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From: zoara on 5 Mar 2010 08:36 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On 4 Mar 2010 22:46:57 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > >Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> Now I have my wondrous new sofa, it's time to get wireless working > >> again. > > > >Can't help with the problem, but your reasoning is delightful. > > Made perfect sense to me - you can't lounge languorously on the sofa > with a laptop if you have a cat5 cable trailing across the rug! Tain't > safe. To me it made sense in a "I've sorted this successfully, now I'm fired with success and am finally gonna tackle that" way. I know the feeling well. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 5 Mar 2010 08:42 On 2010-03-05, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >> Made perfect sense to me - you can't lounge languorously on the sofa >> with a laptop if you have a cat5 cable trailing across the rug! Tain't >> safe. > > To me it made sense in a "I've sorted this successfully, now I'm fired > with success and am finally gonna tackle that" way. I know the feeling > well. That's the sort of thing that leads to people shouting "How hard can it be?" in a loud, optimistic voice. Seven hours later and, well, ... Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "[Cocaine] is addictive and probably quite bad for you if you have too much. But the same applies to Battenburg cake, and no one seems to freak out about that, do they?" The Daily Mash
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 5 Mar 2010 08:50 On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:42:11 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >On 2010-03-05, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>> Made perfect sense to me - you can't lounge languorously on the sofa >>> with a laptop if you have a cat5 cable trailing across the rug! Tain't >>> safe. >> >> To me it made sense in a "I've sorted this successfully, now I'm fired >> with success and am finally gonna tackle that" way. I know the feeling >> well. > >That's the sort of thing that leads to people shouting "How hard can it be?" >in a loud, optimistic voice. > >Seven hours later and, well, ... Usually I need to call a plasterer about then. Cheers - Jaimie -- Beer has food value, but food has no beer value.
From: Jim on 5 Mar 2010 08:54 On 2010-03-05, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >>> To me it made sense in a "I've sorted this successfully, now I'm fired >>> with success and am finally gonna tackle that" way. I know the feeling >>> well. >> >>That's the sort of thing that leads to people shouting "How hard can it be?" >>in a loud, optimistic voice. >> >>Seven hours later and, well, ... > > Usually I need to call a plasterer about then. And/or a plumber, electrician, builder, doctor... Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "[Cocaine] is addictive and probably quite bad for you if you have too much. But the same applies to Battenburg cake, and no one seems to freak out about that, do they?" The Daily Mash
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 5 Mar 2010 09:04
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:54:16 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >On 2010-03-05, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >>>> To me it made sense in a "I've sorted this successfully, now I'm fired >>>> with success and am finally gonna tackle that" way. I know the feeling >>>> well. >>> >>>That's the sort of thing that leads to people shouting "How hard can it be?" >>>in a loud, optimistic voice. >>> >>>Seven hours later and, well, ... >> >> Usually I need to call a plasterer about then. > >And/or a plumber, electrician, builder, doctor... I think so far it's *always* been a plasterer. Which is a lot less problematic than needing one of the others, so I'm feeling rather lucky. Cheers - Jaimie -- d> It's OK. I'm an atheist catholic. g> So you just feel guilty for /no readily apparent reason/. - deKay and Gareth Halfacree, ugvm |