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From: James Jolley on 16 Jun 2010 15:54 On 2010-06-16 20:32:42 +0100, Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> said: > On 2010-06-16 15:48:56 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> said: > >> On 2010-06-16 15:05:51 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >>> On 2010-06-16, Rowland McDonnell >>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>> That's the bottom of the wardrobe, right? Where the deep drifts of >>>> designer handbags conceal strata of hundreds of pairs of once-worn >>>> shoes, yes? >>>> >>>> I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. >>> >>> Nope. I don't. Mine's rather more tech-oriented. I'm fairly sure she doesn't >>> possess even a single handbag. Shoes she buys once in a blue moon and only >>> if she's going to wear them significantly more than just once. >>> >>> Jim >> >> My partner's quite into tech also, loves her games, fun, TV and all the >> rest of it. Bit like me, except I love other gadgets, robots, that sort >> of idiocy. > > Caz once ordered me out of the house and told me not to come back > without a Gamecube, four controllers and a copy of Super Monkeyball - > this was pretty much on launch week. She also wrote appreciation email > to the president of iRobot over the Roomba/Scooba combination. > > Shoes? She's heard of them. Purses are not by whatever > Italian-of-the-week you're supposed to buy from today, but by Studio > Ghibli (as, indeed, are the films). Her opinion of Windows makes me > look like Balmer's right-hand man. She is the Right Girl(tm). (well, we > will skip over the sad predilection for TV trash anyway...) > > Cheers, > Ian Yep, we've just been mad enough to preorder 4 PS move controllers and a couple of the navigation extra ones. �220 or so later we'll see. I'm actually holding up hope that it'll be very fun because of the tactile nature of that sort of interface.
From: Hugh Browton on 17 Jun 2010 08:00 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:21 +0100, John wrote (in article <2010061612002116807%coffee(a)thecafecom>): > Bad: My faithfull old iMac G5 is dead. > Good: Just ordered the 27" iMac 2.8GHz 8 gig (2x4). Delivery estimated > end of next week. > > Miracle. Wife said " Oh, order what you like! " > Just had one through here today - GLORIOUS machine. (Actually once I'd admired it I then had to arrange to have it replaced - there was a fault on the inside face of the front glass. Poor quality control from Apple.) -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002)
From: Chris Ridd on 17 Jun 2010 08:07 On 2010-06-17 13:00:30 +0100, Hugh Browton said: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:21 +0100, John wrote > (in article <2010061612002116807%coffee(a)thecafecom>): > >> Bad: My faithfull old iMac G5 is dead. >> Good: Just ordered the 27" iMac 2.8GHz 8 gig (2x4). Delivery estimated >> end of next week. >> >> Miracle. Wife said " Oh, order what you like! " >> > Just had one through here today - GLORIOUS machine. > > (Actually once I'd admired it I then had to arrange to have it replaced - > there was a fault on the inside face of the front glass. Poor quality control > from Apple.) Are you sure the fault wasn't just the admiring face being reflected in it :-) -- Chris
From: chris on 17 Jun 2010 09:34 On 16/06/10 20:33, Sara Merriman wrote: > In article<slrni1hmhv.2btg.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-06-16, Rowland McDonnell >> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> That's the bottom of the wardrobe, right? Where the deep drifts of >>> designer handbags conceal strata of hundreds of pairs of once-worn >>> shoes, yes? >>> >>> I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. >> >> Nope. I don't. Mine's rather more tech-oriented. I'm fairly sure she doesn't >> possess even a single handbag. Shoes she buys once in a blue moon and only >> if she's going to wear them significantly more than just once. >> > I don't have a wife like that either ;-) although Rog actually has more > shoes than I do. > > My excuse for a handbag is actually a fabric shopping bag that an ex's > mum made for me. Mind you, I probably would have more shoes/bags if it > wasn't so bloody difficult to buy vegetarian ones. Just as well really. Wow. I never knew shoes were carnivorous. I'll need to be careful next time out shopping...
From: Sara on 17 Jun 2010 12:20
In article <hvd898$5nj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 16/06/10 20:33, Sara Merriman wrote: > > In article<slrni1hmhv.2btg.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, > > Jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2010-06-16, Rowland McDonnell > >> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >>> > >>> That's the bottom of the wardrobe, right? Where the deep drifts of > >>> designer handbags conceal strata of hundreds of pairs of once-worn > >>> shoes, yes? > >>> > >>> I'm sure all of us have wives like that, even Sara. > >> > >> Nope. I don't. Mine's rather more tech-oriented. I'm fairly sure she > >> doesn't > >> possess even a single handbag. Shoes she buys once in a blue moon and only > >> if she's going to wear them significantly more than just once. > >> > > I don't have a wife like that either ;-) although Rog actually has more > > shoes than I do. > > > > My excuse for a handbag is actually a fabric shopping bag that an ex's > > mum made for me. Mind you, I probably would have more shoes/bags if it > > wasn't so bloody difficult to buy vegetarian ones. Just as well really. > > Wow. I never knew shoes were carnivorous. I'll need to be careful next > time out shopping... They're evil bastards, honestly. You really do need to keep an eye out. -- Sara Run out of ideas for a sig for the moment |