Hello I'm new here, I'm from England.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:02 pm

Hi Steve and welcome to the forum

Have Fun:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:15 pm

oscar;1070973 wrote: Odie, how did your cortisone injection go?? Did it hurt?? I've been baby sitting the aliens for you while you were away.:wah:

it didn't!:mad:

I thought it was carpelt tunnel.

instead she said I have nerve damage in my shoulder and neck, two of the fingers are numb.:-1

x-rays done today and tests now being booked!:-5

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:16 am

Steveg;1071175 wrote: I would humbly like to correct you there. Brown took office in June 2007Good lord, so he did, I had it in my head it was this year not last. Major blunder, I retract while grovelling. Had I not been so outraged by the inclusion of Dunfermline & W Fife in your list my mind would have been clearer.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:00 am

Hi Steve, welcome to FG :-6:-6

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:07 am

fuzzy butt;1071669 wrote: Hello Steve, I'm Megan, and very pleased to make your aquaintance:)

Megan's hobbies include anthropophagy and bone-carving.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:29 am

Odie;1071283 wrote: it didn't!:mad:

I thought it was carpelt tunnel.

instead she said I have nerve damage in my shoulder and neck, two of the fingers are numb.:-1

x-rays done today and tests now being booked!:-5

Thats what I have, mine is from dics crumbling in my neck and they have told me that there is nothing they can do.

You having an MRI?

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:24 am

Hi everyone,

My name is Cazza and I am a scouser.

I live on Merseyside and I support Everton, although my husband and three children support Liverpool.

I work as a secretary in a school and I like going to the pub and eating out.

I am a big fan of Gordon Brown and yes Oscar he is trying to put the 'Great' back in Great Britain, although he has had a few setbacks, like this world credit crunch which some people blame him for!

I like a chat and a good laugh, as well as a heated debate!

I Look forward to getting to know you all.

Cazza

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:27 am

Steveg;1071015 wrote: Oscar, Blair was not voted out, he stepped down, Brown then assumed the role of prime minister, they did not even have an in house Labour party election before he took power, within parliamentary rules yes, but pure dictatorship in my eyes.

Granted, you won the recent by-election in Glenrothes, but I wouldn't call it landmark, you simply retained a seat you already held - but with a reduced majority of over half...... not good.

Now here is a list of previously held Labour seats lost in bye elections in 2008:

*Glasgow East- Labour lost to: Scottish National Party

*Crewe and Nantwich - Labour lost to: Conservative Party

* Dunfermline and West Fife - Labour lost to: Liberal Democrats

So all in all Oscar, your great Gordon Brown does not look that great, statistically! :wah:

Thanks for the welcome by the way, that goes for everyone else as well, I was very impressed so I will try to be kind to you all. :sneaky:

Hi Steve,

Gordon Brown, did not assume that he was Primeminster, he was not challenged because no one stood against him.

It was all done legally!:p

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:49 am

Cazza;1071876 wrote: Hi Steve,

Gordon Brown, did not assume that he was Primeminster, he was not challenged because no one stood against him.

It was all done legally!:p

It would have been equally legal if the Queen had invited me to form an administration. The difference between me and Gordon is that I would have failed where he succeeded.

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:55 am

spot;1071626 wrote: Good lord, so he did, I had it in my head it was this year not last. Major blunder, I retract while grovelling. Had I not been so outraged by the inclusion of Dunfermline & W Fife in your list my mind would have been clearer.

Spot, I am so impressed, yet so disillusioned at the same time. You admitted you were wrong, I'm so impressed :yh_clap:yh_clap:yh_clap

Now you admitted you were wrong...I'm so disillusioned!

:D:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:58 am

I'm imperfect. Others could have warned you beforehand, it's been seen before.

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:11 am

spot;1071929 wrote: I'm imperfect. Others could have warned you beforehand, it's been seen before.

Yes, I should have been warned, that is part of the disillusionment, I thought you were perfect!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

hehehe just teasin ya!!

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:14 am

Cazza;1071874 wrote: Hi everyone,

My name is Cazza and I am a scouser.

I live on Merseyside and I support Everton, although my husband and three children support Liverpool.

I work as a secretary in a school and I like going to the pub and eating out.

I am a big fan of Gordon Brown and yes Oscar he is trying to put the 'Great' back in Great Britain, although he has had a few setbacks, like this world credit crunch which some people blame him for!

