On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:26:09 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"David Horne" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1i27xja.az9do9wxnwbwN%[email protected].. .
>> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:26:23 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6926569.stm
>>> >
>>> >"The "massive influx" of UK stag and hen parties to Prague has made the
>>> >Czech Republic a hotspot for British travellers in trouble, figures
>>> >suggest.
>>> >
>>> >A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report says Britons visiting the
>>> >Czech Republic need a "disproportionate" amount of consular assistance."
>>>
>>> but the young female staff love it?
>>
>> I found this a bit hard to believe:
>>
>> "Foreign Office research last year suggested 24% of people on stag and
>> hen parties faced problems abroad."
>
>I'll bet their way of counting them is odd.
>
>I'll be prepared to bet that they divide the number of stag parties by the
>number of drunks arrested.
>
>Promptly forgetting that if a whole party gets run in then it's twenty or
>thirty people but only one party...
>
>You've got to watch the diplos.
>
>They do resent having to do the work they are so royally paid for.

Are your comments the result of a bitter experience?
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Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:35:33 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>
>> Boris, wanabee Mayor of London, had his bicycle stolen.
>
>Every cloud...
>
>Is him finding it wasn't there on film?
>
>I love it when he goes all pink and splutters...
>
>Boris is the personification of Tory values...
>
>Adulterous, lecherous, inept, greedy, inarticulate, educated beyond his
>own intelligence and unable to work simple machines, like a bicycle lock...
>
>He's like expensive ice-cream...
>
>Rich, thick and you don't want more than a small portion before you're sick
>of it...

Very good!
--

Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:03:49 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:40:17 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>>
>> >Means some local consulates have some extra work to do which, from what
>I've
>> >seen, makes a change.
>>
>> The Amsterdam Consulate have more than enough work and do a good job.
>> Don't confuse consulates with embassies.
>> --
>
>I'm not.
>Just depends on location.

Which locations did you have in mind?
--

Martin

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:48:30 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:31:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:16:10 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>> >> >> and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten apples fall
>> >> >> out of it?
>>
>> >> The current one is a green blob representing a tree.
>> >
>> >My goodness you're right- pathetic.
>>
>> I thought my original joke was OK though
>
>Yes, it was _okay_!

Could I do a double act with your former art teacher?
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Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:52:36 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:16:10 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:37:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne)
>wrote:
>> >[]
>> >> >My high school art teacher used to say that the rose was a perfect
>> >> >emblem for the labour party- attractive, expensive, and with thorns!
>
>> >>
>> >> and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten apples
>fall
>> >> out of it?
>> >
>> >Never heard that one,
>>
>> I just created it.
>>
>> > but to tell the truth, I think I'd have to rack my
>> >brain to think what it was!
>> >
>> >Now I do turn my attention to it, I thought it was a torch?
>>
>> The current one is a green blob representing a tree.
>>
>http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/.../post_391.html
>> --
>>
>
>That's just this week's.

Last September's?
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Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:48:30 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:31:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:16:10 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
> >> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >[]
> >> >> >> and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten
> >> >> >> apples fall out of it?
> >>
> >> >> The current one is a green blob representing a tree.
> >> >
> >> >My goodness you're right- pathetic.
> >>
> >> I thought my original joke was OK though
> >
> >Yes, it was _okay_!
>
> Could I do a double act with your former art teacher?

Her comment was more a bitter swipe!

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

Martin schrieb:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:53:22 +0200, Volker Hetzer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> David Horne schrieb:
>>> Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
>>> for UK tourists.
>> I wonder why?
>> I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
>> into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
>> he was the only one playing.
>> I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?
>
> Are you sure he wasn't playing the part of the one attracting other suckers?
Hm, could be but he appeared to lose. I left after a few minutes. My guess
was that they let him play several rounds with one more loss than wins so
as to make it easier for him to accept his loss. I mean, fifty euro every
half hour is probably enough money for such a gang.
Also I never saw british people scamming like this before, much less in
a foreign country.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker
--
For email replies, please substitute the obvious.

Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>> Binter and Monarch*
>
>So no low-cost airlines then! LOL!

Eh? What are you on about? It was a Monarch *schedule*
Please suggest an alternative to Binter, do you know who Binter are?
"http://wwwfell-walker.co.uk/tenerifeflight.htm"

For more on Monarch see below

>> Next time Iberia.
>
>Why?

Because they are the main normal service airline the serves spain.

>> *thier sort of first classy thing, booked when BA threatened strike,
>> but will stay with it.
>
>So you were in the sort of first class section on a low-cost airline.

