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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Just One More on March 19, 2008, 05:26:09 AM
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It's getting a bit expensive with all these collections
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm
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Oh, and closer to me, so did Anthony Minghella
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm
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It's getting a bit expensive with all these collections
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm
You put in to the collection tin do you? whistle:
Clever bloke but I never could like the man for some reason. Had a good innings tho and spent a big chunk of his life abroad… Mustn’t grumble eh? noooo:
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Oh, and closer to me, so did Anthony Minghella
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm
I’d never heard of him ‘til he died TBH although I’d seen the English Patient… Meeja is making a big thing of him tho… noooo:
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His family make bloody good ice cream
http://www.minghella.co.uk/Default.action?page=homepage.jsp
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Isle of Wight wasn't it?
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IOW, another of gods waiting rooms. All the shop windows are bi-focal
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
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Sad to see Arthur pop his clogs. Great scientist and thinker but not such a good Science Fiction writer. Great ideas but his story telling and characterisation was very poor. The only book of his I liked was "Childhood's End" It starts with giant alien spaceships appearing over Earth's major cities (Now who stole that idea rubschin:)
No matter, his screenplay for 2001 forgives all.
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bermuda.ch%2Fbalduin%2Fblog%2Fhal.jpg&hash=287727d55d94c0d1517800db2c6261bd55a99f78)
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater ~ got caught by negative equity plus another major family problem and had to sell at a loss and return to the mainland to recoup losses and start again.
Have often thought about going back but the cost of that tiny strip of water was a factor that made us chose North Wales. Cost of living and laid back (loads of old hippies "doing their own thing" both there and here) attitude makes the two places very similar in many respects.
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
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"Sir Arthur has left written instructions that his funeral be strictly secular," his secretary, Nalaka Gunawardene, was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.
"Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral," she added.
Good man happy088
Which reminds me of his saying, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
I don't think he ever lived on the Isle of Wight though. ::)
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"Sir Arthur has left written instructions that his funeral be strictly secular," his secretary, Nalaka Gunawardene, was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.
"Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral," she added.
Good man happy088
Which reminds me of his saying, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
I don't think he ever lived on the Isle of Wight though. ::)
Excellent - he's gone up in my estimations... or at least he would have had he not been somewhat dead... noooo:
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
I was married to the first Mrs S and living in Southampton then ~ raising the first brood evil:
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
I was married to the first Mrs S and living in Southampton then ~ raising the first brood litter evil:
[snigger]
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
I was married to the first Mrs S and living in Southampton then ~ raising the first brood litter evil:
[snigger]
I wasn't sure what the collective noun for the offspring of a dragon is.
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
I was married to the first Mrs S and living in Southampton then ~ raising the first brood litter evil:
[snigger]
I wasn't sure what the collective noun for the offspring of a dragon is.
A Welsh? whistle:
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We lived there once (long and very boring story) but I have to say I love the place.
We used to call it "Paradise" redface:
We used to go to Freshwater Bay for our holidays! cloud9:
Our house was in Freshwater.
Really? Where abouts... and when?
On The Avenue ... one of the terraced cottages in 1989/90. I had a lease on a lock up pub and Mrs S had a craft shop where she sold her own paintings and did glass engraving to impress the tourists. Unfortunately I had another pub on the mainland (The IoW one was seasonal) so I spent a lot of time driving, sailing, back and forth. Further details of that business venture will only be divulged via PM.
Ah, no... we used to go there... um... ~1968 -1975ish...
For a moment there I thought our paths may have crossed before... noooo:
I was married to the first Mrs S and living in Southampton then ~ raising the first brood litter evil:
[snigger]
I wasn't sure what the collective noun for the offspring of a dragon is.
A Welsh? whistle:
That would be "Y Ddraig Goch" whistle: Ooooooooo I love being clever!
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"A Fall of Moondust" is my fav A.C.Clarke book
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Clarke was only 1 of 2 science fiction writers I can think of who actually saw elements of their writing actually become real in their lifetime. The other one being Gene Roddenberry.
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
I'm sorry .... did you say "Adult"?
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
I'm sorry .... did you say "Adult"?
Yes. As in grown ups.
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
I'm sorry .... did you say "Adult"?
Yes. As in grown ups.
And you had never read any Dickens, Shakespeare, Hardy, Lewis Carrol, Swift etc? How about Tom Brown's Schooldays or Tom Sawyer ................. all written by adults for adults.
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
I'm sorry .... did you say "Adult"?
Yes. As in grown ups.
And you had never read any Dickens, Shakespeare, Hardy, Lewis Carrol, Swift etc? How about Tom Brown's Schooldays or Tom Sawyer ................. all written by adults for adults.
I fail to see the point of that question. In 1972 I was 12 and Rendezvous with Rama was the first adult book I read without being told to.
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I see. Thank you for the explanation ... not offence intended but I had read those that I mentioned by the time I was twelve, through choice. TBH and as I have said on this forum and in "the other place" I have never seen science fiction as particularly adult reading. My little boys (aged 9 and 7) love all that stuff. It simply has never appealed to me. I have tried but it does nothing for me at all.
