Guinness n' Rollies 2: Off Topic Chat Thread

CastorTroy

miamee wrote: »

Ah you are all only young wans
Mostly. Not me

Wait.... is that why you wanted to start posting in here? To be around people your age since can't go to those noisy clubs.

CastorTroy

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Oi you.. how do you know I act my age? :mad: :pac:

At least my hair (whats left of it) is the one colour :P

Was implying you were only 2. :P
And what colour is that? Grey?:pac:
It adds character

ToxicPaddy

CastorTroy wrote: »

Was implying you were only 2. :P
And what colour is that? Grey?:pac:
It adds character

Ahh right, well my youthful good looks and soft skin does help :pac:

Nah not grey yet, think it will be gone before it starts going grey, though the aul stubble when I get lazy and don't shave has a variety of colours in it..

D'Agger

KamiKazeKitten wrote: »

Almost - I'm 20 this April, not half as organised as you though cos I haven't even planned tomorrow yet :pac:

The month of fools :pac:

To confirm this I would like to inform you all that I too, am born in April, and quite the fool

awec wrote: »

You should get the mach 3 out and shave it off down to the bone and polish your scone up.

Not with these bad boys - *points at bushy eyebrows

The head-shaven look, does not Paul suit I'm afraid

awec

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ToxicPaddy

D'Agger wrote: »

Not with these bad boys - *points at bushy eyebrows

The head-shaven look, does not Paul suit I'm afraid

awec wrote: »

Get your eyebrows tweezed too then.

I think waxed would be more fun..

miamee

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wait.... is that why you wanted to start posting in here? To be around people your age since can't go to those noisy clubs.

The music is far too loud in clubs, you can't have a nice chat :pac:

CastorTroy

miamee wrote: »

The music is far too loud in clubs, you can't have a nice chat :pac:

They're even worse sober, I believe. I'm assuming that's the case since drunk people seem to enjoy them.

D'Agger

awec wrote: »

Get your eyebrows tweezed too then.

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I think waxed would be more fun..

I'm not shaving the head lads - I'll hold on to my hair for dear life!!

miamee

CastorTroy wrote: »

They're even worse sober, I believe. I'm assuming that's the case since drunk people seem to enjoy them.

I can't imagine going willingly while sober...but there's a first time for everything I suppose.

awec

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CastorTroy

D'Agger wrote: »

I'm not shaving the head lads - I'll hold on to my hair for dear life!!

Not doing a good job so far

miamee wrote: »

I can't imagine going willingly while sober...but there's a first time for everything I suppose.

I try not to go too often. there's a reason I post in OD.

miamee

CastorTroy wrote: »

Not doing a good job so far
I try not to go too often. there's a reason I post in OD.

Lol, me too

awec wrote: »

What about a combover?

Ha, my uncle used to have one of those. When he went swimming one day, my other uncle started shouting at him that there was a rat following him in the pool

Pembily

miamee wrote: »

I can't imagine going willingly while sober...but there's a first time for everything I suppose.

Clubs sober are grand! Not as bad as people think!

D'Agger

awec wrote: »

What about a combover?

A Mexi-Combover :pac:

CastorTroy wrote: »

Not doing a good job so far

*And he never posted in the know your clubbers thread again :pac:

Pembily

D'Agger wrote: »

*And he never posted in the know your clubbers thread again :pac:

Ah I liked your funky jeans

D'Agger

Pembily wrote: »

Ah I liked your funky jeans

They took the attention away from my head

Pembily

D'Agger wrote: »

They took the attention away from my head

Too much innuendo to comment and too tipsy :P

D'Agger

Of course Bluewolf likes it :pac:

Morning all, how're we today?

Think I should share this with you all - hats off to this gentleman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0Lz4T5KXQ

Daisies

Christmas album on repeat and I am procrastinating to beat the band. Blog entry being typed, photos onto facebook, changing my profile picture. I'm just short of starting to paint my nails.

