UK Watercooler 32: Fall Into The Meaning Gap

oops wrong thread, sorry

Hello there. I suddenly remembered that ILX exists.

We're probably off to Indietracks this summer; not to the whole thing though. We went to the last one, in December, and (by turning up early and hanging about the station) managed to get invited into the cab of the engine, which was rather good fun.

Pashmina linked to his Tanfield Railway photos upthread - here's mine!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/forest_pines/sets/72157604285611927/

Additionally, if you're ever looking at the Tanfield Railway's own Flickr account, I'm on one of their photos, lurking in the background with my camera.

Pashmina, is this anything to do with you?

Really long eBay link

Wow. It's one of my dad's (who is also called Norman), it'll have been made in the seventies, most likely. No later than about '82. If it were a touring frame, I'd probably be bidding on it myself. My dad was the shit at framebuilding!

Incidentally, I'm looking for a 21 or 22" touring frame, anything knocking around in the shop?

There isn't, I'm afraid, sorry. you should be able to pick such a thing up pretty cheaply, it's a buyer's marklet for stuff like that.

There's a lot out there, although there is some pretty shonky looking stuff on eBay. Need to go and browse the bike mags in smiths I think.

If you know someone who's in the CTC, their mag usually has some decent stuff in the classifieds

Emsk might be, In shall ask her.

That's now two headhunters trying to get me to go to Essex. Um?

I probably don't have enough SQL for the jobs, though.

I am too sodding exhausted to even go to the shops and buy some supper, even though I'm starving hungry. Carruthers lied. Bass playing is bloody hard work when you do it for four hours straight.

er, yeah!

Morning all. I've got a script for citalopram, has anyone had any experience of it? I've not been on anything since last year's seroxat debacle, i'm hoping this will be better.

I think my gf used to take citalopram - I'll ask her.

My dad took it for anxiety following a stroke. He was also a VERY BIG MAN and managed to reduce his anxiety enough to quit drinking and smoking, no small feat when bars are your workplace and locus of friendship networks. He also lost a couple of stone because comfort eating seemed to go right down as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citalopram

Citalopram is my best friend. I've been on it for years now, and I have to say it's the best thing I've ever taken, with the least amount of unpleasant side effects. (Weight gain and loss of sexual appetite being the main things - funny how those go together.) Email me offboard if you want to talk about anything further. But I have found it magic. Amazingly vivid dreams, too.

I was trying to sleep in this morning as I've got a gig tonight, but first I was rudely awoken by the dustment, and then the headhunters started ringing again (good lord, do they travel in packs or what?) so here I am.

Headhunters offering anything useful or just jobs in outer mongolia?

That sounds promising, I am a big strapping lassie so anything that makes me a little smaller can only be good.

Well, I'm going to see just how far Chelmsford actually is before saying no. Reverse commutes can be good if you have reading material - especially if I get that dongle for my mac! It can be mine interweb time.

Not sure how good the dongles are in moving vehicles, especially ones made of metal.

Depends where in chelmsford as well, by the station or on the edge.

Says the man currently working in Siberia.

My dad weighed 21 stone at time of stroke and once we spoke about the weight issue I was like OMG YOU ARE 3X ME. He dropped to 15 or so eventually but still indulged in ALL THESE BARBECUED RIBS, ALL THE TIME. We called it Former Athlete Syndrome.

By the station, I am promised.

I see people using dongles on the Northampton train all the time, so surely anywhere you can get a mobile signal you can get a dongle on.

Hmm, taken my first citalopram this morning, feeling very sleepy. My pupils are also a bit dilated and sluggish, didn't spot that on the data sheet and am debating whether or not to call the duty GP.

OK, this morning's headhunter rang up and offered me a job in... NORTHAMPTON. I'm taking that as a sign. They say you wanna go to Northampton. I said YES! YES! YES!!!

Sleepy and a bit fuzzy around the edges is normal, but it'll pass quite quickly. I take them at night to counteract that. I got little headaches and a bit of jellybelly, but again, it went away within days.

Also, a million thanks to Ed and Goobs for coming down to the gig last night!

Apparently this is the "least pop" band I've ever been in. I'll take that as a compliment! Hurrah, finally, I'm in a noisy, arty experimental band. Yay!

I enjoyed a lot, especially with the creative mix of live drums and crunchy samples. Want to hear it on a decent system and the sound guy really didn't get it.

Like I said to you on the night, we REALLY need our own sound man. (I wish we could get signed for #1,000,000 so we could hire you away from the tv industry!)

So how is everyone?

I've spent the weekend drawing my jazz singer.

Here he is on my sofa, looking like he grew there:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2389/2448956788_4b3877fa1c_o.jpg

Does, erm, anyone want to come and see some jazz with me, then? yes, I KNOW, shut up.

I R SERIOUS MARMADUKE. THIS R SERIOUS JAZZ

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2448956786_547135a150_o.jpg

I will see jazz with you, I wonder what is on at the bull in barnes.

No, I'm not going to see just any old jazz. I'm going to see that young man up there /\ - his jazz. he's playing in Clerkenwell again this weekend. Are you around or are you in Finland or Serbia or wherever?

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/237237.jpg

What was that supposed to be?

Oh, well I can see it:
http://991.com/newGallery/Huggy-Bear-Her-Jazz-244048.jpg

Hmm trajectory currently will be Bucks-NC-NY-MN-NY-Norway

That's what I thought it might be.

Good lord, Ed, that's insane.

I don't want to have to look at jazz by myself. I'm a-scared. how about the 11th May, then? He says he'll put me on the guest list. Which is nice. But still, there will be jazz. Though hopefully, knowing him, it will be wild 1920s jazz party style jazz, and not awful horrible skronkwhatsits. I was trying to explain that horrible song that you made me listen to, where the musician seemed to play every single note EXCEPT what the melody was.

Playing "around the beat" indeed.

That Jazz Sofa reminds me of the tea shop we went to again and again in Riga.

You could do this, kate!

I hate Jazz

A radio series in which self avowed hater of jazz, KMB, is taken through the formative stages of jazz, up to and including Charlie Mingus, Kenny Ball, Sun Ra and Miles Davis. In 49 weekply parts...

Can I stroke my beard?

Can we stop you? As if. All Whos great BTW.

You can stroke your beard and knit your dreads, if you like. I wonder if this show is with or without the help of the DEMON ELECTRICITY. I shall find out.

Feh! Feh! No, that is the jazz I hate! I don't do jazz after 1960. Maybe I shall have to listen BECAUSE I hate jazz. And if the presenter hates jazz, too, then I shall have a comrade in my jazz-hating.

And please stop calling my sofa the jazz sofa. That's worse than when Miss AMP called it the sofa full of anuses.

Which reminds me, when is the next Magpies Nest?

deary me, I was this close to blowing tea all over the computer.

Wednesday, Martin Carthy so should be good.

Wednesday! Shall we folk?

Sounds like a good idea, let me shake this cold though, (surrently at home in bed)

(er, kate it was a spoof: KMB being the clue)

I am disappointed: I have hardly any photos of the Riga Teashop. But at least the photo I do have has a shot of one of its huge, double-bed sized sofas:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2260062412_a82f5a2dc1.jpg

Was just randomly reading through an old 'Cooler; am now nostalgic for those chat-happy times ;_;

It is so slow today!

you should chat more then G00blar!