London Crew Baby :D

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  • Posts: 19,646
    rockaholic wrote:
    wembley will be my 20th show! my 1st in UK so we got a wembley virgin on your hands.... ;) i got 2 days off from work and planning to enjoy every second of it.

    anyone know i u can bring a cardboard poster tube into wembley, or is security afraid we might bonk each other on the noggin?

    thanks guys

    i dont think you're allowed to bring poster tubes in (i repeat I THINK) but maybe email the venue and ask them?

    brilliant that you are coming over, 2 days off work just though... man you're going to be one tired worker come wednesday :):D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    dunkman wrote:
    i dont think you're allowed to bring poster tubes in (i repeat I THINK) but maybe email the venue and ask them?
    I was wondering the same thing and called the venue yesterday... The lady there said poster tubes won't be a problem but must be left with the 'bag depository'.. apparently for standing they don't have a 'proper' cloakroom but there will be a place to leave bags and such...... But you may want to get that confirmed, just in case.
  • Posts: 19,646
    redrock wrote:
    The lady there said poster tubes won't be a problem but must be left with the 'bag depository'...

    the 'bag depository'... when did we float across the Atlantic and become american!!

    talking of which, my eldest said to me a few days ago that an animal on her book was a "jagwhar".. a what? "a jagwhar"... when i said it was a "jag-you-ar" she laughed at me and said "silly daddy".

    what the fuck is a jagwhar
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Posts: 28
    cool - thanks for the info! :) i live in Windsor UK now (recent transplant from seattle) - hence only 2 days off to recover from partying with all the crazies. can't wait!

    the last show i went to was the bridge school benefit in California last October. most of the band were on my same flights from Seattle and also back home... got to meet ed at the airport. incredible. that will be a hard weekend to beat, but wembley might come close.
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  • Posts: 18,341
    rockaholic wrote:
    i live in Windsor UK now .
    Even with the week-end, I did think that was gonna be a hell of a quick trip.... just jetlag, nothing else (except PJ!) Windsor's lovely... I don't live too far from there.
    rockaholic wrote:
    most of the band were on my same flights from Seattle and also back home... got to meet ed at the airport. incredible.
    :eek: Lucky you! :D
  • Posts: 18,341
    dunkman wrote:
    what the fuck is a jagwhar
    Like a jaguar but with the scottish accent?
    Silly daddy :rolleyes:
  • Posts: 19,646
    redrock wrote:
    Like a jaguar but with the scottish accent?
    Silly daddy :rolleyes:


    "jagwhar" is the american way of saying "jag-you-ar"

    just like

    "meeeeerohr" is how they say "mirror"

    and have a silent H in the word Herbs

    :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Posts: 18,341
    dunkman wrote:
    "jagwhar" is the american way of saying "jag-you-ar"

    just like

    "meeeeerohr" is how they say "mirror"

    and have a silent H in the word Herbs

    :D

    :rolleyes:... you're talking to an american here..

    .... meeeerohr ?????

    .... and not have a silent H in Herbs

    But the brits pronounce things in a weird way too.. like lieutenant.... lootenuhnt... how in the hell do they get lEFtenuhnt out of that word?
  • Posts: 19,646
    redrock wrote:
    :rolleyes:... you're talking to an american here..

    .... meeeerohr ?????

    .... and not have a silent H in Herbs

    But the brits pronounce things in a weird way too.. like lieutenant.... lootenuhnt... how in the hell do they get lEFtenuhnt out of that word?


    yip the say Meerohr.. and Erbs... and instead of Basil the Herb they say "Bayzil the Erb"


    lieutenant:-The English pronunciation was prevalent during the 14th and 15th centuries with the word being variously spelled as lieftenant, lyeftenant or luftenant. It may have originated from a mistaken reading of the 'u' as a 'v' (u and v originally were written as the same letter), with v eventually assimilating in voice to /f/. Something similar happened in Greek (with υ (upsilon), originally pronounced /u/, in some cases being pronounced /v/), and British education on the Greek classics may have also encouraged the pronunciation. Some sources state that the original French word lieu (i.e. "place", since "lieu tenant" literally means "place holder" in old French) had an alternative form spelt and pronounced lieuf, and that the most common modern form retains the former spelling 'Lieutenant' and the latter pronunciation, 'Leftenant'.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Posts: 18,341
    dunkman wrote:
    .....It may have originated from a mistaken reading of the 'u' as a 'v[/B]' (u and v originally were written as the same letter), with v eventually assimilating in voice to /f/. ....

