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Not a problem, we can soon make it so...
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6 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
Not with my bad leg!
What about without it?
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30 minutes ago, MargieH said:
how did you know I wasn't left handed, Brew?
Remember a short demo of semaphore ...? you used your dominant hand, your right..
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The first is my guess at your natural style. The second I would expect to see from a left hander, you're not. Three and five are close to Marion Richardson so are possibles, four is Gothic and not a 'natrual' style and finally the spacing of the last line is so different I doubt it.
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3 minutes ago, Ayupmeducks said:
calls a spade a spade.
Not the best choice of words given the subject Ayup but I take his point.
Compo asked if it needs colour to be racist, no, not really. The Englishman, Irish etc. jokes are about national characteristics not race. Had the joke been 'a Caucasian, an Oriental and a Negro then racial difference comes to the fore and becomes the subject depending on what follows.
There is also the question of the teller. If a Pakistani tells a joke about two Pakistani men and a Pakistani woman then a Pakistani audience would not scream racist (sexist maybe). If a white guy did the same he would quickly be made to see the error of his ways. It's a question of perception and perspective
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12 minutes ago, loppylugs said:
I had always thought that Cursive / Italics / double writing was essentially the same thing.
Cursive, double and joined up are the same but they are not 'styles' in the same way Italics and copper plate are
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The Stephens are cousins....
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57 minutes ago, nonnaB said:
do you think the the bush will start to root again?
It's a universal law nonna that the only roots you can kill are the ones you want to keep, everything else......
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37 minutes ago, nonnaB said:
Did anyone have to learn ITALIGRAPH writing'?
We simply called it italic writing. It wasn't taught as such but the English teacher at Fairham had the best handwriting I've ever seen, he wrote in italics. The only formal writing style was Marion Richardson (mentioned on this site some time ago).
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I don't think it's wrong, it just looks wrong. I was always assured that I would suffer hell and damnation for all eternity if I began a sentence with AND or BUT. There is no rule against it I've found but still can't bring myself to do it, it simply looks wrong to me.
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It goes much further back than the 80's but it's common to take 'yay' as meaning 'yea'...
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Easily researched on any etymological site, it originally means 'this' as in 'It's about yay big' (this big) and is not an acronym at all. It does seem however to have evolved into a colloquial form of greeting as in 'yay dude waasup'
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YAY probably means the same as AYEUP which is equally nonsensical if you think about it..
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I dnt knw wt u meen. Wots cursiv? izat lik swearin n stuf? or jus old peeps stuf? So wts wrng wi emoticons thn, egyptshuns did em years ago..
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Sharp crayons BK, that's the secret, sharp crayons..
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It's not only crap spelling with me. I type too quickly and often miss whole words out and make disjointed paragraphs. Good job people here can figure out worram onna bout
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59 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
It’s your Rasta hairdo Rog
Ah now it becomes clearer. Is the 'plant' part of the name a reference to certain recreational pharmaceuticals?
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Ah but we only have your word for it....
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13 minutes ago, FLY2 said:
I could be from anywhere.
Where there any gooseberry bushes or storks in you area???
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There was a review of these DNA tests some time ago. The results are apparently vague to say the least.
Quote from Scientific America:
' They say where DNA like yours can be found on Earth today. By inference, we are to assume that significant proportions of our deep family came from those places. But to say that you are 20 percent Irish, 4 percent Native American or 12 percent Scandinavian is fun, trivial and has very little scientific meaning.'
Edit: Just read it again and one lab failed to identify that one saliva sample was canine, not human!
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Let me say right out I make money by buying and renting houses. I'm not ashamed of making a profit and I'm not doing it for altruistic reasons, I do it for the money OK.
I seriously doubt anyone here would turn down a bank offering an interest rate that is almost in double figures so lets not be hypocritical. I don't know the area you mention so can't say if the rent is high or not. What I will say is a proper check should have been made to ensure they can afford it. It is counter productive to drive a tenant into penury.
Most of my tenants are British, I have one Polish family and the same rules apply to both Brits and immigrants with regard to checking their status. So onerous are the penalties I employ a professional to do it for me.
All new tenants have a 'legal' pack explaining everything they need to know and where to go for help should they need it.
It is true, never withhold rent, it is grounds for eviction. If everything your neighbour says is true then it's not good enough by a long way but remember the landlord may be unaware if the agent is a lazy sod.
Beware however of exaggerations, misperceptions and half truths I find a lot of things are not as they first appear.
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That's Col, me glasses must want batteries or summat, didn't read it properly....
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He's in Cancun at the moment but due back end of the week... jammy sod
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1 hour ago, plantfit said:
He is trying Lizzie ,very trying
So my mam said, many, many times...
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Quoting!
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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I like calligraphy and have a decent set of pens, paper and inks. I don't do a lot though, mainly 'cos I'm crap at it..