NOTA'S Sleep Thread

[none of the above]

On a happier note the baby chicks are three weeks old now and have appeared on-line more times than I can remember... live webchickchats are very popular.

She doesn't do twitter then?

They could do I suppose, Oscarfish had his own page on there. Molly the dog has a Google+ page.
I'll have to see... maybe they could become like the anti joke chicken(s) but with jokes.

Have a good birthday then? 102 is a good age to be at work.

[none of the above]

Untidy... it's enough to make you look at Slashdot and find it organised, full of win and sense...



So, after a fun filled day waffling on at work and then waffling on at home and waffling on round at the SirQ household and then waffling extensively on on-line, the time for waffle has ground to a halt for one day... though there is just time for this small bit of waffle before I wander off to kip.


This afternoon I had an e-mail that my new chicken coop filling easily compostable shredded cardboard bedding will arrive at work tomorrow (maybe along with a lot of kit to tart up newest fishtank too). The chicks are on borrowed time in their understair chicken palace... soon as it gets warm and they've grown some more feather then their poopy arses are outside permanently...
Still, we spent a bit of time in the garden this afternoon as it was nice(ish). I poked about making a net cage for my tub of strawberry plants, the dog poked about at the dining room doors in an effort to get out and wee on my new turf and the naughty chicks poked about at insects.

A chick's life is a happy one...


Cojiro & Bellina

[none of the above]

Sources sources... blooming hell not everything is found from dicking about on the net... doing a BA and the current chunk of work being Greek & Roman Mythology helps.


So, today was a day of stuff... immense amounts of stuff arriving in the post and by courier to work. The postie toots on his way into the front carpark when I have a parcel so I can scuttle downstairs and sign/collect it. Today it was some garden tat and two boxes of equipment for the newest fishtank... so well packed was some of that it took serious jabbing with a blade to get it all out.

Needless to say my office floor which has seen some bizarre things hanging about there was looking a bit untidy, and that's mainly as I was sitting on the floor fiddling with bits of kit, very professional.
Luckily the MD is out in Germany atm.


Meh, just realised it's gig time this Sunday... fucky bollox now I have to find something to wear again. I thought the next one was the Jubilee extravaganza.
Still, happy times getting groovy with a musical forum chum again... by groovy I mean some vigorous foot tapping possibly. Jigging about not the done thing when you're looking cool according to the Baron... and he's right.

[none of the above]

Over thirty years... just saying.


Today was an amusing day... not least because
A- SirQ has got a bee in his bonnet... again.
B- A mate of mine brought a spare horse round this afternoon so we could pose about town and go for a saunter along the river. It's a quiteish place like that. Naturally now I'm back to my usual racing weight that involved digging out the snuggest of snug jodhpurs for maximum posing styleee.
C- I'm going to have about three hours kip Friday night then it's off to the nearest seaside to watch the sunrise... no particular reason, it's not some sort of bizarre worship thing it's just for fun. Then, we'll be back in time for breakfast.

Ace...

[none of the above]

Heh...

*on the phone to our site expert chap this evening*

Me... "Oi Morty my good mate and all round interweb alien chaser, site maintenance person and boffin at a large generic on-line auction place, how the devil are you?"
Him... "Hmmm"
"I would like our happy corner of the net to comply with the tiresome rules handed down from on high by "the man" in order that none of our members feel dubious about cookies and want to make known a tracking preference... I'd like a giant annoying pop-up of a notice to appear whenever peeps log in or look at one of SirQ's threads. What d'you reckon about that then?"
"We don't use those sorts of things"
"So... I'd just like a page explaining that when they sign in then"
"F*** off you daft bint" (he's from Cambridgeshire, they talk funny over there).
"OK, all sorted then... I'll see you next week for the Jubilee bash"
"TTFN"

Oh well, the interweb poooolice can bog right off then.


Now, had a bit of a nap earlier and will be doing same in a mo... up to get to the seaside to see the sun and before all the bods turn up making a noise, if I can drag the Baron from immense kipdom that is or it'll be just me & the dog.
Then it's back to cause some hassle in other parts of Crapshire. Busy busy...

