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OT: Manilow music used to drive away hooligans
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| A council in the Australian city of Sydney is taking radical measures
against car-revving youths - by using piped in Barry Manilow music.
From July, Barry Manilow's greatest hits will be piped into a car park in a
bid to drive the youths away.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/as...fic/5047610.stm
You have to feel some pity for the lads.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> A council in the Australian city of Sydney is taking radical measures
> against car-revving youths - by using piped in Barry Manilow music.
>
> From July, Barry Manilow's greatest hits will be piped into a car park
> in a bid to drive the youths away.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/as...fic/5047610.stm
>
> You have to feel some pity for the lads.
I heard that on the news today in the UK. It's an old idea. Normally they
play classical music with these things.
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97D9E8D84C2Fmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> lord blake wrote
>
>
> I heard that on the news today in the UK. It's an old idea. Normally
> they play classical music with these things.
I love the notion.
You have to find out what gets under their skin.
Manilow or other supposedly uncool stuff would totally freek the wee
feckers out.
I'd put on my David Soul greatest hits.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns97D9E8D84C2Fmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
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measures[color=darkred]
Normally[color=darkred]
>
>
> I love the notion.
>
> You have to find out what gets under their skin.
>
> Manilow or other supposedly uncool stuff would totally freek the wee
> feckers out.
>
> I'd put on my David Soul greatest hits.
Have you been promoted? Not before time! (How much did you loan
Blair?)
David Soul's hits were fab!
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97D9F09B04A51mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> lord blake wrote
>
> measures
> Normally
>
> Have you been promoted? Not before time! (How much did you loan
> Blair?)
Yes, I am now Lord Blake.
I can now eat at the best restaurants (and get the rest of the diners
kicked out by my 'security' people); I can rest and snore during the day
and get paid for it; I can see the world (and world cup games) all at the
expense of the little people.
I am typing here from my 40,000 acre estate. Damn shame about the test,
what. Sri Lanka...old boy, that would never have happened in my day.
> David Soul's hits were fab!
'Going In With My Eyes Open' was a great (tho lesser known) hit of his.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns97D9F09B04A51mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> Yes, I am now Lord Blake.
Congratulations M'Lord!
Funny thing. Just the other day I was renewing my TV Licence online
(robbing bastards). They had a drop-down box for one's title. I was
going to pick "Lord" (yes it was in the list!). Just the idea of the
posty delivering it to me, with Lord Sweeney on the address! Or the TV
licence henchmen coming to my door and asking for his Lordship!
I decided against it. Being a webmaster, I wondered if they would check
it against their database!
> I am typing here from my 40,000 acre estate. Damn shame about the
> test, what. Sri Lanka...old boy, that would never have happened in my
> day.
Hoot, what!
>
> 'Going In With My Eyes Open' was a great (tho lesser known) hit of
> his.
Remember it well. I know it's not fashionable (never was!) but for my
generation, at least his hits are evocative.
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Charles Sweeney
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| Ed Jay 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney scribed:
>Funny thing. Just the other day I was renewing my TV Licence
What is a TV license?
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| Mark Parnell 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Ed Jay
<edMbj@aes-intl.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
> What is a TV license?
I was thinking exactly the same thing! <g>
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Mark Parnell wrote
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Ed Jay
> <edMbj@aes-intl.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
>
>
> I was thinking exactly the same thing! <g>
In the UK, we are obliged (under pain of prosecution) to fund the BBC. We
cannot watch *any* channel on TV without having a licence. The money from
the licence goes only to the BBC.
It costs £131. Annual renewal.
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| Ed Jay 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney scribed:
>Mark Parnell wrote
>
>
>In the UK, we are obliged (under pain of prosecution) to fund the BBC. We
>cannot watch *any* channel on TV without having a licence. The money from
>the licence goes only to the BBC.
>
>It costs £131. Annual renewal.
>
Thanks.
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97DA3A424087mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> lord blake wrote
>
>
>
> Congratulations M'Lord!
>
> Funny thing. Just the other day I was renewing my TV Licence online
> (robbing bastards). They had a drop-down box for one's title. I was
> going to pick "Lord" (yes it was in the list!). Just the idea of the
> posty delivering it to me, with Lord Sweeney on the address! Or the
> TV licence henchmen coming to my door and asking for his Lordship!
