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[Threeteas]

I was particularly taken with the use of the mathematical symbols.

Me too. I tested the mathematics and could find no faults in the logic. I really appreciate that there was no room for any variance in the outcome, it makes life so much simpler.

Only one thing, I'd not hold Vancouver responsible in total, for the Asian element. It was afterall the transition point for the workers that the USA used and then dismissed, en masse, when they were finished with them. In fact I visited a bay where the Chinese were smuggled from Canada into the US, after the US passed a law forbidding access (but the fish cannery industry still wanted chinese, even though the railroads didn't). Apparently these folk were shackled together on boats and if customs came along, they were cast overboard and their shackles kept them down...for good. So, Vancouver's oriental presence is in part a result of USA actions. They do have a very good roast duck place there, must look the name out for you all.

 

[Threeteas]

Oh and just a thank you. May I commend you all on helping keep this thread going, with convivial discussion. It shows that even topics as contentious as royalty, blood pudding, us and them and a jolly old host of other stuff, can be debated thoroughly, but amicably.

Considering that this is a minority sector thread, the viewing is astronomical.

Perhaps it's as Allan Rickman (token evil baddie in most movies, Sheriff of Nottingham in the Costner Robin Hood, where Robin had an American accent-very strange) recently said, "You only hate me because I'm British...and you all want to be".

 

[tessler]

"Don't go blaming Dumbledore for Potter's determination to break rules. He has been crossing lines ever since he arrived here."

 

[Threeteas]

Now there is pure evil!

It was strange to watch the metamorphosis of American film and TV output over in the UK in the late 80s and 90s. The bad guys went from being the Russians to indescript Eastern Europeans and Brits, apart from Miami Vice which always had S.Americans as the villains.

Brit actors were used extensively, probably because a Brit doing and Eastern European accent is more easily understood, than an East European doing an English version, plus we work cheap and have known actors. Brits were always the evil masterminds, so thanks for the implied intelligence.

Allan was a master of the slightly psychotic baddie. Excellent acting. It'll be interesting to see who the USA brands as the bad guys next. The Arabs in general would be too sensitive, so it must be shown that they are extremists. The Russians might come back into play, or you could stick with the tried and trusted barmy Brit..we don't mind, so we won't be offended and are glad to take the Hollywood dollar, then clear off.

Who is the ultimate baddie Brit?

Former, or current Prime Ministers do not count.
Anthony Hopkins, as Hannibal Lecter, in Silence of the Lambs is your starter
Even more disturbing was Ralph Fiennes in the sequel, very dark and worrying and harkening to another thread, not a great advocate for tattoos either.

 

[grafikfeat]

"You only hate me because I'm British...and you all want to be".

Ummm... I'll pass.

There's no equation for that problem!

 

[Threeteas]

At least we inherit our sons, we don't elect them...twice.

I changed this from a message that cropped up once before, because of the no politics stance of this site. The original was far more entertaining though and sort of follows the theory that, people in glasshouses should not throw stones.

I've met Charles and his teeth are fine...bloody sticky out ears though!

 

[Threeteas]

Hahahaha! I wasn't joking about "Charles" per se...

But anyway, Dumbya wasn't "elected" at all.
But since you brought that pain up "Dumbya" did have a nice lap dog at the time...
What was his name...
Ooooh right...
Tony, Tony Blair...

Ditto on the politik stance. I'll unpost shortly.

Tony was a TV personality, not the Prime Minister, that was his wife.
Now we have Gordon Brown a dour Scot with the personality of a pair of blunt scissors and about just as much use.

Anyway, we could discuss Gordon, but no one over here know who he is, so that would be as short as this conversation has been. Hurray for Gordon, he keeps politics out of political discussions.

I do however find it hard not to mention the Stranglers when ever he crops up, with their lyric, "Gordon Brown, texture like Sun..." honestly it's funny if you are a Brit...trust me.

 

[Threeteas]

I guess this old school logic makes me side with the Russian's. Atleast some of them were Royal's as well.

I think Prince Albert and Queen Victoria populated most of Europe's Royal families. By all accounts she was quite a girl and in the early days banged louder than a broken outhouse door in a storm.

It seems that WW1 was just sibling rivallry that got out of hand a tad, and certainly Czar Nicholas was a frequent visitor to the UK to visit family, as did Kaiser Will and most of the heads of State. Seems inbreeding is no guarantee of shared values, only shared genes.

 

[Threeteas]

I met Charles in Edinburgh in 1976 where he is just another Bobby Brown. .

I never knew that. Prince Charles, a failed black singer who hooked up with a pop diva and then plummets into a drug fuelled life. Are you sure about that Statdawg.

You may want to check your facts!

 

[lockster]

For Queen and Country !

For Queen and Country !

I for one am a royalist... I served in the royal navy and afterwards completed nearly 11 years as her majesty's constable.
Now before we all start queen bashing I would like to add one point. I would rather defend my country against hostiles in the name of my queen than for Gordon Brown.

As for Prince Charles I have met him. In fact I was his one of his police escorts when he came to visit Halifax West Yorkshire. One hell of a gentleman. As for his past I feel for him. He had no childhood and suffered at the hands of the Queen Mum's influence. Now she was some piece of work.....

So royal bashers let rip and lets hope it holds up....

Lockster ( Cavalier )

 

[grafikfeat]

So royal bashers let rip and lets hope it holds up....

Sweet Jeebus guys!!

It wasn't a Royals Bashing... I was poking fun at the "British Smile"!!!
That was the only "tasteful" image I could find.

Let the Politicks GO!
Let's not end up in the DH...

 

[Threeteas]

For Queen and Country !

I for one am a royalist... I served in the royal navy and afterwards completed nearly 11 years as her majesty's constable.
Now before we all start queen bashing I would like to add one point. I would rather defend my country against hostiles in the name of my queen than for Gordon Brown.
Now to go to Iraq and die for say a mindless idiot who's iq is more or less as useful as a broken flip flop on a one legged parrot i'll just stick with my queeny.

As for Prince Charles I have met him. In fact I was his one of his police escorts when he came to visit Halifax West Yorkshire. One hell of a gentleman. As for his past I feel for him. He had no childhood and suffered at the hands of the Queen Mum's influence. Now she was some piece of work.....

So royal bashers let rip and lets hope it holds up....

Lockster ( Cavalier )

And I've been presented to Her Majness twice, so I'm no Royal basher, although Charles does have big ears.
His Dad is old school and Granny was from a time that couldn't be translated into the modern, post war, world.
Then there was Margaret. Very partial to the bottle and the darker gentleman.

No doubt about it, they are an unusual lot and I'd not welcome the sort of media cover they endure. Having said that, they are ours and they are an institution that can and does do much good, without all the broohaha that other celebs demand.

Lockster, rather than get us all booted, can you edit the GWB stuff out...ta.
We have to show how a civilised nation behaves afterall, and America is only a youngster of a country, so haven't learned from all the mistakes we Brits managed to make over the years. Shame they feel the need to make them all over again for themselves and won't just believe us.

 

[lockster]

Sorry lamble

Hi lamble

Never realised it was an issue...Wont happen again my friend.
Always straight up us Yorkshire men, and some would say too straight up ...
Any way hope yous all accept my apolos.

Introduced twice to the Queen, nice one! Hope it was not in the new youth offending hall for naughty bikers ?

Lockster

 

[Threeteas]

Hi lamble

Never realised it was an issue...Wont happen again my friend.
Always straight up us Yorkshire men, and some would say too straight up ...
Any way hope yous all accept my apolos.

Introduced twice to the Queen, nice one! Hope it was not in the new youth offending hall for naughty bikers ?

Lockster

Tea and cakes at Buck House. She does knock out a very decent chocolate cake. The Ice cream is a Duchy of Cornwall tub...keeps it in the family I suppose.

Oh and all you lot that drag a thread down with all the claptrap stuff...we Brits self moderate, like a self cleaning oven, only polite.

 

[BeemerMike]

We have to show how a civilised nation behaves afterall, and America is only a youngster of a country, so haven't learned from all the mistakes we Brits managed to make over the years. Shame they feel the need to make them all over again for themselves and won't just believe us.

In the Tom Selleck western movie "Quigley Down Under", my second favorite line is when Quigley (Tom Selleck) is talking to the British major (with his bright red coat, of course) after the major made a comment about Australia being filled with misfits . . .

"We already ran the misfits out of our country. Sent 'em back to England."

 

[Threeteas]

In the Tom Selleck western movie "Quigley Down Under", my second favorite line is when Quigley (Tom Selleck) is talking to the British major (with his bright red coat, of course) after the major made a comment about Australia being filled with misfits . . .

"We already ran the misfits out of our country. Sent 'em back to England."

Are you sure Tom said that and it wasn't just his moustache ad libbing?

 

[grafikfeat]

Are you sure Tom said that and it wasn't just his moustache ad libbing?

It was his stunt 'stache!

 

[Threeteas]

It was his stunt 'stache!

A 'tache double! I hope it was an equity union 'tache.

Now Hitler's 'tache, that was a sad facial fuzz fashion statement that never really caught on. The Edwardians and the Georges were facially fungalled, but I notice the Queen didn't adopt that style. It may have been because licking a fuzzy stamp would have tickled too much.

 

[Threeteas]

See the Brits got another gold in the cycling sprint, beating the French by over 1/2 second, which is a massive margin in that sport. They'd set a world record earlier.

Go Brits!

 

[lockster]

Long Way Round

So what do we all think of Ewan and Charlie's epic GS adventure ?

I actually thought it was quite good. Albeit thay have a ton of money and because their famous they get loads of new stuff, oh and at least 2 support vehicles...

But they looked to be trying to do it right..

Does any one here actually believe that the KTM would have made it through that ? I hope their sales were punished after refusing to assist the boys. Not that I mind seeing the GS pull through a punishing ordeal. It almost made me weepy at the finish.

Did any one read the BMW ON mag about the young lad who went on an adventure on his own. WOW his learning curve was almost vertical... I had lots of laughs at his expence and wondered how he ever got home alive..

Lockster

Proud GS owner