Joe
The Joy of Bex
1) If I don't tell Joe things (even stupid things like some bloke
wolf-whistling at me) and he then finds out from someone else, he tells me
I've been keeping things from him and gets really upset and cries on me.
2) If I *do* tell Joe those things he tells me I'm being insensitive, gets
really upset and cries on me.
3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says "Hello...
I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..." -
not interested in him int he slightest and it only served to illustrate my
point of "Oh God I get IDed every week at the pub quiz")... As Joe was off
yesterday, I told his manager, logged into his computer, and deleted the
mail. His spanner "mentor", Diarmid (yes, that one) decided to get
completely wasted as usual and tell Joe that I'd been on his computer...
mmm... handy. So Joe got 2 hours sleep last night wondering what I was
protecting him from.
I am fed up of having to live my life wondering what someone else is going
to think of everything I do. I don't want to leave my job but I'm fed up of
him being around (and *really* fucking depressive) all the time. Oh for the
record, I'm not getting an ego, he's not upset about me, it's because the
things that were bad for him before we split up are still there. And
because he used me as emotional support (Hello, boys... why don't you all,
eh?) and now I'm not there any more.
Sent Diarmid a shitty mail as well, but felt I'd better apologise for it
later. Shouldn't have done - he bloody deserved it.
4) Joe may read this newsgroup. Honestly, he's getting so obsessive /
paranoid, I wouldn't be surprised. Hi Joe.
5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
6) Mer.
And that's about it.
Never mind, eh?
Bex
Ian Morris
> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says "Hello...
> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
Pardon?
I.
Matthew Hall
Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote:
> Ian Morris <ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk> wrote:
> > "The Joy of Bex" <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
> >> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
> >> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says
> >> "Hello...
> >> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
> ~~~~~~
> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> ~~~~~
> > Pardon?
>
> Clearly different words, and not just a typing error. I'd come up with some
> humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't been killed by endless
> drilling and screwing.
^^^^^^^^
Well, on the *upside*...
--
Matthew Hall - matthew at flightlessbird dot fsnet dot co dot uk
http://www.flightlessbird.fsnet.co.uk
Dave Taylor
> "The Joy of Bex" <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
>> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
>> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says "Hello...
>> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
>> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> Pardon?
Clearly different words, and not just a typing error. I'd come up with some
humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't been killed by endless
drilling and screwing.
--
Dave Taylor
"How appropriate. You fight like a cow."
[Monkey Island]
Dave Taylor
>> >> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
>> >> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says
>> >> "Hello...
>> >> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
>> ~~~~~~
>> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
>> ~~~~~
>> > Pardon?
>> Clearly different words, and not just a typing error. I'd come up with some
>> humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't been killed by endless
>> drilling and screwing.
> ^^^^^^^^
> Well, on the *upside*...
Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring when
one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so you
can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
The above is a brief sample of just how dull this is. At least it pays fairly
well.
--
Dave Taylor
"Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else but you"
[Moldy Peaches]
The Joy of Bex
All right, add a "reasonable" into number 5. The bloke in the club was
greasy, thick, horrible and minging.
B xx
Ian Morris
> I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
> been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
drilling and screwing?
That's what's been missing from my life of late.
Ian.
--
"You fight like a dairy farmer!"
Andrew N
> Ian Morris <ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk> wrote:
> > "The Joy of Bex" <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
> >> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
> >> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says "Hello...
> >> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
> ~~~~~~
> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> ~~~~~
> > Pardon?
>
> Clearly different words, and not just a typing error. I'd come up with some
> humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't been killed by endless
> drilling and screwing.
It just goes to show, be carefull what you wish for, it might come true.
Mr W M Dumas
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Dave Taylor wrote:
> Matthew Hall <mat...@backwards.dribsselthgilf.tensf.oc.ku> wrote:
> >> >> 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it might
> >> >> have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says
> >> >> "Hello...
> >> >> I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
> >> ~~~~~~
> >> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> >> ~~~~~
> >> > Pardon?
