You know, a lot of the time, unless it's long distance (like a couple of hours or more), it really doesn't make all that much difference 'cos you get slowed down by traffic and lights and stuff. I've done it myself, been late, trying to catch a train where the next one's not for ages and you're worried about the job: rushing in traffic gets you nothing but more risk and pisses off the other drivers.
If you can plan ahead at junctions and get lucky with lights, keep up a steady speed for a good length of time, that's when you make the difference in time. Hitting 60 to catch up with the car in front then braking back down to 30 will very rarely ever get you anything but a lower mpg. You'll find the people behind that you rushed so much to overtake or get ahead of will catch up and be a car behind you at the next lights or turning often enough. Which is.. what - 5 seconds?
Sometimes the luck flows and you can save a few mins but it's not worth it for the increased risk of it taking a few hours/weeks/months/ever too (ie. crash and maybe hospital or even death).
Happy birthday to you both. I'll be at the Notts munch that weekend, but many happy returns.
There are so many systems although msn is almost an essential to have, as so many people are on it. But there are many options, the only problem is having to install and run so many different programs to be able to use them all. But there is a solution!
I know people who won't use msn, and people who are just happy with an account elsewhere (aol, jabber, icq, , ) so I have accounts with all of them. It used to be a complete pain and slow my pc down considerably running all of them until I discovered you can get programs that can do all/most of them, integrate with my mail client at the same time and are way more customisable (always a thing in my books) than the programs provided, and skip the advertising too.
's a good one, comes in Linux (the one I use) or Windows, and maybe even Mac flavours. You can give it aliases for your contact names to help you remember who they are - something that always bugs me about some of the clients, whoever someone's signed as, if it's not someone you contact regularly, I sometimes don't know who it is if I've had them on my contacts for a while. Gaim isn't the only one but it's free, open source, and there are a few plugins for doing other stuff with.
The only problem with using non-provided applications for them all is it's can take a while to catch up with new features as msn or whoever add them, and not always as stable. But it beats having 5 or 6 different clients running. Especially if I want to set a particular 'away' message for all of them in one go.
Wow I hope you've got a big house Dave_Notts, I'm still looking for a hotel but if there is space at yours post-munch and to kip (I won't need a lot of space, floor is fine with a rug or cushion or two which I can bring if you like) and you're willing to accommodate me (I knew if I wrote "have me" the innuendos would be flying) I'd love to come. If there's not space to kip anyone else reading got any other ideas/offers?
I don't remember if I've met you properly (was at Wishy's 40th, only place you may have seen me I suspect) but Vicky_Uk, Wishmaster, Postie, Vodka_babe, Marcuso, Sarah, Lucyweebaps, blonde, (I could go on) have all met me and would, I'm sure, be happy to tell you I'm a very decent chap.
Very much looking forward to next weekend now, and meeting loads more people I don't have a face to put to the name yet.
However, after an offer of a shared hotel room for Saturday night dropped out I still need somewhere to kip. Doesn't have to be a hotel as I'm not fussy but I ain't hanging around a few hours at a station til the first train of the morning, especially if I've had a few; and I hate leaving while the party's still in full swing unless there's a bloody good reason. One or two hotels have been suggested but nothing within the price range I was hoping for (<£50?).
If anyone has space they'd be willing to share that'd be great, more so if I know you already but I'm very polite, well-behaved, and a perfect gentleman as anyone who knows me here will testify (references available). I'll more than happily share any costs too.
Still, if you do get any luck and want anyone to watch let me know - I'm in Surrey with a car. Not particularly wanting to join in but watch (and wank?) would be good, looks like being a lovely few days still.
Definitely a little kinky (some people may want to argue over whether "little" is the wrong quantifier), and hadn't thought of myself as much of a perv but I guess I am. Evidence in my ad's/signature.
<thinks> Wanting a car meet too (there's some nice roads around your area though if I remember from a meet that way/an old route to work). Oh, I already have a regular one of those I could go to (another site), I just keep missing it now mine's back on the road with weekends away/hols.
Lots of good tips. I'm used to taking my desktop full-size keys off every year or two or just using one of those compressed-air cans to clear out the hair, crumbs and crap that accumulates. You'd be surprised how much does.
Also done it on many laptop keyboards, well IBMs anyway, sure most others work the same, just prise the keys away carefully (I think working from the bottom corners works best but it's been a while so unsure) and although each key may bend a little it should pop off fine (and make sure you know what order they go in so you can put them back right - it's too much hassle swapping them round once you've put them back wrongly).
Putting them back - easy just push and they'll pop on once lined up, be careful with the larger keys like space/enter/tab as they might well have thin metal bars to help keep them flat as they move, just make sure this is hooked into the appropriate bits on the key and round the right way when it goes back on. You don't need to take all the keys off obviously but just enough to check if they're sticking.
If you're still scared to do it, go down somewhere like PC World or a local specialist shop and get them to show you/ confirm it can be done, just don't get served by a spotty student on part-time who hasn't a clue. Or find someone nearby who's experienced at these sorts of things. I'd offer to come and help if I was near enough.
Not guaranteeing this'll be the problem. Make sure you've not got anything weird running and have done a reboot, if that doesn't work do a cold reboot first (power fully off not just "restart" option) to reinitialise the hardware properly and make sure Windows doesn't keep anything in memory. It's as likely a software problem as anything else.
) but felt too embarassed. Then it was Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Danni Minogue, Madonna at various stages (me? fickle? No, just didn't have enough wall space for all of them at once 
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), but I did get brought up calling it dinner and tea instead of lunch and dinner.
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whaddaya reckon!!!??? 
. Was nice chatting though. Looking forward to the next one already! 
Great hosts and there's at least one drink I'm buying for you next time.
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or did I just dream that bit?)