Monarch and BA do the route, BA were threatening a strike, what would
you suggest, a private jet? We actually had tickets with both!
--
Mike
(remove clothing to email)

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:00:28 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:48:30 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:31:14 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:16:10 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
>> >> >> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >[]
>> >> >> >> and the tree is the perfect Tory emblem, shake it and rotten
>> >> >> >> apples fall out of it?
>> >>
>> >> >> The current one is a green blob representing a tree.
>> >> >
>> >> >My goodness you're right- pathetic.
>> >>
>> >> I thought my original joke was OK though
>> >
>> >Yes, it was _okay_!
>>
>> Could I do a double act with your former art teacher?
>
>Her comment was more a bitter swipe!

rotten crab apples?
--

Martin

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:02:25 +0200, Volker Hetzer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Martin schrieb:
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:53:22 +0200, Volker Hetzer <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> David Horne schrieb:
>>>> Barcelona is always busy- theft is definitely a problem there, at least
>>>> for UK tourists.
>>> I wonder why?
>>> I was there last week and an apparent UK tourist had let himself be lured
>>> into playing the shell game with 50 euro notes. Apart from the gang itself
>>> he was the only one playing.
>>> I mean, why are people still falling for this fraud?
>>
>> Are you sure he wasn't playing the part of the one attracting other suckers?
>Hm, could be but he appeared to lose. I left after a few minutes. My guess
>was that they let him play several rounds with one more loss than wins so
>as to make it easier for him to accept his loss. I mean, fifty euro every
>half hour is probably enough money for such a gang.
>Also I never saw british people scamming like this before, much less in
>a foreign country.

I've never seen anything like this except on TV.
--

Martin

The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:

> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
>
> >> Binter and Monarch*
> >
> >So no low-cost airlines then! LOL!
>
> Eh? What are you on about? It was a Monarch *schedule*
> Please suggest an alternative to Binter, do you know who Binter are?

Yes- they're a low-cost airline. So are Monarch.

[]
> >> Next time Iberia.
> >
> >Why?
>
> Because they are the main normal service airline the serves spain.

Normal service? What's that exactly nowadays?

> >> *thier sort of first classy thing, booked when BA threatened strike,
> >> but will stay with it.
> >
> >So you were in the sort of first class section on a low-cost airline.
>
> Monarch and BA do the route, BA were threatening a strike, what would
> you suggest, a private jet? We actually had tickets with both!

Lots of airlines fly to Tenerife.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Aug 2, 10:57 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:03:49 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected].. .
> >> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:40:17 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
>
> >> >Means some local consulates have some extra work to do which, from what
> >I've
> >> >seen, makes a change.
>
> >> The Amsterdam Consulate have more than enough work and do a good job.
> >> Don't confuse consulates with embassies.
> >> --
>
> >I'm not.
> >Just depends on location.
>
> Which locations did you have in mind?


Embassies are in national capitals, while consulates are in cities
other than national capitals. It has nothing to do with the size or
importance of the city - the US has embassies in Canberra, Ottawa, and
Brasilia and consulates in Sydney, Toronto, and Rio de Janeiro.

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:10:09 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>> (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >> Binter and Monarch*
>> >
>> >So no low-cost airlines then! LOL!
>>
>> Eh? What are you on about? It was a Monarch *schedule*
>> Please suggest an alternative to Binter, do you know who Binter are?
>
>Yes- they're a low-cost airline. So are Monarch.

My son was on a Monarch flight to Greece, when there was an electrical fire in
the galley somewhere over S Germany, Did they land immediately? Did they f'ck.
they flew back to Manchester.
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:10:09 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> >> (*)) wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Binter and Monarch*
> >> >
> >> >So no low-cost airlines then! LOL!
> >>
> >> Eh? What are you on about? It was a Monarch *schedule*
> >> Please suggest an alternative to Binter, do you know who Binter are?
> >
> >Yes- they're a low-cost airline. So are Monarch.
>
> My son was on a Monarch flight to Greece, when there was an electrical fire in
> the galley somewhere over S Germany, Did they land immediately? Did they f'ck.
> they flew back to Manchester.

I think Barbara might like to remind us again about what the "normal"
airlines can do to customers!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:13:40 -0700, Iceman <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Aug 2, 10:57 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:03:49 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected].. .
>> >> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:40:17 GMT, "a.spencer3" <[email protected]>
>> >wrote:
>>
>> >> >Means some local consulates have some extra work to do which, from what
>> >I've
>> >> >seen, makes a change.
>>
>> >> The Amsterdam Consulate have more than enough work and do a good job.
>> >> Don't confuse consulates with embassies.
>> >> --
>>
>> >I'm not.
>> >Just depends on location.
>>
>> Which locations did you have in mind?
>
>
>Embassies are in national capitals, while consulates are in cities
>other than national capitals. It has nothing to do with the size or
>importance of the city - the US has embassies in Canberra, Ottawa, and
>Brasilia and consulates in Sydney, Toronto, and Rio de Janeiro.

Which has nothing to do with the question I asked.

In NL the British Consulate is for normal people, it looks after passports,
registering births marriages and deaths and repatriating drunks and drug addicts
both living and dead, etc.
--

Martin