Comments on: Four things (for Meg) http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Pete Ashton Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:20:21 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1510 Hi Karen (assuming this is cousin Karen, right?) This is a Meme, internet slang for an idea that gets passed around quickly, or something. Those wacky emails stupid people send you - those are memes, albeit crap ones. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme" rel="nofollow">Here's a definition</a>. In this case some person, now lost in the mists of the net, came up with the idea of listing "four things" and, having done so, asked four of their friends to do the same, who in turn asked four people, and so on until it reached me. The Crow Road was also adapted into a TV series which has the rare distinction of being one of the few TV adaptations of books to be as good as, and utterly loyal to, the source material. And I was struggling a bit to think of four TV shows. Hi Karen (assuming this is cousin Karen, right?)

This is a Meme, internet slang for an idea that gets passed around quickly, or something. Those wacky emails stupid people send you – those are memes, albeit crap ones. Here’s a definition. In this case some person, now lost in the mists of the net, came up with the idea of listing “four things” and, having done so, asked four of their friends to do the same, who in turn asked four people, and so on until it reached me.

The Crow Road was also adapted into a TV series which has the rare distinction of being one of the few TV adaptations of books to be as good as, and utterly loyal to, the source material. And I was struggling a bit to think of four TV shows.

]]> By: Karen http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Karen Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:35:06 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1509 Hi Pete, Wondering where this four tens thing comes from, and about The Crow Road being a TV prog - it's one of my favourite books, assuming it's the same thing... Karen Hi Pete,
Wondering where this four tens thing comes from, and about The Crow Road being a TV prog – it’s one of my favourite books, assuming it’s the same thing…
Karen

]]> By: Ben http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Ben Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:59:42 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1508 Cheers for the tag Pete - I was half thinking about doing it regardless of whether someone tagged me! Unfortunately as you'll see from SWSL I haven't got internet access from today for around a week, but I'll get something sorted as soon as I'm back online. Cheers for the tag Pete – I was half thinking about doing it regardless of whether someone tagged me! Unfortunately as you’ll see from SWSL I haven’t got internet access from today for around a week, but I’ll get something sorted as soon as I’m back online.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Pete Ashton Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:15:57 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1507 Just remembered, I completely forgot the two months in a bakery factory in Eastleigh doing 12 hour night shifts, circa 1995, I think. Christ, that was a hot job... Though I did discover that all the pre-pack supermarket bread along with most of the Hovis-type brands comes out of the same big machine, which is handy to know. (And explains why they all taste like shit.) Just remembered, I completely forgot the two months in a bakery factory in Eastleigh doing 12 hour night shifts, circa 1995, I think. Christ, that was a hot job…

Though I did discover that all the pre-pack supermarket bread along with most of the Hovis-type brands comes out of the same big machine, which is handy to know. (And explains why they all taste like shit.)

]]> By: Paul http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Paul Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:02:18 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1506 I just visited Meg's Flickr - neat photography! I just visited Meg’s Flickr – neat photography!

]]> By: Meg http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Meg Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:45:57 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1505 Excellent stuff! I knew you'd rise to the challenge. My goodness, you've had a lot of jobs, though. Excellent stuff! I knew you’d rise to the challenge. My goodness, you’ve had a lot of jobs, though.

]]> By: Dave Shelton http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Dave Shelton Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:23:19 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2006/01/four_things_for_meg/#comment-1504 Robin Hood's Bay - yay! Robin Hood’s Bay – yay!

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