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Both coolmd and I have been unable to connect with both freezetag servers or the DM server tonight. We keep getting server timeouts. He is with a different ISP to me so it isn't a local issue. I managed to connect to COD5 MW without a problem. Admins please help!

Congratulations, Labob! One is quite overwhelmed by this news.

Men are just happier people What do youexpect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another petrol station toilet because this one isjust too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, morepay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress £2000. Morning-suit rental-£100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day holiday requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is £4.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25minutes. No wonder men are happier. NICKNAMES If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura,Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other asFat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes. EATING OUT When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in £20, even thoughit's only for £32.50. ..........None of them will have anything smallerand none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get theirbill, out come the pocket calculators. MONEY A man will pay £2 for a £1 item he needs. A woman will pay £1 for a £2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale. BATHROOMS A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream,razor, a bar of soap, and a towel. The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items. ARGUMENTS A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. CATS Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats. FUTURE A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. SUCCESS A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. MARRIAGE A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does. DRESSING UP A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the bins,answer the phone, read a book, and get the post. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals. NATURAL Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night. OFFSPRING Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. ..........She knowsabout dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favourite foods, secretfears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY A married man should forgethis mistakes. ......There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

I'm not going to hide this away in Chile's Cookery Forum! Huzzah!

Welcome to you all! See you on the battlefields! (Watch every bush as I do like my foliage!)

Pwr', you are the Confucius of the modern age!

Good one, Johnny!

SkunK|NL No they don``t update automatically with windows 7 But you will see them as optional updates when Windows Update runs... Personally I use the Catalyst solution also.

Happy Birthday, Grey'!

To play on your DVD player, the disk has to be in DVD-Video format (refer to wiki here for folder structure). I've been hunting around for some utility that can convert other formats to it (most of the time folks want to do the reverse.) What format of video has the show been recorded in? Since beginning to use a PVR, I really haven't done much recording to DVD myself. I guess you don't have the facility to stream content over a home network to the TV in another room? I've become a fan of DLNA recently though I haven't tried using the PC as a video server. Works OK for streaming music and still photos via a Sony Blu Ray player connected to the home network though.

2_MANY_BEERS DEEJAYKEG On the stock FT server, I hope the sniping map sps_flats goes soon. It is small in size and enjoyment and lacks any foliage. There is little reason to play it when one can be shot as soon as one spawns and ascends ones building. Higher ping players really do not stand a chance in sniping duels. Another feature of these sniping maps that limits gameplay is that one cannot rush the opponents' stronghold. There's an invisible barrier that stops a player crossing no man's land. You mean map mp_sniperflats? Yes, that could be it. (Two apartment blocks facing each other and nothing much else.) We hit another of these sniping maps, last night, and voted ourselves onto the next map. They don't work for FT and I do not appear to be the only one who doesn't care for them - maybe someone else will comment so I don't look like a whiny pain in the arse!

Dear reader, It’s important for men to remember that, as women grow older, it becomes harderfor them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as when they wereyounger. When you notice this, try not to yell at them. Some areoversensitive, and there's nothing worse than an oversensitive woman. My name is Ron. Let me relate how I handled the situation with mywife. When I retired a few years ago, it became necessary for Maureen toget a full-time job, along with her part-time job, both for extra income andfor the health benefits that we needed. Shortly after she startedworking, I noticed she was beginning to show her age. I usually get homefrom the golf club about the same time she gets home from work. Although she knows how hungry I am, she almost always says she has to rest forhalf an hour or so before she starts dinner. I don't yell at her.. Instead, I tell her to take her time and just wake me when she gets dinner onthe table. I generally have lunch in the Men's Grill at the club, soeating out is not reasonable. I'm ready for some home-cooked grub when Ihit that door. She used to do the dishes as soon as we finishedeating. But now it's not unusual for them to sit on the table for severalhours after dinner. I do what I can by diplomatically reminding her several times each evening thatthey won't clean themselves. I know she really appreciates this, as itdoes seem to motivate her to get them done before she goes to bed. Another symptom of aging is complaining, I think. Forexample, she will say that it is difficult for her to find time to pay themonthly bills during her lunch hour. But, Boys, we take 'em for better orworse, so I just smile and offer encouragement.. I tell her to stretch itout over two, or even three days. That way, she won't have to rush somuch. I also remind her that missing lunch completely now and then wouldn'thurt her any (if you know what I mean). I like to think tact is one of mystrong points. When doing simple jobs, she seems to think she needs more rest periods. She had to take a break when she was only half-finished mowing the lawn. I try not to make a scene. I'm a fair man. I tell her to fixherself a nice, big, cold glass of freshly squeezed lemonade and just sit for awhile. And, as long as she is making one for herself, she may as wellmake one for me, too. I know that I probably look like a saint in the way I support my wife. I'm not saying that showing this much consideration is easy. Many menwill find it difficult. Some will find it impossible! Nobody knows betterthan I do how frustrating women get as they get older. However, guys,even if you just use a little more tact and less criticism of your aging wifebecause of this article, I will consider that writing it was wellworthwhile. After all, we are put on this earth to help each other. EDITOR'S NOTE: Ron died suddenly on November 29 of a perforated rectum. The policereport says he was found with a Calloway extra-long 50-inch Big Bertha DriverII golf club jammed up his rear end, with barely 5 inches of grip showing, anda sledge hammer laying nearby. His wife was arrested and chargedwith murder. The all-woman jury took only 10 minutes to find her NotGuilty, accepting her defense that Ron, somehow without looking, accidentallysat down on his golf club.

