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Post by Chris M on May 26, 2006 21:39:59 GMT
I have been the Sheriff of Nottingham, an army private, an archaeologist and a politician. But who am I?
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Post by Tomcakes on May 26, 2006 21:48:37 GMT
Do I have an airport named after me?
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Post by Chris M on May 26, 2006 22:07:20 GMT
No, or rather the person who is the answer to the question doesn't. I don't know of a Tom Beevers Airport, but if there is I'm not certain of the relevance to the thread  ;D |
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Post by CSLR on May 26, 2006 22:09:59 GMT
See PM Chris
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Post by compsci on May 26, 2006 22:10:33 GMT
Tony Robinson
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Post by Chris M on May 26, 2006 22:13:12 GMT
CSLR - no, it isn't John Laurie
Compsci - Well done, its your turn now.
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Post by Tomcakes on May 26, 2006 22:13:46 GMT
No, or rather the person who is the answer to the question doesn't. I don't know of a Tom Beevers Airport, but if there is I'm not certain of the relevance to the thread ;D ;D ;D I was thinking of the person being discussed. |
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Post by compsci on May 26, 2006 22:32:22 GMT
I was the world's first computer programmer.
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Post by Tomcakes on May 26, 2006 22:35:32 GMT
Mhmm, I know what you mean .....  . But ChrisM's post was in the same format (I've forgotten the linguistic term). |
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Post by CSLR on May 26, 2006 22:42:14 GMT
Charlie Abacus
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Post by CSLR on May 26, 2006 22:49:12 GMT
...or maybe not quite so far back and maybe a different gender. It depends on how you are thinking...
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Post by Chris M on May 26, 2006 22:51:29 GMT
Ada Lovelace?
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Post by Tomcakes on May 26, 2006 22:54:21 GMT
Alan Turing?
As CSLR said it depends what you define it as...
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Post by compsci on May 26, 2006 23:07:04 GMT
Chris M gets it.
She wrote programs for Babbage's Analytical Engine. They never got around to actually building it, but that's another matter. I suspect that the science museum might give it a go at some point.
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Post by CSLR on May 26, 2006 23:13:01 GMT
As far as I know, SM does run the replica Babbage from time-to-time.
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Post by Chris M on May 26, 2006 23:47:02 GMT
I founded the site where you can read about a Scottish railway station and more than a million other things
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 9:26:41 GMT
Jimmy Wales?
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Post by Chris M on May 27, 2006 10:04:16 GMT
Yes it is, well done.
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 12:20:32 GMT
I was a politician who once had a faulty reverser key.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2006 12:39:31 GMT
David Lloyd George
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 12:49:41 GMT
Indeed  . |
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Post by Phil on May 27, 2006 17:06:12 GMT
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 17:09:58 GMT
Lloyd George was a politican, and when opening the GNP&BR in 1906 his fancy reverser key didn't work because it was too frilly to fit in the slot. They ended up swapping it for a standard one.
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Post by Phil on May 27, 2006 17:20:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2006 19:40:39 GMT
Incidentally, our friend Rob Curling reveals this gem to viewers of the Piccadilly DEV, which I was watching this morning instead of sleeping!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2006 21:39:23 GMT
Don't forget they had a feast at the Criterion too!
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 21:41:27 GMT
I think he mentioned that lunch about 5 times in the DVD!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2006 21:43:59 GMT
Don't forget they had a feast at the Criterion too! So did the press. And the staff ran ghost trains and practised selling tickets to each other. |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 27, 2006 21:45:38 GMT
Reminds me of primary school, kids playing trains or shops in the playground ;D!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2006 21:45:46 GMT
"oo ate all the pies, 'oo ate all the pies..."
Err, yes... AAA-HEMM
[waits to be slapped]
I used to raid me grans cupboards to play 'shop' when i was about 6.... used to charge extortionate prices too, rather like lawyers do!
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;D
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