> >> Clearly different words, and not just a typing error. I'd come up with some
> >> humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't been killed by endless
> >> drilling and screwing.
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > Well, on the *upside*...
>
> Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
> screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring when
> one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so you
> can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
But since this doesn't happen to me any more (except when I've misaligned
a rawlplug or something) I can only suggest that you're using the WRONG
drill bit? It should ideally be as big as the screw but not including the
thread spiral. And always drill as far as you are going to screw in,
obviously.
> The above is a brief sample of just how dull this is. At least it pays fairly
> well.
When you come back to University, I can take it up permanent.
Matthew Hall
ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk (Ian Morris) wrote:
> Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote :
>
> > I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
> > been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
>
> What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
> drilling and screwing?
>
> That's what's been missing from my life of late.
Is "drilling" really a euphemism for, well, screwing?
Or do you actually want to join the Army?
Dave Taylor
> In article <ea6d3338.02040...@posting.google.com>,
> ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk (Ian Morris) wrote:
>> Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote :
>> > I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
>> > been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
>> What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
>> drilling and screwing?
>> That's what's been missing from my life of late.
> Is "drilling" really a euphemism for, well, screwing?
That was the sense in which I was using it (in that I blatantly posted the
above sentence as innuendo-bait)
--
Dave Taylor
"If you force me to fight, I will crush you. With apples."
[What Video Game Character am I? - Mr Do]
Dave Taylor
>> Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
>> screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring when
>> one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so you
>> can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
> No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
> going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
> you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
> use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
Bearing in mind that this is in Leeds Met Uni's new £50 quadrillion Learning
Centre, I can't "be cavalier about risking a few *brand new* desk tops". And
levering it out using a claw hammer would do just as much damage to the desk
as bashing it in, if not more. Remember, it's a screw - the thread bites into
the wood around it, so if I'd pulled it out, I'd have pulled big chunks of
desk with it.
And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit in.
As it happens, what I did in the end was cut a groove into it with a hacksaw,
then use a normal screwdriver to unscrew it.
[Pretend ther'es a really bad hacksaw/h4x0r joke here]
> But since this doesn't happen to me any more (except when I've misaligned
> a rawlplug or something) I can only suggest that you're using the WRONG
> drill bit? It should ideally be as big as the screw but not including the
> thread spiral. And always drill as far as you are going to screw in,
> obviously.
Yes, I know all of the above. I'm not stupid Warwick. If I had been using the
wrong drill bit, this would have happened far more than once.
My god, this is quite bitchy. Mind you, Warwick does seem to be assuming that
I'm really dumb about this sort of stuff, so fair enough.
--
Dave Taylor
"Oh My God!!! Tramampoline!! Trampopoline!"
[Simpsons]
Dave Taylor
>> > 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it
> might
>> > have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says
> "Hello...
>> > I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about 13..."
>> > 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
>> Pardon?
> All right, add a "reasonable" into number 5. The bloke in the club was
> greasy, thick, horrible and minging.
Oh, well if you're going to be *choosy* ;-)
--
Dave Taylor
"Can sing the low line with the majority of the songs of
rock, nobody knows why."
[Modern sci-fi website after much translation]
Nicholas Jackson
>4) Joe may read this newsgroup. Honestly, he's getting so obsessive /
>paranoid, I wouldn't be surprised.
He might have non-paranoid reasons to read this newsgroup, you know.
>Hi Joe.
I must say I'd feel quite uncomfortable if I found out someone had been
discussing details of my private life on a public newsgroup. I'm sure all
this is none of my business.
>5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
Oh hush. You've been single for, what, about a fortnight? Give it
time. Who knows, you may even begin to enjoy being single. I did for
quite a long time.
nicholas
--
Too many psychopaths, not enough cycle-paths.
Matthew Hall
Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote:
> Matthew Hall <mat...@backwards.dribsselthgilf.tensf.oc.ku> wrote:
> > In article <ea6d3338.02040...@posting.google.com>,
> > ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk (Ian Morris) wrote:
> >> Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote :
> >> > I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
> >> > been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
> >> What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
> >> drilling and screwing?
