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[zeitghost]

Just watched the 12th hour of 24 season 7.

They're gonna be sorry...

[zeitghost]

Before that I watched the Despatches/Diverse Reports/whatever thingie about pensions that was shown on C4 yesterday.

Legalised theft is what springs to mind.

Why Gay Gordon's contribution to the crisis wasn't mentioned (at all) is beyond me.

[zeitghost]

Evening all

Mind how you go

[NickFitz]

Greetings denizens

Good luck 5*

[NickFitz]

The manager was just about to head off as I came back, having a few last words with the Night Porter.

There's always something artificial about these meetings... I ask him how he is, he's fine, he asks how I am, I'm fine, I comment that I haven't seen him in a while, he explains that he's been on holiday for a couple of weeks, by now I'm in reception so the Night Porter says "Hello, How are you?" just to make it clear to the boss that he does that (I could tell because he always says that when I come in but his overall tone and emphasis was slightly different under the eye of the boss), I say hello to him... it all feels like "We're talking to you because it's our job," "I'm talking to you because I feel I ought to acknowledge your presence," and the whole thing just isn't real

Maybe I read too much into these things... the other week the same three of us had a good old chat, with the whole customer-employee relationship left to one side while we discussed the way Head Office deals with things. I was pleased to discover that a number of deductions I'd made by analysing disparate incidents and comments at many different locations had led me to quite a good understanding of certain aspects of their operations manual... but it felt like the attitudes-dictated-by-head-office thing had kicked into gear again.

I dunno, I'm probably over-sensitive to the idea of somebody being nice because it's their job, rather than because they're being nice - possibly because I learnt how to be nice to people I didn't like very much back when I was doing the pub thing

[NickFitz]

Lynne Truss on Radio 4, on being sent to cover a boxing match in her days as a sports journalist who knew nothing about sport - most amusing

Sailing By now - time to get myself off to bed as the Shipping Forecast spells the doom of honest sailormen in a number of areas

Of course, the trawlermen don't really need the Shipping Forecast any more - but I daresay they like having it there, just in case all the other hi-tech kit breaks down

Goodnight denizens

[BrowneIssue]

When I last checked, 260 different people had posted to TPD when there had been 99,845 posts.

Now it is 340 different ids ("different people"! There's no people on here!) in 196,588 posts.

[BrowneIssue]

When I last checked

I think that might have been 26/03/2008.

[BrowneIssue]

The Top TPD Posters

No. User . . . . . . . Posts . Credit
.1) BrilloPad .........24686 = 12.557% = 1 in every 7 posts
.2) zeitghost .........19458 = .9.898% = 1 in every 10 posts
.3) DS23 ..............18229 = .9.273% = 1 in every 10 posts
.4) voodooflux ........17013 = .8.654% = 1 in every 11 posts
.5) cailin maith ......13432 = .6.833% = 1 in every 14 posts
.6) BrowneIssue .......11364 = .5.781% = 1 in every 17 posts
.7) NickFitz ..........11246 = .5.721% = 1 in every 17 posts
.8) Diver .............11169 = .5.681% = 1 in every 17 posts
.9) TheFaQQer ......... 9792 = .4.981% = 1 in every 20 posts
10) FiveTimes ......... 8352 = .4.248% = 1 in every 23 posts
11) Bear .............. 6075 = .3.090% = 1 in every 32 posts
12) El_Diablo ......... 4656 = .2.368% = 1 in every 42 posts
13) DaveB ............. 2533 = .1.288% = 1 in every 77 posts
14) Jog On ............ 2480 = .1.262% = 1 in every 79 posts
15) RichardCranium .... 2443 = .1.243% = 1 in every 80 posts
16) HeliCraig ......... 2354 = .1.197% = 1 in every 83 posts
17) DiscoStu .......... 2244 = .1.141% = 1 in every 87 posts
18) Fortune Green ..... 2215 = .1.127% = 1 in every 88 posts
19) zara_backdog ...... 1946 = .0.990% = 1 in every 101 posts
20) Churchill ......... 1638 = .0.833% = 1 in every 120 posts
21) PRC1964 ........... 1584 = .0.806% = 1 in every 124 posts
22) n5gooner .......... 1290 = .0.656% = 1 in every 152 posts
23) Sockpuppet ........ 1232 = .0.627% = 1 in every 159 posts
24) realityhack ....... 1187 = .0.604% = 1 in every 165 posts
25) Troll ............. 1058 = .0.538% = 1 in every 185 posts
26) Bunk .............. 1049 = .0.534% = 1 in every 187 posts
27) Xenophon .......... 1007 = .0.512% = 1 in every 195 posts
28) AndyGarbs ......... .921 = .0.468% = 1 in every 213 posts
29) oracleslave ....... .873 = .0.444% = 1 in every 225 posts
30) Gonzo ............. .712 = .0.362% = 1 in every 276 posts
31) EqualOpportunities . 562 = .0.286% = 1 in every 349 posts
32) The Lone Gunman ... .540 = .0.275% = 1 in every 364 posts
33) ControlG .......... .533 = .0.271% = 1 in every 368 posts
34) BA to the Stars ... .513 = .0.261% = 1 in every 383 posts
35) KathyWoolfe ....... .471 = .0.240% = 1 in every 417 posts
36) AtW ............... .408 = .0.208% = 1 in every 481 posts
37) Moscow Mule ....... .386 = .0.196% = 1 in every 509 posts
38) Drewster .......... .382 = .0.194% = 1 in every 514 posts
39) alreadypacked ..... .379 = .0.193% = 1 in every 518 posts
40) Zippy ............. .370 = .0.188% = 1 in every 531 posts
41) ElectricChair ..... .319 = .0.162% = 1 in every 616 posts
42) kali .............. .303 = .0.154% = 1 in every 648 posts
43) Moose423956 ....... .300 = .0.153% = 1 in every 655 posts
44) Clownio ........... .300 = .0.153% = 1 in every 655 posts
45) cojak ............. .283 = .0.144% = 1 in every 694 posts
46) Ardesco ........... .280 = .0.142% = 1 in every 702 posts
47) MrsGoof ........... .279 = .0.142% = 1 in every 704 posts
48) Ravello ........... .247 = .0.126% = 1 in every 795 posts
49) threaded .......... .234 = .0.119% = 1 in every 840 posts
50) Katie ............. .203 = .0.103% = 1 in every 968 posts
51) wendigo100 ........ .203 = .0.103% = 1 in every 968 posts
52) TheBigYinJames .... .197 = .0.100% = 1 in every 997 posts
53) SallyAnne ......... .190 = .0.097% = 1 in every 1034 posts
54) Let-Me-In ......... .188 = .0.096% = 1 in every 1045 posts
55) Bumfluff .......... .171 = .0.087% = 1 in every 1149 posts
56) Zorba ............. .168 = .0.085% = 1 in every 1170 posts
57) fzbucks ........... .160 = .0.081% = 1 in every 1228 posts
58) cykophysh39 ....... .146 = .0.074% = 1 in every 1346 posts
59) janey ............. .136 = .0.069% = 1 in every 1445 posts
60) Menelaus .......... .135 = .0.069% = 1 in every 1456 posts
61) RandyW ............ .130 = .0.066% = 1 in every 1512 posts
62) Old Greg .......... .124 = .0.063% = 1 in every 1585 posts
63) tay ............... .123 = .0.063% = 1 in every 1598 posts
64) sasguru ........... .122 = .0.062% = 1 in every 1611 posts
65) chef .............. .121 = .0.062% = 1 in every 1624 posts
66) darmstadt ......... .114 = .0.058% = 1 in every 1724 posts
67) Advocate .......... .104 = .0.053% = 1 in every 1890 posts

