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Postby Nortonesque » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:52 am

I've got 2 days in London at the end of a business trip -- what should I see/do? Buckingham Palace? Parliament Building? Trafalgar Square?

The only thing on my list so far is to find some hole in the wall that serves proper fish n chips.
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Postby k3nt » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:29 pm

I'm not a Brit by any stretch, but I've been to London a couple of times. One thing I recommend is that if you are at all interested in the theater, you should think about seeing a play. They are way cheaper than in America, and the good ones will stick in your memory a long time. I'd look into it, see what's playing, and get tix in advance.
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:16 pm

The Monkman J[c]

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Postby Felonius_Monk » Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:18 pm

The Monkman J[c]

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A licky boom boom down.
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A licky boom boom down." - Snow, 1993
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Postby Nortonesque » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:26 pm

Thanks Monk -- I'll be there on the 2nd and 3rd of August (Tuesday and Wednesday). Not exactly the most convenient days to get together, but I'll try to work out a schedule that involves a pub Tuesday night, if anyone's interested.
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Postby shamdonk » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:28 pm

[quote="Felonius_Monk]I went to see two baseball games over there and although the games weren't that great it was cool to enjoy the sport in it's own backyard!).
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What park? Sorry but it isn't Fenway I will be quite upset.
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:19 pm

The Monkman J[c]

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Postby shamdonk » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:27 pm

Well if not fenway wrigley would definetly be the park to go. Too bad those damn cubs never win... and as for Nomar?....bleh to him
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:48 pm

Lol... not a fan of the Cubs especially, when I started watching baseball a few years back I liked the WhiteSox at first, though seeing their neighbourhood in the windy city I think I'll stick with the Cards.

Being born several thousand miles away it's kinda hard for me to have a "home" team - I like the Cards in baseball (always liked them, Renteria is one of my favourite players, and visiting the Busch ballpark was fun too), Bruins in hockey (I'm gathering from your irish name and location you might be a fan too), oddly because I always used to play them as a kid when I played NHLPA hockey on the Sega, and the Rockets in the basketball (Clyde Drexler was my favourite player when I was mad on basketball, and like the Dream too back when he was playing centre, that was probably around the time of their 2nd title and the two years following). I'm afraid when it comes to gridiron I'm not too interested... Doesn't seem like a very good game and I've never really got into it, though I can watch highlights without too much bother (I'm pretty much a nut for all sports, so there's not much that doesn't involve horses that I CAN'T watch...), I guess at a push I'd probably go for the Packers cos I come from a small town too :wink: ...

A friend of mine always watches the baseball late at night here on channle 5, he's a mad Sox fan so you can imagine he enjoyed watching them whup the Cards last year. All the salary issues seem to be ruining baseball of late, and the massive gulf in quality between the best teams and the worst - you get that here too in football (soccer) but there's always interest for 75% of the supporters even until the end of the year, the teams in the top half are either fighting for the title or to get into European competition qualification, and the teams at the bottom all fighting to avoid ending up in one of the relegation spots. Perhaps a complete overhaul of the major league would help restore a bit more competition. Having a few less money-grabbing bastards in the game would be cool too! It's a fun sport, not entirely dissimilar to cricket, which I enjoy watching here.

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Postby JJSCOTT2 » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:31 am

What park? Sorry but it isn't Fenway I will be quite upset.[/quote]


Yeah, come to the U.S. and go to the worst basball park in the country and see the crappiest team, there's an idea.
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Postby shamdonk » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:33 am

Well considering Renteria is now on the sox; maybe you have a new favorite team?! How pumped are you for hockey this year? I was almost in tears last year when the bruins were FINALLY going to be a contender and the season gets cancelled. New england sports have to put up with the most ups and downs. (i.e Red sox every year but last) Are you still a big NBA fan? Cause the celts are gonna be real young with alot of talent; always good to watch. Gridiron well it has always been my favorite watch/play, but its not eveyones cup of tea.

I have been getting into soccer (football) as of late. I played fifa at college whenever i was bored and we werent playing cards. I am trying to plan a trip to the world cup or maybe even regular game when i go to Ireland. But god only knows when that will happen.
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:05 pm

The Monkman J[c]

"Informer, you no say daddy me snow me Ill go blame,
A licky boom boom down.
Detective mon said daddy me snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky boom boom down." - Snow, 1993
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Postby Tepshen73 » Wed Jul 20, 2005 3:02 pm

Yeah Monk the collage players here all they seem to learn anymore is how to drive the basket and dunk. Not mych fundementals around any more except in the foregion players. Hopefully that trend will reverse as we lose more Olympic and World championships. Course if we could get Shaq to play then who needs fundenentals :twisted:
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