Mornington Crescent

Tired of talking about rowing and want to talk about the real world? Enter a forum where rowing is a rude word...

Moderator: The forum police - (nee naw)

User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

Goodge St
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
User avatar
plummy
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Posts: 8306
Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:17 am
I row on...: Model E with PM4
Location: Sale, Cheshire, UK

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by plummy »

You're going to get a lot of confused looks from anyone outside the UK (and quite a lot from inside the UK) on this one Mr Webberg!
60 yrs old, 76kg, 5' 10"
43Mm metres rowed. Re-setting the bar much lower now. Getting too old for this malarky
Image
User avatar
badocter
Dedicated and True Free Spirit
Posts: 1923
Joined: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:03 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: Beaumont, Texas

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by badocter »

What plummy said :fswink:
MHw 48, 6'2" (1.88m), 228# (103 kg)
Image
User avatar
strider77
Free Spirit forever
Posts: 6157
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:43 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM5
Location: Near Brighton

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by strider77 »

Goodge Street Pah !

Assuming the short rules apply-Hendon Central
[b]67 5ft 10ins tall, 80k, proud to be a Free Spirit[/b]
[img]https://tinyurl.com/fsrsigs/fssig-285.png[/img]
User avatar
billwright
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 3095
Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:42 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: Glorious Devon

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by billwright »

Gotta be Finsbury Park
Image

"When the crazy wheel slows down, where will I be? Back where I started!"
User avatar
Stan
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Posts: 9405
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:28 pm
I row on...: Model C with PM4
Location: Malvern

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Stan »

:?:
pb times
Image
User avatar
billwright
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 3095
Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:42 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: Glorious Devon

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by billwright »

:?: Got you going !
Image

"When the crazy wheel slows down, where will I be? Back where I started!"
User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

I was thinking more along the Trumpington Variations in which case Hendon Central is a foul move and 2 points away.

But to get us back on track

Blackhorse Road.
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
User avatar
Paul Victory
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Posts: 10616
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:29 pm
I row on...: Model E with PM4
Location: Dublin

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Paul Victory »

Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Dagger. :mrgreen:
M 68 6'1" 124kg (May05), 92kg (Feb06), 122kg (Aug10), 95kg (Sep11), 117kg (Jun13), now 98kg
Image
User avatar
Huw Thomas
Dedicated and True Free Spirit
Posts: 1941
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:21 pm
I row on...: Model C with PM5
Location: Milverton Somerset GBR

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Huw Thomas »

Aldwych (pre 1990 rules)
Aged 61, 182 cm 80 kg.
Image
Ut2 130-137 (1:59+) ut1 138-151 (1:53+) AT 152-161 (1:48+) TR 162-171 (1:38+) AN 172+ (<1:38)
User avatar
badocter
Dedicated and True Free Spirit
Posts: 1923
Joined: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:03 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: Beaumont, Texas

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by badocter »

Paul Victory wrote:Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Dagger. :mrgreen:
More likely Professor Plum in the Gymnasium with an erg chain. :mrgreen:
MHw 48, 6'2" (1.88m), 228# (103 kg)
Image
User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

I don't remember a Cleudo version of the rules?

Mind you I don't remember the rules. :lol:

Aldwych?

St John's Wood
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
User avatar
Paul Victory
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Posts: 10616
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:29 pm
I row on...: Model E with PM4
Location: Dublin

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Paul Victory »

webberg wrote:I don't remember a Cleudo version of the rules?

Mind you I don't remember the rules. :lol:

Aldwych?

St John's Wood
Rules? Why do there have to be rules?
M 68 6'1" 124kg (May05), 92kg (Feb06), 122kg (Aug10), 95kg (Sep11), 117kg (Jun13), now 98kg
Image
User avatar
Stan
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Posts: 9405
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:28 pm
I row on...: Model C with PM4
Location: Malvern

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Stan »

:?:
pb times
Image
User avatar
plummy
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Posts: 8306
Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:17 am
I row on...: Model E with PM4
Location: Sale, Cheshire, UK

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by plummy »

Just Google it Stan... - all will become unclear
60 yrs old, 76kg, 5' 10"
43Mm metres rowed. Re-setting the bar much lower now. Getting too old for this malarky
Image
User avatar
Daffy
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2018
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2018
Posts: 1196
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:00 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Daffy »

Hornchurch, if I'm not mistaken. Could someone clarify which edition rulebook we are playing by? :D
Image
User avatar
strider77
Free Spirit forever
Posts: 6157
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:43 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM5
Location: Near Brighton

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by strider77 »

Hornchurch that's in Essex ain't it ?

