>> Indeed. I bought a large LCD computer monitor from John Lewis. After 
>> about 8 months, the backlight quit working. IIRC, it took something 
>> like a week for them to deliver a brand new replacement monitor and 
>> take the old one away. Which isn't bad really, eh?
> 
> Not bad.

That's what I call service! ;-)

>> The only problem is that they don't sell a huge range of stuff. (Or at 
>> least, stuff I'd want to buy.) Having just said that, last week they 
>> sold me a Tilby and some rather fetching gloves...
> 
> Tilby? Hmm I'm trying to picture you in a trilby.

OK, so I didn't press the key hard enough! :-P

If I get time I'll take a photograph... with the brown shirt, brown 
pinstripe trousers and matching brown pinstripe Trilby, *I* think I look 
rather dashing. ;-) Certainly it caused a stir at work yesterday...

>> On the other hand... don't you just hate it when you go somewhere and 
>> you're all like "yes, I'd like to buy this £2,000 item here please" 
>> and they're all like "meh, I can't be bothered, go away". (!!)
> 
> Nah never had that... oh wait ;-)

YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!!

>> and a reel of tape that's wider in the center than at the edges, so 
>> the tape always curls when you pull it off.
> 
> Que?

I mean the reel is spherical rather than cylindrical. :-P It's warped 
slightly...

>> Plus the scisors won't get the tape either.
> 
> Wow how blunt are these scissors? Sounds like you need a whetstone.

Well, technically they *cut* the tape... but the tape then sticks to 
them. I'd assert that I need a tape dispenser! ;-)

> Mugs are also useful... especially if you can get them to just put their 
> finger there for just a moment.

Phahahahaa!

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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:19:38 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

> Stephen wrote:
>
>> Have a brownie point.
>
> Question: How many brownie points do you need to earn before you can  
> redeem them for an actual brownie?

Pfft I don't deal in mythological beings (triple meaning)

Harkens back to an age though Boy Scouts (traversing the unknown) versus  
the Girl Guides (showing off the places the boys have found) and then the  
Cubs and Brownies... hold on shouldn't that be the Cubs and the Cubs?

As an aside Bratus Major's in the Scouts and was made Pack Leader in  
Feburary ish though his parents didn't find out about it until November;  
and then from someone else. According to him his pack's name is "Dunno" or  
"Don't remember" though after much brain-wracking it could be "Wolves";  
seriously how do you forget a name like that?

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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:03:42 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

> Stephen wrote:
>
>> http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/brownies/
>
> "This area is for cool, highly intelligent and fantastically fantastic  
> brownies!"

Our records show this IP address registered to a single male and as such  
your visit here has been logged and may be used against you in a court of  
law you pervert! Expect a knock on the door from the police within the  
minute.


Worrying that I'm only semi-joking.

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Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> Our records show this IP address registered to a single male and as such 
> your visit here has been logged and may be used against you in a court 
> of law you pervert! Expect a knock on the door from the police within 
> the minute.
> 
> 
> Worrying that I'm only semi-joking.

Yeah. Because no single male would be the father of a girl who happens 
to be a brownie. No, sir! ;-)

(Mercifully, it's virtually impossible to determine who an IP address 
belongs to...)

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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:09:57 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>> Right. And after you've used the knife trice, it'll be blunt. :-P
>
>> Not if it's good steel. You can always sharpen it again too :P
>
>Right. And how exactly do you sharpen a knife? :-P
>

There are several ways, the traditional method is with a whetstone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpening_stone
You can use a Sharpening Steel like chefs do, a grinder or one of the various
tools that are sold in hardware shops. 
It does take a bit of practice.

>> Blunt knifes and scissors cause more accidents than sharp ones.
>
>Probably.

Without a doubt.
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Regards
     Stephen

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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:26:25 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

>>> The only problem is that they don't sell a huge range of stuff. (Or at  
>>> least, stuff I'd want to buy.) Having just said that, last week they  
>>> sold me a Tilby and some rather fetching gloves...
>>  Tilby? Hmm I'm trying to picture you in a trilby.
>
> OK, so I didn't press the key hard enough! :-P
>
> If I get time I'll take a photograph... with the brown shirt, brown  
> pinstripe trousers and matching brown pinstripe Trilby, *I* think I look  
> rather dashing. ;-) Certainly it caused a stir at work yesterday...

They were all probably wondering what a tree was doing in reception :-P

>>> On the other hand... don't you just hate it when you go somewhere and  
>>> you're all like "yes, I'd like to buy this £2,000 item here please"  
>>> and they're all like "meh, I can't be bothered, go away". (!!)
>>  Nah never had that... oh wait ;-)
>
> YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE!!

Nah not as if I was recently looking to spend £1,500 on a couple of TV's  
or something.

>>> and a reel of tape that's wider in the center than at the edges, so  
>>> the tape always curls when you pull it off.
>>  Que?
>
> I mean the reel is spherical rather than cylindrical. :-P It's warped  
> slightly...

[Blinks] Um how old is this reel of tape, does it have the words Sellotape  
First Prototype written on the inside?

>>> Plus the scisors won't get the tape either.
>>  Wow how blunt are these scissors? Sounds like you need a whetstone.
>
> Well, technically they *cut* the tape... but the tape then sticks to  
> them. I'd assert that I need a tape dispenser! ;-)

Yeah but depending on what type you get the tape can dry out. Besides -  
put the reel on the last three fingers of one hand, the end of the tape on  
your thumb, and your index finger at the point between the reel and the  
loose tape; keep taut and cut perpendicularly.

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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:40:37 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake thusly:

> Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> Our records show this IP address registered to a single male and as  
>> such your visit here has been logged and may be used against you in a  
>> court of law you pervert! Expect a knock on the door from the police  
>> within the minute.
>>   Worrying that I'm only semi-joking.
>
> Yeah. Because no single male would be the father of a girl who happens  
> to be a brownie. No, sir! ;-)
>
> (Mercifully, it's virtually impossible to determine who an IP address  
> belongs to...)

Why would that be? Your ISP knows who's connecting to them and what IP  
address has been assigned to them. If the company keeps its own logs then  
it's simply a matter of matching up times. Come the official police state  
and we'll all have fixed IP addresses tied to our ID cards and it'll be a  
criminal offence to use a different one.

On an even easier note if you've signed up to Google (or don't clear your  
cookies) and did the search there then they at least know exactly who you  
are and what you like to search for; all it'll take is a court order and  
voila.

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--
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>> (Mercifully, it's virtually impossible to determine who an IP address 
>> belongs to...)
> 
> Why would that be?

...because every minute of every hour, hundreds of thousands of people 
connect to a given ISP and get assigned new IP addresses purely at random?

> Your ISP knows who's connecting to them and what IP 
> address has been assigned to them. If the company keeps its own logs 
> then it's simply a matter of matching up times.

Excep that I'm almost certain that it's illegal for ISPs to give out 
that kind of information. (I'm also almost certain they don't even 
record it in the first place, because it would be too hard.)

> Come the official police 
> state and we'll all have fixed IP addresses tied to our ID cards and 
> it'll be a criminal offence to use a different one.

Yeah, ain't that the truth...

> On an even easier note if you've signed up to Google (or don't clear 
> your cookies) and did the search there then they at least know exactly 
> who you are and what you like to search for; all it'll take is a court 
> order and voila.

Again, how do they get their hands on cookies for a different domain?

(Also, what do you mean "sign up to Google"?)

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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:02 -0000, "Phil Cook v2"
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:

>
>And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:07:40 -0000, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom>  
>did spake thusly:
>
>> Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)
>
>Leatherman; let the fight begin :-)
>
There's no need to fight, Phil. Leatherman are good multi tools but they don't
suit my needs. I have one but seldom use it. To be honest, with my Swiss Army
knife, after the blade the tool I use most is the corkscrew :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:10:31 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>> How intelligent do you need to be to use a phrase like "fantastically 
>>> fantastic"? :-P
>> 
>> Between 7 and 10 years old ;)
>
>Isn't that kind of patronising to young girls who geniunely *are* highly 
>intelligent?

I dinnae ken so I'll leave it to our young girls to answer :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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