Re: [Hampshire] Hello

On Thursday 09 October 2008 09:07:27 Owain Clarke wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 October 2008 23:02:43 Becky Taylor wrote:
> >> Err... my history... not good. I have never had one history lesson. So
> >> things like dates, people, I'm not good at, but random facts I'm ok. :-D
> >
> > I was just shying off admitting my age.... I expected you not to know.
> > But I'm younger than I look, so I don't know why. ;-) Here's another
> > random fact for you (I too like random facts more than history):
> > Colossus (the first real electronic computer) was end of 1943/beginning
> > of 1944 (depending on whether you take the first day it worked or the
> > first day it went operational).
> >
> >> I doubt I will be able to meet any dates in the school holidays, as I go
> >> back to my home in Shropshire then... just a bit of a long commute! ;-)
> >
> > No - that was why I said that we were sadly (from my point of view)
> > unlikely to meet.
> >
> >> Well, I am looking forward to the first meeting. Hope I can get to it!
> >
> > Where in Hampshire is your school?
> >
> > Lisi
>
> It's great to see the new generation are turning to Linux, but I wonder
> about the wisdom of asking for details about schools, etc, on a list
> which is in effect open. It's a shame to have to be boring in this way,
> but we should be "web aware", especially as younger members become
> involved in the lug.
>
> Owain

That's why I didn't say "Which school do you go to?". She correctly
interpreted that I wanted to know a more general area - with a view to
offering her a lift if we ever did coincide, if it were remotely practical.
Sadly, it isn't. But it might have been.