Quillan Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Is it on the M4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 From memory, Slough has two M4 exits and Staines is on the M3, its roughly where you turn off for the M4 (so I guess you argue its on both ?)I think (depending on where you are going and the traffic, because I turn off and go across past Runnymede, into Windsor, then either onto the M4 or through the back roads Money Row Green, Holyport, Twyford and onto the A4.)I better swot up because I'm going to Hampton Court soon!.Of course both the maps I have to hand are of France !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Soooooo starts with a S and both are near the M4.Three attempts and I'm somwhere near, right at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 [quote user="Quillan"][quote user="Will "] No, my signature is actually Cyrillic (Russian) script, after a bit of a vogue for such - it translates as 'I was a moderator, but I'm better now' SNIP.[/quote]And I thought it was Jamaican written in Russina as it actually translates as "I was regulator, but I is better now" just need to add man at the end [:D] (you don't live in Slough by chance and know Mr Cohen). Mind you the best one which has now gone was something about 4 and a sausage which I never got at all.[/quote] Staines, Quillan, Staines!! The Staines Massive is probably still functioning AFAIK. Staines is off J13 of the M25, nestling snugly between there and the M4, and comes under Surrey for local govt purposes. 'tother side of J13 is Runnymede and Old Windsor, which are Berks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Two Mods, both well off topic and both getting things wrong....Iremember when a Mod would only post when they were sure they wereright......come to think of it, I might be wrong about that. Mods, things right....nah, better put a smiley, last time I made a jokeand I didn't do so, someone (no names naturally) spat their dummyout...............[:)]Croix Blanches, right on all counts. I would vote for you as a Mod...............[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 My signature is out of date now. I guess I'd better think of something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 [quote user="Miki"]Croix Blanches, right on all counts. I would vote for you as a Mod...............[;-)][/quote] Hmmmm..Miki...let me think.....Mod? silent religious order? Mod?silent religious order? Mod? silent religious order? (I'll get back to you. This dahlia seems to have more petals than I first thought[;-)]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I see Miki more as a Rocker in the Teddy style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 No doubt you are right, its the M25. The truth is that when I go there I do something which seems contrary road wise, because I am on an A road but it runs parallel with the motorway (all too close) and then I veer off in a way in a way that makes me very cautious, which is probably a good thing !!!It is not my favorite piece of road!If anyone has ever heard anything good about Slough let me know. I originally come from an area about 5 - 6 miles away and I am still waiting............used to be the largest industrial estate in Europe, if you are a chocolate lover, Mars is there...and then there is ............?????French interest - Citroens used to be 'finished' there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 'I was regular but I am alright now' sounds like somebiody trying to assert that they are not anal (in the sense of 'I am spontaneous/anarchic ')Correcting the counties in which Stains and Slough reside (if you can say reside with respect to Slough), not that is uptight !OR Is it all above me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Anyone fancy a game of Mornington Crescent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Korrigan Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Dick, Could you please explain the game to me... I have listened but the play goes over my head.... Ta, Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Is this helpful to you?http://www.geocities.com/verdrahciretop/mc1.htmlIt doesn't go into the original Stovold (sp?) rules, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Staines - Middlesex = blonde momentWhere do you want to start, Dick ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 We could play the French (Paris Métro) rules, as this is a French forum (allegedly) - in which case, as you will know being an avid Stovold reader, the object is to reach Château d'Eau whilst forcing one's opponents (Les Autres) into exposing an Open Lateral Flank (Flanc Latéral Ouvert).I'm not sure of the position of being in spoon (en cuillère) in the French rules, or whether or not players have to lean to the right. Also there may be a difficulty in getting out of Knip (Cnippe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]No doubt you are right, its the M25. The truth is that when I go there I do something which seems contrary road wise, because I am on an A road but it runs parallel with the motorway (all too close) and then I veer off in a way in a way that makes me very cautious, which is probably a good thing !!!It is not my favorite piece of road!If anyone has ever heard anything good about Slough let me know. I originally come from an area about 5 - 6 miles away and I am still waiting............used to be the largest industrial estate in Europe, if you are a chocolate lover, Mars is there...and then there is ............?????French interest - Citroens used to be 'finished' there.