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Well, not really..but there`s a canny resemblance

This photo was taken 2 days ago in KFC in Newcastle..

You wouldnt get me back to KFC, the chicken drumsticks were grey and hairy!

Question: If they can sell Windows for £15 and still make money why are mugs shelling out ten times that (every two or three years)?

Answer: Because they know most people are lazy thinkers, and so they've got them by their purse or wallet.

It's not just about being lazy - when most people think of Linux they think of command lines and bearded, long haired men with monitor tans.

To be honest for me, 70 odd quid isnt a big deal for an OS I'll probably use for years.

I've got Ubuntu here and I'll give it a go when I get the time - like the idea of having a bloat free OS that doesnt need all the latest firewall and anti-virus software installed.

Anyway, if you think Microsoft is bad, what do you think of Apple?

Happy Birthday for yesterday - hope you had a nice day!

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on.

If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

I like it.

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.asp

No offence, but you couldn't save this type of trite, cut and paste crapola for Facebook or the Rubbish Jokes thread, could you?

Who asked you?

I personally think life skills should be (if they are not already) taught in schools.

i know me personally, i was taught nothing about what taxes i would have to pay, why i had to pay water rates or electricity bills, nor any other basic life eventualities everyone else seemed to know about instinctivly!

i got a really big shock when i moved into my first flat!

Exactly what Cympil said: Blame your parents!

Shoutboxes are becoming more and more popular in forums these days, why dont we have one here?

Vote Now!

Not bothered... what will it add to the forum that we havent already got?

Happy Birthday!

Birthdays come around too quick!

Cheers everyone!

I have Windows XP using BT broadband I have burned loads of CDs with Windows Media, Real Player etc. but none of them could be played on an audio machine. I know about the Red book system, but it seems unless you are prepared to spend a lot of money on programmes such as Nero or others you can get no further than just playing the CD on your computer. Has anyone done it without buying a programme?

What version of Media Player are you using and what process do you go through to create your CD's?

Have you tried what Mr Darn suggested?

this is how i do it, but i'm no expert:

this is based on vista, but should work on xp too.

open windows media player (WMP).

click on the 'burn' tab at the top of the display window to switch to the burn menu, then click it again to show the options.

choose 'audio cd', you may also wish to review the 'more options' link to see if all is set as you require.

drag and drop files into the right hand column in WMP

arrange the tracks as you would lick by dragging and dropping them into the order you want them to play.

insert a blank CD-R

click 'Burn Now'

in the more options section mentioned before, i have it set to eject after burn is complete, so with mine, as soon as the disk ejects, its done!

What he said.

Was last nights earthquake felt in Bedlington?

Nope, I was sound asleep!

Thats a nice BBQ Brian, it's massive!

Well, i'll be!

i think i'll have the Jack Daniels please

also, i'd like to thatk my mum, dad and close family, my dog, coz she always stood by me, my next door neighbour, as without them the house next door would be empty, and my 5th grade english teacher for teaching me how to use "google".

To be honest just how many of the pubs in Bedlington survive at all is a mystery to me.

Never seems many in the majority of them.

The Lion and Movies is always riddled with under 18's. Would it make a difference if they upped the drinking age to 21?

Sorry, this is the sport section of the site.

Hilarious comedy racism belongs in, erm, all of the other bits.

Thank you.

You'd know all about that wouldnt you?

Do you not watch Countdown like? It`s good for helping you with spelling and counting..just the job for you Pete

Steady!

If you go into your controls, under 'options' theres a link to manage ignored users.

also...is there a way you can ignore individual users?

Those errors, they happen from time to time, but shouldnt last very long. How long have you not been able to sign in for? If your internet is working fine then it's probably one of their servers.

Have you changed any firewall settings recently?

Treasure!

Aye, the pasties likewise

Did they have as much cartilage in them as they do these days?

Nice pics Jorga

Where was the Tankerville Arms?

Greece

Olives

yeah, i thought so too, so i asked about it.

apparently it comes from the muckshifting game (driving earthmoving machines).

when a lad was off sick he was "off the handles" (refering to the main controls of said machines) and when he retured, "Harry's back on the handles after his spell on the pat and mick..."

Just incase anyone was wondering

Nope!

Happy Birthday!

man says to wife put ya coat on me you and the dog are going fishing wife replies i don't want to go fishing so he gives her 3 options fishing blow job or take it up the !*!@# she gets on her knees and starts sucking this tastes like !*!@# she says he replied yeah dog didn't fancy going fishing either