Those were the days two hours to type in a program from a magazine

Still something satisfying about it. Got a load of mags, games and apps kicking about still.

Used to take me 2 days on me speccy! 2 hours, I wish! And that was for pokes.

The only thing I ever programmed was a tiny spider running across a screen which lasted about 3 seconds. It was one helluva anticlimax.

You've managed you were from brummie land before mate, plenty of times, megacity Birmingham and now you're living in the quaint locales of Tewkesbury by the river Avon.

Do you know why they call it the Avon? There's a story to it that when the um, Saxons or somesuch got to that part of the country they asked the locals what the 'river' was called. Being west country folk they said 'Avon', which in the language of the day meant river! Yup. Clever so and sos! I have gotten some of the main details wrong but the story is still true in spirit (probably!)

I grew up near the river Avon actually but in a small more chavvy town. Can't tell ya where though as I'm too embarrassed and don't want nobody tracking me down.

Living in old Londinium now. Happy enough here for a bit until I make my fortune and can afford to live somewhere proper sorted. You nah what I mean??

Spook your posts always put a smile on my face

Nice your actually still around after a week or two as you usually disappear now and again and return a month later.

Yeah mate, I still here.

Sometimes I have a special assignment I need to attend to, like building my own blow up dolls out of real body parts. That keeps me really busy at times. And then when all the corpses run out I have to go and make some more. Fortunately though, there's a never ending supply living in a city of 7 million with so many people walking about!*

Just call me mad professor Spookenstein!

* I'm just kidding by the way! Phew. Seriously, yeah. Fo sho! I couldn't even hurt a fly. All dem dead bodies in me back yard was there before I moved in. Seriously!

Oh yeah, I should have said - to finish my little story about the River Avon, that effectively it's called the River River, y'see. Which is why it's so dumb and so damn brilliant all at the same time. Genius!

After reading that the thought accord to me that you may be like that bloke from silence of the lambs

I can see you know in front of the mirror.......Tackle tucked away swaying from side to side..........

Actually i thought you would be building a new PC powered by nuclear power or something.

Hahaha. Yeah, I remember that scene from Silence of the Lambs. That was Buffalo Bill wasn't it? He was trying to make himself a lady suit from real ladies' skin. That scene you describe has got to be one of the most hilarious and deranged scenes of all time! I am gonna have to watch that film again. And not just for inspiration...

A nuclear powered PC would be cool. I've got some plutonium lying around so I'll see what I can do with it. We'll be going back to the future. I'll bring you back one of the next next next gen consoles and a copy of a list of all future games and whether they're any good or not.

You have a eye for detail and Names Spook.........Buffalo Bill was his name alright.

Im a bit of a film buff myself and always seem to remember a lot of decent films and the directors that shot them.

My favourite Silence of the lambs film has to be Hannibal and i thought the deformed Gary Oldman in that was truly brilliant.

Another of my favourites is sexy beast and ben kinsley was a superb villain.

Haven't seen Sexy Beast yet. Ta. I will have to look out for it.

Gary Oldman in Hannibal was superb, I agree. I can do a quite good impression. I was so impressed when I discovered after the film that it was Oldman playing that Mason guy. Remember the bit when, in response as to why he cut off his face, he says "Oh I don't know, it seemed like a good idea at the time." That was class.

Manhunter (the original film by Michael Mann) was a good film too. Didn't think much of Dragon whatsits or Hannibal Rising. I've read all the books by Thomas Harris (Hannibal series). Only the last one was a bit craptacular.

Shall have to look out for Sexy Beast then. Ben Kingsley is a great actor. Like me movies too though I haven't really watched that many compared to some. Any recommendations would definitely be welcome.