Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[Kev B]

I just watched last night's BFGW and found it easily the most enjoyable of the series so far.

I watched this because it included a Gypsy wedding and not the usual traveller wedding. I enjoyed it but I have a question regarding Paddy the Irish travellers' purchasing power. Where the hell does he get the money to buy two circa £35k cars a year along with £4.5k dinning suites etc. If I was on there flaunting those purchases I would expect someone from the HMRC knocking on my door.

Are you assuming that Paddy doesn't pay his taxes Kev?

He's not daft. The very fact that he was flaunting his purchases would suggest that he does. 

I'm not assuming he doesn't pay taxes Tom. I my experience the HMRC doesn't need much encouragement to investigate businesses with a propensity for cash transactions. It was mentioned that one of the ways he now makes a living from is tarmac work. In my 18 years in the block paving industry I've never seen an invoice or receipt for a job from irish travellers. I'm not saying they don't, if they pay taxes there must be some kind of bookeeping, but by flaunting  on TV is asking for trouble.

Yes Kev, you're right of course, but my point is He knows that.

Kev. I've been mulling this over, and I've decided that I owe you and apology.

I think I was the one doing the assuming.

You certainly don't Tom. I admire your honesty and integrity when debating an issue.

I have to say that my view of Irish travelling tarmacing and paving is not good. Nothing to do with predudice, just poor work and sometimes aggressive techniques especially on the vunerable. Incidentely poor workmanship isn't soley in the domain of the traveller, there are some pretty poor local guys out there too. Anyway it's stopped raining now so I have to go to work, block paving won't lay itself.

[Tonji]

Hi Red,

Were you around Sheffield in the sixties? Do you happen to remember this place?
It's from a archive of Kodachrome slides I'm researching in Sheffield & can't find any further details of this one. I would of loved to seen the inside.

Cheers,

Tonji.

I was aroung sheffield during the late 60's early 70's but I don't recall seeing that.

Do you know where about it was?

No I've not found the location yet, still looking.

[AndrewT]

Hi Red,

Were you around Sheffield in the sixties? Do you happen to remember this place?
It's from a archive of Kodachrome slides I'm researching in Sheffield & can't find any further details of this one. I would of loved to seen the inside.

Cheers,

Tonji.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-111185.html

There's mention of a juke box bar called the Rendezvous in this thread, where London Road becomes Chesterfield Road.

[Tonji]

Hi Red,

Were you around Sheffield in the sixties? Do you happen to remember this place?
It's from a archive of Kodachrome slides I'm researching in Sheffield & can't find any further details of this one. I would of loved to seen the inside.

Cheers,

Tonji.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-111185.html

There's mention of a juke box bar called the Rendezvous in this thread, where London Road becomes Chesterfield Road.

Cheers Andrew, that's likely to be it 

[RED-DOG]

It was at a meeting of two halves today, an interesting half, and a boring half.

The pre-lunch speakers were terrific. They were just volunteers from minority ethnic communities, but they were really colourful characters, (No pun intended) and excellent raconteurs.

BTW- I've decided to include myself in this first group. Although I'm now now salaried rather than working on a voluntary basis, and certainly not as entertaining as the other minority group speakers, I like to think I was still good value. (I couldn't wait to hear what I was going to say next).

Anyway, I refuse to be lumped in with the post-lunch speakers, the politicians. My God they were dull. Droning on and on about how, if we really tried, we could do even more work with even less money.

Basically what they were telling us was that they were about to pull the plug on our funding, but they just wouldn't come out and say it. They kept trying to present it as a positive thing, banging on and on, all hot-air going around in circles. It was like listening to a clothes dryer with a pair of trainers inside.

During boring meetings, or boring sections of interesting meetings. I practice my handwriting.

Since I joined blonde, my spelling has improved (Although it's still pretty bad) and my typing has come on in leaps and bounds, but my handwriting is still very laboured and child-like because I have never had any reason to use it.

Nowadays though, I find that I sometimes have to take notes, or quickly jot down a question I want asking, or a point I want making so that I can pass it to a colleague who has the floor. It kind of defeats the purpose if my handwriting is indecipherable, so during the boring bits of meetings, I practice, and the speakers think I'm hanging on their every word.

Actually, to save me from having to think about what to write, I do jot down snatches of what the speakers are saying, and after doing that for a few weeks, I've realised that one particular phrase crops up time after time.

"Let me be absolutely clear...."

The thing is, on every occasion without fail, the bit that comes immediately after they say it never makes one iota of sense.

[RED-DOG]

I use Firefox. In the toolbar there is a "Latest Headlines" news button. For some reason, the news hasn't updated since Jan 31st.

I've tried turning it off and on.

Any other ideas?

[RED-DOG]

I've cured it.

[Laxie]

I use Firefox too but I don't see that news button.  Where's it meant to be and how did ya find/cure it?

[RED-DOG]

I use Firefox too but I don't see that news button.  Where's it meant to be and how did ya find/cure it?

It's top left in my toolbar.  I cured it by right-clicking it and then choosing "Reload live bookmark" from a drop-down menu.

[Laxie]

Well I don't have one darn it.  Is it an add on?

[RED-DOG]

Well I don't have one darn it.  Is it an add on?

Dunno lax, it's always been there for me. A bit like her indoors.

[Laxie]

Well I don't have one darn it.  Is it an add on?

Dunno lax, it's always been there for me. A bit like her indoors.

What?  What?!  You must be having a tough day today too.  Where's me 'L'?

Don't worry about the news thingy though.  Ger must have been reading this thread because he's just talked me through it.  It was there, but I'd hid it on meself.

How silly is this headline though....

'Man shot by armed officers dies'

How does one get shot by unarmed officers?

[Laxie]

PS  Don't EVER let Sinéad take you clothes shopping.  She's ruthless!

[RED-DOG]

Well I don't have one darn it.  Is it an add on?

Dunno lax, it's always been there for me. A bit like her indoors.

What?  What?!  You must be having a tough day today too.  Where's me 'L'?

Don't worry about the news thingy though.  Ger must have been reading this thread because he's just talked me through it.  It was there, but I'd hid it on meself.

How silly is this headline though....

'Man shot by armed officers dies'

How does one get shot by unarmed officers?

Wadda mistakea to makea. It's this bloomin keyboard Lax, the caps-shift lets me down when I'm not looking.



How does one get shot by unarmed officers?

You don't, unless there's something sinister afoot.

[RED-DOG]

PS  Don't EVER let Sinéad take you clothes shopping.  She's ruthless!

What happens if she takes Ruth shopping?