It also had many other buildings inside, exhibitions, car show rooms, and restaurants and bars like this one, where I had my lunch ;)

. . . nice pics - again iX

. . . ask somebody - IF they like 'escargot' - which, i personally love to no end - hm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

> 'ere's a joke: why doesn't McDonald's sell snails (which are called 'slugs')

they could start a new menu with 'McSluggits' . . . ok!!! - i'm ouTa!! 'ere . . . ;))))))))))

ps - was ? the lettuce w/ 'holes' (from the slugs) ;)

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It also had many other buildings inside, exhibitions, car show rooms, and restaurants and bars like this one, where I had my lunch ;)

. . . nice pics - again iX

. . . ask somebody - IF they like 'escargot' - which, i personally love to no end - hm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

> 'ere's a joke: why doesn't McDonald's sell snails (which are called 'slugs')

they could start a new menu with 'McSluggits' . . . ok!!! - i'm ouTa!! 'ere . . . ;))))))))))

ps - was ? the lettuce w/ 'holes' (from the slugs) ;)

It makes me smile every time I see one of these bars Richard. There was one in the town when I was student way back and not only served up good beer, but 'healthy' food instead of the usual pie and chips to be found in Yorkshire pubs at the time. I've never tried escargots, the thought of it is just too much! ;) But in this particular Slug and Lettuce were two very 'ample' ladies having a meal at the table opposite me. One got up and went to the loo and came back carrying her bra in her hand. The waiter happened to be at her table at the time and she said to him "If I get through the X-Factor audition you better have a bottle of champagne ready for me". My, what would King Tut have said ;)

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. . . a notE: 'Most' people don't realize that 'Escargot' over there - is NOT a reference to the slugs OR snails they have over here (in the USA) ;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

> on THAT note: IF one has NEVER had 'Escargot' - one should try iT and they

would find that they actually WOULD like iT . . .

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It also had many other buildings inside, exhibitions, car show rooms, and restaurants and bars like this one, where I had my lunch ;)

hey Ice! Excellent pictures! That's great! I love this place! I used to be a frequent patron when I lived in London. In fact, I was just there over the weekend myself. Did you visit the Telectroscope on the South Bank? (right next to Tower Bridge) It was great! I took quite a few pictures also - perhaps I'll share a couple!

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. . . a notE: 'Most' people don't realize that 'Escargot' over there - is NOT a reference to the slugs OR snails they have over here (in the USA) ;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

> on THAT note: IF one has NEVER had 'Escargot' - one should try iT and they

would find that they actually WOULD like iT . . .

I have a sister-in-law who is French, and she says I should try them as well :( No thanks ;) In fact the French word escargot means snail. They are a particular type of snail, but even with their very interesting shells, they are still snails! LOL!

Un escargot

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It also had many other buildings inside, exhibitions, car show rooms, and restaurants and bars like this one, where I had my lunch ;)

hey Ice! Excellent pictures! That's great! I love this place! I used to be a frequent patron when I lived in London. In fact, I was just there over the weekend myself. Did you visit the Telectroscope on the South Bank? (right next to Tower Bridge) It was great! I took quite a few pictures also - perhaps I'll share a couple!

Hi MeltWreckage ;) I didn't get out as far as Tower bridge this time. I don't even know about the Telectroscope. Please tell us more :) Yes, please share a couple ;)

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. . . eh iX: The Transatlantic Telectroscope: London - NY

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Hi MeltWreckage ;) I didn't get out as far as Tower bridge this time. I don't even know about the Telectroscope. Please tell us more :) Yes, please share a couple ;)

Hello again, Ice!

I would be happy to share some pictures! I'm afraid my online photo-sharing techniques are a little archaic, so I placed all the images into a single file, uploaded to my website:

http://www.more84.com/london.jpg

I'm sorry they're a bit blurry, but my camera phone isn't the best - nor do I ever "aim" while photographing!

