Ever notice how its everywhere?
Looked at my phone and (aside from my Frost* wallpaper, thanks to Szabi) anytime something new comes up (missed call, new text, etc...) I have the Frost*ric in the right hand corner of the icon.
My phone was a fan of Frost* before I was, I guess.
-Art
Indeed! :shock:
This week it occured to me I've been sitting on it for years:
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Well it is the standard Asterisk on any Helvetica based fonts (Arial, Arial Black, etc.), Frost* has given me a new appreciation of it's simple beauty though 8-)
I was shopping in Rotterdam yesterday and spotted a Frost*ie lunchroom!
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Can I assume they have biscuits on their menu?
Frost*erisk, perhaps?
Quote from: "Drarok"Frost*erisk, perhaps?
That is, I waould say, the correct term. :D
Keep 'em coming!
USB hub! :D
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Quote from: "Pedro"Quote from: "Drarok"Frost*erisk, perhaps?
That is, I waould say, the correct term. :D
Keep 'em coming!
i've never had to spell it out before, and I've always said "Astrick". Looking at it in writing it doesn't look correct and now I know that I because its asterisk. lol
Silly Americans
-Art
There are two streets about a mile away from my house called "Frost Ave", there's an east and west.
Every time I see it I want to somehow get a stencil and like, spraypaint the asterisk onto the street signs. But I'm pretty sure that's illegal. Oh well. :( Maybe I can find stickers or something. If I ever get such a chance I will definitely take pictures >=D
You could use the window cling and remove it after the photo.
Quote from: "CJoy"You could use the window cling and remove it after the photo.
WORD!
As I sped away from a road junction last week, to a point where two lanes become one, I realised to my horror that the guy trying to overtake me, as I put my foot down to stop him, was driving a blue and yellow checkered people mover. He also had a blue light on top and the word "Police" appeared on more than a few places.
I thought it prudent to back off (and at the same time adoping the innocent whistling with rolling eyes posture, as best one can do inside a car)
However, I noted that on the rear of the people mover, right at the extreme corner of what we used to call "The Bumper" was a lovely red Frost*erisk. Unfortunately I was not in a position to get my phone camera out. Which, considering the circumstanses was just as well. I'lll see if I can get photographic evidence at some other time - without getting arrested. :)
Anyone gone through and got a Frost*erisk tattoo yet? Which brings me to ask this, anyone wanna help suggest the best way to use the Frost*erisk for a tattoo?
Believe it or not, i actually HAVE thought about the Frost* tattoo. Right on my wrist. I don't have any and me and my friend have been considering getting one for our own band, and I thought that if that were to happen the very next tat I would get would honor Frost*
-Art
Has anyone else noticed...the Frost*erisk started out with 6 points, now it's got 5. Does that mean by the time the next album comes out it'll be a cross?
Quote from: "Julie"Has anyone else noticed...the Frost*erisk started out with 6 points, now it's got 5. Does that mean by the time the next album comes out it'll be a cross?
Indeed, I grumbled about this (and the fact that ice has hexagonal rather than pentagonal symmetry) on the old forum. I think I worried poor WW with my seriously geeky crystallographic post.
Lattice pray that doesn't happen again.
x
Ray D'Fraction.
On reflection, Tom, that was a gruesome pun. Certainly nothing to Bragg about.
As a punishment you shall be flung into reciprocal space and imprisoned within an Ewald Sphere.
D'Fraction listen here, those are grating comments, just a load of buckyballs.
Etalon about your business.
heh
and here's a pic my sister took:
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Wow.. that's very, very good, Roger's Sister!
Almost as good as a Witchy-pic :)
Sadly couldn't take a photo to validate the claim but Mrs Pedro spotted a BMW on our drive home this evening with the registration plate "FR03T"!
This naturally prompted a trip to the DVLA site (//http://www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk/home/en) where such bargains as the following number plate are cheerfully available :-
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...a snip at £1995. :shock:
How about E1MA? M1ll10nt00n?
D'you know what else is a snip at £1995? Expensive castration. :shock:
And no I cannae confirm it, cap'n.
What about this:
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Even in chidren's books :
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:mrgreen:
Quote from: "David"Even in children's books :
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:mrgreen:
That's just brilliant! :D Why isn't that one in the series?
(I can just sense Pedro writing the script already - "One day, Mr Frost* walked into Milliontown, passing Mr Snowman on the way..." - well, that's a starter for 10 anyway!)
Brilliant indeed!!
what about a title?
-Mr.Frost and the mystery of the eaten biscuits.
