snafuCan’t be anything to do with the pope’s ‘lies and slander’ or the recent massacre by former-Russian IS members – too recent – and the Armenian genocide of 101 years ago is old news.
Must be the economy…
snafuI am deeply offended by the above post. Deeply.
snafuSnafu
The damage comes from reading too much of your drivel.
No problem; maybe I’ll even chip in for some flowers after your lobotomy…?
snafuThe father of Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, and Grub…
Gordon Murray, creator and puppeteer of the popular BBC children’s series Trumpton, has died at the age of 95.
His son-in-law, William Mollett, confirmed the news in a statement to the BBC.
The Trumptonshire Trilogy – Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley – were shown weekly by the corporation from 1966 for 20 years.
snafuThe Brexit vote meant a number of interesting opinions, not the least being that GB’s view of itself as different to Europe struck a chord or two. We are very different. Our island history makes us different. Our military history makes us different. Our language makes us different. Our cultural and welfare traditions and habits make us different. When turmoil, usually of one kind threatened the stability of Europe we intervened to put matters right, that makes us different.
Hands up all those who believe John had Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory playing in his mind as he typed this. Maybe he actually had it playing on his gramophone as he typed it…
You’ll lose your shirt. He’s made of sterner stuff. CD, you need to up your game !
You’ll lose your shirt. He’s made of sterner stuff. CD, you need to up your game !
John is so convinced he put it on here twice. Or maybe it was the Alzheimer’s?
snafuA guitarist from the earliest days of rock’n’roll…
The guitarist who was literally present at the birth of rock n’ roll has died. Scotty Moore, who played with Elvis Presley in the first few years of his fame, passed away. He was 84.
snafuHey – someone merged the threads, which makes my numbering (post above) meaningless.
And the threads were about different aspects anyway…
snafuIt’s ironic if they’re too busy complaining about the will of the people and ignore the real bad regimes out there.
Part of democracy is accepting the results of an election..win or lose.I don’t think the general UK population needs expletive-filled comments from celebrities…some of whom aren’t UK citizens.
The bad regimes, who don’t appreciate people commenting on what is happening in their country? Those bad regimes that are sometimes propped up by a retinue of ‘yes’ men, telling anyone who will – or has to – listen that all is right and nothing wrong with their decisions?
Way back kings used to have fools who would counter the yes men (who would be scared for their posts if they disagreed) and tell the ruler that his ideas stank; consider us the fools if you like.
But I agree that celebrities are not needed – you are a footballer, a singer, a reality-show appear-ee, whatever, but that does not mark you out to be anything other than just another muppet with an opinion.
Now, Boyley, I answered your inane queries (#5), when are you going to answer mine (#9)?
snafuConsiderably better when I read and re-read the delicious inconsistencies and contradictions of your puerile statements. I believe – as, apparently, do one or two others, that you inhabit an Alice in Wonderland fantasy world, wherein you would readily identify with the character of the Mad Hatter and his magical ability to transpose thought into deed.
In the fevered recesses of whatever passes for your mind, you lend form and substance to your imaginings; and it all to you, becomes an accomplished fact. Truly do you reveal your capacity for human self deception. Worrying, if it wasn’t so ludicrous !
As the youth of today mutter, probably quite frequently in your presence, whatever.
Thank goodness my contribution to this was to laugh, point out what had occurred and enquire after your health. Think that last bit might be what you’re referring to…
Oh yes:
Kelvin MacKenzie, one of Brexit’s biggest cheerleaders, has admitted he has ‘buyer’s remorse’ after getting what he voted for.
The former editor of the Sun had a starring role in Brexit: The Movie, a crowdfunded film calling for Britain to leave the EU.
But in a classic case of 20-20 hindsight, he is now having second thoughts.
Writing in the Sun, he admitted: ‘When I put my cross against Leave I felt a surge as though for the first time in my life my vote did count. I had power.
