Re: Big Geek Day Out: Bletchley Park 18th July

2009-06-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:10:43PM +0100, Martin Robertson wrote: > anyone else find it funny to mention 'plain old water' on a london list? :) Aside from the dissolved calcium carbonate, London's water is a lot plainer than you get in many other places in this country. I was in Barmouth (West W

Re: Big Geek Day Out: Bletchley Park 18th July

2009-06-25 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
On 25 Jun 2009, at 10:42, David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:10:43PM +0100, Martin Robertson wrote: anyone else find it funny to mention 'plain old water' on a london list? :) Aside from the dissolved calcium carbonate, London's water is a lot plainer than you get in many oth

Re: Geekiest place on earth? (was Re: Big Geek Day Out)

2009-06-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 02:17:50PM +0100, 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, inter

Re: Geekiest place on earth? (was Re: Big Geek Day Out)

2009-06-25 Thread Stray Taoist
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:52:13AM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > It looked rubbish when I went there for a Go tournament. Nothing but > kiddy crap. It pretty much is. A warehouse with FUN! EDUTAINMENT! (n) displays. And I know the chick who designed it. Or I did, in a past life, she was on m

Re: Geekiest place on earth? (was Re: Big Geek Day Out)

2009-06-25 Thread the hatter
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, David Cantrell wrote: > > Honrable mentions to > > National Space Centre, Leicester > > It looked rubbish when I went there for a Go tournament. Nothing but > kiddy crap. As a rocket geek I kept myself amused for quite some time there, but perhaps they don't point out the th