-Mr.Frost and the neighbors progdog become friends.
-Mr.Frost and progdog making music.
-Mr.Frost meets Mr. Snowman
-Mr.Frost and Mr.Snowman disagree.
-Mr.Frost and the yellow stained Mr.Snowman
-Progdog has some explaining to do.
-Why Mr.Snowman doesn't like biscuits.
-Mr.frost and the heatwave.
I could go on for ours...
That's genius David! :D
:lol: Tesco's will even make a t-shirt of it!
Aha, glad you like it - I'm afraid I remain childish :oops: :lol:
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It sure beats a window-cling :mrgreen:
Full marks, RH!
I trust it is now in the freezer (having eaten all of the Aunt Bessie's Roast Potatoes and Walls Twister ice creams to make room)?
That is very good RH. Did it take you hours?
I was going to take a picture of the snowman we made yesterday with the Frost* beanie but "apparently" it's been left at school!!! 5 year olds can't be trusted with anything.
that is schweeet, RH!!
Thanks guys! It was just a sudden inspiration.
Quote from: "Nellie"Did it take you hours?
Nah - I just hacked it out of the 6-inch blanket of snow that was on my car with a window-scraper-thingy. Took about 10 minutes, I think.
However, I stared at it for another 10 not wanting to destroy it so that I could move the car :(
Quote from: "Nellie"I was going to take a picture of the snowman we made yesterday with the Frost* beanie but "apparently" it's been left at school!!! 5 year olds can't be trusted with anything.
Ahh, my 6yo is not entrusted with my beanie for that very reason.
That and the fact that I'm usually wearing it when I walk him to school :)
He's now stolen Milliontown to play as his bedtime music. Oh, and he doesn't want to be an engineer anymore as he wants to be a wizard :lol:
Quote from: "Nellie"Oh, and he doesn't want to be an engineer anymore as he wants to be a wizard :lol:
When done well, it amounts to the same thing.
After all, as that Clarke fella said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Quote from: "Nellie"He's now stolen Milliontown to play as his bedtime music.
I used "No me, No You" to teach children how to hear the time signature's changing
(verse-chorus = 4/4 6/8)
Early brainwashing for future frosties* :lol:
Given that there was finally enough snow down here in Devon to make the news today (although what on earth people were doing trying to get up Haldon Hill last night is beyond me), here's evidence that by fully embracing their Frost*ieness, Devon schoolchildren this morning are happily venturing out into The Great White and getting on with their studies.
Citius, altius, frostius!
Now there's spooky! I am looking at houses in Devon with a view to relocate in the summer. Tiverton/Cullompton ish.
Quote from: "Nellie"Now there's spooky! I am looking at houses in Devon with a view to relocate in the summer. Tiverton/Cullompton ish.
Ooh, can you feel the synchronistic power of almost flirting? ;)
We're east of Exeter, near Aylesbeare, in the so-called (by East Devonians who refuse to accept that house prices will tumble here too) Golden Triangle between Exeter, Exmouth, and Sidmouth. Very nice area, closer to the coast, and with Woodbury and Aylesbeare commons on our doorstep.
Don't know too much about Tiverton or Cullompton, except as places to go through on the train or drive past on the motorway. But we made the decision to be nearer the coast rather than inland; does it have to be Tiverton/Cullompton for work reasons?
Quote from: "David"Even in chidren's books :
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:mrgreen:
Absolutely BRILLIANT
Anyone else see this as a t shirt design ? ... JJJ .. get those t shirt presses fired up !
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Now there's spooky! I am looking at houses in Devon with a view to relocate in the summer. Tiverton/Cullompton ish.
It's a small world after all, it's a small world after all, it's a sm- (oh forget that)....
I was born in Tiverton and lived there 'til I was 18 (1978).
My parents lived there until a couple of years ago....they are still there in a way.
I played my first gig in Cullompton (some girl's birthday party - poor thing!) and there's a branch of the firm my Dad worked for there.
My Dad, last to go, was in a home in Cullompton. We sold my parents place a couple of years back.
None of this is much in the way of useful information but I can say that Tiverton has changed a lot. It is a nice part of the world but given the chance I would delve deeper into the West Country and have a well insulated (cold out/sound in) house on the coast of Cornwall.
One of my old school friends runs an estate agent in Tiverton; Watts & Sons - very friendly bunch and good at what they do.
Good luck with the search!
I have decided that there are too many people in this part of London's suburbs and I am becoming claustrophobic. We live too close to the airport. We can fairly easily relocate as I don't do work at the moment and if I did it would be from home and my houseband can (probably) transfer to Taunton.
