[Nik] Tried Adsl Guide just the site I needed back in September ;^)

Please don't take offence because you know I love you all dearly and all that boll*cks - but The Limerick Game - gah!
Proper names should have Capital Letters
The first line should begin with a Capital letter
There's too much inconsequential nattering which breaks the flow
Finally - do we have to go to the far end of a fart every time something remotely 'welsh' is mentioned?
:-) :-) :-)

< mode=sarcastic > and yes, there really is a Chat Game on this server - you're reading it now < /s>

Methinks I got out of bed the wrong side this morning.

[Chalky] Well, at least it only took you two minutes to notice...! :-)

[Incle Korks] I've had three cups of tea, so feel a bit better now. :-)

I agree, but I couldn't resist the limerick line.

also agreed, and I know I'm quite an offender. I promise to try and limerick things that make sense and scan, and use capital letters.

Grrr... slightly annoyed with my ex-funding body, who've quite reasonably asked for a report on what their money was spent on. Unfortunately, the covering letter of their request directed me to a webpage containing the wrong set of guidance notes. Although these were sufficiently similar to make sense in the context of the rest of the documentation, the differences are enough to require a further heavy editing session. I so wanted this finished, like, last year. Fucktards.

[rab] if it's any consolation, I'm currently putting together my section of a presentation on corruption under the Brezhnev regime in the soviet union. I had a text message while I was at work earlier from one of the group. "Hi (nights), hope you're getting on OK. I've been talking to (someone else), and apparently our presentation has to be quite analytical, so could you try and do that? thanks! see you tomorrow!".
So instead of being in bed at the moment, I'm sat in front of word trying to pull analysis from a rather dark place. gaaaah. (dies.)

A turbulent day with Prince Harry still front page (good for the celebdaq shares), Busted are splitting unfortunately - McFly are sticking it out, Jackie Stallone must be shown the door of the BB House (John to stay). MC⁵ returns.

yes, hooray MC5 is back in my life. I was thinking that it was telewest being their usually competent selves.

It took until Sunday evening for MC5 to reappear on my interwebnet thingy ... but nice to see it again :o)

yay - it's taken 'til around now for it to appear on my screen aswell. Which gives me the opportunity to 'pologise to Rosie in particular for the 'far end of a fart .... anything remotely welsh' remark which looked much more vehement on screen than was intended.

(Chalky) Vehemence not detected. But you might have used a capital "W". :-)

Just a suggestion (and I know it won't appeal to everyone) for a short game... The gauntlet has been thrown down in the latest Doctor Who Magazine, inviting readers to contribute to a sort of 'Welsh Film Club' (only using existing Doctor Who story titles as source material), to celebrate the filming of the new series in the valleys. Now, this is the sort of thing that I know we can do well. Anyone interested? The two examples provided were The Swansea Devils and Powys of the Daleks.

Is it just me, or is MC5 (and angrycake.com in general) responding more quickly with this new ISP? The time to move had apparently arrived a long time ago - everything about this new ISP is an improvement. And look, the old one has just charged me for the coming month! Gah!

Yes, it does seem faster. The Furcation Game seems to appear almost immediately, whereas I'm sure it was always a bit sluggish before.

(Uncle K) I think it's been done on ISIHAC. But anyway, there's Bridge over the River Wye.

I forgot. It stars Gwynedd Paltrow.

[Rosie] The drawback, though, is that you can't use general film / TV title as your source material - it's Doctor Who stories only.

[Nik/rab] For me, MC5 seems extremely slow. It's taking up to 30 seconds to respond each time.

[Nik/rab] Not really a noticeable difference here, but maybe 5,000 miles of perspective flattens the diffs out.

[Darren] Given that the server is now routed via a different ISP, the problems you had last year, and the lack of serious complaint from anyone else, I'd still (unhelpfully, I admit) lay the fault at the door of your ISP, or some route near to you. Do you have problems with other sites?

[Nik] No, no problems with other sites, although MC5 seems to be running alright now. It probably is my ISP.

(Uncle K) OK. So I'm sure you can translate the above.:-)

And that.

[Rosie, Darren] I've tried a number of online translation services... with little luck. Can't work out your first word, Rosie, and I'm completely stumped on Darren's!

[UK] When is Dr Who scheduled for screening? I am looking forward to the series, especially on the special effects. Children's tv drama has a very low budget compared other areas. But if it is being made by the Drama dept the budget will be there but not the expertise to make good children's tv, afterall that should be the target audience not us Big People.

[Rosie] Aha - cracked yours, now. Obvious, really, in retrospect...
[Darren] Yours seems to come out as... He is being breasts excellent good she?!
[Inkspot] No formal announcement has been made as yet, but the smart money's on Easter Saturday. This is, of course, typical. I wait sixteen years - I mean, sixteen years - for a new series of Doctor Who, and I'm going to be out of the country when the first episode airs!

I am, perhaps, the only person who ever actually reads the terms and conditions of low-cost air carriers when making a booking. Occasionally it's worth it. I note that one airline says:

We are not liable for the replacement cost of designer baggage which in itself is valuable and inappropriate to be carried by a low cost airline

Amusingly, designer baggage is defined as

baggage which bears a logo of a so-called designer manufacturer and is sold at inflated prices.

[rab]They sound kind of bitter, don't they?

(Darren) Your example doesn't look grammatical to me and I wonder who put it together. Da means good, but ardderchog means wonderful, excellent etc and you wouldn't use both together. I suspect it should read mae bronnau ardderchog genni hi, literally, "there is (are) breasts wonderful with her". There's no verb "to have" in Welsh. The word genni is a conjugated part of gan, "with", and its ending means you can omit the pronoun it refers to, hi, in this case, and most people would, certainly in conversation.

I wonder what would happen if you checked in luggage in black bin liners - which are presumably appropriate for travel on a low cost carrier....

(rab, pen) It's a bit like a notice on the door of a pub, saying "No suits, ties or dresses - this is a rough house". An amazing admission.