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Bill's got a second job?
I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's
biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... Bill 'Pikey Gob****e' Wright captaining a cruise ship? He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with 2hp outboard motor. |
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On Nov 26, 2:28*pm, "jamie powell" wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... Bill 'Pikey Gob****e' Wright captaining a cruise ship? He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with 2hp outboard motor. Jamie 'head so far up his own ass he can see his tonsils' Powell would be well advised to get a life and stop it with the Pikey Gob****e stuff. |
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:28:27 -0000, "jamie powell"
wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message news:[email protected] com... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... Bill 'Pikey Gob****e' Wright captaining a cruise ship? He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with 2hp outboard motor. Jealousy is *such* a nasty thing. |
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jamie powell wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message news:[email protected] com... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... snip gratuitous insult He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with 2hp outboard motor. If he's been up the Lakes he may well be piloting his motorhome http://www.jadehurley.net/Jade%27s%20site/FLOOD%201%20website.jpg -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" |
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"Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... If it hasn't run aground yet probably not. OTOH I bet they need someone in to sort out their TV system... -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. |
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"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... If it hasn't run aground yet probably not. OTOH I bet they need someone in to sort out their TV system... The (somewhat less grandeous) ferry from Holyhead to Dublin certainly does. It had a frozen Sky News picture on all TVs for about 90% of the journey when we used it in the summer. |
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wrote in message ... Jealousy is *such* a nasty thing. Yes, I'm sure it features in lots of your sick fantasies, including the one you'd dreamed up when you wrote that. |
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"jamie powell" wrote in message ... "R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... If it hasn't run aground yet probably not. OTOH I bet they need someone in to sort out their TV system... The (somewhat less grandeous) ferry from Holyhead to Dublin certainly does. It had a frozen Sky News picture on all TVs for about 90% of the journey when we used it in the summer. I say, I say, I say. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship?... -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
I say, I say, I say. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship?... I don't know. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship? -- Adrian C |
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Adrian C wrote:
Graham. wrote: I say, I say, I say. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship?... I don't know. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship? No more sails? I'll get my coat. -- Ron |
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I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's
biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... This has amused other people, at my expense. Even worse, imagine being a very unathletic child with a mortal fear of footballs, sharing a name with the decade's best known football hero. Sport teachers, not famed for the originality of their wit, would make great use of it once they latched on. Mind you, I have his original name plate on my office door now! Anyway, musing generally, why is it that some of us react to a flying football by vigorously diving out of the way, whereas others try to position themselves so the ball collides with their head? I have my own ideas about this, but I won't voice them for fear of causing offence. Personally I've always been one for avoiding trouble, seeing balls as things to dodge rather than to intercept. I was a very fast runner as a child and dealt with gangs of bullies by outpacing them. What puts all this into my mind is the fact that yesterday, helping Paul out, I went to a block of flats where several residents had erected dishes contrary to their agreements. I have my own opinions about landlords and dishes, but they are irrelevant. I removed all the dishes and was just sitting in the van getting over it (I've been ill and I'm rather weak) when a young man of burly countenance and threatening demeanor marched towards to van. I could see that he was very very angry, to the point where he might do something regrettable. His body language said 'fight' and he was bellowing about his dish. I watched him storm diagonally across the carpark in front of the van, coming towards my door, and realised that I would have to wait until he had come round the side of the van before I could drive off or I might run him over. I wanted to rev the engine in readiness but realised that this might alert him to my plan, so I waited right until he was wrenching my door open before I shot forward. He staggered back and gave chase briefly. We swerved out onto the road and I drove away with one eye glued to the rear view camera. Thinking about it afterwards, it is always my policy bite the bullet and explain things to residents, even things that they really aren't going to like, but this time he really did present such a threat that I don't think anyone would have wanted to have a discussion with him. Bill |
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Ron Lowe wrote:
Adrian C wrote: Graham. wrote: I say, I say, I say. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship?... I don't know. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship? No more sails? I'll get my coat. The Plank. /That/ way. Walk!!!! -- Adrian C |
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Bill 'Pikey Gob****e' Wright captaining a cruise ship?