I don't want my childrens' vocabulary to be interspersed with gratuitous swear words! Not yet anyway.
Willand is the village I am obsessing about this week. :)
Small world indeed though.
Quote from: "Nellie"I have decided that there are too many people in this part of London's suburbs and I am becoming claustrophobic. We live too close to the airport. We can fairly easily relocate as I don't do work at the moment and if I did it would be from home and my houseband can (probably) transfer to Taunton.
I don't want my childrens' vocabulary to be interspersed with gratuitous swear words! Not yet anyway.
Willand is the village I am obsessing about this week. :)
Small world indeed though.
Willand....cub camp.... :)
Quote from: "Nellie"I have decided that there are too many people in this part of London's suburbs and I am becoming claustrophobic. We live too close to the airport. We can fairly easily relocate as I don't do work at the moment and if I did it would be from home and my houseband can (probably) transfer to Taunton.
I don't want my childrens' vocabulary to be interspersed with gratuitous swear words! Not yet anyway.
Willand is the village I am obsessing about this week. :)
Small world indeed though.
Willand? Smack bang on the M5, isn't it? Not sure I'd like that very much, considering how much traffic there is on it and how loud the constant tyre noise susurration is likely to be from it. Of course, if it's for "commuting to Taunton" reasons, then it makes a little more sense, except even then it's a couple of miles either way to the nearest M5 junction.
But compared to London, well, it's all relative, innit? The latter being the phrase my kids came back from London with over Christmas, after having been taken to see the panto at Hackney by my brother while we were at The Peel. Not quite a swear word, but ... :D
Quote from: "Dave M"Quote from: "David"Even in chidren's books :
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:mrgreen:
Absolutely BRILLIANT
Anyone else see this as a t shirt design ? ... JJJ .. get those t shirt presses fired up !
Perhaps should I draw a beanie like yours instead of the green hat ? :lol:
It is very close to the M5 but I have stood on a quiet day listening very hard in the garden of one particular house, and you can't hear the motorway at all. This was a concern of mine at first but then all of that paled into insignificance when I saw this particular house as it is amazing and more importantly, down the road there is......DIGGERLAND!!! :lol:
I would love to live in the middle of nowhere but I need to get places easily with small children and I might go mad (madder) if left alone for too long.
Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Dave M"Quote from: "David"Even in chidren's books :
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:mrgreen:
Absolutely BRILLIANT
Anyone else see this as a t shirt design ? ... JJJ .. get those t shirt presses fired up !
Perhaps should I draw a beanie like yours instead of the green hat ? :lol:
Yay, do the beanie.
Quote from: "Nellie"It is very close to the M5 but I have stood on a quiet day listening very hard in the garden of one particular house, and you can't hear the motorway at all. This was a concern of mine at first but then all of that paled into insignificance when I saw this particular house as it is amazing and more importantly, down the road there is......DIGGERLAND!!! :lol:
I would love to live in the middle of nowhere but I need to get places easily with small children and I might go mad (madder) if left alone for too long.
Oh yes, the (in)famous Diggerland. It's not for kids though, y'know: it's for dads (and agriculturally-minded mums) :D
Is that house on the web somewhere? Be interested to see how it's done on propertysnake recently. The only-so-slightly-conflicted estate agents and mortgage lenders would have us believe this week that (a) house prices are going up again and (b) that gazumping is re-emerging. I must stop typing before I fall on the floor in hysteria ... :roll:
As for living in isolated places, you should talk with my wife: we live pretty much in a field a few miles from any village. Mad? She's a Frostie too, so ... obviously!
Quote from: "Dave M"Quote from: "David"Even in chidren's books :
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:mrgreen:
Absolutely BRILLIANT
Anyone else see this as a t shirt design ? ... JJJ .. get those t shirt presses fired up !
Err, and make sure you give your lawyers a call too. Methinks there might be some kind of copyright issues here.
Then again, considering that there are Frost* t-shirts with Tony the Tiger on and Jem hasn't yet been hauled off the Kellog-gaol, p'raps if you keep it quiet ... ;)
Quote from: "Nellie"Yay, do the beanie.
Done!
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I'm afraid I won't be able to add a Fantom G in the background :lol:
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Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Err, and make sure you give your lawyers a call too. Methinks there might be some kind of copyright issues here.
Don't worry, it's just a joke on a forum, nobody's going to make money with it ;)
Anyway, it's a kind of parody, even a tribute to Hargreaves! And it's so easy to delete in a minute.
Fantakka! As Jem would say. :D
Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Nellie"Yay, do the beanie.
