View Full Version : My memory is not what it used to be
OK, over this weekend i did the following......
on saturday morning i dropped my mobile on the floor but it seemed ok. Later, i got a text message and when i tried to reply the message failed.....'hmmm' thinks rog, 'i may have broken my phone'. So i open my phone which took bloody ages, and got the SIM card out. i put the sim in my old phone which took me half a bloody hour to get the back off and tried texting again......still i got message failure!. so thinks rog ' the bloody network is down'.....so i replace the sim back in my newer phone which once again took bloody ages. so i get my works mobile ( different service provider) which is new and try to send a message on that phone........BUT! the predictive text is switched on and i can't figure out how to turn it off so i can't sort a message out. So, i get the sim card out of my works phone and put it in my old phone - again this takes bloody ages- then finally text my mate about going for a pint telling him the network is down hence the delay but by then he's given up waiting at the pub and gone home. So, i then spend the rest of the evening on and off trying to text people only to keep getting message failures and i'm ranting about how shite O2 is and how i'm changing to Orange etc etc...........
Next morning i try again but still i can't text out....by now i'm really pissed off with O2.. so i phone them up and moan about the network but they say they haven't had any other complaint's but they would investigate. Later in the afternoon my missus shouts me to phone our friends to go for a drink so i get my phone and try to call them and get....." YOUR O2 CREDIT IS EMPTY":o:o.......'How the hell can this be' shouts rog 'i had over £20 credit on friday night and all i've done is phone my son on friday night when i was pissed.........oh yeah, he's in australia:o:o:o. I become a laughing stock!
yesterday evening i go out and have a few pints with our friends. i get home and i say to the missus ' why do i feel so drunk when i've only had 4 pints?'......i'm going on about the bar staff giving me premium strength lager by mistake when my wife says that i probably feel pissed because of the bottle of red i had consumed before we went to the pub:o
once again rest of the family snigger at my stupidity........
Forget your memory Rog, it's your liver I'm worried about... ;)
heh! i have the odd day off you know.......:p:D
dubman
11-24-2008, 10:57 AM
YOU ARE DYING.
BeautifulBurnout
11-24-2008, 11:23 AM
YOU ARE DYING.
So are you....:p
Don't worry Rog. I'm getting the same too, about banal day-to-day things (although I am still spot-on when it comes to work, as I proved so awesomely on my Zimbabwean immigration appeal today \o/).
I think, as the old Homer Simpson saying goes, every time something new comes into my brain something old pops out.
Do an experiment for me:
Ask your friend to call you in two minutes' time. Pick up your car keys when he rings, walk around the house chatting to him for a minute or two. Now find your car keys. :D
YOU ARE DYING.
that may be so but at least i'll go with a better taste in music:p:D....:D
YOU ARE DYING.
i bet you quite like 'the darkness'..........
dubman
11-25-2008, 07:29 PM
i'd argue with you but i wouldnt want to take the small reassurance a dying man can get in these trying times.
there there
there there
it's ok
yes, old dying man, i sure do like that falsetto of his
easy now dont strain yrself. your liver might explode
therrre we go
....
November 26, 9:15 am, public park.
i'd argue with you but i wouldnt want to take the small reassurance a dying man can get in these trying times.
there there
there there
it's ok
yes, old dying man, i sure do like that falsetto of his
easy now dont strain yrself. your liver might explode
therrre we go
Your attempt at humour comes across as patronising at best and ageist at worst. Frankly i would have expected better from a -ah- moderator but i appear to have overestimated you...........;)
BeautifulBurnout
11-27-2008, 05:49 AM
Your attempt at humour comes across as patronising at best and ageist at worst. Frankly i would have expected better from a -ah- moderator but i appear to have overestimated you...........;)
History shows that there is nothing about being a moderator that precludes being a twat. :D
Ooops... I think I just shot myself in the foot there, didn't I? :eek:
maybe we'll get banned?:D
BeautifulBurnout
11-27-2008, 06:45 AM
maybe we'll get banned?:D
BAN ALL OLDIES!! :D
dubman
11-27-2008, 01:07 PM
Your attempt at humour comes across as patronising at best and ageist at worst.
it was meant to be?
i thought we were having "a go"
do i need to show you how to internet or something
it was meant to be?
i thought we were having "a go"
do i need to show you how to internet or something
i don't think so....but then again.............
IsiliRunite
11-28-2008, 11:06 AM
everyone should be euthanized for their 30th birthday.
yeah right.:rolleyes:...you wait till you reach 30 and realise that it gets better when you get older. 30 is fuckin nothin mate, the forty's are the fuckin bizzzzz!:D....and the 50's aint too bad so far........this month done oasis, u/w and the pigeon detectives and primal scream next thursday....age is no barrier........except you suffer more the next day
dubman
11-29-2008, 03:39 AM
god you old ppl all think life rocks yr boat as you turn 40 and things "are just beginning"
ugh no dude yr doneski. oldises community park feedin pigeons and complaining about the help and the salad and the cars downtown.
i guess this is how you stand it.
ol rambles n brambles.
i am legit drunk tonight but i'll probably stand by it later.
BeautifulBurnout
11-29-2008, 11:02 AM
“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.”
Hesiod, Greek Poet, 700BC
dubman
11-29-2008, 11:39 AM
"hey i've got something.. i've got.. what i mean is i have something to say goddamnit things arent going right and we were always better at stuff"
Testikles, resident curmudgeon, some-cool-ass-number-BC
i mean, i had a neighbor with the same attitude. he told me that my family wasnt recycling enough and gave me an industrial sized container of powdered lemon lime gatorade before we went senile and started pointing at cars. we called him 'the master of the universe'
EXPECT GREAT THINGS.
god you old ppl all think life rocks yr boat as you turn 40 and things "are just beginning"
ugh no dude yr doneski. oldises community park feedin pigeons and complaining about the help and the salad and the cars downtown.
i guess this is how you stand it.
ol rambles n brambles..
What a bunch of stereotypical shite you are talking.:rolleyes:
//\/\/
12-01-2008, 05:24 AM
What a bunch of stereotypical shite you are talking.:rolleyes:
it's the 'ignorant' brand; but understandable - until they've experienced it, they can't know; until then what you're reading is their fear, and people react badly to that which they fear - mockery is symptomatic of that. fear not kiddies - a. it's going to happen to you, b. it's everything it's cracked up to be, and c. you'll be embarassed to look back upon your bullshit.;)
and isili - are you going to put your money wear your mouth is when your big day arrives?:rolleyes:
Deckard
12-01-2008, 06:09 AM
Everyone under 30 should be euthanized. That'll sort the world out. ;)
that's a bit harsh deck.....lobotomised maybe (some of them act as if they already have been)
Deckard
12-01-2008, 08:01 AM
.....lobotomised maybe (some of them act as if they already have been)
ROFL!
dubman
12-01-2008, 09:37 AM
look at you oldsies congratulating yourselves
getting in huddles
feeling all sensitive
listing rationalizations as to why you should still be around
convincing yrself that you might still be useful in some doddering capacity.
so morbid.
BeautifulBurnout
12-01-2008, 11:15 AM
Dubs
Are you bored with bullying jOHN now and looking for someone else to pick on? :p
dubman
12-01-2008, 02:19 PM
what a foul thing to say
jOHN's impinged his uselessness on everyone here and you know it. yr just as sick of him as i am.
boredom would be responding to every post. i just come in here once in awhile and exploit what every old person is sensitive about: HOW OLD THEY ARE.
i feel sorry for you, i really really do........ so smug, so sure of yourself so scathing of certain people....you're not fit to be a moderator here. nothing 'moderate' about your posts mr moderator
dubman
12-01-2008, 03:26 PM
oh no i've upset the town drunk whose activities consists of fondly remembering days of even more flagrant degrees of drunkeness when his memory lets him.
moderators cant be members of a board, theyre supposed to be strictly useful while we get to post all our nonsense unabated.
hey guess what when i get old i'm going to be just as mean to young people who dont know anything because none of this means anything if it's not funny.
chuck
12-01-2008, 10:21 PM
oh no i've upset the town drunk whose activities consists of fondly remembering days of even more flagrant degrees of drunkeness when his memory lets him.
moderators cant be members of a board, theyre supposed to be strictly useful while we get to post all our nonsense unabated.
hey guess what when i get old i'm going to be just as mean to young people who dont know anything because none of this means anything if it's not funny.
What are you on dude?
Easy up on the lashing of sarcastic bitchiness.
It's not like you're not getting any older, just like all of us. And you're certainly not getting any wiser, judging by your tone.
I don't see anyone around here asking for your respect. But you're coming across as just a little bit of a prick, and a mouthy twat at the same time. A combination of items, which, when used in an appropriate manner, could be quite enjoyable. But you're not really being that appropriate.
Back on topic - Rog - don't sweat it.
It's when you go around asking "Where are my glasses?" - and they're perched on your head - then you need to worry a little. :D
Back on topic - Rog - don't sweat it.
I'm not mate, all he can do is resort to insults and thus revert to type. He obviously doesn't like the fact that i like to post when i get a bit drunk on a friday night;)....occasionally......that obviously makes me the town drunk then.........:rolleyes:
dubman
12-02-2008, 03:49 AM
uh oh im a regular member now who are you lot going to complain to now. quick get the president of the internet on the phone.
noise is even more of a playground for substanceless baiting and mock wars than the world forum is. the development of ppl taking this personally is making this weird and funny. i'm honestly not really invested in this at all, just thought you octogenarians might have been able to keep up with such a virile and dynamic personality such as myself
helas, yr all waving canes and writing letters to the editor about some rude person you saw. then i take a few minutes and the escalation of cuss words and pitying my directionless soul continues.
YOU EXPECT RESULTS.
YOU DESERVE IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON LIVING REALLY LONG.
