goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).
Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.
cheers GF.
jkd
- 30 Jan 2011 12:21
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when i grow up i want to be a great adventurer and explorer just like my grandpa.
once when he was sailing single handed around the world a whale collided with his yacht and it started to take on water.he kept baling it out as fast as he could but the more he baled the more it kept pouring in. he kept this up night and day for 3 whole days, whilst looking for land.and then he saw it.but by now his yacht was water laden and sinking and sharks were circling all around.
as the yacht got lower and lower in the water so he climbed the mast to stay above water level.the lower it sank the more he climbed.- until he could climb no further. he was at the top and still the sharks were circling just waiting.he had to do something so he decided to dive into the water and swim to the shore as fast as he could.
just as he thought he was safe and lying exhausted on the beach a great white shark came in on a wave and grabbed him by the toe.
well. he wasnt about to give up now so he kicked and kicked at the sharks nose with his other foot until the shark let go and swam off.
my grandpa didnt tell fibs and i know this story and everything in it is true because he showed me his foot, and it had a toe missing. so that proves it!
regards
jkd
aldwickk
- 30 Jan 2011 15:05
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Jkd
What's the connection of that story with the earlier post's ? At first i thought it was a joke.
jkd
- 30 Jan 2011 16:27
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a
just talking to myself.
however since you ask what did you think second?
regards
jkd
tyketto
- 30 Jan 2011 17:40
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Don't believe anybody, especialy if they are a close relative.
aldwickk
- 30 Jan 2011 18:24
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Toe missing , could have been frost bite while he was walking to the north pole wearing only a pair of welly's.
jkd
- 30 Jan 2011 18:33
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that was another one of his adventures(without the wellies) but maybe i will tell that story another time.
in the mean time how dare you 2 question my grandpa. every story and adventure he told me about can be proven .
regards
jkd
Fred1new
- 31 Jan 2011 10:27
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I was fascinated when hearing Cameron advising Hosni Mubarak to listen to the will of the people.
I wonder if he will apply his advice to his own fiefdom.
aldwickk
- 31 Jan 2011 11:21
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Just signed up to a free 3 month's offer from Lovefilm.com, will probably pay 5.99 per month for the 2 DVD's option , press report's that Amazon will buy them out.
Anybody on here signed up ?
Frampton
- 31 Jan 2011 18:52
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I am Aldwickk, but I've not been very impressed with it. - Have had an awful lot of faulty discs, they send you a replacement, but it's frustrating to start watching a film, only to have it refuse to play half way through. Tried to watch Godfather 2 the other day, only got 30 minutes in before it gave up, glad I wasn't a lot further into it though.
aldwickk
- 31 Jan 2011 19:26
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I should get my first DVD tomorrow , what do you think is the problem ? poor quality control.
Haystack
- 31 Jan 2011 19:26
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aldwickk
- 31 Jan 2011 20:09
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Frampton
found this review site.
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/internet-sites/lovefilm-com/1341249/
One thing that bothers me is that one reviewer said he had trouble playing the DVD's because they paste a paper lovefilm.com sticker on the DVD. my player says that these shouldn't be played.
Do they have their name pasted on ?
jkd
- 31 Jan 2011 20:43
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when my grandpa recovered from his beach ordeal he found he was on a desert island.
well, all that is, apart from the cannonballs who lived there.
he was there for 3 new moons, in darkness, and 3 full moons in light, before he came across them.well,he told me, he didnt have a watch with him so how else could he tell the time or record the days? i never thought of that before.
and then he saw them.the cannonballs.or rather they saw and found him for they already had the pot boiling.
to be continued
regards
jkd
aldwickk
- 31 Jan 2011 20:55
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Frampton
This is a better website
http://www.lovefilmreview.com/
It show's a DVD and the label is only small , so no problem, that other site i posted must be outdated as the label was covering all the disc
aldwickk
- 31 Jan 2011 21:06
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jkd
cannonballs are not alive , they are round iron ball's fired from a cannon. Your grandpa must have been still in shock from his ordeal.
jkd
- 31 Jan 2011 21:14
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yeah
but i was just a kid, sounded like cannonballs to me at the time.
or have you forgotten?
i didnt know he meant cannibal until i got older.spoilsport.
regards
jkd
Seymour Clearly
- 31 Jan 2011 22:01
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aldwick, I had a limited number of DVDs on a fee that was paid by a relative, you got a certain number of DVDs for a fixed fee. Anyway I had a couple of DVDs for over a year before I remembered about them, sent them in and in the next post there's the next one I'd ordered and forgotten about!!
There were no reminders to send the films back, but if I'd been paying a monthly fee I'd have got them back quickly.
Haystack
- 31 Jan 2011 23:24
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One for MM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12322948
Old technology finds role in Egyptian protests
Fax machines, HAM RADIO and dial-up modems are helping to avoid the net block imposed on Egypt.
aldwickk
- 01 Feb 2011 08:17
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Seymour
Just imagine how much you would have to pay if they were library book's