Done!
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I'm afraid I won't be able to add a Fantom G in the background :lol:
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Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Err, and make sure you give your lawyers a call too. Methinks there might be some kind of copyright issues here.
Don't worry, it's just a joke on a forum, nobody's going to make money with it ;)
Anyway, it's a kind of parody, even a tribute to Hargreaves! And it's so easy to delete in a minute.
No, no; I was referring to the prospect of making t-shirts with this on (looks good, by the way :) ) - a joke here on the forum is fine, I'm sure ...
Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"No, no; I was referring to the prospect of making t-shirts with this on
Ok, sorry for the mistake. Nobody would seriously do that :lol:
Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"No, no; I was referring to the prospect of making t-shirts with this on
Ok, sorry for the mistake. Nobody would seriously do that :lol:
Except Tesco. (Who have a line in Mr. Men t-shirts)
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
It's the people selling it who are mad. It's been empty for 2 years and they still think it's worth what it was 2 years ago!
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
It's the people selling it who are mad. It's been empty for 2 years and they still think it's worth what it was 2 years ago!
Fools! Whatever planet are they on not to notice this here recession?
Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
It's the people selling it who are mad. It's been empty for 2 years and they still think it's worth what it was 2 years ago!
Fools! Whatever planet are they on not to notice this here recession?
Pah! Don't get me started. :x
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
It's the people selling it who are mad. It's been empty for 2 years and they still think it's worth what it was 2 years ago!
Fools! Whatever planet are they on not to notice this here recession?
Pah! Don't get me started. :x
OK, I'll not. :D
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"No, no; I was referring to the prospect of making t-shirts with this on
Ok, sorry for the mistake. Nobody would seriously do that :lol:
Except Tesco. (Who have a line in Mr. Men t-shirts)
Well, at the distinct risk of coming over all serious on a forum that proscribes such behaviour :D , I would strongly suspect that Tesco or the Mr Men t-shirt manufacturers pay a licensing fee.
P'raps if there were to be Frost* fan t-shirts with this logo, we should all agree just to wear them under our everyday clothes, only to be revealed with a Supermanesque ripping of garments once we're all safely locked in at a gig.
I like that image; Frost*ies as undercover super-heroes, saving the world from mediocre music, one biscuit at a time :lol:
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"saving the world from mediocre music, one biscuit at a time :lol:
I didn't get the size I am by having one biscuit at a time. :mrgreen:
Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Talking of mad, I can't tell you about the house because it will jinx it. :roll:
I know; I hardly expected you to. After all, I did mention gazumping ;)
It's the people selling it who are mad. It's been empty for 2 years and they still think it's worth what it was 2 years ago!
Fools! Whatever planet are they on not to notice this here recession?
Pah! Don't get me started. :x
OK, I'll not. :D
But I'll say this much; as someone who moved back to the UK four years ago after living abroad for 18 years, it's the bloody house prices that will push me back offshore again.
Actually, more than the prices themselves, it's the smug sense of entitlement to stupid amounts of unearned money that people trying to sell houses have had over the past few years that has been most infuriating. I'll buggered if I'm going to jump in with my real money and buy them a a completely unnecessary Range Rover or fund their retirement chateau in France.
At least I don't hear the "I've earned more on my house this year than from my job" nonsense anymore. Easy come, easy go, people ... oh, you took
another mortgage out on your inflated house value and spent the money on holidays and personalised license plates for your new Mercedes convertible? Bye, bye ...
Bitter, me? No, just happy I have the option of baling out at no loss, although it'll mean fewer Frost* gigs in the future. :cry: Then again, given that imminent depression and hyperinflation will herald the return of 90% supertax to fund, well, just about anything, p'raps Jem and the boys will have to move into tax-exile in Switzerland like Yes and all the rest did in the 1970s.
:)
Dear me; such a rant and on such a nice sunny day ...
Quote from: "johninblack"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"saving the world from mediocre music, one biscuit at a time :lol:
I didn't get the size I am by having one biscuit at a time. :mrgreen:
Oh, I dunno: all a question of size really, innit? :D
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Silly Arse! :lol:
Quote from: "Nellie"Silly Arse! :lol:
Oh, that's quite the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day. I aim to please. :mrgreen:
(Of course, if you were referring to some other posting, then I withdraw the first part, but not the second).
well we've been trying to sell our house in east london for about 2 years. we have gone down £50k but cant really go down any more because the houses in the catchment area we want to move to in Kent arent going down as fast as the east london houses. Unfortunately we dont have the chance to get a new car or anything out of our sale. We'd just be happy to be able to give the kids a bedroom each and a bit more garden in an area where they are more likely to get to 15 without becoming pregnant or dead.