    ...retains the former spelling 'Lieutenant' and the latter pronunciation, 'Leftenant'.

    There you go.. language built on a mistake that they were too stuck up to admit so now they continue with it, defying all logic... Nice way to mess up a kid's mind!

    BTW.. Nice googling Dunk!

    EDIT AGAIN: I meant not all americans don't pronounce the H in Herbs.. but yeah.. baysil.. that's horrible! ;)
  • Posts: 114
    American here and I can't sleep haha I'm on my way to London in 2 days and I'm stressing!! haha

    I read its going to rain every day that I'm in London!!
  • Posts: 114
    Would it be a bad idea to wear and Argentine jersey at Wembley? How much does a pint of beer cost? I ask too many questions. lol

    Looking forward to meeting in 4 days.
  • Posts: 6,262
    I slept for about 5 hours last night. :eek:

    was toooo excited! can't believe I'm taking off the day after tomorrow!!!!!! :D
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
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    elgallo10 wrote:
    American here and I can't sleep haha I'm on my way to London in 2 days and I'm stressing!! haha

    I read its going to rain every day that I'm in London!!

    No it won't rain coming in later this afternoon, tomorrow rain, saturday showers, sunday dry (please.... don't change sunday.. I have a BBQ!):D... But not cold so just bring a waterproof! :D
  • Posts: 18,341
    eMMI wrote:
    I slept for about 5 hours last night. :eek:

    was toooo excited! can't believe I'm taking off the day after tomorrow!!!!!! :D

    :D:D:D See you Friday!!! Gonna want some breakfast when you arrive?
  • Posts: 19,646
    elgallo10 wrote:
    Would it be a bad idea to wear and Argentine jersey at Wembley? How much does a pint of beer cost? I ask too many questions. lol

    Looking forward to meeting in 4 days.

    it would be a great idea... i'm wearing my pride of Scotland t-shirt :):)

    beer costs anywhere between £2.50-£5.00 a pint ($5-10$)

    normally its around the $6 a pint area (the venue will be more expensive)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Posts: 6,262
    redrock wrote:
    :D:D:D See you Friday!!! Gonna want some breakfast when you arrive?

    hmm. probably.. most likely won't be able to eat anything before I leave (excitement too much) so will possibly be quite hungry on arrival.

    nothing too fussy though love, not a huge brekkie person. :o:)
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • Posts: 114
    dunkman wrote:
    it would be a great idea... i'm wearing my pride of Scotland t-shirt :):)

    beer costs anywhere between £2.50-£5.00 a pint ($5-10$)

    normally its around the $6 a pint area (the venue will be more expensive)

    Pride of Scotland t-shirt now that's a good idea! I'm going to the gig with a girl from Scotland, let's trade shirts haha I want to make quite an impression on her. lol

    $5-$10 is not bad.. pretty close to the prices here in California.
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    dunkman wrote:
    it would be a great idea... i'm wearing my pride of Scotland t-shirt :):)

    beer costs anywhere between £2.50-£5.00 a pint ($5-10$)

    normally its around the $6 a pint area (the venue will be more expensive)

    £5.00 a pint you gotta be joking.
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    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Posts: 114
    redrock wrote:
    No it won't rain coming in later this afternoon, tomorrow rain, saturday showers, sunday dry (please.... don't change sunday.. I have a BBQ!):D... But not cold so just bring a waterproof! :D

    I'm going to have to buy a waterproof jacket tomorrow then. Haven't seen much rain so far this year in California.

    Thanks for the tip.

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