+Bill D (wwh) Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Apparently there's been a database problem with the forums. New posts have appeared to fail, but have actually been entered. Some threads have lost some of their replies. And some forums are failing to show some threads, seemingly at random. At one point Elias posted a thread in Gc.com Discussion entitled 'Huh?' asking what was going on, but it seems to be deleted now. Most things seem to be working again now, but there is still stuff missing. Bill ------------------------------- "Ah, take the Cache and let the Credit go..." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Stuff missing? I should coco: apart from the top three threads here, take a look at the dates for the other threads... It's been intresting reading up on what folks were planning whilst the Foot 'n' Mouth epidemic was all the rage "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
Elias Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 We had a database problem that has hopefully been corrected. Some of the indexes are still being rebuilt, so it may take a little bit for the forums to get back to normal. Sorry for the inconvenience. Elias Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 Thanks, Elias! Actually it was quite amusing to see some of the most prolific posters showing as having no posts to their name! Bill ------------------------------- "Ah, take the Cache and let the Credit go..." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Hey, no worries Elias: gives us something to talk about! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 That's strange, said Mr Ben, and as if by magic the shopkeeper appeared. Time for bed, said Zebedee. Holy Hotmails, said Robin Multiple posts, said Omally Multiple posts, said Omally Multiple posts, said Omally It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Pardon me, I had chili for dinner and it keeps repeating on me. "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted August 26, 2003 Author Share Posted August 26, 2003 All those missing threads have gone to the end. They're on pages 37, 36, 35, etc. Bill ------------------------------- "Ah, take the Cache and let the Credit go..." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Omally:Pardon me, I had chili for dinner and it keeps repeating on me. Try a smaller, more stable country next time It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Lance Ambu:Try a smaller, more stable country next time What, like the Emerald Isle? O.K., here are some Brenden Behan quotes to tide us over until we can get back to normal... "New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat." "It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody." "I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer." "I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse." And my personal favourite: "Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Omally:What, like the Emerald Isle? And here is one of my favourites ..... Paddy died in a fire and was burnt pretty bad; the morgue needed someone to identify the body. So his two best friends, Dermot and Tony, were sent for. Dermot went in and the mortician pulled back the sheet. Dermot said, "Yup, he's burnt pretty bad. Roll him over." So the mortician rolled him over. Dermot looked and said, "Nope, it ain't Paddy." The mortician thought that was rather strange so he brought Tony in to identify the body. Tony took a look at him and said, "Yup, he's burnt real bad, roll him over." The mortician rolled him over and Tony looked down and said, "No, it ain't Paddy." The mortician asked, "How can you tell?" "Well, Paddy had two a**holes" said Tony "What? He had two a**holes?!" said the mortician. "Yup, everyone knew he had two a**holes. Every time we went into town, folks would say "Here comes Paddy with them two a**holes". "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 OK, time to redress the balance a little... An air freight flight flying across the Pacific to Australia was also carrying five passengers: an American, A Frenchman, a German, an Englishman, and an Irishman. They'd almost reached their destination near Australia, when one of the plane's four engines caught on fire. "Don't worry!" said the pilot, as he activated the fire extinguishers and feathered the prop, "this plane was designed to fly on just two engines. We'll be fine!" A little while later, an engine on the other wing coughed and sputtered and stopped. The plane appeared to be slowly losing altitude when the pilot came on the intercom and said: "don't worry men, this plane can still fly on two engines, but we're going to have to lighten the load." The copilot came back into the cabin and opened a rear door. He then directed the five men in helping to jettison the crates that the plane was carrying. Once all the crates were out, he secured the door and went back to the forward cabin. The plane still appeared to be losing altitude. The pilot came back on the intercom and said, "I'm sorry gentlemen, but the plane's still too heavy and I'm going to have to ask some of you to jump out. There are parachutes in a storage cabinet. We are still over the sea, but I will radio ahead and try to have someone send a rescue boat out to get you." The copilot came back to the main cabin, dug out the parachutes from a storage cabinet, stacked them up next to the side door and opened it. The American jumped up, grabbed a parachute, strapped it on, walked to the door, turned to the others and shouted "God Bless America!!!" and jumped out. The copilot called the pilot on the intercom, but the pilot said the plane was still too heavy. The copilot looked at the other four men and told them what the pilot said and raised his eyebrows. The Frenchman stood up, picked up a parachute and strapped it on, walked to the door, turned to the others and said, "Vive La France," and jumped out. The copilot checked again and the pilot said the plane was still too heavy. He turned around and looked at the remaining three men. "I'm sorry guys, but someone else is going to have to jump!" The German sighed and stood up next, strapped on a parachute, strode to the door and yelled "Deutschland Uber Alles," and without looking back, jumped out. The copilot checked with the pilot again only to hear him say they were still too heavy. The copilot looked from the Englishman to the Irishman and said, "Gentlemen, someone else has to go. You have a decision to make. I think one more just might do it!" The Irishman jumped up and said, "Not a problem!" He grabbed the Englishman by the collar, dragged him to the door and threw him out the door without a parachute, and shouted, "Up the Republic!!!" "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Lance ambu struggles to roll up his sleeves and take off his jacket at the same time. Ah, so it's a quote yer after, is it? Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. Brendan Behan The Irish are a fair people- they never speak well of one another. Dr Samuel Johnson If you want to be criticized, marry. Irish Proverb It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Go on, go on, go on, go on, *ad nauseum* One more then... Brendan Behan was the soul of courtesy, but there were times when he could give back as good as he got. Brendan and a friend were emerging from the Long Hall in Dublin during the Christmas season, and Brendan had the misfortune to bump into a lady laden with parcels, the result being to scatter her parcels all over the pavement. Brendan promptly stooped to recover them from among the feet of the passers-by and restore them to her arms, but her ladyship's temper was not satisfied. "I'd have you know," she declared angrily, "that my husband's a detective and, if he was here, he'd take ye!" This was too much for Brendan, who after all had done his best. "Ma'am," said he, "I don't doubt it for a second. If he took you, he'd take anything." "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Omally:OK, time to redress the balance a little... Agreed ... Three guys, an Englishman, a Frenchman and a Irishman are out walking along the beach together one day. They come across a lantern and a genie pops out of it. "I will give you each one wish" says the genie. The Irishman says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Ireland." With a blink of the genie's eye, 'FOOM' - the land in Ireland was forever made fertile for farming. The Frenchman was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around France, so that no one can come into our precious country." Again, with a blink of the Genie's eye,'POOF' - there was a huge wall around France. The Englishman asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall." The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 150 feet high, 50 feet thick and nothing can get in or out." The Englishman says, "Fill it up with water." "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Omally:Go on, go on, go on, go on, *ad nauseum* One more then... If you insist then .... PART ONE Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop. Right away they go over to the bird section. Gerry says to Paddy, "Dats dem." The clerk comes over and asks if he can help them. "Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere birds in dat cage op dere," says Gerry, "Put dem in a peeper bag." The clerk does so and the two guys pay for the birds and leave the shop. They get into Gerry's van and drive until they are high up in the hills and stop at the top of a cliff with a 500-foot drop. " Dis looks loike a grand place, eh?" says Gerry. He then takes two birds out of the bag, places them on his shoulders and jumps off the cliff. Paddy watches as his mate drops off the edge and goes straightdown for a few seconds followed by a SPLAT. As Paddy looks over the edge of the cliff he shakes his head and says, "Fock dat, dis budgie jumpin is too fockin dangerous for me." PART TWO A minute later, Seamus arrives. He too has been to the pet shop and he walks up carrying the familiar peeper bag. He pulls a parrot out of the bag, and then Paddy notices that, in his other hand, Seamus is carrying a gun. "Hi, Paddy. Watch dis," Seamus says and launches himself over the edge of the cliff. Paddy watches as half way down, Seamus takes the gun and blows the parrot's head off. Seamus continues to plummet until there is a SPLAT! As he joins Gerry's remains at the bottom Paddy shakes his head and says, "An oim never troyin dat parrotshooting noider." PART THREE A few minutes after Seamus splats himself Sean (no relation here) strolls up. He too has been to the pet shop and has a peeper peeper bag. Instead of a parrot he pulls out a chicken, and launches himself off the cliff with the usual result. Once more Paddy shakes his head - "Fock me Sean, first der was Gerry wit his budgie jumping, den Seamus parrotshooting and now you fockin hengliding." "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. Quote Link to comment
+The Bennett Family Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Oi O'mally! Happy one year (and erm...one day) registeration birthday thingy... (Where was I going with this post?...I'm too drunk to remember) Oh yeah I just spotted the fact that you registered a year ago today, (well it was a year ago today when I started typing, now it's tomorrow, so it isn't anymore) Lord, that's gibberish, but i typed it, so i'm going to post it. Goodnight all. We take our children everywhere, but they always find their way back home... Member of GAGB, enthusiastic user of G:UK, Charter M...oh never mind, we just like everyone. The Bennett Family Webspace Quote Link to comment
+Hi-Tek Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Gaz, Suni, Jack & Kashi:Oi O'mally! Happy one year (and erm...one day) registeration birthday thingy... (Where was I going with this post?...I'm too drunk to remember) Oh yeah I just spotted the fact that you registered a year ago today, (well it was a year ago today when I started typing, now it's tomorrow, so it isn't anymore) Lord, that's gibberish, but i typed it, so i'm going to post it. Goodnight all. We take our children everywhere, but they always find their way back home... Member of GAGB, enthusiastic user of G:UK, Charter M...oh never mind, we just like everyone. http://www.thebennettfamily.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Congratulations on your 1st anniversary Neil - did you bag any today? What have been the 'highs', the 'middles' and the 'lows' of your geocaching career then? Come on buddy - spill the beans ... "Fear is temporary, regret is permanent!" motley. adj. varied in appearance or character. crew. n. group of people. [This message was edited by Motley Crew on August 26, 2003 at 05:19 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Paddy and Micky are out for a day shooting rabbits, as paddy climbs the fence he drops the shotgun and it goes off hitting poor paddy in the chest. Micky is distraught and rings for an ambulance on his mobile. The dispatcher takes the call - Ambulance Service, how can I help? > Its Paddy, I thinks he's killed, o h my god, what will I do? Stay calm, Is paddy talking? > No he's just lying here Help me for pity's sake, I think he's dead! Slow down sir, Is paddy moving? >NO, Oh god he's not moving at all!! what do I do now? he is dead isn't he? OK now we need to make sure he's dead ..check .. Before the sentence is finished the operator hears another gunshot > OK what do I do next? It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Happy one year (and erm...one day) registeration birthday thingy... Wrong thread guys, I'm over here! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
+Lance Ambu Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 ...And it's good night from him, Goodnight It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Lance Ambu:...And it's good night from him, Goodnight Top of the mornin' to ye! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Omally Member of the GAGB Quote Link to comment
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