Tell Me Something............Anything!

[JimK]

If you were at the centre of a circular room with walls being a single mirror all the way round, what would you see reflected?

Anyone remember the original release of No Earthly Connection by Rick Wakemen that came with a bit of mirrored foil that you made into a tube to use to view the distorted image on the album cover? You could look down the inside too and look at the reflected image of a picture of the earth IIRC, which would be similar to the above, but I can't remember what it looked like.

[tapid]

Interesting stuff, Barry. However, even with a good book and a supply of ice-cream, I doubt I would've had the patience to have waited for several hours. It's just not my idea of fun, as I'd get bored and fed up pretty quickly, just hanging around.

How did you manage to retain your place in the queue (whilst I presume seated) reading a book and eating ice-cream?

Marco.

. Managed to queue for 4 hours in a field at Wimbledon this year ( mad I know ) but at least you get to lay down on the grass for long periods
so not too bad ( Gulp ) .But once inside the tennis is amazing to watch live much better than viewing on tv and stewards, shop staff were so helpful and friendly with
not a jobsworth insight !

[Barry]

Interesting stuff, Barry. However, even with a good book and a supply of ice-cream, I doubt I would've had the patience to have waited for several hours. It's just not my idea of fun, as I'd get bored and fed up pretty quickly, just hanging around.

How did you manage to retain your place in the queue (whilst I presume seated) reading a book and eating ice-cream?

Marco.

That's the point of going with a friend: one of you goes to buy the ice creams, the other keeps the place in the queue. The book was Daphne Du Maurier's 'Jamaica Inn' which I found quite engrossing, so the time passed quickly.

[Barry]

You probably know this already but if you become a member at Tate you can just rock up and walk in whenever you like.

For £120 a year you get a "member plus guest" - it's not cheap, but the Picasso is £22 a ticket, so if you go to see three exhibitions a year it's worth it. Plus you get access to nice members rooms and it's not at all policed so you can lend the cards to friends very easily.

Yes, they all do membership: the Tate; RA; Southbank etc. Will probably join next year. I hadn't realised it was "member plus guest", so that makes it even more attractive.

Agree with your comment on the presumption of honesty - we were given OAP concession when we booked and no questions were asked.

[Marco]

That's the point of going with a friend: one of you goes to buy the ice creams, the other keeps the place in the queue.

Lol - pity the poor bugger who was made to stand there all that time in the heat, while you sat back reading your book, licking an ice-cream!

Marco.

[Barry]

Lol - pity the poor bugger who was made to stand there all that time in the heat, while you sat back reading your book, licking an ice-cream!

Marco.

You don't understand: one of you goes to buy the ice creams/drinks for both of you, then returns to the queue, where your place has been kept by the other person. Then later the rôles are reversed.

[Marco]

Lol - I do understand... Whatever way you cut it, it still involves a lot of standing around, overall, for BOTH of you, if you're talking nearly three hours before you get in!

Feck that for a game of soldiers...

Marco.

[walpurgis]

I'm with you Marco. I simply won't do anything that involves waiting in queues for ages.

[Marco]

Yeah, Geoff, each to their own, I suppose... For me, life's too short. The only way I'd entertain that would be if there was a pub nearby, so I could sit in comfort and have a few cold beers, while I was waiting!!

Unfortunately, I'm not known for my patience, and queues/crowds just get me down.

Marco.

[Barry]

I'm with you Marco. I simply won't do anything that involves waiting in queues for ages.

In 1989 there was no way of easily pre-booking tickets for a foreign exhibition. It was long before the internet.