Well its that time of the year again..... the blood boils the passions blow, its time to drink ourselves stoopid and erm... stuff.
Its only 3 short months, thats 12 weeks till we are due for the annual oktober-fest Deadmen LAN!!!!!!
Can we start the ball rolling by agreeing on an october date.
I propose Fri 3rd - Sun 5th of October for the fek of all LANS!
See the vote.
Im gunna try and get to this one sounds liek a laugh :)
I wont vote on date though
Dan
yes it is cool, given you have the right expectations, it can leave you on a high that pretty much lasts till the next LAN :-)
a week later would be good for me
:oops: Errr, maybe it would help to make you aware that some discussions are going on about LAN IV, the venue, the maximum number of people allowed to attend etc, before we all vote a date in that may not be available in the first place? You will not have to wait too long for further info.......
Just my 2 cents.
TL. 8)
Hey tealeaf, this isnt being carved in stone or anything..... it would be nice to have at least an idea on prefered dates tho.
Nice to see your on the case....... of scotch.
Well im off to Gozo (malta) for a weeks diving early october, so a week later than the 5th would probably be better for me.
QuoteNice to see your on the case....... of scotch.
Aww shucks, that's the nicest thing anyone has suggested to me all day :oops:
TL. 8)
I really wanna vote yeah, but I'm struggling with the rest of the sentence....
side note, I only have 2 2924's now...bastards made me redundant before I could pilfer the third....so someone needs to find another switch..
ok so how about the week after?
Also benny, any chance you can double check the switches config before October? :-)
How about you configure full duplex 100mbit trunk ports for the interswitch links?
i would vote yes but the rest of the sentace is totaly false
Quote:oops: Errr, maybe it would help to make you aware that some discussions are going on about LAN IV, the venue, the maximum number of people allowed to attend etc, before we all vote a date in that may not be available in the first place? You will not have to wait too long for further info.......
Just my 2 cents.
TL. 8)
Yikes.. Peopleus Maximus??
You KNOW I'm down.. I would prefer it not to be at the beginning of the month. The next weekend is doable.
Quoteok so how about the week after?
Also benny, any chance you can double check the switches config before October? :-)
How about you configure full duplex 100mbit trunk ports for the interswitch links?
er....it was Alberts fault....I can't help it if they inconsiderately put passwords on the kit I erm. borrow...
Week after is good for me, as I'm away that weekend. October hmmm the whole month of birfday celebrations and now witf a Lan result!!!
I'll be there as long as we can play some raven shield :D
So it appears 17th-19th would be a better choice then?
Remember chaps this is just a "nice thing to talk about" as opposed to us setting a firm date.
QuoteSo it appears 17th-19th would be a better choice then?
:thumbsup: or 24-26 ;).
QuoteQuoteSo it appears 17th-19th would be a better choice then?
:thumbsup: or 24-26 ;).[/b]
wot he said :thumbsup:
:stupid:
and.... dMw lan mk IV :end:
Any chance of the same venue??
That was perfect ;)
if we do it will probably have 2 b smaller as i gather that there were power problems last time
We are definetely NOT going any bigger ...i think we found our limit last time.
Aye, I thought that was about right. But then whadda I know?
Quoteif we do it will probably have 2 b smaller as i gather that there were power problems last time
The only power problems were when I inadvertantly pulled the plug on folk. :oops:
QuoteSo it appears 17th-19th would be a better choice then?
Remember chaps this is just a "nice thing to talk about" as opposed to us setting a firm date.
17th wouldnt have been good for me either as i am going to watch "Bottom 5 live" in nottingham.
I've just spent a week in Nottingham (Beeston). I don't know what I did to deserve it though.
QuoteI've just spent a week in Nottingham (Beeston). I don't know what I did to deserve it though.
Yeah you are in scumsville end of nottingham there mate. You needed to be in the posher countryside where i live (Cotgrave - pronounced
Co gravae) :wink:
Thanks for the offer Smite. Next time I'm in town I'll stay with you. Never stayed with posh people before.
:D
QuoteThanks for the offer Smite. Next time I'm in town I'll stay with you. Never stayed with posh people before.
