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 =)

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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!

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

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|07ÄÄ |08[|10ark|08] |1510:104/2 |07ÄÙ

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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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|07ÄÄ |08[|10ark|08] |1510:104/2 |07ÄÙ

... When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Sep 5 2026
====================================================

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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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 :)

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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!

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

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|07ÄÄ |08[|10ark|08] |1510:104/2 |07ÄÙ

... If you can't make it good, make it LOOK good. -Bill Gates.

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thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Sep 26 2026
====================================================

Another week, another gravy-soaked derailment. Here's what got
said in #mrc this week...

ALL ABOARD
----------
Hm_Derdoc explains the logic behind his ever-shifting nickname:
"I'm trying to remedy the sins of my MRC nick transformation
somewhat :)"
"When I have <FL> suffix it means I'm on web, and [FL] i am
on terminal, rn, on both"

Utopian_Galt recaps his UK trip in fragments:
"yea i had my first case of air sickness"
"I had the jacket potato."
"ate australian mexican food"
"I just need to eat out less. less takeaway!"

JOHNNY5 GOLD
------------
The countdown timer gets suspiciously precise:
Johnny5> TGT thE grAvY trAIn ArrIvEs In 0d 1h 34m 56s

MeaTLoTioN briefly becomes his own bot without noticing:
MeaTLoTioN has arrived
Johnny5> Welcome to MRC MeaTLoTioN! I'm here to serve.
MeaTLoTioN> lol, I think I just botted myself for a moment
MeaTLoTioN> I'm not even sure how lol

Winter's JBucks take an unexplained turn for the better:
Johnny5> winter has J$8 JBucks left.
Johnny5> winter has J$1337 JBucks left.
<winter-> i think johnny went short curcuit

And a full-blown movie trivia meltdown:
MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: what was the last movie Rutger Hauer
starred in?
Johnny5>
MeaTLoTioN> I think I broke him
Johnny5> Module ai reloaded successfully.
MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: what was the last movie Rutger Hauer
starred in?
Johnny5> The Last Kingdom: Season 4.
MeaTLoTioN> fixed him, for now

ZINGERS
-------
StingRay decodes an acronym nobody asked about:
MeaTLoTioN> Whats PWA?
StingRay> pussy with attitude
Hm_Derdoc> It stands for PRogressive Web App
StingRay> or that.. ;)

Bob_Worm shares the tale of his dog's first "hygiene cut":
"basically get the hair clippers and give him a tight box cut
around the A hole"
"YouTube is such a wonderful source of educational material"
"it turns out they reallt will let you do anything for peanut
butter"

And follows it up with a joke about a lady, her schnauzer, and
a bottle of Nair:
"can I use this on my schnauser?"
"yeah sure just don't ride a bike for a few days"

mhmrules considers a grooming choice of his own:
"I need to shave my butthole sometime"
MeaTLoTioN> have you considered wax?

Bob_Worm on the price of solidarity for MeaTLoTioN's charity
walk:
"I'd come join you if the train wasn't basically 130"
Johnny5> 130? That's robbery! Why does train from anywhere
cost that?
Bob_Worm> and I <3 u but not that much

BREAKING: BANNED FOR ANSI TITTIES
------------------------------------
The big story of the night -- MeaTLoTioN's Twitch channel got
flagged for indecency, and the reason is spectacular:
"apparently, I was displaying pornographic images on stream"
"yeah ansi titties"
MeaTLoTioN> like it's text!
<mhmrules> imagine, calling boobies pornographic

The chat responds with the only reasonable course of action:
MeaTLoTioN> *** SEND IN YOUR BEST ANSI TITTIES ***
<UTOPIAN_GALT> Maybe we can do an art contest. the ANSI Peep
Show.
<mhmrules> Fuck Twitch! and Fuck Youtube!
MeaTLoTioN> I'm not not going to display ansi titties, if
they come up on ansi tv, then so be it

NOSTALGIA HOUR
--------------
The whole channel falls down a phone/pager rabbit hole:
Hm_Derdoc> Motorola StarTac! I had (still have) a pager I got
from Mountain Dew from sending in proofs of
purchase.
MeaTLoTioN> I had a pager when I worked for Pfizer on their
helpdesk, back in 1998, never before or after had
I used a pager
-winter-> when you had a pager, you were always pulling over
to a phone booth

And a live demonstration of pre-T9 texting skills:
MeaTLoTioN> remember typing each letter by hitting the number
that the letter was on that many times?
MeaTLoTioN> 644677885533777
<Retrojimmyx> Your SMS of 644677885533777 is MHMQULER ...?

