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THE BRITISH THREAD II

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spendius
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jun, 2012 01:18 pm
@spendius,
Have you not read My Life and Loves by Frank Harris?

Dylan said "The key is Frank" and I can't think of anybody else he might have meant that chimed with the tenor of his poetry. Going from Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag to To Ramona in a few months needs a key.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jun, 2012 03:01 pm
@spendius,
A long time ago. There's a book about eponyms called Stipple Wink and Gusset.
spendius
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jun, 2012 03:04 pm
@izzythepush,
There's also Sir Herbert Gusset.
McTag
 
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Reply Wed 6 Jun, 2012 04:09 pm
@spendius,

Anyone see that TV documentary this evening about 1960s town planning mistakes, particularly in Deptford?

Very sad, criminal really.
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 8 Jun, 2012 10:52 am
@McTag,

Or the recent one about New Smithfield Market?

Marvellous television.
McTag
 
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Reply Sat 9 Jun, 2012 02:49 am
@McTag,

New Spitalfields Market, that should have been.

zo zorry.
McTag
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 03:50 am
@McTag,

Anyone see Jools Holland's programme on London songs last night? Neither did I, but I watched the recording this morning. Marvellous.

Oh it really is a werry pretty garden
And Chingford to the east it can be seen
With a ladder and some glasses
You could see to Hackney Marshes
If it wasn't for the 'ouses in between
spendius
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 01:26 pm
@McTag,
I saw most of it Mac. It was quite good. A pleasant change from the maudlins of X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent and suchlike tripe.

The Sultans of Swing was my standout track.
McTag
 
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Reply Mon 11 Jun, 2012 01:28 pm
@spendius,

Funnily enough there were two programmes about London songs on that evening, and they both featured Dire Straits playing "Sultans of Swing". And Mark Knopfler comes from Newcastle. But he saw the eponymous Sultans in London.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jun, 2012 02:34 am
@McTag,
Just to let you all know, Theo Walcott is a former student of Saints footballing academy, as is Alex Oxdale-Chamberlain for that matter.
McTag
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jun, 2012 07:43 am
@izzythepush,
THat was a narrow squeak. England were poor, tho' the meeja are bigging them up.
Good luck though. They might get better...indeed they're going to have to get better, to make any progress.
If Milner is the answer, I'm sure I don't know what the question is.

When you think that Gomez is keeping Klose out of the German team....
spendius
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jun, 2012 08:02 am
@McTag,
I don't think about such things Mac. I think about the betting.

Spain 5/2, Germany 11/4, France 7--1, England 12--1, Russia and Portugal 14--1, Holland 25--1 and bigger the rest. Which is quite punter friendly. I assume there's a busy market.

To win Cup. I'm inclining to Germany.

Get down to the bookies Mac with £50 and see a whole other way of watching football. And tell everybody.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jun, 2012 11:33 am
@McTag,
Yeah, but it's so good that all the gobshites are being quiet. Like most, I've got low expectations. I think we'll make it past the group stage, but that's about it.
McTag
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 06:44 am
@izzythepush,

So England lost on points, and class, but won on goals allowed.

So far, so good. Bring on the Italians.
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 07:21 am
@McTag,
They squandered themselves trying to beat long-armed Joe from too far.

Do you think Leveson adjourned for the sycophant festivities wherein bankers and media cheeses make merry with their gilded doxies?

We're all in this together Mac.
McTag
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 12:48 pm
@spendius,

I have no idea. I know that lawyers like to award themselves plenty of holidays, and adequate refreshers.

Apropos of nothing much, have you ever heard the expression, "a day with Bacchus, a night with Venus, and a year with Mercury"?
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 01:16 pm
@McTag,
I hadn't heard it but it's reasonably witty.
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 03:17 pm
@spendius,
Mac--where is Letty's Radio on air thread?
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 20 Jun, 2012 05:15 pm
@spendius,
Don't bother now Mac. It's gone off the boil.
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 22 Jun, 2012 02:27 am
@spendius,

To the best of my knowledge, it's never moved.

What if Greece beat Germany tonight? Frau Merkel will never get permission to put a rescue package together.
 

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