:D
More than welcome i have a Drain outside the back door that you would find comfortable. :D
What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
QuoteOi[-Rooster"]What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
smite is just like Victoria Beckham
QuoteOi[-Rooster"]What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
posh betyder flott, fin, uppsnofsad :)
ok :)
QuoteQuoteOi[-Rooster"]What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
posh betyder flott, fin, uppsnofsad :)[/b]
I bet that was'nt flattering :cry:
QuoteOi[-Rooster"]What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
It's a throwback to when our mighty British Empire (sic) still had India, and we still travelled overseas on ships.
On the trip out to India from the UK, the best side of the ship to have a cabin on to get all the sun, etc was the left side - or port. Consequently, when coming back, the right side (starboard) of the ship was better.
You could specify which side of the ship you wanted to be on for a specific direction of travel. Doing it as above was the most expensive.
Hence all the rich folk went:
Port
Out
Starboard
Home
and the acronym POSH was born. It just means someone who has a load of cash, and isn't afraid to show it.
QuoteQuoteOi[-Rooster"]What´s the meaning of "posh people"?
Me, being swedish, didn´t get that.... :?
It's a throwback to when our mighty British Empire (sic) still had India, and we still travelled overseas on ships.
On the trip out to India from the UK, the best side of the ship to have a cabin on to get all the sun, etc was the left side - or port. Consequently, when coming back, the right side (starboard) of the ship was better.
You could specify which side of the ship you wanted to be on for a specific direction of travel. Doing it as above was the most expensive.
Hence all the rich folk went:
Port
Out
Starboard
Home
and the acronym POSH was born. It just means someone who has a load of cash, and isn't afraid to show it.[/b]
"port outward/starboard home" as the origin of "posh" is almost universally debunked by etymologists, to wit:
"Posh
"This is another word with an apocryphal acronymic origin. Popular etymology has it that posh is an acronym for Port Out, Starboard Home. Supposedly, this acronym was printed on first-class tickets issued by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company going from England to India. The port side on the trip out would have the coolest cabins (or alternately the cabins with the best view). The same would be true of the starboard cabins on the return trip. From this origin, sprang the usage of the term meaning swank, elegant, or fashionable. Unfortunately for this excellent story, no tickets with Posh stamped on them have been found and company records reveal no sign of the phrase.
"The earliest recorded use of posh to mean swank is from the 25 September 1918 issue of the British humor magazine Punch. In 1903, P.G. Wodehouse in Tales of St. Austin's used push to mean fashionable. Whether this was a printer's error or Wodehouse actually meant to use push is unknown (several later editors "corrected" this to read posh). In contrast, according to Merriam Webster the earliest claim to the acronymic origin dates to 17 October 1935 in the London Times Literary Supplement, where it is claimed to be of American origin. The earliest association with the P&O dates to two years later, almost twenty years after the word's usage was established."
"Posh dates back to at least 1867 in the sense of meaning a dandy or fop.
The best guess as to its origin is that it derives from Romany, the anguage of the Gypsies. In Romany, posh means half and is used in onetary terms like posh-houri or half-pence, and posh-kooroona meaning half-crown. The progression from money to a fancy dresser to sw ank is logical, if undocumented. Alternatively, Partridge postulates that the "sw anky" meaning of posh may be a contraction of polish."
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/287800.html (http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/287800.html)
Ah well, it sounds like that was yet another piece of useless [FANTA] that my head was filled with during my secondary schooling. TBH I've never been bothered about researching it further.
What Sadako's said is probably right.
You have far too much time on your hands chap :wink:
:stupid:
That twas me.
QuoteUppsnofsad :)
What a fantastic sounding word for descriping posh peeps!
QuoteQuoteUppsnofsad :)
What a fantastic sounding word for descriping posh peeps![/b]
That's a word? Looks more like a bad hand at Scrabble to me. :D
QuoteQuoteQuoteUppsnofsad :)
What a fantastic sounding word for descriping posh peeps![/b]
That's a word? Looks more like a bad hand at Scrabble to me. :D[/b]
Nah! It's what comes out your nose when you sneeze!
There's actually no such language as swedish. They just make it up as they go along to confuse us.
QuoteThere's actually no such language as swedish. They just make it up as they go along to confuse us.
Shhh ... don't tell anyone.
lol :lol:
QuoteThere's actually no such language as swedish. They just make it up as they go along to confuse us.
:D