Author Topic: Would like to make a list of UK-based peeps (Read 4367 times)

Bursk · « **on:** February 24, 2004, 04:17:40 pm »

Hiya everyone!

I thought it might be helpful to have a list of those of us based in the UK so that we can share any useful information e.g. good places to buy parts etc. Also, we would know who to ask if we had a specific question about BYOAC stuff in the UK.

Would anyone like to let me know if I can add them to my list and contact them in future if necessary?

Thanks.

hulkster · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2004, 04:50:12 pm »

um...i'm from Kentucky and am a fan of UK Basketball! does that count?? Go Cats!

Bursk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2004, 04:52:56 pm »

It's a start

Minwah · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2004, 08:20:35 pm »

Good idea - add me to the list

Nightmare03 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2004, 11:41:08 pm »

Add me too

garyh · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2004, 03:45:27 am »

And me

NickS · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2004, 03:50:38 am »

Me too.

Silver · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2004, 07:16:05 pm »

Sign me up.

I have to wonder at someone who lives in the states and is a UK bb fan. I mean, most of the good players here can't wait to get over to the states......

Minwah · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2004, 07:35:03 pm »

Quote from: Silver on February 25, 2004, 07:16:05 pm

Sign me up.

I have to wonder at someone who lives in the states and is a UK bb fan. I mean, most of the good players here can't wait to get over to the states......

I thought that too...I don't think we even get UK basketball on terrestrial TV any more!

Nightmare03 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2004, 07:46:35 pm »

Ok, lets add something more to this... Where about do you all live?

Minwah · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2004, 06:36:07 am »

Quote from: Nightmare03 on February 25, 2004, 07:46:35 pm

Ok, lets add something more to this... Where about do you all live?

~12 miles west of Oxford

hulkster · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2004, 08:23:00 am »

Quote from: Minwah on February 25, 2004, 07:35:03 pm

Quote from: Silver on February 25, 2004, 07:16:05 pm
Sign me up.

I have to wonder at someone who lives in the states and is a UK bb fan. I mean, most of the good players here can't wait to get over to the states......

I thought that too...I don't think we even get UK basketball on terrestrial TV any more!

okay i hope you are kidding and are just playing ignorant. UK = University of Kentucky. not United Kingdom. University of Kentucky = best basketball team ever

Silver · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2004, 08:53:40 am »

Heh well must confess when I posted I could not quite follow what you meant, although I twigged soon after - I blame the UK mindset of the thread

Incidentally if there are any BB fans in the UK, I think you can now pick some NCAA (=College Hoops in the states, but don't think of terms of UK colleges. These teams are awesome, and play to capacity crownds the size of which would make most Div 1 Football teams cry into their beer...) basketball about once a week on Channel 5. However, its on at like 3am or something so better use a VCR/PVR.

Minwah · « **Reply #13 on:** February 26, 2004, 09:10:11 am »

Quote from: hulkster081 on February 26, 2004, 08:23:00 am

okay i hope you are kidding and are just playing ignorant. UK = University of Kentucky. not United Kingdom. University of Kentucky = best basketball team ever

I guess a 'duh' is in order

Bit of a stupid joke to play on British people tho, how the hell do we know UK is University of Kentucky!!

hulkster · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2004, 09:40:49 am »

yeah, true. ive been to england before on vacation...cool place...we stayed with some of my moms friends who used to live in the states many years ago, and i remember asking them if they knew who Michael Jordan was, and they had no clue! but then again, if you dont follow international sports, its not a surprise. for instance, a lot americans wont know who David Beckham, or Van Nistelroy is, etc. but then again, there are people like me who love soccer(football/futball whatever)...so there are exceptions!

ANYWAY, my bad on the assumption, you know what they about when you assume.

Nightmare03 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 26, 2004, 11:41:34 am »

Im with minwah

Minwah · « **Reply #16 on:** February 26, 2004, 12:16:06 pm »

Quote from: hulkster081 on February 26, 2004, 09:40:49 am

yeah, true. ive been to england before on vacation...cool place...we stayed with some of my moms friends who used to live in the states many years ago, and i remember asking them if they knew who Michael Jordan was, and they had no clue! but then again, if you dont follow international sports, its not a surprise. for instance, a lot americans wont know who David Beckham, or Van Nistelroy is, etc. but then again, there are people like me who love soccer(football/futball whatever)...so there are exceptions!

