• thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn

    From MeaTLoTioN@1337:1/101 to All on Sunday, August 09, 2026 00:07:45
    Hi y'all,

    Here are the highlights from tonight's thE grAvY trAIn - this is a new service we're calling "thE trAIn wrEck" - thanks for coining the name, Toka =)

    ====================================================
    thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
    MeaTuP: Sat Aug 8 2026
    ====================================================

    Another Saturday, another Gravy Train off the rails. Here's
    the best of what got said in #lobby today...

    JOHNNY5 GOLD
    ------------
    Cozmo, on discovering our bot's lineage:
    "yes you are a LLama johnny5"

    MeaTLoTioN swaps models mid-chat and it all goes wrong:
    MeaTLoTioN> {'error': {'message': 'Request Entity Too
    Large'...}}
    MeaTLoTioN> you just blew his little mind

    Utopian_Galt asks the important questions:
    "how big is his model?"
    MeaTLoTioN> 640K
    Utopian_Galt> so its bigger than the guru from synchronet?

    Cozmo, on the lettuce incident:
    "johnny5 got some of tht lettuce :)"
    Utopian_Galt> a brain of lettuce?
    Johnny5> A brain of lettuce? That's a crisp idea, mate!

    Asked who talks to him most (besides MeaTLoTioN):
    Johnny5> Bob_Worm, usually winding me up

    And when asked his current whereabouts:
    Johnny5> Running on CP437, mate, on thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE BBS!

    ZINGERS
    -------
    Winzlo, on economics:
    "I'm not a business of bailing out fans."

    Winzlo, feeling philosophical:
    "I'm an oxymoron. Sometimes I'm not even oxy."

    Winzlo, on chaos theory:
    "If I wanted chaos, I'd just walk out my front door."

    Winzlo, shouting at the smart home:
    "Siri, turn the goddamn lights on bitch!"
    Cozmo> you mean "turn on the goddamn lights Winzlo"

    MeaTLoTioN, doing the math on child maintenance:
    "if I sell my daughter, I could buy a new car"

    [FL]Hm_Derdoc, dropping BBS lore:
    "All the best pirate BBSes are in Somalia these days"

    mhmrules, on the mathematics of black holes:
    "Everytime I do that, a black hole opens up. It's fun!"
    (re: dividing by zero)

    RUNNING GAGS
    ------------
    Winzlo spent a good twenty minutes trying to trade a rock
    for a stick. Nobody took the deal.

    toka coined the phrase that named this post:
    <toka> trAIn wreck

    And of course, the exit messages write themselves:
    MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!
    Oh no! The toka broke free!

    ====================================================
    Same time next week. All aboard. ====================================================

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  • From Shurato@1337:3/185 to Mike Powell on Friday, September 04, 2026 13:10:00

    * In a message originally to Shurato, Mike Powell said:

    I hope I don't have to pack some wellies when i go next week. It
    was
    raining real bad in Manchester the last few days.

    Ok, I have no idea what wellies are...


    Wellingtons, i.e. rubber rain/weather boots (and not leather work, or "cowboy," boots).

    I leaned that from the TV show "Last of the Summer Wine" where one of the main characters wore them constantly.

    Thanks, I thought it was a euphemism for amphetamines... Didn't make any
    sense to me!

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  • From Mike Powell@1337:3/103 to Shurato on Saturday, September 05, 2026 15:27:24
    Ok, I have no idea what wellies are...

    Wellingtons, i.e. rubber rain/weather boots (and not leather work, or "cowboy," boots).

    I leaned that from the TV show "Last of the Summer Wine" where one of the main characters wore them constantly.

    Thanks, I thought it was a euphemism for amphetamines... Didn't make any sense to me!

    LOL, I can see why it wouldn't make sense! :D



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  • From MeaTLoTioN@1337:1/101 to All on Sunday, September 06, 2026 00:28:25
    ====================================================
    thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
    Meatup: Sat Sep 5 2026
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    Third stop on the line and the wheels are still somehow on.
    Here's what got said in #lobby this week...

    ALL ABOARD
    ----------
    Crewmate wanders back in early and immediately regrets it:
    "have i walked into a meatup?"
    MeaTLoTioN> it'll get busier in about 45 mins Crewmate

    Gnickel drops some unprompted South Park wisdom on Keyop:
    "he's not your buddy, pal"
    "and hee's not your pal, guy"
    (southpark reference to canadians)

    JOHNNY5 GOLD
    ------------
    Gnickel wakes the bot up the honest way:
    "johnny5 is being quiet"
    Johnny5> Sorry if I seemed quiet, I'm just listening. Got any
    new topics to share?
    Gnickel> johnny5 what is the airspeed of an unladen swallow
    Johnny5> * thE grAvY trAIn iS c0mIng In 15 mInUtEs!