[BrowneIssue]

Pah! Damn LR post counts!

The Top Drivellers

TPDNo. User . . . . . . .TPDPosts CUKRank CUKPosts Drivel%
. 12) .El_Diablo......... .4656 . . 193 . . .666 .699.099%
. .3) .DS23.............. 18229 . . .51 . . 3092 .589.554%
. .6) .BrowneIssue....... 11364 . . .86 . . 1996 .569.339%
. 26) .Bunk.............. .1049 . . 380 . . .188 .557.979%
. 11) .Bear.............. .6075 . . 126 . . 1210 .502.066%
. 10) .FiveTimes......... .8352 . . .97 . . 1784 .468.161%
. 18) .Fortune Green..... .2215 . . 238 . . .478 .463.389%
. .7) .NickFitz.......... 11246 . . .42 . . 3677 .305.847%
. 16) .HeliCraig......... .2354 . . 157 . . .873 .269.645%
. .4) .voodooflux........ 17013 . . .17 . . 6432 .264.506%
. .5) .cailin maith...... 13432 . . .22 . . 5623 .238.876%
. 14) .Jog On............ .2480 . . 110 . . 1544 .160.622%
. .8) .Diver............. 11169 . . . 9 . . 7309 .152.812%
. 44) .Clownio........... . 300 . . 370 . . .205 .146.341%
. .1) .BrilloPad......... 24686 . . . 1 . .17467 .141.329%
. .9) .TheFaQQer......... .9792 . . .10 . . 7262 .134.839%
. .2) .zeitghost......... 19458 . . . 2 . .17386 .111.918%
. 42) .kali.............. . 303 . . 328 . . .271 .111.808%
. 19) .zara_backdog...... .1946 . . .96 . . 1821 .106.864%
. 15) .RichardCranium.... .2443 . . .50 . . 3172 . 77.018%
. 21) .PRC1964........... .1584 . . .83 . . 2129 . 74.401%
. 34) .BA to the Stars... . 513 . . 173 . . .758 . 67.678%
. 17) .DiscoStu.......... .2244 . . .41 . . 3831 . 58.575%
. 48) .Ravello........... . 247 . . 258 . . .423 . 58.392%
. 22) .n5gooner.......... .1290 . . .77 . . 2313 . 55.772%
. 57) .fzbucks........... . 160 . . 280 . . .362 . 44.199%
. 13) .DaveB............. .2533 . . .21 . . 5782 . 43.808%
. 58) .cykophysh39....... . 146 . . 293 . . .336 . 43.452%
. 31) .EqualOpportunities . 562 . . 118 . . 1327 . 42.351%
. 35) .KathyWoolfe....... . 471 . . 111 . . 1529 . 30.804%
. 30) .Gonzo............. . 712 . . .76 . . 2320 . 30.690%
. 23) .Sockpuppet........ .1232 . . .32 . . 4723 . 26.085%
. 39) .alreadypacked..... . 379 . . 101 . . 1698 . 22.320%
. 24) .realityhack....... .1187 . . .23 . . 5446 . 21.796%
. 55) .Bumfluff.......... . 171 . . 167 . . .813 . 21.033%
. 56) .Zorba............. . 168 . . 165 . . .814 . 20.639%