Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Neil Ford
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 06:34:18PM +0100, Dean wrote: PS Do we have any news on the YAPC::Europe talks that were recorded? The video tapes are with a friend of Jo's being encoded. However they've been in that state for a while :-) so maybe it's time to check their status. I'll report back.

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 8 May 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: ... I wonder how hard it would be to get Faith or Charisma Carpenter Ah you caught me when I was on the train with this. Sorry for causing it to get posted twice :) i'll remind you that by the

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 18:10 08/05/2001, Nathan Torkington wrote: ... I wonder how hard it would be to get Faith or Charisma Carpenter or one of those other minor characters to do a meet'n'greet at TPC. I suspect they're hard to dislodge from LA, but it might still be

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Dean
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:49:30AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: I'm interested in going to YAPC, is London PM going as a group or is it all just ad-hoc? which YAPC? Y::E i assume? Yep YAPC::Europe, with the recent success of the New York trip i was being (maybe ;)) optimistic about more

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
David H. Adler writes: 1) Charisma isn't really minor anymore, being second lead in Angel. True. And after the bikini scene, she's a bigtime star. BIG time. BIG. If you know what I mean. Yowzers. 2) Get Willow. Dammit. I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Dean writes: Does any one know if ORA will be selling a compilation of the papers again after this conference? We will. Nat

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Damian Conway
I wonder how hard it would be to get Faith or Charisma Carpenter ...to do a meet'n'greet at TPC. No idea. But it that idea falls through, I bet you *could* get a pony! ;-) Damian

RE: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Dean
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:20:36AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: 2) Get Willow. Dammit. I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get anyone who's cute. Get Willow then ;) Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dean ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:49:30AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: I'm interested in going to YAPC, is London PM going as a group or is it all just ad-hoc? which YAPC? Y::E i assume? Yep YAPC::Europe, with the recent success of the New York trip i was

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Damian Conway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I wonder how hard it would be to get Faith or Charisma Carpenter ...to do a meet'n'greet at TPC. No idea. But it that idea falls through, I bet you *could* get a pony! next you'll be trying to flog slices of the pony and when we want to go and

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 2) Get Willow. Dammit. I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get anyone who's cute. Well Willow should be well within budget then. 3) Get the editors to come. Maybe I can convince them to hire me. :)

RE: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 9:22 AM On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:20:36AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: 2) Get Willow. Dammit. I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get anyone who's cute. Get Willow then ;) /me slaps Dean.

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Jonathan Peterson
And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. However I here Momento is a very good film as well. Oh Brother should be subtitled. Don't expect to understand the dialogue for the first 30 minutes until you are used to

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Robert Shiels
- Original Message - From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. However I here Momento is a very good film as well. I've just ordered this actually from

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 09 May 2001, you wrote: * Damian Conway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I wonder how hard it would be to get Faith or Charisma Carpenter ...to do a meet'n'greet at TPC. No idea. But it that idea falls through, I bet you *could* get a pony! next you'll be trying to flog slices

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. Oh yes. Truly fantastic. Must buy the soundtrack album. ah yes, and the soggy bottom

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Piers Cawley
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. Oh yes. Truly fantastic. Must buy the

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Mike Jarvis
Wednesday, May 09, 2001, 3:54:53 AM, Jonathan Peterson wrote: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. However I here Momento is a very good film as well. JP Oh Brother should be subtitled. Don't expect to

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Martin Ling
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:21:41AM +0100, Dean wrote: I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get anyone who's cute. Get Willow then ;) It's big, slippery, and is frequently sighted in rivers and IRC. And it's comin right atcha... Martin

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Martin Ling
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:25:23AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: and while i'm on a roll, how about the fact that TV license vans are actually mind control devices sent by the government which is in fact controlled by scientologists who are using the vans to reduce peoples IQ to the point

Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Anyone up for Dim Sim at 1 O'clock? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: Anyone up for Dim Sim at 1 O'clock? Yes. New World, Gerrard Street. I may be very on time. Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software..http://yapc.org/Europe/ ...

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Lucy McWilliam
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. Oh yes. Truly fantastic. Must buy the

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, 9 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?',

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: Anyone up for Dim Sim at 1 O'clock? Yes. New World, Gerrard Street. I may be very on time. ARGH! Sorry, I got PHB-ed. -- Dave Hodgkinson,

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Simon Wistow
Dave Hodgkinson wrote: ARGH! Sorry, I got PHB-ed. Psycho Hose Beasted? /me suspects that Dave and Simon have very different definitions of PHB

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Leo Lapworth
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:30:13PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: Anyone up for Dim Sim at 1 O'clock? Yes. New World, Gerrard Street. I may be very on time. ARGH! Sorry, I got

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave Hodgkinson wrote: ARGH! Sorry, I got PHB-ed. Psycho Hose Beasted? you've met her, then? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: ARGH! Sorry, I got PHB-ed. Well, Leo and I had a wonderful lunch without you, so ner. Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software..http://yapc.org/Europe/ ... DoC

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave Hodgkinson wrote: ARGH! Sorry, I got PHB-ed. Psycho Hose Beasted? Simon, if you are going to reveal next week's Buffy episode at least put SPOILER in the subject ;-) -- Greg McCarroll

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: Psycho Hose Beasted? Simon, if you are going to reveal next week's Buffy episode at least put SPOILER in the subject ;-) Huh? Can't remember where I first heard it although both Red Dwarf and Calvin and Hobbes spring to mind.

