{"id":285,"date":"2009-07-12T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T21:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/07\/12\/on_chance_encounters\/"},"modified":"2009-07-12T21:18:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T21:18:41","slug":"on_chance_encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/07\/12\/on_chance_encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"On chance encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whee. That was a fun weekend.<\/p>\n

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\nI, despite my best efforts, completely failed to leave the pawns up a tree near Thetford <\/p>\n

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\nso we trundled onwards to Norwich, where they’d laid on a parade and fireworks for us. Which was rather kind, I thought. The Lord Mayor came out and waved to us too, so rather a fun evening.<\/p>\n

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\nSunday morning we got back into the hire car and braved the wilds of deepest Norfolk, rocking up at Chez Gee.<\/p>\n

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\nA lovely time was had by all, as were chips and fish and pies, and I found a complete fossil record of Henry Moore’s early works. We also discovered Microsoft’s attempt at an iPhone, and here’s Henry using it:<\/p>\n

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\nThe ultimate in silicon technology<\/em><\/p>\n

\nSeventy million years in development (the iStone, not Henry): proof, if it was needed, against intelligent design.<\/p>\n

\nI did want to write a serious blog post on intermediate fossil forms and the dangers of science, in that it can often show you want you want to see, but (a) Henry has the photos and (b) he’d probably make a better job of it than I, being a palaentologist.<\/p>\n

\nWe came home to the blessed safety of the south of the River, checking each other’s hands for the right numbers of fingers and feet for webbing. I’m pleased to report that we remained non-NFN.<\/p>\n

\nOh, and for those of you who remember the arm-wrestling competition last year, in which Henry cheated by using two<\/em> arms to my one, you might be interested to learn that despite hours of practicing against his daughters, he was only able to win our table-top football match by 10 goals to nine, and refused a re-match.<\/p>\n

\nChicken.<\/p>\n

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