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Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:49 pm
by Karnorjax
I'm lazy. Anyone know if maida vale is outside the congestion zone charge area

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:51 pm
by vvt23
Hope those who got tickets enjoy themselves. :)

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:52 pm
by vvt23
Live tracks at noon then? Will tune in from the start though if i can.

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:38 pm
by korblimey
Got tickets and went - but was turned away at 11.30am with 30 others outside because the venue was full. Infuriating and a total waste of time. The beeb say they issue TOO many tickets because normally some people don't turn up. Triffic. Only this time they did. Sure, the tickets did state there was no guarantee of entry. But one guy had come from Manchester and paid £200 in train and taxi fares to make it there for 11.45am. What a joke.

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:34 pm
by JIMBO
[quote="korblimey"]Got tickets and went - but was turned away at 11.30am with 30 others outside because the venue was full. Infuriating and a total waste of time. The beeb say they issue TOO many tickets because normally some people don't turn up. Triffic. Only this time they did. Sure, the tickets did state there was no guarantee of entry. But one guy had come from Manchester and paid £200 in train and taxi fares to make it there for 11.45am. What a joke.[/quote]

That idiot would be me. I knew it'd be trouble when I couldn't travel down the night before as intended, "But come on!" - I thought - "Let's follow Danny Wallace and be a YES MAN!"

So I paid the £148 SINGLE ticket to London...

And I couldn't get in.

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:36 pm
by JIMBO
Oh look I can't quote on the new blog forum either! It's just like being back at the old boards!

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:38 pm
by legspin
JIMBO wrote:
korblimey wrote:Got tickets and went - but was turned away at 11.30am with 30 others outside because the venue was full. Infuriating and a total waste of time. The beeb say they issue TOO many tickets because normally some people don't turn up. Triffic. Only this time they did. Sure, the tickets did state there was no guarantee of entry. But one guy had come from Manchester and paid £200 in train and taxi fares to make it there for 11.45am. What a joke.
That idiot would be me. I knew it'd be trouble when I couldn't travel down the night before as intended, "But come on!" - I thought - "Let's follow Danny Wallace and be a YES MAN!"

So I paid the £148 SINGLE ticket to London...

And I couldn't get in.
Man, that's a kick in the knackers alright.

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:07 pm
by JIMBO
Yes it certainly was.

I was also looking forward to finally meeting the Inimitable Loopz and the rest for a pint. Oh well...

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:46 pm
by Loopz
JIMBO wrote:Yes it certainly was.

I was also looking forward to finally meeting the Inimitable Loopz and the rest for a pint. Oh well...

Are you the only one who can't quote?

DOnt think i've been called Inimitable before....

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:05 pm
by JIMBO
[quote="Loopz"][quote="JIMBO"]Yes it certainly was.

I was also looking forward to finally meeting the Inimitable Loopz and the rest for a pint. Oh well...[/quote]


Are you the only one who can't quote?

DOnt think i've been called Inimitable before....[/quote]

Inimitable - 'incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless.'

Hmmm...I may have gone overboard a touch!

Yes I always seem to have been the only one who can't quote. I'm not sure I can do italics either. Lets [i]try[/i].

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:07 pm
by JIMBO
Yep, can't use italics or most probably smileys either.

Always been on a Mac running Firefox. Must have gone through a bazillion versions of Firefox by now with no change though. It's the only forum I've ever visited on the web where this happens!

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:54 pm
by Loopz
Sounds like your setup tbh mate. No one else is experiencing these issues. Can you try a different browser as a test ? Just curious to know where the problem is.

oh and i thought your description of me was over the top :) lol :roll

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:05 pm
by JIMBO
[quote="Loopz"]Sounds like your setup tbh mate. No one else is experiencing these issues. Can you try a different browser as a test ? Just curious to know where the problem is.

oh and i thought your description of me was over the top :) lol :roll[/quote]

Ok. Quoting you now using Safari.

Same problem. Oddly I've changed computers since this first happened and still getting this problem *scratches head*

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:18 pm
by TheEmbryo
Do you have "Disable BBCode" ticked under the Options tab? (Underneath the Submit/Preview/Save buttons when replying)

Re: Who got tickets to see Orbital at Maida Vale?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:22 pm
by JIMBO
TheEmbryo wrote:Do you have "Disable BBCode" ticked under the Options tab? (Underneath the Submit/Preview/Save buttons when replying)
AHA!

Now why the fudge is that the default?

If I go to reply to another topic it switches back to 'disable'. The little run down of options under the smileys list on the right hand side of the reply box says BBCode is ON - even when it's OFF!