‘Four days later I don’t feel quite the same. I have buyer’s remorse. A sense of be careful what you wish for.
‘To be truthful I am fearful of what lies ahead’.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/27/kelvin-mackenzie-says-hes-got-buyers-remorse-for-voting-leave-5969701/
Anyone else?
snafuAt the risk of offending someone else…
Michael Herr, whose reporting during the Vietnam War culminated in the nonfiction novel Dispatches and later became known for his writing in the films Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, died in upstate New York. He was 76.
I read and reread Dispatches when doing my joined up writing course, at the time harbouring thoughts of being a war reporter. I met him, and got my (now long lost) copy signed when he (reluctantly) attended a talk in London; a quiet man, not eager for the spotlight but happy to discuss face to face and share stories that were poignant yet still amusing.
RIP, Mr Herr.
Bill Cunningham, the New York Times fashion photographer who revolutionised the art of capturing portraits of everyday people on the streets, has died in New York City. He was 87.
Mr Cunningham had recently been hospitalised after suffering from a stroke. New York Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy announced his death Saturday.
Another who I’ve met. I saw this crazy old man running around a junction in New York, seeming to be taking ‘creep’ shots of women in the street with his old Nikon FM2 film camera and a short lens. Then some of his targets started posing for him, an eccentric, mature gentleman in a blue jacket wearing a beret. I chatted with him, a conversation interspersed with him rushing off to take pictures of interestingly dressed people – and that was the thing with him, he was there for the fashion, not the well known face. Famously he declared, when asked why he was not with the pack photographing a very famous actress at a red carpet event, that she wasn’t wearing anything interesting! He used colour film until the end, although he had started using a Nikon digital camera in the last two or three years (but whether he used the autofocus is another question that seemingly few can answer).
Around five years ago he was the subject of a film, Bill Cunningham New York, a documentary of his day to day life, showing him at home in an apartment with no kitchen or bathroom, just loads of filing cabinets with his pictures filed away, and him cycling around Manhattan on his latest bicycle (he was famous for having them stolen; he joked with me about his then-current bike being his 113th and hoping that that was not a bad sign).
A really nice guy. RIP, Mr Cunningham.
snafuHo, ho, ho…?
A leading Conservative Brexit campaigner has suggested Britain should allow people from the European Union to freely enter the UK after Brexit.
MEP Daniel Hannan said told presenter Evan Davis on the BBC’s Newsnight programme: “Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the EU, they are going to be disappointed.”
Oh the delicious irony. How is your blood pressure, Johnny Green?
snafuSnafu
Me?
There you go with the insults.
Insults? You are a big nosed, lame brained, moronic excuse for a miserable sample of humanity, with bells on. That is an insult, although just how true it might be I have to leave for you to say, but then I only know you from here having never knowingly met or seen a picture of you. If you would care to enlighten me on what you feel has insulted you about my above post then I shall be better informed.
Somehow you can’t accept the fact people voted for out because of the way the EU ran itself (and the UK).
On the contrary, I can accept it but rather than insulting I am equiring of those who voted merely to keep foreigners out of Britain what they propose to do about the large number of jobs that will be lost, for example, in the dreaded banking industry (boo, hiss) when they move to either Ireland and/or Luxembourg (retail funding), and Frankfurt and/or Paris (banking institutions). It is something that will definitely happen – several ‘landlords’ have been given notice that their business premises will be vacated within 12-18 months and in places like Dublin land and property are being married to building plans whilst building schedules are investigated. Other businesses are looking to remove their headquarters or European offices from Britain, and once again we will be exporting labour to Europe to build these desperately required offices – if our labourers can compete with east Europeans and their dedicated work ethic.
