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General Banter / Stony Stratford Classic Car Show - 07/06
« on: June 02, 2015, 09:12:55 pm »
Noticed the signs have gone up for this locally - it's on this Sunday 7th June 
http://www.ssccf.co.uk/
http://www.ssccf.co.uk/
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Computers and Games / Drastic action for a slow computer
« on: April 22, 2015, 11:46:38 am »
Just saw this on Sky News 
http://news.sky.com/story/1469897/man-takes-misbehaving-pc-outside-and-shoots-it
'Lucas Hinch, 37, was given the citation by police for discharging a weapon within city limits after he took his PC into an alley and shot it eight times.'
http://news.sky.com/story/1469897/man-takes-misbehaving-pc-outside-and-shoots-it
'Lucas Hinch, 37, was given the citation by police for discharging a weapon within city limits after he took his PC into an alley and shot it eight times.'
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General Banter / Sir Terry Pratchett
« on: March 12, 2015, 03:31:40 pm »
Very shocked and saddened to hear that Sir Terry Pratchett has passed away today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
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Computers and Games / 2.8hours later
« on: January 21, 2015, 12:31:46 pm »
Someone at work mentioned he'd seen this on Facebook.
Basically it's a zombie survival game played in a number of cities\towns
You can either play a zombie (and go to zombie school) or be a survivor trying to rescue the last uninfected children on earth
http://2.8hourslater.com/
With a brand new story, new gameplay and challenge orientated – you will need to be smart, as well as fast, to survive the night. Can you break into the quarantined slum, outwit the criminal gangs, out-run the zombies and get to them before it's too late? Will you put the survival of the species before your own?
Will you survive the night?
Come Play.
Basically it's a zombie survival game played in a number of cities\towns
You can either play a zombie (and go to zombie school) or be a survivor trying to rescue the last uninfected children on earth
http://2.8hourslater.com/
Quoting: Website
Five years after the original outbreak, a terrible discovery has been made. The human race is dying out as the number succumbing to the zombie infection overtakes birth rates. Hunger, anarchy and murder rule. In facing extinction, we face the darkest aspects of our humanity. Outnumbered by the infected, on a collision course with a desolate future, you are part of a resistance group that has located the only uninfected children on earth.With a brand new story, new gameplay and challenge orientated – you will need to be smart, as well as fast, to survive the night. Can you break into the quarantined slum, outwit the criminal gangs, out-run the zombies and get to them before it's too late? Will you put the survival of the species before your own?
Will you survive the night?
Come Play.
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General Banter / Stony Stratford Classic Car Festival
« on: June 04, 2014, 09:43:21 pm »
This is on again this weekend - Sunday 8th June
Part of the Stony Stratford Live event over the next week or so
http://www.ssccf.co.uk/
http://www.stonylive.info/pages/home/
Part of the Stony Stratford Live event over the next week or so
http://www.ssccf.co.uk/
http://www.stonylive.info/pages/home/
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Music & Movies / Honest Trailers - Frozen
« on: May 28, 2014, 09:30:32 pm »
I know Dean has mentioned these to us before, but found this one yesterday
Finally watched Frozen at the weekend
Finally watched Frozen at the weekend
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General Banter / Fire in Newport Pagnell
« on: January 15, 2014, 03:15:06 pm »Info from Heart:
It's a warehouse (Lieberherr) off North Crawley Rd in Newport Pagnell.
Fire Service telling Heart 10 fire engines called in.
Hope no-one's been hurt
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General Banter / Hastings Rock fall\Slide
« on: January 04, 2014, 11:31:56 am »
Saw this on the news yesterday. Part of the cliffs in Hastings have fallen down due to the recent weather 
Someone managed to video it in 2 parts.
Kinda scary but impressive at the same time
Someone managed to video it in 2 parts.
Kinda scary but impressive at the same time
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Music & Movies / Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage! Final Tour
« on: November 20, 2013, 10:10:15 pm »
Just had an email to say this is the last arena tour they will be doing 
Unless you've been kidnapped by Martians, you will already know that Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage! will be performing it's FINAL ARENA TOUR next year around the UK and Netherlands!
