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  1. #10941
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    Spent a rainy hour or so in a local record shop, after which I was losing the will to live - not much could be accessed without risking an avalanche. And barely room to get past the piles by moving sideways. So not wheelchair-friendly. Unless your wheelchair was a standing-up unicycle hybrid.

    Finally settled on a NM copy of Sabbath's "Technical Ecstasy", which I have never heard. But I had parked at the Asda across the road, where the signs said "Customers only". So I went in the store and bought a 2 quid bar of chocolate. That should validate my parking to a degree, but I didn't want to push it.

    Called at a mate's house on the way back for a brew, and left my chocolate on the front seat of the car. I underestimated the in-car temperature, so returned to a £2 chocolate blob Bloody British weather.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  2. #10942
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    On the plus side you got a half-decent Sabbath album.

    Your record shop sounds like that one I was in the other day where an Aberfan-style disaster is just a matter of time.
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  3. #10943
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    On the plus side you got a half-decent Sabbath album.

    Your record shop sounds like that one I was in the other day where an Aberfan-style disaster is just a matter of time.
    i remember that tragedy... mostly kids that died too
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

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  4. #10944
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    And it took ages before the Coal Board (as it was then) to admit responsibility.
    Furthermore, the Queen would normally have visited the site to meet the grieving parents and to express her condolences. She was out of the country at the time and was never told. Nor was she informed upon her return. That was an 'oversight' the Welsh have never forgotten.
    Barry

  5. #10945
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    And it took ages before the Coal Board (as it was then) to admit responsibility.
    Furthermore, the Queen would normally have visited the site to meet the grieving parents and to express her condolences. She was out of the country at the time and was never told. Nor was she informed upon her return. That was an 'oversight' the Welsh have never forgotten.
    afaik that isnt what happened. she was told and many felt she should go quickly but she didnt think it was a good idea at time.. she apparently regretted her decision ever since.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  6. #10946
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    I'm confused now. According to Wikipedia, the Queen and Prince Phillip visited Aberfan a week after the disaster, when the rescue attempt had finished. Yet on programme shown on TV recently, the Queen never went at all but other members of the Royal family went in her place.
    Barry

  7. #10947
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I'm confused now. According to Wikipedia, the Queen and Prince Phillip visited Aberfan a week after the disaster, when the rescue attempt had finished. Yet on programme shown on TV recently, the Queen never went at all but other members of the Royal family went in her place.
    initially she sent phillip i think... but she did go later; in fact i think it was only time she was seen crying.


    an artcle here... https://www.townandcountrymag.com/so...ion-the-crown/
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  8. #10948
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    Yes I saw that TV programme too. I'd be inclined not to believe Wikipedia's version.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  9. #10949
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    I'd be inclined not to believe Wikipedia's version.
    Nor would I. Anybody can edit pages.

    (I was a bit naughty on the Harley Davidson entry, not sure they were entirely in agreement with my describing them as two wheeled tractors )
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  10. #10950
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Nor would I. Anybody can edit pages.

    (I was a bit naughty on the Harley Davidson entry, not sure they were entirely in agreement with my describing them as two wheeled tractors )
    Naughty but not far off the truth Also called 'Hardly Able Son".
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
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