> >> That's what's been missing from my life of late.
> > Is "drilling" really a euphemism for, well, screwing?
>
> That was the sense in which I was using it (in that I blatantly posted the
> above sentence as innuendo-bait)
How disappointing.
Mr W M Dumas
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Dave Taylor wrote:
> Mr W M Dumas <ec...@csv.warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
> >> screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring when
> >> one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so you
> >> can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
> > No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
> > going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
> > you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
> > use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
>
> Bearing in mind that this is in Leeds Met Uni's new £50 quadrillion Learning
> Centre, I can't "be cavalier about risking a few *brand new* desk tops". And
> levering it out using a claw hammer would do just as much damage to the desk
> as bashing it in, if not more. Remember, it's a screw - the thread bites into
> the wood around it, so if I'd pulled it out, I'd have pulled big chunks of
> desk with it.
That would apply to pulling it out with pliers as well, but I'm not sure
that it does apply. The new screw normally covers the damage.
> And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit in.
You don't put the hammer claw *into the desk* ...
> As it happens, what I did in the end was cut a groove into it with a hacksaw,
> then use a normal screwdriver to unscrew it.
>
> > But since this doesn't happen to me any more (except when I've misaligned
> > a rawlplug or something) I can only suggest that you're using the WRONG
> > drill bit? It should ideally be as big as the screw but not including the
> > thread spiral. And always drill as far as you are going to screw in,
> > obviously.
>
> Yes, I know all of the above. I'm not stupid Warwick. If I had been using the
> wrong drill bit, this would have happened far more than once.
>
> My god, this is quite bitchy. Mind you, Warwick does seem to be assuming that
> I'm really dumb about this sort of stuff, so fair enough.
I'm qualified to be condescending, I passed GCSE D&T you know. Only with
an E, but that's still a pass.
Mr W M Dumas
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Dave Taylor wrote:
I will now ask for comments in return, on the subject of why my bit of
chipboard wall doesn't seem to go on properly. I tried giving the
rawlplugs a good bash and it's not them in the way. It is the case that
the wall it is going on to is horribly bent, but not on the side that the
new bit is attached to, since I made it more or less flat.
RjY
>In article <ea6d3338.02040...@posting.google.com>,
> ianmo...@netscapeonline.co.uk (Ian Morris) wrote:
>> Dave Taylor <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote :
>> > I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
>> > been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
>> What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
>> drilling and screwing?
>> That's what's been missing from my life of late.
>Is "drilling" really a euphemism for, well, screwing?
>Or do you actually want to join the Army?
I thought he was talking about his taste in music. You know, industrial
stuff, "drill and bass" and whatnot. Were you, sir?
--
RjY at The Realm of anARCHy .co.uk | http://www.triv.org.uk/~rjy/
"No matter how good you are, there's always
going to be someone better than you."
Dave Taylor
>> >> Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
>> >> screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring when
>> >> one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so you
>> >> can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
>> > No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
>> > going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
>> > you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
>> > use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
>> Centre, I can't "be cavalier about risking a few *brand new* desk tops". And
>> levering it out using a claw hammer would do just as much damage to the desk
>> as bashing it in, if not more. Remember, it's a screw - the thread bites into
>> the wood around it, so if I'd pulled it out, I'd have pulled big chunks of
>> desk with it.
> That would apply to pulling it out with pliers as well, but I'm not sure
> that it does apply. The new screw normally covers the damage.
Ah, I see now, I haven't been clear enough. The pliers were (in theory)
used to get a decent grip on the screw, so that I could unscrew it out of
the desk.
>> And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit in.
> You don't put the hammer claw *into the desk* ...
Huh?
I think this is one of those things that can't really be explained
properly without pictures, and I don't care that much.
--
Dave Taylor
"They got a building down New York City, it's called Whitehall Street,
where you walk in, you get injected, inspected, detected, infected,
neglected and selected."
