Mornington Crescent - Page 6

CzinZumerzet · 02-18-2007, 06:45 AM

Right, and definitely a challenging ruse but this provides us with an inverted diagonal possibility . I am going with the Mayfair Gambit whick allows for a change of rules as it's Sunday and Chinese New Year.

I have roast pork and Cider waiting for me at the pub so this is a rushed move but one which should keep you thinking for a bit longer.

I'm making an oblique to Embankment and the clue is in the colour...

Tonchi · 02-18-2007, 07:09 PM

By Jove, an excellent choice since one might otherwise have to skip dinner due to the time zone change. I am having to make do with my trusty hip flask

SteveDallas · 02-18-2007, 07:33 PM

If anyone is still confused about the rules, perhaps this video would be helpful.

monster · 02-19-2007, 03:43 PM

Aha! Thanks for the reminder...

Mornington Crescent.

The Kentish Town Diversion Inversion gets them every time!

CzinZumerzet · 02-19-2007, 06:12 PM

Congratulations Monster and well done you for spotting the Kentish Town Diversion Inversion. Great playing!

What bit of the UK are you from? If you have already dealt with the question on another page I apologise for going over old ground. Have you been gone long?

I know its bad luck to kick off a new game within a segment which shares the 'prinking' cross over from Kings X to Chalk Farm, no need to take risks. Even if it's post inversion.

Once again, lovely example of oblique shunting! I didn't see that coming!

Super Cool!

monster · 02-19-2007, 06:19 PM

Childhood near Stockport with a bit of allover thrown in for good measure, 10 years in Birmingham as an adult, then shipped over here to convert the heathens

You think we need a new thread for a new game then? I'm unfamiliar with the superstitious side of the game -I find it hinders my use of the archaic rubrics of the pearly kings.

CzinZumerzet · 02-20-2007, 11:07 AM

No need for a new thread really, I think I was just creating a diversion waiting for the unbearable closure of Regents park to be lifted but it's not to be. Makes one wonder what is going on down there...

Anyway, I give you Chancery Lane for entirely sentimental reasons. For many years I had a flat in Leather Lane which runs paralel to Hatton Garden and connected High Holborn to Clerkenwell. It was the heart of the Italian quarter & fantastic restaurants & leatherworkers. Chancery Lane was our street corner station.

I don't know your old stomping ground at all but most of Brum retires down here to Weston Super Mare and end up running pubs and small businesses. The new Bullring though...that is serious shopping to die for.

JayMcGee · 02-20-2007, 07:03 PM

as an ex-brummie, I do indeed know weston well.....spent many a holiday on the mud-fla......beaches of weston.....

Now in cheshire for the last 15 years, but went back to Brum last year for a look round and my how it's changed! Almost wants to make me move back there.....

and speaking of moves......

BANK

monster · 02-20-2007, 10:00 PM

Oxford Circus

CzinZumerzet · 02-21-2007, 09:01 AM

Has to be....Tottenham Court Road

Undertoad · 02-21-2007, 09:12 AM

Baker Street!

Cyclefrance · 02-21-2007, 09:36 AM

Aaah, do I detect a musical bias infiltrating the gameplay - in that case

WATERLOO

Undertoad · 02-21-2007, 10:27 AM

Oh now I love this challenge!

I was always and remain a fan of Squeeze, and their song Piccadilly from East Side Story. So, Piccadilly Circus

limey · 02-21-2007, 10:37 AM

That, of course, will take me back to the
Old Kent Road! (I hope you all will forgive me for mimicking the manoevre that nearly lost the game for Ghandi when he played against the entire British Civil Service in India as an example of civil action causing civil service inaction, but we all know what happened next!).

monster · 02-21-2007, 09:19 PM

Whitechapel, of course

02-18-2007, 06:45 AM	#76
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	Right, and definitely a challenging ruse but this provides us with an inverted diagonal possibility . I am going with the Mayfair Gambit whick allows for a change of rules as it's Sunday and Chinese New Year. I have roast pork and Cider waiting for me at the pub so this is a rushed move but one which should keep you thinking for a bit longer. I'm making an oblique to Embankment and the clue is in the colour... __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

02-18-2007, 07:09 PM	#77
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	By Jove, an excellent choice since one might otherwise have to skip dinner due to the time zone change. I am having to make do with my trusty hip flask __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

02-19-2007, 03:43 PM	#79
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Aha! Thanks for the reminder... Mornington Crescent. The Kentish Town Diversion Inversion gets them every time! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-19-2007, 06:12 PM	#80
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	Congratulations Monster and well done you for spotting the Kentish Town Diversion Inversion. Great playing! What bit of the UK are you from? If you have already dealt with the question on another page I apologise for going over old ground. Have you been gone long? I know its bad luck to kick off a new game within a segment which shares the 'prinking' cross over from Kings X to Chalk Farm, no need to take risks. Even if it's post inversion. Once again, lovely example of oblique shunting! I didn't see that coming! Super Cool! __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

02-19-2007, 06:19 PM	#81
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Childhood near Stockport with a bit of allover thrown in for good measure, 10 years in Birmingham as an adult, then shipped over here to convert the heathens You think we need a new thread for a new game then? I'm unfamiliar with the superstitious side of the game -I find it hinders my use of the archaic rubrics of the pearly kings. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-18-2007, 07:33 PM	#78
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	If anyone is still confused about the rules, perhaps this video would be helpful.

02-20-2007, 11:07 AM	#82
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	No need for a new thread really, I think I was just creating a diversion waiting for the unbearable closure of Regents park to be lifted but it's not to be. Makes one wonder what is going on down there... Anyway, I give you Chancery Lane for entirely sentimental reasons. For many years I had a flat in Leather Lane which runs paralel to Hatton Garden and connected High Holborn to Clerkenwell. It was the heart of the Italian quarter & fantastic restaurants & leatherworkers. Chancery Lane was our street corner station. I don't know your old stomping ground at all but most of Brum retires down here to Weston Super Mare and end up running pubs and small businesses. The new Bullring though...that is serious shopping to die for. __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

02-20-2007, 07:03 PM	#83
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	as an ex-brummie, I do indeed know weston well.....spent many a holiday on the mud-fla......beaches of weston..... Now in cheshire for the last 15 years, but went back to Brum last year for a look round and my how it's changed! Almost wants to make me move back there..... and speaking of moves...... BANK __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

02-20-2007, 10:00 PM	#84
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oxford Circus __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2007, 09:01 AM	#85
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	Has to be....Tottenham Court Road __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

02-21-2007, 09:12 AM	#86
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Baker Street!

02-21-2007, 09:36 AM	#87
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Aaah, do I detect a musical bias infiltrating the gameplay - in that case WATERLOO __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-21-2007, 10:27 AM	#88
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh now I love this challenge! I was always and remain a fan of Squeeze, and their song Piccadilly from East Side Story. So, Piccadilly Circus

02-21-2007, 10:37 AM	#89
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	That, of course, will take me back to the Old Kent Road! (I hope you all will forgive me for mimicking the manoevre that nearly lost the game for Ghandi when he played against the entire British Civil Service in India as an example of civil action causing civil service inaction, but we all know what happened next!). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-21-2007, 09:19 PM	#90
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Whitechapel, of course __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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