Martin

On 11 Aug 2005 06:51:41 -0700, "Jordi" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >The Reids ha escrito:
    >> Following up to Jordi
    >> >a very interesting daytrip from Barcelona is Girona.
    >> If flying Ryan its compulsory :-)
    >> --
    >Well, now you can choose to go to Reus, instead :)
    >Land in GRO, spend 4-5 hours there, sleep in BCN,

BCN = B'ham Canal Navigation?
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barney2

In article <1123761147.ba2135de2c2d276d29db46b6521e6361@teran ews>,
[email protected] (Icono Clast) wrote:

    > chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco said:
    > > In the UK, at least, nightclubbing, and just clubbing, tends to
    > > refer to nightclubs playing (usually) modern dance music. I've got
    > > a feeling that's not what you meant by 'night clubs,' or am I
    > > incorrect?
    >
    > Yes, uh, No, uh . . . but:

Vicky Pollard alert!

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:11:10 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

    >In article <1123761147.ba2135de2c2d276d29db46b6521e6361@teran ews>,
    >[email protected] (Icono Clast) wrote:
    >> chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco said:
    >> > In the UK, at least, nightclubbing, and just clubbing, tends to
    >> > refer to nightclubs playing (usually) modern dance music. I've got
    >> > a feeling that's not what you meant by 'night clubs,' or am I
    >> > incorrect?
    >>
    >> Yes, uh, No, uh . . . but:
    >Vicky Pollard alert!

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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >> "certsnsearches" said:
    >>> We're not young so won't be nightclubbing.
    >>
    >> Why is that a reason? We're old and spend an average of eight
    >> nights a month in night clubs.
    >
    > I'm in late fifties,

So is one of m'girlfriend's sons, Young Man.

    > leaping around

We don't.

    >and taking drugs

She does: post-cardiac prescriptions.

    > to deafening music

We don't go where there's "deafening music". Please see

Ears About Pain: MUSIC, DANCING, and TINNITUS;
Sabotaged by Sound; How Sweet the Sound;
<http://geocities.com/dancefest/EarsPain.html#t>

at the site at Left in the sig.

While you're there, take a look at the SPECIAL EVENTS in San
Francisco and environs page, and maybe the 2005 Archive page
<http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html#t>. I think it was in
April that I started putting an asterisk with events that we intend
to attend.

    > does not appeal in the slightest and never really did.

Nor to us.

    > I only ever went to night clubs to meet women . . . If you are
    > over 40 how do you hear what someone in a nightclub is saying to
    > you?

Quite well, thank you.

    > Also, isn't everybody else 40 years younger than you?

No. Although people as old as we are a minority at the places we go
(as we are as a population group, anyway), we're not the only ones;
some are older. Most places we go have a broad age range of patrons.
Some often have children.
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The Reids

Following up to Icono Clast

    >> to deafening music
    >We don't go where there's "deafening music". Please see

So would you go clubbing in Barcelona?

    >Ears About Pain: MUSIC, DANCING, and TINNITUS;

I don't need to!
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Icono Clast <[email protected]> wrote:

    > The Reids wrote:
    > > Icono Clast said:
    > >> "certsnsearches" said:
    > >>> We're not young so won't be nightclubbing.
    > >>
    > >> Why is that a reason? We're old and spend an average of eight
    > >> nights a month in night clubs.
    > >
    > > I'm in late fifties,
    >
    > So is one of m'girlfriend's sons, Young Man.
    >
    > > leaping around
    >
    > We don't.
    >
    > >and taking drugs
    >
    > She does: post-cardiac prescriptions.
    >
    > > to deafening music
    >
    > We don't go where there's "deafening music".

That's the problem with almost any venue that one would call a
"nightclub" here. I don't go to them much, but whenever I've been
dragged along I've used earplugs. Even then, I think it's dangerous for
the hearing.

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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >>We don't go where there's "deafening music". Please see
    >
    > So would you go clubbing in Barcelona?

Sure, were we to find a place we regard as suitable.

    >> We don't go where there's "deafening music". Please see
    >>
    >> Ears About Pain: MUSIC, DANCING, and TINNITUS; Sabotaged by
    >> Sound; How Sweet the Sound;
    >> <http://geocities.com/dancefest/EarsPain.html#t>
    >>
    >> at the site at Left in the sig.
    >>
    >> While you're there, take a look at the SPECIAL EVENTS in San
    >> Francisco and environs page, and maybe the 2005 Archive page
    >> <http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html#t>. I think it was
    >> in April that I started putting an asterisk with events that we
    >> intend to attend.
    > I don't need to!

Well, yes, you could preserve your ignorance of things you might not
know.


chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h
offy wrote:
    > Icono Clast wrote:
    >> We don't go where there's "deafening music".
    >
    > That's the problem with almost any venue that one would call a
    > "nightclub" here. I don't go to them much, but whenever I've been
    > dragged along I've used earplugs. Even then, I think it's
    > dangerous for the hearing.

We never fail to have ear plugs with us. We usually have no need for
them but there are occasions.
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The Reids

Following up to Icono Clast

    >> So would you go clubbing in Barcelona?
    >Sure, were we to find a place we regard as suitable.

