Please - Hijack this thread

narly · Post by **narly** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:48 pm

Please feel free to diverge in any direction. Lord knows every other OT thread goes even further off-topic.

Recent polls (although still unofficial) indicate that lament and bemoaning of societal and governmental status-quo to be a popular choice for digression...

ElectronicaDub · Post by **ElectronicaDub** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:59 am

The price of onions is far too high at the moment. Maybe its because of the price of oil. I think I'll stick with custard for now.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:04 am

This is the bike that I am seriously considering upgrading The Bus to:

*drools*

Royston

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:14 am

Got one of these yesterday - cheap, small & sounds real nice

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:30 am

i havent made a decent tune in half a year but i will today.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:59 am

Nice kit, Wayne

@ Piddi - I started my tune for the French biking video yesterday (was humming it in my head all 'round France...so I think that I know where I am going with it).

LOL: http://photos.imageevent.com/wforest/ho ... falle.mpeg

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:26 am

Yeah, Royston, it's dinky but fat (20"x8" Bass drum

).

I love developing tunes that hit you while doing big drives - kinda like songlines - you're going to have fun with that

...and Piddi, you rock that f#%ker

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:34 am

Nagasaki was nuked today 60 years ago. The plutonium bomb dropped there was even more powerfull than the uranium bomb used in Hiroshima 3 days before that. Together, the two bombs killed over 400.000 men, women and children. Still worth our thoughts?

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:44 am

discovery touched down.. nice to watch and a bit of distraction from work where frankly i don't know why they are keeping me here.. Ah well, my contract ends on december and i'll be making music all day long for a coupla years then.. can't wait

peace

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:00 am

at0m wrote:
Still worth our thoughts?

Absolutely. There was a very powerful and moving documentary/dramatisation on BBC2 the other day (the day of the Hiroshima anniversary), about 1:30 long with some harrowing accounts from survivors of the event.

In the program's favour, it pointed out that nearly every other major Japanese city had been fire-bombed to hell by the US prior to the dropping of the atom bomb (there weren't many left, in fact which narrowed the US's choice of city to attack to just a few). I guess that the atom bomb seems worse due to the after-effects of the radiation and the fact that it's just one bomb being dropped, but many thousands of people were equally killed by "conventional" weapons.

Sadly, the mayor of Hiroshima declared after the attack that it had been an extensive air raid, and that the Japanese people should not give in and remain prepared for the (US's) invasion

The original primary target (Kioto?) was cloudy on the day of the second bombing, which is why the plane moved on the Nagasaki. It was cloudy there too, but they dropped the bomb anyway. It missed the designated target by some distance, else even more people would have been killed.

Royston

Liquid Len · Post by **Liquid Len** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:03 am

On 2005-08-08 18:48, narly wrote:
Please feel free to diverge in any direction. Lord knows every other OT thread goes even further off-topic.

Recent polls (although still unofficial) indicate that lament and bemoaning of societal and governmental status-quo to be a popular choice for digression...

God loves me because I guessed the real true religion. I work hard and earn more than a hundred times what an African makes. Thats because I really do work a hundred times harder. If there's any problems in the world it's because other people don't see how wise me and my people are. You can see how they could be very jealous of me / us.

pseudojazzer · Post by **pseudojazzer** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:09 am

I'd like to make a toast...
"to coffee and cigarettes"

Liquid Len · Post by **Liquid Len** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:21 am

On 2005-08-09 07:09, pseudojazzer wrote:
I'd like to make a toast...
"to coffee and cigarettes"

Hear, hear!

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:21 am

cheers, i'd like a toast to girls with big tits

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:45 am

Two very good toasts!

Here's one to "Random Acts of Kindness"

*clink*

Michu · Post by **Michu** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:05 am

Gotta drink that one with you, Royston

narly · Post by **narly** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:10 pm

Sage words, indeed - and a host of welcome diversions in a variety of atypical directions...

BTW, the onions are cheap (free?) on your taco at Taco-Bell...!

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:31 pm

On 2005-08-09 06:34, at0m wrote:
Nagasaki was nuked today 60 years ago.
... Still worth our thoughts?

reminds me on that animation movie When the Wind Blows, featuring a naive old couple that gets into the consequences of a distant nuclear strike.
needless to mention there was no happy end, both died from radiation disease without even knowing what was going on - a touching realism, even though it was painted.

it's the only time I can remember that there was some 10 seconds of complete silence in the cinema after the lights went on again.

cheers, Tom

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symbiote · Post by **symbiote** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:56 pm

I'm saving up for this cute puppy =P

In other news, Goblins make very good solid state operational amplifier, provided you can convince them to stand inside a overheated box full of weird electronics,

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:54 pm

Oh come on, goblins aren't solid state, they're full of tubes