Pembily

D'Agger wrote: »

Of course Bluewolf likes it :pac:

Morning all, how're we today?

Think I should share this with you all - hats off to this gentleman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0Lz4T5KXQ

That video was great!

I am feeling pretty crappy today Coming down with a cold :mad:

Daisies wrote: »

Christmas album on repeat and I am procrastinating to beat the band. Blog entry being typed, photos onto facebook, changing my profile picture. I'm just short of starting to paint my nails.

Sounds like a good day

D'Agger

Daisies wrote: »

Christmas album on repeat and I am procrastinating to beat the band. Blog entry being typed, photos onto facebook, changing my profile picture. I'm just short of starting to paint my nails.

Jebus, productive much?? :pac:

grames_bond

D'Agger wrote: »

Think I should share this with you all - hats off to this gentleman

wedding proposal

that is great! but I don;'t think anything will top this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVAE91E7kM

Hero!!

Morning all o/

The Black Oil

Morning all.

So, how are we fixed for the apocalypse? :pac:

miamee

D'Agger that video was lovely I had everyone watching the T Mobile Welcome Back video earlier here in the office. I can't actually watch it myself or I might cry

Daisies

D'Agger wrote: »

Jebus, productive much?? :pac:

Pity none if it is what I am supposed to be doing! Photos currently uploading for my blog entry!

@Black Oil, I'm pretty sure the students want the world to end before their last exam tomorrow. However Malawi is one of the "safe places" so Bye guys, twas good knowing ye :P

Agent Smith

The Black Oil wrote: »

Morning all.

So, how are we fixed for the apocalypse? :pac:

i've a few cans, so i'll be grand

The Black Oil

What's in the cans?

Nice that you live in an exclusion zone, Daises.

swapple

Morning everyone!

grames_bond wrote: »

that is great! but I don;'t think anything will top this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVAE91E7kM

I actually know someone who did something similar to that, except it was a mini movie of their lives together, must see if I can find it on youtube!

I'm so ready for the apocalypse! Gonna be watching Die Hard when the world 'ends'!

grames_bond

swapple wrote: »

I'm so ready for the apocalypse! Gonna be watching Die Hard when the world 'ends'!

Don't worry!

ToxicPaddy

Whew... I had a freezer full of food to eat and the thoughts of that going off along with warm beer after the electricity is gone as the end of days approaches was bringing a tear to my eye..

CastorTroy

But wasn't Maya in South America? So would be 12/21 their time.

ToxicPaddy

CastorTroy wrote: »

But wasn't Maya in South America? So would be 12/21 their time.

Ahh crap!! :cool:

D'Agger

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Ahh crap!! :cool:

Doing up a powerpoint presentation - for somebody who works in IT - I rarely have to use MS Office I have to admit!! :pac:

ToxicPaddy

D'Agger wrote: »

Doing up a powerpoint presentation - for somebody who works in IT - I rarely have to use MS Office I have to admit!! :pac:

Anyone who works in IT should never require a powerpoint presentation for themselves.. shameful!! :pac:

CastorTroy

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Anyone who works in IT should never require a powerpoint presentation for themselves.. shameful!! :pac:

Dunno. I'm a systems tester and there are times I think I have to do up a big presentation just to get the point across to the developers of what the bug is.

Pembily

D'Agger wrote: »

Doing up a powerpoint presentation - for somebody who works in IT - I rarely have to use MS Office I have to admit!! :pac:

Don't put lots of words on each slide, less is more in this case!

ToxicPaddy

CastorTroy wrote: »

Dunno. I'm a systems tester and there are times I think I have to do up a big presentation just to get the point across to the developers of what the bug is.

Work on the sys admin side of things and despise power point presentations.. especially when the contain overly colourful graphs, pie charts etc.. its like a presentation for a bunch kindergarten going kids.. :rolleyes: (Granted some senior mgmt can be like that!!)

If there is info there to be shared, a simple graph works, doesn't need every colour of the rainbow to show it.. /rant

*deep breath*

grames_bond

Pembily wrote: »

Don't put lots of words on each slide, less is more in this case!

