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Ah! I didn't know that. I did send him a message yesterday going "this is great, but I need more time to respond!" which he did read. But now I feel less guilty that I still haven't sent the email already.

Argh, that sounds irritating, though - "she's OK, won't tell you what was wrong". My family, thankfully, never do that. You'll just get a blunt phone call. "Sitting down? Good. Your grandmother's dead."

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

OK, nothing too serious, just a bit of a cold, along with some loneliness. She is 94.

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Scare ya half to death, jeez!

(Didn't mean to imply that your gran was dead - that's just how my mum told me about mine.)

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

My gran is 93. She's been breathless lately and theres some form of water around her heart, they've given her water tablets to help alleviate that. Hopefully that will work. She's too frail to get any kind of op. She is housebound now and needs someone looking after her all the time.

― pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

My biggest unrealistic but always back-of-the-mind guilt trip for the past couple of years is that I haven't moved to Hamilton, Ontario to look after/spend time with my grammy at the end of her life.

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

If my grandparents had wanted their descendents to move halfway around the world and look after them in their old age, maybe they should have gone and actually looked after their sprogs when they were young instead of dumping them in boarding schools while they went off around the world.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Touche!

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Bitter, moi?

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I am the world's fastest packer. I think I'll be done by quarter to four.

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

That reminds me.

On returning from Holiday, Dawn rings her mum. She says she has some bad news, and asks to talk to me.

Rings off.

Dawn, by now is on the verge.

Basically, their much loved dog had to be put down. But by then, she thought it was her dad or something!

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

LOL:

http://www.poster.net/parkinson-norman/parkinson-norman-jerry-hall-may-1975-8400385.jpg

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

In that case, how does other people knowing about it make any difference?

Oh, I don't know, I just worry.

She's been in a bad mood all week, and I'm worried that it might be a comedown from what we did at the weekend - such things are very common, but she won't be aware of that.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It's quarter to, are you done packing yet?

Finally finished my email. And only one bitchy comment about Dylan.

And a dialogue re-opened with ex bandmate, and some interesting potential progression.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Nah, taking a break. BTW, I'll have to send you a proper report on "Meet Market" from the other side of the ocean, but first impressions are totally fucking awesome.

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Cool, just remember it's a scratched-up demo. I probably wont get the chance to sketch out the rest of it until next year.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Right, I'm aiming to be away from here at 16:30. (North east London, Ilford)

Trying to get back to Reading to see Amber's panto (she's playing Aladdin, which was a surprise until I found out it's called "CinderRidingHood and the Seven Bears" or some such) and that's at 18:30.

It's thursday night, it's the M11/M25/M40/A4.

What are the chances?

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Slim, but good luck.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll get to see a bit, quite possibly.

ach who am I kidding.

(Update tomorrow on this thread)

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Ugh, I am starting to feel really, really rough. The sore throat isn't much more than an annoyance, but ::STOP READING GENTLEMEN READERS OF A DELICATE CONSTITUTION:: I've finally got my period a week late and my god, it's a whole new world of pain.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I ws going to go off shopping last night, but got back to the hotel a bit rough for. So, I get an ealy night but whoa do I get some sort of inflating stomach type indigestion all the early morning. Eventually after drinking water (and one glass milk, an alkali, right?) I fell asleep, woke up after a good sweat but stomach pain mostly gone (some slight "watch it" type discomfort, but about 2% of last nights..)

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I had the runs earlier, if we're all joining in.

― Maaarghk C (Maaarghk C), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

More and more, it just looks like there's some kind of terrible gastric bug going around. Apparently all of JCA had it upstairs, falling ill one after another (why they've shut down our watercooler) - but they kinda deserve whatever they get as they're pricks.

I'm not even sure I'm going to make it to the Early Years tonight. Big fat bah humbug. Is anyone else going?

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I prescribe the pie peas and mash cure.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Is anyone else going to listen to the Dirty Dronerock Christmas Carol?!?!?

Come AWN!!! I feel like Kerr here. LISTEN TO IT, DAMMIT!

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm putting it on my mp3 player for the drive hame.

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

i went for a poo last night too

but it was nothing special

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Ack, mp3 player is being a git, so It'll have to be tomoorae.