[none of the above]

Too hot...


There was the newly gathered on-line sky watchers to spy out storms, like a couple of dozen coiled springs next to keyboards and spread all across middle England. And... F*** all... not a single strike anywhere within fifty miles. Meh, useless weather people.
Funnily enough I was chatting with one of the Polish operatives today and trying to explain about the lack of plans most people have for the Jubilee weekend. It's because the only way to tell what's going to happen is by looking outside, it's no good planning a massive BBQ fun fest only to find it's pissing down all day. I used the example that is Michael Fish and the infamous hurricane.

No doubt storms will all kick off about two in the morning when I can't be arsed.


Baby chickens now spending all day outside, I worry a bit when I'm at work that they've not done something stupid but today all was well. Actually getting quite friendly, considering I can't really bribe them with foody treats yet (still on chick crumb) that's not so bad. Dog not got the hang of ignoring them yet, they have a bit of a mad chasing each other around session and Molly wants to join in... I can only hope when they get bigger (Bluebelles are not tiny) they will peck the dog into line.

Had a mate round this afternoon and it was mentioned this is a house of hybrids, dog, chickens, me... I think the only pure things here are the bristlenose catfish, and that's only because they were bred here. It's a right old mixture...

[Joyofsox]

Just thought you might like to know I went to see Three Bonzos and a Piano last night.

Perhaps not prog enuf 4 u?

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The Bonzos are brill, even if it's only three... they've been touring under that name for a while now, are they still as bonkers as ever??

Not prog enough though?? An early Bonzo manager was the legendary Tony Stratton-Smith, creator of the Famous Charisma Record label where the lovely VdGG had most of their decent stuff. Prog credentials pass OK...



Maybe I might see them if they pass this way and I'm free.
The NOTA presence at gigs this year... so far it's been The Damned (again)... on to Jubilee gig (maybe), Sparks, Gary Numan, Marc Almond, Hawkwind/Curved Air etc (cancelled ), Editors, Björk, Florence & Machine, Faith No More, The Cult, Skunk Anansie and maybe Ultravox...

That'll do for now...



Chicken news... yesterday they were herded back into the understair chicken palace and all was good. They poked about a bit and went to kip. Today, oh no... we're going to flap about until one is perched precariously on the gas meter and one is balancing on the edge of the box.

Wing clipping not too far away at this rate.

[imtherock]

Have you given up sleeping? Doesn't seem like there are any posts in this thread for a while

[none of the above]

Hello...


I got fed up with having to pare down the happy sort of stuff I usually write to put on here so I couldn't be arsed. It's also a very tiny audience on here... I like to waffle on to a bigger crowd.

[imtherock]

And just how big is this crowd?

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Not that it matters to here but there are currently 773 members. Over 200 of which post every week, about three quarters post each month and the rest turn up if there's a massive astronomical event... or an argument. We have a little blog bit on site... average 200 views per entry, no matter how waffly or or loaded with weighty theory about aliens or philosophy.

[imtherock]

Not that it matters to here but there are currently 773 members. Over 200 of which post every week, about three quarters post each month and the rest turn up if there's a massive astronomical event... or an argument. We have a little blog bit on site... average 200 views per entry, no matter how waffly or or loaded with weighty theory about aliens or philosophy.

I'm betting one of them was the guy who wanted me to add him on G+

[none of the above]

Not that it matters to here but there are currently 773 members. Over 200 of which post every week, about three quarters post each month and the rest turn up if there's a massive astronomical event... or an argument. We have a little blog bit on site... average 200 views per entry, no matter how waffly or or loaded with weighty theory about aliens or philosophy.

I'm betting one of them was the guy who wanted me to add him on G+

I've no idea, I'm not responsible for what everyone's doing.
The idea is for people to add each other on there isn't it? I get the same happen every day.

[Lena]

Is NOTA really Maureen Dowd ?

She's a sometime redhead who is a very insightful writer for the WASHINGTON POST newspaper.Not about chickens but politics.

Hmmmmm..............