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Soundwave
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« Reply #3570 on: 11:39:30, 03-11-2007 »
Ho dear MorticiaaaAAA(^)  I'm delighted to hear that your property defences are in order and work so well.  Big Ron the Berserker is normally at hand on these occasions to repel unwanted and great unwashed members of the protection rackets.  This year, unfortunately, he was away on a Cross Stitch course at Durham, otherwise his gentle, and well known means of persuasion would have been employed as usual.  I have arranged for the Vicar to blast off in his Sunday sermon on the wickedness of blackmail and vulgar threats.  He will also mention the desirability of having an active 21st century King Herod.
Cheers etc etc
S'wave.
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« Reply #3571 on: 12:39:59, 03-11-2007 »
Well, this morning I have been trying to sort out the best price for a set of wheels for my car, being a ford Focus. It tutns out that I would be better off buying a full set than rerpairing the single one that was damaged!!  This could be handy, ofocurse, because then I will have three spare wheels for future use. Another item for storage in the garage! Took me 3 hours to sort this out because of contacting my wife(who is at work) and various people for quotes. Plus a headache at the end of it all!!  O well such is life!!
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #3572 on: 13:50:02, 03-11-2007 »
I'm often glad I haven't got a car. They seem to cause an awful lot of hassle.
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #3573 on: 22:14:42, 03-11-2007 »
Quote from: Soundwave on 20:08:12, 02-11-2007
  Damaged by the considerable number of dreaded "trick or treat" children who invaded the grounds of Soundwave Towers at various times on the 31st.  You may say - "you should have expected them".  Haa! But not so many, I tell you, in groups of 2,3,4 and 5. 

In Hackney you never open the front door unless you know the callers in any case, but I was accosted by trick 'n' treaters in Pizza Express a few years ago in very late October.  I put three points to them in a level and confiding tone of voice.

A It applies to 31 October and we had not reached that date.

B It is an American institution and not British.  Apple bobbing is OK.

C Halloween is the Eve of All Saints Day, so if they have celebrated the Eve, they should be attending their parish church on 1 November to be consistent.

I was sufficiently mild mannered not to point out that demanding money with menaces is a crime in this country.  In a country with unlimited gun control and capital punishment it may be different...
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martle
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« Reply #3574 on: 22:19:04, 03-11-2007 »
I bet they LOVED you, Don!  Grin
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« Reply #3575 on: 22:36:54, 03-11-2007 »
I dislike Halloween and fireworks and anything which involves people enjoying themselves. Next it'll be Christmas - grrrrr!
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MabelJane
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« Reply #3576 on: 22:46:45, 03-11-2007 »
Quote from: Andy D on 22:36:54, 03-11-2007
I dislike Halloween and fireworks and anything which involves people enjoying themselves. Next it'll be Christmas - grrrrr!



You'll have to change your avatar - you look far too jolly!
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John W
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« Reply #3577 on: 22:49:58, 03-11-2007 »
Quote from: Andy D on 22:36:54, 03-11-2007
I dislike Halloween and fireworks and anything which involves people enjoying themselves. Next it'll be Christmas - grrrrr!

I like these things, there's always opportunities to kiss other women! Kiss

I'm a bloke, by that I mean chances to kiss women other than my wife  Roll Eyes Tongue
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Andy D
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« Reply #3578 on: 23:51:18, 03-11-2007 »
Bloody fireworks still going off somewhere close by and it's almost midnight. Grump grump grump.
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MabelJane
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« Reply #3579 on: 23:59:08, 03-11-2007 »
Quote from: Andy D on 22:36:54, 03-11-2007
I dislike Halloween and fireworks and anything which involves people enjoying themselves. Next it'll be Christmas - grrrrr!
Quote from: Andy D on 23:51:18, 03-11-2007
Bloody fireworks still going off somewhere close by and it's almost midnight. Grump grump grump.

New avatar for you? Cheesy

Edit: Odd - I seem to be trapped in your quote box yet your [/ quote] is in the right place, just after your third grump.
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John W
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« Reply #3580 on: 11:42:13, 04-11-2007 »
We had our Bonfire/Fireworks do at the village hall, I was the elected driver for the evening. I came home for a while about 10 when the disco was on then ferried people home after midnight. Eventually got my wife home at ~1.00am.

One the worst things I hate to hear is a woman crying, like bawling her eyes out. Thankfully our family has been very stable and happy and the number of times I've heard my wife and/or daughter cry like that is counted on one hand.

At 1.30am just as we were having tea/cocoa we had a call from one of my wife's best friends, and basically we had to go and pick her up from her partner's and take her to her apartment in Coventry. As I sat in the car my wife was in the street trying to comfort her, she was crying so loud at 1.30am it was for me the worst and saddest sound in the world.

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John W
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« Reply #3581 on: 14:34:05, 04-11-2007 »
On a happier note my wife's friend just called round and she feels better now, don't know if she's seeing her 'partner' again, in fact he's just a recent boyfriend, but at least she is OK  Smiley
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Mary Chambers
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« Reply #3582 on: 15:18:55, 04-11-2007 »
That's lurve for you. Constant problems until you find the right person. The most crying I've ever heard came from a friend during a divorce that she instigated. She's now been happily married (to someone else!) for over 30 years. She married too young the first time - and yet sometimes that can work.
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« Reply #3583 on: 15:56:37, 04-11-2007 »
I am glad to hear that things are back on a more even keel for a bit. A bit dated now, but perhaps if she spoke Martian...?
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« Reply #3584 on: 11:08:45, 05-11-2007 »
Quote from: Andy D on 22:36:54, 03-11-2007
I dislike Halloween and fireworks and anything which involves people enjoying themselves. Next it'll be Christmas - grrrrr!

So, Andy, here's the concert programme for you.

Ives - Hallowe'en
Debussy - Feux d'artifice
Messiaen - Regard de l'esprit de joie
Ferneyhough - Christmas concerto
Don Gillis - Symphony no. 5 1/2 "A symphony for fun"

and to redress the balance a little, maybe the second half should include the Barraque sonata or one of those nice Petersson symphonies ?
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