It was our club's film night again and for those of you who are into films thought I would totally recommend this evening's offer: Lives of Others. It's a German film set in East Germany 5 years before the fall of the wall. Totally brilliant, well worth getting out on DVD.
In the middle of Hyde Park at night. Right out in the open, with the traffic on Park Lane easily visible. We however were outside of the illumination from the street lights and in the dark. Very sexy. Not sure if its the strangest but it's up there.
As I also run several businesses I get loads of these. In fact in the days before email I used to get them through the post with beautiful letterheadings (should have kept them probably collecots items now). I am always amazed by the fact that they come from someone at XYZ Bank or ABC Lottery Company but somehow always have , or addresses ...hmmm
A classic series of moves never actually seen in the game before, Arnos Grove followed by Picadilly with a Morning Star while a player was in Nid at Amersham all while under the Parcells-Wump stipulation. I believe such a combination was hypothesised by Slitting J. Cascade in his seminal treatise Mornington Crescent, A Professional Companion (Fable & Fable 1892) but it was thought that actually playing such a combination would create a small black hole somewhere in the vicinity of Brent Cross. As I am reliably informed that John Lewis is still standing I can only conclude this has not happened. I therefore feel emboldened to follow this up with a Double Reverse Enumeration with partially coloured Finises to The Oval. I sincerely hope the gasworks survives the experience, we shall no doubt be told on the News.
I would point out that the combinations we have seen do have the effect of blowing the wrappings off all Nids and snibbling is once again permitted at Bethnal Green.
Fantastic to see you back! Been Far Too Long. :thrilled: :thrilled: :thrilled:
It was Film Night last night, we were treated to Kite Runner, which although only half of the cast is Afghan and the Director (Marc Foster) German/Swiss it has such an Afghan flavour I am inclined to call it an Afghani film. It is brilliant, worth getting out on DVD, or buying even (I shall be). Highly recommended.
As the next bank holiday is on a Friday And in an even month of the year I feel resonably safe in playing Hyde Park Corner
I'll see your dribbles and exorcise the demons at Highbury and Islington heading south by playing my blindfold jester and declaring a Cobsquaddled Cackleberry.
Now thats a really clever move. I am going on the offensive and calling South Kensington, however forcing that all other players to use Sloane Square. I think this is permitted as Misskitty (seriously talented player that girl) has already invoked the Heimlich manovuer at Great Portland Street.
As my grandfather was Welsh I totally embrace this. Happy St Dwynwens Day to you all. Sounds like an excuse for a non stop party between now and 14th of Feb :twisted:
I think that only applies if you are playing under Tudor Court Rules as Portobello Road had not been built when they were written up. As we are playing under the Modernising Regulations and the RRS proviso to White City I think it is allowed. I think we will have to call for adjudication under the Disputed Rules Convention.
I beleive that the Malleable Twist Shake n'vac hipster strangling proviso is permitted under the Brent-Farnshaw convention of 1932. I have to say I always liked it, very elegant move.
Under this Snibbling is allowed but in Pay and Display Car Parks.
I am going to counter the Gandalf Frippery with the Tolkein Inverted Snook and say
Portobello Road
Using the Badmington inversion as defined in subsection 54b of the Beaufort variant.
Holland Park
Karaoke is something that contractually I have to avoid, I get paid to sing in public. Only however if there is a fire and they need to clear the building.
Always been something of an ultimate fantasy, T'Pol, Beverly Crusher, Diana Troy, Seven of Nine, Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax and us all playing. Anyone want to add to the orgy?
Might let Worf play if you ladies all ask really nice.
Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
Best one I ever saw was on a Mercedes drop top sports being driven by a heart stoppingly beautiful blonde. The plate was ON H1M
Ok, let me declare right from the start, I am a total bookworm, have been since a kid and will probably come back as a Waterstones branch in my next life. I am soooo totally not to be trusted with cash or, heaven forfend, plastic within 100 metres of a bookshop.
All of that said I love the idea of E-Books. I agree there is something very tactile about a book and I love the browsing along the shelves for something that fits my mood. However being able to pack 20 or so books into one small device before I jump on a plane, instead of having to agonise over 5 in the bookshop before I go, knowing that is all I can take and they will run out a week into a 3 week holiday (I read very fast)is very very appealing. I also love the idea that if I am reading a series, finish one book and want the next while on a beach somewhere it is readily accessable from my local interent cafe. How many branches of Waterstones are there in Phuket?
Mrs Wildfire likes snuggling into my arm if I am reading in bed (yes there are other uses for bed) and the ability to turn a page one handed by just pressing a button with my thumb and not disturbing her also appeals.
Going back to an earlier post, you can anote pages in most readers by adding comments, highlighting, bookmarking etc. In fact from that point of view they are far more versatile than paper.
The only thing that depresses me is that the book world has not learnt from the experience of the music industry as far as how to drive the market. iTunes has transformed the way that music is delivered and book publishers at the moment have all the strategic vision of a bat. I have some personal experience of this as an online teaser project for a book is on hold because the publisher is worried about releasing 30 pages from a 700 page book online. They don't see the parallels between that and movie trailers or music on the radio. An earlier post about the costs bears this out (although there are greater conversion costs than simply creating a pdf from a .doc file)
Finally I would invite you to view this excellent clip which aptly demonstrates what happened the last time we changed the delivery of the written word.
. Once a year we have a vote on which was the best film of the year and send the director a replica Oscar as a prize. Last year Shane Meadows's Dead Mans Shoes won, brilliant film! :
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