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Mike Wyer
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: Psycho Hose Beasted? Simon, if you are going to reveal next week's Buffy episode at least put SPOILER in the subject ;-) Huh? Can't remember where I first heard it although both Red Dwarf and Calvin and Hobbes spring to

O Brother (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Piers Cawley writes: I'm trying to work out if I was bowled over by 'Go to sleep pretty baby' because of the song or the visuals... Ob Porn: You can see a nipple and curve of a breast through a wet shirt if you look in the right place. Nat

Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Greg McCarroll writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. I loved it. I've seen it twice. Of course, I'm a bluegrass music nut. Nat

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Simon Wistow
Mike Wyer wrote: Can't remember where I first heard it although both Red Dwarf and Calvin and Hobbes spring to mind. Wayne's World. That's the ticket. I was getting it confused with Calvin and Hobbes' Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat :)

Re: O Brother (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Piers Cawley writes: I'm trying to work out if I was bowled over by 'Go to sleep pretty baby' because of the song or the visuals... Ob Porn: You can see a nipple and curve of a breast through a wet shirt if you look in the right place.

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll writes: And while we are on the old films chestnut, my current recommendation is 'O Brother, where art thou?', excellent film. I loved it. I've seen it twice. Of course, I'm a bluegrass music nut. I think `man of sorrow'

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Greg McCarroll writes: I think `man of sorrow' will be a good ambassador for bluegrass Yup, it is. I'd just like to add that I saw it performed by the real band (i.e., not George Clooney lipsynching) one week ago. It was bloody brilliant. I think I even have a photo on the digital camera of

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Robin Houston
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? I'm rather fond of Sharon Shannon. Does she count? .robin. -- select replace(a, CHR(88), replace(a,,''))

Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))

2001-05-09 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 3:55 PM On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. What

Re: O Brother (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:42:49PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Ob Porn: You can see a nipple and curve of a breast through a wet shirt if you look in the right place. This is exactly the sort of thing that gives London.pm a bad name, I

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Simon Cozens
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Yes, very definitely. Unfortunately I don't play anything vaguely relevant, apart from the guitar. I'd *really* love

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:28:38AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 2) Get Willow. Dammit. I'll see what they cost. It might be prohibitively expensive to get anyone who's cute. Well Willow should be well within budget then. You

Re: Buffy musings ...

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:20:36AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: David H. Adler writes: 3) Get the editors to come. Maybe I can convince them to hire me. :) Editors? This show isn't edited, it's live. Isn't it? No. Documentary. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-05-07

2001-05-09 Thread Leon Brocard
This is the sixteenth weekly summary of the London Perl Mongers mailing list. For the week starting 2001-05-07: Don't forget the London.pm website for meetings etc. The next meeting is a social meeting and has been postponed for a week to the Thursday 10th May. It will be at the Penderel's Oak:

Re: O Brother (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:42:49PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Nathan Torkington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Piers Cawley writes: I'm trying to work out if I was bowled over by 'Go to sleep pretty baby' because of the song or the visuals... Ob Porn: You can see a nipple and curve

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? [raises hand] Actually, Celtic in general, more than *just* irish... dha, saw Natalie McMaster a couple of weeks

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Oh, you people would just *love* to know what happened last night, wouldn't you? BWAHAHAHAHAHA The British Watcher and Slayer had to save the American's again? ;-) -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net

RE: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread Cross David - dcross
From: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:22 PM On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:02:52PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Simon, if you are going to reveal next week's Buffy episode at least put SPOILER in the subject ;-) Oh, you people would just *love* to know what

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:34:39PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Oh, you people would just *love* to know what happened last night, wouldn't you? BWAHAHAHAHAHA The British Watcher and Slayer had to save the American's again? Nice try, but

Re: Dim Sum?

2001-05-09 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:25:43PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: From: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:22 PM On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:02:52PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Simon, if you are going to reveal next week's Buffy episode at least

Re: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...)

2001-05-09 Thread Doug Sparling
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:55:16AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: On the subject of music (despite the Subject: of movies) ... anyone here into trad. Irish instrumental music? Yes, very definitely. Unfortunately I don't play anything vaguely

Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))

2001-05-09 Thread Nathan Torkington
Cross David - dcross writes: Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. The CDs on high rotation right now are: Brendan Begley, We Won't Go Home 'Til Morning Green Linnet Artists, Green Linnet Records: The 20th Anniversary

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2001-05-09 Thread Greg McCarroll
well i had 15 minutes to spare so i decided to do this ... (see attachment) -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net =pod =head1 NAME London.pm - The Drinking Game =head1 DESCRIPTION Someone on rec.arts.sf.written (rasfw) suggested a rasfw drinking

An outside the M25 UK resident catches up on his mail (was Re: seeattachment)

2001-05-09 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: well i had 15 minutes to spare so i decided to do this ... Its all over then ... /J\

Re: Buffy? .. naah .. wait till you see this

2001-05-09 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 12:42:40PM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: http://shadowgirl.net/photos/NYC-apr-2001/). Those are great pictures! http://shadowgirl.net/photos/NYC-apr-2001/merkin.html I trust everyone knows what a merkin *really* is... Paul can you tell I live near SF? M

Re: Irish music (was RE: Movies (was Re: Buffy musings ...))

2001-05-09 Thread Dave Cross
At 16:56 09/05/2001, you wrote: Cross David - dcross writes: Well, I prefer stuff with lyrics, but enjoy almost any kind of Irish (and English) folk music. The CDs on high rotation right now are: Brendan Begley, We Won't Go Home 'Til Morning Green Linnet Artists, Green Linnet Records: