Steamport Southport Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Here they are three years late as usual.... Yanks Go Home! You do realise it's a USAAF museum in East Anglia dedicated to the brave US flyers? http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/549 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 I was forgetting, they don't do irony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, melmerby said: "If you don't agree with our view of justice, we will bomb the hell out of you" "And, if we don't like your idea of justice, we'll fly home and claim diplomatic immunity." 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: "And, if we don't like your idea of justice, we'll fly home and claim diplomatic immunity." Like a certain royal perhaps? These overly broad generalizations tend to cut both ways. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 This always amused me on Dutch cycle paths: I was looking out for viciously pecked ankles... Unfortunately it's "wild" as in animals and "rooster" = grid (like raster in computer graphics), so "cattle grid" 3 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Hi Folks, With regard recent posts, it really ought to be quite obvious to anyone that has any idea of what is going on: Gibbo. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Like a certain royal perhaps? These overly broad generalizations tend to cut both ways. I may have missed something in the vagaries of our most diligent Press and have noted mention of Royal denial and even offers to answer questions on the subject, but no mention of diplomatic immunity - well, as yet... On the other hand, there have been reports of a specific matter where a US person boarded a plane to return to the US, before an investigation was complete. Diplomatic immunity would have protected the individual from the need for running away. I have also been privy to some military offenders being "whisked back" to the US... but with the prior arrangement with the UK authorities concerned and with the certain knowledge that a disgraced serviceman returned to the US to be "dealt with" by their system was not going to a bed of roses! The simplicity of those situations is that an offence dealt with from within their own system would be easier to administer than a charge dealt with, from outside the system. It depended on the offence and the final decision was with the Home Nation, what it was not, was an escape clause for the offender. I see no Press reports of a similar arrangement for the civilian female, who took a flight... Edited April 7, 2021 by jcredfer 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, jcredfer said: ... no mention of diplomatic immunity - well, as yet... No, not specifically, though the net result of one prerogative versus another is the same. My point was more related to generalizations. Behaviour is rarely constrained by one nationality or another. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: No, not specifically, though the net result of one prerogative versus another is the same. My point was more related to generalizations. Behaviour is rarely constrained by one nationality or another. If the Press are to be believed, only one of the cases has claimed a prerogative, which, quite well, may be of dubious authenticity. The other has denied the events and is awaiting response for an offer to discuss the events. One took a flight while investigations were taking place, the other has only, relatively, recently been informed of accusations, so has not fled the scene. Both specific events, but not connected to the generalisation referred to in Nearholmers comment, whereby the US has a trend to be reluctant {according to our Press} to comply with international agreements on requests for possible defendants being returned to the country where the offence may have been committed. Like many other generalisations, best looked at in the broad view and with much care when applied to specific matters. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Can we have some more whacky signs please? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) If you want a whacky one An oldie but... (Evidently the residents weren't best pleased) Edited April 8, 2021 by Hroth Write 50 lines, "I cannot spell"... 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Hroth said: If you want a whacky one An oldie but... (Evidently the residents weren't best pleased) I've worked with a few of those. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Hroth said: If you want a whacky one An oldie but... (Evidently the residents weren't best pleased) I hate to be obtuse, but just what is funny about that sign? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: I hate to be obtuse, but just what is funny about that sign? In the UK Bell End is slang for a stupid person. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: In the UK Bell End is slang for a stupid person. Its a colloquial expression referring to a part of male anatomy, hence the above... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: That has to fake. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, steve1 said: That has to fake. steve Its a place near Chester-le-Street, Co Durham. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/dh2/busty-view.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Yep. I did check before posting. I did always wonder what the point of this is though.... By Birmingham New Street station. Edited April 8, 2021 by Steamport Southport 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: I did always wonder what the point of this is though.... There used to be a very good classical record shop in Needless Alley. Unfortunately the proprietor refused to believe that CDs would catch on. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: There used to be a very good classical record shop in Needless Alley. Unfortunately the proprietor refused to believe that CDs would catch on. Rather strangely he was right as vinyl has made a come back ! 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mark Saunders said: Rather strangely he was right as vinyl has made a come back ! However still only selling a fraction of what CDs used to sell at their peak. Can't understand the attraction of vinyl, even though I've still got a chunk of my collection and a half decent turntable. (Dual with Ortofon cartridge.) In comparison the ones being sold to the new converts to vinyl are pants. Distortion, noise & poor frequency response hardly add the the listening pleasure. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: Yep. I did check before posting. I did always wonder what the point of this is though.... By Birmingham New Street station. From a book on Birmingham street names: "Needless Alley B2 Dating from the early 18th century the name is probably a corruption of ‘Needlers’ Alley’." 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2021 34 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: There used to be a very good classical record shop in Needless Alley. Unfortunately the proprietor refused to believe that CDs would catch on. He used to keep some hard to find records. Some years ago I heard a piece of renaissance/early music on a BBC TV programme that I didn't recognise. I rang the BBC to find out what it was and spoke to the programme's producer, who told me the title & album it was from. I then tried to buy a copy and found that the shop in Needless Alley was the only place that kept a copy. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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