On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:16:34 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 18 Jan 2009 15:09:24 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:48:41 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>>Buzz!
>>>>
>>>>Repetition.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Now Jim, you know very well that you can't challenge on a challenge or
>>> where would we be? But since the audience enjoyed your challenge you
>>> get a bonus point. Stephen has 27 seconds left.
>>
>>Woohoo!  Bonus points!
>>
>>
> And what do points mean?

PRIZES! :-)

>>>>> Homing in, King's Cross.
>>>>
>>>>Charing Cross, since you elected to invoke pigeons.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Pigeons doubled, Trafalgar Square.
>>
>>Ah, well, rounding off the corners there, it's back to the circle line
>>for us, and Bakerloo.
>>
>>
> Bakerloo? Even using the "standard metropolitan variation" you can't go
> to a whole tube line! You have been "Huffed" and I move to Camden Town,
> citing "Moreton's convention".

I was playing Kendall's 4th rule of the standard metropolitan variation - 
which invokes rule 172(b).  It provides more options, but is a fairly 
obscure variant, I will grant that.

Bethnal Green.

Jim

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On 19 Jan 2009 21:20:20 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>>>> Now Jim, you know very well that you can't challenge on a challenge or
>>>> where would we be? But since the audience enjoyed your challenge you
>>>> get a bonus point. Stephen has 27 seconds left.
>>>
>>>Woohoo!  Bonus points!
>>>
>>>
>> And what do points mean?
>
>PRIZES! :-)
>

Another bonus point for a retentive memory.

>>>>>> Homing in, King's Cross.
>>>>>
>>>>>Charing Cross, since you elected to invoke pigeons.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Pigeons doubled, Trafalgar Square.
>>>
>>>Ah, well, rounding off the corners there, it's back to the circle line
>>>for us, and Bakerloo.
>>>
>>>
>> Bakerloo? Even using the "standard metropolitan variation" you can't go
>> to a whole tube line! You have been "Huffed" and I move to Camden Town,
>> citing "Moreton's convention".
>
>I was playing Kendall's 4th rule of the standard metropolitan variation - 
>which invokes rule 172(b).  It provides more options, but is a fairly 
>obscure variant, I will grant that.
>
>Bethnal Green.

I'll get the heck out of there if I can get through the border.
And end up in Peckham Rye, man.
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     Stephen

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:58:42 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 19 Jan 2009 21:20:20 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> And what do points mean?
>>
>>PRIZES! :-)
>>
> Another bonus point for a retentive memory.

Yay! :-)

>>I was playing Kendall's 4th rule of the standard metropolitan variation
>>- which invokes rule 172(b).  It provides more options, but is a fairly
>>obscure variant, I will grant that.
>>
>>Bethnal Green.
> 
> I'll get the heck out of there if I can get through the border. And end
> up in Peckham Rye, man.

Leicester Square‎.  Because there's good restaurants there and I'm hungry 
now.

Jim

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On 20 Jan 2009 18:37:16 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Leicester Square?.  Because there's good restaurants there and I'm hungry 
>now.

Yum! I'll go later today and visit the Wong Kei. (Don't believe the reviews the
food is good if you don't order the tourist (Gweilo) menu).

Covent Garden.
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:52:10 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 20 Jan 2009 18:37:16 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Leicester Square?.  Because there's good restaurants there and I'm
>>hungry now.
> 
> Yum! I'll go later today and visit the Wong Kei. (Don't believe the
> reviews the food is good if you don't order the tourist (Gweilo) menu).

You know, the reason I chose that station is because we had the "dinner 
from hell" near there - met up with an acquaintance with a friend of 
ours, and the acquaintance gave us a "tour" of the "seedy part of 
London" (not her exact words, but close enough).  Our friend who was with 
us said "yeah, I was part of the creation of that".  We got lots of 
unsolicited advice, including my stepson (who was maybe 11 at the time) 
getting unsolicited career advice.

But the funny thing is Wong Kei may well be where we went.  I don't have 
the receipt any more (odd that, it's only been 10 years), so I'm not 
exactly sure where it was.

But we were invited to "go for a walk afterward" even though "I know you 
Americans don't like to exercise or take long walks".  We passed, citing 
that it was close to the last train back to Hastings (where we were 
staying with friends) - we went to Leicester Square station and the gate 
was down...ended up walking to the next station down the line, had some 
beer and tequila shots, and then got on the train - after realising that 
it actually wasn't the last train after all. :-)

> Covent Garden.

Ah, our first look at London was there.  We stayed with friends out in 
Bucks the first week we were there, and Shaun took us to London - and we 
got off at Covent Garden.

It was raining, so we went to our next destination by getting back on the 
tube at that station as well. :-)

I'm going to invoke Hammerstein's third deviation and take the Eurostar 
to Calais.

Jim

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:52:10 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 20 Jan 2009 18:37:16 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Leicester Square?.  Because there's good restaurants there and I'm
>>hungry now.
> 
> Yum! I'll go later today and visit the Wong Kei. (Don't believe the
> reviews the food is good if you don't order the tourist (Gweilo) menu).
> 
> Covent Garden.

Did you lose the thread? ;-)

Jim

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On 22 Jan 2009 17:15:31 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Did you lose the thread? ;-)
>

No, my wife bought a pair of Quad ESL 988 speakers and I've been a little
distracted. I bought a decent soundcard that I can use on my laptop, yesterday.
Yet more distractions cleaning up vintage recordings :)
And your post requires a proper answer but in the meantime lets go and a a
PovCon in Paris.
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Regards
     Stephen

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On 21 Jan 2009 13:11:39 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>You know, the reason I chose that station is because we had the "dinner 
>from hell" near there - met up with an acquaintance with a friend of 
>ours, and the acquaintance gave us a "tour" of the "seedy part of 
>London" (not her exact words, but close enough).  

Soho, the red light district also the theatre district and China town. 

>Our friend who was with 
>us said "yeah, I was part of the creation of that".  We got lots of 
>unsolicited advice, including my stepson (who was maybe 11 at the time) 
>getting unsolicited career advice.
>

Ugg!

>But the funny thing is Wong Kei may well be where we went.  I don't have 
>the receipt any more (odd that, it's only been 10 years), so I'm not 
>exactly sure where it was.
>
Ah! Receipts, the Wong Kei does not do receipts nor does it do cheques or credit
cards. If it does receipts I bet they are in Chinese. It is a cheap studenty
place with 4 floors and queues.  

>But we were invited to "go for a walk afterward" even though "I know you 
>Americans don't like to exercise or take long walks".  

How rude. 

>We passed, citing 
>that it was close to the last train back to Hastings (where we were 
>staying with friends) - we went to Leicester Square station and the gate 
>was down...

Cross the road, there are two other entrances. 

>ended up walking to the next station down the line, had some 
>beer and tequila shots, and then got on the train - after realising that 
>it actually wasn't the last train after all. :-)
>

Told you :)

>> Covent Garden.
>
>Ah, our first look at London was there.  We stayed with friends out in 
>Bucks the first week we were there, and Shaun took us to London - and we 
>got off at Covent Garden.
>
>It was raining, so we went to our next destination by getting back on the 
>tube at that station as well. :-)

Raining! I don't believe it ;)

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Regards
     Stephen

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On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:07:39 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2009 17:15:31 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Did you lose the thread? ;-)
>>
>>
> No, my wife bought a pair of Quad ESL 988 speakers and I've been a
> little distracted. I bought a decent soundcard that I can use on my
> laptop, yesterday. Yet more distractions cleaning up vintage recordings
> :) And your post requires a proper answer but in the meantime lets go
> and a a PovCon in Paris.

Ah, well, that'd do it. :-)

I was just thinking, we can't let the thread die just yet. ;-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> 
> I was just thinking, we can't let the thread die just yet. ;-)
> 
> Jim

No, we cant. The thread must live!

-- 
~Mike

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