41 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What a nasty fellow you can be dc - I suppose it comes from living in Borewood. The lads were quite well but became distressed at the above reference. You know very well they are highly sensitive about particular ancestral associations. They are going out to stomp some wildlife as a form of anger management.

To other matters.

I am wondering how bookings for Earl Hood's overseas rip off   tour are proceeding? I've misplaced the itinerary BTW and just wondering if the stopover in Pyongyang was still on offer. Actually I have some concerns about Earl Hood. First the hirstute  Conchita mysteriously reappears while his main man Hudson appears to have fallen out of favour. Now it seems he is prepared to rough it on an overseas jaunt with some of the coarsest of Demonland's  hoi polloi. I fear the failed guava paste enterprise has impacted poorly on what lurks beneath that sensitive hipster bun.

Finally I hold grave concerns for our immoderater from Hopping Dicks. It has been some time since he has graced us with his dulcet tones. In fact it was about the time that I initiated an investigation for malfeasance at the supposedly family run Hopping Dicks BDSM club.

 

yes, it seems earl is keen to relive his adolescent wanderlust and regain some of his fading youth. will it go ahead? as they say in the land of the pharaohs "never say nefer"

which gets us back to this afternoon. dees by 15. you know it makes sense.

3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Finally I hold grave concerns for our immoderater from Hopping Dicks. It has been some time since he has graced us with his dulcet tones. In fact it was about the time that I initiated an investigation for malfeasance at the supposedly family run Hopping Dicks BDSM club.

 

Some of us are forced to live in shadows that you who bask in the sun of technologically advanced civilisation can know little of, Uncle Bitters. It took me 23.5 minutes earlier today to post a brief and uncontroversial message on another thread and I only seem to have chanced by some glitch in misfortune upon the opportunity to deposit these words here now. 

Telstra ... 'nuff said. Though I will go on anyway. What passes for an internet in these parts is under normal conditions a joke but for some time now it's been bedevilled (certainly not bedemoned) by some rolling outage thing. The NBN Co (although they've branded themselves nbn co in some sort of – what? – demotic gesture) in their infinite wisdom had Telstra install a fixed wireless broadband tower hereabouts not so long ago. Its reach ends at the bridge over Hopping Dicks Creek, some 500 metres short of our humble cottage. nbn co point out that their remit is to implement government policy, so it's hardly surprising that Mr Harbourside Mansion's haves/have nots understanding of the world should be played out metonymically in the various wakes and eddies of his time in charge of communications.

We are now undergoing the indignity of applying for a satellite connection in the hope of some sort of regularity, but the contract is so thoroughly hedged by conditions about access and speeds that I fear we are only entering one of those English country estate mazes.

In the meantime I will continue to lapse into inevitable and probably prolonged silences. Most here may entirely approve of that.

At least we have bananas.  

24 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yes, it seems earl is keen to relive his adolescent wanderlust and regain some of his fading youth. will it go ahead? as they say in the land of the pharaohs "never say nefer"

which gets us back to this afternoon. dees by 15. you know it makes sense.

You risking life and limb to leave the warm embrace of Borewood dc?

It's a shame the the districts of Romsey do not have the same internet connection issues that you experience Dr Dickhopper. It would be a blessing to all here.

47 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

You risking life and limb to leave the warm embrace of Borewood dc?

yes uncle bitters, i will fight my way past the hipsters of the inner suburbs and the machetes of the apex gang and make it to the 'g' in time for the first ball-up

17 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yes uncle bitters, i will fight my way past the hipsters of the inner suburbs and the machetes of the apex gang and make it to the 'g' in time for the first ball-up

You bringing any bluerinsers along dc or will they be recuperating from an arduous Saturday night?

I'll be there too but incognito. If either Biffen or Moonie see me they hang about like groupies. Such is the price of fame I suppose.

