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I want to know why it is that coffee makes poop happen but I'm not googling that shit (ahem) at work.

Hmnm, could it be the stimulating nature of caffeine? Does decaffeinated coffee do the same thing?

I don't know, but I know coke doesn't.

One of the hardest things about giving up smoking was... the body gets used to it sort of thing and when the stimulant is gone... That's all I'm saying...

coke

For a second I thought you meant something else. . .

Well coffee has a lot more caffeine than cokes.

For a second I thought you meant something else. . .

Well I think anything that stops you eating stops you pooping.

I'm also here around 6 years. Similar time to Sam actually I think.

It's funny....6 years posting here. So many eras! (is that the plural of "era")

yes

argh, brain not useful for needed work this morning. considering heading out for lunch.

I didn't bring any b/c I was supposed to eat with a friend. But she's homesick so that's two days I'll be eating out. Hmm, should I go to close cafe for overpriced sandwich or walk further for taco bell or a Wendy's salad?

Sorry that I'm attempting to revive thread with such boring rambling.

Okay, the cafe is having fried shrimp salad today. I'm going there.

i will equal your boringness and raise you with this: i bought myself new toys a couple of days ago - my first ever digital camera, and my first ever mp3 player. the 40min walk home after work is now much more enjoyable with a soundtrack. and having a digital camara is so much FUN!

WENDYS! I've always wanted to eat there! Taco Bell, less so!

Digital cameras are teh bomb. I bought a Canon ILUX just a few days ago. Which one did you go for in the end?

Which MP3 player?

Hooray! Both are awesome and I've surprised you've managed without them! Well, at least the MP3 player. Without my iPod my commute is completely miserable.

my camera is the canon that i mentioned on that thread - just the most basic model. but i love how easy it is to use; i haven't even glanced at the instructions and i already know how to take pics and get them onto my computer! (maybe this sounds dumb, but i'm SERIOUSLY TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED).

the mp3 player is also just a pretty basic 1gb sony. now THAT gave me some troubles. i thought i could just drop and drag songs from my windows media player. but no. i had to use the sonic stage software which is rubbish.

i really do not know how i've survived without either, esp the mp3 player. but i only got my first ever computer 9 months ago, and now i don't know how i survived without that, either. there is no going back!

jesus christ. one hour=161 posts on the crapping at work thread. i'm stunned.

Bleurgh, I hate Wendy's salads. They use the bitter chunks of lettuce close to the core that are left over after they use the good looking leaves for the sandwiches.

ooh fried shrimp!

digital gadgets are part of what makes life happy! I have just scammed a free iPod from my brother, since he is getting a new laptop for school (but screwed something up so I had to do the ordering, ergo popping free with rebate iPod in the basket and whistling). My old one will go to my sister, and we'll all be happy.

My mother called me yesterday to tell me about her day with the GHOSTBUSTER. She hired a woman to go to all of their properties (they are slumlords, so lots of dodginess) to rework the energies with "dowsing crystals", because "even if you don't occupy a property you own, its energy will still affect you."

They didn't get to the property that was the previous location for a murder/suicide, though.

The website lied and they didn't have fried scrimp salad today. But instead I got chicken taco salad. We ain't talking nasty fried bowl crap. Mixed green lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, a whole grilled chicken breast, pico, dab each of sour cream and guac, handful of tortilla strips and salsa.

SO MUCH YUMMINESS FOR LUNCH!

Damn! That sounds so good right now. Need to make a plan for lunch stat.

Rubyredd, how did you decide on which digital camera to buy? I have just started looking for one, but I'm finding it overwhelming.

well, i just wanted a basic one that would be easy to use. i had a canon SLR years ago and it was awesome, so i went with the canon. also, apparently the software that comes with it is superior to the other equally priced brands i was looking it (although i have yet to check it out).

i really had no idea what i was doing ;) i think the first thing to do is decide how much you want to spend and then start looking within that price bracket.

