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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 14:11 
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Zio-lent Night wrote:

- Former Lady Zio's letter arrived. Read it after the above appointment with a mutual friend of ours. The letter serves as final lasting proof that FLZ is an emotionally unstable, immature little girl and I am better off without her. I might get it framed.


In fairness, Zio, she probably spent an awful lot of emotional energy writing it, so, y'know. Stick it in a drawer and come back to it in 18 months time.


Stick it in a drawer and forget about it, would probably be better.

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- Former Lady Zio's letter arrived. Read it after the above appointment with a mutual friend of ours. The letter serves as final lasting proof that FLZ is an emotionally unstable, immature little girl and I am better off without her. I might get it framed.


In fairness, Zio, she probably spent an awful lot of emotional energy writing it, so, y'know. Stick it in a drawer and come back to it in 18 months time.


Stick it in a drawer and forget about it, would probably be better.


Well, yes. I mean "Stick in a drawer and, in 18 months time, if you are still bothered, then do something about it, by which time the odds are you will have forgotten about it"

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Fortunately I have flash blocked in Firefox so I didn't watch the Glassass.com movie - the description was enough for me :D

On an entirely unrelated note (I don't want to post twice) has anybody heard anything about L'il Mr Christmas's wellbeing? MrC has been missing since posting that his son was due a stay in hospital...

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On an entirely unrelated note (I don't want to post twice) has anybody heard anything about L'il Mr Christmas's wellbeing? MrC has been missing since posting that his son was due a stay in hospital...


Still fairly poorly, still not sure what's up with him, unfortunately.

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On an entirely unrelated note (I don't want to post twice) has anybody heard anything about L'il Mr Christmas's wellbeing? MrC has been missing since posting that his son was due a stay in hospital...


Still fairly poorly, still not sure what's up with him, unfortunately.


That's tremendously sucky. I do hope the little sir is okay!

Mr. Afterthought - I know mate. And 'stick it in a drawer' is exactly what I will do. One of the points of it was that everytime she sees me, hears from me or about me, it reminds her how fucked up the situation is and it upsets her too much. So now she would rather avoid me and everything to do with me. And as we stand, that's exactly how I feel about her too.

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Little bit of a blog time:
- Went to see NHS Clinical Psycologist for the first time today. Man is an arsehole. Told me that since I was already seeing a private counsellor (at the fucking suggestion of my GP) it would be 'unethical' for him to see me unless I ask my private counsellor to immediately remove me from her books. I told him 'no thanks then' and left.

That's pretty standard practise to be fair. In his shoes I would have done the same thing. Indeed if a client comes to me for remedial massage but is also visiting another therapist, I would refuse to treat them without the other therapists permission and having discussed the problem with them. But that's physical stuff anyway, no way would I jointly treat someone where mental health was concerned.

If you're getting on ok with your councellor then I shouldn't worry about it too much anyway, if it's depression you are being seen for and not something you would need CBT for, then it's pretty moot (unless you can't afford the therapist obv).

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I dunno, it was just his whole attitude about it that got my back up. My private counsellor has packed up for Christmas and my next appointment with her is in mid-January. She knew I was seeing the NHS guy and we talked about the fact that I might not actually end up going to this next appointment as a result, thus technically I may have already finished with her. This wasn't good enough for NHS guy when I explained it to him and he told me that I should go back to the private counsellor in January, decide then if I want to continue treatment with her or not and if not, call my GP and they'll re-arrange for me to see the NHS guy - but I'll have to go to the back of the waiting list again. He told me that until I did that, he would not see me any further.

This was all after explaining how busy he is, how he won't give people full appointments anymore because of the workload and how if I miss an appointment for any reason I get immediately removed from his books and would have to go back to my GP to get signed back up again and join the back of the waiting list, again. He also answered the phone to someone while we were talking, which I don't really mind but seemed a touch unprofessional. He just generally didn't seem at all interested in seeing me. Put it this way: I could see why he was free to see when private counsellors cost £50ph. So, whilst I really can't afford many more sessions with her, I'll stick to the private one for now.


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"UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7787103.stm


Are most squaddies labour voters, then?>

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Are most squaddies labour voters, then?>


Not if ARRSE is a representative sample.

Reasoning: 'look dissaffected Labourites - we're no longer in Iraq. Come home!'

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MaliA wrote:
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Official prediction: Election in June 2009

"UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7787103.stm


Are most squaddies labour voters, then?>


No:
http://aldershotlibdems.org.uk/results/694.html


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I have just been informed that last day at work is Friday-then shes closing for Christmas-she told me this, then left.

This means I have *1* day this week and *1* days pay

This also means I have NO money over Christmas, NO money with which to give to Gaz after all hes been doing for me, NO money to do fuck all.

I have been coughing up blood aswell but have NO money to buy a fucking prescription

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Kill yourself after Christmas, otherwise you'll never find out what Gaz has bought you.

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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.

On another note, I hate Christmas shopping.

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Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.


If you want to make your own, crush the pips of about 150 apples. The almond smell released is the cyanide within and that amount should be enough to kill the average adult.

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You wouldn't be saying that if you'd met her.

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You wouldn't be saying that if you'd met her.


Grim... met her, and look what happened to him!

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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.

On another note, I hate Christmas shopping.



Thanks! I'll remember that so i don't try and kill myself with it :)

:P twat

Oooh-when is the Manchester meet!?

And that's not very nice Myp-I left you alone! :p I was busy Kung fu fighting and showing people where to go wee ^.^

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Funny you should say that... :hat: 'By jove!'

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No, I behaved myself, I was more preoccupied with annoying Jamesoff, Zio and Dudley ^.^ then stealing bikes later on :p

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So, not after the Manchester Meet then?


You wouldn't be saying that if you'd met her.


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost in time, like tears...in rain. Time to meet Shin.

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Is this actually a real thing? It sounds terrifying, as I might have to turn up.

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You're less scary Plitz as I have at least spoken to you on the phone, however the prospect of being in actual proximity of Shin is.... well. I'm scared :)

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If I has lots of money by the time it comes round I shall come aswell :)

I want to share a hotel with Grampy Joans and Gaz again and eat Haribo and cocopop bars and watch GJ bash her head on a tv again ^.^* these are things that help me get through my day

Awwww :( but I'm harmless *shark-like grin* really :ninja:

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If it helps, she's exactly the same in real life.

This is the question I get asked the most often about her.

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(Sorry to rest of forum if they are bored of this talk...but sod you :p)

That made my night! :DD I couldn't sit up and was in my Sheepeh (?) PJs laughing and cramming haribo in my face, attractive! :D

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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.

On another note, I hate Christmas shopping.


Hydrogen Cyanide, the chemical oft called Cyanide in popular mediums, has a boiling point of 26 degrees, and so is usually a highly volatile liquid rather than a gas at room temperature. (Let's ignore the fact it'd be quite hard to get your hands on HCN in the first place for Ms Christies books. We certainly only used KCN in labs)


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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.

On another note, I hate Christmas shopping.


Hydrogen Cyanide, the chemical oft called Cyanide in popular mediums, has a boiling point of 26 degrees, and so is usually a highly volatile liquid rather than a gas at room temperature. (Let's ignore the fact it'd be quite hard to get your hands on HCN in the first place for Ms Christies books. We certainly only used KCN in labs)



*Reads all that*

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Apparently we'll be going to Virginia City for four days, which has a population of 1,500 and is in the gold hills of Nevada, right near Lake Tahoe.


I've just looked at their calendar of events. On 1 January they're holding 'Virginia City's Sesquicentennial Beard Contest'. That just sounds ace.


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I'll do it after 26th of January-I shall celebrate my 23rd with a glass of sparkling cyanide (Agatha Christie there for you)

Cyanide is a gas, or a salt if you have it as potassium cyanide, either way it won't sparkle in a glass. You could dissolve some of the salt in a glass of champagne should you wish, but I would go for the gas myself. It smells just like marzipan, so will be all christmassy for you.

On another note, I hate Christmas shopping.


Hydrogen Cyanide, the chemical oft called Cyanide in popular mediums, has a boiling point of 26 degrees, and so is usually a highly volatile liquid rather than a gas at room temperature. (Let's ignore the fact it'd be quite hard to get your hands on HCN in the first place for Ms Christies books. We certainly only used KCN in labs)



*Reads all that*

So...I was right yeah? Is that the crux of it? Please tell me I was! I've been waiting for this day :'(


It means you're probably not wrong. Depends on what the temperature of the room is. Anything around 26ish and you could have a bubbling clear liquid. In the same way that if it was about 100 water would be a bubbling clear liquid.


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There's touristy gambling, civil war re-enactments and a hillside cemetary called 'Boot Hill'. I want so go so bad and hunt for Lee Van Cleef lookalikes. :D


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From Wikipedia (like the Delphi Oracle, but with more 'Star Trek')

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In the 1950s, two Virginia City neighbors got into a dispute.[5] When one of the men built a new house, the other bought the lot next to it and built a house less than twelve inches (305 mm) from his neighbor's house in spite to deprive the neighbor of both view and breeze. The Virginia City Spite House still is standing and occupied.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_City,_Nevada

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