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Whitby

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:12:37 GMT

- Quick trip to Whitby on Saturday for Halloween.
- Kids loved it. Boats, seaside, bridges, chips and ruins.
- At the age of four Willow is lost to gothdom. We still blame Aunty Lula.
- Seeing long absent friends was truly great.
- Having to park about 3 miles from anywhere was not.
- The abbeys little Halloween event was interesting. Wish I got to see more of it.
- During the event I went to pick up the car but the Abbey closed while I was away.
This meant that I missed saying goodbye to a good many people who were already gone by the time I came back.
- In fact, there were more friends there who I didn't even get to say hello to thanks to my poor timing.
- Not that it will make up for not doing so in person but... Hi to those we missed and goodbye to those that we actually saw.
- Alison is missing the whole goth scene it seems. Trying to convince her to go with friends and leave the kids with me for the weekend for the next WGW. Friends I ask you to convince and cojole.
- Kids were tired by the end and were glad to get home.
- Sunday saw me paying for over doing things joints wise. Big flare up saw me almost bed bound for the entire day.
- Over all worth it just to see the Wife smile (about the day trip not the agonising arthritis).

Browser rpg

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:25:10 GMT

Quite a fun little text based rpg based upon the legend of the green dragon engine.
www.improbableisland.com/home.php

Død snø

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:06:40 GMT

Zombie Nazis in norwegian. Much of it is blood spattered comic genius.

Swine flu fail...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:05:12 GMT

Today we received a letter from the kids nursery informing us of two cases of swine flu among staff and kids. They also say that to try and prevent the spread of the VIRUS around the place they will put ANTIBACTERIAL foam wash at the entrance to the nursery for all visitors to use.

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:25:53 GMT

So.. Any body actually seen this movie?

www.repo-opera.com

I've just caught the trailer, along with many other interesting looking bits of film, on the Midnight Meat Train DVD(hopefully that will be Clive Barker win).

Colour me intrigued.

**Edit**

Just finished watching midnight meat train. The gore was WAY ott but I still really enjoyed it.

Possible Birthday Collection

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:03:11 GMT

As some of you know, Steve Clipstone turns 30 this August . As a consolatory gesture I propose that his friends club together to purchase a kick ass gift.

After much discussion and suggestion (he's not at all helpful in this regard) we got down to motorcycle lessons as something that's pretty funky and memorable for such for such a milestone event as being alive for 3 decades. I'm hoping that we can collect enough between us to cover at least the provisional fee, the CBT and bike hire. If not then I'm sure that we can come up with some cool ideas for what to do with the cash.

If you wanna chip in then drop me a mail at;

admin@95th.org

A movie meme before bedtime.

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:27:51 GMT

Saw this and had a go. Thanks to misstemperance.

Over 85 and apparently you have no life.

Oh dear...
(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total: 9
(x) The Princess Bride

(x) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
(x) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 18
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 27

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Harry Potter 5
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 35
(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 43
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG [Orriginal only]
Total so far: 52
( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 61

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle/get the munchies
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 69

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 77

(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin (The Wrong Man)
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremacy
( ) Bourne Ultimatum
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George Total so far: 88
(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 98
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
(x) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 109

(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 122

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 126

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 132

(x) Baseketball
(x) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 139
(x) The Jacket
(x) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
(x) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
total so far: 143

(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 145

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
(x) Orgazmo
(x) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld
Total so far: 153

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
(x) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
(x) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 159
(x) Star Wars Ep.I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep.II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep.III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep.IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep.V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep.VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 165

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
Total so far: 175.

I'd be interested in the scores from the "Back Seat Producers", I hope that they would make me feel better.

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Grr @ LT

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:42:47 GMT

Was mildly annoyed at the short notice LT event changes. Now I realise that they've overtaken another bank holiday, I'm quite pissed off! I can only manage 1 bank holiday event due to work and family commitments. Just as I'm getting back into larping LT mess it up!

I think they did it to me on purpose. ;)

Movie Meme

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:59:09 GMT

Stolen from </a></b></a>misstemperence

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: Aliens. Truly Awesome.

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre: I robot. Not through any great love of the film, just by random chance.

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Christopher Lee, still the scariest guy in showbiz.

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Halle Berry, not enjoyed a single performance from her. Her portrayal of storm was weak and don't get me started with Catwoman.

5. Name a movie that you can quote from: Thanks to the kids, Kung fu Panda is easily quoteable for me though its gotta be The Princess bride.

6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: RHPS

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: The pick of destiny.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see: Mononoke-hime

9. Name a movie that you own: Erik The Viking.

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: Tricia Helfer (Caprica Six)

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?: No, bit short on drive ins in the UK, Its even a declining industry in the US

12. Ever made out in a movie?: Silly Question.

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it: Schindlers List.

14. Ever walked out of a movie?: No. Should have walk out of many.

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theatre: Hmmm...

16. Popcorn?: Chocolate?

17. How often do you go to the movies?: Far less than I'd like.

18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?: I think it was The Dark Knight

19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movies? SciFi/Fantasy but I'll watch most anything! At the moment I'm trying to watch all of the Movies that come up on The Back Seat Producers podcast. Its given me a few movies that I would not necessarily have chosen to watch but have really enjoyed. If you like movies Check 'em out.

20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?: The Fox and the hound.

21. What movie(s) has/have changed your life?: No movie has changed my life though many have made it more enjoyable.

Thanks for the movie tips,

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:04:12 GMT

Ended up with "The Man From Earth". Low budget sci fi. Interesting premise.

