02:30 <Aravilar> Ah, here's an interesting thought
02:30 <Tommy> shoot
02:30 <Aravilar> My religions instructor is moving to Edinburgh for her PhD
02:31 <Aravilar> She wrote me in an email: "Now if you ever find yourself in Edinburgh - like someone would look around and go, 'dear God, I'm in Edinburgh' - then search my last name at the University of Edinburgh and come and visit - it is good to have a free place to stay in Europe."
02:31 <Tommy> ooo.
02:31 <Tommy> that sounds almost like an invitation to come visit meh. >_>
02:32 <Aravilar> Pretty much
02:32 <Aravilar> I told her I'd take her up on that offer
02:32 <Tommy> naturally, if you find yourself at the opposite end of the British mainland, you'll also have a place to stay, not like my parents don't run an open house anyway :P
02:32 <Tommy> but yeah
02:32 <Tommy> it sounds like a good offer
02:32 <Tommy> plan a trip, Brandon, plan a trip
02:33 <Aravilar> When I have money, I'll start planning
02:33 <Aravilar> Right now, my money is going entirely towards Ohio State
02:33 <Tommy> yes, indeed
--- Log closed Mon May 07 02:38:49 2007
--- Log opened Mon May 07 02:56:36 2007
02:56 <Tommy> well, if and when such a trip occurs
02:56 <Tommy> keep me informed
02:56 <Aravilar> Certainly
02:57 <Tommy> and you'll have a place to stay down south, and possibly in the midlands if I'm still here :P
02:57 <Aravilar> Thanks
--- Log closed Mon May 07 03:02:49 2007
--- Log opened Mon May 07 03:15:53 2007
03:15 <Aravilar> Off to sleep
03:15 <Aravilar> Good night, Tommzilla
03:16 <Tommy> And yourself, Aravilavilavilar.
03:17 <Tommy> have a good'n
--- Log closed Mon May 07 03:22:49 2007
--- Log opened Tue May 08 02:48:06 2007
02:48 >>> Tommy pokes
02:48 >>> Aravilar poked
02:49 <Tommy> I heard an interesting bit of news earlier today
02:49 <Tommy> going back to what we were talking about yesterday
02:49 <Aravilar> Hmm?
02:50 <Tommy> The desperation of the SNP to secure any sort of coalition
02:50 <Tommy> they've approached the Green party
02:51 <Aravilar> Ah, I read that
02:51 <Tommy> which gives us the entertaining situation wherein two single-issue parties are trying to work together, despite not caring for each others' causes
02:51 <Aravilar> They must really be desperate
02:51 <Tommy> mut be
02:51 <Tommy> even then, they'd be short of a majority
02:51 <Tommy> Either Labour or the Lib Dems are going to have to be involved in any coalition, and neither want to work with the SNP
02:52 <Aravilar> Surely not
02:52 <Tommy> so it's looking increasingly like, despite winning the vote, the SNP may not actually get to be in power
02:52 <Aravilar> What would happen if there's no majority?
02:53 <Tommy> dissolution of the parliament, I should think
02:54 <Aravilar> And another vote?
02:54 <Tommy> they've 28 days from the election to form a majority, or it goes to another vote
02:54 <Tommy> as far as I'm aware, yes
02:54 >>> Aravilar nods
02:54 <Aravilar> Hmm, who dissolves Scottish Parliament, I wonder
02:54 <Tommy> someone very brave :P
02:55 <Aravilar> Legally, I mean
02:55 <Aravilar> Is the Queen still technically at the head of their government?
02:55 <Tommy> I'm not sure
02:55 <Tommy> yes
02:56 <Aravilar> Then I would think it'd be her
02:56 <Tommy> although I'm not even sure they're required to form a majority
02:56 <Tommy> it's possible the largest coalition would simply govern, with little success
02:56 <Aravilar> Very little
02:56 <Tommy> in fact, reading the news reports, that seems likely
02:57 <Tommy> any SNP-based coalition would likely be the largest group and would therefore form a government, even if it remains a minority
02:57 <Tommy> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6631965.stm
03:00 >>> Aravilar nods
03:02 <Tommy> it's all going to be interesting
03:02 <Tommy> might be time to relocate to somewhere peaceful
--- Log closed Tue May 08 03:08:01 2007
--- Log opened Tue May 08 03:13:03 2007
03:13 <Aravilar> Wish I could
03:13 <Aravilar> I'm ready to go, now
03:13 <Aravilar> I'd start packing if I could leave tomorrow
03:13 <Tommy> you and me both
03:13 <Aravilar> There's nothing here, no jobs, no entertainment
03:13 <Tommy> :(
03:13 <Tommy> there's not much here
03:13 <Aravilar> I'm going to get stuck with something I'll absolutely hate
03:13 <Tommy> just happens to be where the university is
03:13 <Aravilar> I'm fairly confident of that
03:14 <Tommy> bah :<
03:14 <Tommy> come here then
03:14 <Aravilar> Well, it's unfortunately likely