I like a chat and a good laugh, as well as a heated debate!

I Look forward to getting to know you all.

Cazza

Welcome Cazza.

If you want to really get noticed, try starting your own introduction thread. This one is Steve G's.

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:16 am

shelbell;1071942 wrote: Yes, I should have been warned, that is part of the disillusionment, I thought you were perfect!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotflHave you been warned that I occasionally tear off my shirt and run through the threads posting insults in large purple italics at everyone?

Openmind wrote: If you want to really get noticed, try starting your own introduction thread. This one is Steve G's.This is an intro thread? Bugger. Sorry Steve!

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:20 am

spot;1071947 wrote: Have you been warned that I occasionally tear off my shirt and run through the threads posting insults in large purple italics at everyone?

Not that one either...people need to start communicating better with me, and warning me about you. The positive side tho, is your insults are purple!!! At least you have the right color choice! :yh_bigsmi

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:20 am

spot;1071947 wrote: Have you been warned that I occasionally tear off my shirt and run through the threads posting insults in large purple italics at everyone?

This is an intro thread? Bugger. Sorry Steve!

No, no one warned me.:-3:-3

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:36 pm

spot;1071882 wrote: It would have been equally legal if the Queen had invited me to form an administration. The difference between me and Gordon is that I would have failed where he succeeded.

Spot, you are very right. You know a brilliant man when you see one.

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:39 pm

OpenMind;1071945 wrote: Welcome Cazza.

If you want to really get noticed, try starting your own introduction thread. This one is Steve G's.

Yes, so I see, sorry Steve, my mistake.

I am sure you will forgive a scouser!

Well I hope so anyway.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:14 pm

Cazza;1071876 wrote: Hi Steve,

Gordon Brown, did not assume that he was Primeminster, he was not challenged because no one stood against him.

It was all done legally!:p

Gordon Brown niether 'assumed' he was prime Minister nor was he not challenged.

How can the entire Cabinet taking a vote and electing him be 'not challenged'???

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:21 pm

oscar;1072425 wrote: Gordon Brown niether 'assumed' he was prime Minister nor was he not challenged.

How can the entire Cabinet taking a vote and electing him be 'not challenged'???

Oscar, he wasn't challenged because no one put up against him, so there was no vote.

So he was Prime Minister, obviously all the Labour Party thought he was the best person for the job and he is. Very experienced and well able to see us through the credit crunch crisis.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:24 pm

oscar;1072425 wrote: gordon brown niether 'assumed' he was prime minister nor was he not challenged.

How can the entire cabinet taking a vote and electing him be 'not challenged'???

all politicians are challenged!!!!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:28 pm

Cazza;1072443 wrote: Oscar, he wasn't challenged because no one put up against him, so there was no vote.

So he was Prime Minister, obviously all the Labour Party thought he was the best person for the job and he is. Very experienced and well able to see us through the credit crunch crisis.

So, you can tell me all about Gordon Brown can You??

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:34 pm

OpenMind;1072447 wrote: all politicians are challenged!!!!

Yes, he has been challenged since he became Primeminister.

First he had to deal with the terrible floods and now the credit crunch but he has a firm hand on the tiller, so to speak.

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:35 pm

oscar;1072456 wrote: So, you can tell me all about Gordon Brown can You??

Can you Oscar, you can go first!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:44 pm

Cazza;1072464 wrote: Can you Oscar, you can go first!

Why don't you just read all the last polital threads on the budget etc when you get some time. Then i won't have to repeat myself.

As your new, why don't you tell us all what you think of Gordon Brown?

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:48 pm

oscar;1072478 wrote: Why don't you just read all the last polital threads on the budget etc when you get some time. Then i won't have to repeat myself.

As your new, why don't you tell us all what you think of Gordon Brown?

I thought I had Oscar and I really have no time to read threads on the budget.

I love him and I can assure you that I know everything I need to know about Gordon and no one will change my mind.

The day that Tony Blair went, was the day I rejoiced.

People have tried but failed. I do not like David Cameron and will certainly not be voting for him at the next election.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:10 pm

Cazza;1072484 wrote: I thought I had Oscar and I really have no time to read threads on the budget.

I love him and I can assure you that I know everything I need to know about Gordon and no one will change my mind.

The day that Tony Blair went, was the day I rejoiced.

People have tried but failed. I do not like David Cameron and will certainly not be voting for him at the next election.

I'll pass that on to Gordon, I'm sure he'll be pleased to hear it.

Post by **Peter Lake** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:12 pm

Steveg;1071015 wrote: Oscar, Blair was not voted out, he stepped down, Brown then assumed the role of prime minister, they did not even have an in house Labour party election before he took power, within parliamentary rules yes, but pure dictatorship in my eyes.

Granted, you won the recent by-election in Glenrothes, but I wouldn't call it landmark, you simply retained a seat you already held - but with a reduced majority of over half...... not good.

Now here is a list of previously held Labour seats lost in bye elections in 2008:

*Glasgow East- Labour lost to: Scottish National Party

*Crewe and Nantwich - Labour lost to: Conservative Party

* Dunfermline and West Fife - Labour lost to: Liberal Democrats

So all in all Oscar, your great Gordon Brown does not look that great, statistically! :wah:

Thanks for the welcome by the way, that goes for everyone else as well, I was very impressed so I will try to be kind to you all. :sneaky:
#

oh dear, oh dear!

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:23 am

oscar;1072572 wrote: I'll pass that on to Gordon, I'm sure he'll be pleased to hear it.

Oscar, you do that.

According to some people, Gordon needs all the support he can get because he wo't win the next election.

I happen to think he will.

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:35 am

Cazza;1072925 wrote: I happen to think he will.

I find it hard to imagine why anyone would doubt it.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:00 am

spot;1072941 wrote: I find it hard to imagine why anyone would doubt it.

A done deal in my books.:wah:

Steveg · Post by **Steveg** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:55 am

I don't know...I come on a new forum to introduce myself, get accosted by Oscar about Brown, then a new poster joins called Cazza who is equally enthralled and as deluded about Brown as Oscar. Meanwhile, I feel my hello thread has been hijacked already...your a hard bunch on here I can tell !! :-2

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:57 am

I don't think you can call it hijacking necessarily, it's more an exploration. Where do you stand on the folk-rock revival for example? Until we know you're the right sort on the essential questions you have to stay provisional.

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:00 am

(as a clue, "to which of the folk-rock revivals do you refer?" is an acceptable response, "what folk-rock revival?" is a definite no-no).

Steveg · Post by **Steveg** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:10 am

I like rock, I like folk Music, in fact I like a variety of music. I was what they called a new romantic, in the eighties I suppose. My favorite singer of all time has to be David Bowie, but as a young teenager I remember bands like Led Zeppelin, Marc Boland and so on. When I was fifteen and still at school, I used to travel miles to folk music sessions. All in all, I suppose I sit on the fence when it comes to folk rock revivals...dare I say..whatever that is? :wah:

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:19 am

Steveg;1073162 wrote: I don't know...I come on a new forum to introduce myself, get accosted by Oscar about Brown, then a new poster joins called Cazza who is equally enthralled and as deluded about Brown as Oscar. Meanwhile, I feel my hello thread has been hijacked already...your a hard bunch on here I can tell !! :-2

It's the daily mail readers. They have an attention span of about two minutes and because they are always reading drivel that's all they can come out with. They tend to ramble on to themselves like demented budgies tweeting away in the corner.

I'm looking to these guys to save us all.

Official Monster Raving Loony Party - Homepage

Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of all things foreign!

Only in Britain can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in Britain do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Britain do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in Britain do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Britain do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Britain are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.

Yes let's get some credibility back into british politics you know it makes sense.

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:22 am

Steveg;1073194 wrote: I like rock, I like folk Music, in fact I like a variety of music. I was what they called a new romantic, in the eighties I suppose. My favorite singer of all time has to be David Bowie, but as a young teenager I remember bands like Led Zeppelin, Marc Boland and so on. When I was fifteen and still at school, I used to travel miles to folk music sessions. All in all, I suppose I sit on the fence when it comes to folk rock revivals...dare I say..whatever that is? :wah:

We have this major problem that you're so young you only know recent acts.

Umm.

1. Ralph McTell or Roy Bailey? (hint: the answer cannot in any circumstances be Ralph McTell).

2. Gaudete? (hint: possible answers are "in Domino semper" or "all around my hat")

3. Which King Henry? Why?

4. You are invited out by Alison Gross. Plan your evening. What essential items would you take with you?

5. Andy Stewart and Kenneth McKellar are performing at your local venue. What is sufficient excuse for not attending, short of killing a family member?

