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"Lancer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:58:08 GMT, (Peter)
wrote:

On 10 Nov 2005 23:37:52 -0800, wrote:

But there is no such thing as true UK cuisine, it is all bangers and
wellingtons and steak and kidney pie washed down with lots and lots and
lots of Guiness.


Guiness is NOT a UK drink... those Irish folk invented that, begorrah!

The UK national drink is tea , made with milk, hot water (and tea of
course)... none of the iced tea you Texans seem to like. :-)

Steak and kidney pie is actually better washed down with one of the
Aussie lagers!

Peter, G3PHO

Isn't Ireland a part of the U.K?

Southern Ireland isnt. And most of Northern Ireland would disagree too....

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This reminds me of a funny story:

Once upon a time there was a retired amateur going on a DX-pedition to
the South Seas in the spring of '78 who set up his equipment and
started operating... unfortunately a terrorist group decided he was an
worthwhile target and overran his station. Last thing we heard on SSB
was W4garble calling Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! hiss static. A few
weeks later a forensics team found nothing but charred wood and bones.
The leader of the team reported back to the coroner: "Looks like an old
southern ham got roasted at Easter".

The Eternal Squire

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wrote in message
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But there is no such thing as true UK cuisine, it is all bangers and
wellingtons and steak and kidney pie washed down with lots and lots and
lots of Guiness.

But enough about Brits, who are otherwise creators of fine cars, time
traveler shows, absurdist sitcoms, and who invented the art of sarcasm.

The Eternal Squire


Don't forget they invented the Lucas electrical system (I owned an MGB) and
whitworth tools (I also currently own a pre-unit Triumph).LOL

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wrote in message
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On 10 Nov 2005 23:37:52 -0800, wrote:

But there is no such thing as true UK cuisine, it is all bangers and
wellingtons and steak and kidney pie washed down with lots and lots and
lots of Guiness.

But the beer - Guinness or otherwise - must be warm.
Any vegetables must be boiled long enough for whatever taste/texture
they originally had, to be completely lost - including the salads -
and the meat must be so messed about with that you can't tell if it
was steak or kidney.

Nick - Who actually likes the people living that side of the pond.


Warm beer sucks, but throughout history that is the way it has always been
consumed.
I like the people living on that side of the pond. Have they done something
personal to you that you hate an entire country?

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I don't know what a "real amateur" is and I, for one, have never
claimed to be such.

However, after a number of years of contributing to Usenet under
my own name and callsign, my family was subjected to malicious
and threatening letters sent by Stephen G Bryan G0SGB in 1998,
a matter for which the plods were involved.

His criminal activities followed on from an abusive, insulting,
infantile
and obsessive tirade by him in this NG, seemingly because he was
intolerant of those who disagreed with his CBers' activity of WABbing.

Such threatening behaviour drives one underground, and also serves
to illustrate, perhaps, the difference between a _REAL_ Radio Ham
and a CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham?

Roy Lewallen wrote:
How come all the self-proclaimed "real amateurs" huffing and puffing on
this thread sign their postings only with a "handle" and not a call
sign? Are they really amateurs at all?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

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Polymath, you have my profound apologies on behalf of the entire
worldwide ham community for the harm you have suffered. And as I just
said in a seperate thread, it is things like this that make me think
that while governments have a right to demand the addresses of licensed
hams, it no longer has the right to publish them. That goes *double*
for hams who happen to be minors... Sadly, depravity no longer limited
to any single walk of life, and anonymity on the net is an importand
safety measure that should now go hand in hand with exercising the
right to free speech.

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:32:50 -0600, "DrDeath"
wrote:

wrote in message
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But there is no such thing as true UK cuisine, it is all bangers and
wellingtons and steak and kidney pie washed down with lots and lots and
lots of Guiness.

But enough about Brits, who are otherwise creators of fine cars, time
traveler shows, absurdist sitcoms, and who invented the art of sarcasm.

The Eternal Squire


Don't forget they invented the Lucas electrical system (I owned an MGB) and
whitworth tools (I also currently own a pre-unit Triumph).LOL


Ahh, Joseph Lucas...the prince of darkness. The warm beer bit comes
from having Lucas also build refrigerators. I too have been the
victim of a string of British motorcars. Triumphs and Austins and the
odd Lotus. I even race-prepped them. I also get around to flying
aboard BAE-146s every once in a while. Just like British sports cars
they are. Fast enough, handles like a housefly, not all that
comfortable and as noisy as hell with the gates open.

R

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"Polymath" wrote in message
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the difference between a _REAL_ Radio Ham
and a CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham?

So what does that make me???????????

rrh

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wrote in message
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Polymath, you have my profound apologies on behalf of the entire
worldwide ham community for the harm you have suffered. And as I just
said in a seperate thread, it is things like this that make me think
that while governments have a right to demand the addresses of licensed
hams, it no longer has the right to publish them. That goes *double*
for hams who happen to be minors... Sadly, depravity no longer limited
to any single walk of life, and anonymity on the net is an importand
safety measure that should now go hand in hand with exercising the
right to free speech.

One thing you must take on board Poly is that these threats that anyone
receives arent from just Amateurs/CB'ers. They are from people who use a
radio just like they use forums.. to upset and bully people and to force
their sometimes vile views upon people. These people are in both Amateur and
CB circles. Its not a CB fault, its down pure and simply to "nut jobs" which
the majority of CB'ers and Amateurs arent. Unfortunately if you take a stand
against these people and your personal info is easily available for these
nut jobs then im afraid sometimes you will get threats upon yourself. Just
because you post your replys with merely a "Handle" or first name doesnt
mean your a cowering hiding lowlife, quite often its because people dont
wish to have this s_it from nut jobs thrust upon them. You can still make a
valid point without using your traceable details. I know you shouldnt have
to worry about such things but we live in the real world. As for the nut
jobs... sometimes simply ignoring them is the best thing to do. They crave
the attention. If you dont give them the attention they move on. Whatever
you say to them they will never change.......
73's
Graham