MeFi post: Tacheback time again

poppo, i was just so excited about being given the go-ahead. I want one of these. I'd settle for a, or even a, but i'll probably end up with a
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 8:46 AM on September 1, 2006

I'd settle for a, or

That link deserves to be shot, maybe this is what I was looking for
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 9:30 AM on September 1, 2006

MeFi post: "Major Incident" in London reported

Officials are claiming it was a power surge of some kind

I find it hard to believe a power surge could knock out a bus

Mobile phone reception in my area has stopped, too, on all networks.

The emergency responce team can knock out all comms in an area to ensure their lines are clear
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 2:29 AM on July 7, 2005

Any bloggers posting pictures yet?

Some screen caps here
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 3:32 AM on July 7, 2005

sorry - more screen caps here
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 3:34 AM on July 7, 2005

MeFi post: Power mad conman and the Polish Mafia

Massively gullible victims for sure, but how unfulfilled must your life be to go along with some of these "MI5 tests"?

..becoming a blonde, going without make-up and sanitary towels, sleeping in Heathrow airport for several nights at a time, and living on park benches in Peterborough for weeks during winter.

Where's the mixing vodka martinis and playing baccarat?
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 3:33 AM on June 24, 2005

You're not getting it

Not wanting to detract from the seriousness of the crime, or the inhumane nature of the tactics, but sometimes, just sometimes, the absurdity of the facts turn the gravity into levity....

He told Miss Kister that Miss Smith was Spanish and could speak no English, while telling Miss Smith, whom he had convinced she was being hunted by the IRA, to pretend she could not understand anything said to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by handybitesize at 4:22 AM on June 24, 2005