ANYWAY, my bad on the assumption, you know what they about when you assume.

LOL, well I know who Michael Jordan is, but he's a bit more famous that the Univerity of Kentucky...isn't he

And who's this Beckham bloke?

hulkster · « **Reply #17 on:** February 26, 2004, 12:54:03 pm »

well they were older so maybe they didnt watch sports too much. but i thought they would know who he was. and yeah, he's a LITTLE more popular than kentucky basketball

but i have to say, england was cool, we visited all the usual spots in london, we went to wales and some other cities, but those were the ones i remember. its been about 5 years or so. didnt get to go to a soccer game over there, although i begged and pleaded to see a game at Old Trafford!!!! i would have pissed my pants just to walk in that place. however, we did go to spain a couple of years ago and i got to see Real Madrid play when Luis Figo was still there so that was definitely cool. but Stonehenge was by far the coolest thing ive ever seen when we went to England, just a bunch of rocks in the middle of no where i know, but definitely one of the coolest weirdest things ive seen in my life! oh yeah, and by the way, english food sucks donkey balls

(dont kill me please)

Minwah · « **Reply #18 on:** February 26, 2004, 01:32:44 pm »

Quote from: hulkster081 on February 26, 2004, 12:54:03 pm

well they were older so maybe they didnt watch sports too much. but i thought they would know who he was. and yeah, he's a LITTLE more popular than kentucky basketball

but i have to say, england was cool, we visited all the usual spots in london, we went to wales and some other cities, but those were the ones i remember. its been about 5 years or so. didnt get to go to a soccer game over there, although i begged and pleaded to see a game at Old Trafford!!!! i would have pissed my pants just to walk in that place. however, we did go to spain a couple of years ago and i got to see Real Madrid play when Luis Figo was still there so that was definitely cool. but Stonehenge was by far the coolest thing ive ever seen when we went to England, just a bunch of rocks in the middle of no where i know, but definitely one of the coolest weirdest things ive seen in my life! oh yeah, and by the way, english food sucks donkey balls (dont kill me please)

Hehe, did you try a proper chip shop (they sell potato's cut and fried, not bags of 'potato chips' btw

)? How about the infamous kebab vans that we have so fondly adopted? Sounds like you missed a treat! I haven't been to the US so I can't compare

I like Stone Henge, but I've never been! Must do that some day, when all the druids are there

BTW Wales is a country not a city!

hulkster · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2004, 01:36:37 pm »

Quote from: Minwah on February 26, 2004, 01:32:44 pm

Quote from: hulkster081 on February 26, 2004, 12:54:03 pm
well they were older so maybe they didnt watch sports too much. but i thought they would know who he was. and yeah, he's a LITTLE more popular than kentucky basketball

but i have to say, england was cool, we visited all the usual spots in london, we went to wales and some other cities, but those were the ones i remember. its been about 5 years or so. didnt get to go to a soccer game over there, although i begged and pleaded to see a game at Old Trafford!!!! i would have pissed my pants just to walk in that place. however, we did go to spain a couple of years ago and i got to see Real Madrid play when Luis Figo was still there so that was definitely cool. but Stonehenge was by far the coolest thing ive ever seen when we went to England, just a bunch of rocks in the middle of no where i know, but definitely one of the coolest weirdest things ive seen in my life! oh yeah, and by the way, english food sucks donkey balls (dont kill me please)

BTW Wales is a country not a city!

ah damn it...okay honestly, thats what i meant. no im not trying to cover it up, but i honestly meant country.

Silver · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2004, 08:49:05 am »

HaHa yes that could be a dangerous mistake if there were any sensitive Welsh folks around..... and you never know

In fact the main reason I have ended up on this board is due to some arcades on a Pier in North Wales, back when I was a lad...

