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RE: Cool!



Obviously you're not a true meglomaniac, as you didn't let on to your plans
for the laser ;o)

Rich.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ian.bird@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:ian.bird@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 July 2003 17:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Cool!
>
>
> It's a bit of a long story - I took out a car loan to get it
> cos they were
> horribly expensive at the time. I justified this by getting
> the base unit
> which had wheels, the laser had an engine and it all kinda
> made sense in a
> rather worrying way. Anyway, when this 9 stone beast arrived
> I took it all
> upstairs to the cupboard and put it all in. The oversight
> became obvious
> when I tried to shut the door and the wheels (which stuck
> out) got in the
> way. The cupboard had an auto light switch and the light was now on
> permanently. The only recourse was to hide it somewhere and the only
> available spot was under the stairs. The fact that I had to
> hack out an
> extra 2 inches clearance off the door frame didn't go down
> too well but I
> survived and it is out of sight if not out of nagging distance yet.
>
> All was well but the addition of the PC generating heat all
> the time has
> pushed it over the top and I think I need to do something about it.
> Anyway, a good excuse to automate yet something else and annoy SWMBO.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>
> 08/07/2003 16:59
> Please respond to ukha_d
>
>
>         To:     UKHA List <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        RE: [ukha_d] Cool!
>
>
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 16:53, ian.bird@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have a colour laser under the stairs and one PC which
> also create a
> lot
>
> What on earth do you have a laser under the stairs for? Are
> you a secret
> meglomaniac?
>
> Bond: Joo you ekshpect me choo chalk?
> Bird: No Mr Bond, I expect you to die. Now just get under the stairs
> please.
>
>
>
>


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