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A discussion of all things Thursday !
A few comments......
Posted by: Adam Brierley (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 04, 2002 05:13PM
<HTML>...about Jon's Notes for The Eyre Affair:
p.21; Landen Park-Laine; in the UK, right, when playing Monopoly, if you want to claim the highest value square before anyone else does, what you want to do is land on Park Lane. (Jasper apparently thought of changing it in the US edition to Landen Boarde-Walke, but I'm glad he didn't).
Mayfair is actually the highest value property, Park Lane makes a set with it (as you recall I used to play Monopoly incessantly as a kid)
p.95; with Rutherford when he split the atom; New Zealander Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), while at Cambridge, was the first scientist to disintegrate the nucleus of an atom. He did this in 1919, so Owens was indeed an old boy. But apparently fictional
He split the atom while at Manchester (you should have known that!!)
p.278; Austin Allegro; smallish car produced by British Leyland in the 1970's. My Dad had one once. It was rubbish
No he didn't he had an Austin Marina - that was rubbish too though!
Oh and on a personal note to Jon
2 - 1 :-)
For those of you who hadn't guessed he is my brother (although I note with umbrage that there are no pictures of the Best Man on his website).</HTML>
p.21; Landen Park-Laine; in the UK, right, when playing Monopoly, if you want to claim the highest value square before anyone else does, what you want to do is land on Park Lane. (Jasper apparently thought of changing it in the US edition to Landen Boarde-Walke, but I'm glad he didn't).
Mayfair is actually the highest value property, Park Lane makes a set with it (as you recall I used to play Monopoly incessantly as a kid)
p.95; with Rutherford when he split the atom; New Zealander Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), while at Cambridge, was the first scientist to disintegrate the nucleus of an atom. He did this in 1919, so Owens was indeed an old boy. But apparently fictional
He split the atom while at Manchester (you should have known that!!)
p.278; Austin Allegro; smallish car produced by British Leyland in the 1970's. My Dad had one once. It was rubbish
No he didn't he had an Austin Marina - that was rubbish too though!
Oh and on a personal note to Jon
2 - 1 :-)
For those of you who hadn't guessed he is my brother (although I note with umbrage that there are no pictures of the Best Man on his website).</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: carla (198.179.227.---)
Date: December 04, 2002 05:15PM
<HTML>younger or older?
there is already sibling rivalry around here...</HTML>
there is already sibling rivalry around here...</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Adam Brierley (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 04, 2002 05:20PM
<HTML>Younger (just turned 36) and not half as clever (well I don't read as many books), except where it comes to cars, games and Manchester.</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.server.ntl.com)
Date: December 04, 2002 05:45PM
<HTML>Older brothers (and sisters...) are always the best ;)
carla, who mentioned rivalry, lol?
Adam, welcome, I'd noticed the surname, but couldnt tell if it was just a coincidence eheheh</HTML>
carla, who mentioned rivalry, lol?
Adam, welcome, I'd noticed the surname, but couldnt tell if it was just a coincidence eheheh</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Adam Brierley (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 04, 2002 05:58PM
<HTML>In my experience elder siblings are bossy, mean and spiteful, until reaching mid-teens when you can go to the pub with them and find out that you do like them after all - he he he.</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 04, 2002 06:04PM
<HTML>*shake*
*shake shake*
*shake shake shake*
Damned thing isn't working.
Oh, it is his brother - had me thinking I'd broken it again...</HTML>
*shake shake*
*shake shake shake*
Damned thing isn't working.
Oh, it is his brother - had me thinking I'd broken it again...</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: December 04, 2002 07:24PM
<HTML>Bloody hell, it's our kid! Cheeky sod ... I bet you never even read the books, ya bugger .... your spelling's improved, though.
Are you sure our Dad never had an Allegro? (I remember the Marina well enough) or has my memory been ruined by too much beer (just had two in the Navvy!)
...and I hope that remark about elder siblings applies to my sister!</HTML>
Are you sure our Dad never had an Allegro? (I remember the Marina well enough) or has my memory been ruined by too much beer (just had two in the Navvy!)
...and I hope that remark about elder siblings applies to my sister!</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 04, 2002 07:31PM
<HTML>My god, there's millions of them!</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 04, 2002 07:40PM
<HTML><h2>Welcome to Siblings Reunited</h2></HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 04, 2002 08:35PM
<HTML>*fishing entroposcope out of trash bin *
I thought mine had died, too! Well, welcome anyway, Adam!
