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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 24 Dec 2009 16:47 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> typed >Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > >> You think what you like, it's a free country. Boxing Day is the 26th. >> When the "official" public holiday falls is not (to me) relevant. > >For some, it is relevant. Oh, I'm sure. But I would not want to see anyone who didn't *have* to (doctors, nurses, nuclear power station operators) working on Boxing Day. And yes, I do count public transport staff amongst those I would not like to see working. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: sweller on 24 Dec 2009 16:47 boots wrote: > I take the alternative was worse? Wales? I like Wales, I like Birmingham, I like the <waves hand vaguely> the North - what I despise is the shallow, lazy world of Barrat Home, sneering, middle England where they feel superior to everyone else. However, they're perpetually worried they're going to be ripped off but see it as their mission in life to get one over someone else. Without really understanding why. -- Simon
From: sweller on 24 Dec 2009 16:51 Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > > > You think what you like, it's a free country. Boxing Day is the > > > 26th. When the "official" public holiday falls is not (to me) > > > relevant. > > > > For some, it is relevant. > > Oh, I'm sure. But I would not want to see anyone who didn't have to > (doctors, nurses, nuclear power station operators) working on Boxing > Day. And yes, I do count public transport staff amongst those I would > not like to see working. I liked the idea of the only shop open on a Sunday was the newsagent (until 10) and the pub. -- Simon
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 24 Dec 2009 17:06 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> typed >Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > >> > > You think what you like, it's a free country. Boxing Day is the >> > > 26th. When the "official" public holiday falls is not (to me) >> > > relevant. >> > >> > For some, it is relevant. >> >> Oh, I'm sure. But I would not want to see anyone who didn't have to >> (doctors, nurses, nuclear power station operators) working on Boxing >> Day. And yes, I do count public transport staff amongst those I would >> not like to see working. > >I liked the idea of the only shop open on a Sunday was the newsagent >(until 10) and the pub. TBH, I could live without either of those too. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: darsy on 25 Dec 2009 03:23
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:29:45 -0000, "Nige" <nigel.inceGETAWAY(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >No superiority complex here :) handy. -- d. |