This will be the most ambitious production yet and will feature Liam Neeson in 3D holography, Jason Donovan as Parson Nathaniel, Westlife's Brian McFadden as The Sung Thoughts of The Journalist, Les Miserables' Carrie Hope Fletcher as Beth, Parson Nathaniel's Wife, the 36-piece ULLAdubULLA Strings, 9-piece Black Smoke Band, and of course, conducted by Jeff Wayne. Plus further Guest Artistes still to be announced!
The show, which is mixed live in Surround Sound, features remarkable special effects, including the incredible 3-tonne 35-foot tall Martian Fighting Machine firing real flames into the Arena, a 100 foot wide "animation wall" with 2 hours of cutting edge CGI, the incineration of a cast member in front of the audience's eyes, a ground-breaking levitation effect and much, much more!
If you've never experienced this "mind-melting multimedia extravaganza", then this will be your LAST CHANCE!
Tickets go on sale for the Sat 13th Dec 2014 show at the O2 this week. Hope they don't sell out too quick :Fingers Crossed:
http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/live-events/2014-uk-eu/dates.aspx
Quoting: Email
Unless you've been kidnapped by Martians, you will already know that Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds - Alive on Stage! will be performing it's FINAL ARENA TOUR next year around the UK and Netherlands!
This will be the most ambitious production yet and will feature Liam Neeson in 3D holography, Jason Donovan as Parson Nathaniel, Westlife's Brian McFadden as The Sung Thoughts of The Journalist, Les Miserables' Carrie Hope Fletcher as Beth, Parson Nathaniel's Wife, the 36-piece ULLAdubULLA Strings, 9-piece Black Smoke Band, and of course, conducted by Jeff Wayne. Plus further Guest Artistes still to be announced!
The show, which is mixed live in Surround Sound, features remarkable special effects, including the incredible 3-tonne 35-foot tall Martian Fighting Machine firing real flames into the Arena, a 100 foot wide "animation wall" with 2 hours of cutting edge CGI, the incineration of a cast member in front of the audience's eyes, a ground-breaking levitation effect and much, much more!
If you've never experienced this "mind-melting multimedia extravaganza", then this will be your LAST CHANCE!
Tickets go on sale for the Sat 13th Dec 2014 show at the O2 this week. Hope they don't sell out too quick :Fingers Crossed:
http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/live-events/2014-uk-eu/dates.aspx
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General Banter / Collectormania
« on: November 15, 2013, 10:58:05 am »
Heard on the radio earlier this week that Collectormania is back this weekend at the Stadium:MK
http://www.collectormania.com/miltonkeynes/
Apparently Danny John Jules is gunna be one of the Film/TV stars there
http://www.collectormania.com/miltonkeynes/
Apparently Danny John Jules is gunna be one of the Film/TV stars there
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General Banter / Seal pup ends up on car dashboard
« on: January 28, 2013, 02:57:15 pm »
A colleague has found this on BBC News today - love the pic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-21230395
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-21230395
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General Banter / Happy Birthday Ryan
« on: December 23, 2012, 09:19:50 am »
Happy belated birthday for yesterday Ryan
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Music & Movies / New Zombie Film
« on: December 12, 2012, 10:45:15 pm »
Just found this on Sky News
British physicists have released a zombie film made secretly in the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.
The £2,000 movie follows a small group of students, played by physicists, after a disastrous malfunction in the LHC tunnel.
http://news.sky.com/story/1024538/cern-zombie-film-shot-by-british-physicists
You can download the film for free at www.decayfilm.com
British physicists have released a zombie film made secretly in the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.
Quoting: Sky News
The 80-minute film, Decay, was shot in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – a 27km tunnel 100 metres beneath the Swiss-French border at Geneva where the Higgs boson or "God particle" was recently discovered. The £2,000 movie follows a small group of students, played by physicists, after a disastrous malfunction in the LHC tunnel.
http://news.sky.com/story/1024538/cern-zombie-film-shot-by-british-physicists
You can download the film for free at www.decayfilm.com
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General Banter / Driving Dogs!