Armitage rules with the new Webberg variation no moves on a Friday-damn !

Gloucester Road anyway :twisted:
[b]67 5ft 10ins tall, 80k, proud to be a Free Spirit[/b]
[img]https://tinyurl.com/fsrsigs/fssig-285.png[/img]
Wolfmiester
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2020
Posts: 4048
Joined: Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:16 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM5
Location: Henley in Arden, UK

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Wolfmiester »

plummy wrote:Just Google it Stan... - all will become unclear
I have just googled it, and you're right - it's now totally unclear #-o
Wolfie

Image
Age 59 Height 6'4" Weight 93k
User avatar
Mat
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 3823
Joined: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:57 pm
I row on...: Model D with PM5
Location: Anglesey, North Wales
Contact:

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Mat »

Dare I suggest...

Ealing Broadway

...or is my rule book out of date :?:
Image
53, 6'2" and trying to get back to 95kg post hip replacement. Looking back fondly on past achievements I've no chance of repeating
User avatar
Huw Thomas
Dedicated and True Free Spirit
Posts: 1941
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:21 pm
I row on...: Model C with PM5
Location: Milverton Somerset GBR

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Huw Thomas »

Very Impressed with Weberg's St Johns Wood play

Following Ealing Broadway - might I suggest Down Street again not sure if still legal with the rules we are using??

Image

or am I trying to out fox myself? #-o - Maida Vale following Ealing Broadway has more panache I feel and allows the Islington Gambit to be played later [-X
Aged 61, 182 cm 80 kg.
Image
Ut2 130-137 (1:59+) ut1 138-151 (1:53+) AT 152-161 (1:48+) TR 162-171 (1:38+) AN 172+ (<1:38)
User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

I think perhaps Mt Thomas is just being too clever by half (probably not a bad trait in his profession) and has rather overdone the strategising here.

Very often I find that the direct route, as devised, developed and ultimately proven by the late Willie Rushton, has a more satisfying outcome.

Unfortunately St John's Wood, whilst a good play in the "mackeral" version (see below) of the rules, has been rather outdone by Ealing Broadway and as such I call upon the free move granted in the Park Lane options and suggest:

Elephant and Castle.

(Mackeral version = every Tube stop bar one has a letter from the word mackeral)
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
User avatar
Thomas W-P
Best Friend (PayPal Subscriber)
Best Friend (PayPal Subscriber)
Posts: 5093
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:44 pm
I row on...: Model C with PM3
Location: Newport, Essex
Contact:

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Thomas W-P »

I think you missed that fact that under Mackeral, if you immediately play an animal station then I can play the animal pit stop gambit and the end result is the inevitable:

Mornington Crescent!
51 yrs - A cyclist these days
Image
User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

Can't argue with that Mr W-P!

3 points to Thomas and 5 to the rest of us.

Another round anyone?
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
User avatar
Paul Victory
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Friend of the Free Spirits web site 2016
Posts: 10616
Joined: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:29 pm
I row on...: Model E with PM4
Location: Dublin

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by Paul Victory »

Pardon my ignorance, but is this one of those games where you make up the rules as you go along, or is there some actual logic to how it's played? :?
M 68 6'1" 124kg (May05), 92kg (Feb06), 122kg (Aug10), 95kg (Sep11), 117kg (Jun13), now 98kg
Image
User avatar
webberg
Super Dedicated and Truly Free Spirit
Posts: 2597
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:48 am
I row on...: Model D with PM3
Location: near Andover, Hants

Re: Mornington Crescent

Post by webberg »

I think Paul that it's a little more subtle.

There are lots and lots of rules. Some are sensible, some or not, some are contradictatory.

The essential point though is that each player follows his chosen version of the rules. Each player can also change the rules he wishes to play with at each move.

None of the rules are written down. They all have variations and nobody knows which version is correct or more appropriate.

Thus in this game we might have had 8 players using 12 different sets of rules.

Nobody knows all the rules. Nobody understands the complete rule book.

So I suppose you could say that there are no rules but equally that there are too many.

That's clear I (don't) think
Uphill to the finish

ID 140904
Post Reply