T-shirts and Table-top Games
Quote of the moment:
"No it isn't!" - Jimmy, to everything the commentor says in ISS 98.
For the last 8 hours I've been at Jimmy's, with Jim. Hurrah! Games fest!
I got carried away yesterday and forgot what I was going to post about. This was particularly foolish since I had photos! [These were added soon after I got home, at 7.15am]
Yesterday:
I went into town in the afternoon looking for work... AGAIN. Went to Bell, they said twas a mess-up cos I was expected on tuesday night and thus struck off the list. K, said I, and they said they'd phone Monday if they had something. I also went into Rayment because they had an ad in the paper for baggage handlers. This was for a 6 month contract though, which they didn't tell me until I signed up. Sigh. Nevermind, hopefully they might find me something. I DIDN'T go into Reed, because all their stuff in the window seemed too office related, which I'm not really qualified for. It was only after 5pm that I remembered they had placed people at the sorting office. Oops.
After the agencies I went back to the carpark through the High Chelmer arcade and thus was irresistably drawn to GAME, as one is. I found they had GameCubes for £65, with Donkey Bongos + game and Mario Kart Double Dash. Meh to the bongos, but Double Dash is cool, so having obtained Rob's approval I thought I'd have it.
There were none in stock. D'oh! I am therefore on a list to be rung asap when some come in. Score! While I was there I found a 128MB memory card on offer for £15 and a pre-owned copy of Super Smash Bros Melee for £10, so had them in case they were gone by the time the GC was in. This, I reasoned, would also prevent me from being able to change my mind. Impressively, despite me leaving my GAME card at home, they found my account on their computer with just my postcode!
In order to get out of Tesco's carpark without paying I needed to buy £5 worth of stuff in the store. Having looked at the CD's I spotted Creme Eggs being sold off for 18p each, so I had 28 for £5.04! There should be enough left for one each next week, if I don't get too hungry...
I had the camera out because I took it with me when my dad and I went to my grandparents for supper, to take photos of an old (and restored) Bagatelle set they have. This is the original huge version (not the marble one) played with a snooker cue on a baize surface, with small carved wooden dimples with various scores. Very cool, and quite valuable, if a bit age-damaged. They were thinking of selling it on Ebay, but were persuaded it would go nicely in our emptied house.
While I had the camera out afterwards at home, taking a picture of the eggs, I thought I'd show off my awesome Bear Faced Liar one:
I also got one of my Camp Westmont t-shirt, distributed to all who signed up with them at the Camp Directors fair:
So now you see why I didn't just carry on after my rant!
"No it isn't!" - Jimmy, to everything the commentor says in ISS 98.
For the last 8 hours I've been at Jimmy's, with Jim. Hurrah! Games fest!
I got carried away yesterday and forgot what I was going to post about. This was particularly foolish since I had photos! [These were added soon after I got home, at 7.15am]
Yesterday:
I went into town in the afternoon looking for work... AGAIN. Went to Bell, they said twas a mess-up cos I was expected on tuesday night and thus struck off the list. K, said I, and they said they'd phone Monday if they had something. I also went into Rayment because they had an ad in the paper for baggage handlers. This was for a 6 month contract though, which they didn't tell me until I signed up. Sigh. Nevermind, hopefully they might find me something. I DIDN'T go into Reed, because all their stuff in the window seemed too office related, which I'm not really qualified for. It was only after 5pm that I remembered they had placed people at the sorting office. Oops.
After the agencies I went back to the carpark through the High Chelmer arcade and thus was irresistably drawn to GAME, as one is. I found they had GameCubes for £65, with Donkey Bongos + game and Mario Kart Double Dash. Meh to the bongos, but Double Dash is cool, so having obtained Rob's approval I thought I'd have it.
There were none in stock. D'oh! I am therefore on a list to be rung asap when some come in. Score! While I was there I found a 128MB memory card on offer for £15 and a pre-owned copy of Super Smash Bros Melee for £10, so had them in case they were gone by the time the GC was in. This, I reasoned, would also prevent me from being able to change my mind. Impressively, despite me leaving my GAME card at home, they found my account on their computer with just my postcode!
In order to get out of Tesco's carpark without paying I needed to buy £5 worth of stuff in the store. Having looked at the CD's I spotted Creme Eggs being sold off for 18p each, so I had 28 for £5.04! There should be enough left for one each next week, if I don't get too hungry...
I had the camera out because I took it with me when my dad and I went to my grandparents for supper, to take photos of an old (and restored) Bagatelle set they have. This is the original huge version (not the marble one) played with a snooker cue on a baize surface, with small carved wooden dimples with various scores. Very cool, and quite valuable, if a bit age-damaged. They were thinking of selling it on Ebay, but were persuaded it would go nicely in our emptied house.
While I had the camera out afterwards at home, taking a picture of the eggs, I thought I'd show off my awesome Bear Faced Liar one:
I also got one of my Camp Westmont t-shirt, distributed to all who signed up with them at the Camp Directors fair:
So now you see why I didn't just carry on after my rant!
2 comments:
Or DDR, for people who can't dance.
However, short of being mute/legless/armless, surely anyone failing at those would have recognised their lack of rhythm and given up!
Pics up now :)
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