Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 June 2008, 17:46:00
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Been on the Forum now for a few months and I have noticed that we have about 3400 members.
But I don't see them. In the time I've been on I've probably only spotted a 100 or so different members.
So I've looked down the lists and can find pages and pages of Newbies dating back as far as 2006.
It seems a huge proportion never even make it to the dizzing heights of Junior member.
The Forum seems entertaining and informed. Any reasons why this would be so?
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Some people come on to have 1 question asked/answered and then dissappear again :-/
Each to there own i guess
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At least its there if they want it for help maybe :y
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There loss !!!
if i need cheering up i know where to look
if i need help with my motor i know where to look
if i want to spread my knowledge i know where to look
if i want to chat to some really nice people i know where to look
Where am i lookin ............OOF!!!!!
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dont know
but i love it here it is now my homepage :y
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:)oh just noticed i got another star :)
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There loss !!!
if i need cheering up i know where to look
if i need help with my motor i know where to look
if i want to spread my knowledge i know where to look
if i want to chat to some really nice people i know where to look
Where am i lookin ............OOF!!!!!
..you should join the advertising industry Marie :)
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
My dad, he used to be an omega owner, it was a 1997 Elite but had a problem with it called 'limp mode', i said to him that he should join the forum but didnt know nothing about computers.
Now he is a computer wiz, same as my mum :o :y
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It's their loss- This is a great forum, with a lot of nice, friendly people.
I have only met a few face to face and they were all really up for the friendship and commaradary (excuse spelling of that word - Dame Debs will correct it later! ;D ;D) of it all.
But a majority will just "surf" trying to sort out a particular problem with their Omega and once they have done that don't bother too much again.
On the other hand - we have the "The Regulars" ;D ;D who love the forum and are on here all the time.
Thats my opinion anyway ! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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It's their loss- This is a great forum, with a lot of nice, friendly people.
I have only met a few face to face and they were all really up for the friendship and commaradary (excuse spelling of that word - Dame Debs will corredct it later! ;D ;D) of it all.
But a majority will just "surf" trying to sort out a particular problem with their Omega and once they have done that don't bother too much again.
On the other hand - we have the "The Regulars" ;D ;D who love the forum and are on here all the time.
Thats my opinion anyway ! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Possibly, but remember many may not have any interest in cars etc, and just want to get it fixed....
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
Nothing wrong with that ;D
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It's their loss- This is a great forum, with a lot of nice, friendly people.
I have only met a few face to face and they were all really up for the friendship and commaradary (excuse spelling of that word - Dame Debs will corredct it later! ;D ;D) of it all.
But a majority will just "surf" trying to sort out a particular problem with their Omega and once they have done that don't bother too much again.
On the other hand - we have the "The Regulars" ;D ;D who love the forum and are on here all the time.
Thats my opinion anyway ! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Possibly, but remember many may not have any interest in cars etc, and just want to get it fixed....
Take your point there TB :y
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:)oh just noticed i got another star :)
I can fix that for you!
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:)oh just noticed i got another star :)
:y Congratulations upon the occasion of reaching intermediacy! ;D
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i come on have a look see if there is any new handy miggy pointers have a laugh at the jokes and keep myself amused when in work :D
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
Nothing wrong with that ;D
Its you upsetting everyone you northern person you ;D ;D ;D, was gonna call you something else but thought better of it......its not your fault you are....well, say no more ;D ;D
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I managed to make Junior despite my determination to keep quiet until I knew what I was talking about. Realised that would never happen so just started responding.
Am now living proof of the adage, people may think you are stupid but that doesn't mean you have to open your mouth and prove it.
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
Nothing wrong with that ;D
Its you upsetting everyone you northern person you ;D ;D ;D, was gonna call you something else but thought better of it......its not your fault you are....well, say no more ;D ;D
I'm a big jessy I am :y
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The reason why i joined the forum was quite simply i wanted a Omega, from previous expereince of other cars and brands I have found the best person to buy a car off is an enthusiast.
