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I think Adams summed it up quite clearly:- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Interesting use of 16th Century English. Dotting "I's", however Fox's accuracy rating is hardly what you could call high. Maybe tittle-tattle would be more appropriate in terms of describing Fox, i.e. Gossip! However American English does imply "Not at All", which is probably a better way to describe Fox as "...not at all makes sense".

I remember when he joked about this on Graham Norton, but didn't understand the comment until I saw it yesterday. Had me absolutely in stitches. His recent Panto with John Bishop as his husband was an absolute hoot and sell out.

Cheers for that. Seams like a bit of a security flaw.

There's a song title in there! Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb That ain't workin', that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your boys for free

Begs the question how did he get through Passport Control at LAX?

What's wrong with the old adage of drinking blood?

The idea of a Thai F1 race has been kicking around for a number of years, with either Pattaya or Bangkok heavily touted as options for a street race. The reality is it won't happen based on today's infrastructure or location. Bangkok has been sinking for years, back in the '80's about 10cm per year, with some clever use of replanting forests and woodlands around the capital, these areas have slowed the sinking to approximately 2cm per year. Ironically the capital used to be surrounded by woodlands and paddy fields pre the 1980's and the expanding desire for a concrete jungle. In comparison, Venice is currently sinking by 1 to 2mm per annum, same as New York. With on-going current Bangkok construction, it's adding more weight to the sinking city, despite the green planting, water soaking initiative. Current doom mongers have Bangkok seasonal floods effecting upto 40% of the capital by 2030, so any F1 construction will be short lived. No one has designed a floating F1 track, maybe this could be an option? To me the best solution the Thai government could do is to the escalate the concept of building a new capital outside the current city, to accommodate the government machine, and with a green field site and modern construction techniques and foresight of expansion, absord the concept for F1 style racing circuit into the design. As messes Mitch Leigh and Joseph Darion wrote back in '65, made popular by both Jack Jones and Andy Williams, we can but "... Dream the impossible Dream".

Not clear from the OP, but Noël's house (Firefly) is infact above Flemming's Goldeneye. Currently serves as the Noël Coward museum. In his study, the view from his study desk is worthy of the title Room with a View, as looks due East across to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, famous for its coffee. The house is a time capsule from 1973 when he died, the old Rolls Royce is still in the garage and maintained in prestige condition. Which he used to use to visit his hotel Blue Harbour below, or Goldeneye. The house was built on the land formerly owned by the pirate Henry Morgan, aka Captain Morgan, in fact it's old lookout was converted into a bar by Noël, and today serves as the refreshments shack for visitors. Well worth a visit if you're ever in Jamaica, just 25 miles NNW of Kingston. The photos taken by Coward that are scattered around the place serves as a Who's Who of famous Royals as well as UK, USA and European celebrities from the 1920's onwards. Adding to the collection of Young Men in their swimwear, an excited Noël Coward c1930's in the Bahamas.

Yes, can confirm have met the man from down under outside CockA2. Easy to spot, as was wearing his Miami shirt, which prompted my comment back previously as reminded me of an ex boss who supported a similar beard and penchant for similar shirts.

Just found out, the backup generators were diesel based, so were resently replaced with biomass generators and a brand new auto-switching solution so that Heathrow could move towards their Net-Zero target. They failed, hence the black out. Sometimes the old and well trusted solutions work best, despite a bit of black smoke.

You'll be amazed as to the number of SPOF's (Single Points of Failure) large organisations have. Whether by design or accidental operational incidents. Especially in Communications Companies, ie BT, Vodafone etc. Most issues caused by bean-counters, as full autonomous switch over of geographical dispersed infrastructure costs a shed load of money. While regulations, especially in the Finance Sector force Enterprises to invest in DR (Disaster Recovery) or BC (Business Continuity), the impact of Reputational Damage is always below cost on a Risk Register. For those of you who bank with the blue coloured high street bank, pray their main data center doesn't go down, as their primary backup site is at Heathrow!

Sorry my bad. Candy is solo. Not part of a group.

Both under the same management. So to be expected.

90 minutes isn't much time, unless it's a cruise of Pattaya's famous Khlongs!

Bavarian will be a restaurant. Slight slow down on building works, as one of the investors has pulled out to look at other interests.

If you wear your old 'Phil Collins' shirt I'll come and say hello.

Naked. Just skewered onto a stick in a very dry Martini.

So true Vinapu. "You to me are everything", and "Can't get by without you". As our resident Jedi Master, "Can you feel The Force?". Cracking band from '70s Liverpool.

Goes to show, working in IT is a hot business!

Sounds like a right old Grinch. It is Christmas after all, and only a couple of trees, as long as the lights aren't confusing LAX, what's the issue? Anyway they're be gone in 7 days time. (Twelfth Night).

Good point. Will enquire when next in town.

Word on the street, is Bavarian Boys will be a restaurant, German owner also owns the 4T bar opposite, so looks like the lederhosen dancing boys dream will remain, a dream. At least for now.

Not sure. Will be up there on Friday so will enquire further.

Rattling through my hazy memory from last Friday evening's session at CockA2, someone mentioned that Bavarian Boys is trying to be ready for Hogmanay, or New Year's Eve as the rest of the world calls it.