[Arlo Guthrie]
Dave Taylor
>> >> > I'd come up with some humorous definition of "famncy" if my brain hadn't
>> >> > been killed by endless drilling and screwing.
>> >> What better way could there be to kill your brain than endless
>> >> drilling and screwing?
>> >> That's what's been missing from my life of late.
>> > Is "drilling" really a euphemism for, well, screwing?
>> That was the sense in which I was using it (in that I blatantly posted the
>> above sentence as innuendo-bait)
> How disappointing.
<monk type="shaolin"> Since my days of the "right hand rule" incident, I
have learnt much of the ways of the double entendre from one of the masters
of the art.</monk>
(Graham, triv)
--
Dave Taylor
"You and your exploding shark!"
"Well how was I to know he had a can of Shark repellent Bat-spray?"
[Batman]
The Joy of Bex
"Dave Taylor" <ph...@csv.warwick.ac.ok.ek.uk> wrote:
> The Joy of Bex <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
> >> > 3) Yesterday I sent a mail round to about 20 people but realised it
> > might
> >> > have had something in it to upset Joe as above (Bloke in club says
> > "Hello...
> >> > I really famncy you.... but aren't you underage? You look about
13..."
> >> > 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> >> Pardon?
> > All right, add a "reasonable" into number 5. The bloke in the club was
> > greasy, thick, horrible and minging.
> Oh, well if you're going to be *choosy* ;-)
Well, why shouldn't I be? If I'd been happy to just settle for someone who
liked me and I kind of got on all right with sometimes, then what would be
the point of splitting up with Joe and going through all the trauma of that?
In the words of Fairground Attraction, it's got to be perfect. Or at least
something approaching decent.
B xx
The Joy of Bex
> > Matthew Hall <mat...@backwards.dribsselthgilf.tensf.oc.ku> wrote:
> > >> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> > >> drilling and screwing.
> > > ^^^^^^^^
> > > Well, on the *upside*...
> > Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
> > screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring
when
> > one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so
you
> > can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
> No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
> going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
> you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
> use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
discussion.
Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
B xx
The Joy of Bex
"Nicholas Jackson" <ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk.remove> wrote:
> scripsit The Joy of Bex ...
> >4) Joe may read this newsgroup. Honestly, he's getting so obsessive /
> >paranoid, I wouldn't be surprised.
> He might have non-paranoid reasons to read this newsgroup, you know.
He may have, but I doubt it, because even when he was "reading it" he never
had the time, and used to go on about how crap it was.
> >Hi Joe.
> I must say I'd feel quite uncomfortable if I found out someone had been
> discussing details of my private life on a public newsgroup. I'm sure all
> this is none of my business.
No, it's a fair point, and I can't really use the fact that I was drunk as
an excuse I guess. I probably shouldn't discuss my private life (and anyone
else's that entails) on a newsgroup but I curiously thought that someone
might provide some support or give me some advice. Ha ha.
There's only so much feedback I can get from my diary.
> >5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> Oh hush. You've been single for, what, about a fortnight? Give it
> time. Who knows, you may even begin to enjoy being single. I did for
> quite a long time.
Three months is the longest I've ever been single, and you're right, I
shouldn't really complain because I am absolutely *loving* it, in the sense
that living on my own is great and I'm totally independent, but after being
so close to someone it's very difficult to do without that level of intimacy
immediately afterwards. It gets easier the longer it's been.
The thing that really pisses me off is the friends not inviting me anywhere
for fear of upsetting Joe - that sucks.
B xx
Dave Taylor
>> > >> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
>> > >> drilling and screwing.
>> > > ^^^^^^^^
>> > > Well, on the *upside*...
>> > Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
>> > screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring
> when
>> > one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so
> you
>> > can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
>> No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
>> going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
>> you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
>> use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
> Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
> needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
> discussion.
> Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
At least it hasn't turned into a discussion about computers/religion.