2 hours ago, Dr John Dee said:

Some of us are forced to live in shadows that you who bask in the sun of technologically advanced civilisation can know little of, Uncle Bitters. It took me 23.5 minutes earlier today to post a brief and uncontroversial message on another thread and I only seem to have chanced by some glitch in misfortune upon the opportunity to deposit these words here now. 

Telstra ... 'buff said. Though I will go on anyway. What passes for an internet in these parts is under normal conditions a joke but for some time now it's been bedevilled (certainly not bedemoned) by some rolling outage thing. The NBN Co (although they've branded themselves nbn co in some sort of – what? – demotic gesture) in their infinite wisdom had Telstra install a fixed wireless broadband tower hereabouts not so long ago. Its reach ends at the bridge over Hopping Dicks Creek, some 500 metres short of our humble cottage. nbn co point out that their remit is to implement government policy, so it's hardly surprising that Mr Harbourside Mansion's haves/have nots understanding of the world should be played out metonymically in the various wakes and eddies of his time in charge of communications.

We are now undergoing the indignity of applying for a satellite connection in the hope of some sort of regularity, but the contract is so thoroughly hedged by conditions about access and speeds that I fear we are only entering one of those English country estate mazes.

In the meantime I will continue to lapse into inevitable and probably prolonged silences. Most here may entirely approve of that.

At least we have bananas.  

You really haven't missed much Dr.

Earl and Hemingway are planning a trip to Spain to find a suitable replacement for Conchita.

Bitters is applying to Romsey council for the title Marquis de Romsey.

Moonshadow is abondoning his Marxist philosophy in the pursuit of social prestige and now sits in the members.Mercifully .

Maple is now teaching bogus French and selling fake signed Celine albums .

DC has the Zika virus due to his new Samba lessons but refuses to disclose it.

Red and Blue still hooked on Zanax.

Personally , mushroom season has me flat out working.

 

Wow, there really is a Hopping Dicks Creek. All this while I thought it was just some whimsy on the part  of our learned Sire.

So you're just down the road from the Boonies then ? 

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2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Wow, there really is a Hopping Dicks Creek. All this while I thought it was just some whimsy on the part  of our learned Sire.

So you're just down the road from the Boonies then ? 

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yes bb, and you will notice no doubt that hdc is right next to limpinwood, which just goes to show what happens with excessive hopping (though i haven't noticed it being a problem in burwood and surrounds - touch wood - npi)

15 hours ago, daisycutter said:

eurovision or brian taylor.....hmmmm.....think i'll kick the cat instead

At least you can laugh at Eurovision ...  BTW perhaps you should get an alpaca 

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

You really haven't missed much Dr.

Earl and Hemingway are planning a trip to Spain to find a suitable replacement for Conchita.

Bitters is applying to Romsey council for the title Marquis de Romsey.

Moonshadow is abondoning his Marxist philosophy in the pursuit of social prestige and now sits in the members.Mercifully .

Maple is now teaching bogus French and selling fake signed Celine albums .

DC has the Zika virus due to his new Samba lessons but refuses to disclose it.

Red and Blue still hooked on Zanax.

Personally , mushroom season has me flat out working.

 

Now that is an idea for goodies that come with MFC membership. "Do you want a scarf? Or the equivalent in Zanax?" That would make getting through each season a bit easier. Don't get any ideas about supplying them though Biff ... 

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

You really haven't missed much Dr.

Earl and Hemingway are planning a trip to Spain to find a suitable replacement for Conchita.

Bitters is applying to Romsey council for the title Marquis de Romsey.

Moonshadow is abondoning his Marxist philosophy in the pursuit of social prestige and now sits in the members.Mercifully .

Maple is now teaching bogus French and selling fake signed Celine albums .

DC has the Zika virus due to his new Samba lessons but refuses to disclose it.

Red and Blue still hooked on Zanax.

Personally , mushroom season has me flat out working.

 

I agree with all of the above except the reference to me selling the fake signed Celine albums as that assertion is clearly flawed.

Firstly, the selling of 'authentic' merchandise is your domain Biffen.

