This site suggests you may be...
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:39 AM on March 20, 2006

the other thing to think about is how long you want to spend travelling if you're only going for a couple of days... Perhaps Bath or York may be easier?
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 3:34 AM on February 20, 2006

wow - askme just turned into the blue for a while there..
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:59 AM on January 30, 2006

REM's Bad Day a greatest hit extra and then reached #8 in the UK
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:10 AM on January 19, 2006

Add my name to the Bryson recommendations.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 1:19 AM on December 14, 2005

Whilst we're at it, anyone find one that works for a Mac? I have used one app (who's name I forget) but it was a fairly manual process - I'd like to just let it run and then QA the next day.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 8:22 AM on November 9, 2005

and you want to make sure your insurance company are ok with it. I know in the UK they get very difficult if you make a claim and don't have an approved standard of locks
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 12:36 AM on October 7, 2005

How to start your own micronation. The subject of a recent BBC TV Series.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 11:43 AM on October 4, 2005

You know I thought the same thing. Keep an I on the clarification and corrections column and I'm sure you'll fing out (btw I thought there were 3?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:19 PM on September 16, 2005

eye.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:19 PM on September 16, 2005

Waterloo Sunset by the kinks - best london song ever....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 12:49 AM on August 24, 2005

Not sure about timings, but the Thameslink trains from Luton go through london and on to Elephant.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 1:46 AM on August 9, 2005

That wired article just took up too much of my afternoon! - great link
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:10 AM on June 29, 2005

I'd fourth that thought - Surfers was the one blip on an otherwise enjoyable vacation travelling Sydney - Brisbane and back. Imagine Vagas done (very) badly....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:09 AM on June 20, 2005

And a resident of Newcastle is a Novocastrian
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 1:36 AM on April 14, 2005

cushie - not if they're from New South Wales.....

(and I'm a makem!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 5:17 AM on April 14, 2005

Don't know if you have a drink called Irn Bru "Made in Scotland from girders"
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 8:08 AM on April 4, 2005

On a slightly different note, a great article in the Guardian last week about language and time:

For the Aymara people living in the Andes, the past lies ahead and the future lies behind. Laura Spinney looks at how different languages reflect, and shape, our conception of time
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:13 AM on March 7, 2005

ok, so how about "the place where the average distance between you and every other person is minimum"? i.e. if you had to get to a randomly chosen person asap where would you sit and wait to minimise your journey?
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:07 AM on March 1, 2005

unit
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 5:23 AM on March 1, 2005

(off topic) inksyndicate - In the UK today The Countryside Alliance failed to have the Hunting Act (banning hunting with hounds) thrown out by claiming that the 1949 Parliament Act, which MPs used to introduce the Hunting Act after House of Lords opposition, is invalid.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:06 AM on February 16, 2005

Ditto on the TiVo - had one since 2000 and wouldn't be without. If you can get one with a lifetime sub there's no monthly fee. You might want to ask here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 8:37 AM on January 24, 2005

Reminds me of this Guide for Americans visiting the UK
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 1:06 AM on January 14, 2005

Suprised this didn't com up until the last post: Franz Ferdinand - 'Franz Ferdinand'
Also another vote for the Delays and the Streets, stick in a dash of The Libertines and wash it all down with The Mull Historical Society.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 8:58 AM on December 6, 2004

As an aside, in the UK the football authorities have been going after fan web sites publishing their teams fixture lists as they are copyright.....
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 1:32 AM on November 22, 2004

RavinDave - I'll have one please! brettparker at mail.com
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 2:03 AM on August 24, 2004

chill - I've been looking to measure out some running routes and that's exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks!
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 3:32 AM on July 26, 2004

Our flat's a Victorian conversion, so trying hanging anything off the hundred year old ceilings is asking for trouble (or rubble!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 7:51 AM on May 20, 2004

thanks for thoughts and suggestions - from what I've read on the net it seems like everyone swears by whatever they did the night before baby arrived.... I guess the only real way is to wait it out!
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 9:05 AM on April 15, 2004

The threat of induction seemed to do the trick, it arrived the day before it was booked, a healthy baby boy, 13 days late.....

Thanks for all your kind words of support - it's what ask's all about.
posted to Ask Metafilter by brettski at 4:17 PM on April 20, 2004