Happy Birthday :) Shellbot

Thanks :)
Don't worry, you've made it up to me already.

Yes, June 23 was the day.
I was in the south of Spain for a couple weeks. I'll post a piccy on the weekend of where i was.

I had a great time. So now I am all relaxed and refreshed.

Now i start looking for a new job and start classes for my MCAD next week. (Why do i put myself through this stuff??)

Its good to be back..i'll wait a few days before i cause any mayhem though. ]:)

for the last 5 days.

and the TR staff ain't back in the orifice until tomorrow. :(

So, where d'you go. I love Spain - food, people, sunshine...

Dos San Miguel, por favor...

Tomorrow TR staffers are back. As their captive beta testers I think the least they can do to make it up to us is to give us a spell checcker. BTW were you one of those gals going topless on the beach??? ;) :^0

Hope the birthday was a happy one and that there are many more to come.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

Y're getting the pictures, Neilb, you're getting it. :)
It really is nice to watch the sun go down on a warm summer evening with nice cold drink and some very nice food. :) Special if you're surrounded by your dear ones. :)

Rob

It is wonderful to see a WOMAN that is happy and celebrating their day of birth. It is even more happy when that woman is you Shell! :x

So distressed that I am late to the party. :(

Sounds like the trip went very well, and you and yours came back safe and sound. A good thing indeed.

Good to see your "little one" hasn't driven you completely insane yet! ;\

Happy Birthday Shell. :x

sorry JD :x

ok, maybe i was a tad too forthcoming in my last post. i do apologise to all injured parties.

i'll have the good grace to be ashamed now

]:)

but in Big River Saskatchewan (where lil ole me grew up), you really don't want people doing it..trust me..
*shudders*
some things are just wrong

your getting very daring now there Rob :x

couldn't have put it better myself

nice to hear its going good. its great that the boys have soemthing to look forward to (thier time with you).

I'm just starting classes next week. Only 2 nights a week, but still, i'm going to have a full plate for a while, hopefully i can manage it all without going nuts.

yes girls..i kid you not, she fell in love 8 times on holidays..we were only there 14 days..and she has a boyfriend back home..who she is not telling about her holiday escapades..but i don't think its gonna last, her friends are gonna give her up and i think i can already see that she's had some on the greener grass and wil lbreak it off with him soon.

dunno..it didn't seem that hard when i was a kid.

Cooties..i tried that..only works for a bit. Are you including Germs with that as well?..that gave an extra months protection.

All parents fear guys like you JD, i'm surprised fate didn't give you a girl!!

Take it easy

oh ya, got the mail, i'll reply tomorrow :)

never been myself, cause I'm not a beach / sun person.

but I still hear stories about it.

it was only a 5 week holiday ;) and we also took the trip south.
We drove through Washington (state), North-East part of Oregon, right through Idaho (Craters of the Moon) into Wyoming (Jackson) to Grand Teton and Yellow Stone NP(did some(5 day's) back-country hiking and 2 day's cruising around). There were some great camping sites. :)

On to Montana (Glacier NP, nice peak over there does look familiar) back into Canada, Waterton Park (lol right next to Glacier in the USA)via Radium Hot Springs and the side track on to Banff and Jasper NP, onto Lake Louise (did some mountain tracking from Moraine Lake (uphill) to Lake Louise. Then via the Columbia Ice Field (water divide Artic(North-East)/Atlantic(South-East)/Pacific(West), had some heavy snowfall, 1st week of August) onto Jasper and Maligne Lake (2 day hike). On the trip to Maligne Lake we had the Black Bear(s) encounter.
Back into British Columbia to Mount Robson NP (3 day hike),into Grey Wells NP (2x 1 day hike, and encounter with Brown Bear on distance 100 mtr, oops :0 , did see some great waterfalls there). Then back to Vancouver and took the boat to Vancouver Island. On to Torino (1 day hike (nice Giant Sequoias) and 1 boat trip to spot some Humpback-whales, yeah we did see them). On to Victoria via the west-coast dirt-road. And back to Vancouver. Stayed there for 3 day's, end of holiday.

So been quite busy but was worthwhile.
Just did see a small part of Can+USA, dunno if I saw more of it then you Shellbot. Can say it was a great trip. :)

Rob

[i]edited for typo twice[/i]

I'm glad to be of assistance ;) :x

Rob

Closer than I ever want to again!

There's a nudist beach in Brighton on England's south coast just down from the Marina where I have a little boat. My godson and I were out in it with him steering - he was twelve at the time - and me just lazing.

He didn't know it was a nudist beach and got a little too close in. I heard him squeak and then he buzzed away from tyhat beach as fast as the engine would take us and he's not been within a mile of that bit of shore ever since.

There are some things that should be left covered up!

jd, Col and others want me to set up a webcam but there's no way! I might just take the telephoto and get some snaps when we next have a heatwave and peermail anyone who's interested...

My Goddaughter is 11 so her Dad has prepared these simple rules for when her elder brother's friends come sniffing...

Rule One:
If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact come off during the course of you date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.

Rule Four:
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "Barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: "early".

Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight:
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter:
1. Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool.
2. Places where there is darkness.
3. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness.
4. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat.
5. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chainsaws are OK.
6. Hockey games are okay.
7. Old folks homes are better.

Rule Nine:
Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, middle-aged, dim-witted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and a garden behind the house.

