(03-24-2012 12:57 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ] (03-24-2012 10:10 AM)knitterbookbinder Wrote: [ -> ]Oooooooh, Captain Slow! 
Be still my beating heart....
He does have a lot going for him - less boyish (and stupid compared to Clarkson and Hammond), drives a Porsche 911, private pilot, concert pianist, likes rock music........all round good chap.
Do you want me to put in a word?
Ah, um, sure, as I would be quite gob-smacked if I ever met him.
I will see what I can do - my brother does a lot of work with the BBC and Top Gear........in the meantime...
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LOL -- Brilliant, thanks!
(Next time I make it over to your side of the pond, I definitely would make a point of trying to get a ticket to see them shoot TG: it was the reason I signed up for BBC Canada in the first place.)
(03-24-2012 02:46 PM)knitterbookbinder Wrote: [ -> ]LOL -- Brilliant, thanks!
(Next time I make it over to your side of the pond, I definitely would make a point of trying to get a ticket to see them shoot TG: it was the reason I signed up for BBC Canada in the first place.)
I hear it is very difficult to get tickets - very popular show, although I admit I only watch it for James May, as he is the only sensible, reasoned presenter on there - Clarkeson drives me up the wall sometimes.
Still if you do come over - make sure you hit London and Fullers, that you will not regret!!
(03-24-2012 02:51 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ] (03-24-2012 02:46 PM)knitterbookbinder Wrote: [ -> ]LOL -- Brilliant, thanks!
(Next time I make it over to your side of the pond, I definitely would make a point of trying to get a ticket to see them shoot TG: it was the reason I signed up for BBC Canada in the first place.)
I hear it is very difficult to get tickets - very popular show, although I admit I only watch it for James May, as he is the only sensible, reasoned presenter on there - Clarkeson drives me up the wall sometimes.
Still if you do come over - make sure you hit London and Fullers, that you will not regret!!
I gather it's easier to get a ticket if you're a female.
And yes, Jezza's definitely a git in my book.
Had Fullers in the bottle over here, although it's just not the same as having it on tap. Friend of mine who runs a pub here, and is from Ipswich originally, had it on tap when he first opened, but that was more than a few years ago....
(03-24-2012 03:04 PM)knitterbookbinder Wrote: [ -> ] (03-24-2012 02:51 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ] (03-24-2012 02:46 PM)knitterbookbinder Wrote: [ -> ]LOL -- Brilliant, thanks!
(Next time I make it over to your side of the pond, I definitely would make a point of trying to get a ticket to see them shoot TG: it was the reason I signed up for BBC Canada in the first place.)
I hear it is very difficult to get tickets - very popular show, although I admit I only watch it for James May, as he is the only sensible, reasoned presenter on there - Clarkeson drives me up the wall sometimes.
Still if you do come over - make sure you hit London and Fullers, that you will not regret!!
I gather it's easier to get a ticket if you're a female. And yes, Jezza's definitely a git in my book.
Had Fullers in the bottle over here, although it's just not the same as having it on tap. Friend of mine who runs a pub here, and is from Ipswich originally, had it on tap when he first opened, but that was more than a few years ago....
I think you have a point, as the audience is pretty much female - go for it!!. Yes Jezza is a git in my book too - I think he is a bully, and Hammond being the wimp sides with the Alpha male against James May - I find a lot of the show degenerates into school boy bullying / pranks sometimes.
Wow - you used to have Fullers on tap in Canada? That is tremendous - a truly wonderful beer. Are you from the UK originally yourself, and emigrated to Canada?
My wifes Uncle and Aunt emigrated to Canada some years ago, and her family are French / French Canadians....
James is the funniest one on TG. I really like his other show "James May Road Trip" and "James May drinks to Britain with Oz Clark. I have both recorded.
(03-24-2012 03:17 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ]Wow - you used to have Fullers on tap in Canada? That is tremendous - a truly wonderful beer. Are you from the UK originally yourself, and emigrated to Canada?
My wifes Uncle and Aunt emigrated to Canada some years ago, and her family are French / French Canadians....
Well, when Stuart opened his establishment, it was the first really serious English pub in the city, and being an expat, I think he wanted to attract the like-minded. Plus in those days, there was no local high-end microbrew industry either.
I haven't been in lately, but I should make a point to pop in the next time I'm downtown and see what he's carrying these days. For several years (late 80s-early 90s), it was practically my living room: of the dozen or so regulars at the bar, I think there was only one other woman besides me.
My mum's parents came to Canada from Blackpool just before she was born, and my dad was born in Glasgow, and came over as a boy, so the blood runs strong in me. Frequent appreciation of a wee dram and a good pint is proof of that....
(Along with TG and the new Sherlock.)
Boy I missed a lot in a day or two!
Or not: so much is just really incidental.... :-)