be in Austria/Switzerland and the Scots will not.

And then just to rub salt in the wounds Israel score in the last minute . . .

[Barian]

Morning all

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Morning http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

Good ...Afternoon???? Babble is weak today!

Honestly, chaps, is mud colour with pink lilies (Stade Francais) a serious rugby strip?

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Good morning all!!

Wow Nilrem, you've got an addiction again lol! Haven't played Mario Galaxy, but most of those mario games are fun. Is it single player type game or such a Mario-party like game that's so funny to play with friends? http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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I wouldn't say i'm getting addicted to it...although the Wii's game timer might disagree (5 hours and counting;)).

It's a "proper" Mario platformer, with a slight difference in the perspective and controls (it's very odd at first when you go over the edge of a world and are suddnly playing upside down).
You can play it with two people, the second one apparently assists in doing certain things.

It's one of the most enjoyable games i've played in a while, pure fun http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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It's one of the most enjoyable games i've played in a while, pure fun http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]If you've got a PS2, keep an eye out for Okami, if you want another fun game. It's also getting a Wii release, but it's nowhere close to being out, and I'm not sure how it'll port.
Basically, you play Ameterasu, the Shinto Sun Goddess, who appears in the form of a pure white wolf.
I spent many, many hours playing it, and my only complaint is that some of the "dialogue" is unskippable, and slow (there's no spoken dialogue, it's all subtitled). Beyond that, I'd say it deserves all the the praise it's received from reviewers, and more.
beyond that, it's really hard to describe. There's traditional combat stuff (with "divine instruments"), but also a "canvas" thing, where you use a "celestial brush" to invoke powers, through a gesture type system.

It's also an amazingly artistic game, passing up realism for an almost "sumi-e" style (Linkie of example (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Okami-issun.jpg)).

Thanks Kimi, i'll keep an eye open for it when it gets it's wii release (I don't have a PS2:)).

It's been trying to snow round here, is anyone in danger of running into ice serpents yet?

[John II SRC]

Morning Babbledom!

Another weekend ticked off ... why do I feel so Christmassy already?

*humms something vaguely wintery*

Ah, because it's freeeeezing outside ... brrrrr

good morning

*cups hands around nice, steaming hot, cup of coffee*

*Eyes Petra's coffee*

[Barian]

*surrounds Kimi with coffee*


MUAHAHAHAHHAAHA

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I already have my 4-mug cafetierre here.

*Cuddles it*

Ow!
Second degree burns!

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning fellow babblers http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Barian]

Afternoon Wishy....................... http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hey gang sorry been slacking a bit lately rl too busy to play or babble

Nilrem is a wii worth getting i relly like the idea of the motion hand controlers esp for sports sims and for a lightsabre in sw lego for the kids ?

they already have a ps2 and xbox the wii is for me http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[John II SRC]

hmm ... I am thinking about getting a WII for Christmas. You know, treating myself a bit and MAYBE let others play with it too ... I heard there is a bit of a shortage in Britain. Here it's no problem getting one so far.

HELLO woo new babbledom! sorry for my absence i have been at work all weekend so no time for computerness


@Coppelia
yes kimi is correct in that its from Irrational Exuberance, i first heard the Yatta song in one of wildcats flash works for I-C, i then used that song to put Zole off in the London meet up before ML was released playing the eye of argon game ( wiki version (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_Argon) and a version of it (http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/Eye_Of_The_Argon) ) it was much fun indeed, i found the flash whilst perusing through albino black sheep

@Kimi thank you for explaining it all while i wasnt here XD

Personally I would recommend a Wii, as for me the games are really fun, and I like the control system (I never got the hang of the Ps2 style controllers - they always felt uncomfortable), but it's really worth trying it out first as I know some people who hate it.

