Fullerene
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Petty things that really annoy me - yeah I got one.
Computer applications that have buttons greyed out without giving you the slightest f***ing clue why they are greyed out.
The new computer is going through the window soon.
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Do you feel the same way about lifts?
No - not really but now that you mention it - something else to get annoyed about! Thanks.
More talking points for my anger management classes - they go on so long and I can never think of things to say!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSngzjqMF38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHlODWd4GeM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWOdKs6KUo
Ricky Nelson's Summertime - the original riff although the song was a cover
Deep Purple White Night
Blue Magoo We ain't got nothing yet
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After wandering into a pub full of angry looking Rangers supporters - do not say "Hey this is great. I am an old firm supporter too!"
(Actually if it was a pub full of angry looking Celtic supporters - it might not be a good idea either).
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Ended up putting Ilan Pappe's book down and forgetting about.
Finished Childhood's End. First sci-fi novel I have read and it was cracking. Really enoyed it.
Turned into a mini series with Charles Dance and Colm Meaney
Not available on Region 2 DVD though
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Finished the 3rd of the Glasgow Trilogy on my lunch break. All 3 books were very enjoyable, though the first 2 were better than the final installment. Ending was sufficiently open to further installments on several of the characters, so will be interesting to see if Mackay decides to do something more with them.
Next up is Bounce, by Matthew Syed. Another bought based on a recommendation here, though only because I couldn't get hold of Black Box Thinking, which sounded better.
I saw black box thinking in Waterstones - paperback (red cover) - Buy 1 Get 1 half price. That is in Inverness but there is probably a Waterstones closer to you. It is an excellent book.
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Just finished "56" by Martin Fletcher
He survived the Bradford City fire - but his brother, father, uncle and grandfather did not
He was also at Hillsborough when that happened (albeit as a fan of Nottingham Forest)
Interesting to note attitudes to football fans then compared to now.
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"If he tells us about the correlation between tenure, engagement and attrition within the Marketing & Product department again I'll scream and scream until I'm sick"
If this is going to be your attitude to the job, I don't think you should apply.
Oops, sorry - this is something you think your kids might say.
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I'm reading an update on a piece of data management activity. In the absence of a technical solution at the moment, a clerical solution is in place which will include - and I quote - "manual eyeballing to cleanse the data".
Manual eyeballing ffs. Or "look at" if you're not absolutely fucking mental.
Good point. Are there other kinds of eyeballing - for example, automatic eyeballing or remote eyeballing?
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Saw a job advertised the other day for "Data Scientist & Storyteller". Looks like my recent experience of reading bedtime stories to my kids will pay off!
Oh dear, I bet your kids groan - "Not another data science story"
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In Glasgow, so I am told, there is a sign that says :
BRIDGET JONES
Alight here for Parkhead (still a long walk though)
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Thistle got a penalty. Jupiter will meet you're anus
From the looks of it - Uranus seems to be missing two letters.
.. and it appears Ross County have got them!
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In the Top 5's people that do a top 5 in "no particular order", why?
"In no particular order" (apart from dramatic effect)
It must be tricky to stop doing this.
"In no particular order, I will have a pint of lager. the vegetable soup, the rump steak, sticky toffee pudding, coffee and a whisky.
No sorry, exactly in that order - I need to stop doing that"
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The guy who told me that the planet Mercury would be doing a transit across the face of the sun and gave me a set of binoculars.
When I track him down, my guide dog is going to rip him to pieces.
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What's that old joke that every body has heard.
Tam and a friend are queuing to get into the stadium when a funeral procession goes by
Tam takes off his cap and holds it to his chest.
His friend says "Hey Tam, that's not like you."
Tam replies "Maybe not but she was a fine wife for all these years."
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When somebody tells you that one of the chemical elements has the same name as a football club but they don't tell you which one.
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Radioactive isotopes that have a half life of seconds.
"Hey everybody - look what I have discovered. Oh dear, it's gone."
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Yeah, actually I got that wrong.Apart from 'Batman!'
Apparently there is a myth that they do not say "Batman". The screen displays the word "Batman" at the same time that the horns go "er-ur" (sorry I don't know how to write horn sounds). This gives the subliminal idea that there are voices saying "Batman".
In truth, there are voices saying "Batman".
My new tip is this - ignore any tips from me!
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When singing the theme tune to Batman - remember - there are no words!
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Martians who think everybody is telepathic and don't bother to learn to speak the language.
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If you are applying to NASA, to go on the first manned mission to Mars :- get your punctuation and spelling wright or they won't take you seriously! .. and buy a hat.
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Recently read a book called "Black Box Thinking" by Matthew Syed (who is also described as the top Table Tennis player in the UK).
It is all about attitude to failure (including "we learn from our mistakes")
It starts off comparing the aviation industry and the health service. Basically, flying is the safest way to travel because all accidents are investigated - not so much to apportion blame, but to ensure the same thing does not happen again.
It then goes on to subjects like the manufacturer of washing powder, dyson cleaners, the British Tour de France team, marginal gains, Mercedes Benz team in Formula 1, David Beckham as a footballer who practised thousands of free kicks and so on.
Interesting read
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I think that if you had known 'escalate' does not mean 'to go up', you could have saved us from this post.
.. but it does mean to go up.
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Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...
in The General Nonsense Forum
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When you ask somebody how they are and they tell you.