Good call about the price bracket. I think the most important thing for me is the shutter lag. That's what has put me off buying a digital camera until now. OK, well that gives me a starting point anyway, so thanks for the advice.

Rubyredd OTM. That's how I had to do it. HLA I got the Canon ILX and it fires pretty much immediately after button pressed. It is a bit irritating though.

Sonic Stage is rubbish Rubyredd and it'll only get more irritating. Just be grateful that you are after the era of Connect Player. Now that was a piece of shit! Bit of advice: to get the most on to it use the Sony ATRAC format. You lose a lot of quality but it's for commute. I use my NWA-3000 with Koss headphones which means that even though I can only get 2200 songs on the 18Gig memory at least the sound is pretty damn great (6 band equaliser and most files are either MP3). I wouldn't swap it for an iPod though, not until they sound as good. I do love their speed and simplicity though :(

Remember in the dim and distant last thread?

In other news I would like a Wispa. Do they still make them and if so where can I find one.

-- Sarah

dum dum daaaaaaa!

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1309002007

teh power of teh web monging! Bite it and believe it!

Good woman Sarah, well done.

thanks kv_nol. yeah, it's been painstaking using it; i had to import all my music from windows and a lot of track listings/album art was lost. and it's so goddamn slow. but it's definitely worth it to now have a soundtrack playing continuously in my ears. i wish i could wear headphones at both my jobs :(

I'm only working half a day today. How much work will I get done?

I also need a new camera but I think I'm getting a less fancy one.

You know, you could do worse, if you haven't got cash, than buy an oldish digital camera on eBay or something. I've got a four year-old Canon one that's a bit ye olde looking, but it still works great.

Well done on the Wispa front, everyone.

So, I have friends coming over on Sunday, and bringing CHILDREN. Argh. I need to cut the grass and pick up all the poo out of the back garden.

Nah, leave the poo. They can throw it at each other.

Ms Misery, finish our game so I can uninstall the application!

Sorry, that sounds a bit more anxious than I meant!

I'm playing every time I see my turn!

Why you gotta uninstall?

xpost

It says it your turn now, mister.

it=it's

I have to uninstall because I feel bad keeping people waiting.

Also I don't know how to finish without resigning. I only have two U's.

Well I'm waiting on you now, hoss.

You can pass. Then if I can't play we're deadlocked. And I guess I could resign.

No worries. I resigned. Ah well, back to feeling guilty about the usual I suppose :)

Don't feel guilty. I usually have so many games going at once there's no hate for slow players.

Ha ha. Well I have hate for people who do the wrong thing and then lie to themselves about it. It's on the scabulous thread anyway, no need to pollute the rest of ILX!

Yes I saw it and confused our scrabble talk here for that one. Thought you were yelling at me. Mildly traumatized.

Ooops. Sorry Ms. M.

This thread will be dead on Monday b/c most of you are off, right? :(

I'm leaving in an hour or so to clean my house and get ready for my party. Busy weekend. Already tired. :(

I am 'working' on Monday so I should be around, albeit possibly a tad onimo-ed.

QNI with the kids tonight as Mrs O's going to a work drinkies thing. Going to my Mum's to pick them up in a minute. Might buy some Chinese food and watch a movie or something.

Going to the football tomorrow with ailsa + I get to meet her dad.

Sunday will have pubs involved in it somewhere.

Pubs sound nice. Enjoy. :)

I'll be here, don't worry. Have a good weekend everyone!

I also will be here, even though I find it hard to post these days because all I do is play with Ms. Lorelai Gilmore and it's kind of lamer to spend your time going "hey, my cat did the cutest thing!" because OMG SHUT-IN. To counteract this, I went into town earlier in the week, and the friends are coming. Next week I am going to try to go into town TWO times.

Mrs. Monkey, don't become a shut-in.

I am trying very hard not to, but, to be honest, I am an almost pathological creature of routine, and I've got a really nice routine at home. I hate breaking it.

I also quite enjoy the shut-in bit. I'm supposed to be cleaning b/c friends are coming over. Also one of my few motivations for cleaning.