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Silly Arse! :lol:
Oh, that's quite the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day. I aim to please. :mrgreen:
(Of course, if you were referring to some other posting, then I withdraw the first part, but not the second).
Not sure which posting you are referring to but my comment is only aimed at the last one. :lol:
Quote from: "wickedwitch"well we've been trying to sell our house in east london for about 2 years. we have gone down £50k but cant really go down any more because the houses in the catchment area we want to move to in Kent arent going down as fast as the east london houses. Unfortunately we dont have the chance to get a new car or anything out of our sale. We'd just be happy to be able to give the kids a bedroom each and a bit more garden in an area where they are more likely to get to 15 without becoming pregnant or dead.
They are my thoughts too WW, although I love my house. I would like to pick it up and plonk it somewhere lovely.
Anyway rantrantrant open a bottle of wine. :D
Quote from: "Nellie"Quote from: "wickedwitch"well we've been trying to sell our house in east london for about 2 years. we have gone down £50k but cant really go down any more because the houses in the catchment area we want to move to in Kent arent going down as fast as the east london houses. Unfortunately we dont have the chance to get a new car or anything out of our sale. We'd just be happy to be able to give the kids a bedroom each and a bit more garden in an area where they are more likely to get to 15 without becoming pregnant or dead.
They are my thoughts too WW, although I love my house. I would like to pick it up and plonk it somewhere lovely.
Anyway rantrantrant open a bottle of wine. :D
Will beer do instead? A nice bottle of Otter Head, from a couple of miles away on the River Otter, has been cooling down out in the snow that remains on our deck :)
As for houses, WW's comment is interesting, as it suggests an understandable reverse of the original lag between rising London prices and those in the sticks (including Devon) which allowed Londoners to pile down here and buy everything in sight. Breaking the link might require selling in London now, renting for a while, then buying the house you want in Kent when those prices (inevitably) fall. Not an easy call at all, I know.
To be honest, while I was ranting about smug home owners previously, I tend to suspect that in the final analysis, the home price bubble will have been good for only a small number of people, perhaps those that could move country or downsize. Lots of people will ultimately have suffered, since the bubble made many people do crazy things, be it taking a 5x earnings, self-certified mortgage, or falling for the idea that rising (apparent) equity could reasonably converted into tangible (and unnecessary) luxury goods.
Bubbles like this don't happen in Germany (where I lived for a long time) and I think that, overall, everyone's happier for it. Long-term stability in something as fundamental as housing is probably a good thing.
Sorry, this all belongs on housepricecrash, not here :?
Returning to normal service: Nellie, I'm still none the wiser which post was worth an Arse, but that's probably entirely for the best. But if it was the biscuit one, then I'd like to announce how happy I am to have finally made it to be a Tangy Ginger Nut, since that's a pretty fair description :lol:
I thought the picture with the giant choc chip was was obviously worth the comment! :roll:
I'm not a big beer fan but then I am a girl. Guiness I like lots but on a daily quaff basis it has to be my old friend red wine.
Quote from: "Nellie"I thought the picture with the giant choc chip was was obviously worth the comment! :roll:
I'm not a big beer fan but then I am a girl. Guiness I like lots but on a daily quaff basis it has to be my old friend red wine.
Oh, oh, oh: you fell for it ... (naming the post, as opposed to allowing it go unspoken despite my dumb protestations :D )
If you move Devonwards, then you might want to open your beer-buds and try some of the very many excellent ones brewed down this way. Alternatively, there are many local ciders ... but if wine is your thing, then we even do that: the Pebblebed Vineyards just a couple of miles from here produce very good whites and roses and even operate as partial co-operative, should part-owning and working in wine-marking float your boat.
For decent reds here though, we'll have to wait for further global warming. In the meantime, I can but profess my love for Chilean merlot and carmenere: one of the privileges of my job is fairly regular trips to that part of the world. Yum yum. :)
Doh! It doesn't matter how many smilies there are, things still get lost and confused (like me), especially internationally.
Cider reminds me too much of my misspent youth. You'd be hard pushed to drag me away from my wine, but I'll try anything (at least) once if it doesn't have a face. I'm Spain and Italy at the moment.
Veering off an a completely different tangent....where's that whippersnapper Jem? Anyone seen him?
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"...I can but profess my love for Chilean merlot and carmenere...
:shock: Heresy! Blasphemy! :lol:
Are you really French?
Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"...I can but profess my love for Chilean merlot and carmenere...
:shock: Heresy! Blasphemy! :lol:
Oops, sorry, touched a nerve there apparently :D But while I travel to France (very) often and am very happy to drink your (?) wines, I have to say that New World reds are ultimately more my thing than Bordeaux. I have very fond memories of some outstanding bottles of Californian high-end reds and many, many good bottles of Australian and Chilean wines have been opened round these parts. Then again, so have many bottles of port, so I'm nothing if not catholic in my tastes ;)
Actually, which biscuits are good with wine? If there was ever a forum to ask that on, this is the one. Bound to be something very chocolately, surely ...
Quote from: "Nellie"Doh! It doesn't matter how many smilies there are, things still get lost and confused (like me), especially internationally.
Cider reminds me too much of my misspent youth. You'd be hard pushed to drag me away from my wine, but I'll try anything (at least) once if it doesn't have a face. I'm Spain and Italy at the moment.
Veering off an a completely different tangent....where's that whippersnapper Jem? Anyone seen him?
Sorry: I was bs'ing, of course, trying to cover up for
my confusion and muddledness (now I've drunk my Otter, I can freely admit this) ;)
Anything as long as it doesn't have a face? How about oysters (also good in Devon)? They usually manage to polarise the crowd no end ...
As for Jem, I would have thought that if anyone had his home number, it'd be you, Nellie. Give him a ring :D
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "David":shock: Heresy! Blasphemy! :lol:
Oops, sorry, touched a nerve there apparently :D
There's a bit of snobbery in France about that, but I'm sure there are lots of good wines all around the world ;)
I live near Bordeaux, here even Bourgogne is considered to be undrinkable :lol:
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Actually, which biscuits are good with wine? If there was ever a forum to ask that on, this is the one. Bound to be something very chocolately, surely ...
We usualy ask the question differently : which wine would go with this biscuit ?
In fact, there's necessarily a wine that goes with any biscuit ;)
With a chocolate one, you may prefer a sweet white wine like Sauternes ("sweet with sweet"), or a dry one to contrast with - or Champagne!
Quote from: "Nellie"Are you really French?
J'en ai bien peur !
Quote from: "David"With a chocolate one, you may prefer a sweet white wine like Sauternes ("sweet with sweet"), or a dry one to contrast with - or Champagne!
Choc-Hob-Nob + Champagne... it's got to be tried!
In another thread I think I mentioned biscotti dunked in Cognac or Armagnac (I know it's not wine) but it's very nice.
Quote from: "David"Quote from: "Nellie"Are you really French?
J'en ai bien peur !
That's ok! :lol: :lol:
Quote from: "David"There's a bit of snobbery in France...
It's ages since I did any French....I remember "boulangerie" and "patisserie"....what do they sell at the "snobberie" or won't they let anyone in? :)
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Quote from: "Nellie"Doh! It doesn't matter how many smilies there are, things still get lost and confused (like me), especially internationally.
Cider reminds me too much of my misspent youth. You'd be hard pushed to drag me away from my wine, but I'll try anything (at least) once if it doesn't have a face. I'm Spain and Italy at the moment.
Veering off an a completely different tangent....where's that whippersnapper Jem? Anyone seen him?
Sorry: I was bs'ing, of course, trying to cover up for my confusion and muddledness (now I've drunk my Otter, I can freely admit this) ;)
Anything as long as it doesn't have a face? How about oysters (also good in Devon)? They usually manage to polarise the crowd no end ...
As for Jem, I would have thought that if anyone had his home number, it'd be you, Nellie. Give him a ring :D
:D Jem doesn't really do phone!
You can keep your oysters, call me a wimp but I'm gagging at the thought of them. :(
Quote from: "Nellie"You can keep your oysters, call me a wimp but I'm gagging at the thought of them. :(
In the wise words of Roger Waters: "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers."
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Made me smile to see this on the hotel room phone last week during my visit to Uncle Sam. :D
:D
When you press the "Flash" button, does the phone go; "#aah-aah...king of the impossible"?
Quote from: "Pedro":D
When you press the "Flash" button, does the phone go; "#aah-aah...king of the impossible"?
:lol: I didn't try, but preesing the "7" button opened a secret cabinet in the wall revealing an expensive electric guitar.
(I wish!!)
Seems as if Jem's meeting with Steven Wilson had a greater than expected impact. Scroll down to the bottom of the current PT website front page and see what is at the bottom right-hand side of the countdown clock... 8-)
http://www.porcupinetree.com/ (http://www.porcupinetree.com/)
heh
I think there should be a caption competition for this one!
