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Although this information is not strictly an 'Update' it is information for visitors who might desperately need this item of equipment - hopefully not !
Here is yet another book from the pen of our "Cycling Author", Ian Toulson.
This one is quite different to the many books previously produced by Ian... This is a book full of Crossword, So-Doku and other puzzles involving words, letters etc. The principle of including a crossword, dingbat or whatever was applied by Ian over his many years as editor of our monthly Observer magazine and he has now cobbled up a load of new ones which are now presented in this handy little book.
Any money raised from this publication will be split between the Organ Fund and the Fabric Fund of St Mary's Church here in our village. I would assure you that the answers to these puzzles are included in the back of the books ! So, these books would be a very acceptable stocking filler, especially for the old codgers to enjoy whilst the younger ones are playing with their Eye Phones and Eye Pads !
You can obtain a copy by phoning Ian Toulson on 01359-259646
There is now a new kid on the block ! In the shape of the Walsham Sports Club – WALKING FOOTBALL
From 8.00 until 9.00 pm: on Mondays and Tuesdays at the Walsham Sports Club in Summer Road there will be sessions of this 'New Sport' and everyone is invited to take part. Everyone ?!
Walking Football is a slow-paced version of the beautiful game primarily aimed at the over 50s. Walking Football is designed to help people keep an active lifestyle irrespective of their age, as well as getting those back playing football who perhaps had to stop due to injuries.
Rules / Guidelines
• Players are prohibited from sprinting, running or jogging while the ball is in play • Anyone doing so is penalised with a free-kick awarded to the other team • No slide tackles are allowed • Played with a size 4 Futsal ball (if available) indoors or use a traditional ball outdoors • If the ball goes off the pitch over the touchline, the game is restarted via a kick, roll or throw-in (to allow for different physical capabilities) Note: It is strongly recommended to use a roll or kick in for indoor facilities • It can be played indoors or outdoors depending on weather and available facilities
Variations and game adaptations can be made to suit participants' needs and capabilities.
Play the game you love but reduce the chances of injury. It's a great way to keep fit, learn skills, have fun and socialise all at the same time!
A commemt from your 'webmaster!'; has anyone noticed that there is no mention of gender so presumably the 'have fun and socialise all at the same time' really does mean that !
For more information ring Mike Powles on 01359 221618
The History Group has published 'The life and times of Fred Ellis, Photographer and Bus Driver 1900–1996.'
These are a collection of black and white photographs (As it says in the title!) and this book is now on sale at £5.00 and, as with all of the other History Group books, these are available from Ann Daniels, 01359 258535
Each page has a full page black and white photograph, or photographs, of various Walsham people or scenes from the village, all of which are detailed below the images.
On December 23rd 2015 the judging of the Walsham Christmas Lights Competition took place. This is an annual competition held by the Community Council
The judging took place during the early evening when it was assumed that everyone who was mounting a display of lights would have finally finished their display ready for the big day!
Once again we noticed that several of the old "regulars" who had previously usually brightened The Street with their lights were missing, however there were still a good number of displays for our judges to view before making their final decisions.
This year we found that making the decision as to which display was outstanding was extremely difficult as there were several contenders but the judges also wanted to encourage more residents to join in this very colourful Christmas tradition. Although the lights at number 4, Grove Park were once again quite outstanding, as were those at Chapel bungalow in Palmer Street, it was decided that the combined display at Rickinghall Road Cottages should be the winner of this years competition. This was also influenced as it included another one of the roads that served as an entrance to our lovely village.
The second display was therefore that one at Grove Park followed by the Palmer Street bungalow. We are very pleased to make the next one, at number four, a new contender at 37, Elm Drive and we were particularly happy to see this one as the first entry from within the Elmside development. There are of course other displays there but they are fronting onto Finningham Road rather than inside the estate.
Mentions must be made of other excellent displays which include number 10, Townhouse Road, Cherry Tree Cottage and Mill Close and not forgetting Ivy House and The Townhouse. If your display hasn't received a mention please don't feel ignored or disappointed, we have just made a point in naming some of the 'new' ones to encourage them to submit even better ones next year !
Although photographs were taken of the first seven 'winners' they have not been included as they cannot possibly do justice to those displays. Having made that excuse there are professional photographers resident within the village who would no doubt be able to disagree with that comment !
The Committee of the Community Council thank everyone who switched on their special lights and all of our residents who support their other competitions; The Hanging Baskets and The Pumpkin competition. It is realised that there are quite possibly other displays that for some reason or other were not switched on when the judging took place but that is just unfortunate as the judging really needs to be carried out at one particular time otherwise it becomes even more difficult to make true comparisons.
Here is yet another book from the pen of our "Cycling Author", Ian Toulson.
Last Christmas saw the arrival of An Eye For Poetry – a collection of poems gleaned from the pages of The Walsham Observer. This year sees the follow-up volume, Another Eye. This again contains poems from the same renowned publication, plus a few from the walls of academe, namely Thurston Community College; particularly the Staffroom Notice board and the Gents toilets (nothing risqué). For a small donation of at least £5.50 this scurrilous tome could be gracing your bookshelves. You can obtain a copy from outside Rolfes of Walsham during the four mornings of the Christmas week or by phoning Ian Toulson on 01359-259646
Dare I say; another ideal stocking filler – just get a bigger stocking !
This is a book which tells us about Rob Barber's bike ride around Suffolk to raise funds for the Walsham le Willows Village Memorial Hall.
Rob celebrated his 80th birthday with this journey around the county of Suffolk, details of which appear on this web page.
This is an excellent read and is yet another suitable item that would make a very popular Christmas gift for anyone; although this is a record of this bike ride it also records much of what Suffolk is all about, it's birds, flora and an interesting potted history of a few of old Suffolk families. Buy it!
Contact Rob on 01359 259689 or pop into our Coffee Shop on a Tuesday or Thursday morning in the Memorial Village Hall between 10.00 and 12.00am:
Below you will see yet another "Special Book Offering" from the pen of our well-known (Very!) cyclist affectionaly known as "Red Sox", and you see all of the details that you will need to purchase this latest item that you can then use as a very worthwhile gift in this coming festive season.
And as they say, "Enjoy!".
Bar Bag Suffolk is a pair of books, produced by Ian Toulson, detailing cycle rides around the whole of Suffolk and the facilities that (Attractions, B&Bs, Bookshops, Cafes, Campsites, Cycle Shops, Nature Reserves, Pubs, Stores & Post Offices, and the Tourist Information Offices) are available in the towns and villages which the ride passes through, as well as details about the rail network in the county, in fact nearly all that one might need to prepare for a day ride, or longer, in the county.
