Yanks and Christmas

Ooops. That should have been 1930 Zulu.

Hope you hear from Beagle 2 soon.

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

- Arthur C Clarke

I always have a gun, but that's not what I was talking about. Sorry about the confusion. In Guns it's a .45. In Woodworking a #45 is a fancy pants combination plane made by Stanley:

And how long have you been waiting for an opportune moment to post these? :)

I wish. I'd really like to have a beer right now, but I have to go to work in a couple of hours. :(

Humbug.

While the above statement is assuredly true, I have serious doubts about wasps, bees and the shrew.

You poor ol' bloke - working nights and at Christmas. Happy Boxing Day.

Bobby

Well Bobby, glad "Nahm" visited your part of the world and that PBS (the public TV on this side of the pond) gets his shows on air in the UK from time to time. I was compelled to write as for christmas my bride got me a DVD of all 12 Fawlty Towers episodes from the BBC, and as much as I enjoy Nahm, I am a great fan of John Cleese of Monty fame, or is it Sir John, gee, they just knighted Mick Jagger so they must have knighted Cleese, or they should have by now. From my point of view, a trade of Nahm for Basil is better than even. Merry to all and happy new year. Mutt.

P.S. oh, and Piss Off..... :-) [I love that phrase....just as good as kiss my arse......]

Thanks mate or as you say, "buddy". It is not often I am told to "piss off" being a middle manager at work. But I bet people who I work with say it under their breath to me.

Yes, I am a "Nahm" fan. Maybe I will nominate him for a knighthood for services to the tool industry. He has a tool and a jig for everything. You yanks, on TV and on rec.woodworking, are well advanced on DIY.

No, sorry, mate, John Cleese is not a "Sir". The nearest he got to being a "Sir" was playing the part (Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington in Harry Potter, was it?) Or was it when he said, "That Sir, is an EX-parrott". I am sure where that phrase comes from.

Mick Jagger got his knighthood, to the surprise of many, for services to international music (and not for shagging women).

I am not too sure about trading Nahm for Basil. I think I will stick to Norm for the moment.

So your bride got you a DVD of all 12 Fawlty Towers episodes from the BBC. Hang about, Mutt, Basil was henpecked i.e. under Sybils thumb, is your bride trying to show you the way to go? Are you sure you would trade Nahm for Basil? (Just kidding).

Happy New Year, mate.

Bobby

in the post just above mine in the thread JOAT wrote: " And, for the God's sakes people, for the new year, learn to snip."

So I did.......

Gary

Not all here are yanks you know, I guess you just feel sorry for them because they lost the civil wah........

-- mike hide

You suh, must mean "the War of Northern Agression" or "That Recent Unpleasantness". Dave in Fairfax

I thought it was the war to "free" the southern slaves for use as industrial labor in the rust belt.....

I was sent a Christmas present from a friend in West Virginia - a Conmfederate flag. It now flys happily over my front gate. From other postings it sounds as though the war may be over. Who won? Ken (in Australia)

Lincoln did.

BTW, I hope he bought that flag for you over the border in Virginia.

Save your Dixie Cups, this ain't over just yet. so far it's the business interests in the lead though. Dave in Fairfax

RTW, eh?

Should you stumble upon a wheelchair-bound lawyer by the name of Andrew King, please invite him to smooch my bloody arse, and kindly inform him that Melinda and her new hubby are quite comfy.

Cheers, mate!

Kevin

Might as well send them to Oz. Public display will soon be banned, and production of such must be winding down under PC pressure.

And happy new year to you Kevin and, of course, Melinda. Sounds as if you have given up the informative rec.woodworking and the super DIYer Norm and have been in our spa town Royal Tunbridge Wells. Tough luck, mate. The only wheelchair bound solicitor that I know is Andrew Bruce and he come from Sussex, I beleive. I cannot find your Andrew King, see:

Anyway, mate, I hope you have had a good Christmas and will have a good new year.

Bobby