Fuel won’t be the only thing that rises in price; Britain imports 27% of its food from Europe with nearly 15% from elsewhere in the world and what with the hit the £ has taken against the dollar and the euro after the result came in we are looking at substantial price rises just to stand still. With tiny profit margins to draw customers in supermarkets cannot absorb these increases. Farmers won’t be getting EU subsidies and there are no plans at the moment to replace these like-for-like; likewise foreign business have lost the EU’s financial incentives to come to Britain and the government are going to have to do a lot to persuade more to come and convince those already here that Britain is the place to be.
And the illegals? What makes you think they will turn around and decide to stay in France when we are officially out when they are not doing that now? Syrians and Afghans and Libyans are not worried about the EU, for most the fact that nobody is shooting at them is the thing – look at the desperation on the faces of those who manage to get on a boat and survive their journey across the Med. Don’t imagine that they are unaware of the deaths during previous attempts.
Let’s have a test. A double glazing salesman comes to your door. However, he’s black. You don’t buy his wares because of cost or you don’t like the quality of his goods.
Would you call yourself racist?
Why would I call myself racist?
Would you call yourself racist under the same conditions?
You sound like the Obama apologists, if you disagree with him for any reason, you’re a racist. BTW: I’ve never heard him correct or admonish them .
You know, when I posted this thread I Googled to see if there were any stickers already out there, to see if this one was not as amateur as I’d imagined. Do you have a ‘don’t blame me, I voted for the American’ sticker on the back of your stereotypical pick up truck? Is that racist?
I have no doubt you will say that you would still make the comments about your president that you do if he was white, but there are many other Americans who make no attempt to hide the fact that they would not vote for a black politician for president, and certainly not a woman.
But enough about America.
The problem with the EU to most of the 51.9% majority is the number of immigrants, refugees, and the prospect of more east Europeans working here in place of Britons. The rest of it – most of them will have just believed it to be about how much we are paying and how ‘little’ we get back, or home rule, or about how our farmers are discriminated against compared to French farmers, or the Turks joining the EU. They have no idea what we have left behind and won’t miss it until it dawns on them that something is missing.
As for the petition… The referendum was a close run result so there are bound to be a few people who believe they were robbed, whatever the result. But there won’t be a referendum rerun; the result is in, the votes counted, the ballot boxes have been packed away.
Don’t blame me, I haven’t voted on it.
snafuMatters not, they aren’t there this weekend.
And it is mega expensive for something that the kids will get fed up with after 90mins – although it does make me chuckle about people moaning about long queues. But Homebase…might try that, if they are still open next time.
snafuWhat is needed is a 737/A320 fuselage from the Kemble scrap heap from the floor up and fit it out with various stations that explain the likes of radar, navigation, bomb aiming.
BOMB AIMING!!!?
snafuLike the carrier experience but a walk in Hercules fuselage, you sit down, ramp goes up, it shakes and maybe rolls a bit to imitate takeoff and flight, simulates a landing (maybe Khe Sanh-like?), the ramp lowers and you get off somewhere else!
Like the WSXV walkthrough at Yeovilton but the fuselage swings whilst in ‘flight’ so that the great unwashed are chucked out the other side of a divide – a little bit of sleight of hand. Something similar could be done with a Chinook (if one is available), a couple of Wessex HC2s like Yeovilton’s, or even just an old army truck.
Kids like things that let them do things, especially if there are buttons, joysticks and monitors to play with: at Goonhilly (Cornwall) you used to be able to control a dish between a few satellites by using a joystick.
At Action Stations in Portsmouth Dockyard there are several interactive displays (missile aiming, distance judging, demonstrations of the effect of a wing, and a ships propellor, avoiding mines, hunting submarines, etc), Merlin simulator, climbing wall and a revolving climbing wall, toddlers hanging balancing assault course (or something like that) and more, plus various uniforms to try on. Usually the problem is kids taking over the thing for half hour or so…
I like to look at exhibits but today’s generation have the attention span of a skittish rabbit, they don’t care about display cabinets and, generally, one plane looks much the same as another. But museums need to walk a path that satisfies the old and the new and, at the moment, interactive is that path.
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