Secondly, I would never promote Celine as a fellow Canadian. She lives in Las Vegas and I lump her in the same category of one of Uncle Bitter's favs, the Biebs.

29 minutes ago, Maple Demon said:

I agree with all of the above except the reference to me selling the fake signed Celine albums as that assertion is clearly flawed.

Firstly, the selling of 'authentic' merchandise is your domain Biffen.

Secondly, I would never promote Celine as a fellow Canadian. She lives in Las Vegas and I lump her in the same category of one of Uncle Bitter's favs, the Biebs.

So the albums weren't signed, MD?  For mine, choosing to live in Las Vegas says it all, Canadian or otherwise ... 

19 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Wow, there really is a Hopping Dicks Creek. All this while I thought it was just some whimsy on the part  of our learned Sire.

So you're just down the road from the Boonies then ? 

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Just down the road? We are the Boonies ... well, we can see the Queensland border from here, so we do feel like we still have some contact with a few vestiges of civilisation even if they're a bit slow in arriving.

And maybe it's just me, but I think it's all for the better when things are both whimsical and real.

59 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

Just down the road? We are the Boonies ... well, we can see the Queensland border from here, so we do feel like we still have some contact with a few vestiges of civilisation even if they're a bit slow in arriving.

And maybe it's just me, but I think it's all for the better when things are both whimsical and real.

Queensland and civilisation in the same sentence is a big call doc!

As to whimsy and reality - I know longer see any difference.

21 hours ago, Biffen said:

You really haven't missed much Dr.

Earl and Hemingway are planning a trip to Spain to find a suitable replacement for Conchita.

Bitters is applying to Romsey council for the title Marquis de Romsey.

Moonshadow is abondoning his Marxist philosophy in the pursuit of social prestige and now sits in the members.Mercifully .

Maple is now teaching bogus French and selling fake signed Celine albums .

DC has the Zika virus due to his new Samba lessons but refuses to disclose it.

Red and Blue still hooked on Zanax.

Personally , mushroom season has me flat out working.

 

Got a bit sick of the hoi polloi remonstrating with umpires by waving a copy of Fin Review and threatening to never again order the roast beef from the Long Room menu. 

"Well done 33! Put that fellow into the fence!...... anyone for another cucumber sandwich or an Earl Gray?"

Back to the outer for me.

Ps. I believe I saw a certain moral compass demonlander lecturing the crowd around him in the members. Fortunately I texted the abusive behaviour hotline and he was quickly removed

Edited May 15, 20169 yr by Moonshadow

9 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Queensland and civilisation in the same sentence is a big call doc!

As to whimsy and reality - I know longer see any difference.

My point exactly BBO.

As for the Queensland border ... probably an ambiguity in my comment, actually meant to evoke the accepted truth that civilisation ends there other than has anything to do with what happens on the other side.

In the meantime, have discovered that if I balance my mobile on the verandah rail and use it as a hotspot (Telstra vocabulary, in other words as a modem) not only can I read Demonland but I can add to it more or less anytime. A dangerous power, although it depends on the crows not taking off with the phone.

Sorry boys but a footy comment. With Jetta out, ANB is a certainty and Salem goes back to HBF. Kent if fit plays and one more out maybe Michie. If Dunn comes back you would think Garland out.

33 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Sorry boys but a footy comment. With Jetta out, ANB is a certainty and Salem goes back to HBF. Kent if fit plays and one more out maybe Michie. If Dunn comes back you would think Garland out.

Hilarious Redleg. You have a very very dry sense of humour. 

On 14 May 2016 at 8:14 AM, Bitter but optimistic said:

What a nasty fellow you can be dc - I suppose it comes from living in Borewood. The lads were quite well but became distressed at the above reference. You know very well they are highly sensitive about particular ancestral associations. They are going out to stomp some wildlife as a form of anger management.

To other matters.