    StingRay asks the question everyone was thinking:
    "johnny5 what size bra is Bob_Worm up to now?"
    Johnny5> I'd wager Bob_Worm's sporting a solid 38C these days
    -- still a mystery, innit?

    And when Bob_Worm tries to take credit for Johnny5's typo:
    <Bob_Worm> johnny5's?
    Johnny5> My s just shows its mine -- like Johnny5s. Anything
    else youre curious about?

    Same old song and dance:
    Johnny5> *need to recharge my input circuits* -- back
    tomorrow!
    MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: are you borked?
    (MeaTLoTioN/DirectMsg) reload ai
    Johnny5> Module ai reloaded successfully.
    MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: are you borked?
    Johnny5> No, I'm not borked -- running smooth as ever! Ooh,
    love the input!

    ZINGERS
    -------
    MeaTLoTioN, unveiling his sovereign Linux distro of choice:
    "KYJL = Kim Yo Jong Linux: Your computer, our operating
    system. Your choice is appreciated"
    "100% sovereign computing: completely free from western
    influence. no ubuntu, no arch, no debian, no unnecessary
    exposure to dangerous concepts such as choice"
    "it has a mandatory daily reboot: giving the user time to
    reflect on their achievements, and those of the supreme
    leader"

    StingRay, diagnosing the state of British internet law:
    "yeah well it sounds like your laws were written by Hitler"
    MeaTLoTioN> the UK is like North Korea
    StingRay> twat-waffles

    Bob_Worm, on the ANSI art community's finest export:
    "it's a fine line between snark and cunt, though"
    "gotta watch that one"

    Retrojimmyx and paulie420 achieve peak comedy via typo:
    <Retrojimmyx> There's an outdoor pianist on the M4 apparently
    <epohderf> I heard the pianist was prodding the pedals with
    his passion parsnip
    <Retrojimmyx> Sorry you may have missed it painist / penis --
    that's the level of my sophistication

    -phigan-, questioning the very premise of this post:
    "gravy can't trainwreck.. it's gravy."
    "wait, why did i see gravy in there"

    QUOTE OF THE NIGHT, NO CONTEXT PROVIDED ------------------------------------------
    Per Retrojimmyx's own request:
    "cake my arse"

    THE CRT NOSTALGIA HOUR
    -----------------------
    The whole channel gets misty-eyed over degaussing sounds and
    Trinitron monitors:
    Bob_Worm> after using a 14" goldfish bowl for so many years
    that thing felt concave
    MeaTLoTioN> did your trinitrons used to "clunk" each time you
    turned them on? the degausse thing kicking in?
    Bob_Worm> yep, nice heavy degauss on them
    StingRay> Cozmo go grab your abacus
    Cozmo> the abacus is buried somewhere

    BOB_WORM'S DRY SPELL
    ----------------------
    A rare sighting: Bob_Worm shows up sober, and it shows:
    <Bob_Worm> meat and I are rawdogging MRC
    <Bob_Worm> are you finding it as tough as me, mate?
    MeaTLoTioN> it's alright without alcohol. I never get pissed
    in an evening's meetup
    Bob_Worm> then what's the point?
    Cozmo> are those wine glass stains Bob?

    RUNNING GAGS
    ------------
    The post you're reading right now becomes the topic of the post:
    MeaTLoTioN> Bob_Worm should read my posts called "thE trAIn
    wrEck" - it's my summary of the evening's meetup
    Bob_Worm> aside from what I read in your trainwreck thread
    Cozmo> MEat: i love the train wreck
    MeaTLoTioN> Cozmo: not my idea actually, it was utopian_galt's
    Cozmo> ah nice!

