On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 at 10:54:08, you wrote:
(ref: <000d01c1bbe4$4b425320$0100a8c0@gamma>)
>
>Tony Firshman writes:
>
>> >Im sure someone is carefully planning these shows to include me out ;)
>> Let us know when you are free and we will see if we can arrange a show
>> for you (8-)#
>
>I might have half a hour available sometime in May ;)
>
>> Maybe Paris in October?
>
>Definitely not! In the eighties I tried to get a bed on the express between
>Paris and London. After half an hour of charades with the sleeper attendant
>I had to give up. It turned out that the magic word was 'couchette'. Like
>Doctor Foster, I 'never went there again'. ;((
Haven't you heard of Eurostar (8-)#
I have travelled dozens of times with them and have not a bad thing to
say about the experience - quite the reverse.
(Painswick is quite near Gloucester)
>
>I used to enjoy the ZX-fairs in London, though. Those were heady days!
Yes they were. In one show there were more QL stands than any other
single computer. Mind you, you never saw the traders arriving and
clearing away rose bush remains (8-)#
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