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Mike Hughes July 5th 05 10:37 AM

Mornington Crescent
 
In message , Soulbass
writes

"Ian F." wrote in message
...

"Soulbass" wrote in
message ...

Now, can anybody explain 'Nip'?


Are we allowing swiving?

Ian


Ian,

do you mean swiving under the Québécoise/French Canadian rules, Pre '74
Whiting-Bellamy accord rules or open-play swiving?

I understood that swiving was only allowed in a game that started from Blake
Hall, but as that station has been closed for some time and you are still
managing to swiv, think you may find that you are the greatest exponent of
this lost (and by me) much missed art.

(I can dip in and out of this game all day!! I work from home. What's your
excuse?)

Giles


What about Sir Henry Cruns exceptions - if someone can explain it
properly to a newbie like me!

--
Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England

Ian F. July 5th 05 11:00 AM

Mornington Crescent
 
"Soulbass" wrote in message
...

do you mean swiving under the Québécoise/French Canadian rules, Pre '74
Whiting-Bellamy accord rules or open-play swiving?


Open-play. I'm not sure the others still apply following the publication of
Stovold's Rules and Origins.

I understood that swiving was only allowed in a game that started from
Blake Hall, but as that station has been closed for some time and you are
still managing to swiv, think you may find that you are the greatest
exponent of this lost (and by me) much missed art.


I do my best. ;-)

(I can dip in and out of this game all day!! I work from home. What's your
excuse?)


I work from home! But I'm off out soon, so maybe we should call it quits
now.

Mornington Crescent!

Ian



sharky July 5th 05 11:55 AM

Mornington Crescent
 
tim (moved to sweden) wrote:
"Ian F." wrote in message
...

"Nick Leverton" wrote in message
...


Waterloo (sunset)!


That has a ring of 'Gruntfuttock's Posture' about it.

Euston Square.



I challenge anyone to prove that you're not making this up as you go along

:-(

tim


Is that a new station on the Docklands Railway?

Michael Hoffman July 5th 05 01:18 PM

Mornington Crescent
 
Ian F. wrote:

Mornington Crescent!


Damn.
--
Michael Hoffman

Tom Anderson July 5th 05 01:33 PM

Mornington Crescent
 
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Michael Hoffman wrote:

Ian F. wrote:

Mornington Crescent!


Damn.


That was a good little match, chaps. Funnily enough, the opening was
rather reminiscent of Brooke-Taylor's devastating attack in his match
against IBM's Deep Tube computer back in '99.

tom

--
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.

Soulbass July 5th 05 01:54 PM

Mornington Crescent
 

"Ian F." wrote in message
...
"Soulbass" wrote in
message ...

do you mean swiving under the Québécoise/French Canadian rules, Pre '74
Whiting-Bellamy accord rules or open-play swiving?


Open-play. I'm not sure the others still apply following the publication
of Stovold's Rules and Origins.

I understood that swiving was only allowed in a game that started from
Blake Hall, but as that station has been closed for some time and you are
still managing to swiv, think you may find that you are the greatest
exponent of this lost (and by me) much missed art.


I do my best. ;-)

(I can dip in and out of this game all day!! I work from home. What's
your excuse?)


I work from home! But I'm off out soon, so maybe we should call it quits
now.

Mornington Crescent!

Ian




Ian Jelf July 5th 05 02:39 PM

Mornington Crescent
 
In message , David
Boothroyd writes
Of course we have all heard of the impossibly trendy Farquharson
amendment which treats closed stations as wild.

Therefore I move to:

Holborn Viaduct.


South Kentish Town (Courtesy of the Betjeman variation, obviously).

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Ian Jelf July 5th 05 02:41 PM

Mornington Crescent
 
In message , Soulbass
writes
Pre1974 (and as all experienced players will know) the Whiting-Bellamy
accord was the loophole to get from Euston Square to Southwark in a
Bakerloo line or non-Bakerloo line starting game.


No, that amendment was actually introduced in 1965, to coincide with the
creation of the Greater London Council. It was not widely adopted by
non London players until 1973, when local government reform reached the
rest of England and Wales, finally reaching Scotland with their reforms
in 1974.

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Ian Jelf July 5th 05 02:42 PM

Mornington Crescent
 
In message , Tom
Anderson writes
That was a good little match, chaps. Funnily enough, the opening was
rather reminiscent of Brooke-Taylor's devastating attack in his match
against IBM's Deep Tube computer back in '99.


Tea all over monitor.......

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Soulbass July 5th 05 05:43 PM

Mornington Crescent
 

"Ian Jelf" wrote in message
...
In message , Soulbass
writes
Pre1974 (and as all experienced players will know) the Whiting-Bellamy
accord was the loophole to get from Euston Square to Southwark in a
Bakerloo line or non-Bakerloo line starting game.


No, that amendment was actually introduced in 1965, to coincide with the
creation of the Greater London Council. It was not widely adopted by non
London players until 1973, when local government reform reached the rest
of England and Wales, finally reaching Scotland with their reforms in
1974.

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk


How could I have made such a schoolboy error and committed it to print?!! It
always catches me out that Pre'74 is in fact Post'65 within the old GLC
boundary. Sorry for any confusion caused.

Giles




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