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Aniela
Zylinski Morris |
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Praise Joseph, the wondrous one, worship Joseph, the almighty one!
(Well, you
did ask for some praise and I see no-one
else on the guest book has bothered!)
Seriously, congratulations on completing your access
course - Sheffield here you come!!!
We DEFINITELY must catch up before you go, even
if it's for a little drinky in the pub.
Aniela xxx
10th
June 2004 |
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many
thanks for the praise Aniela!! I know, I’m so
clever!! My tutor was horrified to discover that I
managed to finish so soon! I’m now busy adapting
my head to a summery way of thinking, whIch still involves
studying (Japanese) but in a far more relaxed manner,
with dollops of (gardening) work thrown in for good
measure, oh, and redecorating the bathroom.
right must get on. Got to put all my college notes
from the past year in the loft. Hurray!!!
xxjoseph
We SHALL meet up over the
summer - I shall make sure of it! |
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Jason
Cheeky Fletcher |
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hey
joe (yes Joe) [he means "Joseph"
- ed] stop altering
my messages :)
i understand that m8
i
guess messenger progs do help waste time ... but
its only another version of a conversation :) and
i know u like nothing than talking about how the
world revolves :) kk ill stop pestering you :)
goodluck n all Jase <~~ yes Jase not Jas{on}
6th
June 2004
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Hi
JASE
You see that's the beauty
of having complete control - I can put words in
your mouth!
p.s I'm thinking of renaming this Guestbook "Fletcher's
Mumble"... |
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Jason
Fletcher (Cheeky Bugger) |
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heya
jo[s]e[ph]
no
offence like m8 :) but id like some on here so
i dont have to tell ya no i aint booked my flights
yet by sending u a mail or signing ya guestbook
:) its jus like a slow messenger that everyone
can browse :) anyhow jus looking into visas now
but aint leaving for a few months yet, plans still
up in the air at the mo and aint planning on catching
jus yet l8ers m8 (and u should know I AM a cheeky
git!)
6th
June 2004
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Hi
jason,
About two years ago this
guestbook was completely open to the public. You could
just come along, write your message and 'Ping!' Hey
presto it was there.
Unfortunately however, one of
my 'friends' decided to abuse the system somewhat, by
putting messages up that caused me a lot of pain and
embarrassment. It was then that I decided to change
the system, so that all messages come to me
in the form of an email, which I then copy onto TGW.
This method also prevents spam ads from being posted.
ALSO I loathe messenger services!
I think they encourage people to waste far too much time,
time that could be better spent creating an amazing homepage
like TGW and filling it with waffle! |
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Aniela
Zylinski Morris |
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Joseph,
have you forgotten US? I am now officially an avid
follower of The Daily Mumble but it hasn't been updated
since 4th May!!!
No pressure or anything... but just to say I'm looking
forward to the next instalment of wise words and
photos!
Good to catch up with you the other week, by the
way.
Love Aniela x
28th
May 2004 |
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hello!!
thanks for your message.
4th May? Really?
Ah, hang on – did you know that the Daily
Mumble actually works in the opposite direction
to most blogs? I add new entries to the bottom
of the page, becase that way when looking at
the archives etc it makes sense – in chronological
order you know.
But still, you’re absolutely
right, I haven’t updated it for ages, a
week in fact, which is a long time in Mumble
land. I’ve
been snowed under with stuff but aim to do a bit of writing tonight,
so if you check back on Sunday there should
be something there!!
It really
was great to see you, and everyone else.
I was surprised at how little people had
changed, and yet also how much. I felt
reassured knowing that the relationships I had with
friends from over ten years back have not
withered or faded in the slightest. I really delighted in
the company of all that were there.
It was also
great to see Matt again, he’s such a good
bloke. So easy to get on with and bloody funny
too.
anyway, if
it’s Mumble you want, I must get on!!joseph
xx
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Jason
Fletcher |
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oi
joe[seph] setup a forum so any travellers / backpackers
can all get together let us know how they are getting
on any little stories etc come on it all doesnt have
to be based around u does it :D
26th
May 2004 |
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you
cheeky bugger! If I had the time I'd like to - but
I'm a hard-working student you know!! Actually, I think
that there are many of those kinds of websites out
there already - even www.lonelyplanet.com has a bulletin-board
type section.
Have you booked
your flights yet? |
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Aniela
Zylinski Morris |
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Hiya Joe, only me! You are so lucky, bumping into my all-time favourite paramedic
Josh.... anyway, before I get too carried away, may I just ask how you're doing?
We really must meet up in Bristol soon! Or next time you have wheels, come on
over, man!
Love Aniela x
PS We're getting
a kitten soon! Am very excited.
21st
April 2004 |
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Hi
Aniela - email winging its way to you as I type!!!
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Jason
Fletcher |
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Alright bud!
hummm
m8... im shitting myself! im working as a postman
and ive managed to save £4,500
so far! Damn australia is looking close ...
i forgot how exciting the unknown can be!
(loose)plans are August for me and im off to oz!
then New Z Thailand Goa Malaysia India Bali im
jus gonna have a good old explore! but ffs! ..
scary prospect! :D cya around m8 if ya got msn
lemme know!
