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[R1 nur]

What gets on my tits? "Possibly for sale".

[TurboTomato]

Icey let me tell you about life - when we don't deal with smallish issues they grow into big ones. Every time.
When we don't deal with things because we fear negative consequences the consequences inflate.
Then one day fate/god/Karma will give you a life enema and you HAVE to deal with 'em. an dit might nearly kill you.

Bugger me pb (well don't actually ) you say the most profound things!!

[iceman]

Icey let me tell you about life - when we don't deal with smallish issues they grow into big ones. Every time.
When we don't deal with things because we fear negative consequences the consequences inflate.
Then one day fate/god/Karma will give you a life enema and you HAVE to deal with 'em. an dit might nearly kill you.

I learned the way to meet life is to do your homework as soon as its assigned, then you can play out longer without guilt after

And a question I learned through my troubles that may just be the most useful life tool I ever learned :

" What would you do if you weren't afraid?".

Bless ya mate.  Life's my friend again now. It can be yours.

Thank-you for your kind words. I understand what you mean and what you are saying.

I can see that everything has consequences (wether we initiate the original action or not) and you're right, in many ways i indeed don't do my homework and leave the chain reaction to run it's natural course, regardless of my actions. I feel i'm an unwilling link in the chain sometimes, i have many control and personality issues stopping me from adding my influence, not least of all my confidence/self belief levels. (perhaps these issues being a life enema that i'm going through now)

Your question/learned tool is one i could never (perhaps once, in an earlier life/confidence/mind-set) ask myself. I haven't been in control of my life or myself (read emotions) for too many years to remember now and had alot of the tools needed to be so, stripped away from me by my childhood. So my head tells me your words are indeed profound but my heart remains confused and guarded, unable to grasp the ability to ask such a question of itself. But i do one day, with the help and understanding of those that love me, hope to be able to say that life is my friend.

But untill that day i take a great pride and honour in believing yourself to one and proving it so, by the power in your kind words.

Once again..Thank-You my friend.

[Purebob]

Icey, I'm no guru, just have a few battle scars from life. It took me some practice to calmly review my situation and ask " what would you do now if you weren't afraid?" when I felt afraid of almost everything. But I realised I'm not forced to do the BRAVE thing, just recognise it as a course of action with a different set of potential results than my CURRENT course of action, it became easier to deal with. Just that thought process ove time can strengthen you AND it gives you an alternative when it feels like there is none. Have a * NICE * day, right ?

[iceman]

*NICE* guys finish last and there's never been anything said truer..oh well i plod along at the back of the queque but while i'm here, i'm definately going to start asking myself that question. In fact there was something i could have done today, somewhere i was invited to but declined through fear of the numbers of people attending (same as the National and Wales Xmas meet) just hope it becomes easier asking this question of myself, dissapointment of any kind is hard to swallow but becomes particularly sour when it's in yourself.

[iceman]

darn mobile phones ..i had a text message sent to me last night and couldn't reply because i'v no credit on my phone (hasn't been for months now but the tarrif is set to recieving calls when there's not enough credit to send anything) So very upset at not being able to return said lovely text, that i decided to go out and get my phone topped-up so it will never happen again. No way hossay, can't top it up, blummin card won't work (tried two seperate shops) so i asked them if i could use another card as i'm not sure of it being the right card as it's so long since i used it. ''Course you can sir but we've got none'' try as i may there's no way to get a card Damn..will have to try tomorrow if the local mobile phone shop's open God i hate technology sometimes, if i wasn't such a numpty it'd be alot easier

[jules_s]

And similarly that BT advert,

I mean the girl is sooooo dubious as to her brothers imaginary girlfriend, cos he's seeing her tuesday and her birthday is christmas day....

Cue text message to landline fone, and out pops a voice like a female steven hawkin. And then she's convinced

[iceman]

and i'm always left wondering why the camera doesn't pan to the younger brothers astonished face rather than the sisters would make more sense to me

[iceman]

darn mobile phones ..i had a text message sent to me last night and couldn't reply because i'v no credit on my phone (hasn't been for months now but the tarrif is set to recieving calls when there's not enough credit to send anything) So very upset at not being able to return said lovely text, that i decided to go  out and get my phone topped-up so it will never happen again. No way hossay, can't top it up, blummin card won't work (tried two seperate shops) so i asked them if i could use another card as i'm not sure of it being the right card as it's so long since i used it. ''Course you can sir but we've got none'' try as i may there's no way to get a card Damn..will have to try tomorrow if the local mobile phone shop's open God i hate technology sometimes, if i wasn't such a numpty it'd be alot easier  

anybody know how these stupid top-up cards work?..what do i have to do to use a new one to get some darn credit into my phone? (assuming i can find a place to sell me one tomorow)

