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  Popping by to say rare hello to old friends

  by Celtic in

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  i cannot for the life of me, remember these days half of you, that, yonks back, i met here within this community.. however, i do hope that many of you have kept up feeling well and still wish for you many continual successes in the future.. if any of you wish to email me at any time, please avail yourselves the opportunity of doing so by inserting in your subject text: exjw.

  if you write anything else, all emails from unknown sources are automatically deleted on sight.

  still the same old address: [email protected].

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  Matty

  Hi Celtic, great to see you here and doing so well. I know a bit about riding out the inane British climate as well!
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  had a car crash today...

  by termite 35 in

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  hi everyone;feeling sorry for myself and i'm really bored .

  did'nt have a very good day today,,, .

  i was wearing my seatbelt so luckily did'nt hit the windscreen i saw him in my mirror a couple of seconds before he hit and i could'nt do a thing-it was awful, waiting for the impact, i was thrown forwards, then back again.

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  Sorry to hear about your accident - lotsa hugs going your way...
  
  (((((((Termite)))))))
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  A question for the Brits...

  by Country Girl in

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  i've so enjoyed my conversations with the folks from the uk and australia on here.

  i'm enchanted by their darling expressions, and different banter than we have in the us.

  but i've always noticed one thing.

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  Matty

  chachasmum, as far as I know, the only person in the world who spells tomato and potato with an 'e' at the end is Dan Quayle!
  
  
  Country Girl, The word 'whinging' is definitely Australian, it's not a native British term - the Brits learn a lot of phrases from watching Australian TV shows. One thing that surprised me here in the US was the woeful lack of Aussie programming on USA TV, and so the US doesn't get any exposure to Aussie words and phrases, hence the confusion.
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  Singer Robert Palmer dies at 54

  by funkyderek in

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  http://edition.cnn.com/2003/showbiz/music/09/26/britain.palmer/index.html

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  Matty

  What a tragedy - he was such a great talent. It's difficult to categorize him in a particular genre as his music has so many influences, he will be hugely missed.
  
  http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18737
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  US remake of UK hit sitcom Coupling starts tonight

  by ignored_one in

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  hi,.

  just noticed on nbc's site.. http://www.nbc.com/coupling/.

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  Matty

  BBC America is showing Coupling to death at the moment! It's OK, but it's not the funniest show I've ever seen. I've always been curious about why the US make their own versions of british sitcoms - here are the ones I know, can you think of any more?
  
  UK Sitcoms > US Sitcoms
  “Steptoe and Son” became “Sandford and Son” (Original better)
  “One Foot in the Grave” became “Cosby” (Original Better)
  “Man about the House” became “Threes Company” (Copy better)
  “Till Death Us Do Part” became “All in the Family” (Both equally excellent)
  ‘Men Behaving Badly” became “It's a Man's World” (Never seen copy so can’t judge)
  
  US Sitcoms > UK Sitcoms
  
  “The Golden Girls” became “The Brighton Belles” (Original much better)
  “Who’s the boss” became “The Upper Hand” (Original better)
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  Britney Spears Likes George Bush!!

  by teenyuck in

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  she may have boobies; brains are another thing...... been meaning to post this for awhile....simon, i know will appreciate that his goddess has a different opinion....... http://atheism.about.com/b/a/023941.htmseptember 06, 2003. britney spears likes george bush.

  many actors and entertainers have been outspoken critics of president george bush, but especially of his policies in the middle east.

  quite a few have openly condemned his invasion of iraq and the subsequent occupation.

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  Spot on Aztec, wise words. People should always respect others of different political persuasions, it seems such a basic courtesy but it is so often sadly ignored.
  
  However if people who have an opposing political view also are extremely badly behaved, that really doesn’t give any particular validity to an argument that they are wrong in their views. People are mean to Jehovah's Witnesses and treat them badly - the Witnesses then seem to think that this is a sign that they have the true belief. Both left and right wingers fall into this trap, insulting each other, and pointing to each others rudeness as some kind of validation of their opposing political views.
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  She works hard for the money

  by Sadie5 in

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  well folks, i am officially a "wal-mart associate".

  my job is answering the phone and straighting up the racks in ladies clothing.

  i work afternoon-evening, and it hasn't been too bad.. i had to watch several tapes of sam walton cheering on his associates as well as other tapes about proctecting your back, carding for tobacco and so on.

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  Well done Sadie, I guess if you can't beat 'em you'd better join 'em!
  
  Matty (Who shops at Walmart all the time (Asda in the UK) but still calls them the evil empire )
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  Britney Spears Likes George Bush!!

  by teenyuck in

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  she may have boobies; brains are another thing...... been meaning to post this for awhile....simon, i know will appreciate that his goddess has a different opinion....... http://atheism.about.com/b/a/023941.htmseptember 06, 2003. britney spears likes george bush.

  many actors and entertainers have been outspoken critics of president george bush, but especially of his policies in the middle east.

  quite a few have openly condemned his invasion of iraq and the subsequent occupation.

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  She sounds like someone who may very well be too fearful to utter any opinion other than blind support for the president for fear of being accused/abused/boycotted as many others have.
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  Are You Married to / Partnered with / Related to a Fellow Poster Here ??

  by xjw_b12 in

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  i came across a post here a day or two ago where the poster mentioned they were the spouse of so and so.

  so in the interest of board harmonics, (really i'm just a curious / nosy sob) ...... 1. who here is married / partnered with / related to other posters here ?

  and what are your usernames / aliases?.

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  Matty

  1. Who here is married / partnered with / related to other posters here ? and what are your Usernames / Aliases?

  
  
  SpiceItUp is my fiancée.
  
  

  2. Do you post from the same computer at home, or do you play dueling keyboards from work or other computers ?

  
  
  We use the same computer, but we switch users on Windows XP - that way we have our own bookmarks and settings and don't accidentally post under each others names.
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  Ten thousand ...

  by Simon in

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  i'm just made 10,000 posts ... but what's in a number?.

  one of my favourite lyrics is from a bob dylan song:.

  oh i wish, i wish, i wish in vain.

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  Matty

  Congratulations from Number 81 (me!) to Number 1 (Si)!