I have found the forum to be an excellent place for technical tips and has an air of fun.
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Mark DTM, can i have another star ;D ;D
I came to the forum to get some info, i think it was after getting a little on the OTHER site. More info than i needed and alot more friendly, so i stayed, you'll prolly regret that in time :P
last thing to say is I've been accepted as far as i can see and look foreward to meeting some of you at the Newent meet.
Great site Admin may it last for as long as miggies roll. :y :y
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
Nothing wrong with that ;D
Its you upsetting everyone you northern person you ;D ;D ;D, was gonna call you something else but thought better of it......its not your fault you are....well, say no more ;D ;D
You can hardly call him a Northerner, he is in Wakefield, that is not north. :)
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Some people may have no real interest in OOF, or find computers etc a bit of a struggle, so just post up when they need assistance. Thats fine by me.
Looking at the stats, I'd say we get an awful lot of visits by people who haven't joined as well - they probably find the info they need, and do not see the need to sign up. Again, no problem there either.
Some people probably read the Daily Mail, and are scared to sign up to an internet site, as we're all peados and are evil according to that trashy paper.
Nothing wrong with that ;D
Its you upsetting everyone you northern person you ;D ;D ;D, was gonna call you something else but thought better of it......its not your fault you are....well, say no more ;D ;D
You can hardly call him a Northerner, he is in Wakefield, that is not north. :)
From where i live, Wakefield is up north ;D ;D
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too big in my mind Miggy! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) It is letting too many 'foreigners' in from the North, including that xxxxxxx idiot Gordon Brown! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too big in my mind Miggy! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) It is letting too many 'foreigners' in from the North, including that xxxxxxx idiot Gordon Brown! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Now Now Lizzy...nothing wrong with Mr Brown...that a drop off Ben Nevis would not sort out ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too big in my mind Miggy! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) It is letting too many 'foreigners' in from the North, including that xxxxxxx idiot Gordon Brown! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Now Now Lizzy...nothing wrong with Mr Brown...that a drop off Ben Nevis would not sort out ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D If you could would you drop Ben Nevis on him, or sit him on top of that sharpe point? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too big in my mind Miggy! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) It is letting too many 'foreigners' in from the North, including that xxxxxxx idiot Gordon Brown! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Now Now Lizzy...nothing wrong with Mr Brown...that a drop off Ben Nevis would not sort out ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
So... Born in Dartford... Relocated to Wolves, Does that make me a Northerner ::)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
I always wondered Lizzy.....how big is that gap in Watford... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too big in my mind Miggy! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) It is letting too many 'foreigners' in from the North, including that xxxxxxx idiot Gordon Brown! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Now Now Lizzy...nothing wrong with Mr Brown...that a drop off Ben Nevis would not sort out ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
I said "foreigners" not northerners, which I understand from a previous thread is perfectly acceptable ( ;D ;D ;D ;D), and anyway as you say GB is Scottish and the SNP themselves want to become "foreign" to England! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
Whew! Did I get away with that? ::) ::) ::) ::)
If not, to be perfectly PC and considerate to all fellow human beings, I will apologize now! ;D ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
So... Born in Dartford... Relocated to Wolves, Does that make me a Northerner ::)
No! Just a foreigner! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Thanks Lizzie ;D ;D ;D :P :P
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Nice to see this place has threads that wander off topic like anywhere else then!
I'll admit I found this place purely as I wanted to know how to go about some minor work on my Omega, but I still lurk pretty regularly. FWIW this forum seems to be a very friendly place with little or no chips on shoulders (unlike a couple I could think of) and having a large number of registered members with a small core is nothing unusual in my experience either.
So all I can say is enjoy this place, it's a credit to you all.
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Nice to see this place has threads that wander off topic like anywhere else then!
I'll admit I found this place purely as I wanted to know how to go about some minor work on my Omega, but I still lurk pretty regularly. FWIW this forum seems to be a very friendly place with little or no chips on shoulders (unlike a couple I could think of) and having a large number of registered members with a small core is nothing unusual in my experience either.