Anyway, it's my fault really, so sorry for doing whatever I've done to your
thread (I can't think of a word to describe it - it's not really subverting
it)
I would attempt to offer support if I had the slightest clue about how to
deal with this sort of stuff. But I don't, so have some sympathy instead.
--
Dave Taylor
"I have to get off this machine, my jaw is killing me.;=x"
[Amy]
Dave Taylor
Yes I know - it was a joke. I'm not seriously suggesting that you should go
for thick, greasy horrible minging men.
Anyway, you can clearly afford to be choosy, so there's no real reason not
to.
--
Dave Taylor
"See 'The Hidden Universe', which is in the Library"
[Nick d'Ambrumenil]
dev/null
>The Joy of Bex <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> 5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
>>> > >> drilling and screwing.
>>> > > ^^^^^^^^
>>> > > Well, on the *upside*...
>>> > Sadly the literal kind - screwing screws into desks using an electric
>>> > screwdriver. Which is just as dull as it sounds, and incredibly tiring
>> when
>>> > one of them gets stuck half way, chewed to bits by the screwdriver, so
>> you
>>> > can't get it out even when you're putting all your weight on the pliers.
>>> No, because that definitely isn't what you'd do. If you seriously aren't
>>> going to just bash it in (which is generally more sensible as long as
>>> you're willing to be cavalier about risking a few old desk tops) then you
>>> use a claw hammer to lever it out, physics boy.
>> Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
>> needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
>> discussion.
>> Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
>
>At least it hasn't turned into a discussion about computers/religion.
Speaking of computers/religion:
Apple Macs ... ARRRGGGGGGG!
I finding using them incredibly frustrating. Why, to eject a CD, do I have
to drag the CD to the trash bin? This isn't how I would normally use a CD
(although I could name some exceptions). If anyone can offer an
explanation as to why this makes sense or is good GUI design I would be
interested to hear it.
I also find only having one mouse button means that I have to spend a lot
of time dragging the pointer about the screen to get to the appropriate
context menu. Am I missing some sort of trick to this? Why, for that
matter, is playing DivX files such a hassle?
Macs aren't all bad, though. For example, the Mac version of Internet
Explorer seems a lot nicer and more stable that the Windows version,
although, perhaps, this is not saying much.
This however, I cannot extend to the Mac press. To quote from a MacWorld
column concerned about the future of computing
"It [Quantum Computing] probably requires a black hole to be installed in
your Mac, which would be a bit hazardous."
One might suggest that this could be no bad thing...
Matthew Hall
ph...@primrose.csv.warwick.ac.uk (dev/null) wrote:
It always seems like more of an afterthought than anything else to me.
Type command-E.
> I also find only having one mouse button means that I have to spend a lot
> of time dragging the pointer about the screen to get to the appropriate
> context menu. Am I missing some sort of trick to this?
You could try holding down various keys when clicking... but yeah, it
sucks, and I've got a multi-button mouse.
Jeremy Austin
news:a8mtjm$s88$1...@wisteria.csv.warwick.ac.uk:
> The Joy of Bex <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
<snip carpentry>
>> Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset
>> and needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a
>> nerdy discussion.
that's what you get when you turn to a bunch of dysfunctional nerds for
support. By the way, is a drill really the best tool for the job, or are
you using for convenience?
>> Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
>
> At least it hasn't turned into a discussion about computers/religion.
>
> Anyway, it's my fault really, so sorry for doing whatever I've done to
> your thread (I can't think of a word to describe it - it's not really
> subverting it)
>
> I would attempt to offer support if I had the slightest clue about how
> to deal with this sort of stuff. But I don't, so have some sympathy
> instead.
>
me too. I did try to think of something supportive to say, but couldn't.
It sounds like a shit situation, anyway, and I do hope it gets better.
Jez.
Warwick Dumas
> Mr W M Dumas <ec...@csv.warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit
in.
> > You don't put the hammer claw *into the desk* ...
>
> Huh?
>
> I think this is one of those things that can't really be explained
> properly without pictures, and I don't care that much.
