MrTwirly

I'm not unhinged in the slightest.. but the voices in my head? now I wouldn't trust them an inch!! "Sorry? who want me to do WHAT with the chainsaw??? .. .. .." ;-)

Scribe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Playing video games in adulthood - now that is > truly "weird". A bit sad, even. Sad? you need to get out more.. or perhaps stay in more ;) Been on a number of hunts, my uncle is a Ghillie / Gamekeeper in Scotland and what he doesn't know about game hunting, fishing, culls etc probably isn't worth knowing. so speaking from experience here. getting up at godawful o'clock and trudging though a cold wet heather covered moorland and squelching through knee deep peat bogs as a beater, so some toff from London (who's probably still hung over from a skin full of scotch from the night before) can shoot whatever you scare up / out .. personally.. I'd rather sit at my computer desk and play games. Mild mannered mathematician computer programmer by day and crocodile dundee by night really isn't my scene. your mileage may vary obviously ;-)

karter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What about The Rite, with Hopkins. Any good? Not seen it myself but am a member of a AV / DVD / Home entertainment (why oh why did I write GNOME entertainment there??) Forum and it's been being slated left , right and centre. Like all things it's down to personal tastes. You might like it , you might hate it. there's no right and wrong answer! on the subject of scary it was the first Omen that did it for me.. that child had such an intense stare. .. oh and the red eyes at the window in the original Amityville horror !!

For a second I though this was another World of Warcraft thread ;-) (I play a hunter char you see ;-) ) I only hunt Pixels and data structures. Fired a 12 bore once with my dad when I was a LOT younger (and living in the countryside) never again. Had a bruised shoulder for over a week

SEO is a bit of an odd beast at the moment. One thing to bear in mind about linking from blogs, flickr , youtube etc etc is a lot of these sites now prefix all links with NoFollow tags, meaning "well behaved" spiders shouldn't index them. of course, that doesn't always apply. I have links on my sites that are deliberately marked nofollow and still I see instances of spiders visiting them in the logs. Ironside has it right though. link, cross reference , rinse and repeat. And content is king ! The better the content the better the links good luck (btw.. for what it's worth.. none of my sites ever made it to the top 5 PAGES let alone the top 5 links ;-) .. so perhaps I'm not the best person to listen to ;-)

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm in a self imposed exile from Azeroth, never to > return (though I snuck into middle earth a while > back). > It's not good for the marriage ;) AH yes.. I did that. I exiled myself from Azeroth and Outland, boarded a Capsuleer vessel bound for New Eden in EVE, landed on Middle earth for a bit , took off again and went back to my Capsuleer vessel and mined asteroids for a few months, then landed back on Azeroth.. dismantled my ship and became an engineer and have been stuck their since ;) Actually.. MMORPGS are fine for my marriage.. I play while the Mrs does other things and on rare occasions she's been know to suggest I play because she wants to watch Poirot or Morse or something along those lines .. so I'm shipped off to the spare room/office for a couple of hours of shooting things and hitting them with my axe. Like everything else in this world.. everything in moderation is fine.

showing my age here.. Listening to a fair whack of Hawkwind at the moment. especially the epic awesomeness that is

I can often be seen walking along the dusty roads of Azeroth with my highly polished Boomstick over my shoulder and my Spirit Beast Wolf padding alongside me ;) and when I'm not in WoW.. I'm waiting for pay day to get myself a copy of Portal 2 !!

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But MrTwirly should not be going, on his own, to > le cafe. He should be going to the Pub. fine advice that.. BIG problem though.. I'm Tea Total ;) .. Going to a pub and sitting there on your ownsome with a glass of J2O gets you even more funny looks ;) legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh just grow a pair would you! Stomp in, slam fist > on table, glare at the small people and demand > coffee. Simples. ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lol. What Keef said! Man Up! Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Frankly, he sounds a bit soft, but there you go. Lol.. Soft ? yes Guilty as charged.. But this thread was started with tongue planted very firmly in cheek. It's not so much the glowering, it really doesn't bother me that much. It's the fact that you can't get in for love nor money . everywhere is full and if You DO happen to get in .. heaven help you if you ask a mother to move her pushchair so you can get to the last unoccupied table .. It was a semi jokey observation on the cafe's in ED. There are three distict "client?le" I've observed. The decent coffee shops/ cafes are populated with Yummy Mummies. The greasy spoons are populated by White van drivers discussing football , rugby and the physical dimensions of the current page 3 model ;) And the likes of Cafe Nero and Starbucks and the such.. you're lucky if you can get a table with all the Apple MacBook using Hotdeskers nursing their Grande Skinny Lattes for 4 hours while they suck up every byte of available band width ;) Take what I write with a pinch of salt ;) I can type (but can't speak) with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek ;)

perhaps it's just me but I've noticed something "odd" about East Dulwich. Packs of strange creatures , hybrid chimera of fully grown women, crying babies and mechanical strollers! I always knew ED was a hive for Yummy mummies but I've never noticed just how predatory and territorial they are! I'm neither yummy, nor a mummy , I'm not even a daddy , but I am a Hubby and rather Tubby. And on my days off I decided that I'd go to a cafe for a latte and perhaps a mozzarella and pesto ciabatta (being the metrosexual bohemian bourgeois that I am ;p) but no !.. Every cafe (other than the greasy spoons.. which are populated by Sun reading white van driving builders and decorators) is crammed with groups of YumMums and their offspring. Pity help you if you're a single man trying to get a coffee somewhere as on several attempts, on numerous days, at different locations I have found that you walk in and you're met by glowering, disproving stares from the assembled masses (what is the collective noun for a group of Yummy Mummies? A Cr?che perhaps?) I have noticed that you (as a single bloke) are made to feel most unwelcome .. and this has been the case at the Blue brick cafe, the Blue mountain cafe and the surprisingly un-blue Old Electrical Shop cafe on Peckham Rye... It's actually quite uncomfortable and they really don't make you feel welcome at all.. I'd go as far to say that they actually go out of their way to make you feel unwelcome. Anyone else spotted this?

At the moment? Yes ? "Heart of the Sunrise" but it could be Kylie Monologue , Lady BlahBlah or Essinem ;-) next.. My music jumps around something chronic as I usually listen on Shuffle ! http://www.last.fm/user/Beowulf1970

I was once present at an undersea, unexplained mass sponge migration.. .. no wait, that wasn't me.. that was Ray Stantz.. I've just seen that movie so many times I thought it was me ;) just seen the usual strange things.. like Chick posted above.. I have seen the strangest of things .. a Scotsman opening his wallet! (and I'm Scottish.. I'm allowed to take the mickey!)

Scribe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, but after watching those links, we're a > cringing nation. I'm Scottish .. and therefore could moan for Britain !! ;-)

Shouldn't have read this thread.. Have just bought a bike and now scared to use it ;-) Actually.. I've not used it .. erm.. AT ALL since I bought it (well I rode it home .. all of 3 mins !) I went to BC Bikes on East Dulwich Rd for the "essentials" OMG!! and here was me thinking the bike was the expensive bit! So far I have a chain/lock thingie and a reflective doodah for my rucksack. I'm scouting t'interweb for bargains on Lights, panniers and most importantly (and the bit I don't really want to skimp on) a Helmet!! Have to say though.. are all helmets so ..well.. insubstantial? feels like I'm paying ?70 or ?80 (or upwards) for what amounts to a piece of polystyrene on a chin strap!! I demand in depth reviews, rigorous testing to destruction.. I want to see helmets that stand up to repeated swings of a sledgehammer before I part with my hard earned and put my precious braincase into something that is supposed to protect it ;-) Twirly has visions of me cycling to work in full motorcycle/motorcross gear now ;-) (with an extra bubble wrap and cotton wool cloak.. for extra protection) hehe

reetpetite Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The smell of the grass on a warm day and its just > rained. As a congenital Anosmic that's one pleasure I have sadly no knowledge of. Mind you it does come in handy sometimes ;) The things that give me joy are multifold. Pink floyd on the radio, seeing the "perfect" sunrise/sunset/moon rise/sunbeam/etc AND having my camera with me .. but most importantly.. coming home to Mrs Twirly :)

A hotel.. sorry AN hotel.. opened by computer, booked by computer, staffed by computer.. your hubby isn't called Dave is he? Might get complicated when he asks the hotel to "open the hotel doors" Only to be told "I'm sorry Dave.. I can't do that " If he hears the computer singing "Daisy Daisy " tell him to leg it out the nearest air lock.. erm sorry I mean fire escape. ;-)

Mrs Twirly despairs at my memory (or lack thereof!) She'll mention a VERY pregnant guest at our wedding .. in April last year. You'd think I'd remember a big pregnant woman at my own wedding? nope ! She'll mention a weekend in Bristol and a sail on a boat with friends of hers (well ours now!) and I deny all knowledge of ever being there.. despite the fact I used a photograph of Mrs Twirly and I .. on the boat.. taken by the friends in question.. with Bristol in the background as my facebook profile image for many months !! And in the mornings, I'll get ready to go to work, pick up my Oyster card/phone/rucksack/lunch/all of the above then in the space of 30 seconds put it down somewhere and lose it.. then spending the next 15 to 20 minutes hunting for it/them again! am 40 going on 90 I think !

Ramble66 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also not sure how he commutes at the moment but my > preferred way is train from Peckham Rye to St > Pancras then a short walk through Mornington > Crescent or if to north Camden, get off at Kentish > Town and walk or bus down. You probably walk behind / ahead of me ;) as that's pretty much the same route I take at the moment. I USED to do the Peckham and/or east Dulwich to London Bridge then the hideous crammed northern line to Camden town journey. Hated it !

Sorry to hear that... Oakhurst Grove is a bit close for comfort :( Never experienced any problems here before .. Oakhurst grove could do with more lights.. it's not TOO bad, but hardly well lit.

felt-tip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if anything MrTwirly - you can INCREASE your pie > intake. Just maybe not immediately before setting > off on a ride. > > Its a specialised allez by the way, basic model > and about 5 years old but in fairly good nick and > has puncture proof commuter tyres. Thanks for that.. am in *ahem* discussions with my dearest 'er indoors ;-) Just need to ensure we have space for it in our flat too.. can't imagine it would survive long outside our flat before it did a runner (or more appropriately a cycle!)

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not affected by it either, but totally agree > with my inamorata Twirly. oh come on! pledging your undying love on the "an hotel" thread was one thing .. but this is beginning to give me a complex here ;-) sire, I challenge thee to a duel.. Pythonesque fish slapping at dawn!

Twirly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone know how long it would take to cycle to > Camden? Mr Twirly keeps muttering about getting a > bike, but not sure how long it would take him to > get to work from East Dulwich Road. felt-tip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 40/45 minutes - at a not too stressful pace. > I have a decent standard racer for sale - would > fit someone between 5"10 - 6"2. Just dont have the > space for it so selling for ?100 if he's looking > but doesnt want to spend alot. Its an ideal > commuter bike. Not bad ! I'll have to ponder this but genuinely interested. one question though.. does this mean I'll need to give up on the pies? ;) (Although I am HOPEFULLY less likely to fall asleep on the way home)

perhaps they couldn't get coconuts and were smashing bottles of Malibu? sorry... I'll get my coat !

I've seen a few "famous" people in ED.. unfortunately "That guy from that program.. you know the funny one!" or "him that did that thing with wossername" don't really come across well on a forum ! (there was the old geezer from Who's line is it anyway ..wossisname? Stephen Frost! seen him a couple of times) However, not ED but quite a few mornings when I walk from Kings Cross St Pancras to Camden road I'll get a nod from Simon Callow ;) He usually looks very gruff so I never make to stop him but give him the knowing "I know who you are but don't want to disturb you" smile ;)

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MrTwirly Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > "an hotel" > > > > > > I'm now officially in love with twirly. > > > > > > you can't be.. that's my job ;) > > Thought your job was to do the dishes! Oi.. climb back into your wardrobe you scarf wearing Faun you!! ;)