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Vicky Garten 
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 Posted: February 05 2009 at 06:34 |
 Jim Garten wrote:
Wilcey wrote:
I am trying to get some stuff done, but the door of the store shed is frozen shut |
 You're absolutely sure about that?  |
Confession time. I
think (only think) i may have forgotton to unlock the garage door the other day  which is why the handle would not shift - must be catching trying to open unlocked doors in our house.
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Confusion will be my epitaph
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Jared
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 06:51 |
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The boss is in Poland................ |
with many Poles having come over here to find gainful employment over the past couple of years, its quite typical of the Shed to have an (affiliated) member who attempts the reverse...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 07:57 |
So, 'Tory Girl' has spoken, I see... 
scratch the surface but a little way... 
although, on reflection, she has nothing to worry about, as her mother's favourite morning read, the daily Torygraph has charged to her aid on its trusty 'white' steed...
Edited by Jared - February 05 2009 at 08:05
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Jared
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 10:41 |
^^ well, I see that one really killed off the Shed conversation, didn't it?... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 10:41 |
To be fair........... I heard her agent on R2 yesterday, and apparently she said that someone's hair reminded her of the golliwog. I played with golly dolls when I was a kid, and to be honest I find it extremely sad that something that is entirely innocent ( a child's doll) is something most people feel as if they have to keep hidden in their lives, it's worse than admitting you wet the bed! I once had a friend who spoke just like proffessor Yaffle from bagpuss, no one was ashamed of remembering that. It was NOT meant to be offensive,it was spoken with no ignorance, malice or hurtful intent... the truth is the person she refered to DOES have a floppy affro and she was referring to the HAIR, not calling HIM a name, she was instantly sacked!!! Blinkin over protective nanny state, it's like communism, soon our thoughts will be monitored. SHE MEANT NO ILL. I bet there are hundreds of BBC workers who think BAD things, but speak within the party line. Well, I'd prefer honesty over hypocrysy any day of the week. I see/hear things on the BBC so much more offensive than that on a daily basis. Sometimes getting hurt is how we grow. This is not ingrained, ignorant, dyed in the wool racism, it's just normal human thought. Sorry Jared.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 11:00 |
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 11:08 |
I agree Jim, just the mention of the T word gives us all the willies! I spent a happy hour today, along with my neighbours digging the blinkin UPS man out of the snow.... after calling to say they would not collect today he came anyway, missed my drive and backed into the neighbours ditch.......... I wanted to shoot him! there is going to be one hell of a mess once all the lovely white stuff disapears.  I would have been so much better if he'd not laughed the entire time....................
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 11:17 |
Oh dear... +++giggle+++
personally, I've spent a fairly lonely day here, as there was a couple more inches of snow today, meaning all schools were closed & only two of us bothered to turn up for work (the words workshy, lazy and gits spring to mind)
| there is going to be one hell of a mess once all the lovely white stuff disapears |
Ah yes - the main worry of all Los Angeles party holders 
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Neil
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 15:58 |
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Neil
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:12 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Wilcey wrote:
To be fair.... This is not ingrained, ignorant, dyed in the wool racism, it's just normal human thought. Sorry Jared. |
I tend to agree, Rach - it's just that name... Thatcher +++shudder+++ quite enough to give her the benefit of the guilt |
I tend to agree as well. If she'd referred to this tennis player in a derogatory manner as a golliwog it would have been different, but it appears that she was making a light hearted comment about the similarity of the hair. Even if she was being racist it seems typical of people these days to go blabbing to the press (probably to further their own interests).
By the way; I feel that the bad press the Thatcher name gets is pretty much old hat and not wholly deserved. There is a school of thought that many of the unpopular things that Mrs T did during her leadership dug the country out of the hole that the other lot got us into in the seventies and left the country in a much better state in the nineties; so that Blair and Brown could enjoy 10 years good times before sinking it once again. Hmm, people striking over jobs, talk of a depression, power workers out on strike, perhaps we'll have the three day week back soon. Got any candles?
Oops, politics in the shed; padon me I'll just get back to listening to Genesis. 
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Neil
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:15 |
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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mystic fred
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:29 |
Neil wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
Wilcey wrote:
To be fair.... This is not ingrained, ignorant, dyed in the wool racism, it's just normal human thought. Sorry Jared. |
I tend to agree, Rach - it's just that name... Thatcher +++shudder+++ quite enough to give her the benefit of the guilt |
I tend to agree as well. If she'd referred to this tennis player in a derogatory manner as a golliwog it would have been different, but it appears that she was making a light hearted comment about the similarity of the hair. Even if she was being racist it seems typical of people these days to go blabbing to the press (probably to further their own interests).
By the way; I feel that the bad press the Thatcher name gets is pretty much old hat and not wholly deserved. There is a school of thought that many of the unpopular things that Mrs T did during her leadership dug the country out of the hole that the other lot got us into in the seventies and left the country in a much better state in the nineties; so that Blair and Brown could enjoy 10 years good times before sinking it once again. Hmm, people striking over jobs, talk of a depression, power workers out on strike, perhaps we'll have the three day week back soon. Got any candles?
Oops, politics in the shed; padon me I'll just get back to listening to Genesis. |
the whole "golliwog" thing is no surprise coming from the Thatchers - they've never liked black people and have always done all they could to get rid of them ....
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:33 |
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Got any candles?
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It's funny you should say that, although there always plenty of candles in the house, I found myself picking up a box of proper household candles when someone gave me a lift to the supermarket this afternoon............ It's a very 70's thing isn't it? maybe like the 70's we'll get ourselves a decent summer at last to go with whats turning into a proper winter for a change! Ah! the good old days 
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June
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 17:00 |
Hi, thanks for the greetings, everyone.
Seems there were a couple of things that deserved answers and I don't know how to multiquotes yet...
To answer Fred: Can I cook? Yes. I take after my mom that very annoying habit of buying recipe magazine and cutting through it to organize them in binders. The only problem, is that I tend to adapt everything. I guess I cook pork loins, soups, and chicken best. Pretty basis stuff, I suppose.
And I promise I won't mention Dream Theatre...
And since Jim these things were needed to be welcomed here:   large quantities of: 
Edited by June - February 05 2009 at 17:01
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mystic fred
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 00:31 |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 02:32 |
Tuborg bloody lager? 
In The Shed
We want warm beer with sticks & mud in, like this:
But given the baking & cooking skills on offer, I think forgiveness is in order 
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June
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 04:42 |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 05:50 |
Gloegg?
Now you're just making words up as you go along... 
Is it a real ale? 
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LinusW
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 05:53 |
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Gloegg is actually Glögg. Scandinavian stuff made for cold and dark winter nights.
It's a lot like glüwein or vin chaud.
Edited by LinusW - February 06 2009 at 05:54
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 06 2009 at 06:01 |
mutter mutter stillsoundslikeamadeupwordtome mutter mutter 
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