Tag: B3ta
Lazy post – have an old B3ta QOTW reply:
Some people shouldn’t be allowed to teach This was recalled by someone much earlier telling tales of scientists doing stupid things. For my sins, I am a science teacher in what would be politely referred to as a ‘Comprehensive’ school. Seeing as we’re in the near-vicinity of several grammar schools, we are in fact more of a bottom-feeder. Needless to say, any illusions I once possessed of being a cross between Mr Chips and Robin Williams in Dead Poet’s Society have been crushed under the sheer weight of imbecility I have to deal with while attempting to be inspirational. Most […]
Read MoreB3ta QOTW entry…and THIS has to win it:
Beating on the Booming Drum of Self Congratulation It was a warm, liquid afternoon in summer, showing Bournemouth off at its best. Happy people wandered the beach-front shops, bikini-pretty and giggly – and that was just the guys. I, however, lurched along the pavement like a zombie with one of those nasty little rattling Boots carrier bags: bed-hair, bleary, snotty and a doubtless smelly young man. And in front of me was one of Those Blokes. You know, one of Those Blokes. Stocky, short type with gorilla-hairy arms. Always over-tanned. Dark hair combed back so hard its got furrows and […]
Read MoreB3ta newsletter…
Always a good read (check it out here), but here’s some highlights from this weeks issue (issue 464 so, being a geeky thing, it mentions the Amstrad CPC464 a lot: If Lord Sugar’s mum had named him Barry Alan Sugar and not Alan Michael then his company would have been the quite wonderful BASTRAD PLC Heh…funny 
The CPC disk operating system was called Amsdos – a variation on the name of the more popular MSDOS. Should the 464 had lasted a few more years then maybe it could have run Amsdows. That’s quite scary… INTERESTING! PORNY BIRO ART – […]
A really quick (10 minutes ’til I go home) lazy Friday post…
Courtesy of the annals of B3ta: There’s a girl you like. Big time. You adore her. She’s perfect. And she’s single. You flirt a little, but it goes nowhere. She’s wary of being hurt or messed around. My friend Tom was that guy. And after nearly a year of groundwork and being turned down times beyond number, the girl, the perfect girl, finally agrees to go out on a date. Tom is beside himself. ‘I’ll take her to the finest restaurant in town. The new Thai one – it’ll be perfect. For weeks, he rants and raves, gushes and giggles. […]
Read MoreQuiet day in the office…
Boss is at the Berlin air show, Corina’s off to the hospital, so I’m all alone in the office. So, I caught up on some work – got ahead in some other stuff…then got a bit bored. Now this generally means hitting B3ta.com, and I came across this little gem: The greatest plane journey in the world…. Maybe that should be most embarrassing. Pull up a chair, it’s a long one I’m afraid. The initial torment was making the mistake of being a fifteen year old boy. It plays havoc on the hormones and all manner of strange things can […]
Read MoreLazy post – it's a cut 'n' paste from B3ta:
Of Messerschmitds and cats arses To relay this story requires the admission of ultimate geekness. Despite the fact I am on the wrong side of 40 and am meant to be all growed up, I have for a few years now rediscovered my childhood hobby of Airfix kits. Its a nice bit of stress relief and an escape from the never ending demands of work and fatherhood, essentially, having a creative outlet keeps me sane!. So, in the early days of rediscovering this simple childhood pastime, before I took over a whole room in the house, I would build my […]
Read MoreBeen such a busy morning…
I was in early, and have only just stopped (no, really). Sitting here with a coffee, I decided to check out some old QOTW answers on B3ta (I WILL get you all over to the ‘dark side’ at some point)…came across this corker: Pearoast: chav vs window So we’d just had a nice Sunday lunch at my Mum and Dad’s and my girlfriend and I set off home. With the girlfriend driving we made our way down the street my folks live on. It is about a minutes drive to a T junction at the end. About half way down […]
Read MoreLazy post – 'cos I'm so busy…
It’s Thursday – and that means a new QOTW on B3ta.com This week it’s all about flirting – very funny stuff there…and I’ve picked up some tips 
for example: Don’t try this at home – it’s better in a pub, but still don’t When I was 18 I frequented Nottingham Rock City. For those of you unfamiliar you’ll quickly find that sex in the toilets is not so much a daring act of rebellion as part of the T&C of entry. Whereas in most of the country, the act of mating involves buying someone a drink followed by […]