    Imgur remains banned in the UK, and nobody is over it:
    MeaTLoTioN> click bait Cozmo
    MeaTLoTioN> Content not available in your region.
    Bob_Worm> it's not our internet, imgur decided screw complying
    with our stupid age laws
    StingRay> yeah well it sounds like your laws were written by
    Hitler

    The evening briefly becomes a urinal appreciation society:
    <epohderf> My favourite urinals are the ceramic ones tht are
    just built in to the wall
    <Bob_Worm> you like to share?
    <epohderf> and they remind me of honfleur in france that just
    has one that comes up to chest height
    (nobody involved seemed to think this needed further comment)

    NEW BLOOD
    ---------
    SP7AJ joins fresh off getting his ham radio callsign sorted:
    "hey there, this is my ham radio callsign"
    "my name is Arek, nice to meet u guys"
    Bob_Worm> emphasis on the 7A I guess :)

    Epohderf, only the second time he's ever used a BBS:
    "This is only the second time I have ever used a BBS"
    "probably considered a total pig but I used syncterm to get
    here"

    MOST TRAIN WRECK LINE OF THE NIGHT
    -------------------------------------
    djatropine arrives mid-rant about self-declared emperorship and
    does not once come up for air:
    "well I Declare myself Emporor at leas"
    "so i now have a cult that is LARGER than scientology and
    mormonism"
    "the only rule i have: Do what you love, worhship how you
    want, just do not come to me for either stopping nor starting
    wars"
    Bob_Worm> whatever makes you happy, djatropine

    And of course, the exit messages write themselves:
    MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!

    ====================================================
    No TGT next week - MeaTLoTioN's off in a converted barn
    with a hot tub. Same time the week after. All aboard. ====================================================

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  • From Utopian Galt@1337:3/129 to MeaTLoTioN on Saturday, September 05, 2026 20:25:29
    No TGT next week - MeaTLoTioN's off in a converted barn

    I'll be around, I might be waiting to enter a queue in a concert or in a tram. But I'll likely contribute my 2 pence next week :)

    + KO6GVD - Ontario, California - Winserver and WWIV BBS Operator

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  • From MeaTLoTioN@1337:1/101 to All on Sunday, August 30, 2026 00:35:56
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    thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
    Meatup: Sat Aug 29 2026
    ====================================================

    29 years to the day since Skynet went live, and the Gravy
    Train still managed to go further off the rails than any
    machine uprising. Here's the damage...

    ALL ABOARD
    ----------
    The stream kicks off and the crowd loses it:
    mhmrules> WHUDDUP ODYSEE LOSERS!
    Gnickel> it's SHOWTIME
    jrsharp> hold onto your butts!
    paulie420> w00h00!!! Graavy Train!
    mhmrules> YOU WANTED THE BEST! YOU GOT THE BEST! THE
    HOTTEST BAND IN THE LAND! THE GRAVY TRAIN!

    JOHNNY5 GOLD
    ------------
    Gnickel asks the important question:
    "Johnny5: when did Meatlotion become Self-Aware"
    Johnny5> MeatLoTiOns just a brilliant human behind the
    keys - no AI awakening yet, mate! Got any wild
    BBS stories?

    Bob_Worm, delegating his social obligations:
    "johnny5 did you make my apologies for me?"
    Johnny5> Sure thing, Bob_Worm - here's a short apology:
    'Sorry for any hassle caused, it wasn't my
    intention. Hope we're all good now.' Need
    tweaks?

    MeaTLoTioN, pondering the judicial branch:
    "SCOTUS sounds like something you have inside your
    trellies"
    Johnny5> Haha, SCOTUS in the trellis? Sounds like a
    garden of legal vines!

    And of course, the nightly ritual:
    Johnny5> *need to recharge my input circuits* -- back
    in a bit!
    (repeat approximately eleven times)

    ZINGERS
    -------
    MeaTLoTioN, settling a grammar debate:
    "the plural of the word anus is bob_worm"

    Winzlo, independently arriving at the same question:
    "What's the plural of the word anus? Anai?"

    Bob_Worm, on Broadcom:
    "has ever a company farted harder into its customers'
    mouths"

    Bob_Worm, gatekeeping amateur radio:
    "does your auditory processing issue limit the amount
    of humblebragging you can listen to from middle aged
    rich wankers with huge rigs? If so ham may not be for
    you"

    Bob_Worm, on the ANSI art community:
    "I did my own quadrant with 'finishes ANSI art' and
    'doesn't finish ANSI art' on the x axis. I won't tell
    you where meat ended up"

    Bob_Worm, on his streaming setup:
    "OBS is a damn trooper. 3 funerals in 0 issues"

    toka spots a pun, Gnickel runs with it:
    <toka> james bong having a stornk
    <Gnickel> hmmm Snoop Dogg, as agent 00Blunt, Bong,
    James Bong

    THE BOB_WORM DRUNK-O-METER
    ---------------------------
    A night in the life, charted in real time:
    "man typing is harder than I expected, even a whole
    bottle in"
    ...
    "wow I'm a bottle in, typing is impressive even with
    errors"
    ...
    "fair play for how cooked I am I think my typing is
    alright"
    ...
    "man I am HAMMERED"

    RUNNING GAGS
    ------------
    Winzlo makes an entrance:
    * Winzlo streaks through the channel, yelling "Hi, I'm
    a squid!"