LOL
that would be class, the postman taking long looks at your envelope and
'Lord Sweeney'
> I decided against it. Being a webmaster, I wondered if they would
> check it against their database!
yes, databases and cameras are what the Bliar regime thrive on.
>
> Hoot, what!
>
>
> Remember it well. I know it's not fashionable (never was!) but for my
> generation, at least his hits are evocative.
delighted that you recall that track....silver lady was another bigger
hit.and the biggest was obviously Don't Give Up On Us Baby (biggest
selling single of 77)
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| Mark Parnell 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
<me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
> In the UK, we are obliged (under pain of prosecution) to fund the BBC.
What if you don't watch TV?
> We
> cannot watch *any* channel on TV without having a licence.
Don't know about over there, but there's nothing here worth watching
anyway. :-)
Our TV has been in a cupboard for the last 3 months, and we haven't
missed it at all. I might start missing it in summer when the cricket's
on though!
> It costs £131. Annual renewal.
Ick.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> Don't Give Up On Us Baby (biggest
> selling single of 77)
Now that I didn't know.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Mark Parnell wrote
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
> <me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
>
BBC.[color=darkred]
>
> What if you don't watch TV?
Just possessing one is enough.
>
> Don't know about over there, but there's nothing here worth watching
> anyway. :-)
>
> Our TV has been in a cupboard for the last 3 months, and we haven't
> missed it at all. I might start missing it in summer when the
cricket's
> on though!
I didn't have one for five years. One of the main reasons for getting
one was for watching DVDs. Still got to pay the licence though.
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| Mark Parnell 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
<me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
[TV Licence]
> Just possessing one is enough.
:-(
> I didn't have one for five years. One of the main reasons for getting
> one was for watching DVDs. Still got to pay the licence though.
We just watch DVDs on the computer. :-)
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| >> What if you don't watch TV?
and they have tv detector vans that come around on the sly and scan for
unlicensed tv sets in use.
In the news this week was the news that old folks in homes, who have a tv
set in their room, will all have to pay for a license each.......someone
pointed out that you'd be better off in prison - ie prisoners have a tv in
their cells, and don't have to pay any license fee.
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| oh, i cancelled my sky subscription entirely a few weeks ago
It woud have been easier to swim the channel - they hate to lose a
customer.
Butthe buggers rang me a week or so ago.....I told them where to go.
they starte dout asking me to confirm my name and password shite......I
told th elady that I had no notion of telling her a password or my mother's
maiden name, etc.....and that I had zero interest in any opf their offers.
I hate buggers who ring you up, without any welcome on your part, invade
your time, and then cheekily and sternly ask you to confirm who you
are......all for the sake of a fecking service you have cancelled weeks
earlier.
The call ended very abruptly....on their end.
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in news:1xv04xuhrtiwj
$.dlg@markparnell.com.au:
>
>
> We just watch DVDs on the computer. :-)
>
only a matter of time before the Bliar regime introduce an annual computer
license.
And no doubt, after speaking at length with their big mates in the
corporate world, they will then introduce annual MOT's for computers that
are older than 3 or 4 years old.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Mark Parnell wrote
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
> <me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
>
> [TV Licence]
>
>:-(
>
>
> We just watch DVDs on the computer. :-)
I did that too, but the PC was crashing, and it was a tad inconvenient...PC
is on my desk.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
>
>
> and they have tv detector vans that come around on the sly and scan
> for unlicensed tv sets in use.
I bet some people think you are making that up.
> In the news this week was the news that old folks in homes, who have a
> tv set in their room, will all have to pay for a license
> each.......someone pointed out that you'd be better off in prison - ie
> prisoners have a tv in their cells, and don't have to pay any license
> fee.
Blair's Britain at its best.
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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> oh, i cancelled my sky subscription entirely a few weeks ago
>
> It woud have been easier to swim the channel - they hate to lose a
> customer.
>
> Butthe buggers rang me a week or so ago.....I told them where to go.
>
> they starte dout asking me to confirm my name and password
> shite......I told th elady that I had no notion of telling her a
> password or my mother's maiden name, etc.....and that I had zero
> interest in any opf their offers.
>
> I hate buggers who ring you up, without any welcome on your part,
> invade your time, and then cheekily and sternly ask you to confirm who
> you are......all for the sake of a fecking service you have cancelled
> weeks earlier.
>
> The call ended very abruptly....on their end.
Couldn't agree more.
