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by MrTomServo
Tue 24 Aug, 2004 15.33
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: "Life after the oil crash" - very scary shit
Replies: 30
Views: 8439

I know I'm not American but I would really like to see the new/continueing President do something about it rather than sort out the goings on of other countries like Iraq. Let's follow the money, shall we? :arrow: Automakers sell big huge vehicles for high prices. :arrow: People buy them, because t...
by MrTomServo
Tue 24 Aug, 2004 14.15
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: "Life after the oil crash" - very scary shit
Replies: 30
Views: 8439

I've asked this before, but I forget the answer, is there a reason why plant oils (vegetable oil, sunflower oil etc) can't be used in place of mineral oil? Absolutely they can be. I'm sure you've read plenty of stories about bored Welshmen who convert their cars to run on (insert name of strange su...
by MrTomServo
Tue 24 Aug, 2004 02.59
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: "Life after the oil crash" - very scary shit
Replies: 30
Views: 8439

As I've always said about peak oil, the hardest part for people won't be finding fuel for their vehicles, but doing without plastic. Right now, you're using a plastic mouse, connected by a plastic-shielded cable (or using a plastic-housed wireless connector) to a greatly-plastic computer. You're sta...
by MrTomServo
Wed 18 Aug, 2004 17.49
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Warnings
Replies: 13
Views: 4011

http://www.engrish.com/ is a hi-larious repository of such things, with a focus on East Asian "translations" to English.

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by MrTomServo
Wed 18 Aug, 2004 15.34
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Regrets... If Only I Had......
Replies: 4
Views: 1703

If only I'd danced with Heather at the 7th grade Halloween Semi-Formal.

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by MrTomServo
Wed 18 Aug, 2004 15.32
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: How drunk have you ever got
Replies: 32
Views: 10192

One night at a company "happy hour", I had (as I recall):

- four Guiness
- three shots of Jägermeister
- a whiskey sour
- a Harp ale

And discussed the benefits of wireless networking in the car ride home.

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by MrTomServo
Sun 08 Aug, 2004 20.11
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Graphology. Yes, again.
Replies: 41
Views: 12345

Mr TomS Sorry - I should have said not in caps. Would you mind? And you can sign someone else's name. Just sign as if you are John Smith or whatever but in the manner of your own signature. Oh poopers. Here's another try. And it's really hard to sign someone else's name, so I just signed mine. If a...
by MrTomServo
Sun 08 Aug, 2004 19.48
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Crazy mo-fo laws
Replies: 6
Views: 2198

I think one of the stranger ones was a traffic law when I lived in Seattle. If you were in a collision, the person behind is automatically "at fault". So, if you back into someone whilst parking, that parked car you backed into is "at fault". Funny, that one. So if you were to r...
by MrTomServo
Sun 08 Aug, 2004 14.22
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Crazy mo-fo laws
Replies: 6
Views: 2198

When you get into Utah, since it's a "dry" state, drinking laws are very complicated and strange. Basically, the Mormons don't want you drinking at all, so they're making it as hard as possible to do so. I think one of the stranger ones was a traffic law when I lived in Seattle. If you wer...
by MrTomServo
Sun 08 Aug, 2004 04.58
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Graphology. Yes, again.
Replies: 41
Views: 12345

I'll bite. Disco away. I'll skip the signature bit, though ... I don't want cheques showing up with my John Hancock on them. I know you're crafty like that, Jan. ;) I think you analysed my handwriting before in the last go-round, but I seem to recall not providing a very detailed ... er ... specimen...
by MrTomServo
Sun 08 Aug, 2004 04.37
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Fireworks curfew
Replies: 3
Views: 1447

to be honest, i'm not sure why they are not banned altogether. i mean, its not as though fireworks serve any real function, and since the abundant voting middle classes will usually attend a pre-organised event, this law is a real winner. As someone who lives in an area where they are banned outrig...