« on: December 06, 2012, 07:28:35 am »
Wonder if we could teach Lucy to do this 
Three rescue dogs in New Zealand have been taught how to drive a car.
http://news.sky.com/story/1021385/rescue-dogs-taught-how-to-drive-a-car
Three rescue dogs in New Zealand have been taught how to drive a car.
http://news.sky.com/story/1021385/rescue-dogs-taught-how-to-drive-a-car
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General Banter / Happy Birthday Ian
« on: November 18, 2012, 09:41:44 am »
Yeap it's Ian's birthday today
Happy Birthday darling
Happy Birthday darling
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General Banter / Red Dwarf X
« on: September 09, 2012, 07:57:47 pm »
Saw an advert for this on Dave today.
Red Dwarf series 10 - not 100% sure on this.
Apparently it's in front of a live audience again and more like the original series.
1st episode on 4th Oct on Dave.
Although on the plus side they are showing each series in reverse order each weekend until then. Series 7 was today.
Trailer for the new series -
Red Dwarf series 10 - not 100% sure on this.
Apparently it's in front of a live audience again and more like the original series.
1st episode on 4th Oct on Dave.
Although on the plus side they are showing each series in reverse order each weekend until then. Series 7 was today.
Trailer for the new series -
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General Banter / How Bizarre
« on: June 04, 2012, 08:52:54 am »
Someone has turned a dead cat into a helicopter
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16240998
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16240998
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General Banter / Happy Birthday Ian
« on: November 18, 2011, 09:40:26 am »
Yeap, it's Ian's Birthday today
Happy Birthday Darling
Happy Birthday Darling
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General Banter / Has it really been that long?
« on: August 24, 2011, 11:00:23 am »
Can't quite believe we've now had Lucy for 2 years today
She's definitely changed a lot since we got her
This pic was taken on the way home after we bought her
So glad we got her out of that 2nd floor flat and from someone who didn't actually know anything about her after having her for 6 months
Lucy's a lot calmer now and can quite happily (most of the time
) walk round a busy town/show without barking at anyone
Newer pic taken Jan this year
She's definitely changed a lot since we got her
This pic was taken on the way home after we bought her
So glad we got her out of that 2nd floor flat and from someone who didn't actually know anything about her after having her for 6 months
Lucy's a lot calmer now and can quite happily (most of the time
) walk round a busy town/show without barking at anyoneNewer pic taken Jan this year
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General Banter / Expensive afternoon in Monte Carlo
« on: July 28, 2011, 08:54:39 pm »
Unfortunately another woman driver causing grief for the rest of us
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16039032
She managed to drive the £250,000 Azure into a host of other equally expensive cars.
Tourists gathered to watch and film the incident
She came into contact with a £75,000 Mercedes Benz, a £143,000 Ferrari 430, a £150,000 Aston Martin Rapide and an £80,000 Porsche.
The Mercedes was the first victim as the Bentley scraped down the side of it before ploughing into the Ferrari.
From there, she moved on to the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche.
Around £100,000 of damage was done to the cars
The driver and her two passengers then became trapped in their own car as tourists gathered to photograph the event.
http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16039032
Quoting: Sky News
The woman caused a £700,000 five-car pile-up in the Monaco capital as she drove her blue Bentley down the main route of the Place du Casino.She managed to drive the £250,000 Azure into a host of other equally expensive cars.
Tourists gathered to watch and film the incident
She came into contact with a £75,000 Mercedes Benz, a £143,000 Ferrari 430, a £150,000 Aston Martin Rapide and an £80,000 Porsche.
The Mercedes was the first victim as the Bentley scraped down the side of it before ploughing into the Ferrari.
From there, she moved on to the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche.
Around £100,000 of damage was done to the cars
The driver and her two passengers then became trapped in their own car as tourists gathered to photograph the event.
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Computers and Games / Microsoft's vision of 2019
« on: May 08, 2011, 01:53:22 pm »
Had to watch this at work the other day - it's Microsoft's vision on the world in 2019
Look's like touchscreen's will be making a huge appareance in the next few months
Look's like touchscreen's will be making a huge appareance in the next few months
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Music & Movies / Family Guy - Star Wars
« on: December 14, 2010, 10:23:45 pm »
Just seen that the next Family guys Star wars has been announced..
Called 'It's a Trap'
Here's the trailer
Called 'It's a Trap'
Here's the trailer