Naresh: my better half says "Ask him to look at Ibis hotel near Euston station." On 21-Apr-2013, at 12:30 AM, silklist-requ...@lists.hserus.net wrote:
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Conspiracy theory of the year (Udhay Shankar N) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:16:24 +0530 > From: Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> > To: Silk <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: <961b3a0b-2d25-4524-ba1a-28b9b4dbe...@vagroup.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may > and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or 180 > pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the hotels > / b&b's are full. > Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A largish > twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb sucks.!!all the > availability charts are out of date!! > > Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup in > Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! > > /a little stressed right now ! > > > > Naresh Narasimhan > Sent from my Phone > -- > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender > by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, forwarding, printing or > copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:51:35 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Danese Cooper" <dan...@gmail.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: <1366473094652.8dfaf799@Nodemailer> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Tried AirBnb? I live in California, so can't help directly, but I've had good > luck everywhere I've used them. > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: > >> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may >> and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or 180 >> pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A largish >> twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb sucks.!!all the >> availability charts are out of date!! >> Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup in >> Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! >> /a little stressed right now ! >> Naresh Narasimhan >> Sent from my Phone >> -- >> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the >> intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the >> sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, forwarding, printing or >> copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly >> prohibited and may be unlawful. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:21:11 -0700 > From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: > <cabilddx9x_tqa6qkc0br30ixqe7y8hau2eaezgnp4+qa5yh...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I found a wonderful rental in the West End through VRBO when I visited the > metrop in November. It may help. > > http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/europe/england/london/westminster?sleeps=2-plus&from-date=2013-05-25&to-date=2013-06-02 > > S. > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Danese Cooper <dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Tried AirBnb? I live in California, so can't help directly, but I've had >> good luck everywhere I've used them. >> >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: >> >>> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd >> may and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or >> 180 pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >>> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A >> largish twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb >> sucks.!!all the availability charts are out of date!! >>> Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup >> in Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! >>> /a little stressed right now ! >>> Naresh Narasimhan >>> Sent from my Phone >>> -- >>> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of >> the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the >> sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, forwarding, printing or >> copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly >> prohibited and may be unlawful. >> > > > > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:58:03 +0530 > From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <sur...@hserus.net> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Cc: Silk <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: <1d731942-f2e8-420f-828f-bd1c1557e...@hserus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Check booking.com .. I see two rooms at the citizen m London bank side for > 1048 quid for 7 nights so that's 150 odd quid. And other properties too. > Select southwark as the area and sort by price > > --srs (iPad) > > On 20-Apr-2013, at 21:16, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: > >> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may >> and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or 180 >> pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A largish >> twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb sucks.!!all the >> availability charts are out of date!! >> >> Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup in >> Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! >> >> /a little stressed right now ! >> >> >> >> Naresh Narasimhan >> Sent from my Phone >> -- >> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the >> intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the >> sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, forwarding, printing or >> copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly >> prohibited and may be unlawful. >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:18:47 +0530 > From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <chandrachoo...@gmail.com> > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: > <ca+7vsziru6zdbua921bj4nbfazn02+5mpyvx2d6h0ptaods...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: > >> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd >> may and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or >> 180 pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A >> largish twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb >> sucks.!!all the availability charts are out of date!! >> >> > http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/london-central > > They show beds/rooms available between April 25 and May 2 > > C > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:41:15 +0530 > From: Ingrid Srinath <ingrid.srin...@gmail.com> > To: "silklist@lists.hserus.net" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: <dda6b382-1d82-448b-877f-603b04312...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > On 20 Apr 2013, at 21:16, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: > >> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may >> and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or 180 >> pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A largish >> twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb sucks.!!all the >> availability charts are out of date!! >> >> Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup in >> Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! >> >> /a little stressed right now ! > > Have you tried laterooms.com? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:12:18 +0800 > From: Dibyo Haldar <dibyo.hal...@gmail.com> > To: Silk List <silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: Re: [silk] Help!!help!! > Message-ID: > <caejuthk6gvb3akabv4hjyoo4h40-ky3otc-wfmyeamaitug...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > lastminute.com is quite good with london properties, too... > > Dibyo > > > On 21 April 2013 01:11, Ingrid Srinath <ingrid.srin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On 20 Apr 2013, at 21:16, Naresh <nar...@vagroup.com> wrote: >> >>> I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd >> may and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or >> 180 pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the >> hotels / b&b's are full. >>> Any Silklisters in London who can help?a little tight on budget!! A >> largish twin bedder would do !!am happy to pay for it..btw airbnb >> sucks.!!all the availability charts are out of date!! >>> >>> Also is a silk meet possible on next Sunday?28th?we had a great meetup >> in Bangalore this Thursday with 20+ people showing up!! >>> >>> /a little stressed right now ! >> >> Have you tried laterooms.com? >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:37:37 +0530 > From: Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> > To: Silk List <Silklist@lists.hserus.net> > Subject: [silk] Conspiracy theory of the year > Message-ID: <5172d969.20...@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > One of the many good things about this week's silkmeet was that I got > back my copy of _Radio Freefall_ by Matthew Jarpe (highly recommended, > as evidenced by the fact that I am re-reading it). > > Below is a snippet from the book, as a good example of a good conspiracy > theory. Note the smooth, plausible commingling of fact and fiction. > > Can you share other *good* examples? The less spittle-flecked and > wild-eyed, the better. > > Udhay > __________________________________________________________________ > A model for world takeover: > > In order to take over the world, the world itself first had to be > transformed into one whole entity that could be held and controlled. So > that was step one. Unification. A big part of it was convincing people > in various positions, various walks of life, that Unification was a good > thing. Big business was no problem. Where trade was free, money could be > more easily made. The big transnational corporations had bitten and > scratched to be the first on that hay truck. And with them came their > uncanny ability to change the minds of the people, the ones they called > the "consumers". Hell, if they could make a barely palatable beverage > like cola the world's second most popular beverage (and closing in on > water by the day), they could cram Unification down the throat of the world. > > The workers of the world, the Joe Six-Packs and their global > equivalents, were a little tougher. Of course it was true that what was > good for business was good for the workers, but that was a difficult > concept for people who lived in a zero-sum world. If the fat cats are > doing better, it must mean I'm doing worse. So you had to demonstrate > the concept to them a little bit at a time. NAFTA, GATT, and the Pacific > Rim Tariff Exclusion (PRTE, pronounced "party"). You hammer those > agreements through, and let everyone make money. > > The politicians were the tough ones. Unification meant that everybody > who had some power would automatically have less. More power equaled > more to lose, and hence a reluctance to play the Unification game. So > government had to become an instrument of business. A little soft money > here a little stiff-arming there, you get the picture. > > Finally there were the leaders. Not politicians, but the few individuals > who actually ruled others. Dictators, strong men, absolute despots. No > way you could convince men such as these to give over to this idea of a > new world order. What was that phrase? The dictators were eggs to > Unification's omelet. > > The world fell into place one piece at a time. The Soviet Union had to > be dismantled so the components would fit into the bigger picture. Hong > Kong took over Mainland China; Europe was lured into homogeneity by the > promise of a powerful currency. A common enemy polarized the Mid-East, > while the political maelstrom of Africa crystallized around the new HIV > vaccine. And who could have predicted that the secession of Quebec from > Canada would lead to the annexation of western Canada by the United > States, the subsequent annexation of Mexico and Central America, and > finally the entire western hemisphere? > > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > silklist mailing list > silklist@lists.hserus.net > http://lists.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist > > > End of silklist Digest, Vol 41, Issue 27 > ****************************************