The rides range in distance from over 30 miles to ones of a bit more than 130, and are almost exclusively on the minor roads of the county. Sketch maps of the rides, together with detailed tables of instructions about where turns left or right shoud be made have been designed to help the cyclist negotiate the routes with ease.
Although the routes are centred on Bury St Edmunds - looping out to the county boundary and back - they can be joined in many places - these points being indicated both on the maps and on the tables. A few of the rides pass through Walsham le Willows.
The routes were designed to link up at various points so it is possible for the really energetic rider, or those wishing to have an extended leisurely ride, to circle the boundary of the county.
Copies are available in some cycle shops, bookshops, cafes, and Tourist Information Offices around the county, or by going to the web site Ian's Bike Rides http:/iansbikerides.webplus.net you can find out how to obtain this pair of books and other of his volumes.
They might make a good Stocking filler or Birthday present.
Money raised from the sale of these books will be going to Walsham le Willows Open Gardens Trust, a charity in the village that raises money for village organisations and St Mary's, the village church.
The annual competition took place in the Six Bells car park where there was the usual barbeque kindly provided by Kathy and Gordon.
This annual competition is judged on the weight of the submitted pumpkins with, obviously, the heaviest being the winner !
This year has not been very kind to our 'Usual Suspects' and at the weigh–in they were very conspicous by their absence ! However the day was saved by Mrs Tery Tanner who had grown an 81 and frac34;lb Pumpkin. The next heaviest one was only 20 and ¼lb and this was grown by Brandon Hurrel.
The day was saved by the younger members of our community who were very busily carving some quite elaborate pumpkins. For 2015 our resident Potter, Rob Wheeler had produced yet another trophy which is for the best carved pumpkin/ lantern and this was presented to the winner, Marley Browne, who you may remember(?), was mentioned on this page last year for his creative carvings.
I will repeat, word for word, the last sentence from last year's report - 'This is still a popular event although the growing conditions this year have been rather strange, as everyone can testify!'
Rob Barber, our Community Council Chairman is cycling around Suffolk as a personal challenge re. his 80th year, and also as a means of raising more money towards the refurishing of our Memorial Village Hall. There is further information in the articles below this introduction
"We're raising £200 to kickstart phase 4 of refurbishing the Village Hall because the 1950s building is not fit for the 21st century.
This 1950's prefabricated Memorial Village Hall is being transformed into a community venue fit for the 21st century. Since 2000 we have created a surfaced car park for 50 vehicles; built an extension to provide storage for equipment, plus facilities for the disabled; obtained a demountable stage; and rebuilt cloakrooms. The final phase will include new windows & insulation of walls in the main hall plus the provision of a new kitchen and serveries.
The Memorial Village Hall is in the centre of the village and is a major focus for community life, used for Post Office, Coffee Shop, Parent & Toddler Group, Carpet Bowls, Babminton, Horticultural Show, Musical Events, Touring Theatre Productions, Club Dinners, etc. Our 21st century community deserves 21st century facilities, not an emergency built post World War 2 shell.
The money will kick start this phase of the building work and provide a seed–bed for grant applications which will ultimately provide modern, Health & Safety compliant facilities and a fully insulated building to reduce energy costs.
The whole project will be completed by 2017."
"As chair of the Community Council which maintains the MVH, I decided to celebrate my 80th year by facing the challenge of cycling around Suffolk, over 200 miles, to raise awareness of, and funding for, the regeneration of this much needed community building.
Rob completed this tremendous Cycle challenge and raised over £4,225 ! Congratulations to him, this was a terrific achievement and the amount raised will be yet another help towards the constant refurbishment of our Village Memorial Hall, a project that is one of Rob's passions. In fact Rob so enjoyed his cycle ride that he was almost sorry to actually finish it!
Here are a few images of Rob; one of him ready to go outside the village hall, one of him cycling off from the village hall car park and one of Rob ouside The Plough at Rede, at lunchtime on the second day.
And lastly
I have often heard it said, and in Coffee Shop too, when people come to look at someone else's life or to re-assess a situation of their own "Ah well, you can't turn the clock back". Yes, the years slip by so easily and entry into that select company of octogenarians does make one take stock of one's self. But I am of the school which believes even if "you can't turn the clock back" you can at least try to "wind it up again".
So, as I am entering my eighties, I have given myself a challenge to cycle around Suffolk, revisiting familiar places and finding some, as yet, unexplored corners, to experience what cannot be felt in the car, the physical, sensory and emotional feel of the diversity of Suffolk's landscape. It is a beautiful place, bearing comparison with my home county of Norfolk!
Sponsorship of the challenge would also help to raise awareness of, and find funds for, the final phase of the complete regeneration of Walsham's Memorial Village Hall.
My odyssey will, I hope, highlight something of Suffolk's unique character, its landscape, its buildings, its history and be of interest to other lovers of where we live. I take note of Benjamin Franklin's observation, "We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing"."
And you can also log onto Rob's profile on Facebook; www.facebook.com/RobBarbersCycleChallenge" and you can see how to sponsor Rob on; www.justgiving.com/yimby/MVH#/." Thank you.
Cycle Ride Loops From Walsham Village Hall
If you cycle and have been to Walsham le Willows Memorial Village Hall on a Tuesday or Thursday morning you may well be interested in Ian Toulson's latest project which is a book of cycle rides starting and finishing at Walsham Village Hall.
The rides range from just 1.6miles to those covering 30 miles. As well as the routes, produced in map and table form, there is information about the facilities to be found in each village passed through as well as a number of 'helpful' tips for the less experienced rider.
To obtain a copy of this book a suggested minimum donation of £4.50 is being asked for. All money raised will be going toward the continuing refurbishment of the Village Hall.
Copies are available from Ian by calling him on 01359-259646
The History Group has published a collection of photographs which is now on sale at £5.00 and as with other History Group books these are available from Ann Daniels, 01359 258535
Each page has a full page black and white photograph of various Walsham houses and roads that have been reproduced from old photographs and in some instances the quality is naturally rather poor however they are a record of times gone by in Walsham le Willows. Where dates etc. are known this has been added below the individual photographs. There are 78 of these photographs.
This book contains 91 poems selected by Ian Toulson. During his time as Editor of the Walsham Observer he included some 250 poems within its covers. This collection is taken from the first years of his editorship. These poems were always intended to raise a smile and perhaps make a timely observation.
All proceeds from the sale of this publication will be used to support the ongoing costs of the refurbishment of the Walsham le Willows Memorial Village Hall.