But clubbing in Barcelona is about thumping loud music.

    >>> We don't go where there's "deafening music". Please see

    >>> While you're there, take a look at the SPECIAL EVENTS in San
    >>> Francisco and environs page, and maybe the 2005 Archive page
    >>> <http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html#t>. I think it was
    >>> in April that I started putting an asterisk with events that we
    >>> intend to attend.
    >> I don't need to!
    >Well, yes, you could preserve your ignorance of things you might not
    >know.

I have sufficient knowledge of the dangers of loud music, I avoid
it. I like to go to places where its possible to talk to people.
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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >>>So would you go clubbing in Barcelona?
    >>Sure, were we to find a place we regard as suitable.
    >
    > But clubbing in Barcelona is about thumping loud music.

You could say the same about San Francisco or any other place if
that's all you know about. We manage to find places that are not
loud, have good music, good floors where purses, drinks, and burning
embers are not taken, and good dancers. They exist everywhere, the
100 Club in London, for example, and other places I went there, and
we went in Paris as you can read in "Two Weeks in Paris"
<http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/ParisDid.html> at the site at
Right in the sig.

    > I have sufficient knowledge of the dangers of loud music, I avoid
    > it. I like to go to places where its possible to talk to people.

So do we. Here's an excerpt from "How to Play for Dancing"
<http://geocities.com/dancefest/Articles/HowPlay.html#t> at the site
at Left in the sig:

<< VOLUME: Our dances are very social events with much conversing.
High volume is unwelcome. On the other hand, we have to hear you.
When in doubt, opt for low, rather than high, volume (Please see
<Ears About Pain: MUSIC, DANCING, and TINNITUS; Sabotaged by
Sound; How Sweet the Sound;
http://geocities.com/dancefest/EarsPain.html#t>). >>
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The Reids

Following up to Icono Clast

    >> But clubbing in Barcelona is about thumping loud music.
    >You could say the same about San Francisco or any other place if
    >that's all you know about. We manage to find places that are not
    >loud, have good music, good floors where purses, drinks, and burning
    >embers are not taken, and good dancers. They exist everywhere, the
    >100 Club in London,

Yes, I've been to the 100 Club, its untypical of "clubbing in
London" as any similar club in Barcelona would be untypical,
still doesn't interest me or I assume the OP.
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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >>> But clubbing in Barcelona is about thumping loud music.
    >>
    >> You could say the same about San Francisco or any other place if
    >> that's all you know about. We manage to find places that are
    >> not loud, have good music, good floors where purses, drinks, and
    >> burning embers are not taken, and good dancers. They exist
    >> everywhere, the 100 Club in London . . .
    >
    > Yes, I've been to the 100 Club, its untypical of "clubbing in
    > London" as any similar club in Barcelona would be untypical, still
    > doesn't interest me or I assume the OP.

Gee, a place that's not loud, has good music, a good floor where
purses, drinks, and burning embers are not taken, and good dancers.
Similar "untypical" places exist everywhere. They are typical of the
places I patronize.

You have contradicted your blanket statement and confirmed that what
I said to be correct. Thank you.
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The Reids

Following up to Icono Clast

    >> Yes, I've been to the 100 Club, its untypical of "clubbing in
    >> London" as any similar club in Barcelona would be untypical, still
    >> doesn't interest me or I assume the OP.
    >Gee, a place that's not loud, has good music, a good floor where
    >purses, drinks, and burning embers are not taken, and good dancers.
    >Similar "untypical" places exist everywhere. They are typical of the
    >places I patronize.
    >You have contradicted your blanket statement and confirmed that what
    >I said to be correct. Thank you.

My generalisation still applies. Places like the 100 Club are
atypical. Typically, in Barcelona and London, clubbing involves
young people, noise, drugs and late nights. You said yourself you
search out "special events" in SF. I'm not criticizing dancing,
trad or modern, its just not of interest to the OP or me. I would
rather be in a bar or restaurant, I get the impression the OP
would rather be in bed!.
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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >>You have contradicted your blanket statement and confirmed that what
    >>I said to be correct. Thank you.
    >
    >You said yourself you search out "special events" in SF.

No, I didn't say that. I suggested that you look at the SPECIAL
EVENTS in San Francisco and environs page
<http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html#t> at the site at Left
in the sig where events we intend to attend are indicated by an
asterisk to illustrate a point.

    >I get the impression the OP would rather be in bed!.

You're probably correct. I get that impression about you, too.
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The Reids

Following up to Icono Clast

    >>I get the impression the OP would rather be in bed!.
    >You're probably correct. I get that impression about you, too.

no, I'm not an early to bed type, just don't like dancing.
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Icono Clast

The Reids wrote:
    > Icono Clast said:
    >>>I get the impression the OP would rather be in bed!.
    >>You're probably correct. I get that impression about you, too.
    >
    > no, I'm not an early to bed type, just don't like dancing.

As detailed near the inception of this thread, there are forms of
entertainment in night clubs that are not dancing.
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