Rick_B
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I imagine that there are a very substantial number of headless chickens running around in government circles right now. The problem of course is that Carillion is a very major part of the privatisation and outsourcing program that's been going on under Tory and New Labour Tory governments since the days of Thatcher. If it goes under what happens next? Then there is the little matter of the broken pension fund. If that's allowed to go under too an awful lot of people are going to conclude that they might as well spend their money now, because they could save for a pension all their working lives and still end up with nothing.
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3 hours ago, Decimus said:
Probably because as the president of the most powerful country on the planet he is expected to act...presidential?
You and millions of American voters might endorse a flippant, bigoted fucking idiot being able to spout a load of racist shit both privately and publically, but as the leader of the free world he has a responsibility to foster international goodwill and not act like a complete fucking cunt.
Yep, in a nutshell.
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2 hours ago, Decimus said:
Not Blair's finest moment, Farage in this instance was spot on in calling out his support of Turkey, which was no doubt influenced by American pressure at the time.
I've made no secret of my admiration of Mr. B and I realise I'm probably a lone voice on this site with regards to it, but his stance on the Turks was a fucking disgrace.
Not sure who I dislike more, Farage or Blair, but rest assured I dislike them both a lot.
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30 minutes ago, Punkape said:
My family has always served with the Irish Guards and the Royal Irish Rangers.....now the Royal Irish....
We made our money in the sugar plantations of the Caribbean...
lol.
lol.
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5 hours ago, Manky said:
ISIS have been pretty brutal when dealing with us infidels. I think that 2 really fanatical gangs of zealots will make the news look like a Tarantino film.
Yes, but infidel in the world of ISIS means anyone who doesn't believe in their twisted idea of Caliphate as the goal of Islam. That includes Muslims as much as anyone else - they believe that we should all die if we don't agree with and support their ideology.
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1 hour ago, Wolfie said:
Perhaps you might have researched the site's many previous ribbings before putting yourself in a position to be offended. Grow some thick skin. It's little wonder they fired you, you thick, useless cunt. I'd have done the same.
Not the point. This has come up before. Here we have a new member taking the remit of CC right from the early days - "The place to name the Cunts of the World!!!" and perhaps getting it a little bit wrong as I'm sure most of us have done from time to time, immediately being pounced on with abusive comments by a self-appointed clique who think they somehow own the right to post on the corner. If existing members, especially on The Open Corner, choose to abuse each other so be it. Sometimes its funny, other times it's just repetitive and tedious, but that doesn't mean you have a right to gang up and declare open season on anyone who dares to join the forum and make a post. Clear enough?
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10. Give time to for nominations to be discussed. Posts which attempt immediately to derail a thread either by attacking the poster or the nomination will be removed.
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3 hours ago, Piston said:
Way back...in Manc. we kids found out down the grapevine the number of a rent a woman house (brothel?)
Dial wog 123 (sit down Rick, letters and numbers were part of a phone 'number' then)
Phone answerer would say "porridge?"
You reply "with plenty of sugar and milk"
The resultant: when/what/where/ 'cos were beyond us since none of us was over 10. More fun than bangers through letterboxes!
Ahh Happy Days
PS Hey Manc was dat you on de phone?
Could this be even possibly true? Well the past is a strange place so lets leave it be for the time being. You wont ever get the idea that this means I fell off the nearest tree though will you old chap?
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Irrelevant OT rubbish removed. Regarding cheese with fruit I'm not a big fan, although Wensleydale with cranberries works.
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7 hours ago, ratcum said:
I restrict myself to Mateus Rosé from the offy when it comes to any arsing about Nocti. The government should give tax breaks for this brand as it does reduce visits to A & E departments.
I didn't know they still made that stuff. A sort of alcoholic Tizer if I remember rightly
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It was Christmas Eve babe........
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He should certainly have some sort of recognition for his achievements. Reducing the Lib-Dem MPs from 57 to 8 in one term, thus wiping out many years of progress under Paddy Ashdown and Charles Kennedy, is pretty impressive.
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8 hours ago, southerncunt said:
I tried to post a photo of Melbourne today, my backyard in particular, but the file was too big and I am too stupid to work out how to downsize it. Anyway, it’s 30 degrees, full sun and just enough breeze to be nice. Melbourne can be a cunt of a place, but when it turns it on.....
I agree, the MCG when heaving with people is a phenomenal experience. The place just breathes. I am taking my son and a few mates tomorrow. The SCG is prettier, but the ‘G is the spiritual home of cricket in the Southern Hemisphere. Only Lord’s could match it for pure sense of occasion.
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6 hours ago, Cuntybaws said:
Not strange at all, not in the slightest...
Well that's the thing, nobody at the time did think it odd. More innocent days I guess.
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1 hour ago, Snatch said:
This how British the Blue passport is.
Oh, I didn't know that.
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Seems like a pointless gesture to me. In any case British passports were never that colour.
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Princess Michael of Kent , not to be confused with The Duchess of Kent, was always one of the less delightful members of The Royal Family. Apparently she had no idea it might be offensive. Right.
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6 hours ago, camberwell gypsy said:
Why is he called black Alan?
Because his parents names him Alan.
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17 hours ago, Tata Steely Dan said:
As played by Geoff Whitehorn on his signature Fret-King Corona guitar?
Well why not? My avatar and the one I own is the earlier cheaper version, a Vintage AV6HGW. The Corona GW started out as a custom guitar hand-built for Geoff in Trev Wilkinson's UK workshop and was finished in light blue. Two were made at the time and I had the chance of buying the other one, but it was just too expensive for me to justify it.
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11 hours ago, Lady Penelope said:
Unless you hear them live without any amplification you don't know whether they have a powerful voice or not, and most of these cunts have voices that wouldn't cross a three foot gap.
There is more to having a powerful voice than just being loud, something Simon Cowell's horrible cruise ship singers don't understand.
Many of the songs he wrote were quite unusual, especially for the time. The standard format for a pop song is a combination of verse, chorus and middle eight, maybe with a guitar solo somewhere. He didn't use that format much, often his songs started out quiet and low and slowly built up in both pitch and volume into a crescendo.
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I might form a Geoff Whitehorn tribute act. I've been told I sound like him, but that's no surprise as I've spent years nicking his riffs and met him on many occasions.
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Absolute bollox, he had a phenomenal voice and an incredible range. There was nothing weak or warbly about it. His songs above all else expressed sadness, heartbreak and loneliness like no other. In dreams is the ultimate breakup song
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Some of them are very good, some are dreadful. Oddly many of the best Beatles tribute bands are American. This lot for example, all the right guitars and drums, passable Liverpool accents if you don't listen too closely and they sound like the Beatles. It's about as close as you'll come to hearing the Beatles live, probably better in fact because you can actually hear them minus the screaming. They do seem to be playing live. I can spot miming a mile off. The only thing I suspect is fake are the big Vox amps, which I think are just for show, nothing appears to be plugged into them and they don't seem to be miked up.
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I don't mind a bit of cricket. The problem with the game is that successive governments have been so scared of the power of the Murdoch family that in order to get their support they have allowed it be become a private game for Sky customers only.