Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: bob.dent on 22 May 2007, 15:31:57
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As some of you may know, I'm in the process of selling my Omega and buying new one. I haven't wanted to reveal too much up until now just in case things didn't go as planned and I don't like to tempt providence!! :-X
However, I can reveal that I have an agreement on the purchase of the one I'm buying and also have an agreement on the sale of mine with the exchanges taking place on the same day.
...................only a few days to go and all will be revealed. ;)
Should make a very interesting thread - until then............... :-X :-X :-X
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You will have to pop your head in and say hello..... ;)
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I dont know....this place is like the masons with all its behind the scenes deals..... :-/ i`d ask you what the news was but no doubt its a secret ::)
Oh and by the way Bob you sound like Hannibal out of the A Team there.... ;D
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I dont know....this place is like the masons with all its behind the scenes deals..... :-/ i`d ask you what the news was but no doubt its a secret ::)
Oh and by the way Bob you sound like Hannibal out of the A Team there.... ;D
You mean you suspect other members of this forum are involved then Mark?? ::)
:-X
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Looking forward to trying the passenger seat out personally!
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aye actually im going to note this thread and see.....funny how Ronnie is away this week and your Omega dealing..... :-X
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As some of you may know, I'm in the process of selling my Omega and buying new one. I haven't wanted to reveal too much up until now just in case things didn't go as planned and I don't like to tempt providence!! :-X
However, I can reveal that I have an agreement on the purchase of the one I'm buying and also have an agreement on the sale of mine with the exchanges taking place on the same day.
...................only a few days to go and all will be revealed. ;)
Should make a very interesting thread - until then............... :-X :-X :-X
Well if it all goes as planned, good excuse to take it for a good run up to the Lakes for the weekend meet and show it off :y
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Well if it all goes as planned, good excuse to take it for a good run up to the Lakes for the weekend meet and show it off :y
That's the plan Mike, and it's now looking very likely. :y :)
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aye actually im going to note this thread and see.....funny how Ronnie is away this week and your Omega dealing..... :-X
;D ;D
Hmmmm......speculating a bit there Mark!! ::) :-X
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You gettin' a bit excited then Bob?
Sounds like you're a kid on Christmas eve!!
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Look, just spill the beans Dent, or the boys will be round >:(
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You gettin' a bit excited then Bob?
Sounds like you're a kid on Christmas eve!!
What gives you that idea then Rod? ::) :D
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Look, just spill the beans Dent, or the boys will be round >:(
;D ;D ;D
[size=24]NO!![/size] :-X
Not long now ::)
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
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And Mr DTM, LB and Jamie are particularly quiet on this one.....bet they know, the admins always know first... :)
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
Come on Bob......thats not what you said to me the other day on the phone ::)....put them out of their misery and tell the truth ;D ;D :y
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
Come on Bob......thats not what you said to me the other day on the phone ::)....put them out of their misery and tell the truth ;D ;D :y
Nah............you must have been on the wuskey again Mike! ;D
As far as I know, Ronnie really IS away getting his back sorted. :P
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
Come on Bob......thats not what you said to me the other day on the phone ::)....put them out of their misery and tell the truth ;D ;D :y
Nah............you must have been on the wuskey again Mike! ;D
As far as I know, Ronnie really IS away getting his back sorted. :P
Are u sure it was'nt you that was on the whisky :o, you were slurring a wee bit :o, unless it was that accent of yours :-?...or unless your just takin the Bob.dent out of me >:( ;D
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
Come on Bob......thats not what you said to me the other day on the phone ::)....put them out of their misery and tell the truth ;D ;D :y
Nah............you must have been on the wuskey again Mike! ;D
As far as I know, Ronnie really IS away getting his back sorted. :P
Are u sure it was'nt you that was on the whisky :o, you were slurring a wee bit :o, unless it was that accent of yours :-?...or unless your just takin the Bob.dent out of me >:( ;D
me.....slurring? - must be my London accent. ::) ;D
Mind you I was in the pub. :o
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...why do people always spill beans.....why not corn or peas :-/
I think Bobs on the wind up here.....or selling to his his eldest ;D
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...why do people always spill beans.....why not corn or peas :-/
I think Bobs on the wind up here.....or selling to his his eldest ;D
Well definitely not to his youngest as he has confirmed the passenger seat :y
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and still no Ronnie....
