Archive for August, 2007

keeping active in retirement

What do retired people do all day ?  Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
 
Well, for example, the other day I went into town and went into a shop.  I was only in there for  about 5 minutes.  When I came out there was a cop writing out […]

Diehard

Saw Diehard 4.0 at the weekend.  My opinion, don’t bother.  The plot is ridiculous; a disillusioned security expert decides to teach US national security a lesson by recruiting a team of hackers, whom he subsequently wipes out with professional hit-men, and hacking into everything:  traffic management, stock exchange, tv& radio - all simualtaneously.  The action […]

word of the week - sousveillance

 
Sousveillance is the recording or monitoring of real or apparent authority figures by others, particularly those who are generally the subject of surveillance.
The term “sousveillance” stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning “above”, and sous, meaning “below”, i.e. “surveillance” denotes the “eye-in-the-sky” watching from above, whereas “sousveillance” denotes bringing the camera or other means […]

how many ?

Question for Admin.  How many nooks, nookers, nooksters, nookites are there?  The number of new nooks increases daily but it seems the vast majority of these never post.  Are there any sats?  Can we see them?
 

 
 
 

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McRubbish on TV

If there’s a worse storyline than the last McLeods Daughters then I don’t want to see it.  Some weird angel turns up, pashes Kate and disappears without solving anything.  After waiting years for the match-up of the century, Stevies husband Alex is a no-show and her dippy daughter Rose tries to ‘kill’ herself by free-wheeling […]

non pc joke

I apologise in advance if this offends anyone.  I don’t think its sexist, I think its funny and deserves to be shared. 
A woman is lying in bed reading a book when her husband comes into the bedroom with a sheep under his arm.  “This is the pig I make love to when you’ve got a headache.” […]



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hannahsgranpa. Ubergrumpy old man with no sense of humour. Cultured, gifted and infinitely modest. My philosophy, like colour television, is all there in black and white. Life's too short to be serious.

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