Thoughts in your day

[snowdragon]

Just got my first new £1 coin, and yes deff looks like a old threepence bit lol, heard some are worth more then face value!

 

Anyone else had any?

[Guest]

Just got my first new £1 coin, and yes deff looks like a old threepence bit lol, heard some are worth more then face value!

 

Anyone else had any?

yep

its on ebaaay.

latest bid is 60p! and thats with free postage.

the pound is just not worth what it used to be...

[tobyjugg2]

Eden

ie Jeanie

 

then again, might actually be the one that lived on the hill

(Jennie)

 

[Guest]

then again, might actually be the one that lived on the hill

(Jennie)

 

i was going with 'i dream of jeanie with light brown hair' song

then the tv series re 'i dream of jeanie' with barbara eden.

[tobyjugg2]

i was going with 'i dream of jeanie with light brown hair' song

then the tv series re 'i dream of jeanie' with barbara eden.

 

 

LOL - I realised -

but was just opening up the options with Barbara Windsor OR Barbie Girl (both dyed blond) ...

before back with Jennie Juniper

 

 

[Guest]

LOL - I realised -

but was just opening up the options with Barbara Windsor OR Barbie Girl (both dyed blond) ...

before back with Jennie Juniper

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

On a more serious note, was discussing corporal punishment, which I think should be reserved for the worst in our society, the Johnsons, Goves, and mass murderers

One argument is that

it didn't stop people stealing at public hangings

- - in fact it is sold as more people were pick pocketed at public hangings than anywhere else, so it isn't a deterrent

 

Despite thinking OMG thats a point when I first heard that many many moons ago, of course it isnt a valid argument when the larger picture is considered.

 

These people (the pick pockets) had absolutely nothing, and absolutely nothing to lose.

In fact as they were starving, and starving people worry about eating NOW, not what might happen in weeks time IF they were caught,

 

So not a valid argument against hanging as a deterrent I would posit.

In today's society where even those considered poor (although there are still those who have nothing) commonly most in the UK at least still have a lot to lose, the situation should be significantly different.

By no means cut and dried but ...

 

Oh - and I'm not advocating a return of the death penalty, let alone hanging

- except for the Johnsons and Goves of this world (possibly Blair too despite me believing the Iraq invasion was both necessary and justifiable - if done properly)

[tobyjugg2]

oh and as an inside aside

Jennifer Juniper was actually about Helen Mary 'Jenny' Boyd - married Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac

 

Her sister Pattie married George Harrison and Eric Clapton

 

Now I think Lulu was a hotter babe than either and far more talented.

 

[andrew1]

I was walking along the Strand in London many moons ago when I saw a small group of people standing outside the Adelphi theatre so I walked across to see what the fuss was about. Red carpet out and a Limo arrived and out popped Lulu attached to that Nick the Hairdresser fellow Clarke.

 

As she walked across the pavement looking at the folks gathering lining the carpet like me, our eyes met and locked and for one split second I felt all the hairs on the back of my neck and every cell in my body tingle - Wow did she have one drop-dead gorgeous pair of eyes!

 

Some things you never forget - that was around 1975.

 

As for Donovan, in those same years I had to go to Glasgow to work Mon-Fri and he was playing a concert in one of the theatre's up there. Not only did he arrive three quarters of an hour late, he came out on stage, didn't say a word to a soul throughout, sat bohemian like on a box, went from one song to another without addressing the audience, walked off and that was it. By which time most people in the theatre had already left in disgust. I had nothing better to do so sat it out, but he was awful.

 

Catch the Wind never had the same resonance after that.

[tobyjugg2]

I was walking along the Strand in London many moons ago when I saw a small group of people standing outside the Adelphi theatre so I walked across to see what the fuss was about. Red carpet out and a Limo arrived and out popped Lulu attached to that Nick the Hairdresser fellow Clarke.

 

As she walked across the pavement looking at the folks gathering lining the carpet like me, our eyes met and locked and for one split second I felt all the hairs on the back of my neck and every cell in my body tingle - Wow did she have one drop-dead gorgeous pair of eyes!

 

Some things you never forget - that was around 1975.

 

I met her and briefly talked with her (never met Donovan or saw him live and I take your experience that I missed little)

 

Lulu though made an astonishing impact and I've never forgotten it,

[andrew1]

My old next-door neighbour was in Advertising and went to lunch with Joanna Lumley to discuss a voice-over on an Ad.

 

He had a lovely wife and kids, was a bit older than Joanna Lumley, but I guarantee that day he fell in love all over again, because he never ever stopped talking about her. He said she was the most riveting, warm, intelligent woman he'd ever met.

 

Funny how some people can do that to you in a fleeting moment isn't it? Memories for life, just like my snap-shot glance exchange with Lulu - it was like her look could penetrate through to my soul - I'll never ever forget it.

[snowdragon]

Thinking if my new pound coin is worth a lot as it is dated 2016 and just been reading they are being sold for silly amounts!

[Guest]

Thinking if my new pound coin is worth a lot as it is dated 2016 and just been reading they are being sold for silly amounts!

really, actually sold for silly amounts. how much?

did you read my prior post #452

unless you've got the very first one issued, a pound is a pound or less nowadays

[snowdragon]

some are going for silly amounts Ford, hundreds of pounds for certain ones!

 

Sandy

 

xx

[maroondevo52]

I'll be able to see Barack Obama from my mum's front window in May, She lives right opposite the EICC.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39514503

[andrew1]

My wife comes from near the village, Moneygall, in S.Ireland where Mr Obama's relatives come from - the local pub does a roaring trade these days and they set-up a new shopping centre in his name which has forced the closure of numerous local village shops. My brother-in-law was there at the pub when Obama paid a visit and he is the guy at the end of this German video on youtube in the little red tractor

Great fella!

 

Hope you get a good look morrondevo

[Guest]

some are going for silly amounts Ford, hundreds of pounds for certain ones!

 

Sandy

 

xx

will have a look.

seems the ones (inc the new fiver before) i get are worth less then their face value...

[snowdragon]

Have heard the new fiver has already got fakes! thought it was " fake" proof lol

 

I will keep my 2016 £1 coin just in case it is worth more then a £1 lol

[snowdragon]

oh my

just got my second 2016 £1 coin

[determindator]

Thanks for sharing your video Andrew.

[andrew1]

I'm not a betting man, never have been because if I did bet I usually lost, so now always stick with facts and the facts are generally a safe bet to use especially in the kind of work I get myself into these days fighting these banking feckers.

 

Once a year only, a few quid on a flutter on the Grand National

 

This year £5 e/w - I pick one, Mrs picks one, + one flyer.

 

1) Mrs picked - One for Arthur

2) I picked - Cause for Causes

3) Flyer - Last Sumari

 

First and Second came in 1st and 2nd, flyer- Last Sumari still running.

 

£110 back on a £30 layout - thank you very much! Can't wait til next years race!!

 

Life's not always bad news is it?

 

Hope you guys and gals got lucky too?

 

A1

[Guest]

nice if it comes in on the off, but mostly they don't given its course. i dont get the one off bet on the national as odds can be much better just betting on normal race(s). but, i suppose it's just a bit of fun on the day in the grand scheme...

[maroondevo52]

New £1 coins, every one I've seen has been dated 2016

[tobyjugg2]

I'd be happy if my new pound was worth as much as the old one was worth just last year

[Guest]

thought the General Woundwart had died, but he lives on as Darius

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39715188