On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:17:50 +0000, Doctor John wrote:

> On 03/01/2014 23:24, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Re: Humour vs. Humor - I've always said I'm bilingual - I speak
>> American and English, so feel free to use English spellings around me.
>> ;)
>>
>> On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:44:56 +0000, Doctor John wrote:
>>
>>> Jim, did you not not say in the last game of MC that you missed a good
>>> Holy War? Looks like two came along at once :-D
>>
>> Hehehehehehe.
>>
> As they say, speak of the devil ...

Or "be careful what you wish for". :)

>> Ouch.  We have a thing here called "budget billing," which takes the
>> average consumption over a year and spreads the cost out - they adjust
>> it annually, as I recall, but that helps us not see a cost spike in the
>> winter.
> 
> We have something similar here but it tends to over estimate your
> consumption (or has done in the past) so I prefer to get stung only half
> the time.

Yeah, I'm actually surprised the last charge that went over the limit 
wasn't declined, that's what's supposed to happen.

>> And one of those cards we've been using to help get us through the belt
>> tightening just turned up to be at its limit. :/
>>
>>
> I'm not at my limits yet but it's getting close.

It's been 3 years since the layoff, and while we've been mostly treading 
water, there have been some unexpected expenses (had to buy a new tire 
last week because we ended up with nails in two, and one couldn't be 
repaired).

> Of course , Stephen is horrifically rich and is at this moment heading
> for St Pancras International, so ...:
> 
> Green Park

Nice move.  You know, I've been thinking about a project, actually - 
transcriptions of all games from the show that there are recordings of 
(or that I have recordings of), map them out, and run some statistics on 
what's popular, what moves are popular, and what rules are invoked at 
what times.

Elephant & Castle, just for some variety. :)

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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