I reckon your buying the one Ronnie had recently...no one has denied it.
Sure it was an Elite.... :-/
One of Ronnie's cars?? :-? Nah..........far too expensive for me!! ;D ;D ;D
Come on Bob......thats not what you said to me the other day on the phone ::)....put them out of their misery and tell the truth ;D ;D :y
Nah............you must have been on the wuskey again Mike! ;D
As far as I know, Ronnie really IS away getting his back sorted. :P
Are u sure it was'nt you that was on the whisky :o, you were slurring a wee bit :o, unless it was that accent of yours :-?...or unless your just takin the Bob.dent out of me >:( ;D
me.....slurring? - must be my London accent. ::) ;D
Mind you I was in the pub. :o
Well thats a surprise ;D...that explains it all :y
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...why do people always spill beans.....why not corn or peas :-/
I think Bobs on the wind up here.....or selling to his his eldest ;D
Well definitely not to his youngest as he has confirmed the passenger seat :y
Nah, Greg's the eldest who has confirmed the passenger seat (he just doesn't have his own car yet) - youngest one lives in Devon with his mum. Mind you, neither of them could afford to insure an Omega! ::)
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...why do people always spill beans.....why not corn or peas :-/
I think Bobs on the wind up here.....or selling to his his eldest ;D
Well definitely not to his youngest as he has confirmed the passenger seat :y
Nah, Greg's the eldest who has confirmed the passenger seat (he just doesn't have his own car yet) - youngest one lives in Devon with his mum. Mind you, neither of them could afford to insure an Omega! ::)
Knew I would be corrected on that one - Thanks Bob :y
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Tum-te-tum!
<Rolls thumbs and eyes>
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1 day to go.... 8-)
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oh for goodness sake..... >:( suspense or what ;D
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I kid you guys not............the anticipation is killing me too!! :-?
Only just over 24 hours to go and all will be revealed. ;)
Watch this space tomorrow evening and beans will be well and truly spilt........if I can drag myself away from my new pride and joy!! ;) ;D
..............or then again, they could be spilt by someone else ::) ::) ::)
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[size=20][\Miss Marple Mode] My money is on Big Rods Omega moving South :question[/Miss Marple Mode] [/size]
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[size=20][\Miss Marple Mode] My money is on Big Rods Omega moving South :question[/Miss Marple Mode] [/size]
If it is Big Rods Omega, when you wake up on the Saturday morning at the Lakes meet you will find a rusty blue Omega estate in its place and me missing ;D ;D
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[size=20][\Miss Marple Mode] My money is on Big Rods Omega moving South :question[/Miss Marple Mode] [/size]
If it is Big Rods Omega, when you wake up on the Saturday morning at the Lakes meet you will find a rusty blue Omega estate in its place and me missing ;D ;D
Only if you bribe me to 'accidentally' program your keys to his car.... ....now how much is that worth $$$
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Do you honestly think I could part with that car!?!?!? :-?
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Do you honestly think I could part with that car!?!?!? :-?
and ive already claimed first refusal waaaaaaaay back :y
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Here's my shot in the dark.
Big Rod is going to drive his car to Bob dent and return in Bob dents old Omega, which will then be passed to Markie.
Hot or cold ;)
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Here's my shot in the dark.
Big Rod is going to drive his car to Bob dent and return in Bob dents old Omega, which will then be passed to Markie.
Hot or cold ;)
that wasn't far off what i was thinking. I reckon Markie has a part to play in all this.... :-/
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and ive already claimed first refusal waaaaaaaay back :y
I won't sell it to you Jock, plain and simple!!