It works in your favour sometimes. I had someone call me (Telewest I
think) about an overdue bill. They couldn't proceed with the aggro
until I had given them the passord shite...but do you know what? I
couldn't remember it! It was a hoot. I know they were wanting to bend
my lugs, but I simply...no matter how hard I tried...could not remember
my password!
Just shows you how daft it is. I think I eventually said to the
girl...what's the security risk...worried that someone might pay my bill
for me?!!
Un-be-f*cking-lievable!
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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| Mark Parnell 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
<me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
> lord blake wrote
>
>
> I bet some people think you are making that up.
I did wonder, but it doesn't really surprise me.
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| Suddenly, without warning, Charles Sweeney exclaimed (6/5/2006 8:30 PM):
> Mark Parnell wrote
>
> BBC.
>
> Just possessing one is enough.
>
> cricket's
>
> I didn't have one for five years. One of the main reasons for getting
> one was for watching DVDs. Still got to pay the licence though.
>
Sucks, don't it. Being Americans living in the UK, we used to be able
to use our NTSC TV just for videos, without a license (we call it a
tax), because it can't pick up any TV. Under those new rules, we have
to pay anyway. So does anyone who has a TV tuner in their computer,
even if they don't have a real TV in the house.
To put it slightly in perspective for my fellow Americans, the TV
license pays for BBC 'cause the BBC channels don't have commercials. We
didn't get cable, only broadcast, so didn't mind so much - two (or was
it three?) of the 5 broadcast channels were BBC...
jmc
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| Dylan Parry 2006-06-08, 7:26 pm |
| Charles Sweeney wrote:
> Normally they play classical music with these things.
I wouldn't mind sitting in a car park that has classical music
playing... as long as it wasn't Mozart, who IMO was possibly the most
boring composer that ever lived.
--
Dylan Parry
http://electricfreedom.org -- Where the Music Progressively Rocks!
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| Disco Octopus 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| lord blake wrote:
> A council in the Australian city of Sydney is taking radical measures
> against car-revving youths - by using piped in Barry Manilow music.
>
> From July, Barry Manilow's greatest hits will be piped into a car park in a
> bid to drive the youths away.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/as...fic/5047610.stm
>
> You have to feel some pity for the lads.
What's up with that? Barry Manilow rocks!
--
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97DA11D1D2574mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> lord blake wrote
>
>
> I bet some people think you are making that up.
when i was typing that, i did wonder the same thing
LOL
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Mark Parnell <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in
news:1dkz9w7r2o6if.dlg@markparnell.com.au:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
> <me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
>
> I did wonder, but it doesn't really surprise me.
>
they can arrest those without a license and hold them for 28 days without
recharging them
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97DA132DC7003mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
>
> Couldn't agree more.
>
> It works in your favour sometimes. I had someone call me (Telewest I
> think) about an overdue bill. They couldn't proceed with the aggro
> until I had given them the passord shite...but do you know what? I
> couldn't remember it! It was a hoot. I know they were wanting to
> bend my lugs, but I simply...no matter how hard I tried...could not
> remember my password!
that is a good one.
I might even use that one as a pretense to piss them off.
the best one is to turn the tables; and quickly into the call tell them
that you ar enow unemployed, but are delighted they called and woudl
love t ohear more about their great offer.
once they suspect you have feck all money, THEY are the ones who want to
get off the phone ASAP.
> Just shows you how daft it is. I think I eventually said to the
> girl...what's the security risk...worried that someone might pay my
> bill for me?!!
LOL!!
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Disco Octopus <discooctopus@discooctopus.com> wrote in
news:1pbu6cwnmuuqh$.yvh8v5ffe5df.dlg@40tude.net:
> lord blake wrote:
>
>
> What's up with that? Barry Manilow rocks!
>
i do agree
he has some very good tracks
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| Red E. Kilowatt 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Disco Octopus <discooctopus@discooctopus.com> wrote in message:
1pbu6cwnmuuqh$.yvh8v5ffe5df.dlg@40tude.net,
> lord blake wrote:
>
>
> What's up with that? Barry Manilow rocks!
You're showing your age. ;-)
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Red
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| Sally Thompson 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:43:17 +0100, Charles Sweeney wrote
(in article <Xns97DA1189F912Dmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4> ):
> Mark Parnell wrote
>
>
> I did that too, but the PC was crashing, and it was a tad inconvenient...PC
> is on my desk.