Still I reckon you get honary citizenship just for sticking around in the UK thread for so long

Bursk · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2004, 01:52:15 pm »

I'm from Wales!!!

clonestar · « **Reply #22 on:** May 09, 2005, 09:52:36 am »

I live in South Wales (Old South Wales)

Marky_1979 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 09, 2005, 10:00:53 am »

Add me too Not built my first cab yet so this could be a real blessing based iN burton on Trent/ Derby cheers Guys.

Franco · « **Reply #24 on:** May 09, 2005, 10:12:05 am »

Add me too.

rchadd · « **Reply #25 on:** May 09, 2005, 10:48:59 am »

maybe we should request Saint to setup a mini forum for UK only based discussions? recommended suppliers list etc? UK buy and sell maybe? machine auctions (do such happen in UK??)

PS. I'm in Surrey

vibez · « **Reply #26 on:** May 09, 2005, 11:31:36 am »

Quote from: rchadd on May 09, 2005, 10:48:59 am

maybe we should request Saint to setup a mini forum for UK only based discussions? recommended suppliers list etc? UK buy and sell maybe? machine auctions (do such happen in UK??)

PS. I'm in Surrey

I think that would be a cool idea. Most members here are from the US I guess? It would be nice to have a place for us to exchange info relating to uk sales/parts etc

gajaman · « **Reply #27 on:** May 09, 2005, 03:17:26 pm »

This is my first post for about a hundred years(ish), but I'm based in Surrey.

Shep · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2005, 04:29:01 am »

...I'm in Northumberland.

Stu_C · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2005, 05:30:02 am »

Reading, Berks. Haven't built a cab yet either. ETA next year i reckon. keeping an eye on all these nice new development's the 49 way LED proj and the LCD projects.

Dexter · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2005, 07:16:59 am »

I'm in Dublin, so while not UK I get my parts from the UK suppliers, so can you stick me on the list as well please?? ta!

Dexter

Voodooray · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2005, 01:00:01 pm »

Count me in gang.
I'm from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Fat_Trucker · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2005, 01:35:45 pm »

I'm in blighty on the East London/Essex border. (Thurrock).

Just finished my first cab and have a number of bits left over (due to building by trial and error rather than planning

) so if anyone needs any bits let me know.

Reverend_Dan · « **Reply #33 on:** May 12, 2005, 09:00:09 am »

Im from Cramlington, but live in Newcastle, just finishing off my first controller
Misses says i have a full arcade yet until we move house next year and get some more room

teef two · « **Reply #34 on:** May 12, 2005, 11:52:27 am »

Winchester, Hampshire at the moment, although moving to Wiltshire soonish.

Didn't realise you were so close Minwah - should've popped round to see you when I was working in Abingdon!

Once a full list is established we could have a stab at arranging a get together to:
1. Drink beer
2. Discuss cabs
3. Drink beer
4. I forget 4, too much beer!

gl.tter · « **Reply #35 on:** May 12, 2005, 02:25:06 pm »

'n me.

ashes-uk · « **Reply #36 on:** May 13, 2005, 09:55:49 am »

Hi throw me in to UK pile of peeps.

Based in Wordsley (nr Dudley)
Been lurking for eons
(nothing to do with forgetting user and passy details - oh no)

markb · « **Reply #37 on:** May 13, 2005, 01:36:15 pm »

Quote from: Reverend_Dan on May 12, 2005, 09:00:09 am

Im from Cramlington, but live in Newcastle, just finishing off my first controller
Misses says i have a full arcade yet until we move house next year and get some more room

A fellow Cramlington boy here Rev!

gl.tter · « **Reply #38 on:** September 08, 2005, 02:47:03 pm »

Just listed one of my Happ 3" trackballs on Ebay UK (available to EU).

One off, get it while it's hot.

RichyRich · « **Reply #39 on:** September 09, 2005, 06:14:54 am »

Hope you enjoyed your stay with us in Wales,hulkster.
Funny story about Stonehenge.Last year,Some orginisations from Wales and England tried to reenact how they transported the stones there(they came from Wales, 200 or so miles away).They gave up after 3 months and all went home after transporting 1 stone 10 miles.

Add me too Cardiff, Wales.


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Author Topic: Would like to make a list of UK-based peeps (Read 4367 times)

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