I've currently got
Zelda Twilight Princess
Wii Play (if you can get it cheap it can give you the game + controller for only a pound or two more than the controller).
Metroid 3
Excite Truck
and Mario Galaxy

Of those Zelda is a great RPG/Adventure
Metroid looks very good so far, although it's not quite the same as the older metroids (slightly more shooting based).
Mario is rapidly getting me addicted - it's got just the right mix of classic platform action, with the addition of the 3d and controls for me (it takes a few minutes to get used to walking over the edge of the world, but it certainly adds to the fun).

Depending on the game the controls can work either wonderfully and intuitively, or very badly (IIRC EA basically ported a couple of Ps2 games over to it and spent next to no time adapting the controls for example*).
Metroid for example makes very good use of the controls, you use one to aim and interact with things, whilst the other controls movement and the grapple (the motion sensors take over the need for a second stick and a lot of buttons).

From what i've seen and heard it looks like there is definately going to be a shortage of Wii's in the UK this year.

*I think it was Tiger Woods golf that was considerably worse in it's controls to the Wii Sports golf mini game included with the console.

i agree!

the wii is great fun, im waiting for ssbb!
i got tiger woods 08 with my console, played it for about 5 minutes and got incredibly frustrated with it, traded it in for mario party, muuuuch better http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

oo kimi have you played season 3 yet?

Yes!
Deep Inferno is &lt;3
Kaz got my partner playing, too http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Barian]

Morning peeps........................ http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[John II SRC]

Morning all.

I saw Scrumpy Jack rummaging through the remains of Magincia last night. I have no idea what he was doing there, but it makes one thing official: Magincia has truly gone down the drain!

*grins*

good morning

only 'rubble' that Heidi's brought home doesn't look like rubble at all, it's green plants. Some have been added to the AMT roof garden, the rest are going in a bag on a vendor.

Got a fair selection of cursed, non-powderable artis, ones that are no use to our chars are going on one of Terry's vendors.

Hello fellow babblers not had much time for UO lately my kids keep forcing me to help them on wow and hand the grandson over for the weekend

Intresting comments about the Wii main reason I wanted one was for tiger woods golf but if its a poor game then I may change my mind.

get a wii for wii sports, super paper mario, mario galaxy, ssbb, metriod prime 3 and many many many more!

Slow babble.

I'm trying to learn LUA.
Therefore, I'm procrastinating in the babble thread.

ive been playing a bit of resistance: fall of man, i suck in a death match http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[John II SRC]

Morning babblers and babblerettes!

Everybody seems to be busy collecting rubble in Magincia nowadays ... very slow babble thread.

Let nobody claim anymore that picking up leftovers is not fun *g*

[Barian]

Morning all................................... http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

what is LUA anyway? I've seen it referred to in the threads about customising ui for KR

[Barian]

LUA = Portugese programming language

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/cool.gif

It's the scripting language that should let you do awesome things in the KR UI

My target is resizeable backpacks.
But, on the route there, I'm going to probably try some other stuff, like possibly replacing the windows for the moongates with maps.

[imported_Wishbone]

Good morning peeps http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[John II SRC]

Morning boss ... and babblers, of course!

Finally!

This place was so dead, I was on the verge of luring a light demon over.
"Babble [78 stones]"

good morning people.

afternoon all http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

Morning!

Yes, yes it is...
*Cries*

g'morning

I'm just off to nip in the bath before I face the screams of 'mod abuse'.

[John II SRC]

This is the strangest babble thread ever. It only consists of "morning all" and "afternoon all" (and variations of this). Ah well, who am I to make an exception?

Morning babblers!

*grins*

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning John, morning babblers http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Barian]

So......which mod have you been abusing Petra?

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which mod have you been abusing Petra

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I think she's abusing Hit Lower Defence against Terry.

Morning all!

Yatta day?
O.o

Everyday is Yatta day when you're the zole!

*hops on alternate feet singing yatta!*

I'm humouring him. Yatta is a word in Japanese, basically its means that you have accomplished something. Kind of like "ALL RIGHT!" or "I did it!!".

But for some reason my name has been linked with Yatta in the past..

Yatta ? (http://noxins.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=22&amp;Itemi d=28)

I'm donnelley..

I know Yatta, I was just wondering if I'd missed something...
Apparently I had, and now I haven't, and I'm scarred &gt;.&lt;

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I'm humouring him. Yatta is a word in Japanese, basically its means that you have accomplished something. Kind of like "ALL RIGHT!" or "I did it!!".

But for some reason my name has been linked with Yatta in the past..

Yatta ? (http://noxins.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=22&amp;Itemi d=28)

I'm donnelley..

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I'm not sure if I should be laughing or scared after watching that...i think i'll settle for laughing:)

I didn't make the video!

This is the original...

STRANGE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9rWFZesV8s)

Good morning people

and 'baby it's cold outside' today!

[imported_Wishbone]

You beat me to it Petra, I was going to say that, 'tis flippin' nippy.
Morning all http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Barian]

What do you expect when you pick such a name for the Babble Thread?

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you don't think that it being the end of November has any bearing on it?


I played KR last night for the longest I've ever been logged in to the client, using Petra to kill daemons in Ilsh. Wasn't too bad at all. Was using the swampy though cos they've really messed up the animation on the giant beetle, it can't go in a straight line.

[imported_Wishbone]

Ok where's that Fluffi Bunny bloke got to with that tune he promised Petra and me?
I know it takes ages to get a good song out of Wales, the last good one I heard went:
" My hen had a haddock high up in a tree" or summat like that http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[imported_Coppelia]

Good morning in the afternoon!


Coppelia, same thread :
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Probably doesn't entirely fit into the broad definition of "work safe", but not too bad

Irrational Exuberance (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta)

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Ok I didn't know that "misheard lyrics" version.
For those wondering what it is, the original version (with good subtitles) is there : Clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9rWFZesV8s).

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Zozole :
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I didn't make the video!

This is the original...

STRANGE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9rWFZesV8s)

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Some people haven't read the whole thread! http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/icons/more/smash.gif

I read the whole thread, and I still don't get it http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/confused.gif

As is traditional:
I hate mornings...

Good morrow, good babblers.

[Barian]

Mornin Boss

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boss?

isn't how I see myself.

More 'housekeeper' tidying up the place.

[imported_Seasseragh]

morning, kinda http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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morning, kinda http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]Until I complain about it being afternoon, it's morning http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I do hereby announce that it is the loathsome afternoon.
Let the afternoon babble commence.

[imported_Coppelia]

Good afternoon!

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Good afterloon


/goes back to dozing

happy evening! only a month of shopping days before Christmas to go!! :0

Morning all

Here we are, back at Monday, wonder what this week will bring.

[Barian]

More cold weather?

Morning all

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this week brings three days of week and then a long weekend in germany with cresty!

[imported_Wishbone]

Only one on parade??

ello

I've discovered how to free the stuck monsters in the hillsides of Magincia.

I exploded a light daemon near one by the North beach and it freed him.

So now the town is flattened maybe we can explode these creatures to useful purpose and get the island free.

[imported_Wishbone]

Ohh goodo, all we need now it for peeps to work as a team and lure them to the right spot to explode them and just hope somebody does not kill it when redlined.

Good luck..

[Barian]

Morning Babblers

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[John II SRC]

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this week brings three days of week and then a long weekend in germany with cresty!

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This week brings five days of working in Germany, then a whole weekend in ... errr ... Germany ... oh, one day of working is already done with *Grins*

Strange thing this, after only a half packet of liquorice I feel sick. I used to stomach more .. must be old age ...

Morning gang john pull yourself together man.

[John II SRC]

I know, it's almost two more weeks before I officially turn middle-aged. But I guess I have to start getting used to eating less liquirice ... although, it's said to be good for you ... *stuffs some more in his face*

Don't have to eat less, just space them out a bit so they last longer.

Think next time I go shopping I'll have to look for some Pontefact cakes.

For anyone who never heard of them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontefract_Cakes)

[John II SRC]

Oh, they look yummy http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Less fond of licorice than I am of mornings...

[John II SRC]

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Less fond of licorice than I am of mornings...

