On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:37:10 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> On 27/07/16 23:30, Stephen wrote:
>> On 7/27/2016 11:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> Fairy Nuff.
>> Northern line is running late due to under crowding.
>> 
>>> Piccadilly Circus.
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Heathrow.
>> 
>> 
> Pimlico (I left my wallet at home and I think I might need it)

I can't bear it.  Paddington.

>>> Interestingly, also the name of an arcade at the shopping mall near me
>>> when I was growing up.  Never got to go there - my dad couldn't see
>>> the sense in spending money in an arcade on something so nonessential
>>> as entertainment.
>>>
>>> My older half-brother used to give us bicentennial quarters (which
>>> were supposed to be good luck for kids playing arcade games), and we
>>> never actually got to use them for the intended purpose.
>>>
>>>
> So what purpose did you use them for?

I think ultimately, they ended up in the bank.  Which I guess means they 
could be anywhere, including in my PSN account as games now. :)

Jim

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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 23:35:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/27/2016 11:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The thing that got us was the first episode - Jeremy actually sounded
>> for a little bit like he could sing and the whole "Jeremy can't sing"
>> thing was all an act.  His voice didn't break even once.
> 
> I will have to re-listen to it. I think you might be right that the song
> suited his voice better than most.

It wasn't just the one song, though - there was a second round (I think 
the following week).  Pick-up song, I believe - and that one also went 
pretty well for him.

Jim



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On 7/28/2016 12:37 AM, Doctor John wrote:
> Pimlico (I left my wallet at home and I think I might need it)

That is why I always have to buy the drink. ;)

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     Stephen

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Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 3rd     Warp for 'Is this the end of the world as we know it?' on
>         24/09/2011 with a length of 545 - 34 days

I wish I remembered what it was about.

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On 28/07/16 07:18, Warp wrote:
> Doctor John <j.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> 3rd     Warp for 'Is this the end of the world as we know it?' on
>>         24/09/2011 with a length of 545 - 34 days
> 
> I wish I remembered what it was about.
> 

You referenced:	
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/23/switzerland.science/?hpt=ieu_c1

The first reply was from andrel who completely failed to get the joke.

John
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On 28/07/16 06:21, Stephen wrote:
> On 7/28/2016 12:37 AM, Doctor John wrote:
>> Pimlico (I left my wallet at home and I think I might need it)
> 
> That is why I always have to buy the drink. ;)
> 
Ha! Gotcha!! You admitted to buying only buying one drink at a time -
your own presumably.

John
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It's about doing what I need to do to win

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On 7/28/2016 9:06 AM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 28/07/16 06:21, Stephen wrote:
>> On 7/28/2016 12:37 AM, Doctor John wrote:
>>> Pimlico (I left my wallet at home and I think I might need it)
>>
>> That is why I always have to buy the drink. ;)
>>
> Ha! Gotcha!! You admitted to buying only buying one drink at a time -
> your own presumably.
>

No, the barman's.
You have been buying the rest of them.

:D

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     Stephen

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On 7/28/2016 1:00 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:37:10 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
>
>> On 27/07/16 23:30, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 7/27/2016 11:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>
>>> Fairy Nuff.
>>> Northern line is running late due to under crowding.
>>>
>>>> Piccadilly Circus.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Heathrow.
>>>
>>>
>> Pimlico (I left my wallet at home and I think I might need it)
>
> I can't bear it.  Paddington.
>


This is the point when I ask if we are playing to Southern Rail rules or 
the traditional GNR variation? It is important as the GNR variation puts 
any Marmite eating personage, in Huff. And the Widdershins fairy slips a 
Mickey into the pork pie of life.
So it is John's turn, if you would be so kind as to wind him up. :)



>>>> Interestingly, also the name of an arcade at the shopping mall near me
>>>> when I was growing up.  Never got to go there - my dad couldn't see
>>>> the sense in spending money in an arcade on something so nonessential
>>>> as entertainment.
>>>>
>>>> My older half-brother used to give us bicentennial quarters (which
>>>> were supposed to be good luck for kids playing arcade games), and we
>>>> never actually got to use them for the intended purpose.
>>>>
>>>>
>> So what purpose did you use them for?
>
> I think ultimately, they ended up in the bank.  Which I guess means they
> could be anywhere, including in my PSN account as games now. :)
>

You track quarters? ^ ^


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     Stephen

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On 7/28/2016 12:58 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> But you did not lose anything. So they were lucky quarters.
> Ah, but I did lose "not being bored" some days - when my friends all went
> to the arcade, and I had to go home.
>
> Then again, maybe that's why I enjoy playing games so much now.:)


Ah! It just dawned on me.

In my day an arcade was a roofed shopping lane. Or seaside 
entertainments with penny in the slot machines.

I see where the long held grudge originates.

It was pubs with me.


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     Stephen

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On 28/07/16 09:36, Stephen wrote:
> On 7/28/2016 12:58 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> But you did not lose anything. So they were lucky quarters.
>> Ah, but I did lose "not being bored" some days - when my friends all went
>> to the arcade, and I had to go home.
>>
>> Then again, maybe that's why I enjoy playing games so much now.:)
> 
> 
> Ah! It just dawned on me.
> 
> In my day an arcade was a roofed shopping lane. Or seaside
> entertainments with penny in the slot machines.
> 
> I see where the long held grudge originates.
> 
> It was pubs with me.
> 
> 
Talking of our misspent youth, I attach, for your delectation, a section
of an old photograph taken in ~1965.
I am top row middle. The guy to my right, grinning like a maniac, has
just made a ridiculously silly comment and I'm desperately trying not to
laugh. The guy to my left is my youngest brother, George. Next row down,
furthest right in the image, is C C Wright who is brother to the guy
furthest left on the bottom row. He is M T Wright, later to become
famous for his reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.

John
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It's about doing what I need to do to win

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