I thought it was us old people who are supposed to be boring.........
dubman
12-02-2008, 04:16 AM
how are you not
every time i see you post i instantaneously attempt to plan for broad, sweeping, 15 year maneuvers in my head precisely so that i dont end up as interactively simple as you are.
dont euthanize the oldsies just take their computers away. saves their kids/grandkids of being in trouble once something messes up because "they touched something... they must have why is it messing up"
i suggest you put me on your ignore list then and you wouldn't have to suffer my boring posts;)
dubman
12-02-2008, 04:27 AM
i just called you an object lesson in aging all wrong
if i ignored you i'd forget to watch out for you in the various booby traps of life.
besides, yr more the type to ignore and retreat into yr fuddy-duds bubble than i am.
i just called you an object lesson in aging all wrong.
hmmmmm....so where am i going wrong then?
ibesides, yr more the type to ignore and retreat into yr fuddy-duds bubble than i am.
well, i've never put anybody on an ignore list ever, have you?
//\/\/
12-02-2008, 09:22 AM
[QUOTE=dubman;106507]
noise is even more of a playground for substanceless baiting and mock wars [QUOTE]
it's one thing when it's funny; but the baiting and warfare's seriously boring for the rest of the world outside of the 2 people involved; which means it just fills the forum with dull private jokes, which is why people object to it. it's nothing to do with age; it's about not wishing to see this place fill up with the sort of peurile bollocks that this place generally hasn't been 'blessed' with.
you're right and i apologise, shouldn't have carried it on:o
dubman
12-02-2008, 01:15 PM
hhhhhhhhhhhhhh
yes we must preserve the sanctitiy of the noise forum and let it continue to be half comprised of birthday threads
no slight against janie, but i thought it could do with a little trashtalking without fear of us becoming "one of them", especially since the rest of the forum places such a self-conscious premium of everyone getting along all of the time in ways which are as unreal to irl as the classic example of a perfectly decent chap becoming a complete cock online. noise forum MIGHT be the one forum dedicated to faffery and general nonsense, that it could stand being a bit of the black sheep of the rest.
obv it never caught on/wasnt done right/picked the wrong time because we surely want to keep the hordes out and this is our special little place and it's so special lets not do anything at all.
guys, i obv couldnt believe what i've written in this thread because i'd just need to get linked to uwlive.com to get shown up. i'd have to basically find a new favorite band.
BeautifulBurnout
12-02-2008, 05:11 PM
hhhhhhhhhhhhhh
yes we must preserve the sanctitiy of the noise forum and let it continue to be half comprised of birthday threads
no slight against janie, but i thought it could do with a little trashtalking without fear of us becoming "one of them", especially since the rest of the forum places such a self-conscious premium of everyone getting along all of the time in ways which are as unreal to irl as the classic example of a perfectly decent chap becoming a complete cock online. noise forum MIGHT be the one forum dedicated to faffery and general nonsense, that it could stand being a bit of the black sheep of the rest.
obv it never caught on/wasnt done right/picked the wrong time because we surely want to keep the hordes out and this is our special little place and it's so special lets not do anything at all.
guys, i obv couldnt believe what i've written in this thread because i'd just need to get linked to uwlive.com to get shown up. i'd have to basically find a new favorite band.
I don't really know what to say to this (I don't quite follow half of it, tbh) except to say that sometimes things go beyond being funny and turn into gratuitous bitchiness, and marks get over-stepped. Having a go at Rog or anyone else for being old is just laziness - it's too easy.
If more than two people tell someone they are being a twat, chances are they are probably being a twat. I wouldn't need to be told more than twice, that's for sure. I would just swallow it and go away and say something funny somewhere else instead. But that's just me.
About the birthday thread thingy, though. People were doing birthday threads on here before I stopped being a lurker and started being a member 5 years ago. It wasn't something I invented, and I have always thought it was kinda nice for regular posters to think that maybe one or two people wanted to send them good wishes.
Unless I am ordered not to do it by a higher authority, I see no harm in them. Nobody is forced to read them if they don't want to.
i feel that i've made an arse of myself here over the last few days ........
must do it again :o
dubman
12-02-2008, 06:08 PM
I don't really know what to say to this (I don't quite follow half of it, tbh) except to say that sometimes things go beyond being funny and turn into gratuitous bitchiness, and marks get over-stepped. Having a go at Rog or anyone else for being old is just laziness - it's too easy.
baby steps?
If more than two people tell someone they are being a twat, chances are they are probably being a twat. I wouldn't need to be told more than twice, that's for sure. I would just swallow it and go away and say something funny somewhere else instead. But that's just me.
sure is.
About the birthday thread thingy, though. People were doing birthday threads on here before I stopped being a lurker and started being a member 5 years ago. It wasn't something I invented, and I have always thought it was kinda nice for regular posters to think that maybe one or two people wanted to send them good wishes.
Unless I am ordered not to do it by a higher authority, I see no harm in them. Nobody is forced to read them if they don't want to.
slow down there
birthday threads are fine. if you read it right i didnt mean it as a dig against you. but it IS a dig to the noise forum overall when half of its body is made of birthday threads. nore activity is needed. more nonsense. more flagrant business.
dubman
12-02-2008, 06:09 PM
i feel that i've made an arse of myself here over the last few days ........
must do it again :o
yes you should
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