More thoughts on London

[TheMightyFavog]

1. The Bakerloo Line is quite empty at 9:00 AM on Saturday.

2. I can't Wait for Regent's Park station to reopen on the 12th. i'm sick of weaving through all the bloody tourists around Madame Toussad's (Which one of the staff at the Imperial War Museum called "a right rip-off") on the way to Baker Street Station.

3. The Imperial War Museum was fun. I spent the day there looking at all the old equipment. The Holocaust Exhibit is especailly moving.

4. London Police are incredibly helpful if you're unsure of your way. I was expecting a more cold reaction, judging by my experience in Camden Town.

5. Margaret Thatcher was a twonk.

6. I now understand what the Falklands War was all about, thanks to the 25th anniversary exhibit at the War Museum.

7. I wonder how the conflict would have turned out had the Royal Navy not scrapped its "proper" aircraft carriers.

8. $20 for a plate of Lamb Tikka Masala on Rice and a bottle of Ginger Beer at the museum cafe? That explains why my arsehole is so sore.

9. If my 20 Pound banknote has Michael Faraday on the back, I have to go to the bank and exchange it for a new one, right?

10. There's a bottle of Spitfire Ale chilling in the fridge with my name on it.

11. Oi, tourist git! What part of "No taking photographs in the Holocaust Exhibit" Do you not fucking understand?

12. Sky News is utter shit.

13. What is this game, "Mornington Crescent", and how do you play it?

14. Those Victoria Cross winners are braver men than I am.

15. Those shops around Baker Street sure milk the tourists dry, don't they?

16. What was with the Design of the Grant/Lee tank of WWII? Why didn't they just put the bloody 75mm gun up top in the turret instead of that bloody stupid sponson?

17. After seeing the exhibit dedicated to him, I have a lot more respect for Montgomery, but I still think that Patton was the superior general.

18. I was not aware that the British fought in Iraq during WWII.

19. What's with the Circle Line always having delays?

20. Free Museums in London rock! Perhaps a return to the British Museum tomorrow is in order, If I'm feeling well enough. I'm afraid I'm getting a bit of a cold coming on.

21. How come I never see much in the acknowledgement of the Soviets role in WWII in the states?

22. WWI was the epitome of mass stupidity. (Yes, even greater than the re-election of George Wanker Bush.)

[billyskank]

1. Mornington Crescent

:rofl:

You're not SUPPOSED to know the rules. It's a joke game, invented by the Radio 4 comedy programme I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

[Beausoir]

2. What's a "twonk"?

*sigh* 19 years ago today, I left for a London honeymoon. What a great GREAT city.

[billyskank]

3. By the way, your old £20 notes will be good for a long time yet

They give you ages when changing the banknotes.

[TheMightyFavog]

6. One of the shops made me go change an old Five Pound Note

because it didn't have some sort of foil bit on it. The man said that it "wasn't legal tender anymore."

[billyskank]

8. I can't even remember when we last changed the fivers

Wow.

[tjwmason]

7. Nudge-nudge

He said Faraday not Elgar.

[billyskank]

9. Oh

:blush:

:D

[fizzgig]

4. i loved the british museum

i couldn't get enough of it

have i told you yet how incredibly jealous i am of you? :D

[tjwmason]

5. Sky News is owned by the same folk as Fox News - need I say more?

If I'm after a 24-7 news channel B.B.C. News24 is head and shoulders above the rest.

The £20 with Michael Faraday is very old, banks may still be able to exchange them - he was replaced by Elgar several years and now those with Elgar on are being phased out; those with Adam Smith are the new ones.

The Imperial War Museum really is great - I went with school ages ago, I should go again.

The Circle Line seems to have some of the older stuff on the Tube, it also uses the same lines as the District Line and the Hammersmith and City Line which I think makes it more susceptible to delays.

For all of his more recent b***-**** Blair should be proud of introducing free museums - to my mind probably his best policy.

We invaded Iraq at the beginning of the First World War (the Ottomans having joined with the Central Powers), one of the soldiers commemorated on my village war memorial died in the Battle of Basra 1914. The circle of violence isn't being broken.

Mornington Crescent is a very very complex game, and should only be undertaken after several years of close study. ;)

[TheMightyFavog]

10. I hop I am able to exchange it.

That twenty was given to me by friends as pocket money for graduation.

[Darth_Kitten]

11. I plan to go there on vacation!!!!

FREE museums........I'll be in seventh heaven. :)

I'm going to TRY to avoid the tourist-y traps.....Madame Tussauds is apparently WAY over-rated. (according to my excellent travel book)

I was looking at the "Tube" info this morning......do you have a travel pass? :)

[TheMightyFavog]

12. I have an Oyster Card.

It's well worth it. Fares are cheaper using Oyster, plus, no queing for tickets. I went to Oyster because rick Steves and the person running the internship program reccomended them.

[tjwmason]

14. I'd second the recommendation for an Oyster card.

You put money onto the card, then as you go through the ticket barriers it automatically deducts the relevant fare. The Mayor is very keen on them, and so fares have been held down on purpose - plus if you make enough trips in a day to make it cheaper to have a day-travel-card it only takes that cost...i.e., it ensures that you pay the lowest fare.

As I live just outside London I get tube travel as part of my rail ticket into town, if I didn't I'd certainly get an Oyster.

[Sanity Claws]

13. Is a twont a big twit?

[TheMightyFavog]

16. Yes, That's what it means.

:)

[deadparrot]

15. Damn, I'm jealous.

I might be headed to the UK (Scotland) next fall for my master's, but your posts are making me antsy. :bounce:

[T_i_B]

17. If it's Military stuff you like

I might as well mention that it's Colchester Military Festival at the weekend! :-)