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chopper 
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 Posted: December 02 2008 at 06:42 |
 Syzygy wrote:
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Tonight we attempt to retain our crown as 7th Hornchurch Scout Group quiz champions. Tomorrow night I'm off to see the London Community Gospel Choir again, should be a good night. It makes me laugh when they have these great "singers" on the X Factor when this choir have people who could sing them into the ground without the slightest problem.
Have a good weekend everyone.
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Enjoy = it should be a good night, and I hope you remained undefeated.
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Sadly, we didn't. We were leading until the last round and then were overtaken by a few teams, mainly on the "mini-marathon" rounds on US States nicknames and collective animal nouns. Far be it for me to suggest that some people may have cheated, I just find it suspicious that one team got 19 out of 20 on the US states round which they'd had all evening to answer.
How many people actually know the nicknames of all the American states? After "The Lone Star State" we were struggling. It's amazing what you can find out with a mobile and Google.
OK, I am suggesting they cheated.
Because I know they did.
b*****ds.
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 06:45 |
fandango wrote:
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Tomorrow night I'm off to see the London Community Gospel Choir again, should be a good night. |
Respect to you, Alan... 
I get out and support the Kington Choral Soc (among others) when they perform at St Mary's Church... supporting local music groups of different styles, is a very worthwhile thing to do...  |
Thanks Jared. I'm not sure that they strictly count as "local" but they are great. Further to my previous comment and all the talk about X factor, this choir had about 18 singers, about 6 of them did solo songs and every single one of them would blow any of the X Factor contestants out of the water.
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 02:49 |
My word, it's quiet in here recently - that means we're either all shattered after all the activity last week talking about old shops, or many of us Greys have decided hibernation is the better option at present.
Luckily, I live in the south of England - woe betide those who live 'oop-nooooorth' tonight - they're forecasting high winds & approx 8-10 inches of snow overnight in the north with the south just getting rain...
This probably means the north will get away with it & the south will get buried 
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 02:52 |
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It appears that my leg is not fractured.
This means that .......
a) I wasted a day at A&E
b) I have apparently been a bit of a baby
c) there is "nothing wrong"
d) I am still in pain, but because of clause "c)" I have no recourse to be slow/mopey/unable to do things
e)I am still able to consider a holiday soon (hooorah!)
f) I should feel better sooner rather than later
Is it ok to still be p-eed off?
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 03:04 |
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Absolutely!
What happened...???
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 03:53 |
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 04:02 |
^^
...and the geordies will still not bother to wear a top to the next football game!!
Thats the definition of hardcore IMO!! 
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 04:24 |
"Bl**dy southerners - half an inch of snow and thee's bl**dy chaos...."
...was a comment i oft heard when residing in the frozen wastes of the North East - driving through ten inches of virgin snow at 5 in the morning is a memory i will always cherish... 
Edited by mystic fred - December 03 2008 at 04:26
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Syzygy
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 04:32 |
chopper wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
chopper wrote:
Tonight we attempt to retain our crown as 7th Hornchurch Scout Group quiz champions. Tomorrow night I'm off to see the London Community Gospel Choir again, should be a good night. It makes me laugh when they have these great "singers" on the X Factor when this choir have people who could sing them into the ground without the slightest problem.
Have a good weekend everyone.
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Enjoy = it should be a good night, and I hope you remained undefeated.
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Sadly, we didn't. We were leading until the last round and then were overtaken by a few teams, mainly on the "mini-marathon" rounds on US States nicknames and collective animal nouns. Far be it for me to suggest that some people may have cheated, I just find it suspicious that one team got 19 out of 20 on the US states round which they'd had all evening to answer.
How many people actually know the nicknames of all the American states? After "The Lone Star State" we were struggling. It's amazing what you can find out with a mobile and Google.
OK, I am suggesting they cheated.
Because I know they did.
b*****ds. |
That's what really puts me off pub quizzes these days - I didn't waste all those precious years filling my head with irrelevant trivia just so some git who can't spell 'weird' properly can use his sodding mobile to find the answers. I'm not usually a bad loser but when things like that happen  !
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 04:36 |
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no consolation but most Americans wouldn't know more than a few state nicknames either
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 05:03 |
mystic fred wrote:
"Bl**dy southerners - half an inch of snow and thee's bl**dy chaos...."
...was a comment i oft heard when residing in the frozen wastes of the North East - driving through ten inches of virgin snow at 5 in the morning is a memory i will always cherish...
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I'm just waiting for Peter to see this & come in with tales of snow in Northern Canada... 
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 13:37 |
progmetalhead wrote:
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...and the geordies will still not bother to wear a top to the next football game!!
Thats the definition of hardcore IMO!! |
Indeed! I've come to think that wearing a coat in Newcastle in illegal! You can always spot us shivering soft southern s***es in a crowd up there..
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 01:46 |
Here's a photo of a little trip I made through Cumbria one January.
Edited by Neil - December 04 2008 at 01:47
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 02:36 |
In that most well known of British all-terrain vehicles, the Austin Metro
I remember Cumbria from that trip we took a few years back Neil - spectacular scenery in Spring, but not somewhere you'd want to get lost in winter... I still remember you & Vicky explaining to me what snow-poles are, and what they're for 
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 08:22 |
Trouble is with snow these days is a case of here today - gone today. Well it is in this neck of the woods. Didn't even get chance to build a snowperson before it started raining. Grrrr!
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 09:17 |
mystic fred wrote:
"Bl**dy southerners - half an inch of snow and thee's bl**dy chaos...."
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We say that in this country as well. 
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 09:18 |
hello people... 
just back from a 3 day jaunt over to Lincolnshire... my word, it was flippin' cold over there...(I need a little 'blue' emoticon)
still, got to see Lincoln Cathedral and have a mooch around the shops in Stamford... 
Rach...I'm sorry to hear about your leg...what happened??...  |
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 09:20 |
fandango wrote:
hello people...
just back from a 3 day jaunt over to Lincolnshire... my word, it was flippin' cold over there...(I need a little 'blue' emoticon) |
cool, I just finished up a 3 day Thanksgiving trip to Lincoln myself. 
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 09:26 |
Cool... Snow in Texas (December 25, 2004)
nasa wrote:
Anywhere from two to six inches of snow accumulated on an otherwise tropical area. This was the first snow accumulation in Brownsville, Texas (the southernmost American city along the US-Mexico border) in 109 years. Just days after the snow fell, temperatures rose back into the 80s (Fahrenheit) and melted the surprise away. |
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Posted: December 04 2008 at 09:28 |
^^ I think our Lincoln might be a bit older... 
heck, the Cathedral alone must have existed while your continent was still attached to Africa... |
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