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that's pretty little fond then, right? *grins*

[imported_Wishbone]

Good morning gang http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hmm liquorish *remembers the tubes of sherbet with the liquorish straw to suck it out* yummy

sherbet fountains. you can still buy those. and flying saucers http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif
i love liquorice, especially good for me as i don't do vegetables and it's full of iron http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[John II SRC]

Have you ever tried the actual liquorish twigs? It's not particularly nice to gnaw on a piece of wood, but it surprisingly does taste like the real thing. Well, I guess that could be expected, but still ... *grins sheepishly*

i discovered liquorish root when i was about 14, love the stuff http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

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...., but it surprisingly does taste like the real thing.

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Maybe because it IS the "real thing" ???

Can we babble about something more pleasant to the taste buds than licorice?
I don't know... something like... Sulphuric Acid?
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[imported_Seasseragh]

what concentration and vintage?
I prefer my sulphuric around 35%, volcanic sulphur and bottled 5 years ago.

Is French sulphuric the best or should we go for the southern hemisphere forms of it ?

I prefer the bite of a nice 2002 pharmaceutical-grade.
It's quality, not quantity.

[imported_Seasseragh]

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It's quality, not quantity.

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Word!

Origin is up to personal tastes, i guess.
But the southern hemisphere, while better known for its nitrogen-based products, surely has some points for it.

But at a pinch you can probably find something with a bit of kick down the local garage.

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning all, another damp dark day http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Morning.

Time to start and get to grips with the new changes I guess. Adapt and adjust and move on. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif nothing insurmountable in them with a little thought.

[Barian]

We've had worse

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Two of my future plans are a little scuppered.
At some point, I had planned to farm dragons for leather, with a Bag of Sending. Though, cheaper to ride into battle on a beetle.
More immediately, I was going to send mined Gems to safety with a BoS, in case of a lonely Blackrock Elemental. Though, it would only be 1 charge for ten, which isn't too bad.

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Morning.

Time to start and get to grips with the new changes I guess. Adapt and adjust and move on. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif nothing insurmountable in them with a little thought.

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That's not the way people are meant to react, far too little drama and foot stamping, it's meant to be the end of the world (again) http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif.


Evening all

I hope you've all got bushido, to *evade* when the sky falls http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I've had a reasonably good sleep.
I woke up, ate a pasty, and now I'm worryingly cheerful for one of these "morning" things...

*Prepares for unforeseen consequences*

Morning.

I keep remembering one of the stories I did with Heidi which involved her BoS, or rather lack of it here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.jones27/heidi3.htm#episode%2025)

[imported_Seasseragh]

Morning babblers!

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I woke up, ate a pasty, and now I'm worryingly cheerful for one of these "morning" things...

*Prepares for unforeseen consequences*

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*wonders how old said pasty was*

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Morning babblers!

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I woke up, ate a pasty, and now I'm worryingly cheerful for one of these "morning" things...

*Prepares for unforeseen consequences*

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*wonders how old said pasty was*

[/ QUOTE ]"Use by: 28th Nov"

I'm putting my positive attitude to work, now.
Yesterday, I stoned Inscription onto a mage. 96.2 Points.
Since I was only going to try and train it up to GM, I thought I'd drop Focus (as I was already doing) and Meditation, and take it a little easy.
So, in a hideous lapse of accuracy, I marked "the skill beginning with M" to down, and stoned inscription on.

What other skill, related to Meditation, starts with M?
Hint: My mage had over 110 skill in it.

[imported_Seasseragh]

Not mouldy then http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif, unless... what year?

But apparently it did odd things to your brain, hope you weren´t to succesful with inscript-training

I stoned it back off...
I have Magery to train... 96.something, now...

He-llo!
Is anyone out there?

Huh!
I'm blaming you guys for the fact I'm trying out WoW!
Babble more!

WoW? who's got time for WoW, far too busy playing UO.

Vendors to stock, chars to train, resources to gather, artis to get, monsters to kill.

Get with the plan, child!

