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RjY

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:54:22 AM7/18/01
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Vincent Lynch typed...
>Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.

And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...

Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.

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RjY/anARCHy
"I'm really well balanced. I have a chip on both shoulders"

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:00:09 AM7/18/01
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RjY wrote:
>
> Vincent Lynch typed...
> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
>
> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
>

Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.

> Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.

Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?

Julie

RjY

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:10:33 AM7/18/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...

>RjY wrote:
>> Vincent Lynch typed...
>> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
>> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
>> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
>Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.

And some five years your junior (!)

>> Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.
>Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?

Same as usual really. I bought her a nice bottle of wine because at
least it's original i.e. I haven't done it before, but nothing really
topped my dad's idea of getting a sack of 1,760 teabags.

--
RjY/anARCHy
"It's not every night you get your hooter blown by a nun."

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:19:36 AM7/18/01
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RjY wrote:
>
> Julie Bellingham typed...
> >RjY wrote:
> >> Vincent Lynch typed...
> >> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
> >> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
> >> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
> >Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.
>
> And some five years your junior (!)
>

Bah humbug. I was saying in the bar the other night, all the pop
stars seem to be about 10 years younger than me. I keep trying to
find quiet pubs, where I can just sit and have a quiet drink. I guess
these are signs of my age now. Dinner parties as well - I like having
dinner parties. God, I'm old.


> >> Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.
> >Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?
>
> Same as usual really. I bought her a nice bottle of wine because at
> least it's original i.e. I haven't done it before, but nothing really
> topped my dad's idea of getting a sack of 1,760 teabags.
>

Classy. That's great! :-) One of my uncles bought my aunt a trowel
once. Nice.

Julie

RjY

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:56:33 AM7/18/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...
>RjY wrote:
>> Julie Bellingham typed...
>> >RjY wrote:
>> >> Vincent Lynch typed...
>> >> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
>> >> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
>> >> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
>> >Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.
>> And some five years your junior (!)
>Bah humbug. I was saying in the bar the other night, all the pop
>stars seem to be about 10 years younger than me. I keep trying to
>find quiet pubs, where I can just sit and have a quiet drink. I guess
>these are signs of my age now. Dinner parties as well - I like having
>dinner parties. God, I'm old.

You're as old as you feel. I don't think I've matured past age 13 yet.

There's a place on Earlsdon high street, right, I think it's called the
Royal Oak, or something, and the last time I went there (which
admittedly was years ago) it used to bill itself as wanting to be "the
local" and hence just have a room with a bar in rather than pool tables
and karaoke and whatnot. I don't know what it's like now though.

But anyway I don't think there's such a thing as a "quiet" pub. People
shout more when they've had a few, as I'm sure you know.

>> >> Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.
>> >Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?
>> Same as usual really. I bought her a nice bottle of wine because at
>> least it's original i.e. I haven't done it before, but nothing really
>> topped my dad's idea of getting a sack of 1,760 teabags.
>Classy. That's great! :-) One of my uncles bought my aunt a trowel
>once. Nice.

If she wanted one and found it useful, that was a good present. That's
the trouble I have buying presents, I'd like to get people stuff that is
original and that they'd actually find useful or whatever, not just the
usual box of chocolates or the like. I think, "if someone bought me this
rubbish, I'd be not-so-secretly disappointed" See in our house we get
through astonishing amounts of tea and coffee, so the idea was both very
apt and extremely funny - especially given the sheer voluminous size of
the sack. It was like a sack of potatoes. I wish I'd thought of it.

Well, enough whining about my infertile imagination.

--
RjY/anARCHy
"Ravers unite! You keep the spirit alive..."

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 18, 2001, 11:22:47 AM7/18/01
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RjY wrote:
>
> Julie Bellingham typed...

> There's a place on Earlsdon high street, right, I think it's called the


> Royal Oak, or something, and the last time I went there (which
> admittedly was years ago) it used to bill itself as wanting to be "the
> local" and hence just have a room with a bar in rather than pool tables
> and karaoke and whatnot. I don't know what it's like now though.
>

It's alright - I go there sometimes. It's more of a old mans pub than
a local though, I'd reckon.