[iceman]

darn mobile phones ..i had a text message sent to me last night and couldn't reply because i'v no credit on my phone (hasn't been for months now but the tarrif is set to recieving calls when there's not enough credit to send anything) So very upset at not being able to return said lovely text, that i decided to go  out and get my phone topped-up so it will never happen again. No way hossay, can't top it up, blummin card won't work (tried two seperate shops) so i asked them if i could use another card as i'm not sure of it being the right card as it's so long since i used it. ''Course you can sir but we've got none'' try as i may there's no way to get a card Damn..will have to try tomorrow if the local mobile phone shop's open God i hate technology sometimes, if i wasn't such a numpty it'd be alot easier  

anybody know how these stupid top-up cards work?..what do i have to do to use a new one to get some darn credit into my phone? (assuming i can find a place to sell me one tomorow)

[amanda]

I haven't got a clue Mine is on a contract so don't use top up cards sorry Asked the other half as he had one for a while but apparently it has changed since he used top up cards

[iceman]

Well thanks for trying for me amanda. Lord only knows how these things work, it's a complete miracle that a numpty such as i can actually manage to get this box of buttons i'm posting on working. Nice try our-kid

[LazyDonkey]

People who come in early / leave late but don't actually have any work to do. You know the sort - tutting when you leave after having only completed half an hours unpaid overtime and sending emails the minute they come in every morning so everyone knows they were in for 7am. I made a bit of a boo boo on Fri and had to come in first thing this morning to try and work out how big a boo boo it was before a 9am meeting. Was in the office at 6:50 (everyone meant to start at half eight / nine) and the gentleman in question was in and at his desk......surfing the web I mean what's the point

Edited by LazyDonkey, 16 January 2006 - 09:19 AM.

[LazyDonkey]

Sorry me again Thick but shy people - I mean if you don't understand something, don't be shy just say you don't understand. God knows i've had more beamers than i care to remember after having asked a really stupid question, but hey ho thats life. Built a new DB in here for someone to help their working day (even tho its nothing to do with me, and its not in my objectives, i'm just a nice guy) So i've now had two meetings talkign them through the process. They've now asked for a third meeting to go through the process from start to finish AGAIN. I asked which bit they are struggling with. "Everything" p.s. I know IT isn't everyones strong point but i've now spent 4 hours explaining it, even using colour pics and drawings and its NOT FCUKING HARD TO UNDERSTAND......ITS A FCUKING PROCESS I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND DATABASES AT ALL

Edited by LazyDonkey, 23 January 2006 - 10:29 AM.

[mainline]

People at work who say 'in any event' instead of 'anyway' just to sound posh. People who mis-use the word literally 'i was literally climbing the walls'. When you're walking toward someone, you step to the left, they go the same way, you go the other way, they go the other way, you go the other way again and.... eventually, you work it out, apologise and they just go 'tut' and walk away. People who can't reverse park properly. Really tall people at gigs. People who constantly moan about the ambient temperature in a room / vehicle. People who drive on cycle paths. People talking on blue tooth headsets in the street / pub / supermarket. Trustafarians. People using push-chairs as weapons in shopping centres.

[Jase_MK]

People at work who say 'in any event' instead of 'anyway' just to sound posh.

or any other use of words, just to tart up your sentance rather than add meaning - Can't stand it!

[LazyDonkey]

People who mis-use the word literally 'i was literally climbing the walls'.

...and i thought i was alone on that one !



My two favs are "literally at deaths door" or "literally on a knife edge"

Edited by LazyDonkey, 23 January 2006 - 12:06 PM.

[Paul.Stuhlfelder]

Money wasting. For instance, The Sun are launching a campaign to have the bones of the Thames Whale preserved, and its now been having a post mortem done. It was a whale that died in shallow water..! I bet this'll cost £££££££££

[iceman]

Sorry me again 

Thick but shy people - I mean if you don't understand something, don't be shy just say you don't understand. God knows i've had more beamers than i care to remember after having asked a really stupid question, but hey ho thats life.

Built a new DB in here for someone to help their working day (even tho its nothing to do with me, and its not in my objectives, i'm just a nice guy) So i've now had two meetings talkign them through the process.

They've now asked for a third meeting to go through the process from start to finish AGAIN.  I asked which bit they are struggling with. "Everything" 


p.s. I know IT isn't everyones strong point but i've now spent 4 hours explaining it, even using colour pics and drawings and its NOT FCUKING HARD TO UNDERSTAND......ITS A FCUKING PROCESS I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND DATABASES AT ALL 

...''Thick but shy people'' Gosh you'll hate! me then (sorry for being so)

[LazyDonkey]

Far from it Mr Icey