[Barian]

Mods getting abusive I see............................ http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

*Told* http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Truth be told, I've grown a little tired of the grind.
It exists in all MMOs, admittedly.
But, sometimes, I just crave the "new player" experience.
Stepping into a new realm, and being faced with the challenge of learning.

UO is a solid presence, like home, that I can always come back to.
But, I've played it long enough that even new things feel like more of the same, just with different sprites.

Oh lawd!
Was that something meaningful in da babble?

Jeez...

I'm going to have log back into WoW again, if you guys aren't going to babble...
Srsly...

Burn the heretic.


*mutters*
playing wow, whatever next...;)

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playing wow, whatever next...;)

[/ QUOTE ]Posting screenshots of my character in WoW?

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w85/kirainotenshi/wow.jpg
Now, you so asked for that.

[imported_Wishbone]

Wot no babble?...Mornin' all http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

morning

wondering what we're going to find on Magincia. I suppose I better send Heidi in for a stealthy shuffti

[Garrison Darker]

Horde ftw Kimi! http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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morning

wondering what we're going to find on Magincia. I suppose I better send Heidi in for a stealthy shuffti

[/ QUOTE ]http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Love that word.

GD: Alliance &gt; Horde http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Though... I did make a really cute Troll Shaman

[Garrison Darker]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k227/garrison13/Varencienne.jpg

My blood elf paladin &lt;3

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning gang, and a very soggy one it is too http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

exactly the word I used to describe it on icq to Barian.

Not looking forward to having to take the dog out.

[Barian]

Morning all

*feels sorry for the dog*

good morning.

Wonder when/if the end of the Magincia event will really happen.

Morning all, i'm not so sure about the good part though (it's too early for it to be good:p)

[imported_Wishbone]

Mornin' babblers, I betting on tonight for Magincia. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Horde ftw Kimi! http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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QFT! tho tbh i got bored of WoW quite quickly, the only thing i quite liked in it was the profession training part on the chars since its pretty much the same as UO's skill gains, other than that its a boring grind of boredom.

It's all different kinds of fun, though, really.
Fundamentally, UO is world-y, while WoW is game-y.
I think those (presentation not withstanding) are actually technical terms in the industry.

afternoon all.

i rolled to work at 10am today, 30 minutes after i was meant to be there. I'm such a rebel.

spent the weekend with Crest Lavender (some of you should know him!) in Germany! a very nice time!

[John II SRC]

ello babblers

GoB made a very strange trip to Magincia last night. They laid out loads of begged food and drinks, insulted Kaelyn a bit who was watching the docks and estranged a few passers-by. Not to mention the poor young guard member who got utterly confuddled by four GoB members complaining about the hell kittens in town and the lack of the guards intervention in that respect. And on top of all that did Crazy Miggie, the legendary founder of GoB, show up after almost 2 years of absence ... what a night! Expect a detailed story about it soon *grins*

was fun http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Barian]

Evening Babblers........ http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hows the Babble treating people recently?

[imported_Seasseragh]

Morning babbledom!

good morning
babble is slow. Have you visited before?

[John II SRC]

Morning babblers and babblerettes

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Hows the Babble treating people recently?

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Fine as usual I think, just the other way round it's a bit lacking in enthusiasm lately. You would think that most people collected enough rubble by now and could turn their attention to more pressing things again ... like babbling *grins*

[imported_Seasseragh]

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good morning
babble is slow. Have you visited before?

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occasionaly http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

heheh, not you! I know you've been here before, I meant Fearofthedawn.

[Barian]

Morning all.................. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dawnaphobia?

Morning all.

Barian isn't that what vampires suffer from?

[TheBlackCobra]

*remembers board login on 14th attempt*
So... Hello Europa, it's been a while! I read John's post about the GoB fun in Magincia at the weekend, and wanted to expand a bit.

You have not lived until you've seen Crazy Miggie lecture a horse on manners, report a lamppost to the guards for stalking, and produce his collection of "rare" 2-year-old fish steaks.

[John II SRC]

Oh yes, that too!!!

