02:30 Ah, here's an interesting thought 02:30 shoot 02:30 My religions instructor is moving to Edinburgh for her PhD 02:31 She wrote me in an email: "Now if you ever find yourself in Edinburgh - like someone would look around and go, 'dear God, I'm in Edinburgh' - then search my last name at the University of Edinburgh and come and visit - it is good to have a free place to stay in Europe." 02:31 ooo. 02:31 that sounds almost like an invitation to come visit meh. >_> 02:32 Pretty much 02:32 I told her I'd take her up on that offer 02:32 naturally, if you find yourself at the opposite end of the British mainland, you'll also have a place to stay, not like my parents don't run an open house anyway :P 02:32 but yeah 02:32 it sounds like a good offer 02:32 plan a trip, Brandon, plan a trip 02:33 When I have money, I'll start planning 02:33 Right now, my money is going entirely towards Ohio State 02:33 yes, indeed --- Log closed Mon May 07 02:38:49 2007 --- Log opened Mon May 07 02:56:36 2007 02:56 well, if and when such a trip occurs 02:56 keep me informed 02:56 Certainly 02:57 and you'll have a place to stay down south, and possibly in the midlands if I'm still here :P 02:57 Thanks --- Log closed Mon May 07 03:02:49 2007 --- Log opened Mon May 07 03:15:53 2007 03:15 Off to sleep 03:15 Good night, Tommzilla 03:16 And yourself, Aravilavilavilar. 03:17 have a good'n --- Log closed Mon May 07 03:22:49 2007 --- Log opened Tue May 08 02:48:06 2007 02:48 >>> Tommy pokes 02:48 >>> Aravilar poked 02:49 I heard an interesting bit of news earlier today 02:49 going back to what we were talking about yesterday 02:49 Hmm? 02:50 The desperation of the SNP to secure any sort of coalition 02:50 they've approached the Green party 02:51 Ah, I read that 02:51 which gives us the entertaining situation wherein two single-issue parties are trying to work together, despite not caring for each others' causes 02:51 They must really be desperate 02:51 mut be 02:51 even then, they'd be short of a majority 02:51 Either Labour or the Lib Dems are going to have to be involved in any coalition, and neither want to work with the SNP 02:52 Surely not 02:52 so it's looking increasingly like, despite winning the vote, the SNP may not actually get to be in power 02:52 What would happen if there's no majority? 02:53 dissolution of the parliament, I should think 02:54 And another vote? 02:54 they've 28 days from the election to form a majority, or it goes to another vote 02:54 as far as I'm aware, yes 02:54 >>> Aravilar nods 02:54 Hmm, who dissolves Scottish Parliament, I wonder 02:54 someone very brave :P 02:55 Legally, I mean 02:55 Is the Queen still technically at the head of their government? 02:55 I'm not sure 02:55 yes 02:56 Then I would think it'd be her 02:56 although I'm not even sure they're required to form a majority 02:56 it's possible the largest coalition would simply govern, with little success 02:56 Very little 02:56 in fact, reading the news reports, that seems likely 02:57 any SNP-based coalition would likely be the largest group and would therefore form a government, even if it remains a minority 02:57 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6631965.stm 03:00 >>> Aravilar nods 03:02 it's all going to be interesting 03:02 might be time to relocate to somewhere peaceful --- Log closed Tue May 08 03:08:01 2007 --- Log opened Tue May 08 03:13:03 2007 03:13 Wish I could 03:13 I'm ready to go, now 03:13 I'd start packing if I could leave tomorrow 03:13 you and me both 03:13 There's nothing here, no jobs, no entertainment 03:13 :( 03:13 there's not much here 03:13 I'm going to get stuck with something I'll absolutely hate 03:13 just happens to be where the university