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Hmm...
"Take the heat, it's all right it's all right - I'm cold blooded"?
...
I'm so sorry. I'll boo meself off the stage.
Booooo!
Just noticed one at work earlier today.
I was drinking a bottle of Barr's Irn Bru, and after I finished it, turned the bottle upside down and looked at the bottom.
It looked uncannily like the Frost*erisk. Coincidental??
Took this in Leeds earlier this year on the night of the DT gig. Sorry 'bout crap camera phone!
I never noticed 'till yesterday that the french clothing retailer Celio use the Frost*erisk since 2000 :)
http://www.celio.com/#/welcome (http://www.celio.com/#/welcome)
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Spotted this the other day (some weeks ago actually) and forgot to post it!
It's on MTV Dance or some other channel playing non-stop boom-tish-boom-tish-boom-tish rubbish...
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Just watched the first two episodes of Caprica (prequel to Battlestar Galactica) and what do I spot?
It seems Jem is getting really good at product placement...that's one in the eye for the Cylons!
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Does anyone watch Chowder on Cartoon Network?
The police wear Frost* Beanies :lol:
//http://serapiocalm.blogspot.com/2008/09/chowder-police-academy.html
:D
Frosterisk - mountain bike - baboon action!
Quote from: "Ba55me15ter"Frosterisk - mountain bike - baboon action!
Where's that, Ba55me15ter? South Africa?
Indeed it is! Tokai forest, near Cape Town.
Nice work! :D
What's the furry thing?
Quote from: "Ba55me15ter"Indeed it is! Tokai forest, near Cape Town.
Ah, partly lucky guess on my part :D It reminded me of the area around Franschhoek, to the east of Cape Town, where I spent a very pleasant day eating and drinking (nice wine!) a couple of years ago, before driving down to Hermanus Bay to watch whales breaching, followed by a nice drive back along the coast to Cape Town. Keep meaning to take the family down there for a holiday ...
Of course, the baboon was a useful starting point, continent-wise ... 8-)
Quote from: "catherine"What's the furry thing?
That's no way to refer to Ba55me15ter's significant other, Catherine, even if she's just nicked the Frost* shirt off that poor freezing baboon ... ;)
Went to Newcastle last night to see good new band Dee Expus who were supporting Pendragon. Was quite amused to see one of the Pendragon roadies wearing a Frost* hoodie despite the Esoteric Evening comments...('I killed a lobster inhumanely once by playing it Pendragon' ) 8-)
Quote from: "D S"Went to Newcastle last night to see good new band Dee Expus
*is jealous*
Love 'em. Seriously talented chaps. And a good laugh.
And Hen is way too talented for one so young. Bastard.
Hen is younger than me. B*stard.
Quote from: "Mouse"Hen is younger than me. B*stard.
Hen's younger than everyone and more talented than some twice his age :)
As seen over my head in many motels on many nights during our recent holiday, taunting me in my sleep, the standard American Frost* fan :lol:
People and companies all over the world use Frost*erisks as a rating system...
:P
I believe I've found the perfect biscuit table :D
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Like it! :D
me, too! wish I had room for it!
Snazzy!
I saw this and thought of you...
//http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B0014ZV8M4/ref=dp_otherviews_1?ie=UTF8&s=clothing&img=1
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Hiding under the guise of a business that copies.
Hmm...McDonalds advert...real life? :?
Anyway, Macky-D obviously want to associatee with the band....
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(//http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/waitepb/McFrost_Frost.jpg)
:D
That's almost too good for coincidence. :lol:
...Hey, packing for the weekend, now there's a thought... :? *scarpers*
*Edit* I've moved the first part of this post to the relevant thread. I should try looking before posting...
Quote from: "Mouse"...Hey, packing for the weekend, now there's a thought... :? *scarpers*
Oh yeah. That's a point.
Hmm. Leave in 3.5 hours.... I'll do it in an hour or so.
I've got half an hour left before I leave. I need to get dressed and pack some clothes and some other stuff. Beat that for last minute-ness. :P
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:D :shock:
Quite hypnotic that is....
I like it. I want it displayed on my wall. Turn it into a clock and it'd be perfect. :D
Quote from: "Dr.Ripper"(//http://i.imgur.com/77Wig.gif)
It's groovy. 8-)
It's better than a Wankel!
Have you ever felt like this?
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That*s great! :lol:
Quote from: "Paul"Have you ever felt like this?
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I bet Jem has. :P
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Brilliant, man. :D
Quote from: "Paul"(//http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp318/pip1066/genius_cover.jpg)
/bow
awesome.
