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#551 2001-08-11 17:30:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Oooo.  Can I have a tomato when I reach 600 posts?  I'm missing my tomato plants while they're in full tomato-producing mode.

 

#552 2001-08-11 17:31:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Hey, Flupi, how are you liking Arizona?  You roasting yet?  ::grins::

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
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#553 2001-08-11 17:31:00

The Sixth Viking
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Registered: 2001-06-24
Posts: 2026

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Windshadow

The last episode was ruined for me by the trailer clip run by the tv network here before the episode aired.
The clip ended with a shot of Buffy's tombstone.
Doh !

Do you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who knows where his towel is ~ Douglas Adams - The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.

 

#554 2001-08-11 17:33:00

footle
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From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
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Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Flupi wrote:

Oooo.  Can I have a tomato when I reach 600 posts?  I'm missing my tomato plants while they're in full tomato-producing mode.

You can have one for 567 posts if you want :-)

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#555 2001-08-11 17:35:00

footle
Pilgrim
From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
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Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

20 posts gets a stalk of rhubarb, 200 a pineapple ring.

Suppose when shadows reaches 5000 we'll have to wheel in a greengrocer's cart...

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#556 2001-08-11 17:36:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Yuck.  I hate it when do stuff like that in the previews.  Even if it's misleading (e.g., the many instances that Janeway supposedly dies in ST Voyager; very diappointing), it's still a pain.  I know they do it to get people to watch, but giving away the ending, especially in a "series finale" is just plain mean, especially to the diehard fans who have waited all season for it.

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Shadowed Reflections

 

#557 2001-08-11 17:38:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Well, I better get a-posting, then so I can have a tomato sandwich for dinner. :)


AZ is nice so far.  And I haven't found it overly hot because of the low humidity.  I'm used to humidity that raises the heat up quite a bit so even when it's only sorta hot it feels sweltering.

 

#558 2001-08-11 17:38:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Woo-hoo!  I get rhubarb!  Now I just need some strawberries, and I'll make pie.  (What else does one do with rhubarb?)

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Shadowed Reflections

 

#559 2001-08-11 17:38:00

footle
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From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
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Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

The Sixth Viking wrote:

The last episode was ruined for me by the trailer clip run by the tv network here before the episode aired.
The clip ended with a shot of Buffy's tombstone.

There was a newspaper article recently that suggested that a "new BBC2 policy" was for all episodes of drama should begin with a set of highlights from the programme to catch the channel-viewer's interest.
So instead of a slow atmospheric build-up you'd get the big arguments / sex-scenes / tombstone shots all crammed into the first minute.

It wasn't April 1st either.
I'd be worried - but they wouldn't be that stupid. Would they?

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#560 2001-08-11 17:39:00

Scorpiana
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From: Neerpelt, Belgium
Registered: 2001-06-02
Posts: 114

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

* gives Windshadow some rhubarb *

Congratulations on your twentieth post :-)

"Can you operate it, Spock?"
   "Well, Jim, this computer was designed and constructed 300 million years ago by a totally alien race of methane-breathing, squidlike beings who built it using technologies unknown to us and used it for purposes we cannot conceive of and then mysteriously vanished leaving no shred of documentation as to its operation. It may take a few moments."

 

#561 2001-08-11 17:40:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

I'd be worried - but they wouldn't be that stupid. Would they?

God I hope not.

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Shadowed Reflections

 

#562 2001-08-11 17:40:00

footle
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From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
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Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com

You really didn't want to ask that question.

:-)

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#563 2001-08-11 17:42:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Apparently people enjoy eating rhubarb just plain, or dipping it in sugar or salt.  I don't know why, though.

 

#564 2001-08-11 17:43:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

http://www.rhubarbinfo.com 
You really didn't want to ask that question.

::laughs::  I guess not.  I don't know whether to be amused or frightened...

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
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#565 2001-08-11 17:43:00

The Sixth Viking
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-06-24
Posts: 2026

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Footle

Although Sky made the aforementioned blunder at least they managed to show the Buffy and Angel episodes back to back and uncut.
When I see what BBC does with them I shudder.

