Re: I've started so I'll finish, Mr. Banks (addendum - oh, buggger)

In article <pan.2005.11.12.09.34.49.877078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Random Data <spambait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:16:50 +0000, Matt S Trout wrote:
>
>> Not as good as the second one then? The supplier isn't an issue; I can
>> usually escape after an hour or so by claiming to have left the cat on the
>> stove.
>
>Hmm, a book shop that sounds disturbingly good. In a similar way, I rate
>bike shops on how long I end up chatting to the staff. An ex-employee of
>the one I could easily lose a couple of hours in has just opened a new
>shop about 5 minutes walk from work.

This one is rumoured to be part of the inspiration for the Wandering Shop,
and ppint is ... not unknown ... around the lazyweb. I believe he used to
turn up for the whisky discussions in here once upon a time; he and I tend
to try and find an afternoon near christmas (when the students have all
buggered off and as such the shop is quiet) to sit around, drink single malt
and bitch about lusers (computing, publishing and RPG-ing depending).
.

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