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Off to the airport in 20 minutes; I'm not sure how much I'll be posting from the states, so happy holidays everyone!

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Have a wonderful Winter Consumerfest, Gooblar!

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Cheers. You too.

― g000blar (g00blar), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Merry Kwanza!

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.themepsp.com/albums/userpics/10268/Kwanza.jpg

― tissp! (tissp!), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

God, I'm a pretentious fuck. I should be shot.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

OK, I appear to have successfully got out of going to the office Xmas party. Phew.

However, I still may be too ill to go to the Early Years. I haven't had a night in since Sunday, and I think I might need one. I don't know! I wish they weren't on so late. I wish someone else were going.

― masonic boom (kate), Thursday, 14 December 2006 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

i might go

― emsk ( emsk ), Thursday, 14 December 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Well hello. Feeling a bit edgy this morning - but on the other hand the boss is off.

I typed that as "odd", which makes sense too.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 15 December 2006 09:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Wha.

I did make it to the kids panto, all that driving and stopping for emergency fillup! Only to be stood outside the door whie the audience smiled at whatever was on stage out of my eyeview. Fortunately, a four year old, running amok, decideed to let me in, and I did get to see all of it. (The bit I missed was some tot playing "London Bridge" really badly. And if this gets googled, allthis happened in Swindon, natch)

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Friday, 15 December 2006 09:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Morning. My boss is giving me grief about not going to the Xmas party next Tuesday. I have a band rehearsal and I'm sure as hell not missing that. The party will be most likely dire, like every other 'social' occasion organized at this place.

― Dr.C (Dr.C), Friday, 15 December 2006 09:51 (seventeen years ago) link

our work party is tonight. I feel like I'm in a minority on ILX as our parties are actually quite good.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 15 December 2006 10:02 (seventeen years ago) link

We are having a late lunch/afternoon drinking today, there's only 6 of us it should be fun.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 15 December 2006 10:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I am a bit fearful about the Elvis impersonator however. The party is on a Vegas theme so maybe he'll be extremely corpulent. Someone in the office used to go out with an Elvis impersonator and so we had to check to make sure it wasn't the same one. Her current bf is the editor of 2000AD making her possibly the only person in history to date both Elvis and Tharg.

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 15 December 2006 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Definitely in a minority, Mark.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 15 December 2006 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm with you mark. i love work parties so much i'm going to TWO this year. (one lunching and boozing extravaganza and another tonight i'm attending post-work, even though i'm not lunching with them)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't think there are THEMES to either of the parties though, unless you count alcoholism as a theme.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link

The best theme of all.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I am on the social committee at work and this afternoon my partners and crime and I will be loading up a couple of cars with partty poppers, streamers, banners, table decorations, balloons etc to take to the party venue which is the Oxford Masonic Centre. No silly handshakes involved, but there is a picture on the wall of some minor royal (possibly the Duke of Kent) dressed in his regulation leather apron. It is testament to the vast expanse of time I've spent in Oxford that I have been to Christmas dos at this venue with THREE different employers!

― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Seeing as this thread *starts* with a bad pun, here's a joke I was sent today. Well, it's probably in the "it's only a joke because someone *says* it's a joke" category, but here you go:

What sound do you get if you drop two elephants and a cymbal off a cliff?

*badoom-tish*

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link

you should play some will smith at the place later.

then you can have some Oxford Masonic Boom Shake Shake Shake the Room init.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Incidentally, I've just tested our new watercooler, and its tap water tastes like, erm, tap water. Blech.

(probably cos the reason our tap water mings is its extreme hardness, which filtering isn't going to remove)

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 15 December 2006 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Good afternoon. Bah, I wish you'd said that earlier, Emsk, as I ended up going home. Which was, I guess, what I actually needed, as I got a decent night's sleep.

Spent the morning wandering around the back of Clapham/Stockwell looking for my new shrink. Half an hour to examine you, and then it's a new course of medication. Well, not until next year because we didn't finish my ... err, what's it called. When they poke at your head and ask how your thoughts are racing. Two potential new meds I'm going to have to google. Sigh.

― masonic boom (kate), Friday, 15 December 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

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