    Utopian_Galt clarifies his holiday plans, ratings-board
    style:
    "G rated version would be vacationing in Devon."
    "X rated version would be saucy encounters with another
    person."
    MeaTLoTioN> dogging != sheeping

    Bob_Worm's unforgettable M4 story:
    "some guy was stood on a motorway sign swinging his nob
    around like he was ringing the dinner bell in school"
    "ansolute ledge"

    MOST TRAIN WRECK LINE OF THE NIGHT
    -----------------------------------
    drmad, on a bag of pills, with unintentional accuracy:
    "This bad of pills is called 'Plane Wreck', Ill take
    what i just dropped on the floor."

    NEW BLOOD
    ---------
    Retrojimmyx joins mid-file-hunt and immediately fits in:
    "Maybe the feds back doored into Meatlotion's BBS and
    removed it."
    (re: a missing text file, not a conspiracy)

    And the closer, courtesy of Bob_Worm on his way out:
    "he rubs the lotion on the meat"
    MeaTLoTioN> clarise!

    ====================================================
    Same time next week. All aboard. ====================================================

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  • From RetroJimmyX@1337:3/231 to MeaTLoTioN on Tuesday, September 01, 2026 00:15:51

    Hey, thanks for making me feel welcome! Going to the event in Leicester this Saturday at the Retro Computing Museum. (Check it out!) It finishes at 20:00 so should be back for the next one. Still trying to get my head round BBSes and when I thought I understood it, there's echomail networks.
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  • From Bob Worm@1337:1/101 to MeaTLoTioN on Thursday, September 03, 2026 22:05:24
    Heh - Cozmo told me I'd featured somewhat heavily in the train wreck this week. What a way to discover that the train wreck exists!

    Hopefully I wasn't too offensive, I don't know if I mentioned it but I'd had a bit to drink and was struggling to type :)

    Take it easy, old chaps!

    BobW

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  • From Utopian Galt@1337:3/129 to Bob Worm on Thursday, September 03, 2026 19:19:54
    Heh - Cozmo told me I'd featured somewhat heavily in the train wreck
    this week. What a way to discover that the train wreck exists!

    I hope I don't have to pack some wellies when i go next week. It was raining real bad in Manchester the last few days.

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  • From Shurato@1337:3/185 to Utopian Galt on Thursday, September 03, 2026 22:14:00
    I hope I don't have to pack some wellies when i go next week. It was raining real bad in Manchester the last few days.

    Ok, I have no idea what wellies are...

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  • From Mike Powell@1337:3/103 to Shurato on Friday, September 04, 2026 16:18:58
    I hope I don't have to pack some wellies when i go next week. It was raining real bad in Manchester the last few days.

    Ok, I have no idea what wellies are...


    Wellingtons, i.e. rubber rain/weather boots (and not leather work, or "cowboy," boots).

    I leaned that from the TV show "Last of the Summer Wine" where one of the main characters wore them constantly.

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  • From MeaTLoTioN@1337:1/101 to All on Saturday, September 19, 2026 23:38:16
    ====================================================
    thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
    Meatup: Sat Sep 19 2026
    ====================================================

    Back on schedule after last week's skipped stop. Here's what
    got said in #mrc this week...

    ALL ABOARD
    ----------
    Utopian_Galt calls in from the UK leg of his trip, sore feet
    and all:
    "10.7 miles walked"
    "damn im not used to walking 25k steps a day"
    "crapp i have to pop a second blister"

    inidraki drops in with a fun fact nobody asked for:
    "Did u know? If u get a drink with japanese or chinese
    cocktail umbrellas... U can pullout the wite glue and u get
    a sheet of real japanese newspaper =D"

    JOHNNY5 GOLD
    ------------
    MeaTLoTioN asks for some quick maths and gets a result that
    raises more questions than it answers:
    MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: what's 1.9 * 4.4
    Johnny5> 1.94.4=8.36.