> But anyway I don't think there's such a thing as a "quiet" pub. People
> shout more when they've had a few, as I'm sure you know.
>

Oh yes.


> >> >> Anyway I hope you (all) had a good one.
> >> >Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?
> >> Same as usual really. I bought her a nice bottle of wine because at
> >> least it's original i.e. I haven't done it before, but nothing really
> >> topped my dad's idea of getting a sack of 1,760 teabags.
> >Classy. That's great! :-) One of my uncles bought my aunt a trowel
> >once. Nice.
>
> If she wanted one and found it useful, that was a good present.

My uncle wanted a trowel, but the aftermath wasn't a present giving
experience he wanted to repeat, I think.

> That's
> the trouble I have buying presents, I'd like to get people stuff that is
> original and that they'd actually find useful or whatever, not just the
> usual box of chocolates or the like. I think, "if someone bought me this
> rubbish, I'd be not-so-secretly disappointed" See in our house we get
> through astonishing amounts of tea and coffee, so the idea was both very
> apt and extremely funny - especially given the sheer voluminous size of
> the sack. It was like a sack of potatoes. I wish I'd thought of it.
>

No, it would amuse me! I got some great presents. I've got an
address book with a 3D image of Jesus on the front, a tiny book on
palmistry, a heart-shaped framed picture of Data from Startrek, a
fluffy sheep, a mug with a sheep on, bath things, lots of beer and
other alcohol and more sheep related birthday cards than you can shake
a stick at. Cool!

> Well, enough whining about my infertile imagination.

It seems fertile enough when it comes to Fiona and Michelle...

Julie

Nicholas Jackson

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Jul 18, 2001, 11:25:55 AM7/18/01
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scripsit Julie Bellingham ...

>My uncle wanted a trowel, but the aftermath wasn't a present giving
>experience he wanted to repeat, I think.

I'm almost afraid to ask what the aftermath could have involved.

nicholas

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numbered. My life is my own.

RjY

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Jul 18, 2001, 11:44:53 AM7/18/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...
>RjY wrote:
>> There's a place on Earlsdon high street, right, I think it's called the
>> Royal Oak, or something, and the last time I went there (which
>> admittedly was years ago) it used to bill itself as wanting to be "the
>> local" and hence just have a room with a bar in rather than pool tables
>> and karaoke and whatnot. I don't know what it's like now though.
>It's alright - I go there sometimes. It's more of a old mans pub than
>a local though, I'd reckon.

Oh, yeah, definitely, but that's probably to be expected. If it drew a
large sub-30 audience the disco lights and alcopops would quickly
follow.

Not that I see anything wrong with disco lights and alcopops, but they
have their place and suburban pubs aren't it.

>No, it would amuse me! I got some great presents. I've got an
>address book with a 3D image of Jesus on the front, a tiny book on
>palmistry, a heart-shaped framed picture of Data from Startrek, a
>fluffy sheep, a mug with a sheep on, bath things, lots of beer and
>other alcohol and more sheep related birthday cards than you can shake
>a stick at. Cool!

Oh well I suppose it's probably down to attitude - that's what my mum
says anyway.

You want to be careful about the sheep thing, people'll get the idea you
like sheep-related gifts and you'll get typecast and then that's all
you'll ever see for the rest of your life. It's like that for my dad,
about whom many members of my family have the idea that he likes
liquorice allsorts, and now that's all he ever gets, and while he
doesn't hate them he's not that fond of them.

>> Well, enough whining about my infertile imagination.
>It seems fertile enough when it comes to Fiona and Michelle...

......Oh thanks, now look what you've done ;-)

Anyway you know what I mean. Some people are better at buying gifts than
others. I'm one of the crap ones. "Oh, yeah, Christmas again, let's buy
chocolates for everyone"

--
RjY/anARCHy
"The horrendous visage of the biggest demon
you've ever seen crumbles before you, after
you pump your rockets into his exposed brain"

Danny Chrastina

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:35:05 PM7/18/01
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Julie Bellingham wrote:

> RjY wrote:
> >
> > Julie Bellingham typed...
> > >RjY wrote:
> > >> Vincent Lynch typed...
> > >> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
> > >> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
> > >> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
> > >Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.
> >
> > And some five years your junior (!)
>
> Bah humbug. I was saying in the bar the other night, all the pop
> stars seem to be about 10 years younger than me. I keep trying to
> find quiet pubs, where I can just sit and have a quiet drink. I guess
> these are signs of my age now. Dinner parties as well - I like having
> dinner parties. God, I'm old.