To purchase copies of this book or for further details visit www.iansbikerides.webplus.net
Over the last few(?) years our long standing, but now retired, Editor of our monthly magazine, The Observer has tackled many long and arduous cycle rides which have raised a large sum towards the restoration of our village hall.
He is, by name, Ian Toulson and here he is yet again with his account of his latest venture.
To visit the land of the midge and the promise of both wind and rain, especially after giving your word not to tackle any more really long rides, is the act of a bounder and cad, and a fool - not necessarily in that order - but that is just what Ian - one-time maths teacher, uneducated sportsman, and 'full-on' ham thespian - decided to do. Whether it was to celebrate having recently resigned his position as editor of Walsham's village magazine, reassure himself that he was not giving in to the ravages of time, or just to explore the beauty of a country seeking its independence, was for others to decide. Suffice to say he had the decency to let his wife, Mary Jane, 'accompany' him to the islands of Shetland and Orkney, before heading off to the more serious cycling terrain of the West Highlands and Hebrides. This small volume is the diary of his ride - copies of which he emailed back to his friends and relations (as if they were interested!) - detailing the people he met, the items he unwittingly shed and the battles against terrain and weather. Throw in the occasional flashback and some homespun philosophy and you have the recipe for reading 'pleasure'.
Thankfully, this time, he managed to remain upright for the whole journey, eschewing the enticements of a 'wee dram' but occasionally tucking into a plate of the 'chieftain of the pudding race'. Ian eventually returned home slimmer but still no wiser about what drives him on and being 'sensible' not to vow never to do it all over again. Copies of this book - which has been produced to raise more money for the continuing refurbishment of the Village Hall - as well as other diaries of his rides can be obtained from Ian himself. Visit www.iansbikerides.webplus.net for further details.
The next paragraph is exactly what was written about the 2014 competition!
Once again the annual Hanging Baskets competition was judged during the early part of August and it was obvious that there were several baskets that were of a standard that made it very difficult to choose between them, however there was one display that stood out from the rest.
It was once again the bungalow at the junction of Townhouse Road and Finningham Road, in other words Dennis and Pam Seeley had put on their usual outstanding display and they retained the trophy for yet another year. It was felt that it was too difficult to select any one hanging basket from those other competitors and therefore there was no second or third place awarded.
Once again it was extremely difficult to choose the second or third places as these two competitors had produced displays that were both worthy of the second place consequently it was agreed to give a joint second place to the displays of Mr & Mrs Jackson of Grove Road and The next door neighbours of the Seeleys.
As Mr & Mrs Seeley have won the first prize for the last three years they will now be the proud owners of this trophy, congratulations to you both!
And we said, 'Perhaps 2015 will see someone else finally winning this competition, perhaps ! We will just have to wait and see.' And we did!
Thanks to everyone who made and maintained their hanging baskets.
This year on the August bank holiday Sunday and Monday, we opened over 30 gardens in Walsham le Willows. This was an excellent day out with the opportunity to look around a variety of gardens, listen to live music, enjoy homemade food, view the floral display and art exhibition in St. Mary's Church
The Walsham le Willows Open Gardens Weekend claims to be one of the best, longest running and most successful Open Gardens events in East Anglia and probably the country!
The idea for the Open Gardens was suggested by the then vicar of Priory Room, the Rev. John Rutherford and blossomed under dedicated encouragement of the late Hillary Russell.
Half the amount raised is for the maintenance of St Mary the Virgin, which is a magnificent example of a 15th Century East Anglian Church; the other half is made available to support any village organisation making a bid for funding. Visitors do not only come for the gardens; they appreciate the calm, and welcoming atmosphere of our village. This year visitors listened to music by The Breckland Brass Band and The Gislingham Silver Band.
Particular mention must be made of the refreshments that were available, and enjoyed, at both the Village Memorial Hall and the Priory Room where light snacks, lunches, teas and cakes (and especially the meringues!) were provided by bakers from the village. There was also an excellent BBQ in the last garden going out of the village on the Badwell Ash Road. In the Church there was an art exhibition and a beautiful floral display. This year the theme was "An English Country Garden". In Church Farm Barn, opposite the Church, there was a Village Market with traditional goods & Crafts from local people.
In spite of a very rainy day on the Monday this weekend once again showed how popular this annual event remains with many people revisiting the gardens for several years. There was a welcome amount raised that will benefit several village organisations and, as usual, the event was successful in no small part due to the enormous amount of work put in by the local residents and also by the work and dedication of the Open Gardens Committee.
Due to the research and dedication of Mr Herbert ('Hubby') Frost we are adding three more names to our WW1 war memorial which stands next to the porch of St Mary's Parish Church,
These are; ALLEN ROBATHAN R.N. 6–6–1915, 2nd LIEUTENANT LAWRENCE ROBATHAN 28–9–1917, PRIVATE WILLIAM OXBORROW 11–7–1918
Hubby also found another eight men who were born in Walsham but they had moved away before they died during their active service and their names are mainly recorded on other villahe memorials, and five of those men were members of The Suffolk Regiment.
Thank you Hubby.
Further down this 'page' we 'spoke' about the new toilets and that they were due to be finished by December 20th 2013 - well, they were! They were handed over by the builders during Friday the 20th and they are now complete, and looking very, very good! The old ones were really awful weren't they? There are a few photographs here to give you a flavour of these improved, updated and modern toilets.
But before adding these photographs it should be explained that the Gent's toilets are now accessed via the new door on the left as you come through the porch.
Three of the ladies toilets are in the old but rebuilt area and there is now an additional toilet in what was the old cleaning cupboard, which contained the cleaning equipment. The new facilities all include hand driers, mirrors etc. with all of the sinks built into vanity units, there are also adequate heaters installed and all of the door furniture is very up-to-date and modern in its design. All in all they are excellent!
Here are the Ladies new facilities.
And here are the Gents.
Don't they look good!
Adam and Liz are the new owners of the Blue Boar and, after a rather difficult few years it is a great relief to have a young couple who are determined to turn the fortunes of this old pub around and to make it into a friendly family orientated public house.
Their latest improvement has been to introduce a menu of home cooked food with several special menus. Food will be served daily (except Mondays when the Blue Boar is closed), from noon until 9pm. In addition Tuesday night will be a Curry Night, open from 4pm until 9pm. On Wednesday there is an Over 60's Lunchtime offer followed on Thursday by a Steak Night, once again from 4pm until 9pm and then on Sunday there will be the Traditional Sunday Roasts. There are also Bar Meals available.
Children are not forgotten with main meals available daily including the Sunday Roasts when their meals will be charged at half price.
