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[News] 'World's oldest Twitter user' dies

killersneakers — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:48:53 GMT

From the two-story care home where she lived in the northern English city of Bradford, 104-year-old Ivy Bean would tell her nearly 57,000 Twitter followers around the world what she did each day -- from eating fish and chips to sitting in the garden.
Bean's warm and friendly nature came across in every message, and she regularly corresponded with her followers. Even when she had a bad day, she never dwelled on it for long.
Her mischievous side would sometimes come through, like when she tweeted that some of those at the care home were sipping lager instead of water as they sat outside in the sun.
Bean once tweeted her love of young pop star Peter Andre, and it got so much attention that Andre heard about it and got in touch. He managed a visit to see Bean, and a picture of him kissing Bean's forehead as she swooned became her profile picture on Twitter.

Attention！！！！！！

killersneakers — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:44:41 GMT

hello everybody i am Bruce and i am glad to be here!!! Hope you a good day!:p:|:rolleyes::cool::cry::):laugh:

Abstract Tattoo's

PeteS — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:17:05 GMT

Hey guys, new on here and appriciate you must get a lot of one off questions asking about wheres the best place to get stuff done ect, so I appologise i n advance, basically when looking through a design blog I spotted some amazing tattoos by a wife called Amanda Wanchob, Link here ... http://inkbutter.com/the-abstract-ta...-amanda-wachob .

I really fancy getting an abstract style of tattoo to kind of be the beginings of a sleeve.

My question anyway is where if anywhere in Scotland would be able to carry out this kind of work? as I thinnk it would be a harder skill to carry out rather than just text or image as its more about the mark, like an artist. Or is this just something that see has perfected and is very uncommon.

Thanks any info would be great, Pete x

Carnival Divine 19.9.10 Matt & Phreds Jazz Club Manchester

CarnivalDivine — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:35:42 GMT

Making Friends

Bethany Jolly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:09:35 GMT

Hello all. As you can guess, I'm new here. I often just like to make new friends and ramble about things which is fun. If anyone wants to make a friend. y'got one here :p

Oh and I like music... bands like bullet for my valentine and breaking benjamin are my favs.<3

thanks for reading. :)

Singer Needed Urgently!!!

Scarcinogen — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:47:45 GMT

Glasgow based Metal band need a singer urgently for recording and gigging!! Influenced by Machine Head, Lamb Of God, Pantera etc.. and looking for someone dedicated and willing to push the band forward. We rehearse twice a week. Looking for someone 20+
Got a couple of demos up at www.myspace.com/scarcinogen so have a listen and contact us either at the myspace or at scarcinogen@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers,
Greig & Scarcinogen

streching problem

sarahmac — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:36:19 GMT

about a year ago my 24mm stretch blew out really badly,
my lobe is slightly misshapen, with a oval mark on the front of the lobe, and and a crease at the back of it.
will i be able to stretch that ear back up to a 24mm?

Resignation letters..

heartworm — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:56:13 GMT

What do people include in a resignation letter, do you mention why you want to leave a company, or just that you are going? It's tempting to include a reason, but maybe not wise.

New member looking to model for free

MrSimondo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:50:42 GMT

Hi all,

i have always wanted to do some alternative modeling / alt photoshoot anyone willing to snap meeee? :D

[photo] I want to model

MrSimondo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:42:41 GMT

Hey all

I'm brand new to AltNation so I'm not sure if i am posting this in the correct thread...

Anyway i have always wanted to do some alternative modeling / alt photoshoot anyone willing to snap meeee? :D

Tyre advice

BCB — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:59:18 GMT

I could do with a bit of advice from those of you who're a bit more clued up on this kind of thing?

Three of the tyres (and the spare) on my car are 99 V's - I have little idea what that means other than what the Kwik Fit dude (who was actually pretty decent) explained to me, that the 99 refers to the load bearing part and I can't remember what the letters mean.

ANYWAY. The fourth tyre was replaced in December by Arnold Clark and is apparently a 95 H. Kwik Fit dude said it's not an immediate risk but that if I had a crash it could cause problems with my insurance? Can someone who understands this stuff explain to me what the risk is and whether I should be blowing a gasket at Arnold Clark?

Makeing a website

psycho — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:43:07 GMT

Who is pritty good with building websites as i know somone that is intrested in having one built for their bisness

They are a small but reputable company that sells football kits and trophys ect and are looking to have a good website done that shows the stuff that they are selling and the type of stuff they do

they have contracts to do all shirt sponsers for Clyde this seson as well as getting st mirrin Falkirk and Partic thistle (for this season)

so is anyone skilled enough to build them a good website to make them get out to a much wider market

dead animal beer bottles !?!

djtoast — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:36:31 GMT

okay, i get that it's a gimmick, but who THINKS of something like this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-10725024

Quote:

A beer served in bottles made from stuffed animals has been criticised as "perverse" and "pushing the boundaries of acceptability".
The End of History, made by BrewDog of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is 55% and �500 a bottle.
The bottles have been made using seven dead stoats, four squirrels and a hare, said to be roadkill.

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small question about monroe,,, help anyone? =l

xxxkepxxx — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:28:12 GMT

hi, my names katie and i have had my stomach pierced and my snake bites so far. now i want to get my monroe. :)
i am not worried about pain, or money, or even effection. what i am really scard of is having a short piercing and end up having my skin grow over it! :S
i know it sounds kind of lame :lol: but i research alot before i get a new piercing and well i went on youtube and a girl switched her piercing studd thingy to a shorter one and when she woke up her skin was grown over it and her lip was swollen.
see now when i hopefully get mine done i actually want it alittle lower then most minroes and when you see most girls with it dont , the piercing sticks out like really far and i think it looks ugly, (no affense to anyone) im only 15:cry: so dont put any mean comments. so eventually i thought well when it heals i can just change it into a short stud thingy, but after that story ima tid bit scard. please help me? and all answers are appreciated, thanks alot;)

Tumbleweed!

Robobinobo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:09:23 GMT

so the banter has kinda stopped in here :P every1 bored of fights?

What fights have u enjoyed in the past few months?

Fedor tapping?! wtf

ect ect ect