So all I can say is enjoy this place, it's a credit to you all.
Cheers, join in we don't bite, well most of us don't. ;D ;D ;D :y
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
Northerner!!! ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
So... Born in Dartford... Relocated to Wolves, Does that make me a Northerner ::)
.....born in the shadow of Littlebrook?; you`re truly Kentish, Sir! :y
A "Gardenia" of England.....Be proud. ;)
;D ;D ;D
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
Northerner!!! ;)
Watch it! ::) ::) I lived in and loved Bristol for 18 years! It is definately a Southerner stronghold!
;D ;D ;D ;)
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
Northerner!!! ;)
Watch it! ::) ::) I lived in and loved Bristol for 18 years! It is definately a Southerner stronghold!
;D ;D ;D ;)
Still gets a bit chilly in the winter though. I lived there for 30 years and remember having to scrape the ice off the car windscreen. Definately oop na'th if you ask me and they talk funny, just listen to my wife.
;D ;D
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thems me daps!
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
So... Born in Dartford... Relocated to Wolves, Does that make me a Northerner ::)
.....born in the shadow of Littlebrook?; you`re truly Kentish, Sir! :y
A "Gardenia" of England.....Be proud. ;)
;D ;D ;D
Lol I am Debs. Only thing is my South London accent, With all these YamYams I need protection
Btw Now in hiding from HER IN DOORS ::)
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thems me daps!
;D ;D ;D
First day at school in Bristol. The teacher told everyone to go and get their 'dap bags'. I didn't have a clue what she meant and cried my eyes out. We called them plimsoles where I came from.
Definately not gert lush!!!! :'(
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
Northerner!!! ;)
Watch it! ::) ::) I lived in and loved Bristol for 18 years! It is definately a Southerner stronghold!
;D ;D ;D ;)
Still gets a bit chilly in the winter though. I lived there for 30 years and remember having to scrape the ice off the car windscreen. Definately oop na'th if you ask me and they talk funny, just listen to my wife.
;D ;D
You are right Golfbuddy! It is that habit of putting a "L" on the end of words ending in "A" that always gets me going ;D ;) Like I love driving my 'Cortinal'; or that is a good 'ideal', or I live in a lovely 'Areal'! ;D ;D ;D Lovely people though! :D :y
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Have a look at this (http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/dictionary/a.shtml) then.
Warning, it may make you feel all nostalgic or just a little bit sick. ;)
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Have a look at this (http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/dictionary/a.shtml) then.
Warning, it may make you feel all nostalgic or just a little bit sick. ;)
lol ;D ;D
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Have a look at this (http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/dictionary/a.shtml) then.
Warning, it may make you feel all nostalgic or just a little bit sick. ;)
or there is this (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=black+country) one
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Have a look at this (http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/dictionary/a.shtml) then.
Warning, it may make you feel all nostalgic or just a little bit sick. ;)
or there is this (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=black+country) one
I used to work for a company who's head office was in wolverhapmton, Andrews Heat For Hire, as was, I used to hate the local accent when I had to go down there. :)
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There loss !!!
if i need cheering up i know where to look
if i need help with my motor i know where to look
if i want to spread my knowledge i know where to look
if i want to chat to some really nice people i know where to look
Where am i lookin ............OOF!!!!!
There's a jingle in there just aching to get out..... ;)
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i found this site through google and am very glad i did, i like this place alot..weldone to all involved in running the site and also those members who make it a good place to be :y :y
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Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
I always thought Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were born in the same country?
Both in Great Britain/United Kindom.....
..... and Scotland? TB was born in Edinburgh, AFAIK.
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Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
I always thought Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were born in the same country?
Both in Great Britain/United Kindom.....
..... and Scotland? TB was born in Edinburgh, AFAIK.
You are pulling my leg :) aren't you :-[
Well he lives just up the road and his agent was my PE teacher. ::)
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Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
I always thought Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were born in the same country?
