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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:49:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>> I am contradicting you tonight :P.
>>
>>You are. Stop it. ;-)
>>
>>
> OK
> (If you stop being wrong :)
Deal. ;-)
>>> On my car the kph is on the inside
>>> and it is in red so that it does not distract (I think) this was not
>>> helpful to me when I drove it for 9 months on the continent a few
>>> years ago and could not make out the speed at night.
>>
>>Ouch.
>>
> No worries my wife can tell the speed blindfolded (Only half joking)
LOL, I know what you mean...
>>>>More fun in your head is to convert the cost there to US dollars per
>>>>US gallon....
>>>
>>> If only the exchange rate would stay the same at the end of a journey
>>> as it was at the beginning :)
>>
>>Well, yeah, that would be useful. It was more stable when we were last
>>there.
>>
>>Still not favourable to us, though.
>>
> It works for us :)
Only if you come over here. So, when are you? ;-)
Jim
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> Yeah - the first couple times out I printed directions from
> maps.google.co.uk and got hopelessly lost. I learned quickly that if I
> took those directions and just identified the next marker I needed to
> look for, it was a LOT easier to get around.
>
> It is fairly counterintuitive to me that a map is a hinderance, but I
> can't argue with the results. ;-)
Yup, most of the time for longish journeys on unfamiliar routes (before I
got GPS) I would just write a list of 5-10 towns/cities that I needed to
pass through. If you get lost, you can just drive towards the centre of the
town/city and you'll be sure there is a sign somewhere with one of the items
on your list. I found maps only helpful for the last few miles, where you
were possibly driving through resedential areas or unsigned minor routes.
Typically I would just print out a zoomed in version around a few miles of
my destination.
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On 16 Oct 2008 14:58:48 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> You need to keep the corks damp ;)
>
>I think you'll find it's someone on your side of the pond that needed to
>do that. ;-)
>
And so they did but too late for you :)
http://www.brightonbottles.com/hamilton.jpg
>> Scary! It is one of my fears that I'll end up talking to the fairies
>> when I'm old.
>> Well talking out loud :)
>
>Heh, I do that *now*. ;)
>
So do I but think how much worse it will get :(
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 16 Oct 2008 15:04:34 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:49:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>> I am contradicting you tonight :P.
>>>
>>>You are. Stop it. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> OK
>> (If you stop being wrong :)
>
>Deal. ;-)
>
Deal :)
>>>> If only the exchange rate would stay the same at the end of a journey
>>>> as it was at the beginning :)
>>>
>>>Well, yeah, that would be useful. It was more stable when we were last
>>>there.
>>>
>>>Still not favourable to us, though.
>>>
>> It works for us :)
>
>Only if you come over here. So, when are you? ;-)
>
When they stop hassling you at airports :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:01 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>>> There's Klingons off the starboard bow, cap'n
>>
>> It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
>> it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.
>>
>Star Trekking across the Universe
>Always going forward 'cos we can't find reverse
Fancy a 20 fl oz?
:)
--
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:01 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>
>>>> There's Klingons off the starboard bow, cap'n
>>> It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
>>> it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.
>>>
>> Star Trekking across the Universe
>> Always going forward 'cos we can't find reverse
>
> Fancy a 20 fl oz?
> :)
Answer - Yes
Just trying to find a slot that doesn't conflict with work i.e. not
working the next day. Laphroaig plays havoc with the thinking processes :-)
John
--
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:49:50 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>> Fancy a 20 fl oz?
>> :)
>Answer - Yes
>Just trying to find a slot that doesn't conflict with work i.e. not
>working the next day.
I hate to suggest the weekend but I'm off to Renfrew on Monday for a course then
Copenhagen the week after.
>Laphroaig plays havoc with the thinking processes :-)
Just the opposite in my opinion ;)
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Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:49:50 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>
>>> Fancy a 20 fl oz?
>>> :)
>> Answer - Yes
>> Just trying to find a slot that doesn't conflict with work i.e. not
>> working the next day.
>
> I hate to suggest the weekend but I'm off to Renfrew on Monday for a course then
> Copenhagen the week after.
>
So when are you back? (I'm attacking the Estate Agents this w-e :-( )
>> Laphroaig plays havoc with the thinking processes :-)
>
> Just the opposite in my opinion ;)
Depends what you're thinking about ;-)
John
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"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:16:20 +0100, Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
>So when are you back? (I'm attacking the Estate Agents this w-e :-( )
Leave Monday back late Friday
Week after back Thursday. after that I don't know :(
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Stephen
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:40:49 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 16 Oct 2008 14:58:48 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>>> You need to keep the corks damp ;)
>>
>>I think you'll find it's someone on your side of the pond that needed to
>>do that. ;-)
>>
>>
> And so they did but too late for you :)
Yeah, story of my life. ;-)
> http://www.brightonbottles.com/hamilton.jpg
Nice....
>>> Scary! It is one of my fears that I'll end up talking to the fairies
>>> when I'm old.
>>> Well talking out loud :)
>>
>>Heh, I do that *now*. ;)
>>
>>
> So do I but think how much worse it will get :(
I don't want to think about that. :-)
Jim
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:42:17 +0200, scott wrote:
> I found maps only helpful for the last few miles,
This certainly is true - though even then I managed to find the hotel in
Maidstone without that much detail - of course it helped that it was on a
main road, probably would've been a bit different if I'd been trying to
find a street address on one of those winding back roads.
Jim
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:43:07 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>Only if you come over here. So, when are you? ;-)
>>
>>
> When they stop hassling you at airports
Oh, good, because they don't hassle me at airports. 15 minutes, then? ;-)
Jim
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On 17 Oct 2008 21:50:36 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:43:07 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Only if you come over here. So, when are you? ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> When they stop hassling you at airports
>
>Oh, good, because they don't hassle me at airports. 15 minutes, then? ;-)
>
Your passport must be a different colour to mine, then. :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:24:00 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>Oh, good, because they don't hassle me at airports. 15 minutes, then?
>>;-)
>>
>>
> Your passport must be a different colour to mine, then. :)
Indeed it is, mine's blue. :-) But you *did* say "when they stop
hassling you at airports", and from your point of view, "you" is me. ;-)
Jim
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On 18 Oct 2008 21:18:01 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:24:00 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Oh, good, because they don't hassle me at airports. 15 minutes, then?
>>>;-)
>>>
>>>
>> Your passport must be a different colour to mine, then. :)
>
>Indeed it is, mine's blue. :-) But you *did* say "when they stop
>hassling you at airports", and from your point of view, "you" is me. ;-)
>
Indeed! So when the American authorities stop asking for my credit card details,
a list of recent transactions and my inside leg measurement, I'll think about it
again :)
There are quite a few things I'd like to see in RL.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:39:16 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> Indeed! So when the American authorities stop asking for my credit card
> details, a list of recent transactions and my inside leg measurement,
> I'll think about it again
Well, just send it to me, and I'll take care of it. ;-)
> There are quite a few things I'd like to see in RL.
Same here....A few friends of mine just spent some time in Moab, UT, and
having looked at some of the pictures, before I leave Utah, I need to go
down there and see it for myself.
Jim
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On 20 Oct 2008 10:55:53 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:39:16 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Indeed! So when the American authorities stop asking for my credit card
>> details, a list of recent transactions and my inside leg measurement,
>> I'll think about it again
>
>Well, just send it to me, and I'll take care of it. ;-)
>
What! My inside leg measurement? Perv! :-)
>> There are quite a few things I'd like to see in RL.
>
>Same here....A few friends of mine just spent some time in Moab, UT, and
>having looked at some of the pictures, before I leave Utah, I need to go
>down there and see it for myself.
>
Driving to Glasgow tonight I listened to a programme on the BBC's R4 called
"Traveller's Tree"
"With more flights being allowed to regional hub airports in North America this
year, tourism to the United States is expanding beyond the usual destinations.
Katie finds out about the hidden delights of small-town America and hears how an
extinct Arizona volcano is being transformed into the world's first celestial
visitor experience."
It might be interesting to use the listen again feature,
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:13:04 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 20 Oct 2008 10:55:53 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:39:16 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Indeed! So when the American authorities stop asking for my credit
>>> card details, a list of recent transactions and my inside leg
>>> measurement, I'll think about it again
>>
>>Well, just send it to me, and I'll take care of it. ;-)
>>
>>
> What! My inside leg measurement? Perv! :-)
Well, it never hurts to ask. OK, if you don't want to send me that, then
just the CC info will be enough. ;-)
> Driving to Glasgow tonight I listened to a programme on the BBC's R4
> called "Traveller's Tree"
> "With more flights being allowed to regional hub airports in North
> America this year, tourism to the United States is expanding beyond the
> usual destinations. Katie finds out about the hidden delights of
> small-town America and hears how an extinct Arizona volcano is being
> transformed into the world's first celestial visitor experience."
>
> It might be interesting to use the listen again feature,
URL?
Jim
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On 21 Oct 2008 14:25:47 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:13:04 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> What! My inside leg measurement? Perv! :-)
>
>Well, it never hurts to ask. OK, if you don't want to send me that, then
>just the CC info will be enough. ;-)
>
LOL It is ... (Do you think my head buttons up the back?) Don't answer that :)
>>
>> It might be interesting to use the listen again feature,
>
>URL?
>
I can't give you a direct URL but go here and listen to "TRAVELLER'S TREE". It
will only be available for 7 days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml#t
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Regards
Stephen
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scott wrote:
>
> I thought you still bought a pair of jeans as "33/34" or whatever?
>
That's one bonus for jeans. In Finland most jeans also have
inch-measures (even though we are a metric country), but practically all
other trousers etc have totally baseless C50 oslt -coding (which does
mark the size, but at least I haven't found a single link to any kind of
measureability).
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Eero "Aero" Ahonen
http://www.zbxt.net
aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid
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