THE BRITISH THREAD II

Thank you Mr Spendius....

but sheesh.....

I'm sure OB1 is just interested in my days gone by .... not in my future whereabouts!

I will take it that you were showing me some concern. So I thank you for that. I would rather think that and be flattered, as opposed to thinking anything else.

I hope you have had a nice evening Mr. Spendius. Sincerely.

Izzie Smile

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Izzie

Stop trying to raise the tone of this thread.

Let dem sods be grumbling, ill-tempered Pommy misogynists if they want to.

G'day McTag and Ms F McT

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So laughing.....

think I'm doing good on the polite British Bird bit a? That is me and....

this is me...... Izzie and her smiley yellow faces Smile

and Aussieisms and Americanisms Shocked

Really - each to their own - and I don't wanna offend sods who be grumbling, ill-tempered Pommy misogynists!

I like the Brits - I am one! Pleasure to meet you margo - nice to see the Aussie contingent. Smile

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margo wrote-

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Stop trying to raise the tone of this thread

That's right. I always think "tone" is a bourgeois flunk.

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The scientific Darwinist atheists can't possibly embrace a concept like "tone".

Goodness gracious me!! How ridiculous do you wish to get?

I saw Mr Attenborough the other night with some lizards and "tone" was conspicuous by its absence.

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Unless eating, shagging, sleeping and sun-bathing are "tone".

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spendius wrote:

You're being flattered Izzie.

I ask you--

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Where in the Bay Area did you live?

Sheesh!

Watch out.

Knowing where she was 14 years ago isn't likely to lead to any inside straights (to borrow a poker metaphor). Milpitas is a neat place (just east of silicone/Santa Clara valley) and the hills behind it run south past Morgan Hill, San Juan Bautista, and on down to the northern boundary of the Salinas Valley. Beautiful rolling hills, lush green in the winter, spotted with large oaks.

Izzie, did you ever get up to Tres Pinhos (about 8 miles south of Hollister along the ridge line)? Lovely little town,

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McTag wrote:

McTag wrote:
....in case you lot think I've got nothing better to do than sit at the computer all day

Yesterday I lifted and stacked some turf, dug over the patch, dug in a few barrowloads of rotted compost, shifted some earth, moved and replanted a bush and some perennials, and planted a tree.
Today all my muscles ache. Unfit. Where's Mathos when you need him?

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georgeob1 wrote:

spendius wrote:
You're being flattered Izzie.

I ask you--

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Where in the Bay Area did you live?

Sheesh!

Watch out.

.... Milpitas is a neat place (just east of silicone/Santa Clara valley) and the hills behind it run south past Morgan Hill, San Juan Bautista, and on down to the northern boundary of the Salinas Valley. Beautiful rolling hills, lush green in the winter, spotted with large oaks.

Izzie, did you ever get up to Tres Pinhos (about 8 miles south of Hollister along the ridge line)? Lovely little town,

I find it quite amusing that Americans who, most anyway, complain about immigrants and bi-lingual problems live quite irony-free in places with names like Los Angeles, La Jolla and Sacramento.

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margo wrote:

Izzie

Stop trying to raise the tone of this thread.

Let dem sods be grumbling, ill-tempered Pommy misogynists if they want to.

G'day McTag and Ms F McT

G'day Oz, how's your jumbuck jumping this morning?

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Can you quote the poem about the dog who shat in the tucker bag?

"I can't forgive that bloody dog...."

I'd like to read it again.

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spendius wrote:

Unless eating, shagging, sleeping and sun-bathing are "tone".

atheists do more than that

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I didn't like mentioning the wheedling.

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Prince Harry joins the great unwashed

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"I haven't really had a shower for four days, I haven't washed my clothes for a week.

"It's very nice to be sort of a normal person for once, I think it's about as normal as I'm going to get."

nice to know what he really thinks of us

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Yeah--it shines through.

Envy.

Anyone who thinks he has a privileged life does not know what life is all about.

If I was him I'd rob the till when it's full and flip off somewhere where he can find ordinary girls.

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Are you inferring Harry is envious of ordinary people or that I am envious of Harry?

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The former of course.

Have you heard about the government fining itself £40 million with a bunch of lawyers making off with what are ironically known as "costs".

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McTag wrote:

I find it quite amusing that Americans who, most anyway, complain about immigrants and bi-lingual problems live quite irony-free in places with names like Los Angeles, La Jolla and Sacramento.

Or LaFayette, Steubenville, Pulaski, Moscow, Athens, Ithaca, Odessa, Charlevoix, Cadillac, Lisbon, Chattanooga, Florence, .... It is a long list.

It IS amusing, and delightfully repititous. The complaints themselves don't change much over time - except for the substitution of proper nouns. In general they are the complaints of the third and fourth generation of one wave for those who followed them.

In spite of the sound and fury the meling pot boils on.

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spendius wrote:

The former of course.

Have you heard about the government fining itself £40 million with a bunch of lawyers making off with what are ironically known as "costs".

No. Must go, off to a meeting to support my mate the minister (with whom I am now on speaking terms again), fighting off eurosceptics and UKIPS who want a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. Might get quite heated with luck. More later.

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georgeob1 wrote:

Izzie, did you ever get up to Tres Pinhos (about 8 miles south of Hollister along the ridge line)? Lovely little town,

Hey there OB1 Smile

Hope you enjoyed your club function.

I don't recall the name of the town Tres Pinhos Embarrassed

- we did a lot of travelling whilst we were living in CA and travelled out of state too - Yosemite (of course), Death Valley, all along the coast, Sierras (got all the way to the top of the mountain - 6 foot wall of snow at the top across road- BIG ROAD CLOSED SIGN Shocked

- wish they'd told us that before we drove up there), Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Vegas, Route 66, Capitol Reef Nat.Park, Canyonlands and Arches Nat Park -UT, all over - in a big red van and a 15month old babe! The best place IMO that we visited was Bryce Canyon. I have a large framed picture in my house here of Bryce - it was absolutely awe inspiring.

We were fortunate that many folk came and visited us - so travelling was on the agenda each time. I would recommend anyone visiting the US to take a trek - even if it's a "touristy thing to do" - there are many beautiful places in the world to visit. I have been lucky to see a few of them and if I had the opportunity to travel again -I would jump at it.

Remembering those places has brought back a lot of lovely memories - thanku for that OB1.

Hi Steve, Mr. Spendius and Mr.Mac - hope you have all had a nice day and will enjoy your evenings. Mr Mac (k - gonnna dispense with the Mr if that's alright with you?) Mac - hope the muscles have quit aching now - bet it feels good to have done the work tho a?

Aussie contingent - G'day to you all and HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO to Europe too. Smile

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