It is advised that you should book to avoid disappointment and you can make these bookings on 01359 259168.
On Sunday November 25th volunteers from the Wild Wood Group gathered in their 'field' behind the allotments off Wattisfield road to plant the saplings that had been given to them from the Woodland Trust.
These were actually 428 'whips', a large Hazel coppice, a circle of Birch trees and the Sandringham Oak, all part of the Jubilee pack of hedge and tree plants from the Woodland Trust.
The Jubilee pack included that Oak sapling which was from the Sandringham Estate to mark the Queen's Jubilee, and this young 'tree' was planted by young Luke !
This was a very successful, and enjoyable, day where the saplings were finally placed in their new home! And there will be much more planting fun at 10am on Sunday December the 16th. At last the wood is now finally becoming a reality !
On Monday June the 4th the extended Village Hall was officialy opened, along with the new Freeborn Garden. A commemorative plaque was unveiled by village resident Mrs. Joan Freeborn, whose late husband Ray Freeborn created and donated "The Freeborn Garden". Unfortunately Ray did not live to see the fruits of his labours but fortunately he was delighted to have seen the plaque earlier this year.
As you will be aware from other articles on this website the first stage of the Village Hall Restoration Project has been completed and Monday the 4th of June saw over 120 residents enjoying tea and cakes at this official opening. The day was blessed with a dry and sunny afternoon which showed the garden in all of its late Spring glory.
After an opening speech from the Community Council Chairman Rob Barber, he then called on the previous Chairman, Bob Bell to say a few words and Bob then explained some of the background to the building of the extension and then he listed the various organisations etc. that had helped with the funding of the project. He particularly mentioned the invaluable help given by Ian Bartholomew, and it is here relevant to tell everyone that although the decisions relating to the project were taken by the Community Council Committee, the detailed liason with the architect and the builder was undertaken by the executive committee which consisted of Bob Bell, Ian Bartholomew and Rob Barber. Bob then cut the tape at the point where the new extension joined onto the existing hall and the hall was officially opened!.
It was obvious to everyone that without the extension it would have been very difficult and very uncomfortable for this number of residents to have attended this opening, especially as there is now ample room for plenty of tables which enabled everyone to eat their cake and drink their tea in comfort ! The other reason for the increased area was accounted for by the removal of the old stage and the residents were also able to see the obvious advantage that this achieved enabling the whole area to be on one level - particularly appreciated by the people who were responsible for setting up and taking down the tables and chairs !
The speeches also reiterated the ongoing fund raising that is essential to enable the Community Council to proceed with the next stage - the updating of the toilet facilities; again this has been covered in other parts of this website (See the KUMFEY KARSY KWEST below this article). All in all this was a very successful showcase of the first stage of the restoration, and everyone could see how the results of the money that had already been raised had been spent.
It was then the turn of Joan Freeborn to give her speech relating to the building of the new patio garden which is now officially known as "The Freeborn Garden" and everyone was invited to step outside to see Joan reveal the plaque in the traditional way by pulling back the custom made little curtain ! There were of course many residents who were now seeing the garden for the first time and it was very gratifying for Joan and everybody else to hear the complimentary remarks made by everyone. The garden looked magnificent - just as Ray visualised it ! Then back inside to partake in tea and a taste of some wonderful cakes, all made by our local residents ! And so ended a very pleasant afternoon...
Before closing this little article it is worth mentioning that the hall has now become much more suitable for wheelchair users by the addition of disabled toilet facilities in the extension and a user friendly path leading from the car park to the Freeborn Garden. And one other advantage of the extended area is that there is now a dedicated storage area for the Mother & Toddler Group equipment. And, there is the new small meeting room, and....!
To quote our Chairman Rob Barber; "This project brings Walsham village hall's facilities into the 21st century and has been achieved through the collective efforts of many local supporters and dedicated committee members." "The realisation of the Freeborn Garden on the sunny side of the hall has been a marvellous bonus and has created a facility which we are sure will be much used and appreciated by the whole community well into the future.!"
The good news is that the first stage of the restoration of the Memorial Hall is now completed. Our residents can now see the rear extension and it is now finally open, on time!. The new disabled toilet and shower room is complete along with the new smaller meeting room which, for some unknown reason is known as 'The Green Room' ! These areas are decorated, the floor in the actual hall is laid and the old, rotting fire doors on the North side of the hall have been replaced with new glazed doors and, along with the glazed section above the doors this had let in extra light to this part of the hall. All of this extra space looks huge! (It is!)
THIS WAS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE RESTORATION, BUT THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL STILL NEEDS TO RAISE A LOT MORE MONEY TO COMPLETE THE OTHER STAGES, PARTICULARLY THE TOILETS! So, please support the various events that are being staged to raise that much needed money – it's for you AND IT IS FOR YOUR CHILDREN!
And now here we are in November 2013 and those revamped toilets are well under way with the expected opening date being late December, hopefully, just before Christmas ! One of the main changes will be that the Mens Toilets will then be accessed via the new door located in the entrance hall. The Baby changing facilities will be relocated into the Disabled toilet in the 'new' extension. But the main difference will be that the Ladies will now have NEW toilets in much more acceptable surroundings.
And the restoration will continue.... And therefore so will the fundraising ! News of the next stage will follow in the New Year.
And there has been another addition in the Freeborn Garden. Due to the generosity of Joan Freeborn we now have a large Potting Shed just outside the garden. We are also very grateful for the help of R&D who supplied and laid the concrete base for the shed.
"It was a bad day in 2003 when Walsham le Willows Post Office closed, until eventually a Satellite Post Office was set up in the Village Memorial Hall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Rob Barber then set up a Coffee Shop to run jointly with the Post Office from August 5th 2004.."
The Coffee Shop is run entirely by volunteers who take their favourite homebaked cakes, biscuits etc. to serve along with coffee, tea or a cold drink for a very modest £1.00. This booklet gives the public the opportunity to share those recipes and it is a very welcome addition to the various booklets published by the Community Council. Any profits accrued will help to fund the Village Memorial Hall Restoration Fund project.
Copies are available from the Coffee Shop or from Rob Barber on 01359 259689, at the cost of just £4.00


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U.S. Squeezes Auto Creditors
Treasury Seeks Billions in Concessions for GM and Chrysler From Banks, Bondholders
The federal government is taking an increasingly hard line with the creditors of General Motors Corp. GM 1.27 % and Chrysler LLC, trying to squeeze billions of dollars in concessions out of banks, bondholders and others.
In both cases, the U.S. is directly and not-so-directly managing negotiations for the car companies as they prepare for what could be Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings.