He'd be lucky to captain an ex-scrapyard dinghy with 2hp outboard motor. Jealousy is *such* a nasty thing. Jamie's motive might be jealously, but his assessment of my nautical ability is perfectly accurate. I have almost drowned myself and others on many occasions. Several of these have been videoed, and a relative says that one day he will produce a DVD: Bill's Very Best Founderings, Sinkings, and Goings Aground. The sequel might be called 'Confusing Radio England with Gunfleet Lighthouse and other cock ups.' Incidentally, our family has a string of nautical message flags which we hang up during festive occasions. My uncle, who is properly qualified to drive a ship (of what size I don't know) swears that the message given by the flags is 'We are clear of infection. May we enter your port?' Bill |
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If he's been up the Lakes he may well be piloting his motorhome
http://www.jadehurley.net/Jade%27s%20site/FLOOD%201%20website.jpg Oh, that looks dodgy. Carpets at least must be ruined. I wonder what the big aerial is for, compromised as it is by the front of the luton. The van appears to be a hire van or something. Those bullbars are rather vulgar. Bill |
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If it hasn't run aground yet probably not. OTOH I bet they need someone in
to sort out their TV system... I had a look round Britannia, and they were suspicious of me because I was peering into nooks and crannies. But you can see the tap-offs and trunk cables of the TV system! Like all kit in 'stately homes' it is ancient and knackered. Bill |
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Adrian C wrote:
Ron Lowe wrote: Adrian C wrote: Graham. wrote: I say, I say, I say. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship?... I don't know. What do you use to fix a Sky dish to the side of a ship? No more sails? I'll get my coat. The Plank. /That/ way. Walk!!!! Yes, it was a bit tacky. I thought someone might tell me to beat it. It was a bit of a reach. But I thought I'd run with it. -- Ron |
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The (somewhat less grandeous) ferry from Holyhead to Dublin certainly does.
It had a frozen Sky News picture on all TVs for about 90% of the journey when we used it in the summer. It had a German language finance channel on all TV sets for the whole journey when I was on it. Bill |
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Ron Lowe wrote:
Adrian C wrote: The Plank. /That/ way. Walk!!!! Yes, it was a bit tacky. I thought someone might tell me to beat it. It was a bit of a reach. But I thought I'd run with it. OK, Man over board!!!! Have a towel :-) -- Adrian C |
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"Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. Not unless he is saying all the ships are built incorrectly and he had to rebuild them all again. He keeps claiming to correct installations, but refuses to names the companies he says did a cowboy job. Is that because he will be sued or maybe because the work didn't need correcting! Oh if only Trading Standards would allow their complaints records for the UK to be released to the pubic - then we would know who to avoid. |
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Incidentally, our family has a string of nautical message flags which
we hang up during festive occasions. My uncle, who is properly qualified to drive a ship (of what size I don't know) swears that the message given by the flags is 'We are clear of infection. May we enter your port?' I think your uncle is pulling your chain [1]. IIRC [2] all you need for that is one yellow flag. See eg Q in http://www.reedsalmanac.com/signal_flags_d.html [1] as we say down sarf. Sorry I can't access the Chicken Run Yorkshire Translator right now. [2] which of course mans I checked first..... -- R |
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David Perry wrote:
Not unless he is saying all the ships are built incorrectly and he had to rebuild them all again. He keeps claiming to correct installations, but refuses to names the companies he says did a cowboy job. Is that because he will be sued or maybe because the work didn't need correcting! Oh if only Trading Standards would allow their complaints records for the UK to be released to the pubic - then we would know who to avoid. Tagged: Tiscali Idiot. -- Adrian C |
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"Bill" wrote in message ... If he's been up the Lakes he may well be piloting his motorhome http://www.jadehurley.net/Jade%27s%20site/FLOOD%201%20website.jpg Oh, that looks dodgy. Carpets at least must be ruined. I wonder what the big aerial is for, compromised as it is by the front of the luton. The van appears to be a hire van or something. Those bullbars are rather vulgar. http://www.jayco.com.au/rockin_motorhome.html http://www.countryragepage.com/jadehurley.htm Read the paragraph that begins "In January 2006". Also the references to CODAN HF radio http://www.codan.com.au/ As his engine no doubt had stopped you would think the driver would turn off the headlights. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"Adrian C" wrote in message ... Ron Lowe wrote: Adrian C wrote: The Plank. /That/ way. Walk!!!! Yes, it was a bit tacky. I thought someone might tell me to beat it. It was a bit of a reach. But I thought I'd run with it. OK, Man over board!!!! Have a towel :-) Come on guys, you'll kick yourselves if I have to tell you. You have till midnight :-) -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"David Perry" wrote in message ... "Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. Not unless he is saying all the ships are built incorrectly and he had to rebuild them all again. He keeps claiming to correct installations, but refuses to names the companies he says did a cowboy job. Is that because he will be sued or maybe because the work didn't need correcting! Oh if only Trading Standards would allow their complaints records for the UK to be released to the pubic - then we would know who to avoid. Freedom of Information Act? |