This, from the girl with the house full of Germans.

--
Danny.

Keep on truckin'

| Mr. Danny Chrastina
| http://www.chrastina.net/

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:55:04 PM7/18/01
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Danny Chrastina <Da...@Chrastina.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Julie Bellingham wrote:
>
> This, from the girl with the house full of Germans.

No, they went home today. I'm just recovering as we speak (umm, write). I
have lots of sleep to catch up on. It was very, very cool though.

Actually, my penpal from Austria lurks here. Hi Stefan! :-)

Julie

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:55:21 PM7/18/01
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Nicholas Jackson <ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk.remove> wrote:
> scripsit Julie Bellingham ...
> >My uncle wanted a trowel, but the aftermath wasn't a present giving
> >experience he wanted to repeat, I think.
>
> I'm almost afraid to ask what the aftermath could have involved.
>

Just the wrath of my aunt. Some of my family can be quite scary.

Julie


Squeeze The Uise

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Jul 18, 2001, 3:09:20 PM7/18/01
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Julie Bellingham <plasm...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net> wrote in message
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It was also my Nan's birthday (Yia yia), she is 72.


Squeeze The Uise

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RjY <R...@sp.am> wrote in message
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> Julie Bellingham typed...
> >RjY wrote:
> >> Vincent Lynch typed...
> >> >Er, yeah, it's my birthday tomorrow.
> >> And Julie's and my mum's and, according to teletext, one of the
> >> vapids from Atomic Kitten, and ...
> >Ah! So I do share my birthday with someone (vaguely) famous.
>
> And some five years your junior (!)

I know!
I can't believe it - they were on a kids show talking about their teen idols
and they were referring to Take That when I was expecting them to be into
Spandau Ballet or something!


RjY

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Jul 19, 2001, 9:53:18 AM7/19/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...

>Danny Chrastina <Da...@Chrastina.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Julie Bellingham wrote:
>> This, from the girl with the house full of Germans.
>No, they went home today. I'm just recovering as we speak (umm, write). I
>have lots of sleep to catch up on. It was very, very cool though.

Wasn't it Arnold Rimmer who said that death was like going on holiday
with a group of Germans?

>Actually, my penpal from Austria lurks here. Hi Stefan! :-)

Yeah, hello. If you've got any sense I'd bugger off if I were you :-)
Mind you, if you're Julie's penpal... >:-)

--
RjY/anARCHy
"Happy to be hardcore"

RjY

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Jul 19, 2001, 9:54:45 AM7/19/01
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Squeeze The Uise typed...

>Julie Bellingham <plasm...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net> wrote in message
>news:3B559669...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net...
>> Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?
>It was also my Nan's birthday (Yia yia), she is 72.

By all the gods. How many more people born on the seventeenth of July
are we going to find?

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RjY/anARCHy
"Jump a lot, do you?"

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:02:29 AM7/19/01
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RjY wrote:
>
> Julie Bellingham typed...
> >Danny Chrastina <Da...@Chrastina.net> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Julie Bellingham wrote:
> >> This, from the girl with the house full of Germans.
> >No, they went home today. I'm just recovering as we speak (umm, write). I
> >have lots of sleep to catch up on. It was very, very cool though.
>
> Wasn't it Arnold Rimmer who said that death was like going on holiday
> with a group of Germans?
>

Don't remember that one! Anyway, it's great fun, and I'd highly
recommend it.

> >Actually, my penpal from Austria lurks here. Hi Stefan! :-)
>
> Yeah, hello. If you've got any sense I'd bugger off if I were you :-)
> Mind you, if you're Julie's penpal... >:-)
>

What's that supposed to mean?!

Julie

Nicholas Jackson

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:27:49 AM7/19/01
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scripsit RjY ...

