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« Reply #45 on: 22:51:56, 16-09-2007 » |
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I came second in a Victoria-wide school spelling competition in 1985.
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« Reply #46 on: 22:54:34, 16-09-2007 » |
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I have never drunk a cup of tea in my life. (And never will.)
I find that bizarrely intriguing, actually. (Especially the 'And never will'.) When I was a teenager I was a serial buyer and user of 'Teach Yourself' language books. The way it worked was that I rarely got beyond about Lesson 4 before I moved on to the next language. So I know tiny, useless amounts of Danish, Hungarian, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, and various other unlikely languages. I can still give a pretty good explanation of the spelling/pronunciation rules of Scots Gaelic.  |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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I came second in a Victoria-wide school spelling competition in 1985.
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #48 on: 23:10:32, 16-09-2007 » |
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# 45 to 48 Can't read the miniscule print, Ollie & Tinners. Only interested if it is post-watershed material.
Most of all, Ollie, I AM intrigued to know why you were posting at 06.59 hrs this morning. Mind boggling! Was it something we all ought to know?
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« Reply #49 on: 00:05:41, 17-09-2007 » |
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I came second in a Victoria-wide school spelling competition in 1985. Numismatist was the word that got me. I knew perfectly well how to spell it but became a victim of the damned one-slip-of-the-tongue rule.
I think you & Member Johnson ... um, oh, wait ..... Evan would be good friends. But perhaps I'll let Ev tell you about his stint on Teen Jeopardy.  . |
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« Reply #50 on: 05:27:28, 17-09-2007 » |
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# 45 to 48 Can't read the miniscule print, Ollie & Tinners. Only interested if it is post-watershed material.
Most of all, Ollie, I AM intrigued to know why you were posting at 06.59 hrs this morning. Mind boggling! Was it something we all ought to know?
Hello Stanley. I can't read it either. But a click on 'Quote' brings it up in legible size. Yesterday it was because I had a morning concert in Leverkusen. Today it's because I'm about to fly off to London... No rest for the wicked. |
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« Reply #51 on: 05:43:10, 17-09-2007 » |
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No rest for the wicked. Indeed not. There does seem to be a correlation, if only temporary, between the ungodly hours at which some of us post and the unreadable font sizes in which we do so.  |
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« Reply #52 on: 07:14:56, 17-09-2007 » |
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« Reply #53 on: 08:55:07, 17-09-2007 » |
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And for any members hitherto blissfully unaware of member Dough's dalliance with the world of Rock in the 70's, here - alas - is incontrovertible proof. I have nothing to say about this picture, except  Just wanted to bump it. |
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Green. Always green.
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« Reply #54 on: 13:02:02, 17-09-2007 » |
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Start the week with martle! What was the gig? 'I've been workin' on the railway', or, 'Everybody's talkin' about me''. |
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« Reply #55 on: 13:17:03, 17-09-2007 » |
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It was a very environmentally conscious prog rock piece, Stanley, way ahead of its time in the verdancy of its concept, but sadly not in the quality of its music, created mainly by the keyboard player, who seemed to believe himself to be the reincarnation of Rick Wakeman, a confusing concept to grasp when said subject was (and indeed still is) very much alive. This, however, was the 'encore', of which I can only remember the title. "Nightmare".
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« Reply #56 on: 14:52:34, 17-09-2007 » |
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I particularly like the very high-class monitor speaker stands.  |
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« Reply #57 on: 15:06:19, 17-09-2007 » |
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I particularly like the very high-class monitor speaker stands. Yup! Must have been before the audiophile days, eh Ron! |
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« Reply #58 on: 15:12:34, 17-09-2007 » |
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I did the 3 Peaks Challenge in 2005 and the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge in 2007. (I also have a dodgy kneefrom previous hillwalking adventures!)
I've also been an exponent of Extreme Ironing, and recently took part in the first ever Extreme SwingballTM World Championship.
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« Reply #59 on: 15:39:31, 17-09-2007 » |
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Must have been before the audiophile days, eh Ron! Actually no, Stuart: I was already involved with a hi-fi shop at this point, and had no dealings with the gear for the gigs at all: I don't remember there being a roadie, but I didn't even load and unload the van. Indeed I was due at the shop the next day, which was made a tad difficult due to the fact that the keyboards player had got me a lift to Camberley, but hadn't the logistical nous to return me to Reading after the gig. In the end I had to stay with the lead guitarist's sister (who was also the drummer's wife, except that they'd separated) in Wokingham, and leave early the next morning to go home, change and still be in time for opening (at the civilised hour of ten), then later up to London, where I was rehearsing (or possibly by this time performing in) Massenet's Manon at ENO. This must have been summer '79. |
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