(god help us if any of my siblings ever get active on here - but I'm not terribly worried...they're mostly illiterate anyway! But I've been trying to get my husband's uncle active on the Fforum...wonder if we'll ever see him on here!)</HTML>
I thought mine had died, too! Well, welcome anyway, Adam!
(god help us if any of my siblings ever get active on here - but I'm not terribly worried...they're mostly illiterate anyway! But I've been trying to get my husband's uncle active on the Fforum...wonder if we'll ever see him on here!)</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: December 04, 2002 08:50PM
<HTML>If anyone wants to know what my bro looks like, so they can avoid him in the street, I shall post a pic on my site <a href="http://members.aol.com/brierleyjon/photo.htm">here</a></HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 04, 2002 08:54PM
<HTML>Scary...
btw - found a cool site for anyone struggling to get HTML doing funky things - and in my case trying to write a website from scratch using only HTML (and Java, if I get brave)
[www.yourhtmlsource.com];
btw - found a cool site for anyone struggling to get HTML doing funky things - and in my case trying to write a website from scratch using only HTML (and Java, if I get brave)
[www.yourhtmlsource.com];
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Carla (---.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: December 04, 2002 09:05PM
<HTML>Rah for younger siblings!
:-)
we are just the perfected version... older kids are just prototypes!</HTML>
:-)
we are just the perfected version... older kids are just prototypes!</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.server.ntl.com)
Date: December 04, 2002 10:14PM
<HTML>Jon, unless your brother is a dog, I dont see his pic on the site ;)
Carla, younger ones are caused because too much perfection is dazzling ;)
LOL</HTML>
Carla, younger ones are caused because too much perfection is dazzling ;)
LOL</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: December 04, 2002 10:17PM
<HTML>Scuse me. My bro is many things, but he aint a dog .... try again ....</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 05, 2002 12:08AM
<HTML>you know, for a couple of Brits, you have VERY nice teeth! [big wink!]
(you do know that British oral hygiene is a bit of a big joke here, don't you?)</HTML>
(you do know that British oral hygiene is a bit of a big joke here, don't you?)</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 12:11AM
<HTML>Yup - we know it...
English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
English Teeth, Happy Teeth!
Always having fun
Champing down on bits of fish
And sausages half done.
English Teeth, HEROES' Teeth!
Here them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them -
Three Cheers for the Brown, Grey and Black.
-- the irreplaceable Spike Milligan</HTML>
English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
English Teeth, Happy Teeth!
Always having fun
Champing down on bits of fish
And sausages half done.
English Teeth, HEROES' Teeth!
Here them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them -
Three Cheers for the Brown, Grey and Black.
-- the irreplaceable Spike Milligan</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: December 05, 2002 09:39AM
<HTML>Funnily enough, when my mother-in-law first met me, the first thing she thought was "Ooh, he's got nice teeth." (You have to imagine her saying this in a Brummie accent to get the full effect).
Extensive research (i.e. phoning my Dad) has revealed that my addled memory has confused a Morris Marina with an Austin Allegro. A perfectly good running gag ruined by mere facts. I'm sticking by my research into Rutherford though - he was at Manchester and much of the preparatory work there, but he was at Cambridge when the act was committed.</HTML>
Extensive research (i.e. phoning my Dad) has revealed that my addled memory has confused a Morris Marina with an Austin Allegro. A perfectly good running gag ruined by mere facts. I'm sticking by my research into Rutherford though - he was at Manchester and much of the preparatory work there, but he was at Cambridge when the act was committed.</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: ScarletBea (---.server.ntl.com)
Date: December 05, 2002 10:39AM
<HTML>Ok, *now* I can see the pic... I suppose I was trying to see it while you still hadnt updated the site... eheheh</HTML>
Re: A few comments......
Posted by: Adam Brierley (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 05, 2002 10:48AM
<HTML>Thanks for all the welcomes (a big hello to all younger siblings out there).
I see Jon's posted the obligatory self portrait shot, not the most flattering picture in the world but it certainly is me.
I'm sticking to my guns too about Rutherford it was in Machester in 1917 (reported in 1919) that he first split the atom (converting Nitrogen to Oxygen). See the following websites:
[www.nzedge.com]
[scienceworld.wolfram.com]
[www.rutherford.org.nz]
[www.nobel.se];
I see Jon's posted the obligatory self portrait shot, not the most flattering picture in the world but it certainly is me.
I'm sticking to my guns too about Rutherford it was in Machester in 1917 (reported in 1919) that he first split the atom (converting Nitrogen to Oxygen). See the following websites:
[www.nzedge.com]
[scienceworld.wolfram.com]
[www.rutherford.org.nz]
[www.nobel.se];
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