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Post by Randy on Jan 17, 2011 23:40:09 GMT -5
Posts or threads that have political content will be removed. So if you don't want your posts removed talk about cameras, and if you want to talk politics go do it someplace else.
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Post by vintageslrs on Jan 18, 2011 23:16:50 GMT -5
Bravo!
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Post by grenouille on Dec 14, 2011 9:09:54 GMT -5
D'ont think you will have problems with us retirees, we are beyond politics and religion, its no more in our data base. Have a nice day
grenouille
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 14, 2011 22:01:15 GMT -5
Hurrah!
But make no mistake. I am retired, but not dead, so I still get involved, usually reluctantly, in politics.
However, I promise not to bring my campaign for Prime Minister of Canada to this site.
Mickey
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Post by daveh on Dec 17, 2011 22:15:49 GMT -5
Britain has had only had one prime minister not born in the British Isles. Canadians get everywhere, but when Bonar Law was born in New Brunswick, Canada it seems didn't exist.
Mickey, there could be an opening for you over here.
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 18, 2011 0:05:38 GMT -5
Britain has had only had one prime minister not born in the British Isles. Canadians get everywhere, but when Bonar Law was born in New Brunswick, Canada it seems didn't exist. Mickey, there could be an opening for you over here. Dave, You are correct about Bonar Law. He was born in 1858. Canada was born in 1867. I am flattered by your offer but I doubt I could survive "over there". There are too many differences. Sipping my soup from the side of a sthingy (correction - little ladle) would be too slow and noisy. I could never grow accustomed to driving on the wrong side of the road. Roundabouts would surely make me dizzy - and late. Calling a trunk a boot and a boot a welly. Insane. Even The Duke himself would rebel. What a nasty way to treat your heroes and your elephants. Tea! Fie! Dead leaves. Yech! Tim Horton's coffee is a real drink. Or Starbuck's. Or my own version of Turkish coffee. (Randy Turkish coffee is not a political statement. It's a drink. Honestly.]Cucumber sandwiches. Okay. I concede I like them but they must have their crust. The crustier the better. Too many differences. If I accepted I could never live in 10 Downing street in what we here call row housing. Listening to your next door neighbours arguments. Smelling their cooking fumes. Stepping on their cockroaches. Unacceptable. Especially for a Prime Minister. It would have to be a castle - with a moat, a chef, a chauffeur and a housekeeper, a few other ancillaries and a Rolls Royce. Ah yes. No more "Yes m'lud, No m'lud or Your Highness". It would have to be Miss, Mrs. or Mr. or their first name or "Hey you." I doubt that I would be tolerated as PM for 60 seconds. Mickey  |
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Post by tsiya on Dec 18, 2011 2:16:32 GMT -5
Britain has had only had one prime minister not born in the British Isles. Canadians get everywhere, but when Bonar Law was born in New Brunswick, Canada it seems didn't exist. Mickey, there could be an opening for you over here. Dave, You are correct about Bonar Law. He was born in 1858. Canada was born in 1867. I am flattered by your offer but I doubt I could survive "over there". There are too many differences. Sipping my soup from the side of a sthingy (correction - little ladle) would be too slow and noisy. I could never grow accustomed to driving on the wrong side of the road. Roundabouts would surely make me dizzy - and late. Calling a trunk a boot and a boot a welly. Insane. Even The Duke himself would rebel. What a nasty way to treat your heroes and your elephants. Tea! Fie! Dead leaves. Yech! Tim Horton's coffee is a real drink. Or Starbuck's. Or my own version of Turkish coffee. (Randy Turkish coffee is not a political statement. It's a drink. Honestly.]Cucumber sandwiches. Okay. I concede I like them but they must have their crust. The crustier the better. Too many differences. If I accepted I could never live in 10 Downing street in what we here call row housing. Listening to your next door neighbours arguments. Smelling their cooking fumes. Stepping on their cockroaches. Unacceptable. Especially for a Prime Minister. It would have to be a castle - with a moat, a chef, a chauffeur and a housekeeper, a few other ancillaries and a Rolls Royce. Ah yes. No more "Yes m'lud, No m'lud or Your Highness". It would have to be Miss, Mrs. or Mr. or their first name or "Hey you." I doubt that I would be tolerated as PM for 60 seconds. Mickey You would have to eat Marmite too!  |
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Post by daveh on Dec 18, 2011 4:56:16 GMT -5
Mickey,
Your photo of John Macdonald (or at least his statue) a few weeks back gave me the name of the first Canadian PM. Even with that knowledge I didn't really fully think about when Canada became Canada. It has always been Canada to me.
p.s. my grandfather always referred to wellington boots as galoshes.
p.p.s the drink tea is like B&W photography. It is difficult to make a good cup of tea. Most people don't develop the proper technique and so give up on it.
p.p.p.s we have a saying "he/she/it is like marmite, you either love it it you hate him/her/it. (If you're in Aus, it's vegemite.)
