Living in New York vs. London

[Fat Guy]

A gentle reminder of our new, vigorous, authoritarian, oppressive, and hostile approach to off-topic discussions may be in order here. Wilfrid, I have suspended your user account for 11 years. Simon, 9 1/2 weeks. And BLH, well, his punishment will remain a private matter.

Okay, but can we try to move this back to a food focus (our standards are pretty low -- meanderings around a core of food aren't offensive -- but this topic has gone quite out the window), move on to the next thing, or have those who are interested in the farther-reaching elements of the topic take it to a PM dialog?

Otherwise, you will have Andy Lynes to answer to.

[Simon Majumdar]

Okay, but can we try to move this back to a food focus (our standards are pretty low -- meanderings around a core of food aren't offensive -- but this topic has gone quite out the window), move on to the next thing, or have those who are interested in the farther-reaching elements of the topic take it to a PM dialog?

OK

isn't the food at the BM crap?

Good job you don' have to pay to go in. I think this was free during the Thatcher years, then they began to charge a £5'er. Now they don't

OK FG?

S

[Wilfrid]

While I have better things to do than cross swords with Fat Bloke, I have had my eye on the word "travel" in the forum heading, and I thought we were pretty squarely in the region of travel and tourism here.

[Fat Guy]

12 years.

Another 9 1/2 weeks.

[Wilfrid]

You want to talk about Kim Basinger, start your own thread. This is London/NY travel.

(I know, thirteen years.)

[hollywood]

12 years.

Another 9 1/2 weeks.

This is like the scoring on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

[Liza]

Careful, next thing you know they'll ban that Off Topic Chat board...

[hollywood]

12 years.

Another 9 1/2 weeks.

Let's keep this on topic, shall we?

[tony h]

Last positing on this topic before FG sits on my face (we'll sneek OTC in elsewhere).

The BM has only charged for 6 months during the 70s. The time before that was when in opened 250 years ago (btw - its its birthday this year) It has donation buckets on the doors. Its not policy - just a principal that admission is free.

In the past it was a seriously rich organisation & one of the biggest land owners in the UK - bit over 2 centuries of missmangement has put a stop to that. (also - to gain a place on the board of trustees in a big US museum costs a couple of mill - they don't do that kind of thing here).

The V&A was only a trusteed Museum in the 70s - before that it was part of dept. education & has never had the funds or patronage to match the bm.

Now its stopped charging it can;t cope with numbers - not enough loos or people to clean them. As the "ace cafe" - dont get me started.

The bm staff canteen food is the worst in the world - particularly if your vegetarian. They really must hate them.

Anyway - enough. I have a monk fish to cook.

cheers

[Wilfrid]

Thanks, BLH, that was useful and informative.

[Stone]

Last positing on this topic before FG sits on my face (we'll sneek OTC in elsewhere).

Does Ellen know? Do you snorkle? (Now we know what your punishment was.)

Edited January 15, 2003 by Dstone001 (log)

[Stone]

approx 50,000 items on show out of 4 million in the vaults.  Its space thats the problem (and miss-management!) - not funds.

Perhaps you can give some of the stuff back to where you took it from.

[Wilfrid]

Perhaps you could give the United States back to the people you took it from.

(Damn, that's fourteen years.)

[Stone]

I didn't realize the British wanted it back.

[Wilfrid]

Haha. You pass the hat, I'll tap dance.

[Kikujiro]

Fellow members, I too have been guilty of oldthink. I will reimmerse myself in the prolefeed speedwise. Beware of thoughtcrime lest you end up an unperson

Edited January 15, 2003 by Kikujiro (log)

[tony h]

Last positing on this topic before FG sits on my face (we'll sneek OTC in elsewhere).

Does Ellen know? Do you snorkle? (Now we know what your punishment was.)

he thinks its a punishment - but little does he know