I'm here today, gone tomorrow...

22.03.06, 13:41
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    • varsovian Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 22.03.06, 15:30
      You just ruined my life - I've been looking at the satellite pictures of the
      back garden of my old house in Banstead (just south of London).
      I looked at the trees I helped plant in the local park, walked up to the school
      I taught in, then started roaming further afield - Sainsbury's in Epsom,
      Kingston market, along the Thames to Kew. Next stop, Tonbridge - and my first
      house!
      • marimax Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 22.03.06, 20:48
        Yes go back to your wonderful England and please don't wait until tomorrow
        • russh Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 22.03.06, 22:13
          I'm interested Marimax. Why are you so aggresive and anti social?

          A person of another nationality, living and working in a country, contributing
          to the country by virtue of paying taxes and spending earned income has a right
          to think of, and even laud his country of birth without senseless attacks, surely.
          • ianek70 Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 22.03.06, 22:58
            russh napisał:

            > I'm interested Marimax. Why are you so aggresive and anti social?
            >
            > A person of another nationality, living and working in a country, contributing
            > to the country by virtue of paying taxes and spending earned income has a
            right
            > to think of, and even laud his country of birth without senseless attacks,
            sure
            > ly.

            Everyone has the right to an opinion, whether this opinion is justifiable by
            facts, experience or statistics, or just stems from faith or instinct, it could
            be expressed wittily, irreverantly, didactically or with dry formality,
            straightforwardly or pompously, literally or in the form of an allegory,
            anecdote or perhaps even poem. Opinions are rarely objective in themselves, but
            can be given in a context which makes them appear so. Clever people can maybe
            express their opinions more eloquently than stupid people, but that does not
            make them any more valid. Knowledge, however, always adds to the weight of an
            opinion.

            On the other hand, some people don't have opinions, thoughts or knowledge about
            anything, and if they try really hard they can just manage to write a couple of
            short, sarcastic, bitchy lines criticising the thoughts of others.

            Minimax is a perfect example of this latter, duller category.
            • russh Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 22.03.06, 23:15
              Ian, I wish I could put my thoughts down as eloquently as you!

              Super post.
              • marimax Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 10:44
                I agree.
                You can live, prosper and pay taxes here but don't bring us your political
                correctness, drugs and fagot's marches.
                • ianek70 Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 10:57
                  marimax napisał:

                  > I agree.
                  > You can live, prosper and pay taxes here but don't bring us your political
                  > correctness, drugs and fagot's marches.

                  Ooh, that was almost an opinion, pity it was irrelevant and unoriginal.
                  • varsovian Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 12:11
                    Faggot - noun: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together

                    I thought I'd just clarify what Minimax was saying
                    How do these walk?
                    • ianek70 Faggotry misinterpretation 23.03.06, 12:17
                      varsovian napisał:

                      > Faggot - noun: a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
                      >
                      > I thought I'd just clarify what Minimax was saying
                      > How do these walk?

                      No, no, I fear you misconstrue.
                      A fagot is a musical instrument. He's simply prejudiced against marching bands,
                      perhaps having being bitten by a trombonist when young.
                      • russh Re: Faggotry misinterpretation 23.03.06, 13:07
                        And probably bitten in the goolies (I'm trying to be polite), which is why he is
                        so 'anti', destroying them.

                        It's the inadequacy thing, I'm sure.
                        • ianek70 Re: Faggotry misinterpretation 23.03.06, 14:14
                          russh napisał:

                          > And probably bitten in the goolies (I'm trying to be polite), which is why he
                          i
                          > s
                          > so 'anti', destroying them.
                          >
                          > It's the inadequacy thing, I'm sure.

                          Hmm.
                          So you diagnose his problem as being bollockular in nature?
                • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 13:16
                  marimax napisał:

                  > I agree.
                  > You can live, prosper and pay taxes here but don't bring us your political
                  > correctness, drugs and fagot's marches.

