Comments on: Dinner at Hogwarts http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/ The Universe, the Internet, and Academic Life Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: npr http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4919 npr Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:45:38 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4919 Hey Andy, I've had the privilege to dine at High Table at CC, and the funniest thing I notices is that the Harry Potter films CGI'd out the dining hall trolleys and hot stand, ubiquitous to every Higher Educational establishment in the UK! Cheers, nic P.S. I ken the deep fried Mars Bars from the chippee on Broughton Road, Edinbugh well too!! Hey Andy,

I’ve had the privilege to dine at High Table at CC, and the funniest thing I notices is that the Harry Potter films CGI’d out the dining hall trolleys and hot stand, ubiquitous to every Higher Educational establishment in the UK!

Cheers,
nic

P.S. I ken the deep fried Mars Bars from the chippee on Broughton Road, Edinbugh well too!!

]]> By: Kav http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4866 Kav Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:20:04 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4866 Personally I would have taken the dinner at Hogwarts over listening to the committee as well. In a similar vein I would suggest playing with the kids rather than summing up tonight. Although this is a very big, brown-coloured mess it should not dominate lives completely. Life is way too short. Do you know how much time I have spent on this rubbish when i could have been playing Halo? Oh, or spending time with my wife of course. Personally I would have taken the dinner at Hogwarts over listening to the committee as well. In a similar vein I would suggest playing with the kids rather than summing up tonight.

Although this is a very big, brown-coloured mess it should not dominate lives completely. Life is way too short. Do you know how much time I have spent on this rubbish when i could have been playing Halo? Oh, or spending time with my wife of course.

]]> By: andyxl http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4864 andyxl Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:02:43 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4864 Damn thats me outed. Andy "friend of snobs" Lawrence. OK, so finally I stayed up till 30 minutes past the witching hour last night listening to the stuff. And I will be spending all day today charming local bigwigs to help try and save the ATC ... no details but you can guess the sort of thing ... But actually I think a few themes are becoming clearer .. Sometime tonight, when I should really be playing with the kids, I will try to sum up where I think we have got to ... Damn thats me outed. Andy “friend of snobs” Lawrence. OK, so finally I stayed up till 30 minutes past the witching hour last night listening to the stuff. And I will be spending all day today charming local bigwigs to help try and save the ATC … no details but you can guess the sort of thing … But actually I think a few themes are becoming clearer .. Sometime tonight, when I should really be playing with the kids, I will try to sum up where I think we have got to …

]]> By: trevor macdonald http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4863 trevor macdonald Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:42:38 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4863 After weeks of heresay we finally have Keith Mason, live on the web, selling astronomy down the river, making no attempt whatsoever to defend the discipline, arguing that Daresbury and ATC were never meant to be as mammoth as they are, ignoring fact wherever possible, and what do we avid readers of the e-astronomer find? Andy wasn't listening - he was troughing with his posh old mates down at Hogwarts! After weeks of heresay we finally have Keith Mason, live on the web, selling astronomy down the river, making no attempt whatsoever to defend the discipline, arguing that Daresbury and ATC were never meant to be as mammoth as they are, ignoring fact wherever possible, and what do we avid readers of the e-astronomer find? Andy wasn’t listening – he was troughing with his posh old mates down at Hogwarts!

]]> By: andyxl http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4862 andyxl Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:53:30 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4862 What a lucky chap I am to have two such exciting invites. After the camel, the pie, and the peas you are both welcome up here for haggis neeps and tatties. Or maybe down to Leith for deep fried mars bar and chips. What a lucky chap I am to have two such exciting invites. After the camel, the pie, and the peas you are both welcome up here for haggis neeps and tatties. Or maybe down to Leith for deep fried mars bar and chips.

]]> By: Peter Williams http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4857 Peter Williams Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:08:14 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4857 I can show you a much better time at our local pie and peas shop in Warrington ;) I can show you a much better time at our local pie and peas shop in Warrington ;)

]]> By: Chris http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4855 Chris Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:53:23 +0000 http://andyxl.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/dinner-at-hogwarts/#comment-4855 Dinner at Somerville next time you're in town? It's not as grand, but they're serving camel tonight... Dinner at Somerville next time you’re in town? It’s not as grand, but they’re serving camel tonight…

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