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What puts all this into my mind is the fact that yesterday, helping Paul out, I went to a block of flats where several residents had erected dishes contrary to their agreements. I have my own opinions about landlords and dishes, but they are irrelevant. I removed all the dishes and was just sitting in the van getting over it (I've been ill and I'm rather weak) when a young man of burly countenance and threatening demeanor marched towards to van. I could see that he was very very angry, to the point where he might do something regrettable. His body language said 'fight' and he was bellowing about his dish. I watched him storm diagonally across the carpark in front of the van, coming towards my door, and realised that I would have to wait until he had come round the side of the van before I could drive off or I might run him over. I wanted to rev the engine in readiness but realised that this might alert him to my plan, so I waited right until he was wrenching my door open before I shot forward. He staggered back and gave chase briefly. We swerved out onto the road and I drove away with one eye glued to the rear view camera. Thinking about it afterwards, it is always my policy bite the bullet and explain things to residents, even things that they really aren't going to like, but this time he really did present such a threat that I don't think anyone would have wanted to have a discussion with him. Did anyone ask for their dishes back? Our freeholder recently had a communal system installed and in the warning letter - it was hardly informative while certainly slightly threatening - it stated that existing dishes would be removed. I wrote back to point out that they would be leaving us all with an inferior system (two satellite feeds in place of my own, four) but mainly to request that my dish be returned to me once taken down. No, I don't know what I would have done with the thing either (sigh). No answer and, up till now, the dishes are still in place. |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... "Adrian C" wrote in message ... Ron Lowe wrote: Adrian C wrote: The Plank. /That/ way. Walk!!!! Yes, it was a bit tacky. I thought someone might tell me to beat it. It was a bit of a reach. But I thought I'd run with it. OK, Man over board!!!! Have a towel :-) Come on guys, you'll kick yourselves if I have to tell you. You have till midnight :-) OK so I had an early night. Sorry. Answer: (Side of a ship , remember) ANCHOR BOLTS I would have excepted sleeve anchors. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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In article , Bill wrote:
Anyway, musing generally, why is it that some of us react to a flying football by vigorously diving out of the way, whereas others try to position themselves so the ball collides with their head? I have my own ideas about this, but I won't voice them for fear of causing offence. I suspect those ideas are similar to my own. I too prefer to avoid impact of flying objects with my head, as I am fond of the notion that it contains a few brain cells that it would be useful to keep. Rod. -- Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/ |
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On Nov 26, 8:33*pm, "David Perry" wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message om... I watched the lunch time news earlier and they had an item on the world's biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas. The captain's name is Bill Wright, could it possibly be?... -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. Not unless he is saying all the ships are built incorrectly and he had to rebuild them all again. *He keeps claiming to correct installations, but refuses to names the companies he says did a cowboy job. *Is that because he will be sued or maybe because the work didn't need correcting! Oh if only Trading Standards would allow their complaints records for the UK to be released to the pubic - then we would know who to avoid. From reading your post there's I certainly know now who to avoid. *PLONK* |
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Graham. wrote:
Come on guys, you'll kick yourselves if I have to tell you. You have till midnight :-) OK so I had an early night. Sorry. Answer: (Side of a ship , remember) ANCHOR BOLTS I would have excepted sleeve anchors. Somehow I was expecting a Sextent. But that's just me ... -- Adrian C |
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Did anyone ask for their dishes back? Our freeholder recently had a
communal system installed and in the warning letter - it was hardly informative while certainly slightly threatening - it stated that existing dishes would be removed. I wrote back to point out that they would be leaving us all with an inferior system (two satellite feeds in place of my own, four) but mainly to request that my dish be returned to me once taken down. No, I don't know what I would have done with the thing either (sigh). No answer and, up till now, the dishes are still in place. ++++++++++ We have to do this regularly. Occasionally people ask for the dish back. I hate doing it because my role is to spread happiness, not cause upset. It makes me feel like a worthless member of society such as a traffic warden. To make it worse, some of the places we have to do this are brand new yet don't provide two feeds per dwelling! Bill |
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In message en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart writes In article , Bill wrote: Anyway, musing generally, why is it that some of us react to a flying football by vigorously diving out of the way, whereas others try to position themselves so the ball collides with their head? I have my own ideas about this, but I won't voice them for fear of causing offence. I suspect those ideas are similar to my own. I too prefer to avoid impact of flying objects with my head, as I am fond of the notion that it contains a few brain cells that it would be useful to keep. Rod. I never avoided a heading opportunity, but always regretted it afterwards, especially in the days of leather balls with laces. -- Ian |