I think you did annoy the woman who's horse it was a bit in the end ... the horse seemed rather indifferent to it. And the lamp post was literally unmoved. The fish steaks were still alright I think, a bit green on the side though.

But my neighbours must have thought me mad, with all the roaring laughter coming from my flat ....

[TheBlackCobra]

Justyce does say I'm at my best when I'm insane http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[John II SRC]

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Justyce does say I'm at my best when I'm insane http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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absolutely right ... that's one reason why it is such a shame to have lost you to "that lame rip-off beginnning with a W"

*shudders*

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Justyce does say I'm at my best when I'm insane http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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absolutely right ... that's one reason why it is such a shame to have lost you to "that lame rip-off beginnning with a W"

*shudders*

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[TheBlackCobra]

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Justyce does say I'm at my best when I'm insane http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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absolutely right ... that's one reason why it is such a shame to have lost you to "that lame rip-off beginnning with a W"

*shudders*

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To quote the great man himself,

"Not all who wander are lost"

[imported_Wishbone]

Flippin' 'eck da Cobra is back on da forum!!
*Bows*

"Not all who wander are lost"

Just as well in my case http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[John II SRC]

Morning babbledom!

And what a morning it is: the weather is totally crappy and the house next doors to where I live was on fire last night. Piles of burned out prams on the road and 14 people injured according to the newspaper .. what an exciting area it is i live in

*shudders*

good morning.

oh heck! Is there any damage to your house? if you're next door?

14 people is a lot for one house, were they having a party?

[John II SRC]

Nope, luckily nothing happened to the house I live in.

And it's not a terrace house or something like what you normally have in England. Our whole district is made up of 1900 to 1920th, 5 floors high appartment houses with courtyards etc. ... so there are hundreds of people living in one block of buildings. According to the newspaper it was "strangers" lighting up the prams parked in the entrance hall. Looks like a gaping black cave now ...

Unfortunately there are always some idiots leaving the front doors wide open because they are too lazy to shut 'em after themselves, even at night. So it could have easily been us instead. This time we were lucky ....

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning all, glad you are ok mate.
'Orrible weather today http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[John II SRC]

Yeah, no harm done. I didn't even realise what was going on basically 5 metres away from where I was.

Ah well, on a lighter note, I totally missed yesterdays event and bugger to them for that!!! I will have a look at Fell tonight though, see who will get me first, the monsters or the reds *g*

[Barian]

Morning each

3 people were killed last year here by some morons setting a wheelie bin on fire

50 yards from where I live

[John II SRC]

Same scum everywhere ... always was, always will be .. *sighs*

[imported_Wishbone]

Mornin' all...Ohh its tea time already..another day lost http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Been a productive day for me...
Not one, but two lectures on how I mustn't play WoW, because it sucks (or similar).

Of course, all the while I was receiving these lectures on one monitor, I was having fun in WoW on the other.

Not quite a hopeless WoW addict then, otherwise you would have had it running on both http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

My nephew has been bitten by the WoW bug, and suddenly his current machine isn't good enough for him:) (I got roped into building his new one).

That would be tempting, for the many occasions I find myself stuck waiting for a boat/hippogryph/gryphon...

[Nixon[I-C]]

What server are you playing? I'm on Sporeggar.

Argent Dawn.
Running around at level 20, waiting for play.com to deliver my "Battle Chest"...

I want a Draenei! &gt;.&lt;

[Nixon[I-C]]

Re-rolled I assume?

I love it, totally addicted too it...that's probably a bad thing though http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Re-rolled I assume?

[/ QUOTE ]I can't even pretend to know what that means http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Nixon[I-C]]

I'm guessing you had a higher char on a different server?

Of course you could just be roleplaying as opposed to leveling and such I guess http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Just started.
Retail thingy is in the post, hopefully to arrive before the free trial runs out. It'll be close, taking into account play.com's lacking adherence to shipping within 24 hours, and the mail service actually delivering things in the run-up to Christmas.

In fact, play.com still haven't responded to my report of a bug on their site, which was another of their "24 hours"'s.

