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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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Izzie
 
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Reply Wed 31 Dec, 2008 10:07 pm
@georgeob1,
Happy New Year Spendi, Mac and Stevie, our Euro's and and our Ozzies. xxxx

and of course... in a few hours.... Happy New Year to the Rest of the World. x
Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jan, 2009 10:37 am
@Izzie,
and a happy new year to you too busy Issy.

And to all contributors quirky cantankerous happy jolly and spendius for 2009.

(its cold here, about minus 2...outside its worse)
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:00 am

A light plane crashes by the railway in Stafford, so the entire West Coast Main Line (recently renovated at a cost of goodness knows how many millions) is closed for three days so that "air crash investigators can do their work"

What's that all about? The railway system is shut down on a very important weekend and thousands of travellers have their plans wrecked and for what?

It wouldn't happen in China.
Francis
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:08 am
@McTag,
I saw the news and have seen that the overhead lines were destroyed.

Maybe that explains the delay..
Fountofwisdom
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:57 am
@SerSo,
Try the Inns of court/ fleet street. Its off the beaten track and its very old.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 08:40 am
@McTag,
McTag wrote:

What's that all about? The railway system is shut down on a very important weekend and thousands of travellers have their plans wrecked and for what?

It wouldn't happen in China.


While I understand that it takes some time to investigate and do the repairs .... closing down railway lines (and tubes and buses) over Christmas (and Easter) seems to be .... well, no other country does such: those are the most busiest days (at least here in Germany) for the railway, on long distance.
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:07 pm
@Francis,

From the BBC website:

"All rail services on the West Coast Mainline between Rugby and Stafford remained suspended.
A Network Rail spokesman said engineers had been unable to get onto the site because of the investigation, but were hoping to start work on Saturday afternoon.
"It's probably about a day's work and we hope to finish by Sunday evening. It should be clear for Monday morning commuters," he said."

So the engineers couldn't get on with the repairs until the crash investigators cleared off the site.
That to me seems a disproportionate state of affairs in the circumstances.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:31 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:

Yes why? Do you want us to burn Washington again? Eh?

Yeah, we r ready for u this time.
The NRA has set up an ambush.





David
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:37 pm
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

Using the map Walt provided followers of Sam Johnson will repair
poste haste to Inverness or possibly Devon.

My grandfather came from Devon.

If he had not gotten into a fight with his 12 year old son
(my uncle) about English table manners in 1910,
I 'd be an Englishman instead of an American.





David
McTag
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:40 pm
@OmSigDAVID,

David, you are well mad. You'll like it here, with Spendy.

That post of mine was from March 2007, I see. Better late than never, but better never late.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:48 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


David, you are well mad. You'll like it here, with Spendy.

That post of mine was from March 2007, I see.
Better late than never, but better never late.

I m not mad; I 'm still jovial n jolly, from Christmas.

Thank u for pointing out the error of time.
I got this thread from "New Posts".





David
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 05:49 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
Devon's a great place Wink


Evening All!
spendius
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:07 pm
@Izzie,
Gee- there was one of those ladies in the pub tonight who enjoyed us old codgers enjoying her from a distance.

Most take the 'ump if we show any signs of that.

Which is, bearing in mind their attire, ridiculous.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:08 pm
@McTag,
McTag wrote:


David, you are well mad. You'll like it here, with Spendy.

That post of mine was from March 2007, I see.
Better late than never, but better never late.

OK, OK, I 'll call off the ambush.

The guys were getting tired of waiting, anyway.





David
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spendius
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:09 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
Quote:
spendius wrote:

Using the map Walt provided followers of Sam Johnson will repair
poste haste to Inverness or possibly Devon.


What was that all about? Nuclear weapon targeting?
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:12 pm
@Izzie,
Izzie wrote:

Devon's a great place Wink


Evening All!

Really ?
I 've never been there.

I heard that thay have good strawberry shortcake;
I don t know if its true.

Maybe I 'll ask my scout to investigate.



David
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:15 pm
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

Quote:
spendius wrote:

Using the map Walt provided followers of Sam Johnson will repair
poste haste to Inverness or possibly Devon.


What was that all about? Nuclear weapon targeting?

No, we don t target England.
Mother country, and all that.





David
spendius
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:19 pm
@OmSigDAVID,
Yeah but to do so it's only necessary to type in some different co-ordinates isn't it?

You're being a bit pedantic there Dave. Sentimental even.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:21 pm
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

Yeah but to do so it's only necessary to type in some different co-ordinates isn't it?

You're being a bit pedantic there Dave. Sentimental even.

Damn! I 'm not INSURED for that.





David
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 3 Jan, 2009 07:41 pm
@spendius,
What are "one of those ladies" Spendi? What kind of attire?




David...
Not sure about Strawberry shortcake - but Devon Clotted Cream Fudge is lovely. Of course, the Cream Tea with scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam is rather delicious too.
 

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