Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
May 26th 2011, 6:34 pm
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Does anyone know why at the start of the long running Aussie soap Neighbors ---- they always have on the screen Ramsey street England?
I bet you know Cheers even though your a yank
PS tomorrow the newest US aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush will cruise into my town Portsmouth and there gonna let loose 6,000 American Sailers on the city,
All the single Brit Yobs, Blokes better get out of there way, but they have to be back on board ship by 1 am every morning,
I bet you know Cheers even though your a yank
PS tomorrow the newest US aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush will cruise into my town Portsmouth and there gonna let loose 6,000 American Sailers on the city,
All the single Brit Yobs, Blokes better get out of there way, but they have to be back on board ship by 1 am every morning,
May 26th 2011, 6:43 pm
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
That's America for you - less is never more here! Still, you have to remember that many US politicians and several Presidents have been shot. Lincoln was shot and killed, more recently President Kennedy was murdered, and Ronald Reagan was also shot and wounded badly. Then of course there's RFK and Martin Luther King and Malcolm X who were all assassinated while out in public.
Looked at in that light, you can't blame the secret service for being overly cautious and wanting to put on a show. And of course this President generates a lot more hate from a certain segment of society than any of his white predecessors, so a lot of us worry about his safety.
Looked at in that light, you can't blame the secret service for being overly cautious and wanting to put on a show. And of course this President generates a lot more hate from a certain segment of society than any of his white predecessors, so a lot of us worry about his safety.
) the need for the President's safety but we the British public (said in my best Royal voice) are not used to SEEING so much overt security, and not let's forget that Lord Louis Mountbatten and his family were killed by terrorist's and also the Brighton bombings of Maggie T, the London tube bombings etc............so we are not immune to threats and assassinations.......
May 26th 2011, 7:16 pm
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Trivia
The cost of obtaining a standard passport over the years has increased greatly. While consumer prices in the UK have increased by 24% from early 1998 to 2009, the price of a passport renewal increased by 269%.[28]
£77.50 – 3 September 2009 – an increase which the Government said was necessary due to a falling number of passport applicants, and also to pay for enhanced passport security measures.
Just sayin'
Cheers
The cost of obtaining a standard passport over the years has increased greatly. While consumer prices in the UK have increased by 24% from early 1998 to 2009, the price of a passport renewal increased by 269%.[28]
£77.50 – 3 September 2009 – an increase which the Government said was necessary due to a falling number of passport applicants, and also to pay for enhanced passport security measures.
Just sayin'
Cheers
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May 26th 2011, 7:31 pm
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Trivia
The cost of obtaining a standard passport over the years has increased greatly. While consumer prices in the UK have increased by 24% from early 1998 to 2009, the price of a passport renewal increased by 269%.[28]
£77.50 – 3 September 2009 – an increase which the Government said was necessary due to a falling number of passport applicants, and also to pay for enhanced passport security measures.
Just sayin'
Cheers
The cost of obtaining a standard passport over the years has increased greatly. While consumer prices in the UK have increased by 24% from early 1998 to 2009, the price of a passport renewal increased by 269%.[28]
£77.50 – 3 September 2009 – an increase which the Government said was necessary due to a falling number of passport applicants, and also to pay for enhanced passport security measures.
Just sayin'
Cheers
Passport fees in Australia are:
Adult passport
32-page passport - $263.45
48 page passport - $306.45
May 28th 2011, 12:54 am
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Quoting:
Best finds:
Haggis, red/black pudding
decently priced/tasting wine
smoked salmon
bacon and brie sandwiches
IRN BRU!!!!!111one
Yorkshire pudding
ostrich burgers
Cornish pasties (and any other pastry dish really)
NHS
salad cream
Parma Ham
Clothes that are not ill-fitting
Worst finds:
European cars (discounting German/Italian - rest are almost as bad as American cars)
council tax
petrol prices
TV "license"
price of beer
English mustard
MOT
toast racks (come on, really? WHAT'S THE POINT!?)
Best finds:
Haggis, red/black pudding
decently priced/tasting wine
smoked salmon
bacon and brie sandwiches
IRN BRU!!!!!111one
Yorkshire pudding
ostrich burgers
Cornish pasties (and any other pastry dish really)
NHS
salad cream
Parma Ham
Clothes that are not ill-fitting
Worst finds:
European cars (discounting German/Italian - rest are almost as bad as American cars)
council tax
petrol prices
TV "license"
price of beer
English mustard
MOT
toast racks (come on, really? WHAT'S THE POINT!?)
May 28th 2011, 12:58 am
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Did you read about the Royal Protection Officers car being clamped in Portsmouth yesterday? They arrested the clamper!
I'm thinking what would have happened if they had had the opportunity to have done it to one of the Presidents cars?
I'm thinking what would have happened if they had had the opportunity to have done it to one of the Presidents cars?
May 28th 2011, 1:22 am
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May 28th 2011, 2:14 am
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Oh of course we can understand (notice I am saying the royal we ) the need for the President's safety but we the British public (said in my best Royal voice) are not used to SEEING so much overt security, and not let's forget that Lord Louis Mountbatten and his family were killed by terrorist's and also the Brighton bombings of Maggie T, the London tube bombings etc............so we are not immune to threats and assassinations.......
) the need for the President's safety but we the British public (said in my best Royal voice) are not used to SEEING so much overt security, and not let's forget that Lord Louis Mountbatten and his family were killed by terrorist's and also the Brighton bombings of Maggie T, the London tube bombings etc............so we are not immune to threats and assassinations.......
May 28th 2011, 5:22 am
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May 28th 2011, 7:22 am
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Beautiful video - well worth watching, right to the end:
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcar...6&source=jl999
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcar...6&source=jl999
May 28th 2011, 1:48 pm
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May 28th 2011, 2:17 pm
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And significantly cheaper then applying for a UK passport in America too, I saved about £100 getting my British passport renewed here in England.
May 28th 2011, 2:31 pm
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Apparently the clapper refused to take off the clamp unless the officers would show him proof that they were on duty
So the officers just arrested this IDIOT
Off with his head I say !!!!!
May 28th 2011, 2:57 pm
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Yes cheers that clamper story made first page news in the Portsmouth local paper last night (The News)
Apparently the clapper refused to take off the clamp unless the officers would show him proof that they were on duty
So the officers just arrested this IDIOT Off with his head I say !!!!!
Apparently the clapper refused to take off the clamp unless the officers would show him proof that they were on duty
So the officers just arrested this IDIOT
Off with his head I say !!!!!
May 28th 2011, 3:21 pm
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