Bah!

[Nixon[I-C]]

Ahh, away to play with friends or just fancied a change?

I've been playing it since the release, but very much inactive for 2 years thanks to University, but now that's all past, I've much more free time to play it - I still consider myself a relative newbie.

It's certainly different from UO, but I love it, very time consuming http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

good morning people.


Looks like being a wet one, and I've got to go out in it http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

A bit of both, tbh.

Morning all.
*Yawns*

[Barian]

Morning Babblers

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[TheBlackCobra]

Afternoon all.
I'm on Feathermoon US, working on my 4 70s, my 61, and my Gnome Hunter(tm).

Starting to finally find time to squeee some UO back in there http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Afternoon all http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

You know how much we complain about EA/UO's testing of patches, I think maybe we should ease off them a bit (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/eve_online_update_danger/) http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Someone was talking about that in IRC, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention...
One of the few times I wasn't glued to the back of a flying creature, on a flight path that was about as far as it possibly could be from "as the crow flies"...

Of course, it's bad.
But it's going to be one of these completely unpredictable things.
But, you've got to feel sorry for them...

[Garrison Darker]

Morning.
TGIF etc. etc. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Not feeling very Xmassy yet, perhaps a nice blanket of snow would do the trick.

[Barian]

Morning everybody..................... http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

Morning!

And thumbs up for snow, didn´t have any to mention last year, sooo...

you lot can keep your snow. I hate the stuff.

Can't stay on my feet in it. Cold, wet, bruised rear and sprained wrist from falling in it not my idea of fun.

[imported_Wishbone]

What's snow? http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Shivering Isles arrived, but no battle chest! &gt;.&lt;
If it doesn't arrive tomorrow, then this is going to be an unhappy Kimi http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

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Shivering Isles arrived, but no battle chest! &gt;.&lt;
If it doesn't arrive tomorrow, then this is going to be an unhappy Kimi http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/mad.gif

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*scratches between ears* awwww, poor Kimi...

goodmorning

Magincia gate is sending you to random gates, one of which isn't on the list. But I've got to go out this morning so I don't have time to play with it to try to get there. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

tsk, tsk - that is not entirely true, Petra http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

well, I played with it for a little while, but after going to Moonglow 5 times in a row I had to give up.

[SilentFoxXy]

It is poodling down, freezing and condensation filled, It is dank, dark and eerie

It is - Southern UK, Europe

Geddit EA??:- EUROPA = Europe = GMT ish, PST = USA based= 8 pm ET = 2am Europa- Final exciting event - 8pm EST- ZZZzzzZZzzzzzzz 2am....Oh that I could play from 10 am thru to 4 pm every day - I tried, I failed-Doohh - I missed it.

Ahhh, 1 good thing- Tickled my tickly bone for PvP..- Fight Night-- yeahy:

Go Europa!! Success/ Success = Maginca Town fair over Christmas, wheeee, look what you reds woulda missed- chucking snow balls at folks, hitting a thingy, and finding a thingy under another thingy- now you see why we wanted to save Maginca.

And for a little bit of sparkle in the damp wet air of seaside resorts in winter- Firework Wands that work in UO and not just KR - Wheeeee Oh, didnt we have those before KR??- Ah well, still Wheeeee, hang on, isnt fireworks night Nov 5th-- No not when its EST , folk never heard of Guy Fawkes- Guy who- oh the silly dolly thing you burn as a pagan ritual you mean....Snowball fights- Yipppeeeeee

And still it Poodles, and gets wetter, and danker.... But wait, I can go play, can go live my alter ego, yeahhhy, dooh its about to snow.....:):)

Hope this is babbling- if not I consider myself suitably chastised.

