How’s this for a nice 35 pointer…
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I’ve realised I’ve never really blogged about IRC. I don’t know why either. So here goes.
I’ve been using IRC since I first got on the internet and after a few weeks of surfing the ‘net began to wonder “where is everyone else?” Innes mentioned some program called mIRC and gave me a copy to toy around with. I was hooked after my first day. At the time mIRC was set to default to the DALnet network. mIRC was the largest windows IRC client so DALnet was the largest IRC network. This has since changed though so now more of the other networks get a better look in. The website NetSplit has loads of IRC related stats for the more anal amongst you! I like the smaller networks however (less assholes!)
One of these great networks is the WyldRyde IRC Network which I have recently joined as part of my BlogShares journey. IRC and these smaller networks in particular are a great place to “meet” folks from all around the globe to discuss any and all subjects. I’m obviously using the blogshares channels at the moment but even within that there are many levels of discussion. Plus if you are using mIRC you can pretty much entirely customise it. I write my own scripts but there are millions of other’s available too.
btk (this sounded like an essay didn’t it!) 
Right then now that all the election hoo haa is over we can resume normal service. Here’s one thing that was missed, Catty’s works night oot. Great again this year even if I did get a kilt for the occasion. ( I posted a different pic of me in the kilt over on TT and was told by one friend, “Last time I saw legs like that they were hanging out a nest!” - Cheeky bugger.
Entertainment was in the form of Fred McCauley(7:30PM - “I will get my photo with him before the night is oot….” 11PM - “where the fook is he??”) and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers who I seem to remember being on some talent show with the human slinky, an act that blew my mind! He unfortunately wasn’t there.
Anyhow, by the end of the night I had embarrassed Catty enough I think, I vaguely remember some of it(free bar for a while) like the bit where I forgot line dancing isn’t actually cool to the rest of the world and spun round forgetting I was wearing a kilt. The folks at the table got an eyeful I’m sure… 
Next year I’ll be off the sauce and more restrained…
It was a good night but, don’t mention it…
PS Fred, If you want to send me a signed photo since I missed you it’d be much appreciated!
PPS, quote of the night goes to Fred McCauley…
Ally(McCoist) just went through a very messy and public divorce and nobody deserves that…
…even if they are shaggin Patsy Kensit!
I met Jyll today. She’s great, a nicer person one couldn’t meet. Pity I was in full stinkyhouse uniform and probably smelling of toilet. I did notice she didn’t get too close! lol. She was bringing me my Hot Tamales sweeties(for which I still owe something) at the place I was working.
Now I have discovered something else. If you eat two boxes of them(8 servings) you can’t actually taste anything in the centre part of your tongue, even Hot&Spicy smoked sausage. The sensation is very strange, you can feel food there but no taste. It’s like chewing rubber or something tasteless but with the texture of food. Perhaps it’s what Quorn is like. 
Thanks Jyll.
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Took the servers down and as such I’ve had to learn entirely too much SQL than one would deem necessary. Thank god for google caches though! I’m going to backup this thing lots and lots now… not that anyone would have noticed my absence eh…
The excellent Jyll has gotten me Hot Tamales from the United States. Coolness!! I’ll be texting you tomorrow mate to pick them up!
Ever noticed how when you can’t post for some reason you have lots to put up, then when it’s all good again you can’t remember a damn thing? I hate that. I know I have a bitch about the council to put on here but I can’t be arrised at the moment. Oh and I’m now on day 52 of the no front number plate experiment. NEP kindly informed me it’s a £30 on the spot fine (comments lost with the server meltdown) so doing the maths if I am stopped tomorrow and fined the experiment has cost less than 57p per day. 
Checking my vote rigging post I see the Lib Dems are still in the lead over the SNP with 2 votes to 1. Get voting now!! I have it set to allow one vote per day I think so see how it goes. In my haste to get the poll working I neglected to actually put up both sets of candidates, so I’ll make it that whatever party wins the poll will receive both votes on the “second” paper(s)! Confused? I hope so! lol
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I’ve been pissing myself laughing this afternoon after a sparky who shall remain nameless told me this amusing anecdote…
I was on my way to poppin my cherry aboot 15 or that and was on a promise so knew it was happening. I decided tae go for some condoms.
Went intae Boots and said tae the wummin at the coonter, “a box of durex please”
She said, “Aye son, what size?”
Small!!“Naw son,” she paused,
“Six or twelve in the box.”
Read it again and then imagine him saying it out loud!
Good on ye Brian, umm, I mean, the spark who shall remain nameless.
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I went into the IRC channel i’ve been in for ever to be greeted with the topic…
Rest in Peace mikee1, we will miss you! Nov. 29th, 2006…Please take a moment to send a prayer or a good thought to mikee’s family
I fucking hate that. I know we need to tell people what’s going on but just seeing it like that is like a kick in the proverbials.
I left a message on our channel blog about it so what I want to say here is….
Just because you might never meet an online friend in real life in no way makes your friendship any less important. When Rare died I was gutted, tears and everything. Now mikee is gone too. In fact I believe as I started on IRC the chan had just lost Kathryn to cancer. This disease is fast becoming my personal nemesis. It takes all the good ones.
To my online friends, I do think about you all. You all matter…
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