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Yes, and it's the week-end! Been a busy week, but my battle with the French keyboard is over: I won .... the machines now acknowledge that the French use a different layout :-) Surprise surprise, another rally week-end for me, but after next week-end I actually get a break. I'm not sure if I'll know...

Ostriches. And no, that's not intended to be a dis-associated word .
Alternatively (or additionally), "Clique" (pronounced "SEA-Leek")?

Good morning all from a dull West. Nothing special on today, apart from laying in a fresh supply of cat biscuits (plenty of the moist food, they get both).

These days pretty much all of the "consumer" anti-virus offerings seem to be little better than actual viruses - whether freebie or paid. The "Enterprise" versions tend to be rather better, but then enterprises will pay a lot more. However much it pains me to say this, I think th...

I must admit to being very much a "cat" person - and (of course!), cats know this (not that any cat would ever take advantage, perish the thought!). 3Wells is the "dog" person (also a cat person - actually I think what 3Wells really wants is to own a private full-scale zoo!). Our...

This is a "sticky" thread to assemble "rulebooks" for various games, based on the underlying principle that there aren't really any fixed rules: all game rules emerge through consensus, although many will likely be based at least in part on something from the Home Service ... er,...

Maybe we need a separate discussion on game rules, to form some consensus? I'll kick off a "Game Rules" thread and let's see if anyone salutes ...

The Word Is: Diffract

Now, an Any Day Thread sounds good to me! A new one can be started under varying conditions, which can be totally random, possibly based on the phase of the moon :-) I have rallies the next two week-ends,then ... bliss! ... I have a WHOLE week-end off! As for this week, I guess I'd better get back t...

Hello, I posted in the wrong thread last night. Two of my visitors are now in Kilkee, heading to East Clare tomorrow so I have been looking at pictures and plans for a coast walk with a lot of envy. I hope to get more regular with posting if I ever get sorted. Now I must get shoes on and take the d...

I must admit the medical device had escaped me, I was thinking more of old Mr. Flawse in Tom Sharpe's "The Throwback", using calipers to measure the "cephalic index" of potential fathers of his "bastard grandson"! So I guess the panel should award you a bonus point ... ...

Hello, I felt obliged to register to help you identify mystery visitors. I tend to browse forums at odd hours and I am an erratic poster, mostly on the dog forum in Sue's. I have no idea about the politics of all the mustardland boards as I prefer real life politics. I have visitors this weekend bu...

I'm definitely going to have to BUZZZZZZ that one: the thought of a bloke wearing a Caliper (whether a measuring tool or a brake component) in a grotto makes me feel like I've fallen down a rabbit-hole! Now try this for totally dis-associated: tesla (stress NOT capitalised - the SI unit, not the 19t...

Hopefully a dose of WD40 will do the trick - or a friendly local mechanic, if handyman doesn't. It's a "soft" day here. A good Irish phrase that means the rain is so fine you don't really realise it's raining - until (after about 3 seconds) you are totally soaked through to the bone. And o...

It sounds like the rule-book for this game is a little like "The Now Official Rules for Allotment Golf" [reference to Robert Rankin's "Brentford" books, specifically "The Brentford Triangle"].

My word this morning is: caliper

Enjoy the walk! Something I should do more of, and not just the occasional day I'm in the city.

Happy Friday - the thread title matches the day again

Was that me trying to create a Logon recently then ATB?.... Surely nobody else would nick my monniker would they?.... Yes.... Please could you delete it and I shall shuffle into SummersDragon mode and attempt to upload a suitable Avatar to go with it.... No, I'm pretty certain it wasn't anything si...

Hi SD ... with this weather is it not time for you to become a Summer Dragon? However briefly? Warm and overcast here this morning, but not (yet anyway) as hot and muggy as yesterday. And it's almost Friday again! Admin notes: There is an inactive "SummersDragon" user account that has neve...

GLO, we have italics on this board - and bold, underline, and such things. You just need to use the "full editor" (click the "Full Editor & Preview" button below the Quick Reply box), and Voilà ....

My word: glass

In "Proboards" terms, a "Global Moderator" is a moderator on all boards (or categories). It's possible (as Angie has done) to set up moderators only for specific boards.

Assuming this is "time-out": my vote is to allow only "words", not "phrases". Not quite sure about hyphenated words, but IMHO hyphenation would be allowed if the word made sense WITHOUT the hyphenation (to take one word from an earlier phrase, say "drag-line" ...