I did not realise it was so close to my office.
Interesting stuff.
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I did not realise it was so close to my office.
Interesting stuff.
How the fück do you miss Leadenhall Market, f?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
It's only Victorian, but the site is essentially where the centre of Roman London was.
Did you know that the HQ of the East India Company was where the fûck-ugly Lloyd's building is now?
I went there once before long time ago. But where I am it's hidden down Lime Street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
There is even a HMV there which I found odd.
EDIT there isn't won it's just the signs it's shut down.
Like the won at moorgate that shut down then reopened then shut down again.
Perhaps you've gone through a wormhole and you're actually back in the early to mid 90s? Are they still selling cassettes in the HMV?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I will use my time travelling ability to put on a nice bet on Leicester winning the league last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Right. Not maybe stop 9/11 happening or something, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
No I'd try to leave everything as it is without altering anybodies lives until this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I would then need to hide the bet somehow.
Nobody would listen to me if I said 9/11 was gonna happen as I would have been 19.
Or better still i'd have bought a house with futuristic money.
Yeah, but wouldn't you have to wait 20-odd years for the bet to pay out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I'd go back put on the bet somehow. then come back to now and reap the awards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Which seems to suggest I am happy with things the way they are right now apart a few things.
:nod: I am a big fan. As Berni says, the Roman forum was there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I walked past the old Lloyds building on Leadenhall Street on saturday. Old facade, anyway. Hadn't noticed it before.