It works http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Welcome to the Babble

Afternoon all!
The weather sucks, and my WoW hasn't arrived http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[imported_Coppelia]

Lil' mistake today.
I was 105.5 Taming, I took my guarranted gain and insisted to have two more gains. But I was tired of taming unicorns in loop. I couldn't wait more for the firesteed. Several years of waiting. Sooo I'll get the two gains in order to make it bind later, I decide to seek for a firesteed.
I open the hunter's guide and see which stats and skills are good. Then I go to Fire dungeon. After a few firesteeds I had to kill because they weren't nice, I find one not too bad, so I stable it. But I'm short on stable slots and in order to continue taming with my nightmare I get my trained cat out. No problem, I'm back in Fire dungeon and after a moment I finally find a nice firesteed.
I come back to stables and I need to switch the previous firesteed with the new one. So I release my cat, claim one of my white wolves and stable my nightmare. Then I claim the first firesteed and... I release it.
The firesteed killed the cat before I was able to peace it. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I killed the mean firesteed, but I lost my trained cat.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1209/deadcatgm6.jpg

It's sad, it already had 34 HP. I'm finished with kitty raising now. I'll focus on my squirrel and my white wolves (one is 90ish and the other 85ish).
Voila. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

oops http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/frown.gif

good morning all

[imported_Wishbone]

Mornin' all http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

g'afternoons! wet and rainy here wooo grey skies

no sunday babble? is everyone trapped in the void place with no way out now?

Not caught in a rift, just not really babbling here:)

anyone got a ps3 with resistance: fall of man here?

g'morning all.

busy day yesterday, youngest brought his new gf to dinner and his best mate got burgled.

[Barian]

Morning all


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[imported_Wishbone]

Morning babblers http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

good morning people, was a quiet day yesterday!

Morning, it looks like it could be quiet again today http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

Morning!

It sure looks like it.

[Barian]

Babble not what it was..............http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/icons/more/disgust.gif

[imported_Wishbone]

Never fear Wishy is here!!!
*rescues babble*
http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Perhaps it´s quiet because we have all been caught by the christmas bug. I even considered baking today - and that haven´t happened since... well, last December...

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Perhaps it´s quiet because we have all been caught by the christmas bug. I even considered baking today - and that haven´t happened since... well, last December...

[/ QUOTE ]the christmas bug for me mainly seems to involve finding the dead bulbs...

[imported_Seasseragh]

and again: Good Morning!

Good morning

The title of this thread is becoming more apt by the day.
Brrrrrrr!

[imported_Seasseragh]

So true!

I guess Kimi´s WoW finally arrived, she´s unusually quiet http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning chaps http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif
A bit nippy out there!!

[Barian]

And who's fault is that pray?

hmmmmmm?

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[TheBlackCobra]

Afternoon all! The Cobra is back, although still very jetlagged from a weekend in LA.

[imported_Wishbone]

Langstone 'Arbour? http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Kayne]

IM BACK, I MISSED YOU ALL

sorry i know its shouting but im excited to finally be back

welcome back, it's good to see you!

[imported_Wishbone]

Morning all, welcome back Kayne http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Off out today. Little grandson is in his first school play.

Going to re-visit a sensation I haven't had for 20 years, the one you get from sitting on kiddie's chairs in a primary school. Numb bum syndrome http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Barian]

Morning all

Bet it's cold too Petra

http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

It's always cold in primary school halls, even mid summer

Afternoon all, and welcome back Kayne http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Kayne]

Thanks for the welcomes back guys. Its great to be back.

[Serafi]

Hello all babblers!

I have that typical thing this time of year, flu or something. Usually I get it when I lower the guard around Christmas. You know when you finally relax a bit you get all kind of illnesses etc. Or maybe you don`t, but thats what always happens with me. I usually get ill during vacations.. sigh. Anyway, I might be well and fit on Christmas eve this year. Yay!

Playing some UO, wathing some "Bones" on DVD and generally feel sorry for myself and waiting for spring.

It IS cold isn`t it.

[Barian]

Ooooo.....another Bones fan................. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Serafi]

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Ooooo.....another Bones fan................. http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Totally hooked, complete with sink and all. I really can`t remember the last time an US-produced TV series made me this addicted. Oh wait, I can. B5 http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/shared/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[imported_Seasseragh]

Good Morning!