Mad Friends and Colleagues

My friends and colleagues are strange STRANGE people, but I love them

sillybugger1 [9:55 AM]
I like your style, starting your new world order with vegetables

sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Dibs on beetroot. And parsnips

sillybugger3 [9:56 AM]
sigh.. he were go again…

the beetroot must be shared . you can however have the fennel

sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Very well

sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Neeps? Tatties?

sillybugger3 [9:56 AM]
also celeriac

sillybugger4 [9:56 AM]
The celery can fuck right off.

sillybugger2 [9:56 AM]
Oh yes. Celeriac

sillybugger5 [9:57 AM]
as long as I get the roast spuds I’ll be happy

sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
Come to papa

sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
we will be keeping tomatoes.. shut up sillybugger1

sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
And celery

sillybugger4 [9:57 AM]
Chard. All mine.

sillybugger6 [9:57 AM]
if you take the tomatoes the greeks will invade

sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
You’re welcome to it

sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
ooh .. yes you can have “chard” i will have rainbow chard

sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
ha!

sillybugger2 [9:57 AM]
grabs all the horseradish and mushrooms

sillybugger3 [9:57 AM]
damn.. grabs onions

sillybugger4 [9:57 AM]
Carrots. Got ’em.

sillybugger5 [9:57 AM]
Broccoli here thanks

sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
shuffles towards the pak choi and smuggles out the garlic

sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
including spring onions and garlic

slackbot [9:58 AM]
BOING!!!!!

sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
^^ 🙂

sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
spring!

slackbot [9:58 AM]
BOING!!!!!

sillybugger3 [9:58 AM]
:grinning:

sillybugger2 [9:58 AM]
eyes up the savoy cabbage

sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
grabs the savoy cabbage and the greens whilst sillybugger2 is making up his mind

sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
bugger

sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
ram-raids the sugarsnap peas aisle and grabs mange tout for good measure

sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
throws artichokes at him as a distraction

sillybugger2 [9:59 AM]
catches them gratefully

sillybugger5 [9:59 AM]
ooh I almost forgot the peppers

sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
grabs green beans and fresh peas

sillybugger6 [9:59 AM]
we get the baked beans!!

sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
damn!

sillybugger4 [9:59 AM]
stuffs the cauliflower up his shirt and backs towards the door

sillybugger3 [9:59 AM]
pulses.. i had no idea we were divvying pulses

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
Oh we’re on to legumes and grains now are we?

sillybugger3 [10:00 AM]
grabs chickpeas

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
Shit!

sillybugger3 [10:00 AM]
ha!

sillybugger4 [10:00 AM]
The puy lentils are mine, all mine.

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
grabs kidney beans for the chilli

sillybugger6 [10:00 AM]
Sooooooyyyyyaaaaaa!!

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
GRABS CHILLIS

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
GRABS GINGER

sillybugger2 [10:00 AM]
laughs triumphantly with the lemongrass

sillybugger4 [10:00 AM]
grabs the pancetta. That is a vegetable, right?

sillybugger6 [10:00 AM]
ginger slaps sillybugger2 ‘s hands, and goes back to Fred

sillybugger2 [10:01 AM]
slow clap

sillybugger2 [10:02 AM]
peppers the sillybugger6 with maltesers

sillybugger1 [10:02 AM]
After the dust of battle settles there is nothing but a huge pile of coleslaw

…..go out in the midday sun

UK ICON 2014

So what was UK LUG has risen from the grave at the hands of ‘Tim Clark’, and this year was a one day event hosted at IBM South bank.

The location was cool as it not only added an air of authority to the conference its self but cut down on the costs as food/booze and venue are the chief expenses on such a conference (so thanks to IBM for that)

What I don’t know is how Tim managed to get IBM to let him have such a diverse set of session that talked not only about IBM technologies but NON IBM technologies, it made for a conference where there was at least 2 sessions I wanted to go to in every slot and a lot of stunned looking but happy conference attendees.

One of the golden rules of a conference is to have it out the way somewhere where the attendees can’t escape so they can be sold stuff, breaking this rule means you stand a large chance of attendees disappearing during the day as they bugger off to do something more interesting, the fact that the closing session was as full as the opening one at a conference held in the middle of London’s south bank on a sunny Friday says everything that needs to be said about the quality of the conference

Two thumbs up and a lot of thanks to Tim

Speaking of content, here is my short session, there was not a huge number of people (there never is on my fringe tech sessions) but it was the best and most responsive crowd I have ever presented to, most enjoyable.

P.S.

thanks to theo for making me look fat and pissed off during my session Album

Bristol caravan club

We love Bristol caravan club site, it is small and always fully booked. I had to book this week last November. It is situated on the side of what they call the floating harbour which is the river Avon with lock gates, it is a 2 mile stretch of water right thro the centre of Bristol. these 2 pics are from the site gate.

The floating harbour is a big tourist attraction with lots of bars and restaurants.

With ferries running up and down

The best attraction is the SS Great Britain

Classic Quote

Wendy – “sorry ?”

Chris – “I didn’t say anything”

Wendy – “Thats why I didn’t here you”

Dislike of the day

The rain

Like of the day

Craghopper clothing sale