RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 I know it upsets some people but I don't hand my details over to the party tellers outside. I am perfectly polite. I know they share the numbers with other parties. I just dont want the fact that I vote at all recorded by some of the parties who stand. Once one chap was extremely aggressive and made threats,someone from his party told him to calm down. At the last local election one of the candidates said if I didn't give my number I may receive a telephone call later. I enquired how that was going to work as she didn't know who I was and certainly had no access to any of my telephone numbers. She did admit that was a good point. Tony 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 35 years ago today, we landed in Canada as immgrunts, with sons aged 5,3, and 1. Overall, while there are still things we miss about the UK - we were in our mid-30s and had an established life there - we think it was the correct decision to move, especially for the kids. On visits to the UK, it's interesting to realise sometimes just how much the country, and yourself, have changed in that time. Making unthinking assumptions can be embarassing at times, occasionally even socially dangerous! 35 years for Lorna and I come August - by a coincidence we actually left on our 10th wedding anniversary. Three kids in tow 5, 3 and 2. Two girls and a boy. The girls are doing great - the boy not so much at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thunderstorms all around us in Sarthe, but not actually overhead just yet. If we are to be kept awake I hope the power stays on! I hope the election results please some of you, at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 My vote has been cast into the pond of political despondency. . . No one bothers asking who we vote for here. . . The monkey with the red rosette will win. I voted for some poor s0d who will lose his deposit . . . . NOT the T... sorry, I can't even say the word. Nor the kipper. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Trainers are what you give to toddlers to help teach them to use the bog to poop in. Never tell an American that you wear Trainers..... specially not as “smart casual” wear. Having been the music business since I was 16 (very laid back, clothes wise) I can advise you that I would not be seen dead in sneakers ( or trainers). Ugly things. Best, Pete Edited June 8, 2017 by trisonic 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 The monkey with the red rosette will win ISTR Hartlepool has known a thing or two about monkeys. Voting for one seems likely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 ......I voted for some poor s0d who will lose his deposit . . . . I got home to cast my vote for the fringe candidate: a Somali fella who is representing - believe it or not - UKIP. The sheer novelty of an immigrant standing for an anti-immigration party was not to be missed. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Oops! Just seen Exit Polls. However the Trump/Clinton Exits were very misleading.... Pete. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2017 Oops! Just seen Exit Polls. However the Trump/Clinton Exits were very misleading.... Pete. That presents a very disturbing image................ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Night all. I'll find out the results when I eventually surface 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Do I hear the sound of political knives being sharpened? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Do I hear the sound of political knives being sharpened? Is there a time when they are not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Night awl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2017 Goodnight all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2017 First result is in and the pundits are trying to recreate the entire Roman Empire based on finding evidence of a brick in a field. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thunder and lightning with heavy rain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thunder and lightning with heavy rain. I that the election forecast or the weather. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 First result is in and the pundits are trying to recreate the entire Roman Empire based on finding evidence of a brick in a field. Wasn't there a Pink Floyd song about bricks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 Well the results are staggering in and as andy has already said the game of guesswork is going full time. For Pete's info see full details in the links below. The current incumbent was selected as the Conservative candidate for the 2008 by-election by a carefully 'packed' party constituency meeting (well that's what the Constituency Party Chairman told me - I knew him quite well via the auction trade). A fascinating fact about the by-election was that a very pleasant lady MP for an adjacent constituency called on us canvassing - a certain Mrs May. Another strange thing is how the constituency has finished up with useless MPs with the initials JH - a chap called John Hay was the MP for over 20 years and was next to useless but at least avoided getting the sack from the Admiralty following the Profumo scandal. In between the two JHs the constituency has had two really good MPs in terms of representing local needs and getting things done - firstly Michael Heseltine and then Boris Johnson. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/henley/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley_(UK_Parliament_constituency) G'night all 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 First result is in and the pundits are trying to recreate the entire Roman Empire based on finding evidence of a brick in a field. Wasn't there a Pink Floyd song about bricks? All in all you're just another paver in the Fosse Way? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 And here I am only my extra long weekend. Relaxing and thinking modelling today or all the car work to get it ready to sell, needs a new battery then a road worthy... might have to do the front rotors! Nah I think modelling calls! Any how only a top of 15 here in Melbourne been cold over night. Dog was hiding in the back of his kennel. Ow he could get a walk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2017 What have the bricks ever done for us? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Yes, Ian . . .Hartlepool even voted a monkey in as mayor. . . Twice! John 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 What has happened to the Uk polies.... I bet they can't even figure it out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Well I was going to bed early........ 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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