Well the easiest explanation is, you put the claw of the hammer round the
screw, and you lever the screw out. More effective than any activity
involving pliers. It's the only thing to do with physics that I ever
understood, except relativity.
Dave Taylor
> <snip carpentry>
>>> Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset
>>> and needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a
>>> nerdy discussion.
> that's what you get when you turn to a bunch of dysfunctional nerds for
> support. By the way, is a drill really the best tool for the job, or are
> you using for convenience?
Well, we needed to use a drill anyway (needed to grill guiding holes for
the screws) and we had to fit ~650 of the things, so a manual screwdriver
was out of the question. Plus they're security screws, and the special
screwdriver comes with a set of bits for a drill/electric screwdriver anyway.
Anyway, it's finished now. Now I'm back to what I was doing in summer:
10 LIFT BOX
20 GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
30 PUT BOX DOWN
40 GOTO 10
Right, I'm shutting up now. No more of this dull bollocks about my job.
--
Dave Taylor
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb"
[Batman]
Dave Taylor
>> >> And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit
> in.
>> > You don't put the hammer claw *into the desk* ...
>> Huh?
>> I think this is one of those things that can't really be explained
>> properly without pictures, and I don't care that much.
> Well the easiest explanation is, you put the claw of the hammer round the
> screw, and you lever the screw out. More effective than any activity
> involving pliers. It's the only thing to do with physics that I ever
> understood, except relativity.
*sigh*
I know I've said I'm not going to post any more about this, but ...
... but this is just too damn condescending to leave alone.
For god's sake, I know how a claw hammer works! Given the shape of the
things we're attaching using the screws, there wouldn't have been enough
*space* to get the claw bit under the head of the screw. Plus as stated
before, it would have wrecked the desk.
Warwick Dumas
"Jeremy Austin" <jeza...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns91E9A9BCAB33Dj...@130.133.1.4...
4thenet newshost didn't actually tell me what the situation was, unless it
was the same old situation of people not fancying Bex, despite the fact that
people apparently do. Incidentally, I think that *I* actually deserve team
points here - I respected the potentially serious tone of the discussion and
refrained from adding my comments to the effect of "I may not particularly
fancy you, but I'm going to pretend to do so, so as not to be ostensibly
left out, if that's OK" - which for me is quite amazing.
Warwick Dumas
"The Joy of Bex" <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote in message
news:a8momc$qtf$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> "Nicholas Jackson" <ma...@csv.warwick.ac.uk.remove> wrote:
> > scripsit The Joy of Bex ...
>
> > >4) Joe may read this newsgroup. Honestly, he's getting so obsessive /
> > >paranoid, I wouldn't be surprised.
> > He might have non-paranoid reasons to read this newsgroup, you know.
>
> He may have, but I doubt it, because even when he was "reading it" he
never
> had the time, and used to go on about how crap it was.
>
> > >Hi Joe.
> > I must say I'd feel quite uncomfortable if I found out someone had been
> > discussing details of my private life on a public newsgroup. I'm sure
all
> > this is none of my business.
>
> No, it's a fair point, and I can't really use the fact that I was drunk as
> an excuse I guess. I probably shouldn't discuss my private life (and
anyone
> else's that entails) on a newsgroup but I curiously thought that someone
> might provide some support or give me some advice. Ha ha.
Well it seems intrinsically unlikely that most people are going to feel
happy with making any judgements about matters like that - they're not you
and don't know most of the particulars. Plus, everyone hates advice and
everyone loves giving advice, so you've blatantly got the wrong end of the
stick.
> There's only so much feedback I can get from my diary.
>
> > >5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
> > Oh hush. You've been single for, what, about a fortnight? Give it
> > time. Who knows, you may even begin to enjoy being single. I did for
> > quite a long time.
>
> Three months is the longest I've ever been single, and you're right, I
> shouldn't really complain because I am absolutely *loving* it, in the
sense
> that living on my own is great and I'm totally independent, but after
being
> so close to someone it's very difficult to do without that level of
intimacy
> immediately afterwards. It gets easier the longer it's been.
