Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:fejubf01no@news3.newsguy.com...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > J. Clarke wrote:
> >> Dave Milne wrote:
> >>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
> >>> a
> >>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
> >>> Californian
> >>> speciality ?
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
> >>>
> >>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dave Milne, Scotland
> >>
> >> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
> >> the
> >> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
> >>
> > City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
> >
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1
>
> It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.
>
> --
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Sorry old bean, no adverts when it plays here - straight into the news
report. They must be doing some content switching based on your ip address.

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:fejubf01no@news3.newsguy.com...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > J. Clarke wrote:
> >> Dave Milne wrote:
> >>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
> >>> a
> >>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
> >>> Californian
> >>> speciality ?
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
> >>>
> >>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dave Milne, Scotland
> >>
> >> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
> >> the
> >> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
> >>
> > City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
> >
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1
>
> It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.
>
> --
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Sorry old bean, no adverts when it plays here - straight into the news
report. They must be doing some content switching based on your ip address.

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:fejubf01no@news3.newsguy.com...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > J. Clarke wrote:
> >> Dave Milne wrote:
> >>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem
> >>> a
> >>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
> >>> Californian
> >>> speciality ?
> >>>
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
> >>>
> >>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Dave Milne, Scotland
> >>
> >> For anybody who like me is getting nothing but a Citibank ad from
> >> the
> >> tinyurl link, here it is on Youtube
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPlFx3GXkg.
> >>
> > City band ad ? It should resolve to the BBC site:
> >
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1
>
> It does, which for me plays a Citibank ad and then nothing.
>
> --
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Sorry old bean, no adverts when it plays here - straight into the news
report. They must be doing some content switching based on your ip address.

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>
> Because you can.
> >
> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.


Classic stuff.

> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
> Championship yet.

No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>
> Because you can.
> >
> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.


Classic stuff.

> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
> Championship yet.

No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>
> Because you can.
> >
> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.


Classic stuff.

> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
> Championship yet.

No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>
> Because you can.
> >
> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.


Classic stuff.

> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
> Championship yet.

No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !

Dave

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

>> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>>
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
> Classic stuff.


Don't forget the crafty Colin Glencannon.
They used to have a UCSD pumpkin drop in San Diego, but the city stopped
letting them do it from the parking tower downtown some years ago. Fun
stuff.

--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

>> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>>
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
> Classic stuff.


Don't forget the crafty Colin Glencannon.
They used to have a UCSD pumpkin drop in San Diego, but the city stopped
letting them do it from the parking tower downtown some years ago. Fun
stuff.

--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
 

>> > Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>>
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
> Classic stuff.


Don't forget the crafty Colin Glencannon.
They used to have a UCSD pumpkin drop in San Diego, but the city stopped
letting them do it from the parking tower downtown some years ago. Fun
stuff.

--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty