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Aug 30, 2009 15:09


Behold, a post that isn't about art! It's hardly surprising though; RL is pretty boring these days.

We watched Wargames last night. It's one of my favourite films and it's been years since I've seen it. It's held up amazingly well, not looking dated at all except for the computers, and it's hard to believe it was made shortly after Blake's 7 which ( Read more... )

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kalinda001 August 30 2009, 03:20:19 UTC
He obviously thought the place wasn't really the Heath Department, and I bet it totally made his week. :-)
LOL!

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vilakins August 30 2009, 05:44:56 UTC
He probably talks about it even now. ;-)

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toft_froggy August 30 2009, 03:37:41 UTC
Ahahaha, that's a great story.

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vilakins August 30 2009, 05:47:43 UTC
Later, one of the guys went to Parliament to see someone there about a project and was getting very respectful looks and almost salutes in the corridors. He found out later that his security card, which he'd taken with him, looked like the top level ones there with its red background. :-) I only had a blue background on mine.

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redstarrobot August 30 2009, 04:03:38 UTC
I'm quite fond of that movie. One of the few good things to come out of the '80s. :)

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vilakins August 30 2009, 05:48:53 UTC
It's excellent: great pacing, dialogue, and characterisation etc; as good as most current films. It's on my favourites list.

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ultrapsychobrat August 30 2009, 04:36:00 UTC
Wonderful story!

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vilakins August 30 2009, 05:49:42 UTC
That was a fun place to work too, full of eccentrics. I should mine it for writing.

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jhall1 August 30 2009, 09:23:05 UTC
You're lucky that the guard didn't report you for a breach of security, leaving an obviously Top Secret document out on your desk like that. :)

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vilakins August 30 2009, 10:46:56 UTC
[grin] He probably did!

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