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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 7, 2009 12:32:43 GMT
Nice
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Post by peekay on Dec 7, 2009 21:53:09 GMT
Nice I concur with this assessment.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Dec 20, 2009 2:06:18 GMT
Not been on a lot recently, been busy.
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Post by Roscoe, TFFN Reporter (Ret) on Dec 20, 2009 8:45:00 GMT
*****STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS*****STOP PRESS***** The "STOP PRESS" news this week is that the presses really HAVE stopped at TFFN HQ. The new computer that i purchased early this year had a graphics card with a loud fan. I tolerated this willingly until the manufacturers contacted me to say that a problem had been found and that a free replacement was being offered on receipt of my old one. I won't bore you with the full details, but unlike when Microsoft replaced my son's X-box f.o.c within 4days after it caught the "ring of death" N-Vidia GeForce had my card sent by surface mail to Poland. It finally fetched up somewhere called Bielany Wroclawskie where it has remained since last Monday with no hint as to when the new one will be despatched. It took 7 days for the old card to trek accross mitteleuropa and with Xmas and whatnot the replacement probably won't make it back for the New Year, leaving me without the "new" computer, which, of course, has the only copy of the TTPL spreadsheets. So to those of you who like the TTPL, I apologise for the continuing non-appearance. For those of you who dislike the TTPL you can rest safe in the knowledge that it won't be bothering you for a while yet. Those who couldn't care less probably haven't read this post anyway.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Dec 21, 2009 13:02:53 GMT
...the only copy of the TTPL spreadsheets. You must work for the Civil Service (or maybe the railways) - the stench of incompetence is overpowering! ;D
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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 21, 2009 13:15:41 GMT
Fancy not backing up something that important
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Post by loy PRA on Dec 21, 2009 20:01:07 GMT
...the only copy of the TTPL spreadsheets. You must work for the Civil Service (or maybe the railways) - the stench of incompetence is overpowering! ;D OI! I'm a Civil Servant! I'm not one of those paper pushing, long holidaying, off-with-stress Jobcentre staff either! After this comment I may break off and form the Provisional PRA!
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Post by Roscoe, TFFN Reporter (Ret) on Dec 22, 2009 6:00:24 GMT
You're all quite right- Tinpotters and PRA members of whatever stripe deserve much better and the TTPL is far too important to be left in the hands of such a bumbling incompetent As Sir John Major said at the conclusion of the 1997 General Election "When the curtain comes down it is time to leave the stage." It is with regret therefore that I henceforth tender my resignation from this vital post with immediate effect. I will discharge my duties by issuing December figures then when things are fully operational here the spreadsheets will be tidied up and relinquished to the care of ambersalamander. In the interests of balance, copies will also be sent to any PRA representatives who wish to leave contact details. As my position becomes untenable, so the future of the newspaper also comes into question. It is holed beneath the waterline, mortally wounded and it's credibility is shot to pieces. Consequently, the Totally Ficticious Football News will cease to exist with immediate effect. God save the Queen and God Bless You, everyone.
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Post by ambersalamander on Dec 22, 2009 13:19:27 GMT
Oh no!
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Dec 22, 2009 18:47:21 GMT
Resignation refused, IMO. He's got us into this mess, so he can get us out of it!
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Post by loy PRA on Dec 22, 2009 19:13:13 GMT
Thought it was impossible to formally resign, only to a hold a position of non-importance in a sort of Tinpot principle akin to the Office of Chiltern Hundreds?
As Roscoe well knows, no matter how much support the PRA receives from the genuine football loving public fed up with 'Tinpot' ideals, we will never collude with them or enter in their hierachal system ruled from wasteland that is the South East!
We won't surrender to the Amber and Tans! ;D
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Post by Meadow on Dec 22, 2009 22:58:35 GMT
Not been on a lot recently, been busy. Ditto
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Post by Meadow on Dec 22, 2009 23:02:28 GMT
*****STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS**********STOP PRESS*****STOP PRESS***** The "STOP PRESS" news this week is that the presses really HAVE stopped at TFFN HQ. The new computer that i purchased early this year had a graphics card with a loud fan. I tolerated this willingly until the manufacturers contacted me to say that a problem had been found and that a free replacement was being offered on receipt of my old one. I won't bore you with the full details, but unlike when Microsoft replaced my son's X-box f.o.c within 4days after it caught the "ring of death" N-Vidia GeForce had my card sent by surface mail to Poland. It finally fetched up somewhere called Bielany Wroclawskie where it has remained since last Monday with no hint as to when the new one will be despatched. It took 7 days for the old card to trek accross mitteleuropa and with Xmas and whatnot the replacement probably won't make it back for the New Year, leaving me without the "new" computer, which, of course, has the only copy of the TTPL spreadsheets. So to those of you who like the TTPL, I apologise for the continuing non-appearance. For those of you who dislike the TTPL you can rest safe in the knowledge that it won't be bothering you for a while yet. Those who couldn't care less probably haven't read this post anyway. Well, bearing in mind that my recent post count has been extremely shoddy, I'm somewhat relieved. However, I can quite understand the frustration of losing software (as I'm trying to restore a friend's netbook). Good luck.
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Post by Roscoe, TFFN Reporter (Ret) on Dec 23, 2009 18:04:29 GMT
Thanks for the good wishes Meadow. It was the last thing i read on the net before going out this morning and like magic- redemption! A routine tidy up of my pendrive at work this morning revealed that i'd merely tidied up the back up workbook into a folder instead of deleting it is i'd first feared so the TTPL will have a Xmas No1 after all ;D Was a little bit disappointing to read the sophistry and thespian bombast coming from certain quarters though If anyone is interested, though, i can send out a back up workbook to them at the end of each month just in case of any future mishaps.
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Post by Meadow on Dec 23, 2009 22:50:04 GMT
A routine tidy up of my pendrive at work this morning revealed that i'd merely tidied up the back up workbook into a folder instead of deleting it is i'd first feared so the TTPL will have a Xmas No1 after all ;D YAY! I doubt I'm in the Elite though. If anyone is interested, though, i can send out a back up workbook to them at the end of each month just in case of any future mishaps. Erm... no ta, I've got enough football related worksheets/spreadsheets on my 'puter as it is. <alarm goes off 'geek mode, geek mode'> You're on your own.
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