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Ask & ye shall receive...
I mentioned in yesterday's post that going out to dinner with friends may give me something exciting to write about & it did... before I'd even left home. OBluV8's battery shut down, clammed up & plain refused to do anything when I turned the key in the ignition. So, a walk to the main road (about twenty minutes up hill & down dale) & a bus to the Crows Nest Pub, which was only meant to be a meeting point, but wound up being the provider of food & entertainment for the night.
My L-SP & I get rather competitive when it comes to Pub Trivia competitions. Despite being warned about this, our dining companion was up for the challenge of the three of us vs. the rest of the Pub. Our team name for the evening was coined by L-SP in a stroke of genius ~ we were 'Trivia Newton John'.
And we finished second... Grrr!! If I'd just naturally defaulted to 'red wine' as the answer to what colour wine 'Gammae' grapes produce & if we'd agreed that Speedy Gonzalez's hat was yellow, we'd have won. Now... older LJ readers... I have distinct memories of the 'classic' Warner Bros cartoons of the 40s & 50s & remember Speedy's hat as being white... same as all the other Mexican mice, but bigger, bouffier & in better condition. Most Google images of him show a yellow hat, but they look like the horrible homogenised modern WB cartoon version to me. I still dispute the 'yellow' verdict. And I can't find anything about those grapes on Google either... Maybe I misheard the name.
Anyway, second place won us $50 & made us determined to go back in a fortnight & WIN.
Tonight will be our second attempt at seeing Paul at the local Megaplex, with dinner plans to be confirmed. OBluV8 has a brand new battery, so hopefully there'll be no unexpected contingencies...
Knock on wood.
I mentioned in yesterday's post that going out to dinner with friends may give me something exciting to write about & it did... before I'd even left home. OBluV8's battery shut down, clammed up & plain refused to do anything when I turned the key in the ignition. So, a walk to the main road (about twenty minutes up hill & down dale) & a bus to the Crows Nest Pub, which was only meant to be a meeting point, but wound up being the provider of food & entertainment for the night.
My L-SP & I get rather competitive when it comes to Pub Trivia competitions. Despite being warned about this, our dining companion was up for the challenge of the three of us vs. the rest of the Pub. Our team name for the evening was coined by L-SP in a stroke of genius ~ we were 'Trivia Newton John'.
And we finished second... Grrr!! If I'd just naturally defaulted to 'red wine' as the answer to what colour wine 'Gammae' grapes produce & if we'd agreed that Speedy Gonzalez's hat was yellow, we'd have won. Now... older LJ readers... I have distinct memories of the 'classic' Warner Bros cartoons of the 40s & 50s & remember Speedy's hat as being white... same as all the other Mexican mice, but bigger, bouffier & in better condition. Most Google images of him show a yellow hat, but they look like the horrible homogenised modern WB cartoon version to me. I still dispute the 'yellow' verdict. And I can't find anything about those grapes on Google either... Maybe I misheard the name.
Anyway, second place won us $50 & made us determined to go back in a fortnight & WIN.
Tonight will be our second attempt at seeing Paul at the local Megaplex, with dinner plans to be confirmed. OBluV8 has a brand new battery, so hopefully there'll be no unexpected contingencies...
Knock on wood.
