Matt Robin@sil I met you once, a long time ago ...you were such an intelligent person, that I was actually slightly intimidated talking with you. Cos, by comparison, I come of as a complete dumbass. You're welcome ;)
Stuart Langridge@mattrobin goodness, how gracious of you! Perhaps we can meet again, if you're in Birmingham at some point or the next time I'm where you are? I always like talking to smart people. Let me know!
@sil I'm in Hertfordshire, maybe some other time in the future. Honestly Stuart, your smarts made me look like a dipstick, haha, but you're alright ;)
@mattrobin my ancestral home is Bedfordshire, so not too far away :-) Hatfield? Stevenage?
@sil The former. Although I had my formative years in Northampton, so I know Beds quite well too (not intimately though)
@mattrobin yay, Hatfield! Both my father and grandfather worked for BAe :-)
@sil BAE left a long time ago, and the place was never the same after that, well, according to the locals - which I'm not, although I've been here for about 15 years.
@mattrobin at some point we'll have a drink and I shall tell you a story about Donovan the singer and Hatfield BAe Sports and Social Club :)
@sil Anytime you're about, sure... ;)
@sil So, you're based in Brum now?
@mattrobin yup! Delightful city. :)
@sil I haven't been back there for about 15 years, probably changed a lot. Had an infamous rep in the past.
@mattrobin yup. Things have changed remarkably in the last twenty years!