Chrysler has been told by the Treasury Department to get a deal done with creditors by the end of April, while GM has until the end of May. A Treasury spokeswoman declined to comment on dealings with GM and Chrysler debtholders.
GM's restructuring could play out in one of two ways. It could successfully negotiate cost-cutting concessions with unions and bondholders so it can become viable outside of bankruptcy. Or, in the more likely scenario, it will reorganize by filing for Chapter 11, said people familiar with the situation.
The Treasury Department is pushing GM to offer its bondholders, who are owed $29 billion, a small portion of shares in the company. That's a sharp cut from a bond-exchange offer GM made two weeks ago, which included about $8.5 billion in cash and new debt in the company as well as 90% of GM's stock, said people familiar with the terms.
The Treasury, which has pumped $13.4 billion into GM to keep it afloat, believed the earlier plan was too generous to bondholders, said people familiar with the matter.
The new debt-exchange offer, which could be presented as soon as next week, is sure to face strong resistance from bondholders. But the offer may be a last chance at avoiding bankruptcy, which GM worries would be more expensive and disruptive than an out-of-court solution.
President Barack Obama's auto task force, meantime, has made it "crystal clear" that its members think a managed, or "prepackaged," bankruptcy is GM's best option, but it is letting GM pursue the out-of-court option for now, said people familiar with the matter.
Many of GM's bigger bondholders prefer to negotiate outside of court, said people involved, but have been frustrated by a lack of engagement by the government and GM.
These bondholders also are raising concerns that the bankruptcy revamp GM is considering may be unfair to investors and unions, said these people. The plan would split the company into a "New GM" containing its desirable assets, such as Chevrolet and Cadillac, and an "Old GM" holding troubled brands such as Saturn and the auto giant's union health-care liabilities.
Treasury officials, many of whom are now working on GM's restructuring from an office in Detroit, plan to meet in coming days with a committee representing GM's bondholders.
The bondholders likely will struggle to figure out how to value the latest debt-exchange offer, said a person familiar with the matter, because it isn't clear what the government will do about the $13.4 billion it has lent GM. In a bankruptcy scenario, the government could reduce its debt in the company by transferring some or all of it to the "Old GM," said this person.
If the government agreed to reduce its debt outside of bankruptcy, that likely would make GM shares worth more. That could sweeten the new bond-exchange offer. Such a move also could make the United Auto Workers union more favorable to a new health-care deal with GM, another requirement of the Treasury.
The UAW has been largely unwilling to negotiate with GM until it sees what concessions will be made by bondholders and others.
The standoff between bondholders and the UAW underscores the difficulty surrounding GM's attempt to reorganize without the coercion of bankruptcy. Key players in the Obama administration are pointing to the lack of progress as a reason that bankruptcy could be unavoidable.
At Chrysler, the U.S. wants banks and investors who control its bank debt to give up about 85% of the nearly $7 billion they are owed. In bankruptcies, such senior secured lenders typically get most of their money back.
Some senior lenders believe they would get more than 70 cents for each dollar of their secured loans if Chrysler is broken up and sold under bankruptcy, said people familiar with the talks. Other lenders don't have an exact number nailed down and are awaiting detailed figures from the auto maker on its assets.
All of the 40-plus lenders and investors are nonetheless incensed by the last Treasury offer: that they accept about 15 cents per dollar of face value of their loans.
Secured lenders -- those whose loans are backed by the rights to Chrysler assets should the company default -- haven't made a counteroffer to the Treasury, but one is forthcoming, say these people.
The lenders have now added the hedge fund Elliott Management to their negotiating team, which also includes Chrysler's four largest bank debtholders: J.P. Morgan Chase JPM 1.87 % & Co., Citigroup Inc., C 3.08 % Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. MS 3.13 %
Those four banks hold about $4.3 billion of the bank debt, said people familiar with the situation. Elliott Management is also a large holder of Chrysler bank debt, which it bought on the secondary market.
In a statement Thursday, a steering committee representing secured lenders, including the four big banks and Elliott Management, said: "We are engaged in ongoing discussions with the U.S. Treasury and Chrysler, and continue to work diligently toward achieving a thoughtful solution prior to the April 30th deadline."
The lenders' steering committee held a conference call with lenders on Monday to update them on the Treasury offer, which one Chrysler debtholder called "ugly, really a pretty low starting point."
Chrysler, which is controlled by Cerberus Capital Management LP, has estimated that if it liquidates, the amount its senior secured lenders would see is between 11 cents and 43 cents on the dollar, according to the viability plan it submitted to the government in February.
With Chrysler bank debt trading at around 12 cents on the dollar, the government view has been, "Why offer more than 15 cents?" said a person involved in the talks.
But some of the senior secured lenders think that is a low-ball estimate and say recoveries could reach 70 cents on the dollar in liquidation, said another person familiar with the talks.
Chrysler said in its February plan that the company had identified $1 billion worth of noncore assets that could be sold and had sold $700 million of those assets, such as its California design center.
In addition, the lenders say there is value in Chrysler's Jeep brand. Aside from vehicle sales, the brand generates $500 million a year in royalty revenue for use of its name on everything from bicycles to strollers.
It is the value of Chrysler in liquidation that prompted some of the secured lenders to buy the company's debt. These lenders are distressed-asset buyers and hedge funds that haven't received federal assistance.
But the largest portion of the company's debt is held by banks that have received federal aid, including J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and one of the state's congressmen have suggested lenders that received funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program should have to write off their debt to ensure the future of Chrysler.
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Green Bay - Packers QB Aaron Rodgers refused to put any odds on the chance he'll play against Atlanta Sunday after taking part in individual drills and throwing with good velocity.
But given he did about the same as he did last week before the Thanksgiving Day game, it doesn't appear likely he'll be playing against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday.
"Yeah, I don't want to put any chances on it," he said after practice. "I think it's a collaborative thing where we have to make sure we're all on the same page and get cleared medically before I can get on the field."
Asked if a decision could go right up to game-time, Rodgers said no.
"No, I don't think that's fair to Matt (Flynn) if we do that. I think by Friday or Saturday at the latest there will be a decision."
Rodgers said there are certain benchmarks he has to reach in his recovery and so far he hasn't hit all of them.
"It's a medical decision," he said. "There were three parts to it: the strength, the range of motion and the evidence that we see on the scan. Two out of three are passed so far."
Rodgers said Tuesday after a scan was taken of his collarbone that "it wasn't the greatest news." He reiterated Wednesday that the results of the scan were what was holding him back. He did not want to talk about what his expectations of the results were.