Do you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who knows where his towel is ~ Douglas Adams - The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.

 

#566 2001-08-11 17:45:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Will Nolan do all the presentations of pineapple rings to people who reach their 200th post?

Now that I think about it I'm not sure if that would be a good thing or a bad thing...

 

#567 2001-08-11 17:47:00

The Sixth Viking
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Registered: 2001-06-24
Posts: 2026

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

200 posts !

I wanna pineapple ring.
I wanna pineapple ring.

Do you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who knows where his towel is ~ Douglas Adams - The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy.

 

#568 2001-08-11 17:47:00

Scorpiana
Pilgrim
From: Neerpelt, Belgium
Registered: 2001-06-02
Posts: 114

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Flupi wrote:

Apparently people enjoy eating rhubarb just plain, or dipping it in sugar or salt.  I don't know why, though.

With salt? I know I used to eat it with sugar when I was little (just a blok of sugar and a piece of rhubarb, hmmmmm) but with salt?? I can't imagine how that would taste.

I see you like my suggestion :-)

"Can you operate it, Spock?"
   "Well, Jim, this computer was designed and constructed 300 million years ago by a totally alien race of methane-breathing, squidlike beings who built it using technologies unknown to us and used it for purposes we cannot conceive of and then mysteriously vanished leaving no shred of documentation as to its operation. It may take a few moments."

 

#569 2001-08-11 17:47:00

footle
Pilgrim
From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
Website

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Plan of action:

(i) Get job. (sorted)
(ii) Stay in job long enough to earn some money. (trickier)
(iii) Spend money on computer hardware upgrade so I can run dvds with my dvd drive :-)
(iv) Buy series 1 & 2 on DVD and watch them.

This is kind of expensive in both time and energy to watch a tv show though.
Particularly if you consider how many books I could buy for that sort of money.

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#570 2001-08-11 17:48:00

patches
Pilgrim
From: AZ
Registered: 2001-07-13
Posts: 152

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Well, I have enjoyed chatting with you all, but I have to get going.  It will probably be a week again before I can get back here.  I'll miss it (again).  Talk to you later.  Nre'fa'o.

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Shadowed Reflections

 

#571 2001-08-11 17:49:00

Scorpiana
Pilgrim
From: Neerpelt, Belgium
Registered: 2001-06-02
Posts: 114

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Bye Windshadow

"Can you operate it, Spock?"
   "Well, Jim, this computer was designed and constructed 300 million years ago by a totally alien race of methane-breathing, squidlike beings who built it using technologies unknown to us and used it for purposes we cannot conceive of and then mysteriously vanished leaving no shred of documentation as to its operation. It may take a few moments."

 

#572 2001-08-11 17:49:00

footle
Pilgrim
From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
Website

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Bye Bye.
See you again sometime.
Not sure when though, since I'm not going to be online at this time of day from about Thursday onwards (moving, and my new landlady hasn't got net access, which, given my current usage, can only be a good thing.)

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

#573 2001-08-11 17:51:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Bye Windshadow.

Scorpiana:  :)  I did like your suggestion. It's a pretty funny name.

 

#574 2001-08-11 17:54:00

FlutePicc
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-08
Posts: 16570

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

Yay!!! Tomato time for me!!!  WOO HOO!!!

:)

And with that I will take my tomato and head out for now.  See ya later, everyone!

*waves*

 

#575 2001-08-11 17:55:00

footle
Pilgrim
From: London, England
Registered: 2001-06-12
Posts: 3164
Website

Re: Quiller´s Mint - The Treehouse

The Sixth Viking wrote:

200 posts !

I wanna pineapple ring.
I wanna pineapple ring.

Flips pineapple ring at t'Viking.
(Don't tell Nolan what we've been doing with...)

"The classic Mail headline which begins 'Is this the Most Evil/Depraved/Shocking...?' can almost always be answered 'actually, no'." - Andrew Marr

 

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