question about input() and/or raw_input()

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 19 January 2014 15:11:52 Larry Martell did opine:

> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> 
wrote:
> > On 19/01/2014 18:15, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> On 2014-01-19, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> Actually, to go off at a tangent, I'm just getting into GUIs via
> >>> wxPython.  I've discovered there are distinct advantages having to
> >>> write endless lines of code just to get a piece of data.  For
> >>> example on a Sunday it helps pass the time between the two sessions
> >>> of the Masters Snooker final being shown on TV.
> >> 
> >> Fair enough, but what do you do to pass the time _during_ Snooker
> >> being shown on TV?
> >> 
> >> I can still remember the point in my first trip to the UK when I
> >> accidentally stumbled across darts on TV. Given the endless variety
> >> (and quantity) of pointless crap that people watch here in the US, I
> >> can't really explain why I was so baffled and amused by darts on TV
> >> -- but I was.
> > 
> > Just no comparison, darts and snooker.  This is excellent though
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHnBppccI0o
> 
> Now that we're way off on the tangent of what some people consider
> boring and others don't, I'm really looking forward to watching
> curling in the upcoming Olympics.

I have Larry, and the suspense is not good for those with high blood 
pressure.

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