Option 1: if your PC crashes get a Mac :-)
Option 2: get a DVD projector. Then make a drop-down large screen with a
roller-blind kit and a large piece of left-over roofing "felt" or similar
white material (minimal cost for the screen).
We have both options <g>, but seriously, watching DVDs on a big screen is
great - and we don't need a TV, nor therefore a TV licence. Mind you, it has
taken 20 years to get the TV licensing police off our backs. We only
succeeded when I finally saw red and wrote to the Chief Executive of TV
Licensing by name, copied to Director-General of the BBC and our then MP,
who was marvellous. We quoted liberally from the TV Licensing web site. One
bit I particularly liked was that they said "our role is to ... maintain an
accurate licence database". I pointed out that in the circumstances they
were obviously overstaffed, wildly inefficient or both. Sorry, pet rant
over.
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Sally Thompson wrote
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:43:17 +0100, Charles Sweeney wrote
> (in article <Xns97DA1189F912Dmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4> ):
>
> Option 1: if your PC crashes get a Mac :-)
The fault was in the processor/motherboard, don't Macs use them?!
> Option 2: get a DVD projector. Then make a drop-down large screen
> with a roller-blind kit and a large piece of left-over roofing "felt"
> or similar white material (minimal cost for the screen).
Wish I had thought of that!
> We have both options <g>, but seriously, watching DVDs on a big screen
> is great - and we don't need a TV, nor therefore a TV licence. Mind
> you, it has taken 20 years to get the TV licensing police off our
> backs. We only succeeded when I finally saw red and wrote to the
> Chief Executive of TV Licensing by name, copied to Director-General of
> the BBC and our then MP, who was marvellous. We quoted liberally
> from the TV Licensing web site. One bit I particularly liked was that
> they said "our role is to ... maintain an accurate licence database".
> I pointed out that in the circumstances they were obviously
> overstaffed, wildly inefficient or both. Sorry, pet rant over.
Yep, drove me nuts when I didn't have a TV. A couple of times when they
came to my door, I wouldn't let them in when they asked. Another time
they buzzed the security-entry thing, I told them over the intercom to
take a hike.
One time, at my door, when I told the guy he couldn't come in, he got
out a form and started to write stuff on it, hoping to engage me in the
exercise. On closing the door on him, I pointed to the letter box, and
told him to put it through there.
What really annoys me is the obligation to tell them that you DON'T have
a TV. I didn't have a car at the time, but I didn't have to write to
DVLA every year, asking to be excused from buying a tax disk because I
didn't have a car!!
I could go on...
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> they can arrest those without a license and hold them for 28 days
> without recharging them
Don't give them ideas M'Lord!
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http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| lord blake wrote
> the best one is to turn the tables; and quickly into the call tell them
> that you ar enow unemployed, but are delighted they called and woudl
> love t ohear more about their great offer.
>
> once they suspect you have feck all money, THEY are the ones who want to
> get off the phone ASAP.
lol! Too true.
--
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http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| William Tasso 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Fleeing from the madness of the EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! jungle
lord blake <4444D@yahoo.com> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:
>
> they can arrest those without a license and hold them for 28 days without
> recharging them
That would be for suspected assorted batteries?
Toodle-pip
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| Dylan Parry 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| lord blake wrote:
> they can arrest those without a license and hold them for 28 days without
> recharging them
Heh! Not quite, but you do get "read your rights" which is something
that would probably make me giggle :)
--
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in
news:op.tasc5fkdm9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com:
> Fleeing from the madness of the EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! jungle
> lord blake <4444D@yahoo.com> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
> and said:
>
>
> That would be for suspected assorted batteries?
for suspected salt and battery, they can pepper spray you
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| lord blake 2006-06-08, 7:28 pm |
| Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote in
news:9om5v9xq1ayo$.dlg@dylanparry.com:
> lord blake wrote:
>
>
> Heh! Not quite, but you do get "read your rights" which is something
> that would probably make me giggle :)
>
LOL
me too
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| In article <1b58vgojzd1l$.dlg@markparnell.com.au>,=20
webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au says...
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Charles Sweeney
> <me@charlessweeney.com> declared in alt.www.webmaster:
>=20
=20[color=darkred]
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Ick.
>=20
>=20
bluddy youngsters. We used to have radio and TV licences here in Oz, but=20
someone (prolly Gough) got rid of them and now we all pay our A$0.08/day=20
through our taxes. That's a lot less than the poms pay though. Seems a=20
bit mean. They send us the Bill, we send them Neighnours ...
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