As the beer flowed at the last social, Leon and I found ourselves both in
the position of Never been to Bletchley and decided that we would
probably go (dragging along anyone else who was interested) on the 18th of
July.
In a happy bit of coincidence, a former colleague of mine has started
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:01:16AM +0100, David Dorward wrote:
In a happy bit of coincidence, a former colleague of mine has started
(independently) organising a Big Geek Day Out ... to Bletchley Park ... on
the 18th of July.
Don't miss the National Museum of Computing.
R
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:01, David Dorward wrote:
As the beer flowed at the last social, Leon and I found ourselves
both in
the position of Never been to Bletchley and decided that we would
probably go (dragging along anyone else who was interested) on the
18th of
July.
I've been to
On 15/06/2009 10:14, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[ Trip to Bletchley Park ]
What's there? What will you do?
You're kidding, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
Dave...
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:21, Dave Cross wrote:
On 15/06/2009 10:14, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[ Trip to Bletchley Park ]
What's there? What will you do?
You're kidding, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
I knew about the history but
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:41, Billy Abbott wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:21, Dave Cross wrote:
On 15/06/2009 10:14, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[ Trip to Bletchley Park ]
What's there? What will you do?
You're kidding, right?
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:47:31AM +0100, Joel Bernstein wrote:
Does it have good pubs too??
Heh.
If you look on Beer in the Evening, it'll point you here:
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/25/25505/Old_Swan/Bletchley
but that was really pretty unimpressive a few weeks back - big-screen
Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:21, Dave Cross wrote:
On 15/06/2009 10:14, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[ Trip to Bletchley Park ]
What's there? What will you do?
You're kidding, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
I knew about the history but not that there was a
On 15 Jun 2009, at 11:40, Ben Evans wrote:
Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 10:21, Dave Cross wrote:
On 15/06/2009 10:14, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[ Trip to Bletchley Park ]
What's there? What will you do?
You're kidding, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park
I
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:47:31AM +0100, Joel Bernstein wrote:
[...]
Does it have good pubs too??
Let's put it this way: I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip
on the train so I wouldn't get dehydrated, and it turned out to be some of
the better drinking in Bletchley.
Fortunately,
On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:14, Peter Corlett wrote:
I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip on the train so
I wouldn't get dehydrated
Does this actually work? Ethanol is diuretic isn't it? Either directly
or through its absorption. I find drinking beer makes me thirsty, wine
more
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:14, Peter Corlett wrote:
I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip on the train so
I wouldn't get dehydrated
Does this actually work? Ethanol is diuretic isn't it? Either directly
or through its absorption.
The
Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:14, Peter Corlett wrote:
I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip on the train so I
wouldn't get dehydrated
Does this actually work? Ethanol is diuretic isn't it? Either directly
or through its absorption. I find drinking beer makes me
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Joel Bernsteinj...@fysh.org wrote:
Does this actually work? Ethanol is diuretic isn't it? Either directly or
through its absorption. I find drinking beer makes me thirsty, wine more so,
and whisky even more, which would make sense.
'Cheap shandy' implies the
I was there a couple of years ago. Its actually quite interesting when you
consider how this one place probably kept GB from being over-run,
especially if doing things by grey matter rather than brute force is your
forte. To get to Bletchley Park, aim for Milton Keynes with its logical
Listen very carefully, I shall pimp this only once.
It came to my attention that non-IRC slackers hadn't heard about the
cockbucket a repository of woo, the wacky and the stupid.
So, here it is: http://www.cockbucket.com/
Enjoy.
--
Dave HodgkinsonMSN:
2009/6/15 the hatter london...@bang.meep.org:
snip
The net effect of drinking a pint of alcohol is likely to absorb more
water than you'll pass from the effect. In terms of danger of real
dehydration, drink up it'll do you good. Even in terms of taking
sufficient daily fluids, better to
I went about a month ago thanks to the organising super-powers of
Billy, and let me tell you it's the geekiest place on Earth, period. I
will definitely go again (unfortunately I had to miss the trip
organised by Paul a couple of weeks back due to an extreme case of
Hangover).
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Joel Bernstein wrote:
On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:14, Peter Corlett wrote:
I picked up a bottle of cheap cooking shandy to sip on the train so I
wouldn't get dehydrated
Does this actually work? Ethanol is diuretic isn't it? Either directly or
through
On 15 Jun 2009, at 12:50, A Smith wrote:
For any steam train enthusiasts, the Nene Valley railway is nearby.
--
Andrew in Edinburgh
Maybe if you live in Edinburgh it might *seem* nearby.. but its
actually about 60 miles and 90 minutes from Bletchley.
But well worth another Big Geek
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
I went about a month ago thanks to the organising super-powers of Billy, and
let me tell you it's the geekiest place on Earth, period.
I think you have an excellent case here, interesting exhibits, tour and
history but to prove it it must be
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Michael Lushmjl...@ebi.ac.uk wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
I went about a month ago thanks to the organising super-powers of Billy,
and let me tell you it's the geekiest place on Earth, period.
I think you have an excellent case here,
On 15/06/2009 14:17, Michael Lush wrote:
Is there a visitor attraction Geekier than Bletchley Park?
Apart from Bletchley park the geekiest place I've been is
Miraikan (Tokyo) which has some great exhibits and including Asimo and a
model internet running TCPIP over pingpong ball(!)
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Michael Lush wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
I went about a month ago thanks to the organising super-powers of Billy,
and let me tell you it's the geekiest place on Earth, period.
I think you have an excellent case here, interesting exhibits, tour
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Billy Abbott wrote:
[...]
The start of the train of events that led to me organising a trip there a
few months back was a twitter discussion (naturally) over whether
Forbidden Planet London could be considered a geek mecca or not.
Well, given there are
2009/6/15 Peter Corlett ab...@cabal.org.uk:
Well, given there are branches of Forbidden Planet all over the UK, and they
only cater to SFF nerds, perhaps not. If a genre-specific shop is
sufficient, why not Games Workship, Foyles, I Knit London, or the Vintage
House?
As much as I'm going to
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Dominic Thoreau wrote:
2009/6/15 Peter Corlett ab...@cabal.org.uk:
As much as I'm going to regret even *mentioning* this
Games Workshop is pretty heavily geeky, 'tis true - but even geekier
would be their head office and museum in Nottingham, Warhammer
World.
More
On 15 Jun 2009, at 14:50, Dave Cross wrote:
O'Reilly have just published a book for you.
The Geek Atlas - http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596523206/
With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128
destinations around the world where discoveries in science,
mathematics, or
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Pedro Figueiredom...@pedrofigueiredo.org
wrote:
*And* (how could I've forgotten this?) for each copy you buy in the UK
(select Add to UK cart in their web store) they give 50p to BP!
Might I instead suggest just giving Bletchley Park a tenner when you visit?
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