Rule Ten:
Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over Goose Green in the Falklands. When my old wound starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

Neil :D

some things should be left covered..
now don't get me wrong, we should be comfortable with our bodies and such..but sometimes people can go too far. but there ya go..its a person choice type of thing.
frankly if i HAD to get my kit off on a beach, i would rather it be a beach full of old weatherbeaten grannies with boobs dangling to the knees..woul dmake me feel much more comfy!

yes, why does it not surprise me that JD wants you to set up a web cam ?

he didn't find that nearly as funny as I did... ?:|

him being quite the womanizer himself, it did give him something to think about!

It all goes back to the prayer when my boys were about to be born/hatched.

Let them be healthy
let them be boys
let them not look alike.

I got lucky on all three. ;\

Happy shopping! B-)

trust me..you've seen more of canada than me..i know Saskatchewan like the back of my hand..i've been to Calgary and to Edmonton.
Oh and Toronto airport..if that counts :)

ah..i actually doing some work today. I'm ready to collapse though. Networks went down..not my problem, but i have to deal with the fallout. Then when that was sorted, our hosting company had a power outage..20 mins till back up generator kicked in..again, i have to deal with the fallout. then needed a bunch of stuff rebooted....*i'm about redy to scream* ..so its now 2.30 and i'm only just in a position that i can access the remote servers and actually get some work done..

Be afraid.

Be very afraid.

He once stated that he'd put a webcam in one of the ladies loos in here....and that it wasn't working.

Neither was the loo.

A few days later, he said he was glad the loo got fixed

[i] about an hour after it was fixed....... [/i]

spoooooookkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeee!!

GG

I actually think Neil is an MI5 agent in real life....

]:)

GG

What is meant by THAT comment? I am meerly a lover of art, and find women to be the single most beautiful work of art there is! So it is quite innocent, as you can CLEARLY see! It is ARTISTIC, not sexual, don'tchaknow? ;\

Just make sure you wear that frilly little number when you show off the art! :D

Ok..I'm sorry *snicker*

I've been a bad girl, punish me if you must ]:)

Frills..not so sure i the "frilly" type..how about leather?

Neil..yes..that is freaky :)

I think i remeber that thread somewhere, or a mention of it..anyways..

men..plenty of porn on the internet and they still gasping for more ]:)

neosteel.de/Nspemain.html

I'll get her one with the attachments for dildos, so she can do the driving. ]:)

better teach your boys to bend over and "take it like a man" :D

I did the shopping, I remember what I was like also.

What an interesting site. I lead such a sheltered life...

:D

but strangely, eerily synchronous! I've just unloaded all over DMambo in another thread where he was asking for us all to fill out our locations, also.

I [b]love[/b] righteous indignation! It is just so much fun!

:D

Is that so ?:|
... and heh ... how do you know ?:| ;)

Rob

I'll take your word for it that I've seen more of Canada then you have.

Omg "power outage" took "20 mins till back up generator kicked in" ?:| Don't they/you have a UPS for the time in between? I think it is worthwhile to invest in. Not only will it give you access to your systems (that is if your workstation is attached too) but if it's very serious it will give you time to put your systems controlled down AND not the abrupt way that power failure will do.

Special as hick-ups in the power network will be more frequent as the market on power is moving to private investment (and that is not only in the US of A). Look what happened in California some few years back. I'm not saying that was because of liberating the market on power but I think that it can be/is one of the minus points on this.
We had several serious (and a few flashes of) power hick-ups ourselfs the last few month/years. I was very happy that we had an UPS AND an emergency power generator.

Twice a fall-out of access to your systems. Must give you a lot of work to do. And that on your first week back on the job. Does set back the memory of your well deserved holiday. Don't envy you on such a return on the job.

But look on the bright side, it will keep you employed and ... busy :) ;) (not that you need this kinda business, there are better things to do, isn't it)
Hope it will not take away your weekend, that would be a real bummer. :(

Rob

well..i'll rephrase that..some men can't get enough :)

to be honest, i was alluding to JD..but he probably won't care :)

well, the networks being down was our own problem. IT sorted it eventually. We don't exactly have a huge team of experts. Had to call in external support so it was flaky for most of the day.

the power outage was at the company who host our web/database servers!! i haven't talked to them directly, but i did hear the phrase "don't you have a f***ing UPS, what do we pay you for?" being yelled into the phone by the IT manager. Glad it wasn't me on the other end.

I was a nervous wreck by 4 pm yesterday. no lunch, a million cups of coffee..thank god the weekend is almost here. As for weekend work, not my "thing". We have external support that handle hardware stuff..and as for database and web..if it goes down, it goes down. They don't even have my home phone number. They (the upper management) don't see it as a priority to have a plan in case it goes over a weekend. Thankfully its not happened yet, but it will very very soon..

due to another problem we having. I suspect a memory leak in the database application..2 months back some changes were made and now every 5-7 days the web applciation goes down, and web server neets to be rebooted. not really my area of expertise, but the development company are refusing to take a look at (just told me this morn) as they want us to pay someone else to check all the hardware first, before they even think of loking at the application..but i've checked, its all ok..loads of memory..quad processing, nice clean machine, all thats running is IIS..

so I'm about to flake out..i'm simply passing it up to higher management for the time being. in thier wisdom they did not sign any support contracts with the development company..let them deal with it..i've had enough if it

*runs away screaming*

neil..do you have to say thngs liek:

"I've just unloaded all over DMambo "

really now..what you do in your spare time is your own business.

]:)
*sorry...i had to..that line was begging to be pointed out*

i didn't check out the site..i thought to myself:
"self..this will not be a good site to view in work.."

was it at least entertaining Neil?

keys?? do tell!!

I am not a fan of porn, I am a fan of erotic, interactive art! ]:)

Oh yeah, a big nature fan too. And what could be more natural than a dude and two women? :0