"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
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> Ah, I see - well, I somehow missed that.  That's not nearly as bad as it
> could have been, though I'm sure even 30 days was no cakewalk.

       Yes, I was a Rebel without a Cause...   ;)

        I went in as a 19 year old boy and came out as 20 year old man. I 
learnt *a lot* in there. When I first got arrested, it was a Sunday, and I 
was tucked up in bed with my other half dreaming of that super-bike that I 
would never have, but the police were like: "Can't you just pay the fine 
now?" They didn't want to take me in for non payment of fine and they were 
like: "This is nuts". But, I just couldn't pay the fine, so I had to go. 
Now, because in the eyes of the law I was still technically a 'youth', my 
sentence was 30 days in a youth offender's hostel, but there weren't any 
places that they could get me into easily and quickly, which resulted in me 
being put in a normal adult prison for the first 4 days. Those 4 days, 
(sharing a cell with that Rasta guy), were the scariest of my life.

    They then drove me 150 miles away to complete my sentence in a youth 
offenders hostel where I shared a dorm with another 19 lads. Oh. My. God. 
That really woke me up. Every trick under the sun was witnessed and 
experienced by myself. First night: my bed collapsed when I jumped in. 
Second night: head first down the dorm toilet. Third night: razor blade to 
the throat. Fourth night: a fight with a weirdo that had a 'grudge' against 
me. Fifth night: a new guy arrives. He doesn't want to be in this place, he 
wants to be somewhere else, so someone suggested that he smashes all the of 
the dorm windows - so he did, and he got moved - to solitary, lol! And it 
goes on. Every day, there was something new happening. Most of it was fun 
and a good laugh like some of the guys got another guy to do that spinning 
thing with a broom handle piercing the ceiling and then the guy did about 
200 spins underneath it, and when he finished, another guy bear-hugged him 
until he was unconcious - I have never seen anything so funny! The guy was 
drunk without alcohol! He was falling over, he was saying weird things, 
(like talking to his mum, even though she wasn't there). But, to be honest, 
thinking about it now, that guy was probably close to death.

    Yes, a weird episode in my life, but like I mentioned, I learnt a lot. 
After I was released, I never rode a motorbike again.

     ~Steve~



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> Jim

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>> However, I rather suspect that what they *actually* do is take (say) 1 L 
>> of pure botox and mix with 9 L of pure water, then take 1 L of the 
>> mixture and add it to another 9 L of pure water, then... recurse a few 
>> times and you can create a water/botox mixture of very precise 
>> concentration without having to actually measure anything particularly 
>> accurately.
> 
>   That assumes the botox spreads evenly inside the water and doesn't
> clump (eg. because of chemical properties or gravity).

Yes, it does. Typically this is a reasonable assumption. (There is 
obviously a lot of stiring involved.)

I note that while it may be very difficult to measure out tiny volumes 
of a liquid or solid, it is probably quite *easy* to take some diluted 
botox and confirm exactly how dilute it is or isn't. (This is precisely 
the kind of job my company gets paid for.)

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Chambers wrote:
> Life is a terminal disease.

Life is a sexually-transmitted disease.

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And lo on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:31:51 +0100, Clarence1898  
<cla### [at] comcastnet> did spake, saying:

> Oops, thats DHMO not DMHO.  I just washed my hands today and can't do a  
> thing with them.

Indeed yet another ill-effect of DHMO that needs to be added to the list.  
How many more dangers do we need to find before the governments of the  
world act?

-- 
Phil Cook

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And lo on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:28:47 +0100, St. <dot### [at] dotcom> did spake,  
saying:

>
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:4888edd5$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:13:25 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>> I don't recall if I've said it before here, but we have actually
>>>> thought about moving.  And with my wife's medical conditions,  
>>>> actually,
>>>> the high altitude, direct sunlight, and low humidity aggravate those
>>>> conditions, so we are going to *have* to move sooner or later (and
>>>> sooner would be better).

You don't want high altitude, direct sunlight, or low humidity... wow the  
UK must seem like paradise! ;-)

>>>     Move here? The UK? Apparently, it's a mini New Zealand  
>>> (country-side wise). Just beautiful.
>>
>> Yeah, there - the UK. :-)  We do think it's beautiful there; we've
>> visited a couple times, and most of our really close friends are there.
>> It's a shame we only get to see them when we get over there, they get
>> over here, or "virtually" online.
>
>      Ah, Jim, go for it then. I know you would like it. If you want  
> 'busy' then move to London (and venture out). Or move to Birmingham or  
> Manchester. But if you want beauty, hit Wales, Scotland, or Ireland for  
> those benefits. You won't go wrong if that's what you want.

Hey it's pretty around here too and still within spitting distance of Brum  
(this statement brought to you by the Wyre Forest Tourism Board ;-) )  
Thinking about it we've some new houses about to go up for sale that are  
supposed to include mooring rights if you fancy living on a canal boat.

http://www.waterscape.com/map

Just to demonstrate how far around you could get.

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And lo on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:38:05 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> But it gets rid of my wrinkles and makes me look young and pretty!
>
> ...is anybody ELSE creeped out by the idea of Phil being young and/or  
> pretty?

I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:28:47 +0100, St. <dot### [at] dotcom> did spake, 
> saying:

> Hey it's pretty around here too and still within spitting distance of Brum 
> (this statement brought to you by the Wyre Forest Tourism Board ;-) )

    Heh, yes, true. As an ex Wiltshire and Gloucestershire lad, I can vouch 
for that. I was merely pointing out that there are other places than 
England. :)

    ~Steve~




> Phil Cook
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> --
> I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
> http://flipc.blogspot.com

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Phil Cook wrote:

> I feel pretty,
> Oh, so pretty,
> I feel pretty and witty and bright!

Witty I'll give you... :-P

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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> However, I rather suspect that what they *actually* do is take (say) 1 L 
>> of pure botox and mix with 9 L of pure water, then take 1 L of the 
>> mixture and add it to another 9 L of pure water, then... recurse a few 
>> times and you can create a water/botox mixture of very precise 
>> concentration without having to actually measure anything particularly 
>> accurately.
> 
>   That assumes the botox spreads evenly inside the water and doesn't
> clump (eg. because of chemical properties or gravity).
> 

So, instead of water us a chemical that botox is known to be soluble in. 
Assay samples at each step to ensure that it is at the proper 
concentration. There are lots of safe solvents and binders that could be 
used.

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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:02:14 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>Have you heard about dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO)?
>
>It has some pretty scary health implications...


What a load a wets

It really annoys me seeing lots of people who can't go 10 minuets without taking
a drink from their water bottle. 
Big Phil's blouses.

He's so pretty, he's so pretty 
Pretty and witty and wise. Tra la la :)

So there!
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Regards
     Stephen

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