pH Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 51 minutes ago, CameronL said: Mind you modern technology is a double-edged sword. There's still time for a counter-campaign encouraging people to stand on their front doorsteps and, at the appropriate moment shout: "B0ll0cks to Charlie." Your place in the Tower awaits you! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, CameronL said: To quote Dennis: "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." “You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you. I mean, if I went 'round, sayin' I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!" 3 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2023 39 minutes ago, pH said: Your place in the Tower awaits you! I think they will need to increase the available accommodation somewhat.😄 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 55 minutes ago, pH said: Your place in the Tower awaits you! "Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I’m being repressed." 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, CameronL said: "Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I’m being repressed." Bloody peasant! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 16 minutes ago, Dagworth said: Bloody peasant! Ooh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That’s what I’m on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn’t you? 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2023 6 hours ago, CameronL said: ...snip... people to stand on their front doorsteps and, at the appropriate moment shout: "B0ll0cks to Charlie." Just let me know the correct time ................................................. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2023 5 hours ago, pH said: Your place in the Tower awaits you! Which one? Odenton, Gwynn, B&P, Union, Bayview, Perryville? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) On 28/04/2023 at 19:27, melmerby said: Amtrak really laying on the facilities at this station (Benson Arizona)🙂 That's it, there isn't any more! Well, then there is 30th Street in Philadelphia: BTW, that "U" shaped line is all waiting for one train. Edited April 30, 2023 by J. S. Bach 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, ColinK said: Another one from my recent trip to Germany; one of the food outlets in Dusseldorf Hbf, Must be a UN thing, store and sign in Germany, most signage in English, and what's that? I spy a Canadian maple leaf on the back wall. Edited April 30, 2023 by J. S. Bach 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Melrose Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I was in Berlin just before last Christmas and a refuse collection truck went by with "Berlin City Refuse Collection" in English printed on it. We went to a pop-up restaurant at the christmas market and were amazed at the amount of English spoken. When we asked why this was, we were told that Germans from different parts of the country found it easier to understand each other in English rather than unravelling the accents from various parts of the country. Make of it what you will but English is surely the linqua franca of Europe nowadays. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Must be a UN thing, store and sign in Germany, most signage in English, and what's that? I spy a Canadian maple leaf on the back wall. Are you sure it's a maple leaf?..... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2023 10 hours ago, CameronL said: Oi, where's the Welsh version? 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 17 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Oi, where's the Welsh version? You're right, its missing "Check your wellies"! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulton Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Stanley Melrose said: When we asked why this was, we were told that Germans from different parts of the country found it easier to understand each other in English rather than unravelling the accents from various parts of the country. Make of it what you will but English is surely the linqua franca of Europe nowadays. Not just Europe, in my last job two of my work colleagues, both from The Gambia, spoke different languages, they could only speak English together. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2023 6 hours ago, kevinlms said: Oi, where's the Welsh version? pwyll, tynnu dannedd gosod, addasu strapiau bra diogelwch eich cnau. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Sidecar Racer Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 2 1 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2023 19 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: Expensive stuff - lucky! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 14 hours ago, Hroth said: Are you sure it's a maple leaf?..... Possibly disappointing, but Maple 3 x 3pointed lobes, with 2 x lower single point lobes. I'm not sure if there are any other tree families with the same distinct silhouette, but can't recall one, off hand. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2023 Went the chippy last night, couldn’t decide between a Peproni, hawain pizza, or a sheesh kebab Settled on a chip bup (weirdly with bap spelt correctly further down!) 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippel Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 And the chicken tikka includes green papers! Paul 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, Hippel said: And the chicken tikka includes green papers! Paul Honesty in advertising? https://youtu.be/3zZQQijocRI 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, big jim said: Went the chippy last night, couldn’t decide between a Peproni, hawain pizza, or a sheesh kebab Settled on a chip bup (weirdly with bap spelt correctly further down!) I was in a fish and chip shop / pizza place in Conwy, North Wales, once, and the person in front of me asked for a Hawaiian (not Hawain, maybe that's a Newcastle thing, as in "Ha'wain the lads") pizza. The girl serving him asked him if he wanted a 9 inch or 12 inch. "How big is the 9 inch?" he asked. Completely unperturbed by finding herself in the presence of an IQ which was possibly lower than the room temperature, she showed him the box it would be served in. 5 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 3 hours ago, CameronL said: I was in a fish and chip shop / pizza place in Conwy, North Wales, once, and the person in front of me asked for a Hawaiian (not Hawain, maybe that's a Newcastle thing, as in "Ha'wain the lads") pizza. The girl serving him asked him if he wanted a 9 inch or 12 inch. "How big is the 9 inch?" he asked. Completely unperturbed by finding herself in the presence of an IQ which was possibly lower than the room temperature, she showed him the box it would be served in. Talented young lady, giving the best of service to a customer, good or her! 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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