Class! That and the one above look like new t-shirts to me! 8-)
Brilliant! :)
Thanks fello Frost*ies you are most kind and most welcome. :D
Bearing in mind Jem's recent tummy troubles, I thought he may enjoy the sight of a couple of firm stools!
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//http://www.greenyourdecor.com/1753/emphasize-roscoe-jackson-asterisk-stool/
> firm stools
heh (and a little bit of eww...) :D
Any guesses as to where this one was found hiding?
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No, Seriously... I Swear the Bacon Moved itself into formation on top of the Eggs,Sausage gravy and Biscuits!! :shock:
(//http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n210/kerzwhile/Foodsterisk.jpg)
:lol:
Stick this on your Christmas list for a festive frost*y pressy.
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//http://www.dotmaison.com/deskgimpdeskorganiser_p_31487.html
that's great!
That Is Excellent!! Jem Should Look into making this Official SWAG...... Great Find! ;)
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Costa muffin wrapper ;)
:)
It's a sign!
Quote from: "Pedro":)
It's a sign!
Yes, a sign that we're all so completely obsessed, we can see the Frost*erisk just about anywhere ... 8-)
Can you see it in this one!? It must be in there somewhere ...
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I didn't see one, but I did see some Wally chap in one glance. 8-)
I need to find the cable that connects my phone to my laptop, then I can upload the numerous Frost*erisks myself, Fogeyspasm and his son found in Manchester during the BLM Tour...
even my cats are Frost*ies!!
[attachment=0:23idd695]Frostie cat dish.jpg[/attachment:23idd695]
:D
It's not quite a Frost*erisk, but it's damn close! My father is self-employed designing and building exotic sports cars. This means he needs to do a lot of working with and shaping sheet metal- one of his tools for doing such is an english wheel. I was in his shop today, and noticed THIS:
(//http://i.imgur.com/tNhez.jpg)
Don't see it? Let's look a little closer-
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The best part is this particular english wheel was manufactured in the UK!
I pointed to it and remarked on the name, upon which my father, bless him, responded with a hearty "take a picture and show Jem!"
I've created a monster. :D
That's a great logo. It has an art decor vibe to it, I think. Maybe it could be stolen for the next Frost* produce?
Quote from: "Mouse"That's a great logo. It has an art decor vibe to it, I think. Maybe it could be stolen for the next Frost* produce?
agreed! call Vitamin P!
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Ye gods! There's oodles of 'em!
One of the things I do in my day job with Auntie Beeb is look after an internal website which handles recordings of transmissions for journos to review and reuse bits of material that we've already broadcast. So...this is the newest incarnation. It gets about 2-3 million hits a year. Spot the Frost*erisk tribute:
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V subtle :)
heh
Double heh. 8-)
:shock: STOP THIEF!
//http://www.flowd.com/
How very dare they!
Contrived....(ok, not the actual Frost*erisk!)
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....upholstered....
(//http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/waitepb/FrosteriskBeanBag.jpg)
....plated....(again not the *)
(//http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/waitepb/FrostNumberPlate.jpg)
....and squashed
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good ones!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/20/flot ... -chilaxin/ (http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/20/flottille-unfolding-origami-is-anti-nanotechnology-pro-chilaxin/)
skip to about 5:44ish I certainly haven't got the patience to watch all that.
:D :D
:D
//http://youtu.be/bccUO325kuQ
I was down in Houston, TX for work for the last two weeks and I kept driving past all sorts of branches of this "Frost Bank..."
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(//http://www.hancocksign.com/Portals/0/images/PoleFrostB.jpg)
this is their headquarters building in Austin, sporting their near-frost*erisk logo...
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Quote from: "finbeard"(//http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/pixeltopia/default/frost-bank-building-austin-tx--large-msg-118444938755.jpg)
LOL
I can just picture Jem in the penthouse of that place in his black swivel chair stroking a white cat... :)
I borrowed my son's Fiesta today and was gobsmacked to discover . . . . . . Uncle Henry has seen fit to install a Frost*erisk button as standard to the in car entertainment system! :D
(//http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp318/pip1066/forderisk.jpg)
:D :D :D
Subliminal advertising spotted on London Underground last night on the way to FrostBite gig!
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This was always a fun thread so here.. saw this.. http://www.tigerdirect.com/include/AddCartfromGallery.asp?EdpNo=1882599&csid=ITD&Sku=P121-8210&imgcart=1
nice!
This is all cool, but check out 00:48...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4IMfH7I3E
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