is 03:13 I'm fairly confident of that 03:14 bah :< 03:14 come here then 03:14 Well, it's unfortunately likely 03:14 Everything here is touristy 03:14 not here specifically, because stoke sucks 03:14 but the country as a whole is ok 03:14 And I rather hate touristy stuff 03:14 >>> Tommy nods 03:15 can't be doing with it 03:15 it's all so.. fake 03:15 Like, food service 03:15 Working in a beach shop 03:15 Or in a video rental place 03:15 most of family lives in and around Blackpool 03:15 the entire town consists of a glittering seafront, followed by street after street of destitution 03:17 I'd like a job where I won't be bored out of my skull 03:17 Hey, I could afford tickets to the UK 03:17 Low price is $1056 03:17 nice 03:18 cheaper than we're paying for Kayla's flights 03:18 Leave Saturday, come back the 27th (before OSU orientation) 03:18 go for it :P 03:18 That's to Gatwick, not Heathrow 03:18 yeah, most offlights from Atlanta are 03:18 *-of 03:18 But this is from Newark 03:18 ooo 03:19 I naturally assumed it'd be via Atlanta, because.. everything is 03:19 I'd love to go, but I think I'd get killed for using the money my grandfather gave me for college for plane tickets 03:19 but either way, Gatwick isn't hard to get to 03:19 well, yes, there is that 03:20 we use Gatwick for our flights because it's somewhat closer to home than Heathrow 03:20 only an hour's drive from home 03:21 Wish I could go, but I need the money 03:22 well, indeed 03:24 Though, it's not like I'm going to be making much money here 03:24 where's 'here'? 03:25 Here, meaning, this county 03:25 At minimum wage, even assuming a full 40 hours a week, I'm only making ~$3500 this summer 03:26 ouch 03:26 what's minimum wage now? 03:27 In this state, $6.15/hr 03:27 >< 03:28 that's not so great 03:28 More like $2900 actually 03:28 here, it's closer to $9/hr 03:28 but our cost of living is a fair bit higher 03:28 That's ~$18 03:28 nono 03:29 I meant $9 03:29 Ah 03:29 it's £4.45 until age 22 03:29 then £5.15 03:29 See, I can't make the pretty symbol for pounds 03:29 ahh, yeah 03:29 illy keyboards 03:29 I had the same trouble when I was there 03:30 03:30 £ 03:31 Aha 03:31 interesting, I can't get the euro sign to show up 03:31 silly charset 03:31 Worked on my screen 03:31 yeah, I think my irc client is using iso-8859-1 03:31 >>> Tommy tries to figure out how to make it understand utf-8 03:32 € 03:33 Alt codes for the win 03:33 still nothing 03:33 well, my keyboard has a euro symbol key :P 03:33 well 03:33 no 03:33 it's Alt Gr-4 03:33 but it's marked on the keyboard :P --- Log closed Tue May 08 03:34:06 2007 --- Log opened Tue May 08 03:35:19 2007 03:35 --- Irssi: Starting query in Scatteredmind with Aravilar 03:35 try again 03:35 € 03:35 £ 03:35 Euro, pound 03:35 I get the pound 03:35 I see no euro 03:35 rmph --- Log closed Tue May 08 03:41:14 2007 --- Log opened Tue May 08 03:47:12 2007 03:47 --- Irssi: Starting query in Scatteredmind with Aravilar 03:47 ok, try now 03:47 € 03:47 £ 03:47 Euro, pound 03:47 ooo 03:47 I can't see yours, but I can see my own now 03:47 03:47 hooray 03:47 =PO 03:47 #=P 03:47 .. 03:47 sdfjblksdajnfglkadrjgln 03:48 so at least I know I'm using utf-8 properly, just not sure the connection is 03:48 Can I have a shiny UK keyboard? 03:48 sure 03:48 my parents have a few usb ones going spare 03:48 they got them in bulk for some as yet inexplained reason 03:52 I guess I'll head to bed 03:52 See you tomorrow 03:52 arright man, have a god'n 03:52 you'll get out of there eventually, you know it :P 03:52 Well, it's only a matter of time 03:54 indeed 03:54 and do pop over here sometime, it'd be good to chill and chat in person :P --- Log closed Tue May 08 04:00:16 2007