[amphibian]

Congrats to Simeon and LB for fixed cars and medical answers!

[Tiste Simeon]

Oh great news Lady Bliss, really chuffed for you!

[Maark Abbott]

Next door is up for sale now. Kind of a relief of sorts.

Either way we're househunting again this neighbourhood has done enough psychic damage to me and we only ever intended this house to be a step onto the ladder, we've been here nearly five years so time to find the forever I spose.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

[worry]

That's awesome, congrats! Can you help me patent an umbrella that comes preloaded with a classic pop song that plays on repeat for the duration the umbrella is in use? (e.g. Swagger Jagger by Cher Loyd). I think this could be my big break to get on Dragons' Den.

[Lady Bliss]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 April 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

Congratulations!

[Lady Bliss]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 April 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

I accidentally beg repped you and can’t seem to undo it :-(

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

worry, on 29 April 2024 - 11:25 AM, said:

That's awesome, congrats! Can you help me patent an umbrella that comes preloaded with a classic pop song that plays on repeat for the duration the umbrella is in use? (e.g. Swagger Jagger by Cher Loyd). I think this could be my big break to get on Dragons' Den.

I can't, but I dearly hope someone does!

Lady Bliss, on 29 April 2024 - 11:59 AM, said:

Congratulations!

Lady Bliss, on 29 April 2024 - 12:00 PM, said:

I accidentally beg repped you and can't seem to undo it :-(

Thank you! And don't worry at all

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 29 April 2024 - 12:28 PM

[Tsundoku]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 April 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

So what I'm hearing is, between you and Simmo my cruel banishment from the UK for regrettably misinterpreted boyish shenanigans could soon be at an end?

Even better, you and Simmo could get together and create a brand new novel and TV murder mystery pairing! Together, you could be the Yorkshire Falcon ...

EDIT: initially-mismatched hard-bitten former police detective turned gumshoe, and idealistic lawyer (Ok I'm emebellishing but go with me) solve mysteries in the villages of Upper, Lower, Greater, Middle and Little Crapping, Yorkshire.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 29 April 2024 - 01:02 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 April 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

Ah I knew you'd smash it, never in any doubt! Congrats!

Sombra - no chance, I'm making it harder for you to come back!

I like the TV idea though please don't diss my home village of Greater Crappington...

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 29 April 2024 - 04:32 PM

[Maark Abbott]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 April 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

I passed my exam with a 90% score. I'm a qualified patent paralegal!

Means a little more as after years in the legal industry as a non-degree holder being treated horribly, I don't think I ever really saw myself with a professional qualification and membership of a chartered body, with more to come too in the next couple of years. I'm going to be a while wrapping my head around this as it means a lot to me. Bouncing off the walls of my home office this morning!

Grats, a big step! Now to rock up to the office in a Convert-A-Car.

[Tiste Simeon]

Facebook reminded me of a Malazan Manchester meet up in 2009 on this day. It became a little famous at the time because this was the event of Cougar's chest minge and my facial love handles. Brood was there, Stone Monkey and Dag were there, and Mez was too I think she's in the background of one of the pics.

Made me reflect on how I've actually come to make some good friends IRL because of this place. October of this year will be 20 years hanging around on these forums.

I've had people from Norway, Canada and Australia stay at my house, I've travelled across Europe to meet Malazan folk, I even went to Brood's wedding.

I guess I'm grateful for (most of) you from the past couple of decades, which is what's making me happy right now.

[Nicodimas]

Team homelander

https://youtu.be/EzF...le8uTIHeoBR6QrG

Hope this also means we have all the supernatural charatcters on it..iykyk

[Mentalist]

Easter Sunday. Lent is over, I can drink beer again, lol.

Also, day off tomorrow.

[Slow Ben]

It’s dnd night and I’m dm’ing. And have had 0 time to prep this week, which funnily enough is when we have the most fun.

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 05 May 2024 - 08:29 PM, said:

It's dnd night and I'm dm'ing. And have had 0 time to prep this week, which funnily enough is when we have the most fun.

Just remember, it's all fun and games til you maneuver players into a situation where there is no choice except (for their characters) to go streaking, THEN it's a party.

[Abyss]

Mentalist, on 05 May 2024 - 04:30 PM, said:

Easter Sunday. Lent is over, I can drink beer again, lol.

Also, day off tomorrow.

I see synergy at work here.

[Mentalist]

Solid weekend. One of my best friends in town from Ottawa for the weekend, so we went out last night, and surprisingly quite a few people turned out last minute- more than I honestly expected. I miss stumbling home at almost 3 AM, don't really get to do that nearly often enough these days.


Sunny weather today, so despite sleeping in and feeling last night's binging a bit, I was able to change the brake line cable on the bike (meaning the PoS should finally be workable again for the 2 weeks I'm still gonna be around here), as well as finally finishing upgrading my grandfather's PC (there was a lot of stupidity involving different HDD partitions and old mobos not having UEFI Bios options).

Chilling in the backyard with a pint before heading in to make delicious supper.
Life feels good.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 12 May 2024 - 10:37 PM

[Lady Bliss]

Has anyone else noticed that Ment hasn’t hurt himself in a while?

[Abyss]

you just jinxed it.

Ment encounter w falling satellite filled with killer bees in 3... 2...