Each to their own I guess ~ certainly not something to fall out over.
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His were the first adult books i read as kid. sad24:
'Rendezvous with Rama' was always my favourite. Morgan Freeman has been trying to get it filmed for years. Seems it will now happen but Clarke wont be able to atten the premier. sad24:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
I'm sorry .... did you say "Adult"?
Yes. As in grown ups.
And you had never read any Dickens, Shakespeare, Hardy, Lewis Carrol, Swift etc? How about Tom Brown's Schooldays or Tom Sawyer ................. all written by adults for adults.
I fail to see the point of that question. In 1972 I was 12 and Rendezvous with Rama was the first adult book I read without being told to.
I have children older than you! eeek:
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rubschin:
I'm 47. You started young! eeek:
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rubschin: rubschin: rubschin: eeek:
Am I doing my sums right?
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If you were twelve in 1972 you were born in 1960 which would make you 48 this year. Ok perhaps not until later in the year.
Both my wives (ex and current) are older than you ~ but then I was born in 1947 which, to save your aching brain means that I will be 61 this year.
No you are not doing your sums wrong. Acknowledged and legitimate children range from 40 down to 7 years of age. I shall say no more .... it is still too painful.
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I'm 48 this year! ;D
That doesn't help does it? noooo:
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My head hurts. cry:
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My head hurts. cry:
Try banging it like this Banghead I find it helps... whistle:
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I will be 40 in 41 days time... whistle:
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Who's counting?
(Put it on the calendar quick)
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Who's counting?
(Put it on the calendar quick)
Quite a few of us - wonder what Mrs TMR (to be) is cooking up.
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Mrs TMR (to be) is under strict instruction too do absolutely nothing. In addition, I may well do a disappearing act two or three days before and only return two or three days after.
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Mrs TMR (to be) is under strict instruction too do absolutely nothing. In addition, I may well do a disappearing act two or three days before and only return two or three days after.
What! And miss your BBJ???
Birthday Blow Job
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Mrs TMR (to be) is under strict instruction too do absolutely nothing. In addition, I may well do a disappearing act two or three days before and only return two or three days after.
What! And miss your BBJ???
Birthday Blow Job
Does he still get those ................... I haven't had one since rubschin: Oh a very long time ago now
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I am 30 this year. I may celebrate by taking an even bigger bottle of vodka to bed with me than I usually do.
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eeek:
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I am 30 this year. I may celebrate by taking an even bigger bottle of vodka to bed with me than I usually do.
It will be a hot water bottle soon!
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I am 30 this year. I may celebrate by taking an even bigger bottle of vodka to bed with me than I usually do.
It will be a hot water bottle soon!
drumroll:
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It's a bit lively in here today.
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It's a bit lively in here today.
That'll be the new google ads... heave you noticed them? whistle:
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It's a bit lively in here today.
That'll be the new google ads... heave you noticed them? whistle:
Nope. ;D
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Mrs TMR (to be) is under strict instruction too do absolutely nothing. In addition, I may well do a disappearing act two or three days before and only return two or three days after.
What! And miss your BBJ???
Birthday Blow Job
I'm a bit lost here - is a BBJ better than the usual ones then rubschin:
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Mrs TMR is clearly doing the rest of the sisterhood a dis-service. I need her email address so I can send her a cease and desist order.
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Mrs TMR is clearly doing the rest of the sisterhood a dis-service. I need her email address so I can send her a cease and desist order.
Some wimmin find pleasure in giving pleasure and also like the idea that the favour is returnable. Sorry but that has been my experience. Frankly ~ I have never had to ask for such a delight and have never gone short. whistle:
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Mrs TMR (to be) is under strict instruction too do absolutely nothing. In addition, I may well do a disappearing act two or three days before and only return two or three days after.
What! And miss your BBJ???
Birthday Blow Job
I'm a bit lost here - is a BBJ better than the usual ones then rubschin:
No but there is a rumour that some chaps only get them as a birthday treat.
Bit like the birthday cream cakes at work though .... you end up paying.
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Mrs TMR is clearly doing the rest of the sisterhood a dis-service. I need her email address so I can send her a cease and desist order.
Are we talking about nuns here?
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I have never gone short.
Not what I heard in the Winter whistle:
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Mrs TMR is clearly doing the rest of the sisterhood a dis-service. I need her email address so I can send her a cease and desist order.
Are we talking about nuns here?
Indeed we are old boy. None is the word.
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I have never gone short.
Not what I heard in the Winter whistle:
One cannot help the Walnut Whip syndrome on a chilly morn.
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Such arrangements are generally reciprocal. Are you suggesting that there is no expectation for me to munch on the pink lettuce on said 40th?
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Has anyone mentioned Paul Scofield yet?
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Has anyone mentioned Paul Scofield yet?
Yep tunble:
http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=3156.0