                  OK. I promise to live, prosper and pay taxes here, and not bring any political
                  correctness, drugs or fagot's marches.

                  Thank you for allowing me that, and it's a pity I can't have it signed and
                  stamped with your full authority, as I'm sure it would help me should I
                  encounter any difficulties in this country.
                  • ianek70 Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 14:22
                    usenetposts napisał:

                    > marimax napisał:
                    >
                    > > I agree.
                    > > You can live, prosper and pay taxes here but don't bring us your politica
                    > l
                    > > correctness, drugs and fagot's marches.
                    >
                    > OK. I promise to live, prosper and pay taxes here, and not bring any
                    political
                    > correctness, drugs or fagot's marches.

                    I was actually planning to fly across 15,000 screaming queer San Franciscans
                    with tight T-shirts and Piłsudski moustaches to march effeminately outside the
                    station with big, pink banners, and finance it all out of my own pocket.
                    But I don't think I'll bother now sad
                    • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 15:21
                      ianek70 napisał:

                      > usenetposts napisał:
                      >
                      > > marimax napisał:
                      > >
                      > > > I agree.
                      > > > You can live, prosper and pay taxes here but don't bring us your po
                      > litica
                      > > l
                      > > > correctness, drugs and fagot's marches.
                      > >
                      > > OK. I promise to live, prosper and pay taxes here, and not bring any
                      > political
                      > > correctness, drugs or fagot's marches.
                      >
                      > I was actually planning to fly across 15,000 screaming queer San Franciscans
                      > with tight T-shirts and Piłsudski moustaches to march effeminately outside
                      the
                      > station with big, pink banners, and finance it all out of my own pocket.
                      > But I don't think I'll bother now sad

                      That's right. No bringing fagot's marches over here: Marimax says "No".
        • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 13:13
          marimax napisał:

          > Yes go back to your wonderful England and please don't wait until tomorrow


          You appear to misunderstand. The place I showed where I was yesterday is
          nowhere near England. I was there yesterday, and I'm not there today. I'm back
          in Warsaw today.

          I won't ask you to tell me where I was yesterday, as I'm not sure that your
          bandwidth multiplied by your IQ will be enough to get you to the answer.
      • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 13:10
        Yeah, it's fantastic, isn't it?

        I can see the house I played in as a tiny boy - it's still there.

        The black and white photo of me held up by my dad on the homepage of my site is
        in the garden of the house just to the south of the crossroads here:

        tinyurl.com/nc8k5
        and this shot from my site, when I was a baby:

        www.usenetposts.com/davey7months.jpg
        shows the view standing half way down the garden path at the south side of the
        house, looking east south east. You can see the angle of the house behind and
        the chimneys all match the building in the bottom right of the aerial shot.

        It does make one very sentimental, especially as I haven't been to South
        Shields since I was a child. As you know, I don't even speak with a Geordie
        accent any more, although when I first learned to speak, I did.
        • varsovian Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 13:21
          A completely unconnected fact - Geordieland (or whatever it's called) is the
          first region of England where over 50% of births are outside of marriage.
          (Something they have in common with South Wales apparently)
          • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 13:30
            varsovian napisał:

            > A completely unconnected fact - Geordieland (or whatever it's called) is the
            > first region of England where over 50% of births are outside of marriage.
            > (Something they have in common with South Wales apparently)

            Aal reet, aal reet. Hoo many tyabs can yey smurk?
            Wuz may have boogeraal marridge but wu're THAT hord!
            • varsovian Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 15:52
              Most edifying
              Wee-aye indeed mon

              Do I pass the entrance exam ...?
              • usenetposts Re: I'm here today, gone tomorrow... 23.03.06, 16:01
                varsovian napisał:

                > Most edifying
                > Wee-aye indeed mon
                >
                > Do I pass the entrance exam ...?

                Aye man, hinny, to the college of Makems, like!
                Champion!
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