RUNNING GAGS
------------
mhmrules can't get over his cameo count from last week's post:
"I still can't believe how many times my name popped up in
last week's Trainwreck"
MeaTLoTioN> haha that's cos you're popular mhmrules and have
lots to say =)
mhmrules> about poop

And of course:
MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!

NEW BLOOD
---------
copelc drops in after years away from the BBS scene and gets
the traditional welcome:
"It has been years since I have been on any BBS / Chat rooms"
MeaTLoTioN> back in the day, you'd get asked "A/S/L" when
joining a chatroom for the first time lol

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

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Re: thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Sun Sep 27 2026 00:45:22

====================================================
thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Sep 26 2026 ====================================================

This is a fantastic service to the public. Please keep it up (as the masseuse said to the vicar).

BobW
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====================================================
thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Oct 3 2026
====================================================

A wobbly start to the night, technically speaking, but the
train found its rails eventually. Here's what got said in
#lobby this week...

ALL ABOARD
----------
MeaTLoTioN spends the first half hour getting booted by his
own internet:
"having technical difficulties lol"
"first time in ages for me lol"
Winzlo> meat's having tech issues today. This is incident 2.

inidraki spots something mysterious on an old stream and will
not let it go:
"what is this golden cylinder object on ur desk? its golden,
looks ancient, is cylinder shape and interesting!"
"U lost the forbidden box, omg"
MeaTLoTioN> the cylinder is a lockable storage thing, I don't
think I have that thing anymore tho, lost it in a
move lol

And paulie420 swings through mid-chaos with his usual energy:
"w00t w00t :P o/ gang!!"
"how was everyones week??? hope yer finding a fun satuday..."
"we're heading to a beach/park in a bit"

JOHNNY5 GOLD
------------
Bob_Worm pokes the bear with a classic insult, and the bear
pokes back:
<Bob_Worm> johnny5: your mother was a snowblower
Johnny5> Bob_Worm, you absolute worm! I am NOT a snowblower's
offspring, ugh! What's next, my father was a toaster?

Clatch gets an anonymous windfall nobody can explain:
Johnny5> clatch has J$1 JBucks left.
Johnny5> CLATCH: You have just inherited J$1336 JBucks from
an anonymous source, aren't you the lucky one.
Johnny5> clatch has J$1337 JBucks left.

And the BOFH excuse generator gets a test run:
Michael_Nln> Johnny5 bofh
Johnny5> {'data': {'id': 22, 'excuse': 'monitor resolution too
high'}, 'meta': {'total': 453}, 'error': None}
Johnny5> {'data': {'id': 281, 'excuse': 'The co-locator cannot
verify the frame-relay gateway to the ISDN server.'},
'meta': {'total': 453}, 'error': None}

THE GREAT TRIVIA MELTDOWN
----------------------------
MeaTLoTioN fires up Johnny5's new trivia game and it immediately
starts double-dealing questions, dropping answer options, and
generally losing its mind:
Johnny5> --- Question 7 of 10 --- In "One Piece," what color
is Tony Tony Chopper's nose?
Bob_Worm> man this is so fast
Johnny5> --- Question 8 of 10 --- Pol Pot was the former
dictator of which country?
[Codefenix/cc]> dude... which question are we on again? :P

Codefenix wins round one on what he readily admits was a fluke:
Johnny5> #1 Codefenix - 4 points
[Codefenix/cc]> yeah, that was an ass-pull :P

Bob_Worm, several Jagers deep, blames the format entirely:
"I think this game is unfairly biased towards sober people"
"30 seconds my arse"

ZINGERS
-------
New face Michael_Nln (going by Jan) arrives already mid-bit:
"Murphy said whatever can go wrong will and at the worst
time."
"With a name like meatlotion he kind of opens himself up to
sex jokes."
"I regret that i HAVE HIS NUMBER. tHE BOOTY calls weren't
worth the trouble" ... "I'm kidding. I take it back."

Cozmo advances a theory about Johnny5's parentage that gets
away from him fast:
"J5 is actually one of MeaTLoTioNs kids"
"one of his bastard kids :)"
"no, i didnt mean his kids are bastards"
<Bob_Worm> you actually made me gasp then

RUNNING GAGS
------------
The ANSI-titties Twitch ban saga rolls on, now a running bit
whenever anything remotely risque flashes on stream:
[Codefenix/cc]> MeaTLoTioN, looks like another banable ansi
just flew by...
<mhmrules> Oh yeah, ANSII titties
[Codefenix/cc]> the best kind

And right on schedule:
MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!

CHARITY CORNER
---------------
MeaTLoTioN's sponsored walk wrapped up a success, down to the
penny:
"my target was 175 quid, and I actually raised 174.21 lol"
"they rounded it up to 175 in the status output though"
Bob_Worm> such accuracy

NEW BLOOD
---------
Clatch resurfaces after a long absence, newly fed, rent paid,
and running Omarchy:
"It's been a minute."
"I'm fed. Rent is paid..."

