New Order in fathoms

Whats was the height of the Hacienda in hands?

Originally posted by Slippy Whats was the height of the Hacienda in hands?

As is well documented, the hacienda fell into the hands of the receivers; sadly history doesn't record their collective height. On a more positive note two of my mates, both plasterers,both former regulars of the tuneful ex yacht showroom are currently working at that site ( patchwork and finishing, plaster/drylining fans ). They are'nt sure how many hands high it was,but it's taller now; so they take their big ladders ( aluminium double extension, hardware/tooltime fans ) and some butties

Originally posted by anita 1 fathom = 6' (us)1 fathom = 1.8288 meter

Er, what does 6'(US) mean? I thought a foot was a foot was a foot. I know our friends over the water have different sized gallons, but feet?

It has been alledged - but not by me - that everything is sized differently in the States!

Originally posted by Marko > Originally posted by anita> 1 fathom = 6' (us)> 1 fathom = 1.8288 meter

Er, what does 6'(US) mean? I thought a foot was a foot was a foot. I know our friends over the water have different sized gallons, but feet? Different sized gallons ? So is a' ten gallon hat ',bigger or smaller than a New Order tour cap ? Incidentaly, NO caps can hold the contents of a mates stomach ( lager, half digested kebab and carrots; obviously )after an afternoons relaxation in one of the'Dams touristy cafes, so I posit that a NO tour cap is 3/4's of a pint Imperial, with overflow loss at a steady 20%

I don't think that cap would hold the contents of Barney's stomach

As of this afternoon, NO is two and five eighths of a fathom tall and the new album will be one sixth of a fathom in diameter, on vinyl.

Originally posted by Slippy I don't think that cap would hold the contents of Barney's stomach

This of course is an unofficial cap, bought on the cheap and as such is not wholly endorsed by Barney or any other band member

New Order from outer space shock!

Von Danniken was right.

Research at a top University has recently proved that if you take the collective fathoms of New Order, times this by the number you first thought of and subtract Barney's birth date, the resulting number is equal to the hypotenuse of the Great Pyramid of Cheops and is also the reciprocal of the diameter of the outer circle at Stonehenge.

From this, it follows that New Order came from the stars thousands of years ago to bring their gifts of wisdom (Hooky), endurance (Barney), humour (Steve) and tea-making (erm...).

My good god will you guys leave Gillian alone

Originally posted by death of art New Order from outer space shock!Von Danniken was right.Research at a top University has recently proved that if you take the collective fathoms of New Order, times this by the number you first thought of and subtract Barney's birth date, the resulting number is equal to the hypotenuse of the Great Pyramid of Cheops and is also the reciprocal of the diameter of the outer circle at Stonehenge.From this, it follows that New Order came from the stars thousands of years ago to bring their gifts of wisdom (Hooky), endurance (Barney), humour (Steve) and tea-making (erm...).

Did they bring Ian , or was he already here ? Also Marc Bolan once said, 'my people were fair and had stars in their hair ..' Did Von Danniken establish that the landing zone was in fact Bolans head ? Did anyone bring biscuits or Bakewell tart ?

Originally posted by Slippy My good god will you guys leave Gillian alone

Slippy, when I get the tube/factory allstars (see other thread ) sorted onto disc you may probably like a copy, featuring as it does, a young Gillian.... though obviously not Bolans head

'scuse the appaling syntax of that last thread 'may probably ' Nightshift, very bad.

How about the appalling spelling of "appalling"?

:D

Ironic ?

I think a young Gillian would do me fine

Actually I seem to have a young Gillian on the Taras Schevchenko video

Originally posted by Slippy Actually I seem to have a young Gillian on the Taras Schevchenko video

That's as maybe young slipster..... but she isn't pole dancin

Now here's something that's been bugging me for a number of years - What was the distance between the old Factory club and the Hacianda in light years

(note: Spotnik's gonna lock this thread soon LOL )

Which direction amigo ( sorry just come back from Palma ) Are we goin from the Hac to the Factory, sort of Gunchester to cold optimism ? Or, are we goin from the non-design design of the factory to Ben Kellys take on yacht showrooms ? In short, young Slipster , do we wanna go forward or back, these distances are not the same and we can only touch from one. Think, in goin from the Hac to the fac we can avoid signin Northside and keep James Conversely goin the other way we'd know Wilson was about to buy a fookin pricey table and we could take him to ikea or mfi, thus delayin the creditors for an hour

We're all going to hell for this thread!!

Barney has asserted that Hell is a full blown tour, so take the distance between all cities visited on the two longest American tours, add the combined venue heights of the Olympia , Liverpool and the Brixton academy ( in hands ) then divide by the circumference of Barney in fathoms. This should be at least the equal of the new album on vinyl ( one sixth of a fathom ), transcribe this info into the letters of the alphabet, this will give you the on-line user name of a band member who visits the site undercover.

But keep it to yerself for now

Originally posted by Garymac Barney has asserted that Hell is a full blown tour, so take the distance between all cities visited on the two longest American tours, add the combined venue heights of the Olympia , Liverpool and the Brixton academy ( in hands ) then divide by the circumference of Barney in fathoms. This should be at least the equal of the new album on vinyl ( one sixth of a fathom ), transcribe this info into the letters of the alphabet, this will give you the on-line user name of a band member who visits the site undercover.But keep it to yerself for now

aye gotit!!

Originally posted by Garymac this will give you the on-line user name of a band member who visits the site undercover.

Remember one of the original lyrics/work in progress title to Sunrise ?

Originally posted by KnownPleasures > Originally posted by Garymac> this will give you the on-line user name of a band member who visits the site undercover.

Remember one of the original lyrics/work in progress title to Sunrise ?

OK now it IS getting SUREAL! LOL

A thought just occured to me - What is the distance between Brixton Academy and the Manchester G-Mex in Parsecs?

Can someone please get us back on topic? That is, on the topic of a young Gillian.

Originally posted by Drunken Monkey why do you care what the distance is in parsnips...and why did you choose parsnips...why not beets???or rutabegas???or carrots???I don't get you new order fans!!!

Young Gillian was rumoured to use parsnips and carrots blended in a Waring Kitchen Aid as an hair colourant in the mid eighties And I thought that everyone knew that the carrot cannot be used for measurement purposes, that would be plain silly....stick with a courgette, minimum length 1/16 of a Barney or a radish 1/200 of a Gillian, Not sure about the much debated turnip scale