― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link
I just ordered one of these for Amber and Alice, prob too late for Xmas but hey (ho let's go)!
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link
There is a tiny tiny skating rink in Oxford in the castle complex (actually the prison exercise yard complex but that doesn't have the same marketing potential).
It's possible that the real ILX would now be unblocked by our IT boffins were it operational. Rumour has it that the restrictions at the Oxford office were apparently stricter than the other offices around the globe and so in the interests of fairness they have been relaxed. This sounds like a rare and uncharacteristic act of altruism to me, and other explanations have been ciculating on the office rumour mill, including that we are making use of webthings for commercial reasons that were previously the preserve of 'fun interweb', such as blogs and podcasts. That said the podcast from our new chief CEO (we've just been taken over) was still blocked and an email came round saying "but you can of course watch it on yr computers at home". This was greeted with snorts of derision, speshly as it is apparently two hours long.
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm not sure if that's brilliant... or beary scary.
x-post
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link
It's very scary at first. Dare *made* me do it, I really wasn't going to, I was all "no, I can't skate!"
But honestly, it's a bit like riding a bike. It's not difficult, but there's a trick to it. It's all about balance. I was terrified I was just going to fall over, but Dare told me "if you feel like you're going to fall, bend your knees" and I did that every time, and seriously, I didn't fall once.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:27 (seventeen years ago) link
We did this last year, Dawn and Alice were like giraffes on, well, ice skates. I was OK with Amber, we had a couple tumbles but it was OK.
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Ice Capades - Skating In London!
I'm going to copy and paste and answer there.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Boiled eggs are pretty safe, you need to keep your protein levels up.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Johnney B has zeros off the line (stigoftdumpilx), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Almost Done Marking (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link
What does that even mean?
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― g000blar (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Unless of course they were actually trying to say that they beleive women are superior to men. (Only if you're an actuary, actualy.)
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, L@@K:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o125/wonderandlust/The%20Secret%20Machines/sm4.jpg
TSM are vampires!
1) drinking blood2) NO REFLECTION IN MIRROR!!!
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stop Me Before I Post Again (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Seriously, I Shouldn't Be Doing This (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:04 (seventeen years ago) link
"Hey there, you don't careBeautiful boy with the long brown hair..."
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog-images/humor/find-x.jpg
I should set up some new users or something.
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost awesome.
― g000blar (g00blar), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
You could just rename the skating thread to
Watercooler Sub Zero: Ice Capades
as it's all the same people and this thread is about a million posts too long.
― Blaze the Violet Flame (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:07 (seventeen years ago) link
::waves wand::
― masonic boom (kate), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link