Both in Great Britain/United Kindom.....
..... and Scotland? TB was born in Edinburgh, AFAIK.
You are pulling my leg :) aren't you :-[
Well he lives just up the road and his agent was my PE teacher. ::)
Nope....
Blair was born at the Queen Mary Maternity Home[6] in Edinburgh, Scotland on 6 May 1953,[1] the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair, the illegitimate[7] son of two English actors, had been adopted by a Glasgow shipyard worker named James Blair and his wife Mary as a baby. Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden, a butcher and Orangeman who had moved to Glasgow in 1916 but returned to (and later died in) Ballyshannon in 1923, where his wife Sarah Margaret née Lipsett gave birth to Blair's mother Hazel above her family's grocery shop.[8][9] The Lipsett family in Donegal supposedly originated with a German Jewish immigrant to Ireland prior to the 18th century.[10] George Corscadden was from a family of Protestant farmers in County Donegal, Ireland,[11] who descended from Scottish settlers that took their family name from Garscadden, now part of Glasgow. The Blair family was often taken on holiday to Rossnowlagh, a beach resort near Hazel's hometown of Ballyshannon in south County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.[citation needed] Tony Blair has one elder brother, William Blair, who is a barrister and Queen's Counsel (QC), and a younger sister, Sarah. Blair spent the first 19 months of his life at the family home in Paisley Terrace in the Willowbrae area of Edinburgh.
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Have a look at this (http://www.thatbebristle.co.uk/dictionary/a.shtml) then.
Warning, it may make you feel all nostalgic or just a little bit sick. ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D That is site is brilliant and sums up Bristolian wonderfully well. Ahhh! I am starting to really miss Bristol Martin / Golfbuddy! :'( :'( :'(
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I stand corrected, sorry. :-[ :-[
I will have a wee dram tonight, by way of an apology to our Scotish members. :y
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.......and me! anything North of the Watford Gap is North! ;)
How far north is the Watford Gap ??? To me, anything above Bristol is foreign territory !
Northerner!!! ;)
LOL -- Golfbuddy -- my roots are firmly in Kernow -- even if the branches have spread a little.
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I must start getting on more, I have slipped in the amount I used to post, I haven't posted in ages.
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Hang on a minute. LZ that is offensive to us northerners, >:( GB is not a northerner he is from another Country, so nothing to do with us. :-X
Can's say the same about Tony Blaire though :o :o :o
I always thought Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were born in the same country?
Both in Great Britain/United Kindom.....
..... and Scotland? TB was born in Edinburgh, AFAIK.
You are pulling my leg :) aren't you :-[
Well he lives just up the road and his agent was my PE teacher. ::)
Nope....
Blair was born at the Queen Mary Maternity Home[6] in Edinburgh, Scotland on 6 May 1953,[1] the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair (née Corscadden). Leo Blair, the illegitimate[7] son of two English actors, had been adopted by a Glasgow shipyard worker named James Blair and his wife Mary as a baby. Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden, a butcher and Orangeman who had moved to Glasgow in 1916 but returned to (and later died in) Ballyshannon in 1923, where his wife Sarah Margaret née Lipsett gave birth to Blair's mother Hazel above her family's grocery shop.[8][9] The Lipsett family in Donegal supposedly originated with a German Jewish immigrant to Ireland prior to the 18th century.[10] George Corscadden was from a family of Protestant farmers in County Donegal, Ireland,[11] who descended from Scottish settlers that took their family name from Garscadden, now part of Glasgow. The Blair family was often taken on holiday to Rossnowlagh, a beach resort near Hazel's hometown of Ballyshannon in south County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.[citation needed] Tony Blair has one elder brother, William Blair, who is a barrister and Queen's Counsel (QC), and a younger sister, Sarah. Blair spent the first 19 months of his life at the family home in Paisley Terrace in the Willowbrae area of Edinburgh.
And, I thought Tony Blair was the b*st*rd!!!