#291707 - 25/12/2006 00:29
Merry crimbo
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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As I seem to be the only user awake in this timezone, may I wish a very merry xmas to all you guys!
Must get to bed before santa comes and drops off the pressies!
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#291708 - 25/12/2006 03:22
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
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Merry xmas! Happy holidays!
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#291709 - 25/12/2006 05:22
Re: Merry crimbo
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
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Loc: Leeds, UK
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Merry Christmas Everyone !!! Santa has been here in Leeds, he left one of these under the tree, amazing how practical he is these days, but I have to say it's going to last me a life time  Cheers Cris.
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#291710 - 25/12/2006 05:45
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: Cris]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 12/02/2002
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Loc: Berkeley, California
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he left one of these under the tree
I'm glad to see it's not one of these.
Matthew
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#291711 - 25/12/2006 07:07
Re: Merry crimbo
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Merry Christmas to everyone!
Stig
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#291712 - 25/12/2006 07:31
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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Loc: Winston Salem, NC
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Merry Christmas and/or Happy Festivus.
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#291714 - 25/12/2006 15:09
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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Merry Christmas to all, if you're into that sort of thing.
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#291715 - 27/12/2006 02:33
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 06/04/2005
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Loc: Seattle transplant
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I'm a little late with Christmas wishes, but everyone do have a happy new year, ok?
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#291717 - 27/12/2006 07:28
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: Mach]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Late as always....but Merry Christmas. Unfortunately Santa sub-contracted Royal Mail here and they've lost/delayed/appropriated the best stuff.
Unfortunately, our main Christmas news is that our oldest Boxer has passed on, 12 is a good age for a Boxer and she went quickly, but the place seems a bit empty.
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#291718 - 27/12/2006 07:36
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Amazingly, as I was typing that, they pulled up outside: I must be getting something from the Rohan Shop! It'll be later in the day before I see Mrs. Boxer, we were still in the pub at 5.00am (But so were Chris Moyles and David O'Leary (What a name dropper!))!
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#291719 - 27/12/2006 08:52
Re: Merry crimbo
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Wow! An electrically heated Rohan jacket, plug it in and it keeps you warm for 3 hours - I've not seen one of them before - how cool is that: Well warm not cool, I s'pose!
I really wanted an Acer media centre PC, but you can't have everything - I've also got all 142 episodes of Sergeant Bilko on DVD.
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#291720 - 27/12/2006 10:53
Re: Merry crimbo
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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we were still in the pub at 5.00am (But so were Chris Moyles and David O'Leary (What a name dropper!))!
Was that at your local (the one we went to)?
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#291721 - 27/12/2006 12:19
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Yep, I've known Chris from a toddler, his godfather is my best friend who put up the money to start my business in '82.
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#291722 - 27/12/2006 17:11
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Sergeant Bilko? I don't think that's been shown in the US since it was originally on the air. I'm amazed it was ever broadcast in the UK. Or is this a different show?
On another note, I'm typing this on my Christmas present, a PSP.
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#291723 - 27/12/2006 20:32
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[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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.....Well, it must have been, because these DVD's are lifted from various U.S. channels like "Comedy Central", as opposed to being from the copyright owner. they were shown extensively by the BBC in the 50's, and repeated in the 80's and 90's: I watched an episode yesterday that I can clearly remember seeing my father near to tears watching, and the one with the chimpanzee has to be one of the greatest bits of comedy, ever.
I think that the great pity is having Steve Martin let loose on a, very unfunny, revival to cloud our vision of great comedy innovation. At the time they were released, most of us had been in some sort of disciplined or military environment and Bilko was a mirror to that.
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#291724 - 28/12/2006 09:21
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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I think that the great pity is having Steve Martin let loose on a, very unfunny, revival to cloud our vision of great comedy innovation. At the time they were released, most of us had been in some sort of disciplined or military environment and Bilko was a mirror to that.
Agree Phil Silvers was absolutely supreme in this role, hugely popular in the UK, it's had pretty regular runs on the BBC. According to the Wiki entry:
"In 2003, The Phil Silvers Show was voted Best Sitcom in the BBC guide to television comedy."
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#291725 - 28/12/2006 23:44
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[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 16/02/2002
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Loc: Oxford, UK
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On another note, I'm typing this on my Christmas present, a PSP.
I received one as an Xmas present too. It was pretty cool to be surfing the BBC news website within a few minutes (once I'd figured out how to input text on the thing).
There's a ton of hacks out there for these things; you can play ISO's of your old Playstation1 CD's as well as a load of homebrew apps and game ports. If you're that way inclined yourself and want some links to get started just let me know.
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#291726 - 29/12/2006 00:34
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: AndrewT]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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There's a ton of hacks out there for these things; you can play ISO's of your old Playstation1 CD's as well as a load of homebrew apps and game ports. If you're that way inclined yourself and want some links to get started just let me know.
I've not used mine for months, go on then send us some links.
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#291727 - 29/12/2006 00:53
Re: Merry crimbo
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Highlights for me (other than two new Wii controller sets), were the Superman mega-14-disc set from the fiancee, and the Kids in the Hall series box set from the parents. I did well by those two groups in general
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#291728 - 29/12/2006 09:24
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
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Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Merry Christmas to all - just about recovered from a really bad cold, which meant no alcohol, no partying and almost no voice (although now I'm doing a good Barry White so that's kinda fun)
Had lots of fun watching the kids go mental with all their gadget gifts, and I did get my long promised Guitar Hero II, so my son and I have been playing that one. Still the best console game ever, in my opinion, although SWMBO got Sing Star, which is also a good party game, if a little useless for folks like me who can't sing at all:-)
Hope all empeggers are hale and heart and looking forward to Hogmanay and 2007!
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#291729 - 02/01/2007 13:50
Re: Merry crimbo
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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You know what? For some reason, I was confusing Sergeant Bilko with CPO Sharkey. Yeah, Bilko was a pretty good show. Sharkey not so much.
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#291730 - 02/01/2007 23:30
Re: Merry crimbo
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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There's a ton of hacks out there for these things; you can play ISO's of your old Playstation1 CD's as well as a load of homebrew apps and game ports. If you're that way inclined yourself and want some links to get started just let me know.
I'd love to run homebrew stuff, but, (1) I don't want it to have an impact on playing normal games, and (2) I have the newer motherboard, which apparently prevents any of those hacks from working.
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#291731 - 03/01/2007 08:56
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Bilko was a pretty good show.
I'd forgotten just how funny and just how well written. I've rationed myself to an episode a day so that I don't fall foul of the fate of the soldiers in the Monty Python killer joke sketch!
Having said which, I got these DVD's imported from a company in America, a bargain at $99 for all 142 1/2 hour episodes, but I wonder about their legality: Most of them start with the "Comedy Central" logo.
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#291732 - 03/01/2007 08:59
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 24/12/2001
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There's a ton of hacks out there for these things; you can play ISO's of your old Playstation1 CD's as well as a load of homebrew apps and game ports. If you're that way inclined yourself and want some links to get started just let me know.
I'd love to run homebrew stuff, but, (1) I don't want it to have an impact on playing normal games, and (2) I have the newer motherboard, which apparently prevents any of those hacks from working.
It shouldn't impact playing games and the newer motherboards work now.
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#291734 - 03/01/2007 14:05
Re: Merry crimbo
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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It would seem that the only legitimate DVD collection is some random 18 episodes. I remember Comedy Central (which is a basic cable network in the US) running them ten years ago or more, so I'm sure whoever you bought them from just burned them to DVD.
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#291735 - 03/01/2007 18:58
Re: Merry crimbo
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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So how about some links then?
AOL
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