I am wondering how bookings for Earl Hood's overseas rip off   tour are proceeding? I've misplaced the itinerary BTW and just wondering if the stopover in Pyongyang was still on offer. Actually I have some concerns about Earl Hood. First the hirstute  Conchita mysteriously reappears while his main man Hudson appears to have fallen out of favour. Now it seems he is prepared to rough it on an overseas jaunt with some of the coarsest of Demonland's  hoi polloi. I fear the failed guava paste enterprise has impacted poorly on what lurks beneath that sensitive hipster bun.

Finally I hold grave concerns for our immoderater from Hopping Dicks. It has been some time since he has graced us with his dulcet tones. In fact it was about the time that I initiated an investigation for malfeasance at the supposedly family run Hopping Dicks BDSM club.

 

Sorry for the delayed response to your post, Uncle. It has been a very busy few weeks lately. In terms of my company, the much lauded "Hood institute" I have had to institute a reshape of our organisation to promote the new talent and move on the older, shall we say, old talent, if you get my drift. Look it is obvious that the Hood Institute needed to refresh the company gene pool and we must stop working in silos. The Hood Institute needs to be an agile and innovative organisation at all costs, so our mantra is change is never ending. It is part of our DNA, unless it involves me and my annual bonus of course. 

It also means having some challenging conversations with Parker and Hudson that maybe they should look at other opportunities while Conchita is the obvious future for the institute given her people skills and I think she speaks English as well. That would be a bonus. 

As as for our travel odyssey, yes Bossdog, DC and I have so far signed up for the Cairo to Constantinople trac so it will take sometime. 

 

50 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Sorry boys but a footy comment. With Jetta out, ANB is a certainty and Salem goes back to HBF. Kent if fit plays and one more out maybe Michie. If Dunn comes back you would think Garland out.

Anyone know what he's on about.Poor bloke's gone bananas 

On 5/15/2016 at 0:02 PM, Biffen said:

You really haven't missed much Dr.

Earl and Hemingway are planning a trip to Spain to find a suitable replacement for Conchita.

Bitters is applying to Romsey council for the title Marquis de Romsey.

Moonshadow is abondoning his Marxist philosophy in the pursuit of social prestige and now sits in the members.Mercifully .

Maple is now teaching bogus French and selling fake signed Celine albums .

DC has the Zika virus due to his new Samba lessons but refuses to disclose it.

Red and Blue still hooked on Zanax.

Personally , mushroom season has me flat out working.

 

Earl seems to have completely ditched Spain with his middle east suicide tour. I had great respect for Earl before reading his madness and desire for a cheap but deadly quick buck as deadly as a land mine.

Forget it, I am planning my own tour of the bullfights and spanish bars. Let me know if you want to join the tour of sensory pleasures as against a final journey!

Tour numbers are very limited and applicants will have to pass my own suitability test, which mainly deals with "lifestyle issues." 

 

 

On 15/05/2016 at 1:12 PM, Red and Bluebeard said:

At least you can laugh at Eurovision ...  BTW perhaps you should get an alpaca 

nah, the neighbour's cat works well for those days

So...

20,000 safely passed (with some ceremony, I was chuffed to see!), here's the Geriatricity Ladder. Representing only 6 results in, so far, plus one score to be clarified - dpositive, in referring only to "pensioner" status - we're still about a dozen match reports from a proper 18-team ladder. C'mon, folks, put on your reading glasses, force those arthritic digits to the keyboard and claim your spot. And there's room for a Second (or will it be Fiftieth?) Division.

Congratulations, daisycutter, undefeated* - so far - atop the ladder. And we're not talking Finals yet, of course ('cos they really are final!); it's just one year at a time.

1.       daisycutter                             68

2.       old dee                                    67

3.       Timothy Reddan A’Blew       61

4.       Beelzebub                               56

5.       bjDEE                                       54

6.       Red and Bluebeard               LII

* So worldly-wise, I suspect Hemingway to be a contender. However, as a deceased person, he is - by definition - defeated, thus disqualified? (I tried to find out from your profile, Ernest, but could not access your headstone for birth date details)

Ol' H parlays well for a deadun