THIS!!

6 words per slide MAX!!

when I was in college my final presentation had no words at all - just videos, hi res pictures and graphs! it's a presentation - you are supposed to PRESENT!

(not gonna lie - I loved doing them!)

Pembily

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Work on the sys admin side of things and despise power point presentations.. especially when the contain overly colourful graphs, pie charts etc.. its like a presentation for a bunch kindergarten going kids.. :rolleyes: (Granted some senior mgmt can be like that!!)

If there is info there to be shared, a simple graph works, doesn't need every colour of the rainbow to show it.. /rant

*deep breath*

Not everyone speaks techie but still needs to understand! There is no need for all the colours. Presentations are a good way of sharing this information! I don't mind giving them to be honest.

grames_bond wrote: »

THIS!!

6 words per slide MAX!!

when I was in college my final presentation had no words at all - just videos, hi res pictures and graphs! it's a presentation - you are supposed to PRESENT!

(not gonna lie - I loved doing them!)

Ah 6 is a bit low but anything over 20 is ridiculous! People just read and don't listen to what you have to say at all, pointless!

grames_bond

Pembily wrote: »

Ah 6 is a bit low but anything over 20 is ridiculous! People just read and don't listen to what you have to say at all, pointless!

what is worse than this is someone who reads the words on the slide word for word - nothing worse imo!!

also 6 words is perfect - Look up Seth Godin or Steve Jobs' presentations for proof!

ToxicPaddy

Pembily wrote: »

Not everyone speaks techie but still needs to understand! There is no need for all the colours. Presentations are a good way of sharing this information! I don't mind giving them to be honest.

I absolutely agree and understand this but if you look at the original post by D'Agger its a presentation from one IT peep to another IT peep.. so they should understand it.

For non IT folk, its a completely different story and usually very necessary..

Pembily

grames_bond wrote: »

what is worse than this is someone who reads the words on the slide word for word - nothing worse imo!!

also 6 words is perfect - Look up Seth Godin or Steve Jobs' presentations for proof!

I don't get why people read slides

Sometimes a few more words are needed, sometimes (I am currently working on a powerpoint that has about 20 words per slide but it's for a student audience).

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I absolutely agree and understand this but if you look at the original post by D'Agger its a presentation from one IT peep to another IT peep.. so they should understand it.

For non IT folk, its a completely different story and usually very necessary..

Ah see I didn't read it the way it was meant. I thought he was saying he was an IT person.

Is this day over yet?

The Black Oil

Apparently, Haiku Deck is handy for presentations, if you've an iPad (think you can export to Powerpoint or PDF).

Last presentation I was at was half a day's training. He used 89 slides, iirc.

D'Agger

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Anyone who works in IT should never require a powerpoint presentation for themselves.. shameful!! :pac:

We do when it's to ask for the tools required.

Family based company so they want to know everything about what's going on so need to explain what we're doing, why we need it etc. - all I want is my own VM!

Pembily wrote: »

Don't put lots of words on each slide, less is more in this case!

I'm all about the bullet points with corresponding notes underneath for me to say!

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

I absolutely agree and understand this but if you look at the original post by D'Agger its a presentation from one IT peep to another IT peep.. so they should understand it.

For non IT folk, its a completely different story and usually very necessary..

Nooooo - it's to management, that said it's also for members of IT to look at but tbh I think dumbing it down for some of the senior IT folk will also be a requirement

CastorTroy

Just my luck. I win a prize at work and it's a bottle of wine.

Pembily

CastorTroy wrote: »

Just my luck. I win a prize at work and it's a bottle of wine.

Do you not drink? I will swap for the box of mint crisp chocolate I won yesterday!

D'Agger

oh good god the 3pm slump.....coffee

grames_bond

I have coffee too - nom nom nom coffee!

Panthro

I have coffee too!
But it's 8am for me...


Ye should be ashamed of yerselves, young fellas like ye..tut tut tut!:D