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Old 21-05-2008, 01:48 PM
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Oh fer'eavenssakes Young Un - can't you see I'm trying to get away from the pooter and get to lottie to check on me frostie bits!!

I've just bought some really cool new lottie shoes - look
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you're just showing off ya multitasking abilities now!!!!;D
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Oh fer'eavenssakes Young Un - can't you see I'm trying to get away from the pooter and get to lottie to check on me frostie bits!!

I've just bought some really cool new lottie shoes - look
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Them's cool shoes no doubt! At least they're not them shoes for "special" people - what are they called, Crocs or something....
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you're just showing off ya multitasking abilities now!!!!;D
You do know you can have several windows open at once on your pooter right?
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i'm of the pooter illiterate,also 1 page & multi tasking boy\lunch\houseworketc etc is more than enough 4 my brain!maybe in a year or so i'll move on2 2 windows!
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Old 21-05-2008, 02:03 PM
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i'm of the pooter illiterate,also 1 page & multi tasking boy\lunch\houseworketc etc is more than enough 4 my brain!maybe in a year or so i'll move on2 2 windows!
Wait till you get Vista!! It'll blow your mind - especially the "minority report" kinda stuff...

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Them's cool shoes no doubt! At least they're not them shoes for "special" people - what are they called, Crocs or something....
Oi you Wayne, how dare you, are you calling me Special (even though i know i am lol) i wear them loads, when you are old and have very dodgy flat feet and HMS, Crocs are the best, especially for gardening in, i have, red, blue, pink, green and ones with fur in!!!

How dare you and lovely Zoe was only telling me this morning what a nice boy you was lol!!!! think she had a soft spot for you as well ha ha ha !!!!!

Now i will have to tell her you take the pee out of my "special shoes", at least i am not wearing boats ha ha !!!!

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Old 21-05-2008, 02:17 PM
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You can do stuff like this....

Flicking between screens:



You can scroll through them, very cool, but not particularly useful.

Or, when you hover over the taskbar at the bottom, you get a little miniscreen:



Quite nerdy, but a bit more useful.
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Oi you Wayne, how dare you, are you calling me Special (even though i know i am lol) i wear them loads, when you are old and have very dodgy flat feet and HMS, Crocs are the best, especially for gardening in, i have, red, blue, pink, green and ones with fur in!!!

How dare you and lovely Zoe was only telling me this morning what a nice boy you was lol!!!! think she had a soft spot for you as well ha ha ha !!!!!

Now i will have to tell her you take the pee out of my "special shoes", at least i am not wearing boats ha ha !!!!

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He he, Crocs do make me smile. I'll look out for you in your pink ones! I wear flip flops all the time myself (apart for that one Friday every month when we get to "dress down"). I get some odd looks in mid November at Sainsbury's in my flip flops.

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He he, Crocs do make me smile. I'll look out for you in your pink ones! I wear flip flops all the time myself (apart for that one Friday every month when we get to "dress down"). I get some odd looks in mid November at Sainsbury's in my flip flops.

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my pink ones are my new favs!!!! love them to bits!

HMS is Hypermobility Syndrome! i am extra bendy with very very flat feet! (and a size 8!!!) i am in a lot of pain constantly in my feet and ankles, hips and lower back, and had major surgery on one ankle and waiting for the other to be done! (not nice) basically - i will try and describe one odd movement i have ha ha !

You must do this now in the office its funny - stand up and put your feet at total 90 degee angles and then put the backs of your knees together (no gaps allowed) you then have to walk! basically i can position my feet pointing the other way to my body (slightly backwards) and still walk, its very very lax, but painful, ligaments and joints! Something you live with so the crocs are ideal, i would wear flip flops all day, but people take the pee out of the way i walk with huge flat feet ha ha !

Hope you enjoyed your exercise!

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'Vista' looks too scary for me too! I don't even like to install the updates to my old XP system! Total technophobe, I've no idea how I manage to get on here even though I'm totally self-taught!
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my pink ones are my new favs!!!! love them to bits!

HMS is Hypermobility Syndrome! i am extra bendy with very very flat feet! (and a size 8!!!) i am in a lot of pain constantly in my feet and ankles, hips and lower back, and had major surgery on one ankle and waiting for the other to be done! (not nice) basically - i will try and describe one odd movement i have ha ha !

You must do this now in the office its funny - stand up and put your feet at total 90 degee angles and then put the backs of your knees together (no gaps allowed) you then have to walk! basically i can position my feet pointing the other way to my body (slightly backwards) and still walk, its very very lax, but painful, ligaments and joints! Something you live with so the crocs are ideal, i would wear flip flops all day, but people take the pee out of the way i walk with huge flat feet ha ha !

Hope you enjoyed your exercise!

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You mean you're related to Charlie Chaplin, he used to walk like that!

Seriously though, now you mention it there are a few people on here with HMS as I remember. Doesn't sound like much fun at all. I think Sarzwix has it, and she's blogged about it (I could be way off - apologies if I am Sarz).

I must have a form of the opposite condition - my muscles seem predetermined to seize up so I have to constantly do stretching exercises to avoid injury.

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You mean you're related to Charlie Chaplin, he used to walk like that!

Seriously though, now you mention it there are a few people on here with HMS as I remember. Doesn't sound like much fun at all. I think Sarzwix has it, and she's blogged about it (I could be way off - apologies if I am Sarz).

I must have a form of the opposite condition - my muscles seem predetermined to seize up so I have to constantly do stretching exercises to avoid injury.

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Yes thats right me and Sarwix have had a chat about it and as for the Charlie Chaplin comment - well you not far off ha ha ha ! hey i so hope you tried it out at work!!! lol!!!

By the way vista looks tricky - not too sure, but i suppose one day i will have to comply!!!!!

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Old 22-05-2008, 02:31 PM
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I was enjoying the first game before it blocked me out on challenge. pesky puters.
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I am quite ashamed and at the same time proud to say that bookworm is the only game I have ever paid for to play.....I love it!

Would never pay again, a reg code is always available elsewhere, but at the time I had ended my free trial and so wanted to continue.....ahhh the power of the popcap

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