"I'm not really going to get into any of that," he said of the details. "I don't think that's appropriate. There's enough people who are supposedly getting leaks from this organization that can make their own assumptions."
Asked for his reaction to reports the Packers could shut him down for the year, Rodgers said, "Yeah, that's not my decision there."
Coach Mike McCarthy said at this point that no more scans would be taken this week and that Rodgers would go through a certain rehab protocol to determine where he was at. Specialists have said it's hard to judge through X-rays whether the bone is completely healed, but obviously team physician Patrick McKenzie wasn't confident in the results.
It will have been five weeks since the fracture on Sunday.
Rodgers said his workout today, which was limited to individual drills, went well.
"It was fine. It was like last week," he said. "Good to get out there with the guys. Just did some individual work and felt pretty good."
As much as he wants to play this week, Rodgers, who has not been ruled out yet, said he has to have faith in the recovery process and understand that there's nothing more he can do to make the bone heal any faster.
"It's tough not to be out there with the guys," he said. "I think that's where the frustration lies. It's tough to not see us winning football games, but, you know, I need to take some of my own advice: worry about the things you can control.
"I can't control the healing of my bone. That's frustrating. But I've been preparing as if I was going to play every week and trying to help Matt and Scott (Tolzien) out as much as I possibly can. But it's been tough to not see us winning football games."
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Hi Daniel,I had a look at src/util/viruri.c and found that we have virURIParse() which takes a const char* and returns a virURIPtr object, likewise we have virURIFormat() which take a virURIPtr and returns a char*.
Are you suggesting to manually populate a virURI struct and pass its address to virURIFormat() to build the cmdline from libvirt XML or are you suggesting to first build a cmdline (virBuffer) from the XML and pass it to virURIParse to validate if the libvirt XML has been provided a valid URI ?
Also, IIUC, the usage of virURIPtr is going to be limited inside this function only, since the calling code expects the passed virBuffer to be populated with the required command line, right?
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This article provides detailed information about the runtime errors, so that you can do the initial debugging. You might avoid having to call tech support. Even if you do end up calling, you'll save considerable time when you know about the techniques and tools that this article covers:
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For every web application, there are some primary logs available in case of any issue. These logs can be referred, and they include the application's log and the application/web server's log. The Rational Change application log file is called event.log, and you can find it at CHANGE_APP_HOME/logs.
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This mode is the default mode for logging by Rational Change. In this mode, Rational Change logs very minimal and add only necessary statements to the event.log file.
Debug mode of logging
Rational Change can be configured to use Debug mode of logging, which logs the statements that Normal mode does, plus more detailed statements. In this mode, Rational Change does not delete some of the temporary files, such as the XML data file that supplies the data to Perl triggers.
To enable the Debug mode for Rational Change, follow these steps:
- Log in as Administrator in the Rational Change administration interface.
- Under the Home link, check the menu options, and click the Event Log link.
- In this interface, check the box labeled Log Debug Messages (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Enabling the Debug mode of logging in Rational Change
Rational Change prints lots of statements in the log file, so the size of the log file increases rapidly.
Application-specific keys
Rational Change depends on two other products to store its data:
- Rational® Synergy (all change request and task data)
- Rational Directory Server (for storing user-related data, such as profiles and preferences)
Whenever required, Rational Change opens communication with these products and gets the required data. Sometimes, because of these dependencies, the application encounters issues that can degrade performance. Rational Change provides a way to track these communications in terms of time they take. There are few configuration settings that can be enabled to track the time taken by any call to either the Rational Synergy database or to Rational Directory Server. These configuration settings can be added or edited in the app.user.properties file of the Rational Change enterprise change management application. You can find this file at this location:
CHANGE_ HOME/WEB-INF/wsconfig/system
The following configuration settings or keys need to be modified or added:
- ldap.call_time_threshold_ms
- This key is used to track all of the calls made to RDS from Rational Change. Set an integer value to this key, such as 10000. In this case, every call to RDS that takes more than 10000 ms will be logged in the event.log file. The default value of this key is 5000 ms.
For example: ldap.call_time_threshold_ms = 10000
- session.accent.call_time_threshold_ms
- This key is used to track all the calls to synergy database. It takes a value in integer, all the calls to synergy database which tales more than the configured time will be logged in the event.log. The default value of this key is set to 20000 ms.
For example: session.accent.call_time_threshold_ms = 10000
Connecting the Your Kit tool for memory profiling
Rational Change is a web application based on Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition. J2EE applications are prone to memory leaks if not developed properly. Memory profiling can be possible for Rational Change also. Your Kit is one tool that you can use with Rational Change to analyze memory. Similarly, other available tools can be configured to Rational Change for memory profiling.
Common steps for all platforms:
- Install the Your Kit Java profiler if it is not installed already. You need a license to use it.
- Let's say that the Your Kit profile is installed at this location:
Windows (Jetty web server)
- Go to this directory: CHANGE_HOME/jetty/win32
- In the text editor of Rational Change 5.3, open the service.cfg file (or for Rational Change 5.2, open the change.cfg file).
- Add the Your Kit agent as a Java option:
- Run the
service.bat /removecommand, and then the
service.bat /installcommand to reinstall the service.
- Start the Your Kit profiler, and click the Connect to remote application link to enter the host where Rational Change is running (by default, the Your Kit service runs on the 10001 port).
- Follow the Your Kit interface for profiling the Rational Change application.
Linux and UNIX platforms
- Go to the CHANGE_HOME/jetty/bin directory.
- Open the jetty.sh script file in a text editor.
- Locate this line:
JETTY_CONSOLE=null/logs/stdout.log; export JETTY_CONSOLE
- Add this line just after the line mentioned above:
- JAVA_OPTIONS"-agentpath:
; export JAVA_OPTIONS
- Restart the Rational Change application.
To run the Your Kit profiler on an Apache Tomcat server, IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition, or WebSphere Application Server 7.0, see the documentation provided with the server. Consult the Your Kit product manual to learn more about the Your Kit agent.
Enabling SSL debugging
Rational Change also supports secure communication using the HTTPS protocol. Any issue at the SSL layer becomes hard to find, and normal application logs are not sufficient to debug an SSL issue.
SSL debugging can be enabled at the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) level by using this JVM option:
However, this option can differ between JVMs. This option shown above is applicable only to IBM JVM, which is what Rational Change supports. Enabling this option prints useful logging information related to SSL communication that takes place for Rational Change.
Follow these steps to enable SSL debugging for Rational Change on the Jetty web server:
Microsoft Windows
- Stop the Rational Change service.
