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Old 14-06-2005, 09:49 AM   #1
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I sit here, at 9:28 on a Tuesday morning. The glare of the rising sun is coming straight through a crack of the blinds in to my eyes. The air con is far too cold. My head hurts, I haven’t eaten breakfast and the only coffee here is International Roast. But as if things couldn’t get worse…



From across the room emanates the sound of pan pipes, crazy drum beats, instruments with names starting with “Z” that I can’t pronounce and the odd tribal shout.



WORLD MUSIC!




And on and on it goes, always threatening to turn in to a tune, but then repeating the same 40 high pitched notes again and again. Occasionally laid over an electronic drumbeat.



World music has its place, sure… In Marrakech brothels, cheap furniture shops and … tribal villages. But not in my office at 9:33am. And certainly not without coffee.
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Old 14-06-2005, 09:52 AM   #2
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What, may I ask, is the source of this music? Does this 'source' have an off switch?... or perhaps you half an orchestra, scottich tattoo, and tribal hippy band in your house?
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Old 14-06-2005, 10:14 AM   #4
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What, may I ask, is the source of this music? Does this 'source' have an off switch?... or perhaps you half an orchestra, scottich tattoo, and tribal hippy band in your house?
The strains of ye-olde-funky-samba-pan-pipes-beatbox-raga-jazz is emanating from the computer of a cow-orker (intentional misplacing of the hyphen). I'm thinking of nipping down to the car grabbing my Spiderbait - Black Betty EP... My speakers are bigger than hers and she should never, EVER forget it!
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Old 14-06-2005, 10:18 AM   #5
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Nice. Sounds good Nick.

Or would you rather the rumble of my ute that you nicely praised on Sunday?
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does she have a magic happens sticker on her car?
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Old 14-06-2005, 10:39 AM   #7
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What a strange post to put on a ford forum!!.
Try ear plugs mate
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It's a strange, strange world, mate.

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Bahahaha!

Don't forget to put it on loop, even when you go to lunch.
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and the only coffee here is International Roast. But as if things couldn’t get worse…
They couldn't possibly... trust me!
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:00 PM   #12
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I could write a whole other post on International Roast... It's clearly a crime against humanity.
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Yeah my step-mother served it up for years. So one mothers day I bought her a jar of Moccona!
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Old 14-06-2005, 12:41 PM   #14
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Could be worse....could be Ska music....or Punk....
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At least Ska songs end... and usually within 2 minutes!
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You should try working at a certain Ford workshop in Melbourne where you get blasted by Dribble M all day.
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Id much rather Ska than Japanese Music ;)

And International Roast... ugh that stuff should be banned !
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I know exactly what your talking about. One of the guys in my office worked the public holiday yesterday and when he went home he left his computer locked but playing some bizarre dance music webradio station really really loudly. After 20mins of watching other people try and turn it off (including one guy who said he could "Hack" Tom's computer to get it to stop) i cracked it and walked over and pulled the power plug to the PC. One of the office peons then had the gall to ask "What if he didnt save his files when he locked it, you just made him lose all his work". And this is my problem how?
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At least Ska songs end... and usually within 2 minutes!
...but then another one begins.. :
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Update: We've progressed to Ben Harper. Still annoying. Might spark up a spliff and chill wif Ben's laidback beats.
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I could write a whole other post on International Roast... It's clearly a crime against humanity.
It clearly is, and should be outlawed by the Geneva convention. I know of someone who refers to it as "Burnt Truck", which I think is a flattering discription of the taste!

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mate of mine used to say "International Roast? Ground up pygmies and dog poo, mate. But the price is right!"

Looking at the cup I made this morning, there's a nasty bluish sheen over the top, as though it's been seasoned with a dollop of GTX2. Hmmm
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actually you should be in a certain office here at Ford and listen to Gay FM geelong. the same songs every day just in a different order..zzzzzzzzzBORING DRIVVLE! :
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actually you should be in a certain office here at Ford and listen to Gay FM geelong. the same songs every day just in a different order..zzzzzzzzzBORING DRIVVLE! :
I'd rather not. I usually listen to talkback SEN116 the 24 hour sports network but unfortunately my stereo at work is dumb and I have to listen to FM, so dribble J it is.
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Could be worse....could be Ska music....or Punk....
......or Trance/Rave music

My wife use to work with a guy who played Trance, up loud, in an office supplies warehouse. It drove everybody mad, to the point of fairly heavy abuse being used, in his direction.

To each their own I say, but if there are other people around that's just plain ignorant.
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Update: We've progressed to Ben Harper. Still annoying. Might spark up a spliff and chill wif Ben's laidback beats.
right, this is serious now.

I suggest you splice a 240v plug to a network cable. Plug in the power point side and leave the network side unplugged at the back of his/her machine. Remove the existing cable altogether.

Shouldnt take long for them to realise they have no network connection. Then just sit back and enjoy the fireworks. :monkes:
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right, this is serious now.

I suggest you splice a 240v plug to a network cable. Plug in the power point side and leave the network side unplugged at the back of his/her machine. Remove the existing cable altogether.

Shouldnt take long for them to realise they have no network connection. Then just sit back and enjoy the fireworks. :monkes:
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right, this is serious now.

I suggest you splice a 240v plug to a network cable. Plug in the power point side and leave the network side unplugged at the back of his/her machine. Remove the existing cable altogether.

Shouldnt take long for them to realise they have no network connection. Then just sit back and enjoy the fireworks. :monkes:
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