20th
April 2004 |
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Hi
Jason good to hear from ya! It's been ages!!
Wow - £4,500?
That's absolutely excellent, congrats indeed! I knew
you'd always get it together!!
Must say I'm a bit
jealous - having just gone bankrupt! Keep me updated
on your plans - I'll be following you around the world
via cyberspace one way or another!
take care and see
ya later!! |
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Wildwoman
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Just another gullible halfwit doin
the digital surf from the US. I'm actual a Tame myself,
which is why I'm takin the time to comment.
Props
to you for your surname.
Hang
ten.
23rd
March 2004 |
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Hi
Wildwoman. Props to me for my surname? Erm, thankyou?
Being
a) British
b) averse to American television
I'm
afraid I haven't a clue what "Props" might mean.
I guess you're not talking about stage props right? They're
neither positive or negative in my mind. Of course "Props"
could be short for "Propellers", but once again
unless it's the Propellorheads we're talking about (with
their velvet pants and Baja California tunes) I find them
pretty neutral too.
AHHH
hang on, I've found it thanks to Google:
1.
props -- (proper respect; "I have
to give my props to the governor for the way he handled
the problem").
Well
thank you for your proper respect. Very kind of you. I
didn't actually choose my name by the way, I think mum
and dad picked it up in a car boot sale shortly after
I was born.
"Hang
ten"? Now I have heard that before but I can't for
the life of me think what it means. It's not in the Oxford
English Dictionary...
Ah!
Here we are, from www.hangten.com:

The
problem is though, I live in Bristol, which is inland.
The biggest surf we get is caused by the Bristol ferry
which chugs around the canals. I'm sure if I did a "hang
ten" manoeuvre, i.e. hung all ten toes over the edge
of my surfboard, I'd sink. I mean, here's a photo of me
at my most skillful with a surfboard:

And
believe me, the size of that wave was positively scary.
Still,
I'll do my best to "Hang ten" today in any case.
At college. There's quite a large puddle outside my maths
class.
See
ya!
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Lisa
Robinson |
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Hello lover,
just
thought i'd check you out again! Nice to see you're doing
well, will be in touch soon! Great site! xx
5th
March 2004 |
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Lisa
my love always a pleasure to hear from you!! As you can
see I haven't really changed all that much, just as mad
as ever, the Mr. Josefu that I am... xxx
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Damage |
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Mr
Tame, Mr Tame,
nice
site (though slightly scary, which is nice!), but more
importantly, cheers muchly for the praise
of the stories at www.blokey.net.
Not sure if Tony
D has already thanked you but I thought I'd
put in my pennyworth for the fun of it. It's either that
or Penguin
bloody Baseball and I need a rest from that...
Not
as a shameless plug (uh-huh..!) but more because I think
you'll enjoy it, you might like to know that there are
two new animations (one by me and one by Tony D aka Cloister)
on the
site which you may find entertaining... All
comments appreciated, and we have a guestbook on our site
(well, more of a forum actually) which we'd be honoured
if you [finish your sentences for you? - ed]
S'all!
Damage

P.S.
Do BT do a special call package for cucumbers? "Cucumis
Sativus Talk 60 Pay as you Go" (ok, so I'm mixing
my metaphors but hey..)
22nd
February 2004 |
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You
know, I'm gonna have to start charging you guys for advertising
soon. By my calculations there's at least SIX links from
TGW to Blokey.net
now. Ah, make that seven.
Scary?
What's scary about TGW? I guess that video
of me putting a bit of skintight rubber on
is a little freaky.
I
shall be taking another trip to blokey land in the very
near future, and shall of course add a few indiscreet
plugs to TGW in order to ease the burden of guilt that
you must be feeling at using up so much of my server space.
Oh,
about the cucumber talkplan: called BT this morning, they
said they have one for root vegetables but have yet to
extend the service to greenhouse plants due to diplomatic
issues arising from the objection by gherkins to antennas.
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John-John |
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Mr gravity and a new lamp conspired to smash my iBook.
Well it was just open and waiting to happen. £455
spent and some weeks later it's now perhaps better than
new. So now on line and broadband in the dream city of
Milton Keynes I read about your
visit to Sheffield.
It
is a small world! I know the place, the campus, and feel
I know that building so well! The description of your
visit, brought back a vivid memory of being so in love
there decades ago, way, way back in the last century!
And an unexpected declaration of love from someone else...
So then, was there to be the three of us? Also, Japanese
bamboo flutes, (and we know what they can mean) Texas,
California and even Cumbria in the 18th Century as well
as the Japanese Department at Sheffield are all part of
a wonderful international affair.
Other
memories also flood back about Sheffield. The friend I
hitch hiked to Kathmandu with in 1966, before electricity
got there and the year before the word "Hippie"
was coined, later, partly because of me, lived in Sheffield,
and when the late Angela Carter once taught at the university
she lived in his house there. A Korean conscientious objector
and I, who I first met on a Quaker work camp in Korea,
sought help from the "progressive", sort of
powers that were at the university. I remember some young,
quite friendly Sheffield kids once asked me on a back
street if my Korean friend was an Eskimo. It was cold
and he was wearing the hood up, lined with wolf fur of
an American parka. A stranger, an old granny, overheard
them and told them not to be so bloody rude! I remember
thinking at the time, that it was so very un-Japanese
, but I loved her for it.