- Browse to this directory: CHANGE_HOME/jetty/win32
- In a text editor, open the service.cfg configuration file for Rational Change 5.3 (or the change.cfg file for Rational Change 5.2).
- Add another JVM option to the list (replace ? by the next integer in the list:
- Open a command prompt, and change to this directory:
- Run the
service.bat /removecommand to remove the service.
- Now install and start the Rational Change service (the SSL logs will be available on the command prompt):
service.bat /console.
Linux and UNIX platforms
- Browse to this directory: CHANGE_HOME/jetty/bin
- Open the jetty.sh script file in a text editor.
- Locate this line:
JETTY_CONSOLE=null/logs/stdout.log; export JETTY_CONSOLE
- Add this just after the line mentioned above:
- JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djavax.net.debug=true; export JAVA_OPTIONS
- Restart Rational Change.
Rational Change 5.3 supports other application servers, including Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, and WebSphere Application Server 7.0. To enable SSL debugging on these application servers, see the documentation provided for the server.
Using JConsole and Verbose GC (bundled with IBM JRE)
You can use the Java Monitoring and Management Console (JConsole) to monitor and manage the behavior of any Java application, and it comes with a very good graphical user interface (GUI). When JConsole is configured with Rational Change, it gives useful information about memory use, the running threads, and the loaded classes. Later, this information can be handy in debugging performance problems, memory use issues, hangs, or deadlocks.
Before you start
Rational Change should be running in command line mode before setting it up with JConsole to make it accessible to JConsole. Follow these steps to run Rational Change in command line mode for the Jetty web server:
- Open the command prompt, and change to this directory:
- Type
service.bat /consoleto start Rational Change in command line mode.
Setting up JConsole to monitor Rational Change
Windows (Jetty web server)
- Before starting Rational Change, edit the change.cfg file in Version 5.2 (or the service.cfg in Version 5.3), which is located in this directory:
- Add these JVM options to the list:
jvmOption??= -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
This nonsecure setup should only be used in a test environment.
- Open a command prompt, and change to this directory:
- Run the
service.bat /removecommand to remove the service.
- Now use the service.bat /install command to install and start the Rational Change service.
To start the Rational Change service from the console, stop it first, and start it in command line mode.
- Start the JConsole by typing
jconsoleat a command prompt.
Because this is an SDK utility, the bin directory of the SDK should be set in the path.
- When the JConsole New Connection dialog window appears, enter the host name and port of the workstation where Rational Change is running. If you are running JConsole on the same workstation as Rational Change, use
localhostfor the host name. You can leave the Username and Password fields blank if you used the options specified in step 1.
- Click Connect. JConsole starts with the Summary tab view.
- Follow the UI for profiling options.
Linux and UNIX platforms
In the Linux and UNIX platforms, the Java options related to enabling JConsole can be added by editing the jetty.sh script file located in the CHANGE_HOME/jetty/bin directory.
To use JConsole with Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server Community Edition and WebSphere Application Server 7.0, please refer the documentation provided with respective servers.
Verbose GC
This JVM utility is used to track garbage collection (GC), which can assist in debugging performance problems. Enabling this provides detailed information about the garbage collection process controlled by JVM. Follow these steps to enable verbose GC for Rational Change:
Windows (Jetty web server)
- Stop the Rational Change service.
- Browse to this directory:
- In a text editor, open the service.cfg configuration file for Rational Change 5.3 (or change.cfg for Version 5.2.
- Add another JVM option to the list, replacing ? by the next integer in the list:
- Open a command prompt, and change to this directory:
- Run the
service.bat /removecommand to remove the service.
- Now install and start the Rational Change service by using this command:
service.bat /console
Linux and UNIX platforms
For Linux and UNIX platforms, the Java options related to enabling JConsole can be added by editing the jetty.sh script file in this directory:
Running that setup prints the GC information on the standard, or you have the option to redirect the information to a separate file (see the verbose GC utility help for details).
To enable verbose GC on Apache Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, or WebSphere Application Server 7.0, see the documentation provided with the server.
Other profiling tools and utilities
Apart from the profiling tools mentioned already, there are several other utilities or tools such as JProfiler, JStack, Java interactive profiler, and so on that you can for profiling Rational Change. To use or configure those tools, consult their manuals or documentation.
Using the IBM JVM dump analyzer
IBM provides a suite of memory and dump analyzers in form of the IBM Support Assistant Workbench. Using this suite, you can analyze memory dumps or dumps created by a JVM crash. This can generate relevant reports about the JVM, which can be analyzed to pinpoint issues with the Rational Change installation. See the product manual for details.
- Start at the Rational Change page on developerWorks to learn about features and benefits, get product details and information on related Rational products, and to find more technical articles and where to get support.
- Check out the IBM Support Assistant Workbench.
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Draw Something is Worthy of Its Massive Success
Pictionary on the go is the new iOS/Android hotness.
By Chris Pereira Mar 19, 2012 7:51PM PSTTags: iPhone Draw Something (Android) Draw Something (IPHONE)
If you have friends or family with an iOS or Android device (or own one yourself), there's a very good chance you know someone who has been playing Draw Something. The Pictionary-style game has quickly become the most popular Facebook Connect game in terms of daily active users. It's the top app in all categories on the iOS App Store. It's also reportedly bringing in upwards of $100,000 a day for developer OMGPOP.
Suffice it to say, the game is doing well.
Despite its sometimes confusing name (more than once I've had to clarify it is, in fact, called "Draw Something" and not "Draw some-other-word-I-can't-think-of"), the formula could not be simpler. Players are matched up with other one person to play with either through Facebook, typing in a username, or by opting for a random teammate. One player is given a choice of three words to choose from, each more difficult than the one before it, which they must then draw. The drawing is then sent to the other player for him or her to watch, Swapnote-style, before attempting to guess what it is using a select set of letters. Following that it becomes their turn to choose a word and draw.
Being limited in the letters you can make guesses with helps to make things much more approachable; nobody wants to fail and given this is a game about teamwork, not competing against each other, it's important that things aren't too hard.
Of course, the difficulty can vary greatly depending upon the creativity of your partner and the complexity of the word they choose (and they can be obscure at times). There's no need to be a talented artist to play; while I enjoyed drawing as a kid, any modicum of skill I had is now completely gone, replaced only with an ability to draw very awkward-looking stick figures whose limbs are often floating next to them.