[/quote]Mars is closing down (if they haven't already done so)Citroen still have their UK sales and marketing offices in Slough, as do FiatIf you turn off the M25 at J13 going to Windsor then you have to go round the roundabout and back along the road parallel to the M25 for about 100 yards. If you turn off the M4 at Datchet, then you can follow the road parallel to the M4 for about a mile. Slough is still lovely, and Mornington Crescent is still totally baffling......................[;-)]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]If anyone has ever heard anything good about Slough let me know. I originally come from an area about 5 - 6 miles away and I am still waiting............used to be the largest industrial estate in Europe, if you are a chocolate lover, Mars is there...and then there is ............?????[/quote]Courtesy of John B 1937:SloughCome friendly bombs and fall on Slough!It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death!Come, bombs and blow to smithereensThose air -conditioned, bright canteens, Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans, Tinned minds, tinned breath. Mess up the mess they call a town-A house for ninety-seven downAnd once a week a half a crown For twenty years. And get that man with double chinWho'll always cheat and always win, Who washes his repulsive skin In women's tears:And smash his desk of polished oakAnd smash his hands so used to strokeAnd stop his boring dirty jokeAnd make him yell. But spare the bald young clerks who addThe profits of the stinking cad;It's not their fault that they are mad, They've tasted Hell. It's not their fault they do not know The birdsong from the radio, It's not their fault they often go To MaidenheadAnd talk of sport and makes of carsIn various bogus-Tudor bars And daren't look up and see the starsBut belch instead. In labour-saving homes, with careTheir wives frizz out peroxide hairAnd dry it in synthetic airAnd paint their nails. Come, friendly bombs and fall on SloughTo get it ready for the plough.The cabbages are coming now;The earth exhales. Not a bad little doggerel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]We could play the French (Paris Métro) rules, as this is a French forum (allegedly) - in which case, as you will know being an avid Stovold reader, the object is to reach Château d'Eau whilst forcing one's opponents (Les Autres) into exposing an Open Lateral Flank (Flanc Latéral Ouvert).I'm not sure of the position of being in spoon (en cuillère) in the French rules, or whether or not players have to lean to the right. Also there may be a difficulty in getting out of Knip (Cnippe).[/quote]Would it not be simpler, as a starter for those unfamiliar with the game, to play the Provençale (Napoleonic period) rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Betj was a bit of an old bore, really! Snob by Appointment. The Oldest Fogie on the block.Provençale Rules are OK, but I've never felt the same about them since the introduction of Mayle's Gambit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Cassis - On all fronts I prefer Trebetherickhttp://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/John_Betjeman/16986or for this time of year, I have a soft spot for the England of Miss Joan Hunter Dunnhttp://www.erzsebel.com/poetry/?p=924 [:)][:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 If we play the Napoleonic original rules we can avoid Mayle's Gambit (I've never seen any point in it , personally - just draws the game out and blocks Albi hopelessly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]...we can avoid Mayle's Gambit (I've never seen any point in it , personally [/quote][blink] Golly! I think it is really underrated - remember, it was considered quite revolutionary, influential even, in its time. [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Yes, but now considered rather passé. I think if we want to continue this we should move to the Lounge, but I have to go and ruin a piece of meat now (we're having a BBQ) so I'll see you all later. Mustn't get too close to the BBQ myself.Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Preferably on l'autre cote de la rue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Hi Dick - my edit to my message crossed with you posting your last one. If you'd like to start a game sometime in the Lounge and alert me I'd be happy to participate. Anyone else want to play? have to go now - really. Jude's started to glare at me.[:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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