On 7/28/2016 10:18 AM, Doctor John wrote:

>>
> 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.
>

The Daguerreotype came out well, very little blurring. ;)
Unfortunately in my school photographs there was generally someone 
standing in front of me. (I was not going to be associated with the 
class of nineteen canteen.)


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     Stephen

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On 7/28/2016 1:01 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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.
>

You are too full of the milk of human kindness. Even his mother could 
not say that he was close to being in the same room as the tune.

I did listen to Telstar again. It was terrible. :)

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:28:02 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> 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. :)

Obviously, the Southern Rail rules.  Otherwise I wouldn't have moved to 
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. :)
>>
>>
> You track quarters? ^ ^

Well, not individual ones.  Once they're in the bank, that becomes a 
challenge. :)

Jim



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On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:36:13 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> In my day an arcade was a roofed shopping lane.

That would do it.

In actuality, Piccadilly Circus where I lived was in a roofed shopping 
mall.

But yeah, if I wanted to play Pac-Man, I had to play on my Atari 2600 at 
home.

Jim

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

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:09:27 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7/28/2016 1:01 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
> You are too full of the milk of human kindness. Even his mother could
> not say that he was close to being in the same room as the tune.

Oh, I didn't say it was close, just that his voice didn't break and it 
was missing that normal Jeremy Hardy tonal quality that he's so famous 
for. :)

> I did listen to Telstar again. It was terrible. :)

Indeed it was.  We're all caught up now, just waiting on next week's 
episode.

Jim



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

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On 7/29/2016 7:20 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:28:02 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>> >>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.:)
> Obviously, the Southern Rail rules.  Otherwise I wouldn't have moved to
> Paddington.:)
>

In that case it is my turn. And John either agrees or is asleep. So 
Smithfields it is.


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On 7/29/2016 7:22 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:36:13 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> In my day an arcade was a roofed shopping lane.
>
> That would do it.
>
> In actuality, Piccadilly Circus where I lived was in a roofed shopping
> mall.
>

Piccadilly Circus is well named for an arcade. The original was named 
after an area where piccadills were sold.


> But yeah, if I wanted to play Pac-Man, I had to play on my Atari 2600 at
> home.
>
The only time I've played an arcade game was in an airport holding pen. 
A wire frame tank battle afair.



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On 7/29/2016 7:23 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:09:27 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 7/28/2016 1:01 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>> You are too full of the milk of human kindness. Even his mother could
>> not say that he was close to being in the same room as the tune.
>
> Oh, I didn't say it was close, just that his voice didn't break and it
> was missing that normal Jeremy Hardy tonal quality that he's so famous
> for. :)

I'll give you, he wasn't as unmusical as normal.

>
>> I did listen to Telstar again. It was terrible. :)
>
> Indeed it was.  We're all caught up now, just waiting on next week's
> episode.
>

iplayer has been playing up recently. It is taking longer for programmes 
to be put on nut they are staying available for longer too.



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On 29/07/16 23:00, Stephen wrote:
> On 7/29/2016 7:20 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:28:02 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>> >>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.:)
>> Obviously, the Southern Rail rules.  Otherwise I wouldn't have moved to
>> Paddington.:)
>>
> 
> In that case it is my turn. And John either agrees or is asleep. So
> Smithfields it is.
> 
> 

Sorry, mate. Not asleep. Listening to Buddy Rich. Reason: the old man
(my father) died this morning. He was a month off 101.

Still expect to see you at PovCon - he was a Lagavulin fan and we will
drink to his memory. Therefore my move is:
Leicester Square

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

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On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:13:45 +0100, Doctor John wrote:

> Sorry, mate. Not asleep. Listening to Buddy Rich. Reason: the old man
> (my father) died this morning. He was a month off 101.
> 
> Still expect to see you at PovCon - he was a Lagavulin fan and we will
> drink to his memory. Therefore my move is:
> Leicester Square

That's a double-capital move.  'L' and 'S', specifically.

I think, since we're off to the pub in a couple hours for a celebratory 
dinner, Rotherhithe.

Jim


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

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