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Graham. wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message ... If he's been up the Lakes he may well be piloting his motorhome http://www.jadehurley.net/Jade%27s%20site/FLOOD%201%20website.jpg Oh, that looks dodgy. Carpets at least must be ruined. I wonder what the big aerial is for, compromised as it is by the front of the luton. Some sort of radio, TX and RX. The van appears to be a hire van or something. Those bullbars are rather vulgar. Those bull bars are roo bars. If you drive at night in the country in Australia you need them. http://www.jayco.com.au/rockin_motorhome.html http://www.countryragepage.com/jadehurley.htm Read the paragraph that begins "In January 2006". Also the references to CODAN HF radio http://www.codan.com.au/ As his engine no doubt had stopped you would think the driver would turn off the headlights. Um perhaps I should have posted the page it came from. http://www.jadehurley.net/Jade%27s%2...20Flashes.html "NEWS FLASHES JADE'S "DROWNED" JAYCO MOTORHOME An hour after this photo was taken, the water level was up to the drivers window with Jade trapped and unconscious inside. A Bangalow police officer and State Emergency Services officer crawled through the drivers window to attend to him. Australian entertainer Jade Hurley was recovering in The Tweed Heads Hospital yesterday after being trapped and unconscious in his luxury motorhome which was swept away by floodwaters. Hurley, renowned as Australia's King of Country Rock music, was traveling alone on his way from his home at Palm Beach on The Gold Coast for performances at the Tamworth Country Music Festival late on Wednesday when he tried to drive his luxury Jayco motorhome through a flooded Bangalow road near Binna Burra in northern New South Wales. The motorhome was hit by a wall of water and the popular pianist-rocker was knocked out in the ordeal." I can only assume that as he tried to drive through the flood his motorhome's engine sucked up water and as we all know liquids are not as compressible as gasses and so the engine will have stopped dead. He should have been wearing a seatbelt, it is after all mandatory according to NSW laws. -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:45:21 +0000, Ian
wrote: In message en.co.uk, Roderick Stewart writes In article , Bill wrote: Anyway, musing generally, why is it that some of us react to a flying football by vigorously diving out of the way, whereas others try to position themselves so the ball collides with their head? I have my own ideas about this, but I won't voice them for fear of causing offence. I suspect those ideas are similar to my own. I too prefer to avoid impact of flying objects with my head, as I am fond of the notion that it contains a few brain cells that it would be useful to keep. Rod. I never avoided a heading opportunity, but always regretted it afterwards, especially in the days of leather balls with laces. Siding with Bill on this one, the only time I ever went for a header resulted in my nutting another lad totally unconcious for some five minutes - neither of us saw the other one coming - splitting my forehead down the middle (or so it seemed at the time) resulting in huge volumes of blood gouting everywhere, shooting my week old specs into the far distance where some overweight moron crushed them into the mud before declaring loudly, as he picked up the broken and mangled sherds, "I found yer fings" and the complete consensus of some 30 odd of my peers that I was an utter "Spaz" and never to be picked to play any street game that they were involved in again. Ever. Which suited me fine as, to this day, the sight of a group of men chasing almost any shaped ball around can bring on my migraine a treat, no trouble. |
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Siding with Bill on this one, the only time I ever went for a header resulted in my nutting another lad totally unconcious for some five minutes - neither of us saw the other one coming - splitting my forehead down the middle (or so it seemed at the time) resulting in huge volumes of blood gouting everywhere, shooting my week old specs into the far distance where some overweight moron crushed them into the mud before declaring loudly, as he picked up the broken and mangled sherds, "I found yer fings" and the complete consensus of some 30 odd of my peers that I was an utter "Spaz" and never to be picked to play any street game that they were involved in again. Ever. Which suited me fine as, to this day, the sight of a group of men chasing almost any shaped ball around can bring on my migraine a treat, no trouble. ++++++++++ My goodness, how well you've expressed my feelings. Bill -- Apologies for formatting; I am using NewsRover |
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On 26 Nov, 20:34, "neverwas" wrote:
Incidentally, our family has a string of nautical message flags which we hang up during festive occasions. My uncle, who is properly qualified to drive a ship (of what size I don't know) swears that the message given by the flags is 'We are clear of infection. May we enter your port?' I think your uncle is pulling your chain [1]. * IIRC [2] all you need for that is one yellow flag. *See eg Q inhttp://www.reedsalmanac.com/signal_flags_d.html The 'U' flag there, "You are running into danger", is used as a mechanical signal on the French railways, when turned face on to the train it means "Danger - do not pass this signal", same as a horizontal red arm in GB. I found this out from various websites, linked from the Wikipedia article 'French Railway Signalling'. Their colour light signals are a lot more complicated than GB, as well as red, yellow and green aspects there are violet and white, these can all be illuminated or flashed in various combinations, and meanings can be varied by accompanying signboards. [1] as we say down sarf. *Sorry I can't access the Chicken Run Yorkshire Translator right now. [2] which of course mans I checked first..... -- R |
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