On me tod

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:59:52 GMT

Alison is off out to see friends tonight (and about time too!). So tonight I'll be on my own with the kids. Hopefully they will sleep well and I can watch a movie.

So what I desire from you peeps out there in the big wide world of the interweb is a movie that you would recommend? I'm not prejudiced, recently I've watched stuff as varied as '8 days a week' through to 'atonement' so I'll watch almost anything.

I wait in hope O wise sages of the net.

AWOL

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:16:19 GMT

Might not be around much in the next few weeks. Alot on my plate. If any one really needs me (which I doubt :) ) I'm still mostly reachable.

95th.org/ley

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:09:08 GMT

Back on line

You know that your ISP is pants when...

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:46:06 GMT

its the only isp in the world that wont connect to your forums.

Yesterday Virginmedia decided that none of the subdirectories for 95th.org should be accessible, all that displays is a crisp white screen.. So no forums no ftp no email.
3 works fine. Tiscali also so it seems.

My ISP is convinced that its the server i'm using. As every other isp works I'm convinced its virgin media.

So in a bid to prove them wrong I'm asking for the help of you excellent interweb peeps.

Please follow this link then post in the comments weather or not you can see the forum page. Also if you could let me know the isp you're using too.

Any experts with insight are also welcome.

Grrr...

RPG Meme

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:53:35 GMT

OK I'm bored and interested.

1.What's your favourite tabletop RPG system? The MERP/RoleMaster hybrid of my uni days. Lethal and fun.

2.What's your least favourite? Hmm... White Wolf. Just cos I don't like dots.

3.What system have you not played but want to try? Burning Wheel. The method of social combat intrigues me.

Now answer these questions for yourself and post in your own LJ

More forum crap.

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:21:36 GMT

I honestly believe that SMF hates me.
At least I have a recent back-up. *sigh*

Colour me interested.

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:23:23 GMT

"Guillermo del Toro has been tapped by Universal to helm remakes of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, per Variety, along with a big-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood simply titled Drood, and a new take on Kurt Vonnegut’s cult novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. The Oscar nominated helmer, who is currently prepping the Hobbit films with Peter Jackson, will most likely begin with Drood, a murder mystery that Dickens never completed." (Source: Backseat Producers)

Very much like to see these, if they materialise.

Sleep

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:16:49 GMT

Put my head to the pillow to get some much needed sleep. and next door start drilling. Gits.

On going forum crap

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:22:42 GMT

Right we have a partial restoration thanks to Lizzi. We have most users (we're missing the latest 5 joins) and the actual content scince the 95th went live has gone walkies. On the up side we get to start from scratch.

Nip onover to the new site 95th.org/ley and log in with the usual id. You'll need to change your display name though.

Lizzi, any chance of putting a redirect from the old site to the new one?

Forum Hell

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:42:31 GMT

Chasing the missing data base is not fun and I'm coming up blank. It may be a case of having a fresh start with new boards if Si has no back up or if Liz's hosts are as useless as they seem.

As an aside if anyone wants a 95th.org email adress let me know we seem to have 1000 of em going spare. They work very well from thunderbird or outlook etc.
"admin@95th.org" is already live and seems to work well.

95th.org

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:58:58 GMT

We now have this domain. Just aquired it today, the site belongs to the group as a whole not any one specific member. When we get the back up from cronvek.com I'll restore the forums as was to

95th.org/ley

Don't bother with the sign up for this forum as yet. When the restoration takes place it'll overwrite any of the existing stuff and you'll be able to use your existing userID

For those of you in the 95th add this site to your bookmarks as it should start to take shape over the coming weeks.
Also any who wish to contribute to the site drop me a line.

The G...

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31:11 GMT

Was full of win even though I kicked the bucket. The Vipers rocked like evil weebles. Only real downers involved losing OSs that I hadn't chance to use, many dead and the fact that my poor health stopped me doing some of the things I wanted too.
May post more after sleep. Might not though.

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:58:18 GMT

Arg can't sleep! Would've happily slept a 9 this morning, now its nearly 1 and I'm just lying in bed wide awake, grrrr.
Getting frustrated at not sleeping is not helping either. Gonna watch some dr who then try again.

:)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:36:24 GMT

Yay! Ticket for the G arrived today.

The netbook bandwagon.

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:19:20 GMT

I jumped on the netboot bandwagon and picked up an advent 4211(basically a re badge of the MSI wind).Was tempted by the eeepc from asus but the 10" screen and bigger storage swung me. So far I'm loving the portability combined with the functionality of having a pc on hand. I had mobile internet on my E61 (phone) but it lacked the versitility I needed when out and about fixing stuff.

The specs are not bad for the size or price.

1.6 Atom cpu
1gb RAM
80gb HDD
all at just over a kilo.

I have it running XP right now,although I was tempted to try it with Ubuntu. The deciding factor was compatibility and that I never have to fix a linux users pc.

Entertainment wise its great as a portable media centre. The screen is nice and bright for movies(the latest Divx codecs run flawlesly) and the sound is good (with headphones, the built in speakers are tinny even for a laptop, but I expected that). It even can handle games. Nothing flash of course, warcraft 3 and vice city seem to run well and I have seen WoW played on one.

I expected to find the lack of an optical drive a bit of a bind until I realised I hadn't used one in 6 months.Here old friendly software like Deamon, Magic disc and Alcohol come in bloody useful, plus I realised that if I need one I've got one on the main media centre pc.

Over all its ace and would reccomend one for those who want something small and portable or just a cheap laptop for surfing, documents and email.

On an entirely unrelated note the co-op made Alisons day today . They carded her for for trying to buy alcohol. She is very pleased that she must look so young! 28 or 18... not a bad spread.