From: Pd on 12 Nov 2009 14:44 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > Do we need to do a ceremonial traversal of the shiny new Oxford Circus > crossing? I don't get it. Is this really the first "cross in any direction" crossing in Britain? How quaint! -- Pd
From: Chris Ridd on 12 Nov 2009 14:50 On 2009-11-12 19:44:29 +0000, Pd said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> Do we need to do a ceremonial traversal of the shiny new Oxford Circus >> crossing? > > I don't get it. Is this really the first "cross in any direction" > crossing in Britain? How quaint! I don't know, but it is the first one in London which is all that seems to matter according to the media :-( -- Chris
From: zoara on 12 Nov 2009 15:57 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2009-11-11 20:31:24 +0000, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > > > Afraid there's a possibility I might be unable to make it either. I > > know > > I've ducked out at the last minute before, so feel I out to > > explain... > > We've just started the IVF injections again and didn't think ahead - > > if > > Han isn't comfortable self-injecting after tomorrow's attempt, I may > > have to stay in on Friday to do it for her. She doesn't really trust > > anyone else to do it for her. > > I'd imagine the first time will always be difficult, so I think I > understand. Well, the first time went totally fine, and Han's happy doing it by herself tomorrow, so I'm going to be there after all. Will probably be one of the early ones... -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Peter Ceresole on 12 Nov 2009 17:39 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > I don't get it. Is this really the first "cross in any direction" > crossing in Britain? How quaint! The first *official* one, marked out on the road. We had a cross roads in Sheen that I used to cross diagonally for several years. But not many of us did it as a matter of course. -- Peter
From: zoara on 12 Nov 2009 18:42
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Well, the first time went totally fine, and Han's happy doing it by > > herself tomorrow, so I'm going to be there after all. Will probably > > be > > one of the early ones... > > Excellent! Talking of which, is there a 'list' of who will be there early (four-ish, isn't it?) rather than meeting up later? I'd like to know who to look out for - and I'm useless at spotting people in a crowd. -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |