| Any Watchmen fans out there... |
[Aug. 11th, 2009|06:36 pm] |
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On Friday 18 September 2009, Dave Gibbons, artist of the legendary WATCHMEN graphic novels, visits IMAX Cinema, Birmingham for an exclusive screening event of WATCHMEN: The IMAX Experience (18). At this one-off event supported by the British International Comic Show, the audience will hear Dave Gibbons introduce the film and be invited take part in a question and answer session. This is a rare opportunity to discover everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the comics and the making of the movie. Following that, you will see the special IMAX version of the movie explode to life on the giant IMAX screen.
details here: www.imax.ac/page.asp |
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| Want!! :) |
[Jul. 31st, 2009|05:53 pm] |
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| Hats off to the iPhone.. |
[May. 31st, 2009|01:36 am] |
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Okay, when the iphone ad says there is an app for everything you may doubt them, you may (like myself) think that an app that (supposedly) works as a spirit level is pretty pointless - but this tops it all.. and I quote:
Knight's Armament BulletFlight is a military-grade ballistic computer that provides quick solutions in the field. BulletFlight does not output information in table format but rather dynamically gives you the solution you need now to make that shot. Current weather conditions including temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction can be input, as well as angles to the target as measured by the built-in accelerometer. The app then provides highly detailed solutions out to 3000 meters. Your weapon profile includes your scope MOA/mRad per click, and hence when you provide a range to the target, the app will simply show how many clicks you need to change the scope by for that range and wind speed. Up to five ballistic coefficients with corresponding velocity thresholds may be used for each profile to enhance accuracy, or use a single G1, G7, or G8 value. Several built-in profiles for the Army's M110 semi-automatic precision rifle, the 14.5 inch SR16 rifle, The 50 BMG M107, .308 M40A3, .308 M24, and the 6.5mm KAC PDW allow you to get started quickly. You may alter these profiles, or add new ones. This app is currently in combat use by military snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The full blurb (including screenshots of the various functions) can be found here
www.knightarmco.com/bulletflight/index.htm
Enjoy...
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[May. 11th, 2009|08:43 pm] |
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Allergy advice on a packet of Tuna - yep, you guessed it.. May contain fish!! o_O |
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| Naughty Nigella!! |
[Dec. 19th, 2008|07:16 pm] |
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Absolute bloody genius!! Lol!
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| For those I couldn't forward this to... |
[Oct. 24th, 2008|06:48 pm] |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1940's, 50's, 60's and 70's !
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos..
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds, KFC, Subway or Nandos.
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY,
No video/dvd films,
No mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
Lawsuits from these accidents.
Only girls had pierced ears!
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time...
We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays,
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Mum didn't have to go to work to help dad make ends meet!
RUGBY and CRICKET had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on
MERIT
Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and bully's�always ruled the playground at school.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla'
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. |
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| Help! |
[Sep. 10th, 2008|06:12 pm] |
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This is driving me nuts..
In the 80's there was a TV show that as part of its intro had a short piece of black & white footage of an old aeroplane with about 8 wings that collapsed in on itself (ringing any bells?) everyone seems able to remember the clip, but no-one seems to know which TV show it was from... :o(
Any ideas..? I'm specifically looking at you ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mr_pete as your 80's tv knowledge seems quite vast (or is it just Airwolf?) ;o) |
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[Sep. 7th, 2008|06:30 pm] |
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Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.
A Message from John Cleese - British comedian:
To the citizens of the United States of America :
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour', 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise'.
Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').
3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize.
4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.
Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
8. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.
9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.
13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
God save the Queen. |
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[Aug. 25th, 2008|05:08 pm] |
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Your result for The Geektastic RPG and Miniature Wargame Test!... RPG GEEK GOD!You Scored 75% RPG Knowlage! 