03:14 <Aravilar> Everything here is touristy
03:14 <Tommy> not here specifically, because stoke sucks
03:14 <Tommy> but the country as a whole is ok
03:14 <Aravilar> And I rather hate touristy stuff
03:14 >>> Tommy nods
03:15 <Tommy> can't be doing with it
03:15 <Tommy> it's all so.. fake
03:15 <Aravilar> Like, food service
03:15 <Aravilar> Working in a beach shop
03:15 <Aravilar> Or in a video rental place
03:15 <Tommy> most of family lives in and around Blackpool
03:15 <Tommy> the entire town consists of a glittering seafront, followed by street after street of destitution
03:17 <Aravilar> I'd like a job where I won't be bored out of my skull
03:17 <Aravilar> Hey, I could afford tickets to the UK
03:17 <Aravilar> Low price is $1056
03:17 <Tommy> nice
03:18 <Tommy> cheaper than we're paying for Kayla's flights
03:18 <Aravilar> Leave Saturday, come back the 27th (before OSU orientation)
03:18 <Tommy> go for it :P
03:18 <Aravilar> That's to Gatwick, not Heathrow
03:18 <Tommy> yeah, most offlights from Atlanta are
03:18 <Tommy> *-of
03:18 <Aravilar> But this is from Newark
03:18 <Tommy> ooo
03:19 <Tommy> I naturally assumed it'd be via Atlanta, because.. everything is
03:19 <Aravilar> I'd love to go, but I think I'd get killed for using the money my grandfather gave me for college for plane tickets
03:19 <Tommy> but either way, Gatwick isn't hard to get to
03:19 <Tommy> well, yes, there is that
03:20 <Tommy> we use Gatwick for our flights because it's somewhat closer to home than Heathrow
03:20 <Tommy> only an hour's drive from home
03:21 <Aravilar> Wish I could go, but I need the money
03:22 <Tommy> well, indeed
03:24 <Aravilar> Though, it's not like I'm going to be making much money here
03:24 <Tommy> where's 'here'?
03:25 <Aravilar> Here, meaning, this county
03:25 <Aravilar> At minimum wage, even assuming a full 40 hours a week, I'm only making ~$3500 this summer
03:26 <Tommy> ouch
03:26 <Tommy> what's minimum wage now?
03:27 <Aravilar> In this state, $6.15/hr
03:27 <Tommy> ><
03:28 <Tommy> that's not so great
03:28 <Aravilar> More like $2900 actually
03:28 <Tommy> here, it's closer to $9/hr
03:28 <Tommy> but our cost of living is a fair bit higher
03:28 <Aravilar> That's ~$18
03:28 <Tommy> nono
03:29 <Tommy> I meant $9
03:29 <Aravilar> Ah
03:29 <Tommy> it's £4.45 until age 22
03:29 <Tommy> then £5.15
03:29 <Aravilar> See, I can't make the pretty symbol for pounds
03:29 <Tommy> ahh, yeah
03:29 <Tommy> illy keyboards
03:29 <Tommy> I had the same trouble when I was there
03:30 <Tommy>
03:30 <Aravilar> £
03:31 <Aravilar> Aha
03:31 <Tommy> interesting, I can't get the euro sign to show up
03:31 <Tommy> silly charset
03:31 <Aravilar> Worked on my screen
03:31 <Tommy> yeah, I think my irc client is using iso-8859-1
03:31 >>> Tommy tries to figure out how to make it understand utf-8
03:32 <Aravilar> €
03:33 <Aravilar> Alt codes for the win
03:33 <Tommy> still nothing
03:33 <Tommy> well, my keyboard has a euro symbol key :P
03:33 <Tommy> well
03:33 <Tommy> no
03:33 <Tommy> it's Alt Gr-4
03:33 <Tommy> but it's marked on the keyboard :P
--- Log closed Tue May 08 03:34:06 2007
--- Log opened Tue May 08 03:35:19 2007
03:35 --- Irssi: Starting query in Scatteredmind with Aravilar
03:35 <Tommy> try again
03:35 <Aravilar> €
03:35 <Aravilar> £
03:35 <Aravilar> Euro, pound
03:35 <Tommy> I get the pound
03:35 <Tommy> I see no euro
03:35 <Tommy> rmph
--- Log closed Tue May 08 03:41:14 2007
--- Log opened Tue May 08 03:47:12 2007
03:47 --- Irssi: Starting query in Scatteredmind with Aravilar
03:47 <Tommy> ok, try now
03:47 <Aravilar> €
03:47 <Aravilar> £
03:47 <Aravilar> Euro, pound
03:47 <Tommy> ooo
03:47 <Tommy> I can't see yours, but I can see my own now
03:47 <Tommy>
03:47 <Tommy> hooray
03:47 <Aravilar> =PO
03:47 <Aravilar> #=P
03:47 <Aravilar> ..
03:47 <Aravilar> sdfjblksdajnfglkadrjgln
03:48 <Tommy> so at least I know I'm using utf-8 properly, just not sure the connection is
03:48 <Aravilar> Can I have a shiny UK keyboard?
03:48 <Tommy> sure
03:48 <Tommy> my parents have a few usb ones going spare
03:48 <Tommy> they got them in bulk for some as yet inexplained reason
03:52 <Aravilar> I guess I'll head to bed
03:52 <Aravilar> See you tomorrow
03:52 <Tommy> arright man, have a god'n
03:52 <Tommy> you'll get out of there eventually, you know it :P
03:52 <Aravilar> Well, it's only a matter of time
03:54 <Tommy> indeed
03:54 <Tommy> and do pop over here sometime, it'd be good to chill and chat in person :P
--- Log closed Tue May 08 04:00:16 2007