Yet where I'd normally be annoyed with my inability to draw, there's something fun about crudely drawing a car wash, furby, or hockey (as I attempted to above) and then watching a replay of your drawing as your teammate attempts to decipher it. You can see them typing their guess as your drawing continues to play in the background, which is neat as you can sometimes witness their thought process as your drawing develops. Maybe it's because my drawings are just so awful, but I couldn't help but laugh during most replays as I try to imagine what the other player must have thought as they watched.
It's not as if you're expected to create any masterpieces, though some of what's seen on the game's official Facebook page (where the Titanic drawing below comes from) is nothing short of impressive. You start out the game with a limited number of colors, more only becoming available as you earn coins to spend on new color bundles. There are only a few brush sizes to draw with and just as few eraser sizes to touch up your work. Yet even within the constraints of what there is to work with -- drawing Earth without any green seemed like a tricky task -- I never found myself feeling ill-equipped to convey what I had to.
The one thing that did get in my way is not even a fault of the game's: It can be hard to draw on a phone screen. I spent the bulk of my time playing on an iPhone 4S, and at times precision could be downright impossible. Who knew drawing eyes and mouths on a face could be so difficult? Larger screens on certain Android phones may be of some help, but the best way to play is likely on a tablet. If ever you were looking for a game to make you feel as if you're wielding sausages for fingers -- or wanted some extra motivation for putting together a quick stylus -- try drawing anything small and exact on a phone.
What I can definitely blame the game for is the lack of a chat feature of any sort. This is said to be on the way and will make communication much easier; as it stands, writing out "LOL" before moving on to your drawing is the best and only way to get a message across within the confines of the game. Of course, if you opt to play with random players, you'll find yourself teaming up with people who write out the word as opposed to attempting to drawing anything, which completely ruins the experience.
Draw Something does pull off asynchronous play really well. It works a lot like Words With Friends or Hero Academy, and it continues to be the perfect setup for multiplayer on a phone or tablet. You can play when you have time to and there's no pressure to rush onto the next move, nor do you have to worry about your schedule aligning with your friends'.
It's interesting that Draw Something should achieve such a degree of success after Swapnote became available on the 3DS. Since being released in December on the eShop it has been used a great deal, yet it's nowhere near as ubiquitous as Draw Something has become. Part of that is certainly due to the relatively small install base of the 3DS compared with iOS and Android phones, but Nintendo hardly went as far as it could have in making Swapnote the social platform it could be. The two are obviously much different in that one is about sharing illustrations and the other is about playing an actual game, yet the former seems like it should be every bit as social as the latter, but it just isn't.
Draw Something has become such a hit it feels inevitable that Zynga, known for either acquiring the developers of or cloning hit games, will be doing one or the other before long. So naturally it was reported by TechCrunch earlier today that Zynga may look to acquire OMGPOP, just as it did Chess/Words With Friends developer Newtoy. Should that happen we're likely to see a name change (Draw With Friends or Draw Something With Friends) and a redesign to make its menus more closely resemble those seen in the other With Friends games. It could also lead to a playable version for Facebook which, if nothing else, would at least mean I'd stand a better chance at drawing faces on my poor creations.
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Hey LookPosted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by DJSev
You're drawing hockey for Steve Watts. Should I tweet him and give him the answer? j/k
HahaPosted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by TheSmokingManX
He's actually very good at guessing my piss-poor drawings so I'd be surprised if he didn't get that one. Plus, I tweeted that pictured out earlier so if he wanted to cheat he probably already knows the answer.
The Cheaters. . .Posted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by Pacario
...are the one real flaw with the game--some of my partners simply write the word I'm supposed to guess, and that's no fun at all.
IndeedPosted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by TheSmokingManX
Luckily my Facebook list is littered with people playing the game so I've been able to avoid resorting to random games.
I swear to god I've seen something very similar to this before.Posted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by ThuperThathy
Except the app was called Charadium, or something. Basically, you joined a group of people, and you would draw something the game gave you, and people would guess it.
Yahoo gamesPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by sean697
Had Yahoo grafitti which was similar back in 2000. You would draw something and onine opponent had to guess the word that you had to draw. Java based game. Had colors too. Could play with your yahoo friends or strangers. And still had the problem with strangers just spelling out the word. Nothing is really new.
YeahPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by TheSmokingManX
The concept of an online Pictionary-style game is nothing new, but what makes Draw Something particularly fun is the asynchronous multiplayer I mentioned. There's no need for you and your partner to be online at the same time; you could live on opposite sides of the world and still play with each other.
iSketchPosted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by shady78
was a very popular implementation with people who knew how to install Shockwave. The app even provides several dictionaries so that people from different countries can play.
iSketchPosted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by Dann_The_Man
is so much fun. I still play it from time to time.
Let's try itPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by Hunterman328
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This game..Posted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by pandasnyper723
Has taking my phone and my family and friend's phones hostage for the past 2 weeks. It's hard to believe that there wan't a major pictionary-like app all this time.
Now we wait for Zynga's Pictures With Friends that is no doubt coming.
i'm not sayingPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by Dub_Z
anybody invented pictionary or anything, but when i saw all my friends tweeting about this like crazy, i immediately thought of how i'd just played 2-4 player pictionary with fixed words and optional move compatibility on Little Big Planet 2 about 6 weeks ago. it was so fun. it also had PS3's voice chat too, so that's something.
try it here - http://lbp.me/v/92xdvp
i bet the creator, whiterabbit, is wishing Vita had launched with LBP Vita right now. It probably would have been rebuilt and ready for touch screen interface within a week, and he'd be "Little Big Famous" - LBP creators: more than meets the eye.
this is absolutely a craze, though... you can't get most of my twitter friends to try anything other than what they're already interested in.
Great app.Posted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by Jaw7765
I downloaded this thinking I was going to erase it in a few minutes...Still on my phone, playing it with random people going then saying "What the hell is that?" or "How the hell do I draw those?". Great app to just kill a few minutes though. Glad it's recognized though instead of Infinity Blade, not that is a terrible game just simply saying.
Needs more challengePosted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by troopershades
IMO its more about a word jumble instead of guessing what is being drawn. Ive written the creators and hope that they implement a keyboard mode or something instead of a letter bank. Im sure Im not the only one who guesses most drawings before 5 seconds have ticked by because I can look at the available letters and get the answer.
asdfghPosted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by Sabotender
i downloaded it, started it up, and got to the screen where it asks you to log in with your facebook. i immediately deleted it. i have no regrets.
Don't have toPosted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by TheSmokingManX
You don't actually have to sign in with Facebook; that's just an easy way of connecting with friends. Why would that make you delete it?
The Draw ThingPosted: May 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by djfetman123
Go to indiegogo and search "The Draw Thing". The stylus of Draw Something!!!