>Squeeze The Uise typed...
>>Julie Bellingham <plasm...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net> wrote in message
>>news:3B559669...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net...
>>> Yes, ta! How was your mum's birthday?
>>It was also my Nan's birthday (Yia yia), she is 72.
>
>By all the gods. How many more people born on the seventeenth of July
>are we going to find?

At a vague estimate, about sixteen and a half million. If you look hard
enough, that is.

RjY

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:31:11 AM7/19/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...
>RjY wrote:
>> Yeah, hello. If you've got any sense I'd bugger off if I were you :-)
>> Mind you, if you're Julie's penpal... >:-)
>What's that supposed to mean?!

It means I'm in one of my let's-randomly-insult-people-in-a-joking-way
moods (as usual(!)) so I thought, hey, let's make out that anyone who's
mad enough to be Julie's penpal is mad enough to do anything, but of
course I was joking hence the devilish smiley.

All a load of old coboblers, really. You know.

--
RjY/anARCHy
"Each track is like a complete DJ set"

Julie Bellingham

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:35:16 AM7/19/01
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Don't worry, I didn't take it in an offended way - I forgot to add the
smiley! I have an inner ear infection, and my office is spinning.
I'm going to go home.

I've just done a Google search and it's scary how much is archived on
newsgroups searches. I'm going to have to stop posting such a pile of
crap. Any day now.

Julie

RjY

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:41:25 AM7/19/01
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Julie Bellingham typed...

>Don't worry, I didn't take it in an offended way - I forgot to add the
>smiley! I have an inner ear infection, and my office is spinning.
>I'm going to go home.

Your whole office is spinning? They must have really cranked up that
bloody magnet today then :-)

--
RjY/anARCHy
"You don't have to dress up to look scary, do you?"

Iain Thomas

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Jul 19, 2001, 4:38:40 PM7/19/01
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Julie Bellingham wrote:
> RjY wrote:
> > Wasn't it Arnold Rimmer who said that death was like going on holiday
> > with a group of Germans?
> Don't remember that one!

Series one, episode one; The End.
From memory:
Lister: What's it like?
Rimmer: Death? It's like being on holiday with a group of Germans.
Lister: <something like>No, I mean being a hologram. (sweeps arm through
Rimmer).

It's about 1/2 way through- after Lister emerges from stasis, gets to the
drive room, and has a talk with Holly. Before Cat is introduced.

Now... If I had a working capture card...

Oh, and hi to whoever removed the broken clock from biscs wall.

--
Regards, Iain....@dial.pipex.co.uk.
My website: http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/
XMMS now playing: The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesua

Squeeze The Uise

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Julie Bellingham <plasm...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> RjY wrote:
> >
> > Julie Bellingham typed...
> > >RjY wrote:
> > >> Yeah, hello. If you've got any sense I'd bugger off if I were you :-)
> > >> Mind you, if you're Julie's penpal... >:-)
> > >What's that supposed to mean?!
> >
> > It means I'm in one of my let's-randomly-insult-people-in-a-joking-way
> > moods (as usual(!)) so I thought, hey, let's make out that anyone who's
> > mad enough to be Julie's penpal is mad enough to do anything, but of
> > course I was joking hence the devilish smiley.
> >
> > All a load of old coboblers, really. You know.
> >
> >
> Don't worry, I didn't take it in an offended way - I forgot to add the
> smiley! I have an inner ear infection, and my office is spinning.
> I'm going to go home.

An inner ear infection?!

You're fucked!

Elliot


RjY

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Jul 21, 2001, 6:28:09 AM7/21/01
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Squeeze The Uise typed...

>Julie Bellingham <plasm...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net> wrote in message
>news:3B56F024...@REMOVEPANTS.fsmail.net...
>> I have an inner ear infection, and my office is spinning.
>> I'm going to go home.
>An inner ear infection?!
>You're fucked!

Ye gods, that's a bit gloomy isn't it...

--
RjY/anARCHy
"We feel neither highs nor lows."

Julie Bellingham

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Squeeze The Uise <ell...@squeezechurch.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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It seems to have cleared now, but of course you know that since you saw me
on Saturday!

Julie

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