The Regular Cast

[owen]

Good to see you Nadim. Your avatar hasn't aged at all.

I'm also still looking forward to your review of ...things they do. My copy is still at the shop waiting for me to get to Sydney to pick it up. I don't trust vinyl in the post any more.

Now we've solved one mystery, where's TLC got to?

O!

[tgraham]

TLC's involved in the fierce hunt for the trophy Carp is my bet.

[The Doc]

Glad to see you mate, hope you are settling in

[Starless Scotch]

Name ? Nick. Also known as Taff (cos I?m ? Welsh) and Trapper (due to an attempted sexual liaison on a train when I was 13. Read the original M*A*S*H book for the origins of the name!)

Age ? as old as I feel. Actually, I?m 53, but I feel 22.

Location ? southern side of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Marital status ? just the one wife. I?m not a moron?..sorry?..Mormon.

Kids ? none. Don?t want any of the buggers. We just have cats.

Physical appearance ? fat bastard. I could easily lose 5 or 6 stones, but I love my grub too much!

Profession ? Electronics Engineer. Currently working in a hospital, but I?ve had 20-odd years in Defence in Edinburgh & North London.

Non-Music interests ? railways (though I?m WELL past the trainspotting stage), number logic puzzles (3 steps on beyond Sudoku), buses (DON?T ASK ? it?s too embarrassing)

TV likes ? Have I got News for You, Drop the Dead Donkey, They Think it?s all Over.

Any questions? Anything I?ve missed out?

[sarah]

Sorry, I gotta ask about the buses.

Buses?

Don't be embarrassed--plenty of us around here are into very silly things.  Take our Webmaster, for instance.  He's into SOCCER.  That makes busophilia look positively commonplace.

~s

[The Doc]

Did someone mention Cricket as well?

Does your bus interest extend to trolleybuses? Here at the Jewel we were once famous for them.

[Starless Scotch]

Doc - the last trolleybus I saw ON THE ROAD was in Bradford in 1970! Near Saltaire depot, if I remember right. I'd also forgot that you're into Cricket. So am I. I'm into leg-spin! Forget Shane Warne, Abdul Qadir was The Man. I see that Yorks have got a couple of leggies - Lawson and this new guy, Adil Raschid is it? Does he turn the ball much? Qadir spun the ball a lot, but he didn't seem to get much turn. However, he had 2 types of Googly, and when he retired, he was working on a third. He played a lot of Scottish club cricket, and to my everlasting regret, I never saw him play up here.
I'm into FOOTBALL - the real variety, not the US version that's a poor imitation of Rugby (Union). Coventry City (England) and Hibernian (Scotland) rool, ya bass! COME ON YOU HI-BEES!!!!
I explain buses as follows. I loved steam locomotives - they were live beasts, full of character that could be nursed when they became ill. Deisel or electric locos just die at the first smell of trouble, so when British Railways got rid of steam in 1967 or 1968, I defected to buses. To the majority of the Great Unwashed, they're just big boxes on wheels that get you from A to B, but I can see an undefineable 'something' in something that's mundane and run-of-the mill. I dunno why. I can see beauty in an Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetline, but not see enough in post 1980 Crimson - now THAT'S the eccentricity of the English-raised. Even my missus agrees! (In the eccentricity bit, not KC!)
One thing I didn't mention is that I was raised in West Cumbria - almost in the shadow of the Sellafield Atomic complex. I was there from 1956 - 1972. I glow!!!

[sarah]

Wow, Nick.  You are a complete and total nut job.

At first I was afraid you'd have trouble fitting in here, but now it is clear you've found the right place!

~s

[Chip]

. . . I'm into FOOTBALL - the real variety, not the US version that's a poor imitation of Rugby (Union). . . .

Scandalous!  You refer, of course, to SOCCER, not FOOTBALL.  Real FOOTBALL involves an oblong spheroid and lots of violence, of the real variety, i.e., there is no wussy flopping and fake writhing by prima donna pretty boys.

Otherwise, Welcome to the Domain!_TM

[owen]

Bad Chip! Naughty Chip!

Don't pick on the newbie. Especially when he's right.

O!

[Chip]

Bad Chip! Naughty Chip!

Don't pick on the newbie. Especially when he's right.

O!

He's wrong.  I'm not picking - I'm stating fact.

And I did welcome him.  You know, to the domain.

[Scott]

Bad Chip! Naughty Chip!

Don't pick on the newbie. Especially when he's right.

O!

He's wrong.  I'm not picking - I'm stating fact.

And I did welcome him.  You know, to the domain.

<sarcasm>Of course he's stating fact.  You know its real football because they use their feet so often.</sarcasm>

there is no wussy flopping and fake writhing by prima donna pretty boys.

No, just fake falling flopping and writhing by prima donna wide receivers.  "He (sniff) TOUCHED ME while I was trying to run! No fair!  "

Oh and real football players don't need pads, helmets or mouth guards nor do the every utter the word "Timeout".

[tgraham]

Sorry Chip you're on you're own here.
In football, 90 minutes is 90 minutes unless someone has to be carried off.
In American football, 60 minutes is about 3-1/2 to 4 hours depending on tv timeouts, timeouts, officials video reviews, just random play stoppages, etc.

Then there's rugby for the truly insane. A firend of mine was playing in a match 3 hours from home and suffered a bone-protruding fracture of his left shin. He didnt feel like going to hospital in podunk virginia, so he drove himslef 3 hours home before checking into his local hospital. I pointed out if he were a REAL rugger he would have stayed in the match to not let down the side.

[Starless Scotch]

Can I apologise for mentioning Football/Soccer, American Football/Football and Rugby Union/Rugby? (British/American). If I knew I was going to cause this much aggravation, I'd have kept my big mouth shut. I'm sorry.....I'm very sorry......in fact, I'm so f**king sorry..

I'm so bloody glad that no-one has picked up on Cricket. How in God's name do I explain to an American the 'Leg Before Wicket' method of dismissal, a Googly, a Chinaman, a Flipper, an Off-Cutter, Reverse-Swing, Duckworth-Lewis, Cover Drive, Late Cut, Leg Spin, a Skimmer or the Arm Ball.

Would it be simpler if I lied and said that sport sucked?

[owen]

Doc is the official Cricket man around here. He's been giving these American's lessons in the vernacular but for the most part I'm pretty sure they think he's just making it all up.

O!