>
> The thing that really pisses me off is the friends not inviting me
anywhere
> for fear of upsetting Joe - that sucks.
They're evidently not your friends and there's no sense in regretting not
having their company. Hey, you could adopt my attitude, and consider it a
mark of lacking integrity to be overtly friendly at all!
Ian Morris
> >5) Why does no one fancy me? Mer.
>
> Oh hush. You've been single for, what, about a fortnight? Give it
> time. Who knows, you may even begin to enjoy being single. I did for
> quite a long time.
Indeed. I've been single for over a year, and do you hear me complaining?
Oh, hang on...
Ian.
Da...@cshpraamsstpianma.net
> Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
> needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
> discussion.
>
> Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
Well, you seemed to have bounced back and had a great weekend
without our help.
--
Danny.
Yes, but I don't think it saw me.
cs...@mimosa.csv.warwick.ac.uk
> 10 LIFT BOX
> 20 GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
> 30 PUT BOX DOWN
> 40 GOTO 10
I'll give you five pounds to move a piano from one room to another.
g.
Mr W M Dumas
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Dave Taylor wrote:
> Warwick Dumas <war...@4mymail.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >> And also, there wouldn't have been enough space to fit the 'claw' bit
> > in.
> >> > You don't put the hammer claw *into the desk* ...
> >> Huh?
> >> I think this is one of those things that can't really be explained
> >> properly without pictures, and I don't care that much.
> > Well the easiest explanation is, you put the claw of the hammer round the
> > screw, and you lever the screw out. More effective than any activity
> > involving pliers. It's the only thing to do with physics that I ever
> > understood, except relativity.
>
> *sigh*
>
> I know I've said I'm not going to post any more about this, but ...
> ... but this is just too damn condescending to leave alone.
>
> For god's sake, I know how a claw hammer works! Given the shape of the
> things we're attaching using the screws, there wouldn't have been enough
> *space* to get the claw bit under the head of the screw. Plus as stated
> before, it would have wrecked the desk.
Would not.
The Joy of Bex
<Da...@cShPrAaMsStPiAnMa.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, The Joy of Bex wrote:
>
> > Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
> > needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
> > discussion.
> > Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
> Well, you seemed to have bounced back and had a great weekend
> without our help.
Yeah, it was really good actually. I find if I avoid people from work I
have a better time - curious, that, don't you think? :o)
Never mind, won't really be able to avoid them in Dublin. Unless I hang
around with Philipp (Julie's German friend) who happens to be flying out
there the same day from the same airport within 2 hours of me.
How bizarre.
Bexley
James Boon
>
> <Da...@cShPrAaMsStPiAnMa.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, The Joy of Bex wrote:
>>
>> > Julie pointed out that I'd sent a mail where I was obviously upset and
>> > needing a bit of support and it has quite quickly turned into a nerdy
>> > discussion.
>> > Just thought I'd mention it cos it made me laugh. Kind of.
>> Well, you seemed to have bounced back and had a great weekend
>> without our help.
>
> Yeah, it was really good actually.
Yay! :o)
JamesB
--
"You're mind gets dirty as you get closer to 30"
Ian Morris
> 10 LIFT BOX
> 20 GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
> 30 PUT BOX DOWN
> 40 GOTO 10
Not with the same box, surely?
Poor SheSisyphus.
Ian.
--
In eight days' time I'll be above the Mediterranean.
The Joy of Bex
"James Boon" <james...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "The Joy of Bex" <b...@ddeebbeecccaa.com> wrote:
> > <Da...@cShPrAaMsStPiAnMa.net> wrote:
> >> Well, you seemed to have bounced back and had a great weekend
> >> without our help.
> > Yeah, it was really good actually.
> Yay! :o)
Yep, thanks for having me - had a fab time. All your friends are about 15
in the head, which is cool, and I haven't played pissed Micro Machines for
aaaaaaages! Gunning down all the cyclists was quite fun too. Oxford is
better than Cambridge.
Bex