SgtHarryWeezer - DM players: Do you prefer larger or smaller maps? It takes a lot of time to keep our many servers updated with fresh content and we all apprecite the admin who do that job. That said, I'm mostly on COD5 these days except when the small, confined maps come up - the ones where you'd better start shooting the second you spawn because the next second, you're dead. When those come up, I leave and head off to COD4, or 2. To me, the thrill of COD is the hunt - maps with enough elbow room that you've got time to get your bearings and move a bit before you're shot on the spot. But that's just me. Maybe others enjoy these smaller maps where no skill is necessary. Since we seem to have added a few recently, perhaps most folks enjoy these smaller maps. So, just asking here for the enlightenment of our admin on all of our DM servers: which do you prefer? As few of the smaller maps have much in the way of foliage, my preference is for the medium to large maps. Beers has been experimenting with a way of loading maps according to how many players are logged into the game server and it seemed to work. On the stock FT server, I hope the sniping map sps_flats goes soon. It is small in size and enjoyment and lacks any foliage. There is little reason to play it when one can be shot as soon as one spawns and ascends ones building. Higher ping players really do not stand a chance in sniping duels. Another feature of these sniping maps that limits gameplay is that one cannot rush the opponents' stronghold. There's an invisible barrier that stops a player crossing no man's land.

Brings a certain song to mind...

Takes me back to one night in 1987...

Hahahahaha! Good one!

Good one, Johnny - the misses will love these!

The Register reports that releasing flatus is banned in the combat zone! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/25/us_marines_farting_ban/ Now all we have to do is to stop Damit saying,"pull my finger"!

I don't like the sound of Electronic Arts' new Origin client at all. According to the report on Tom's Hardware, accepting the EULA authorises a sweep of ones PC and disclosure of data to third parties. Whilst I am no pirate, I don't like governments spying on the general population let alone software companies! Unless they mend this, I shan't be touching future EA releases sch as BF3! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Origin-EULA-PC-Gaming-Glorified-Spyware-DRM,13285.html#xtor=998

2_MANY_BEERS Labob LOL Beers broke it - Yeah I broke it trying to get Labobs clan logo on the screen. It was the z_openwarfare.iwd file. I thought I saved it before I edited it, but it didn't work after I put it back. ? I don't know what to do. Have a beer - everything will be fine...

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Happy Birthday to you all!

AAADD KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.. Somehow I feel better even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the shed for the hose pipe etc, I notice letters in the mail box. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, Put the junk mail in the little recycle bin under the table, And notice that the bin is full so need to take it out to the green recycle box. So, I decide to put the bills back On the table and take out the rubbish first. But then I think, Since I'm going to be near the mailbox When I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my cheque book off the table, And see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheque's are in my desk in the lounge, So I go inside the house to the desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my cheque, But first I need to push the coke aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and Discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, But first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when I go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, But first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, But quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, Get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to Remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: The car isn't washed The bills aren't paid There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter The flowers don't have enough water, There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, And I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, And I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, And I'll try to get some help for it, But first I'll check my e-mail.... Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I don't remember who I've sent it to. Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

Bushape Johnny was young. Damn. Probably had hair too. lol I remember Kilt, played quite a few games with him. Yes Harry I know what you mean. I always put stuff that I need in a special place, problem is I always forget where the special place is. Just ask my wife. I have a recipe book of my sausages and other stuff that I have had for years, can find that damn thing anywhere. So I had to start over. Just don't taste the same. Damn Beer recipes were in there too. Them are hard to duplicate. I have a Swedish roof box for the car - a Thule. It is held onto the roof bars by four U bolts. The last time I took it off I put the U bolts in a safe place... Two years later, I still haven't found the safe place again!

2_MANY_BEERS Pondscumz Damit1 anyone like mp_brecourt_storm ? its the night version that u can only see when the lighting strikes and end up walking out of bounds and blow up? lol any votes keep/save I don't like it. I tend to jump to the other server when this one comes up. I like it. It's different that's why you guys don't like it. Try a different woman once. See if you like it. LOL I don't like it either. I don't like any map that is so dark you cannot find the foliage. There are another two night maps in which one cannot see shit if one leaves the well-lit offices. I spent years fighting in well-lit offices so I do not want to do so now... Well-lit offices also lack foliage. So, let me make this plain for you - we require light and we require foliage. Is good?