Is
that strange rotating lifting device on campus called
something like a "paganosta" ?
Peace
and Rub, JOHN-JOHN
P.S.Hope
to see you soon and congratulations about Sheffield!
22nd
February 2004 |
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Dear
John-John,
You
know I've searched the web high and low for more info
on that rather bizarre lift system, but can't find anything
on it. Sadly, "paganosta" yields no results
either.
I’m
VERY glad to here that your iBook is better now. It is
only right that it stays in the family without being consigned
to the dustbin having shared the joys of the kichijoji
landscape with you.
I’m
surprised that I can’t recall us talking about your
connections with Sheffield University during our former
lifetime in the land where unsuspecting gaijin fathers
and sons are pounced upon to test seatbelts and airbags
outside railway stations.
I
find it somewhat reassuring that you do have such a variety
of happy memories attached to the place that will become
my home for the next few years. I really loved the department
in its “unique” tower; I loved the campus,
the city, the tram, the friendly people… oooh I
can’t wait!!!
Anyway,
I must get on with yet another assignment, this one being
a piece of research into whether our cretinous government
will be influencing the choices future students make about
what courses they apply to at University by introducing
top-up fees. Any thoughts on that one welcome.
Love
to you in MK, centre of the world,
Joseph
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Sarah
Kennedy |
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Congrats Joseph!!!!!!
U
deserve it, hope it's everything you wish for n more!
17th
February 2004 |
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Is
that really you?
Wow, two emails from sixth friends in as many days! (see
below).
I
am guessing that you are referring to my university offer?
Thankyou, yes, I am pretty chuffed! What are you up to
these days? Where are you? Do get in touch!!I hope you're
well and happy.
much
love, josephxxx
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Leigh |
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Hi Joe! It's Lisa here (from sixth
form) just found your photo gallery, that must be the
most unflattering photo of myself i've ever seen!! cheers!
But
what a trip down memory lane!
All
my love... Leighxxxxxxx
[email
address provided]
16th
February 2004 |
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Hello
Lisa / Leigh! Is this
the photo you're talking about?!
How on Earth did you find it out here on the web? I don't
think it's that bad! At least, not half as bad
as some of the photos of me that there are out there!
Feel free to provide a more recent photo and I'll add
it to that page for a "then" and "now"
comparison!
Lovely
to hear from you anyway, it's been years - 10 in fact!
Take
care, lots of love xxx |
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Vicar |
comments: |
Thanks for the picture
of my foxy hero Basil Brush, its going on my
wall.
Any
chance of some sheepy pictures in the gallery, the Herefordshire
strain can be very pretty.
9th
February 2004 |
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Now
now vicar lets not get too excited. People might start
to mistake Tame Goes Wild for another sort of site that
deals with the taming of wild animals. But, having just
done a Google search for "sheep" within TGW
I have found the following pages that you may be interested
in:
See you soon! |
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Vicky
- Singapore |
comments: |
Hello Joseph,
Thought
I'd write back, seeing you gave me a 'lovely'?! mention
in your diary (although we've never met!). I've been
trawling through some of the 3,000 pictures, which has
kept me amused during office hours. Great website! I can
only dream of how many man hours its taken to create this
thing....also daunting as I am a complete techno-phobe.
Pls
continue to keep me amused at work...
Vicky
5th
February 2004 |
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Vicky
Hello, feels like I've known you for years. We have met
actually, but you probably were too overcome by the sheer
beauty of my patchwork jeans to look up. Selene's told
me so much about you. Well, she hasn't actually, she just
said that, er, what was her description of you..? oh yeah,
here it is, "she's a Brit and a very fit girl".
Now of course that kind of language is far too risque
for the Daily Mumble (the
love life of earthworms is about as far as
I can go down that road) which is why I resorted to comparing
you to Basil Brush. Now come on - how often does that
happen eh? Being described as foxier than the nation's
favourite fox. That's a compliment most people can only
dream of.
"Trawling"
through some of my photos eh? Gosh, you make it sound
like such fun. I hope you don't work in advertising. Hhm,
I try to avoid thinking about how many man hours it's
taken to create this "thing". What you have
to remember is that I lived up a mountain for about two
years with nothing but a computer and alcohol for company.
I
can't promise anything regarding amusement. And you don't
get your Tame Goes Wild badge until you've viewed all
1,195 pages.
tarrra |
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Tony
D |
comments: |
Mr
Tame,
I
would like to bring your attention to
http://www.blokey.net
I
Think you have been here before, at least Trudie says
you have been, so I am redirecting you here because I
have a new anim up there called Stickman Army.
Go
to Stories, then stickman army.
Let
me know what you reckon.
T.
2nd
February 2004
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Truly
a masterpiece. Seamless scene changes, expert use of soundtrack,
a storyline that demands a feature-film be made of it.
What else can I say? Blokey.net:
if you haven't visited, you don't know the reason the
internet was created. |
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