The Telectroscope is on the second, third, and fourth row of images - although the order in which everything is sorted is more or less random...

I learned about its existence here:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/22/scope.project/index.html


the bottom-left image depicts my point-of-view upon gazing into the device... It was really cool! Waving to and interacting with New Yorkers, live! haha - we were writing hand-rendered notes back and forth, trading phone numbers etc .... £1 = roughly ten minutes of interaction


edit: Dr. C.E.T.I. has submitted some fantastic images of the Telectroscope! nice one, buddy! I've yet to see the New York-side of the device ... that's really cool!


p.s. I sneaked in an Indiana Jones picture from Leicester Square! haha... my girlfriend and I attended a lunchtime screening of the new film, and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. The critical response baffles me, as it's been fairly negative. I thought the movie was great!

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Hi MeltWreckage ;) I didn't get out as far as Tower bridge this time. I don't even know about the Telectroscope. Please tell us more :) Yes, please share a couple ;)

Hello again, Ice!

I would be happy to share some pictures! I'm afraid my online photo-sharing techniques are a little archaic, so I placed all the images into a single file, uploaded to my website:

http://www.more84.com/london.jpg

Some nice photos there MeltWreckage. Makes me want to go and visit Tower Bridge ;)

p.s. I sneaked in an Indiana Jones picture from Leicester Square!

I'll take this opportunity of sneaking in a pic of a poster I saw in Leicester Square ;)

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That curious spire outside the Dome again

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Entrance to the Dome

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Here's the bus waiting to take me back to London's West End ;)

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This is where I was headed for

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I'm really enjoying your pictures Ice and Melt (hmmm..strange combinations of names there).

I think sometimes we take our home town a bit for granted and forget how much there is to see.

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I'm really enjoying your pictures Ice and Melt (hmmm..strange combinations of names there).

I think sometimes we take our home town a bit for granted and forget how much there is to see.

Thanks Es. I've always enjoyed going into London as a tourist for the day, right from when I was a teenager. London has so much to offer in a relatively small space. I've also worked in London and commuted in as a packed sardine in the trains and tubes, so know about other ways of experiencing this city. But right now I'm already planning trips for visits to the art galleries and to a musical I quite fancy, but won't be anywhere near the City of London during sardine rush hour ;)

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Here are some of my pictures from yesterday (taken with the 2m pixel camera on my Noklia) where I had the bright idea of going to Legoland at the same time as the other half of the population of South England.

Here is a picture of the 1.5 hour queue for the Pirate Falls ride. It had parallels to an Hieronymus Bosch painting (obviously his art was inspired by visits to British theme parks).


Here is a glimpse of the 1 minute ride we had waited so long for

It was a good ride. I couldn't take a picture of bit where we slooshed down the big hill and got wet..and i didn't want to spend £6 on the picture of me looking both pissed off and terrified at the same time.

There was a nice view from the top of Windsor Castle (you can see it faintly through the rain which started to fall halfway through the afternoon..making us just that bit wetter than we already were.


Here is our desperate bid to escape the theme park at the end of the day. This is actually the queue to get out of the park. It's a very British image and captures the true spirit of a day out in England.

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Cool pics Esme.

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Cool pics Esme.

Yes, excellent photos Esme. I'm particularly impressed with the definition you have managed to get with a 2 megapixel ;)

I'm hoping for an excuse to go to Legoland sometime since I've heard it's a pretty good day out. I didn't realize it was so close to Windsor. Mind you, I don't fancy that traffic jam at the end though.

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OK, you photags..........

Pardon me for theadus interuptus if you must........and I realize that many of you are far above me as far as photo apparatus goes........

But....I need a new kitty cam.......

So far the requirements are.........

Big viewfinder screen for my aging eyes......
Image stabilization for my aging shaky hands......
Good optical zoom for getting in close to the kitties.......

Any thoughts, my friends?

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