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Halloween_Jack

The birthday thread
Happy birthday Craig! :-) (I updated your username to 'cw37frapp' as requested.) Hope there aren't too many stressy family issues and you can relax a bit and have a good time.

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
How do you feel today?
Sorry to hear you're having a tough time CW, especially on the eve of your birthday :-( It's important sometimes to have a means of escape from family (& other) problems. You'll always have this forum as a bit of a get-away.

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ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
The displayed name is the same as a person's user-name (ie what they log-in with). So you'll log-in with the new name.

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
^ They are all spambots that applied before 1st November (when we switched to "invite only"). They are in the no-man's land where they can't post to threads, but they can (and do) post loads of shite on their own walls, so to sp…

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
Is 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' available anywhere in 2013?
^ Yes, working for me this time. Can't believe i didn't have these. Thanks! :-)

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The Quiz - ANSWERS
Argh, but now my post looks redundant and daft. (B_M originally posted just a link to a webpage explaining what the terms were in Dutch and English.. but then I guess he edited his post to say it more directly.) Yes... thread going a bit bonkers no…

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The Quiz - ANSWERS
^ Haha. Oh yes - what the Dutch call "spoedeisende hulp", we call A&E.

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
The Quiz - ANSWERS
I realise now i got 2 wrong. (and i think border_mind, you got the same 2 wrong.) 3 and 5 def the trickiest!

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DELUXE BOX - Updates & information
^ I'm pretty sure that site got a telling-off for sharing that video. ie I don't think it's meant to be publicly available (yet).

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
?
* Yeah, I've not joined Tumblr myself, but have seen the odd thing on it. Mostly pictures... I'm on Flickr but haven't looked at it for ages. I believe it's good if you want your pics to be taken seriously... I know some have ev…

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
The Quiz - ANSWERS
Woo - festive fun! Alison and Will looking in fine fettle there! Hm, I'd guess these (in white): Paper bag A&E Road to somewhere Number 1 All night operator?

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
sciencey stuff and astronomy type things.
There's also an update on ISON on the Sky at Night at 11:45 tonight. I'm intrigued (but sceptical) about "blue skies" research. How cool must it be to plod along, testing various theories, without any pressure to achieve results…

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ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
^ It is in: 8. Why can't I create or edit a post? I didn't explicitly mention the 'body' message. Hmm, "hijacking" of threads can be annoying. Haven't noticed much on here, myself.

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
^ OK, that explains it. There is a note about it in the FAQ. I doubt whether we'd ever a tweak to the forum to fix it.. more likely an update to IE11. I've switched to using the Firefox browser.

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
French radio shows - 7 Nov 2013 & 30 Nov 2013
It should have been pretty easy to arrange for broadcast: 1) DJ's question (with Alison/Will getting a translation feed into their earphones) 2) Alison/Will's response 3) The French translation of their response Mais non... :-(

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
Ah, yes - that was the only way I could get around it with IE 11. Obviously, we shouldn't have to do that! In "source" mode you can't add a picture, format text etc. Which browser (and version of) are you using?

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It is too quiet on here right now. So talk about anything.....
One of my windows fell out! :-( A first floor wooden-frame window (the outer bit, not the frame built into the wall... hard to explain...) had rusty hinges - they were all that were supporting it. Hinges disintegrated, and it fell about 14 feet ont…

Comment by Halloween_Jack December 2013 permalink
ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
^ Yes, that's the infamous sort-by-votes problem. The post you mentioned has the most negative votes, and so goes to the end... if you have sort-by-vote turned on. At the top of the thread you can switch it back to sort-by-date.

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
Tales of Us - Film
I'm not familiar with Monica, but I googled pics, and it does kinda look like her, no?

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
ADMIN PLEASE NOTE: Forum issues
^ Hmm. It happens all the time with Internet Explorer 11. How have you been avoiding it?

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
French radio shows - 7 Nov 2013 & 30 Nov 2013
On the radio now, here: http://radio.europe1.fr/ Annabel (lovely, but an unsurprising choice). Bloody translator now drowning out Alison's comments. And Will's. Grr!

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
Events & birthdays for Calendar
OK, have added BigBird and KatRobin and changed the date of the Deluxe release to 9th Dec...

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Odd Animal Couples
A lot will have seen this pic of my dog & cat before (sorry!)... in cahoots over something!

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
sciencey stuff and astronomy type things.
Oh, I remember reading 'Broca's brain'... in the late 70s. Amazing how someone can have such knowledge & expertise in 2 separate fields: astronomy and biology. If anyone could qualify as an "exo-biologist", it was Carl! …

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
sciencey stuff and astronomy type things.
Cheers for the thread idea ping. But oops, I didn't know ISON had gone tits-up :-( I have a book called just 'Comet'.. by Carl Sagan. It's good but cannot compare to its predecessor 'Cosmos', which sold by the bucketlo…

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
Hello Deer!
^ Well, it's the latest incarnation of 'deer'. Good to know they do pop in for a look now and then. :-)

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
Latest Purchase....
My 8-year-old plasma TV died on me, and I've taken the opportunity to upgrade... now enjoying a shiny new LED-backed LCD job. :-) It's labelled '3D', which is somewhat ironic, as it's 46 inches across and only about 1" …

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
French radio shows - 7 Nov 2013 & 30 Nov 2013
Alison tweeted to say a peformance of theirs will be on a French radio show (website below) on Saturday. Pretty sure it's a different performance from the Inter radio one? http://www.europe1.fr/MediaCenter/Emissions/On-connait-la-musique/

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
(help please)
^ Oh don't worry.. actually the sig thing is something I haven't yet included in the FAQ - thanks for reminding me! (There are instructions in a thread somewhere on here but I can't remember where just now.) And sorry to hear, in th…

Comment by Halloween_Jack November 2013 permalink
(help please)
Oh, what are you having trouble with on the forum? There is a 'FAQ' section which might help.

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