You ARE the Dungeonmaster, You have Absolute Power. All Roads Lead to Destruction when Players meet you head to head. Choose the game, and dominate! Take The Geektastic RPG and Miniature Wargame Test! at HelloQuizzy
Your result for The Godzilla Personality Test!... MechaGodzilla: The War Machine
MechaGodzilla, or Kiryu as he is sometimes referred to, is one sexy metal lizard. Bad News: All work and no play makes MechaGodzilla a dull monster. You're always fighting for someone whether it's humans or aliens. Your sole purpose in life is to fight for someone. Good News: You're pretty tricked out. You can fly and you're always getting upgrades. Here's a list of weaponry too:
- Flamethrower
- Lazer Eye Beams
- Missile Claws
- Electrical Beam
- Forcefield
- Mega Buster
- Plasma Grenade
- Maser Ray
- Absoloute Zero Cannon
Impressed? Thought so. Take The Godzilla Personality Test! at HelloQuizzy |
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[Aug. 23rd, 2008|03:49 am] |
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It's not often I get in this state, but *SSQQUUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!*
It's just been announced the original Biohazard lineup are re-uniting for two very special UK gigs to celebrate their 20th anniversary - now the only decision is London or Sheffield... |
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[Aug. 13th, 2008|10:43 pm] |
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Your result for The Ultimate 80's Pop Music Test... 80's Music EncyclopediaYou scored 80 percent! I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! 
If this was a class in high school, you just broke the curve. I bet people come up to you all the time wanting answers to all of their 80's music questions, after all, you know practically everything there is to know about the best decade in music! You, sir or ma'am, are the platinum standard when it comes to 80's music knowledge. Congratulate yourself (and don't let it go to your head)! Take The Ultimate 80's Pop Music Test at HelloQuizzy
Your result for The Which Brainwashed Jarhead Would You Be Test... Sgt. Sickfuck, Recon MarineSemper Fi you sadistic bastard, Semper fucking Fi You are a stellar marine in that you excel at killing shit and generally not giving a fuck. You are that dude with the creepy eyes who sits in his barracks room hand-sewing his gilly suit and never gets laid. Congratulations! Take The Which Brainwashed Jarhead Would You Be Test at HelloQuizzy |
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| Stolen from mcmayhem |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|11:30 am] |
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Raving Conan!! ;oD
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| Hell's Teeth!! |
[Jul. 26th, 2008|04:38 pm] |
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I think this judge is being far too lenient - these people should be shot...
"A judge has attacked a bizarre trend in New Zealand for giving children strange names as he made a nine-year-old called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii a ward of court.
Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt listed a series of unfortunate names that he said were embarrassing or made children seem foolish among their peers.
Some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, were blocked by registration officials, he said.
But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter, Midnight Chardonnay, "and tragically, Violence," the judge said.
The names were mentioned in Murfitt's decision on a custody battle over the nine-year-old girl from the North Island town of Hawera, who was so embarrassed at the name her parents had given her - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii - that she never told her closest friends what it was.
She told people her name was "K" because she feared being "mocked and teased," the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.
Mangled moniker mishaps
This is not the first time that New Zealand authorities have had to intervene over a bizarre baby name. In August 2007, Pat and Sheena Wheaton were told by government officials that they couldn’t name their baby 4Real as it contained a digit. The couple simply reconsidered and re-named their child Superman.
The trend for crazy baby monikers has also extended to Europe. In June 2008, Swedish tax authorities informed a Stockholm couple they must change the name of their 5-month-old baby girl Elvis. Another Swedish family recently won a protracted battle to ensure their daughter was allowed to keep the name Metallica."
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| It's been emotional... |
[Jun. 26th, 2008|11:55 pm] |
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Would appear it's 'Drive Like A Fuckwit Day' there were 4 people (at the very least) on my drive home who I could've happily dragged from their cars and beaten senseless... Grr! :o(
In other news, the book I'm currently reading (Eight Lives Down) nearly had me in tears today! I was merrily reading away in the Group room at lunch, enjoying the exploits of a Bomb Disposal Technician in Iraq when the sneaky bugger put in a transcript of a letter one of his American colleagues received
Dammit! I must be getting soft in my old age... ;o) |
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| Grr..!! |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|11:56 am] |
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Okay, daft question time (largely 'cos if someone had seen something I'm assuming they would have said so...) did anyone who was at the party on saturday happen to see anyone/anything dubious going on outside the front gate - sometime betwenn 6 ish saturday and 6ish sunday my car's been stolen, from right outside the house! any info would be great but I'm not holding my breath..
I really don't have much luck with cars, maybe I should just stick to 2 wheels...
EDIT: As a fairly irrelevant side note; I only had a month to go before my insurance ran out - which means I'd have had 2 years no claims and maybe a half-reasonable insurance quote this time - ah well, back to paying stupid money I guess :o( |
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