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Adasta

Well-Known Member
Location
London
I have read Shamela which was quite funny in that 18th century type way. In general, however, I much preferred Laurence Sterne and his subtle references to engorgement and blushing!
 

theclaud

Openly Marxist
Location
Swansea
I have read Shamela which was quite funny in that 18th century type way. In general, however, I much preferred Laurence Sterne and his subtle references to engorgement and blushing!

Quite!

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The time table relating to those Trolley Buses that went along Market Street, Farnworth, Lancs., on Tuesday mornings in the period between 1950-1957.
But only those that used the no.56 stop next to the Co-op Chemist's shop where my auntie Florie's prescriptions were made up.
Blimey! That one's just got to take the biscuit sorry! 'frog', on grounds of shameless obscurity! I wish you luck!

Mind you, I can certainly remember the Bradford Trolleybus routes, if not the timetables, in the early 1970s. There was the no. 7 trundled along from Thornton to Thornbury. The no. 8 from the City Hall to BRI at Duckworth Lane. No. 16 (I think) along Sundridge Road to Four Lane Ends. No. 37 up Listerhills Road and Pasture Lane to Clayton. No. 38 was a shortened version of same. No. 40 from Forster Square to Saltaire by a very roundabout route. No. 41 from Forster Square to Idle. No. 45 to Wibsey. No. 46 to Buttershaw. Have I left any out?

How's that for geek-ness? :biggrin:
 

Genman

New Member
Blimey! That one's just got to take the biscuit sorry! 'frog', on grounds of shameless obscurity! I wish you luck!

Mind you, I can certainly remember the Bradford Trolleybus routes, if not the timetables, in the early 1970s. There was the no. 7 trundled along from Thornton to Thornbury. The no. 8 from the City Hall to BRI at Duckworth Lane. No. 16 (I think) along Sundridge Road to Four Lane Ends. No. 37 up Listerhills Road and Pasture Lane to Clayton. No. 38 was a shortened version of same. No. 40 from Forster Square to Saltaire by a very roundabout route. No. 41 from Forster Square to Idle. No. 45 to Wibsey. No. 46 to Buttershaw. Have I left any out?

How's that for geek-ness? :biggrin:

Well your spelling of trolleybus is correct whereas mine is incorrect, so you win :sad:
 

zacklaws

Guru
Location
Beverley
I'm surprised nobodies mentioned answering questions on Female Psychology.

"You've got two minutes or more to answer a question on your specialist subject, female psychology, in this special two hour long extended version of Mastermind, What does a Woman really mean when she says "No, Maybe or Yes"? and for viewers who have just switched over to watch "Match of the Day after this programme, it will follow hopefully after the contestant has finished answering the question and hopefully before breakfast time news where you may also see the contestant being admitted into hospital with a pan stuck on his head if he gets the question wrong or even right"
 

Genman

New Member
I don't think I'd be very good at the specialist bit, especially as the Mastermind subjects these days seem to require obsessive interest in unimportant things. I'm a generalist, in fact I kick General Knowledge ass to the point where I have been banned from pub quizes in several places. I have little in the way of useful specialist knowledge or skills!

But not the spelling rounds, eh?
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
The main reason I don't watch mastermind is that they'd probably let you have that.

The life & works of an author / director / musican with a large body of work and an interesting life ok, but what happened in a book/s or film doesn't denote a specialist subject imo.

Yes they do. I'd have a stab at the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L Sayers - a dozen or so books, crammed with detail.
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
I always thought Lord Peter Whimsy would have been more appropriate.

I think that's kind of the joke/point....

His family motto is, after all, "as my Wimsey takes me" (although it might be spelt Whimsy in that case).

And whimsical he may be at times, but he's also a deadly opponent, and consummate lover.

(Although I've got a rather soft spot for Bunter myself)
 
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