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From: Hog on 17 Sep 2009 10:26 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:28 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) > wrote: > >> In the referenced article, spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com writes: >> >>> In the sun, at a bar having had a long day of being bumped over >>> cobbles. >>> >>> Michael drew the line at me reading it at the dinner table. >> >> In fairness, if you insist on being brought on holidays and pushed >> around Rome for food and culture, you can see my point. > > Too bloody right. > > I'd have pushed her down the Spanish Steps. You wouldn't have taken the old crip there in the first place. -- Hog '06 ST4-S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 '81 R65 Outfit
From: M J Carley on 17 Sep 2009 10:31 In the referenced article, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> writes: >On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:28 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) >wrote: >>In fairness, if you insist on being brought on holidays and pushed >>around Rome for food and culture, you can see my point. > >Too bloody right. > >I'd have pushed her down the Spanish Steps. She did suggest a push down the steps as an *hommage* to Battleship Potemkin. -- Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash. Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
From: Leszek Karlik on 17 Sep 2009 10:43 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:04:41 +0200, Phil Launchbury <phill(a)launchbury.org.uk> wrote: [...] > Some years my ideal holiday has been hiring a cottage in the middle of > no-where (preferrably without a mobile signal) and taking a crate of > wine and a crate of books. Yebbut... without a mobile signal, how do you download new books when the crate runs out? Required holiday amenities include: hot running water, electricity, mobile coverage. (In that order :-)) -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: Phil Launchbury on 17 Sep 2009 10:49 In article <op.u0eoi9qobkkx24(a)attitudeadjuste>, Leszek Karlik wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:04:41 +0200, Phil Launchbury ><phill(a)launchbury.org.uk> wrote: > > [...] >> Some years my ideal holiday has been hiring a cottage in the middle of >> no-where (preferrably without a mobile signal) and taking a crate of >> wine and a crate of books. > > Yebbut... without a mobile signal, how do you download new books when > the crate runs out? Carry them on an SD card of course! Does require some forethought though.. And just occasionally I like reading dead-tree rater than e-ink. > Required holiday amenities include: hot running water, electricity, > mobile coverage. (In that order :-)) Two out of three ain't bad - although I'd put electricity first (hard to power my Macbook (where all my music is) on thin air!) Phil -- Phil Launchbury 'I speak to machines with the voice of humanity' 'Speak to the wise with the voice of insanity'
From: Champ on 17 Sep 2009 11:10
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:31:28 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >In the referenced article, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> writes: >>On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:28 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) >>wrote: > >>>In fairness, if you insist on being brought on holidays and pushed >>>around Rome for food and culture, you can see my point. >> >>Too bloody right. >> >>I'd have pushed her down the Spanish Steps. > >She did suggest a push down the steps as an *hommage* to Battleship >Potemkin. heh. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |