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
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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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thE trAIn wrEck - highlights from thE grAvY trAIn
Meatup: Sat Aug 29 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!

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

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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 :)

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

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