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I reckon Markie has a part to play in all this.... :-/
This is all sounding very sinister and I'm not sure I'm comfortable in being implicated in the shenanigans!! >:(
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I reckon Markie has a part to play in all this.... :-/
This is all sounding very sinister and I'm not sure I'm comfortable in being implicated in the shenanigans!! >:(
and i dont know what shenanigans is but i dont want to be in it either.... :-/
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I reckon Markie has a part to play in all this.... :-/
This is all sounding very sinister and I'm not sure I'm comfortable in being implicated in the shenanigans!! >:(
Guilty until proven innocent ;D
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Guilty until proven innocent ;D
Ever fancy a job as a Scamera operator TB? ;D
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Guilty until proven innocent ;D
Ever fancy a job as a Scamera operator TB? ;D
;D
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Spill the beans
Meaning
To divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously
Origin
The derivation of this expression is sometimes said to be a voting system used in ancient Greece. The story goes that white beans indicated positive votes and black beans negative. Votes had to be unanimous, so if the collector 'spilled the beans' before the vote was complete and a black bean was seen, the vote was halted. That's plausible, but doesn't account for the fact that the phrase is first found in the early 20th century. It's probably best if we concentrate our search there and ignore ancient Greece.
'Spill' has been used as a verb with the meaning of 'divulge' or 'let out' since at least the 16th century. Edward Hellowes' Guevara's Familiar epistles, 1574, contains an example of that usage:
"Although it be a shame to spill it, I will not leaue to say that which... his friends haue said vnto me."
That 'let out' meaning was probably influenced by an earlier meaning of 'spill', i.e. 'kill' and the subsequent usage 'spill blood', which was in common use by the 14th century.
The earliest uses of 'spill the beans' come from the USA. The meaning of the phrase was then something like 'spoil the beans' or 'upset the applecart', which harks back to the supposed Greek knocking over of a bean container. The first example I can find is from The Stevens Point Journal, June 1908:
"Tawney, when he came to congress, wasn't welcomed within the big tent. He had to wait around on the outside. Then the blacksmith [Jim Tawney] got busy. He just walked off the reservation, taking enough insurgent Republicans with him to spill the beans for the big five."
Soon after that the phrase was used with the meaning of 'upset a previously stable situation by talking out of turn', which is close to how we use it today. That is cited in The Van Wert Daily Bulletin, October 1911:
"Finally Secretary Fisher, of the President's cabinet, who had just returned from a trip to Alaska, was called by Governor Stubbs to the front, and proceeded, as one writer says, to 'spill the beans'."
We have 'spill', meaning 'divulge', but why beans? Well, it could have been almost anything. In fact, there are several 'spill the' variants - 'spill the soup', 'spill your guts', or simply, just 'spill'.
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<Snort, cough>, Sorry did you say something there Jock!?!?!? :-?
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ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
<Snort, cough>, Sorry did you say something there Jock!?!?!? :-?
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
FOMCL at the last few posts :y
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Here's my shot in the dark.
Big Rod is going to drive his car to Bob dent and return in Bob dents old Omega, which will then be passed to Markie.
Hot or cold ;)
that wasn't far off what i was thinking. I reckon Markie has a part to play in all this.... :-/
Hmmmmm..........being accused of colluding with the Jocks now am I? ::)
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[size=20][\Miss Marple Mode] My money is on Big Rods Omega moving South :question[/Miss Marple Mode] [/size]
If it is Big Rods Omega, when you wake up on the Saturday morning at the Lakes meet you will find a rusty blue Omega estate in its place and me missing ;D ;D
Only if you bribe me to 'accidentally' program your keys to his car.... ....now how much is that worth $$$
Over my dead b.............................Oh sh*t :-X
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[size=20][\Miss Marple Mode] My money is on Big Rods Omega moving South :question[/Miss Marple Mode] [/size]
If it is Big Rods Omega, when you wake up on the Saturday morning at the Lakes meet you will find a rusty blue Omega estate in its place and me missing ;D ;D
Only if you bribe me to 'accidentally' program your keys to his car.... ....now how much is that worth $$$
Over my dead b.............................Oh sh*t :-X
I could drive over your tent whilst making good my escape :o ;D
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ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
<Snort, cough>, Sorry did you say something there Jock!?!?!? :-?
No i didnt i copy and pasted this to make me look clever seeing as i dont know what a shenanigansis is :o and detract from the accusations that i am involved in bean spilling :o