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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Last Post

« on: April 24, 2020, 08:42:08 AM »

Possibly, though it doesn't feel as if one leg is four or five inches shorter than the other, and I'm fairly sure my left behind is still attached alongside my right behind. But who knows? All these sensations could be a figment of my imagination, and in fact I'm leaving a trail of detached body parts as I go through my daily routine.

Still, I seem to have enough bits of body left to do this: I win!

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Last Post

« on: April 24, 2020, 08:28:58 AM »

Ah, I think I started off on the left foot (that's probably the one that hits the floor first when I get out of bed). Maybe the left foot is the right foot for me? Or maybe I've already had too much caffeine?

Never mind, I shall soothe my overactive brain by: winning!

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 24, 2020, 08:09:48 AM »

dance

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 10:07:58 PM »

village

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Last Post

« on: April 23, 2020, 10:05:23 PM »

Once more in the name of win!

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Last Post

« on: April 23, 2020, 08:48:30 PM »

I thought Stevie Wonder used a slightly different word? Anyway, I win now. I don't even feel the need to claim a prize, human or otherwise.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 08:39:15 PM »

bottle

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 07:43:53 PM »

tree

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 06:53:15 PM »

Shelob

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 05:32:22 PM »

ungulate

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Last Post

« on: April 23, 2020, 05:31:19 PM »

You win me? Oh, I didn't know that could happen. I'm used to "points mean prizes", but "people are prizes" is a new one. Does this mean I can win you too?

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 10:04:00 AM »

grammatical

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Active Legislation / Re: MOTION: External Staff Advertisements

« on: April 23, 2020, 10:03:32 AM »

TL;DR version: this motion explicitly grants the admins a permanent power to advertise for and recruit various staff members externally to Exilian.

It's probably not necessary, as admins already have a very wide power to act independently in the interests of the forum, but it's probably also good practice to make things explicit like this.

Background: we've tried repeatedly to find people for these roles, first internally and then externally. The external recruitment attempts have been on the basis of similar bills providing temporary powers; it would now make more sense to formalise this on a permanent basis.

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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association

« on: April 23, 2020, 07:50:48 AM »

damage

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Food Discussion - The Jolly Boar Kitchen / Re: What have you been eating?

« on: April 23, 2020, 07:50:07 AM »

I've just had a pastel de nata (a.k.a. Portuguese custard tart) from my local bakery. It's run been by a Portuguese couple for several years, after the previous owners sold up. They do a good range of traditional Portuguese baked goods, many of them sweet rather than savoury - Portuguese culture has a pronounced "sweet tooth", as do I, so this suits me well. I've visited Portugal a lot in the past, and intend to again, so though I can't do so at the moment, this helps me bring to mind happier times, past and future.

For anyone in the Cambridge (UK) area at any point, it's the Norfolk Street Bakery. A little off the beaten track in terms of location, but worth seeking out.