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 18, 2011 5:06:59 GMT -5
Mickey, Your photo of John Macdonald (or at least his statue) a few weeks back gave me the name of the first Canadian PM. Even with that knowledge I didn't really fully think about when Canada became Canada. It has always been Canada to me..
p.s. my grandfather always referred to wellington boots as galoshes..
p.p.s the drink tea is like B&W photography. It is difficult to make a good cup of tea. Most people don't develop the proper technique and so give up on it.. Mickey  |
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Post by Rachel on Dec 18, 2011 5:15:28 GMT -5
Mickey, a cat is included with 10 Downing Street. What's this about driving on the wrong side of the road! We drive on the right side ... the left ... now don't you agree that that has to make sense?  Bob, I don't think that eating Marmite (shudder) is a legal requirement As for tea I like a nice cup of tea in the morning, just to start the day you see and at half past eleven my idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner, and a nice cup of tea with my tea, and about this time of night what goes down a treat, you're right, is a nice cup of tea.  |
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Post by daveh on Dec 18, 2011 5:57:40 GMT -5
I'm surprise Mickey, with the origin of his name, mixes with cats.  |
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Post by tsiya on Dec 18, 2011 6:11:08 GMT -5
Well, King George wasn't in a mood to discuss matters when we wanted to leave.
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 18, 2011 14:19:20 GMT -5
Mickey, a cat is included with 10 Downing Street. Wonderful. Now I know that No. 10 is mouse free.
What's this about driving on the wrong side of the road! We drive on the right side ... the left ... now don't you agree that that has to make sense? This required a lot of thought. How can driving on the left be right when the right is right. Can the left really be left and right? Perhaps in Britain and some of its colonies?
Bob, I don't think that eating Marmite (shudder) is a legal requirement I tried Marmite once. I think it was originally invented to be rubbed on one's chest to clear congestion. As for tea
I like a nice cup of tea in the morning, just to start the day you see
and at half past eleven my idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea.
I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner,
and a nice cup of tea with my tea,
and about this time of night what goes down a treat, you're right, is a nice cup of tea.
A lovely poem and true. Tea drinkers can never stray too far from a hot cuppa lest they suffer withdrawal symptoms. Coffee on the other hand which is made from robust, flavourful perfectly roasted beans - not dead leaves - allows one to have a morning mug and not need another fix till next morning. A second cup will stimulate but not intoxicate. Caution should be exercised with the third cup, however. It will turn night into day. A properly brewed cup of Tim Hortons or Starbucks or my own personal brew of Turkish coffee (Randy, this is not a political stance.) is a life enhancing experience that gives immediate satisfaction without the addicts' immediate craving for the next fix. I have a cousin in Leeds who comes to stay with me every other year along with her daughter and son-in-law and 2 little girls. The first time she came I went out and bought an assortment of fancy teas to please them. The next time she came she brought this.  Yes. 1540 tea bags. I have never stopped ribbing them and asking if they would like 3 or 4 cups of tea. I have vacuum packed them in smaller bags and they seem to keep perfectly well. There have been 3 visits since the bags arrived and no complaints from the imbibers. I need a cup of coffee. Now. Mickey
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 18, 2011 14:20:48 GMT -5
I'm surprise Mickey, with the origin of his name, mixes with cats. I don't mix with them. I obey them. Mickey |
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Post by Rachel on Dec 18, 2011 17:14:21 GMT -5
I have a cousin in Leeds who comes to stay with me every other year along with her daughter and son-in-law and 2 little girls. The first time she came I went out and bought an assortment of fancy teas to please them. The next time she came she brought this. Yes. 1540 tea bags. I have never stopped ribbing them and asking if they would like 3 or 4 cups of tea. I have vacuum packed them in smaller bags and they seem to keep perfectly well. There have been 3 visits since the bags arrived and no complaints from the imbibers. I need a cup of coffee. Now. Mickey Hee hee .... tea bags  Don't use them myself. I do enjoy a coffee at least once a day. I've noticed that we have a couple, or maybe more, branches of Starbucks in the city but I've never tried them. |
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Don't use them myself. I do enjoy a coffee at least once a day. I've noticed that we have a couple, or maybe more, branches of Starbucks in the city but I've never tried them.