OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Jun 7th 2012, 6:54 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Rodney, here is a website that will help you with the voting. Just fill in the online form and you'll get an absentee ballot and help with voting procedures.
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
Jun 7th 2012, 7:55 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Trust me, you didn't miss anything with Cliff Richard. I couldn't believe how bad it was.
Edited: Here it is (don't say I didn't warn you!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmDDM...feature=relmfu
Edited: Here it is (don't say I didn't warn you!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmDDM...feature=relmfu
Cliff actually wasn't that bad...
Jun 7th 2012, 3:06 pm
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Jun 7th 2012, 3:54 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Yikes you guys ... I actually had my hand over my eyes while he was performing. At least I know why they still wheel him out - he has fans! 
Jun 7th 2012, 4:05 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Cliff did a great job !!
Jun 7th 2012, 4:25 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Rodney, here is a website that will help you with the voting. Just fill in the online form and you'll get an absentee ballot and help with voting procedures.
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
Jun 7th 2012, 5:19 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Jun 7th 2012, 5:59 pm
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I can see you both with a sign. Pomats says If1 and IF1's says Pombat.
Jun 7th 2012, 6:05 pm
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Jun 7th 2012, 6:26 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Jun 7th 2012, 10:31 pm
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Rodney, here is a website that will help you with the voting. Just fill in the online form and you'll get an absentee ballot and help with voting procedures.
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
https://www.votefromabroad.org/
LF1 and Pombat, how exciting to be sailing on the QM2! We would have done that if we didn't have the cats to worry about, so I'm envious. Best of luck to both of you - can't wait to say 'WELCOME HOME!'
Jun 8th 2012, 6:21 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Trust me, you didn't miss anything with Cliff Richard. I couldn't believe how bad it was.
Edited: Here it is (don't say I didn't warn you!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmDDM...feature=relmfu
Edited: Here it is (don't say I didn't warn you!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmDDM...feature=relmfu
Last edited by Fish n Chips 56; Jun 8th 2012 at 6:23 am.
Jun 8th 2012, 7:41 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Wow - they cut the concert up badly 
. Are you saying that they didn't show Robbie opening the show with 'Let me Entertain You' with the Grenadier Guards? That makes no sense if that's the case as that got the crowd going. His 'Mack the Knife' was also brilliant. And Annie and Shirley were also very good - Grace Jones on the other hand was (IMHO) pretty bad and I couldn't understand why Kylie had such a long set. If they had cut her by half then Tom Jones could have had a couple more songs as he was without doubt the best of the old guys by a long stretch!! And I hear the Gary Barlow-Cheryl Cole duet was also cut - but to be honest you didn't miss much if that was the case 
But the best for me was Alfie Boe singing a “O Sole Mio/It’s Now or Never” combo and then his duet with Renne Fleming of 'Somewhere' on one of the balconys of Buck House - simply divine!!!
Charles's speech was very heartfelt and touching and went down really well with the crowd and the Queen looked very touched by it. He has certainly loosened up in recent years and is showing a gentler and more caring side to the world.
And the fireworks were just out of this world as was the music being played - stirring patriotic music that was an awesome climax to the evening.
The entire weekend made me very, very proud to be British
. Are you saying that they didn't show Robbie opening the show with 'Let me Entertain You' with the Grenadier Guards? That makes no sense if that's the case as that got the crowd going. His 'Mack the Knife' was also brilliant. And Annie and Shirley were also very good - Grace Jones on the other hand was (IMHO) pretty bad and I couldn't understand why Kylie had such a long set. If they had cut her by half then Tom Jones could have had a couple more songs as he was without doubt the best of the old guys by a long stretch!! And I hear the Gary Barlow-Cheryl Cole duet was also cut - but to be honest you didn't miss much if that was the case But the best for me was Alfie Boe singing a “O Sole Mio/It’s Now or Never” combo and then his duet with Renne Fleming of 'Somewhere' on one of the balconys of Buck House - simply divine!!!
Charles's speech was very heartfelt and touching and went down really well with the crowd and the Queen looked very touched by it. He has certainly loosened up in recent years and is showing a gentler and more caring side to the world.
And the fireworks were just out of this world as was the music being played - stirring patriotic music that was an awesome climax to the evening.
The entire weekend made me very, very proud to be British
I saw Tom singing "Mama told me not to come", and Shirley on You Tube, both were Brilliant...
Jun 8th 2012, 7:51 am
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Re: OVER 50's+ MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Hi Fish
Can you not download Expat Shield just for a wee while to catch up on the Jubilee celebrations? I have just checked and programmes stay online for 7 days, however I just found this on the site:
Watch later
We also offer BBC iPlayer Desktop, which is designed to let Mac and Windows machines download TV programmes so you can save them to watch later. Once it is installed on your computer, simply click on the Download button by the programme and BBC iPlayer will start downloading it. Once the programme has saved onto your computer, you have 30 days to watch it, and you can save as many programmes as you like, depending on your download limits and computer capacity.
BBC iPlayer Desktop is easy to install on your computer and should start automatically when you first try to download a programme, and guide you through the process. Should you need more help, you can find out more here about installing this on:
Windows
Apple Macintosh
To download programmes you need to be in the UK – if you're incorrectly told that you're not, please see this advice.
So whether this bit will work with Expat Shield I don't know.
The concert went for 3 hours and 20 minutes and is on BBC iplayer along with lots of other goodies.
Some of it defo needs fast forwarding though, I taped it and that's what I did.
I am a huge Stevie Wonder fan but am still trying to figure out what he, Grace Jones and Will.i.am have to do with GB?
I can understand Kylie and Rolf Harris as Oz is part of the Commonwealth.....mmmm.........
Can you not download Expat Shield just for a wee while to catch up on the Jubilee celebrations? I have just checked and programmes stay online for 7 days, however I just found this on the site:
Watch later
We also offer BBC iPlayer Desktop, which is designed to let Mac and Windows machines download TV programmes so you can save them to watch later. Once it is installed on your computer, simply click on the Download button by the programme and BBC iPlayer will start downloading it. Once the programme has saved onto your computer, you have 30 days to watch it, and you can save as many programmes as you like, depending on your download limits and computer capacity.
BBC iPlayer Desktop is easy to install on your computer and should start automatically when you first try to download a programme, and guide you through the process. Should you need more help, you can find out more here about installing this on:
Windows
Apple Macintosh
To download programmes you need to be in the UK – if you're incorrectly told that you're not, please see this advice.
So whether this bit will work with Expat Shield I don't know.
The concert went for 3 hours and 20 minutes and is on BBC iplayer along with lots of other goodies.
Some of it defo needs fast forwarding though, I taped it and that's what I did.
I am a huge Stevie Wonder fan but am still trying to figure out what he, Grace Jones and Will.i.am have to do with GB?
I can understand Kylie and Rolf Harris as Oz is part of the Commonwealth.....mmmm.........
I recently found out that my Cousins son works at a post production house in London, for the last year or so he has been transferring content for the BBC I player...
Wow, Rolf was on too...
Stevie Wonder, he's big in America but I still think he is much bigger in the UK...
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