EOSM clips, etc. ...

I can't save them, 'cos I'm infected with a locked-down version of
quicktime, and it just plays. WVMs save okay.

 

I'll cut them to a CD and drop it in the internal post for you on
Monday.

 

My gratitude is unspeakable. I'm on a client site, though.

 

OK, I'll post it in the normal post, when I steal a suitable envelope
from the office stationary cupboard....

 

Thanks SD - that lot really took me back. Like others suggest, Pat and
I'll raise a glass to some good people.

UKRM - MTJANG.

 

Ahhhhh, it's *you* that Platy was referring to. I was wondering why he
sounded surprised that Darsy could manage a NI accent.

It's been a long week...

 

lol !

I've got a few words in the Ulster/Antrim dialect off pat now. [1]

P.

[1] Much to her annoyance, naturally.

 

I don't have a Belfast accent.

 

darsy says...

See, you couldn't even get that right.

 

Heh, it's always nice to find a nerve to poke ;-)

 

I feel such a failure.

 

It's also a bit of a curse. In the past I've managed to sound like an
Australian (when working for an Australian company) and picked up a
stutter (when my boss had a stutter).

I've lost the stutter (almost completely) but the Australian accent
won't dissapear altogether... especially when I talk to Australians.

It's obviously some inbuilt brown-nosing mechanism (in my case) designed
to endear myself to my employer. Which is quite worrying since my
current boss has a thick Italian accent and his boss has a thick German
accent.

 

Is it?

What's the average income in the Midlands.

 

Er.. thanks.

 

http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-neighbours/l/b911se.html

Probably not representative mind.

 

That's about 25k a year pre-tax.

What sort of a mortgage could you raise on that income and how does that
make a figure of 175k for somewhere 'nice' "*great*"?

Then again I've not moved for years or looked at house prices so WTF do
I really know.

Oh, that's a particularly horrible website IMO designed to encourage
people to feel smug.

 

It's interesting looking at the demographics of the area and the insanity
that is SE house prices but I'm not convinced it's that accurate as
apparently my bit of Hove is the same as Salford [1].

"...
Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found predominantly in northern
English towns such as Oldham, Salford, Liverpool, Huddersfield and
Gateshead, as well as in Belfast and some towns in the south including
Basildon.

Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your
neighbourhood:
Family income Low
Interest in current affairs Medium
Housing - with mortgage Low
Educated - to degree Low
Couples with children Low
Have satellite TV Medium
...."


[1] I know my family's from there but that's a bit much - Hove full
of matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs: I don't think so
me laddo.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, sweller amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

I'm a right posh ****:

Here is an overview of the likely preferences and features of your
neighbourhood:
Family income Very high
Interest in current affairs Very high
Housing - with mortgage Medium
Educated - to degree Very high
Couples with children Low
Have satellite TV Low

 

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 20:52:41 +0100, Whinging Courier

Ours came out with a load of old bollocks but nothing unexpected.

Family income High
Interest in current affairs High
Housing - with mortgage High
Educated - to degree High
Couples with children High
Have satellite TV Medium