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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 22, 2008 23:00
And St David and St Pancras (that *is* right, isn't it? St George for
England, St Pancras for Scotland?)[1][2]
Anyway, it is St George's Day today [Raises glass to the dragon
slayer], as well as being Shakespeare's birthday.
[1] Ah no, it's St Pancras for Paris now, innit?
[2] I know it's St Andrew really, whoever he was
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Author: muddy catmuddy cat Date: Apr 23, 2008 04:15
In article <9ujt04t73hi77isgt3kvtu5dblkjrp764o@ 4ax.com>,
Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
> And St David and St Pancras (that *is* right, isn't it? St George for
> England, St Pancras for Scotland?)[1][2]
Stick a leek in yer hat.
--
Mike
skype: muddycat
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Author: HumbugHumbug Date: Apr 23, 2008 06:17
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:28 +0100, Ben newsam
gmail.com> wrote:
>And St David and St Pancras (that *is* right, isn't it? St George for
>England, St Pancras for Scotland?)[1][2]
>
>Anyway, it is St George's Day today [Raises glass to the dragon
>slayer], as well as being Shakespeare's birthday.
>
>[1] Ah no, it's St Pancras for Paris now, innit?
>
>[2] I know it's St Andrew really, whoever he was
I wonder if you can still get St George's Ale in Young's pubs now that
they're Wells ...
IIRC Shakespeare died on St Geroge's day TAAW (not the same one!).
--
Humbug
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Author: MolesworthMolesworth Date: Apr 24, 2008 05:32
In article <9ujt04t73hi77isgt3kvtu5dblkjrp764o@ 4ax.com>,
Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
> And St David and St Pancras (that *is* right, isn't it? St George for
> England, St Pancras for Scotland?)[1][2]
>
> Anyway, it is St George's Day today [Raises glass to the dragon
> slayer], as well as being Shakespeare's birthday.
>
> [1] Ah no, it's St Pancras for Paris now, innit?
>
> [2] I know it's St Andrew really, whoever he was
And some of us flew the England flag over their porch!
No one noticed.
:-(
--
Molesworth
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Author: zolzol Date: Apr 24, 2008 06:47
"Molesworth" wrote in message
> And some of us flew the England flag over their porch!
>
> No one noticed.
>
> :-(
>
when i lived in swanzey a few years back i would fly the british flag on the
4th of july.
no one noticed.
zol
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 24, 2008 11:12
> Top marks to the Landlord of The Clocktower who put the whole spread on.
> Apparently last year he'd been told by Lewisham Council to take down his
> Flag of St George on St George's very Day itself "Because it is Racist."
Seriously??
> Naturally he refused and vowed to make this St George's Day really
> special; I doff my hat to him.
It's nice whenever a landlord makes an effort.
--
Bear
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 25, 2008 00:32
> Bear gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Top marks to the Landlord of The Clocktower who put the whole spread on.
>>> Apparently last year he'd been told by Lewisham Council to take down his
>>> Flag of St George on St George's very Day itself "Because it is Racist."
>>
>> Seriously??
>
> Yup, seriously. There is just a bit of racial tension in that part of
> SE London,
I'm only over in Clapham, so I know, as it were ... I didn't realise
that Lewisham Council had gone *that* mad though.
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 25, 2008 02:42
> Bear gmail.com> wrote:
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> [...]
> >> What puzzles me is that councils are normally *very* careful about the
>> law and applying it, as several have been caught with their pants down
>> before, and ended up paying huge legal bills.
>
> Possibly it was some jumped-up council official exceeding his authority,
This strikes me as the most likely explanation.
More generally, there seems to be an increase in individuals doing that
over the last few years - the local rag had a story about a PCSO [1]
going completely over the top a while back and although he ended up
being chucked out of the force as a result, I bet it was no less
terrifying at the time for the poor sod on the end of his ire.
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 25, 2008 02:51
In article , Bear said...
> [1] for the LeftPondians - a Police Community Support Officer:
> basically, a copper on the cheap - "hobby bobbies". I need to speak to
> a copper mate about what powers they actually have, as PCSOs are mostly
> what one sees around here these days ... ISTR they don't actually have
> power of arrest, but that could be a myth ... I'll google a bit when I
> next have 5 mins free
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSO
Hmmmmm ... some of that's a bit worrying ... I mean, what does "Seize
vehicles used to cause alarm and distress." mean? If I'm on my bike or
in my car, and I set off from the lights a bit sharpish, do they have
the right to impound my vehicle? Currently, AFAIK, only a Vehicle
Inspector (Plod Traffic division) can do that.
... and some of the other entries are a bit odd too ... "Deal with
begging by demanding that it stop." ... and what if it doesn't? I can't
stand aggressive begging, but neither do I like the idea of a bunch of
under-trained muppets dishing out "Justice" ... I'll ask my mate and see
what he says.
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Author: RobRob Date: Apr 25, 2008 09:11
> In article , Bear said...
>
>> [1] for the LeftPondians - a Police Community Support Officer:
>> basically, a copper on the cheap - "hobby bobbies"...
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