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Watched the Prestige last night with an all star cast (Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johanson, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and a cameo by David Bowie. It was written by Christopher Nolan so i was looking forward to it. It was an alright film, certainly enjoyable but everything was dissapointingly pretty obvious. Scarlett Johanson was also in far too much clothes throughout. 6/10 And trenchie, don't worry Me and the Mrs often watch Disney films and the like on our own. They can be great (i even have a copy of Charlottes Web that is mine and mine alone)

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Watched the Departed last night, 9/10. Probably did deserve the oscars it got, as it was certainly very enjoyable. However i feel that it only won the oscar because of a bad year for films. Great performances from the cast and a decent enough storyline. May try the original version of the film sometime.

A shame if they did. (Atleast without having somewhere else to pop into in a hurry). I'm one of those people who never remember to post anything away, so suddenly realise "shit i have to pay my Road Tax today" and need to run in to get it. Thankfully it is right next to my work (where i get the tax) so is easy to do. It is also cheaper to walk in and get it as you have to pay for postage how long ago did you do it? (i.e. did you give the Royal mail enough time to find you?)

Can't you get the tax disc on the same day from the Post Office any more?

Its a beautiful day outside, and i couldn't go out to have lunch as i have a presentation to prepare for tomorrow

I forgot you could chose the date you taxed your car . In the US you pay the "road tax" on your birthday, so its a nasty bill to get just after christmas for me.

It will likely be the same number if it is only the number you need.

Happy birthday to both. Im sure Ruggy is enjoying a birthday in NY, jammy basturt.

Watched:- Sideways. 7/10 It was the oscar nominated film with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church on a stag week wine tasting in California. Quite a lot of funny parts throughout, but i hated the ending Broken Flowers :- 5/10 Bill Murray starred so i watched it. He got a letter from an old ex who said she had his kid, and he ends up visiting them. Had a stunning looking Alexis Dziena starring as Sharon Stones Daughter, and walks around totally naked at one point. That got it 4/10. I had lost interest in the film by the end, definitely one of Bill Murrays worst. I think but im not 100% sure. p.s. for those that dont know who Alexis Dziena is, (including me at first) this is her:- Alexis Dziena in Wikipedia Clicky

Work Working late tonight, as we wanted to take our time with a new experiment. The whole thing costs about $1000 for 1 experiment, so to make a stupid mistake would be horrible. The whole day is going fine, we extracted the proteins ok, we labelled them fine (not brilliant but usable) and go to read the results. The scanner didnt work. It scanned about 1 line out of 5 so it was unusable. Now tomorrow, the first thing to be done is find out if it is a problem we can fix (1 person uses it and we dont know their number, they didnt work late). If not can we use someone elses scanner, and if not it means a Road trip to Atlanta/Columbia/Athens to use someone else`s scanners. This is one of the most exciting experiments we are doing and this happens. Now for the worst thing, i take very few holidays a year, but for some reason i have taken this weekend as a long weekend. I am going to have to wait until Tuesday to find out the results maybe someone will be nice and call me with them Gnight all, have a good weekend

That is true. Im not saying if it is right or wrong to do what Rowan did. All i was pointing out that there should really be 2 different "types" of reply to what she said, especially taking into consideration she may be having some major problems. 1) Be sympathetic 2) Ignore it. To start an arguement and call names is not going to help Rowan, and takes away from the fact she may be needing help. I dont know whether she is trying to attention seek, or is just nervous/wary about posting everything but felt she had to do something. Thats what we will never know sadly.

Then just ignore her then. It is just an internet forum so surely that should be nice and simple. If you are that worried that she is just attention seeking then if noone answers her then she will have failed. However id much rather take a little time to ask her if all is ok, reassure her etc. It doesnt take much of an effort.

Point 1) noone has asked her why (other than kilt in a round about way) all that has been done to reply to Rowan is:- 1) People trying to get her to calm down (obviously kind worried people) 2) People giving a picture of a bridge (wanting her to go to the bridge or what? very sad and pathetic if you ask me. Im sure ill get a reply of "its only an internet forum", but it is a real person behind the computer that is obviously not doing good. ) 3) Kilt wondering if she is being extorted (a round about way of asking why, and Rowan hasnt posted since) 4) You and ShetlandBairn ganging up on her calling her an attention seeker and trying to lure interest (i suppose you asked what is wrong too- but she hasnt replied yet). FWIW hope all is ok Rowan, as others have said Calm down and try and find someone to talk to for help.

Do what i did, have it in another country, so most of my family cant come, in a city where very few people from our works can come, and on a day which cuts out even more people (got married on a monday- good reasons for that) and you have a nice small simple wedding

Ha 10 minutes before the end of the day. Happy birthday Keith.

But has she? You admitted that you park in disabled spots too. Maybe she remembered correctly

Can we merge the posts from the last time this was in discussion to here? save us all time (they are obviously there so that Sam can park there when the staff bay is busy. Those normal parking areas are not safe for her car you know

By stating she either cant remember anything, or is making up lies

So you are having a go at her for not recalling correctly, yet in the same post state that you do park in disabled bays and i stuck up for you too.

1) Take your finger, and stick it out straight. 2) Remove the glob of sweet n sour sauce with your finger 3) EAt the sweet and sour sauce. Here to help.

There could be a difference, she may have been sticking up for whichever of Dubya/Fudge said they parked in disabled spaces. I will give her the benefit of the doubt that it was parent and child spaces.

Its either me or both if i pretend i have friends that talk to me at work, maybe i will actually make some sometime

I know, he could even just make it a general "snidey b*****ds who get away with everything*

I finished off my "based on a true story" trilogy by watching Invincible, about Vince Papale being a nromal guy who got to play for the Philly Eagles. Good story about how it lifted a group of his friends, and the good a sports team can do in desperate times for a city. Great story. 8/10