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Previously on "Clive Sinclair - at it again"

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I saw him wandering around at the PCW show at Earl's Court in 1987. The top of his head was positively refulgent under the bright lights of the exhibition hall
    Well let's see if it is all about brains? Nick is the same age as Clive so we can check out his 'bird' at the Xmas do and make our own conclusions.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Not bad for a guy who looked like this, at his peak:
    I saw him wandering around at the PCW show at Earl's Court in 1987. The top of his head was positively refulgent under the bright lights of the exhibition hall

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  • bogeyman
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    Watched that play Micro Men again the other day. Great stuff.

    Alexander Armstrong outstanding as Sir Clive. Not sure how much dramatic license was involved but if he was anything like Armstrong's portrayal of him, he was an egotistical monster with delusions of godhood.

    Perhaps the resurection of the hopeless C5 tells us that he man is so firmly convinced of his own genius that such a good idea can't be kept down.

    Corking missus he's got tho.

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  • RichardCranium
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    What's the long term prognosis for this relationship though? E.g. when he gets old and ugly.
    the money runs out

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    and don't forget as ugly as John Merrick wearing lipstick.
    What's the long term prognosis for this relationship though? E.g. when he gets old and ugly.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    and to think... I didn't make a lunge some years back for that girlie agent because of the 11 years age gap.....

    ...plus I was married

    ...plus I ain't a millionaire
    and don't forget as ugly as John Merrick wearing lipstick.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    ... but have you seen his missus!!




    fnarrrrr
    AtW. There's hope for you yet!!!!!

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Just a moment; the UK economy is crying out for innovative people who can do useful stuff with technology. Sir Clive Sinclair might have had a couple of silly ideas, but he's done some good stuff too, and I don't think IT people should be mocking too much when a British technologist is trying to make a success of things. I'm not sure this idea will really make a lot of money, but I think Sir Clive could be very helpful if he was contracted by HM Government instead of some of the consultancy knobheads that currently 'advise' on technology. A giggle, sure, but a generally approving giggle and a round of for an eccentric who probably got a lot of us started in computing.
    Wasn't he advising the govt at some point?

    Unfortunately he always reminded me of the Bearded One.

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  • MrMark
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Just a moment; the UK economy is crying out for innovative people who can do useful stuff with technology. Sir Clive Sinclair might have had a couple of silly ideas, but he's done some good stuff too, and I don't think IT people should be mocking too much when a British technologist is trying to make a success of things. I'm not sure this idea will really make a lot of money, but I think Sir Clive could be very helpful if he was contracted by HM Government instead of some of the consultancy knobheads that currently 'advise' on technology. A giggle, sure, but a generally approving giggle and a round of for an eccentric who probably got a lot of us started in computing.
    If an "updated" C5 is the best he can come up with after 30 years in the wilderness, I think I'll stick with Bob. Reluctantly.

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  • Troll
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    former Miss England 36 years his junior
    .
    and to think... I didn't make a lunge some years back for that girlie agent because of the 11 years age gap.....

    ...plus I was married

    ...plus I ain't a millionaire

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Just a moment; the UK economy is crying out for innovative people who can do useful stuff with technology. Sir Clive Sinclair might have had a couple of silly ideas, but he's done some good stuff too, and I don't think IT people should be mocking too much when a British technologist is trying to make a success of things. I'm not sure this idea will really make a lot of money, but I think Sir Clive could be very helpful if he was contracted by HM Government instead of some of the consultancy knobheads that currently 'advise' on technology. A giggle, sure, but a generally approving giggle and a round of for an eccentric who probably got a lot of us started in computing.
    It's an improvement on the C5 IMO. Hard to say whether it will sell though. I'd prefer a lightweight normal electric bike costing peanuts myself.

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  • Troll
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Bloody hell, you aren't joking either:



    Not bad for a guy who looked like this, at his peak:
    It would appear that money really does buy you happiness... or at least a fit bonk!

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Just a moment; the UK economy is crying out for innovative people who can do useful stuff with technology. Sir Clive Sinclair might have had a couple of silly ideas, but he's done some good stuff too, and I don't think IT people should be mocking too much when a British technologist is trying to make a success of things. I'm not sure this idea will really make a lot of money, but I think Sir Clive could be very helpful if he was contracted by HM Government instead of some of the consultancy knobheads that currently 'advise' on technology. A giggle, sure, but a generally approving giggle and a round of for an eccentric who probably got a lot of us started in computing.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    ... but have you seen his missus!!




    fnarrrrr
    Bloody hell, you aren't joking either:

    The many women in his life have included Ruth Kensit, a cousin of Patsy Kensit, and actress Sally Farmiloe, from 1980s TV drama Howards Way, who was also linked to Jeffrey Archer.

    But this year balding Sir Clive, a former Mensa chair with an IQ of 159, married a lap dancer and former Miss England 36 years his junior.

    Angie Bowness, whom he met in Stringfellows, has now become Lady Sinclair thanks to Sir Clive's life peerage.

    Sinclair C5 inventor Sir Clive returns with new twist on battery-powered car | Mail Online
    Not bad for a guy who looked like this, at his peak:

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  • SupremeSpod
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    ... but have you seen his missus!!




    fnarrrrr
    Tell me Lady Sinclair, what first attracted you to multimillionaire Sir Clive?

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