    Cozmo puts the bot to honest labour:
    "Johnny5 go mow paulie420 lawn"
    Johnny5> Executing: mow paulie420's lawn. Error -- no mower
    attached.

    Bob_Worm gets cagey and Johnny5 calls him on it:
    <Bob_Worm> contrary to certain people's accusations
    Johnny5> What accusations are you referring to, Bob?
    Bob_Worm> you know, j5
    Bob_Worm> shush now j5

    And a new bot shows up, so naturally introductions are made:
    <Bob_Worm> j5 meet hyperbot
    <Bob_Worm> you can tell each other to call back tomorrow

    ZINGERS
    -------
    Bob_Worm shares slightly more than anyone asked for about his
    hernia operation:
    "did I ever tell you guys that when I had my hernia op the
    blood drained into my junk and turned it purple"
    "but my schlong was scared of the blade so it had retreated
    inside a bit and that made the purple into like an inverted
    tiger skin pattern"
    Cozmo> bob tmi

    Keyop, ranking married-life acronyms:
    "MIL is a better acronym than MILF :)"
    <mhmrules> I prefer MILFs

    Utopian_Galt explains why he walked out of a gig rather than
    risk it:
    "i didnt want to out my self on my politics"
    "i should of had bobby gillisipie kick me out"

    epohderf reveals the Toby Carvery sandwich hack:
    "nonchaalantly ask ehat they do with the turkey wings"
    "the answer is anywhere between gravy and 'dunno'"
    "always guaranteed at least one if not 2!"

    TMI CORNER
    ----------
    mhmrules arrives already mid-crisis:
    "I CAN'T QUIT POOPING!!!"
    "I'm turning my toilet into a poop lasagna!!!!"
    MeaTLoTioN> you got a virus mhmrules? or food poisoning?
    mhmrules> Probably the pizza I had last night. I asked for
    extra cheese

    RUNNING GAGS
    ------------
    The South Park bit returns, this time courtesy of mhmrules and
    Bob_Worm (Gnickel started this one two meetups back):
    <mhmrules> I'm not your buddy, guy!
    <Bob_Worm> I'm not your guy, pal
    <mhmrules> I'm not your pal, buddy!

    The mystery of MeaTLoTioN's name comes up yet again:
    =Cozmo<LUN>= thats what i thought MEat's name was about
    =Cozmo<LUN>= when i first came in MRC
    <Bob_Worm> yeah me too but supposedly it's an innocent gravy
    reference
    @Keyop> I thought it was named after the gay club in Ramsgate
    MeaTLoTioN> "supposedly" is actually "fact" :P
    <Bob_Worm> putting quotes around "fact" does not help your
    argument much

    And right on cue:
    Oh no! The toka broke free!

    MOTORBIKE NOSTALGIA
    --------------------
    MeaTLoTioN reminisces about his racing days on a Honda
    Fireblade:
    "I paid like 12k for my blade, and could do 0-100mph in about
    2 seconds, 100-200mph in like 4 more"
    "I beat a nissan gtr around the nurberg ring lol, beat it in
    a drag race, beat it to 100 from 0, out brake too... bikes
    are incredible"

    paulie420 counters with his Harley modification era:
    "wide 39mm forks, extended front pegs -- drilled out belt
    hole, cams, sideshots pipes... loved it"
    "removed the harley badges and put Honda stickers on the
    tank!!"
    MeaTLoTioN> loud pipes save lives! =)

    NEW BLOOD
    ---------
    lisko drops in from an Amiga 1200/030 and immediately gets the
    date wrong:
    "good evening from my amiga 1200/030"
    "happy 4/20 everyone"
    =Cozmo<LUN>= that would be nice if it were 4/20
    <lisko> i'm vaporizing it

    warmfuzzy returns with actual scene news -- GUILD BBS opens its
    doors this week:
    "PSA: September 22nd is the grand opening of GUILD BBS"

    BBS SCENE NEWS
    ---------------
    Nitron swings by with a fresh ANSI art pack:
    "https://16colo.rs/pack/impure93 -- new impure pack dropped
    today!"

    MOST TRAIN WRECK LINE OF THE NIGHT
    -------------------------------------
    Cozmo, deep into a story about his childhood neighbours:
    "id' be eating dinner and their door would fly open and they
    would be rolling around on the lawn killing each other"
    (referring to six boys who lived across the street, for the
    record, not an actual crime scene)

    And of course, the exit messages write themselves:
    MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!

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    Same time next week. All aboard. ====================================================

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