6. In which venue is amplification acceptable for an all-acoustic set? a) The Nag's Head Finchley, audience capacity 10 b) Leicester Cathedral, audience capacity 800 c) The Albert Hall, audience capacity 5,000 (hint: this is a trick question)

7. "She's led him in through ae dark door, And sae has she thro' nine; She's laid him on a dressing-table, And stickit him like a swine". Illustrate.

8. "I see a dark sail on the horizon, set under a black cloud that hides the sun". What are my options? Have I left them too late?

9. Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market, kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes? (do NOT hum while answering)

10. Explain the influences of Wizz Jones on Labour Party politics.

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:33 pm

Steveg;1073162 wrote: I don't know...I come on a new forum to introduce myself, get accosted by Oscar about Brown, then a new poster joins called Cazza who is equally enthralled and as deluded about Brown as Oscar. Meanwhile, I feel my hello thread has been hijacked already...your a hard bunch on here I can tell !! :-2

Steve, I was just thinking that all I can see on your introduction is

GORDON BROWN

Very ironic when you are not a supporter of his.

All as I can say is, poor you, you just may have to get used to it.

Do you really want David Cameron to be primeminister or perhaps someone from the Lib Dems?

I can tell you now, it won't happen!

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:58 pm

spot;1073225 wrote: We have this major problem that you're so young you only know recent acts.

Umm.

1. Ralph McTell or Roy Bailey? (hint: the answer cannot in any circumstances be Ralph McTell).

You're being ageist Spot.

2. Gaudete? (hint: possible answers are "in Domino semper" or "all around my hat")

Steeleye Span/Pentangle/June Tabor/Maddie Prior

3. Which King Henry? Why?

Who the hell cares?

4. You are invited out by Alison Gross. Plan your evening. What essential items would you take with you?

Eye of newt, bats blood, loads of garlic and a bloody great knife.

5. Andy Stewart and Kenneth McKellar are performing at your local venue. What is sufficient excuse for not attending, short of killing a family member?

They're Brigadoon-ish stereo types. You would probably answer "they're Scottish", but I personally would sacrafice many family members to escape attending.

6. In which venue is amplification acceptable for an all-acoustic set? a) The Nag's Head Finchley, audience capacity 10 b) Leicester Cathedral, audience capacity 800 c) The Albert Hall, audience capacity 5,000 (hint: this is a trick question)

All of them

7. "She's led him in through ae dark door, And sae has she thro' nine; She's laid him on a dressing-table, And stickit him like a swine". Illustrate.

Can't. This is (presumably) a child-friendly forum - damnit.

8. "I see a dark sail on the horizon, set under a black cloud that hides the sun". What are my options? Have I left them too late?

You have none, it is much too late.........

9. Have you seen the old man in the closed-down market, kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes? (do NOT hum while answering)

London actually has streets?

10. Explain the influences of Wizz Jones on Labour Party politics.

The Labour Party has no politics.

Spot, this is an intro thread - at least it was...........

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:18 pm

Chookie;1073493 wrote: Spot, this is an intro thread - at least it was...........

And we're all making a proper mess of it, which is deeply traditional.

The correct answer to 6 is "none".

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:24 pm

spot;1073522 wrote: And we're all making a proper mess of it, which is deeply traditional.

The correct answer to 6 is "none".

Indeed, it is considered an honour to the person introduced if their thread is hijacked.:yh_rotfl

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:25 pm

OpenMind;1073530 wrote: Indeed, it is considered an honour to the person introduced if their thread is hijacked.:yh_rotfl

OpenMind, it is an honour that I have had so many replies! :guitarist:guitarist

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:29 pm

Cazza;1073531 wrote: OpenMind, it is an honour that I have had so many replies! :guitarist:guitarist

Aren't you glad now I told you to start your own introduction thread.:-6

:yh_rotfl

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:34 pm

Peter Lake;1072615 wrote: #

oh dear, oh dear!:yh_rotfl

Cazza · Post by **Cazza** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:34 pm

OpenMind;1073535 wrote: Aren't you glad now I told you to start your own introduction thread.:-6

:yh_rotfl

Yes indeed, I am glad you pointed me in the right direction.

I am very happy that Everton won but we are still 7th and a point now behind Hull. :guitarist

Post by **spot** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:41 pm

I'm still trying to decide whether Chookie's "Child" in answer to 7 was not the cleverest post of the day. I suspect it was.