On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 12:26:34 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Sunday, 3 December 2017 14:01:36 UTC, e27002 wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 09:43:14 +0000, Guy Gorton
wrote:

On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 22:10:20 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

A flash mob with a difference:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=RVaJbY9RJ3o

I think Guy Gorton would have enjoyed this if he was in London that day.

He would indeed! I have seen all sorts f events there but this is
probably the best. I started using M'bone in January 1969 which is a
frightening span of nearly 49 years. Infrequent visitor now.

Guy Gorton

Absolutely perfectly wonderful.

We moved to the Vale of Aylesbury in 1960, and started using the
trains into Marylebone, and to Rugby, shortly after that.

Question: back in the day the BR ticket office was roughly where M&S
is today. Last time we. my spouse and I, were at Marylebone there was
new ticket office backing onto the platform area,
https://tinyurl.com/y7nwqe4t

Was this built new, or moved from elsewhere? It has a very classic
look about it.

AFAIAA, it was built new in the early Noughties. At one time, BR tickets were sold from the LU ticket for a while.

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000, Guy Gorton
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 08:26:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Offramp wrote:
On Saturday, 2 December 2017 22:10:21 UTC, Recliner wrote:
A flash mob with a difference:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=RVaJbY9RJ3o

I think Guy Gorton would have enjoyed this if he was in London that day.

I remember flash mobs from about 15 years ago. They weren't funny then.
Nowadays people simply ignore them.

I assume you didn't actually watch the video? The Marylebone commuters
certainly didn't ignore this flash mob. And, no, it wasn't funny, or meant
to be.


I'd like to have been at the brainstorming session for "How do we raise
awareness for whatever is it this thing is about". Someone said flash mob
as a joke and it was the top idea!


Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and
editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

I came across the thread by Recliiner early this morning before going
to church to play the organ for the first Sunday in Advent. It gave
me inspiration even though the message was rather different - and I
did not play any Handel but did play Bach and did try to encourage the
congregation to sing joyfully - which they did..

You are a blessing. I am sure your congregation appreciates you.

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:31:17 +0000, e27002 aurora
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000, Guy Gorton
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 08:26:45 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Offramp wrote:
On Saturday, 2 December 2017 22:10:21 UTC, Recliner wrote:
A flash mob with a difference:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=RVaJbY9RJ3o

I think Guy Gorton would have enjoyed this if he was in London that day.

I remember flash mobs from about 15 years ago. They weren't funny then.
Nowadays people simply ignore them.

I assume you didn't actually watch the video? The Marylebone commuters
certainly didn't ignore this flash mob. And, no, it wasn't funny, or meant
to be.


I'd like to have been at the brainstorming session for "How do we raise
awareness for whatever is it this thing is about". Someone said flash mob
as a joke and it was the top idea!


Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and
editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

I came across the thread by Recliiner early this morning before going
to church to play the organ for the first Sunday in Advent. It gave
me inspiration even though the message was rather different - and I
did not play any Handel but did play Bach and did try to encourage the
congregation to sing joyfully - which they did..

You are a blessing. I am sure your congregation appreciates you.

Perhaps but in general the organist is just part of the audible
scenery. Here is a little example - I was asked to play the music for
two verses of a quiet thoughtful; hymn which the congregation was not
going to sing, but just to think about the message. That required
more preparation by me than if it had been sung because my choice of
stops, tempo, expression and volume would all be listened to. not sung
to. That was the first time I have ever met that idea.

Guy Gorton

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:04:55 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take seriously,
me included.

So you think Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is a funny opera(etta)? I
thought you claimed to be a great defender of white British culture,
yet know nothing about it. What a surprise!


editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

Obviously don't care about any problems outside your immediate
vicinity.

In article , wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

You seem to have mis-spelt "decades of deliberate destabilisation and
promotion of terror groups by Western governments, including Britain,
for their own political ends". Clearly your own awareness could do with
raising ...

Nick
--
"The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life"
-- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996

On 2017\12\04 13:00, Nick Leverton wrote:
In article , wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

You seem to have mis-spelt "decades of deliberate destabilisation and
promotion of terror groups by Western governments, including Britain,
for their own political ends". Clearly your own awareness could do with
raising ...

The West wrote this book which says terrorism is God's will,
and is forcing the Middle Easterners to read it.

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 13:28:12 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\12\04 13:00, Nick Leverton wrote:
In article , wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

You seem to have mis-spelt "decades of deliberate destabilisation and
promotion of terror groups by Western governments, including Britain,
for their own political ends". Clearly your own awareness could do with
raising ...

The West wrote this book which says terrorism is God's will,
and is forcing the Middle Easterners to read it.

Meds Mr. Brush.

On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:45:41 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:04:55 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take
seriously,
me included.

So you think Handel's Hallelujah Chorus is a funny opera(etta)? I
thought you claimed to be a great defender of white British culture,
yet know nothing about it. What a surprise!

Handel was german you pillock and choral music is not the same as opera.
Other than that, spot on!

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

Obviously don't care about any problems outside your immediate
vicinity.

Look who's talking Mr Carbon Footprint.

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 13:00:06 +0000 (UTC)
Nick Leverton wrote:
In article , wrote:
On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:06:07 +0000
Guy Gorton wrote:
Not funny, but joyously serious. And, unless the cameramen and

Unintentionally funny. A lot of people find opera(etta) hard to take
seriously,
me included.

editors managed to mislead us, much enjoyed by many of the public.
Did it benefit Syria? Hopefully, it did - help is sorely needed.

Yeah, right. Some people videoed it , most ignored it and all just got on
with their day afterwards. Unless someone has been living in a cave for the
last 5 years I suspect anyone with a working braincell is aware of whats going
on in Syria, it doesn't need any more "awareness".

The basic fact is, its yet another in a long line of conflicts in the middle
east. Perhaps there's something in the water there or its the heat or they're
just socially disorganised, who knows. Its sad, but at the end of the day,
frankly who actually cares?

You seem to have mis-spelt "decades of deliberate destabilisation and
promotion of terror groups by Western governments, including Britain,
for their own political ends". Clearly your own awareness could do with
raising ...

Right, because Russia, Iran and Saudi have been a good little boys and haven't
meddled at all in that part of the world. Ditto Turkey trying to claw back some
of the Ottoman empire.

Anyway, the Taliban might have been fall out from US policy, but ISIS is 100%
Saudi. The sunnis and the shias hate each other far more than they hate us.
Let the *******s get on with it.