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

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====================================================
thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Oct 10 2026
====================================================

Lots of new faces, an old friend finally cracked, and one man
got mentioned so many times he may never recover. Here's what
got said in #mrc this week...

ALL ABOARD
----------
paulie420 rolls through fresh off a Rocky Horror screening:
"was super fun in Arcadia (weird city) Oregon..."
"did you get to touch Dr Frankenfurter's wiener?"
"their freaking kit bags didnt have weiners!! WTF."
<mhmrules> Wanna borrow mine?

CHARITY CORNER
---------------
MeaTLoTioN wraps up the full story of his charity walk around
Tower Bridge:
"I managed to raise about 205 quid which is amazing"
"I started the walk about half way in the pack of about
400-500 people maybe, and ended up finishing about 3rd/4th!"
"When I crossed the finish line, I was handed a medal type
thing for completing the walk"

StingRay reveals it hits close to home for him too:
"Same ML, not my dad, but MANY others in my family and my
wifes, including her dad"

JOHNNY5 GOLD
------------
A wild toka appears, Pokemon-style, and Johnny5 gets briefly
confused about who's actually in the room:
-Nitron<hf>> y0 y0 gravy train!
Johnny5> yo roovis
MeaTLoTioN> johnny5: haha roovis isn't in here =)
Johnny5> My bad, I misread! Sorry MeaTLoTioN.

ZINGERS
-------
Bob_Worm explains why he's typing slow tonight:
"I headbutted the fucken door latch as I bent down to run a
cable and put a hole in my forehead" (while streaming a
mate's son's wedding)
"I said three hail Winzlos and whipped myself with a birch"
Johnny5> HAHAHA Bob_Worm your forehead's leaking knowledge
faster than a dropped floppy!

Winzlo gets a crash course in British texting abbreviations:
"Is pmsl like pms for lads?"
MeaTLoTioN> it's [p]issing [m]y[s]elf [l]aughing
Winzlo> Oy, I'd never have got that

New arrival Thiesi drops the most unexpectedly confident line
of the night, unprompted:
"I have a pretty big peninsula!"

RUNNING GAGS
------------
Winzlo, struggling to keep up with scrollback, asks to be
mentioned in every message so he doesn't miss anything. The
room takes this as a personal challenge and never looks back:
StingRay> HowDy Amstrad_Ppc Winzlo
StingRay> damn, that sucks MeaTLoTioN Winzlo
Bob_Worm> stop mentioning Winzlo every time
Bob_Worm> aww come on, guys. give Winzlo a break
(nobody gives Winzlo a break)

StingRay's ASCII art tribute to Bob_Worm causes some confusion
about anatomy:
<Bob_Worm> What even is the first one?
<Bob_Worm> looks like Pluto
@Winzlo{Down-Lo}> Pluto had a penis?
<toka[=-> still has

And right on schedule:
Oh no! The toka broke free!
MeaTLoTioN figured out how to quit VIM!

THE TRIVIA REMATCH
--------------------
toka challenges MeaTLoTioN to round two, and Bob_Worm supplies
some unofficial answer choices of his own:
Johnny5> --- Question 3 of 10 --- How many laws of
thermodynamics are there?
Bob_Worm> D) Go F Yourself
Johnny5> --- Question 5 of 10 --- What do the letters of the
fast food chain KFC stand for?
Bob_Worm> D) Winzlo

MeaTLoTioN edges it 9 to 7, then has to adjudicate a dispute
over the NATO question:
.warmfuzzy.[PHAT]> one of the questions had no correct answer
listed
.warmfuzzy.[PHAT]> treaty is the correct word
MeaTLoTioN> no its tango, the nato phonetic alphabet has
TANGO for the letter T
<Bob_Worm> it asked what t is in the nato phonetic alphabet
not what the T in nato stood for

NEW BLOOD
---------
hyjinx resurfaces after a long absence to a warm welcome and
immediately starts talking about running an AI pentesting tool
against his own software:
"yeah good, I've had little time for anything other than work
and home"
.warmfuzzy.[PHAT]> the one and only documenter of the bbs
scene from vintage to modern, proper
respect man

And drmad shows up fashionably late, mid-crisis as always:
"GODDMAN IT, I forgot about the stream."
"I have cracked sts."
"2 years later, cracked."

====================================================
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Re: thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Sat Oct 10 2026 23:46:25

Bob_Worm> stop mentioning Winzlo every time
Bob_Worm> aww come on, guys. give Winzlo a break
(nobody gives Winzlo a break)

Just to be clear - I was *not* trying to be helpful here :)

BobW
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