So, the Chat & News board is not "For anything at all non-wargaming related!" after all, at least it isn't when one individual decides to introduce politics into a thread by posting about BREXIT, which until then had never been mentioned, and then complains about it. Best not to get involved if you don't like a subject, I'd say.
Well, I confess to being a tad miffed when it was locked.
I was about to deliver a withering (no really! It was...well...devastating, it was so brilliant!) riposte to several arguments.
And then I thought; this is about wargaming, not Anglo French diplomatic relations innit? I've been on other sites where political comment; overt, covert or implied has blown up into personal attacks and soured relations for some time, if not for ever.
Prob best stick to the no religion, no politics rule.
Frustrating though it is when my sheer brilliance was about to carry the day!
Quote... at least it isn't when one individual decides to introduce politics into a thread by posting about BREXIT, which until then had never been mentioned, and then complains about it.
+1.
Very poor form.
Definitely best to keep politics and religion off the forum. ;)
QuoteSo, the Chat & News board is not "For anything at all non-wargaming related!"
Be careful what you wish for - I could raise any number of topics that would offend people (I haven't listed them here on purpose).
Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 June 2024, 12:15:44 PMBe careful what you wish for - I could raise any number of topics that would offend people (I haven't listed them here on purpose).
I am offended by the fact that would not mention topics that might offend people. The list of topics may or may not have included a topic which may or may not have offend me.
Consequently I am offended because I do not know if I would, or would not have been offended by one of the said topics.
The only solution I feel is that you list the topics, I will then know if I am offended or not. Then I will either no longer be offended, or be offended by one of the topics you list.
Until then I remain offended waiting to see if I may or may not be offended. >:( (I think)
I'm offended by that Orcs! :d
Orcs, as offends you I don't mention them, I won't.
I don't have a problem with French people
QuoteI don't have a problem with French people
But I couldn't eat a whole one...
Quote from: flamingpig0 on 12 June 2024, 09:58:05 PMI don't have a problem with French people
Well they are slightly offensive - but the Welsh ......
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 13 June 2024, 09:29:54 AMWell they are slightly offensive - but the Welsh ......
An English supporter of Scottish Independence told me I should back the YES campaign because in his opinion I looked Welsh.
QuoteAn English supporter of Scottish Independence told me I should back the YES campaign because in his opinion I looked Welsh.
QuoteWell they are slightly offensive - but the Welsh ......
Flanders & Swann - A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot
You'll find he's a stinker, as likely as not.
Och aye, awa' wi' yon Edinburgh Festival
The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way!
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
Ah hit me old mother over the head with a shillelagh
The Irishman now our contempt is beneath
He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth
He blows up policemen, or so I have heard
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!
The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price
Ah, iechyd da
The Welshman's dishonest and cheats when he can
And little and dark, more like monkey than man
He works underground with a lamp in his hat
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat!
And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!
The English are moral, the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood.
And all the world over, each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice beforehand which ruins the fun!
The English, the English, the English are best
So up with the English and down with the rest.
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad
It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!
For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Donald (Michael)
Donald (Michael) and Me!
Good call :d :d
Quote from: Ithoriel on 14 June 2024, 11:02:00 AMFlanders & Swann - A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot
You'll find he's a stinker, as likely as not.
Och aye, awa' wi' yon Edinburgh Festival
The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way!
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
Ah hit me old mother over the head with a shillelagh
The Irishman now our contempt is beneath
He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth
He blows up policemen, or so I have heard
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!
The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price
Ah, iechyd da
The Welshman's dishonest and cheats when he can
And little and dark, more like monkey than man
He works underground with a lamp in his hat
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat!
And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!
The English are moral, the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood.
And all the world over, each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice beforehand which ruins the fun!
The English, the English, the English are best
So up with the English and down with the rest.
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad
It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!
For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Donald (Michael)
Donald (Michael) and Me!
Perhaps the next Eurovision entry to be sung by Morrissey
The Limey himself is so proud of his lead
In novels and plays that he won't watch or read.
He slaughtered and stole and an empire he gained,
Of which a few islands are all he's retained.
The English, alas, don't pass critical looking
(And notice that nobody's mentioned their cooking!)
I have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?
Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).
Quote from: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 15 June 2024, 07:40:19 AMI have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?
Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).
Fare enough, The fun has been poked fairly evenly I feel.
Quote from: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 15 June 2024, 07:40:19 AMI have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?
Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).
I asume you meant complaints Will :d
Yes
I was never sure whether Flanders & Swann were being serous in their English superiority or indulging in comedic self deprecation of some little Englander tendencies.
I presume this ambiguity has not occurred to our complainants.
My surname is Scottish, I live in Wales, was born in England and married an Irish woman.
I wish there was a punchline.
I am not complaining.
QuoteI was never sure whether Flanders & Swann were being serous in their English superiority or indulging in comedic self deprecation of some little Englander tendencies.
I presume this ambiguity has not occurred to our complainants.
My surname is Scottish, I live in Wales, was born in England and married an Irish woman.
I wish there was a punchline.
I am not complaining.
They were a comedy duo, and wrote and performed comic songs. It is a satire on ridiculously over the top patriotic songs, such as the later verses of the National Anthem!
Indeed.
Quote from: mollinary on 15 June 2024, 06:24:10 PMThey were a comedy duo, and wrote and performed comic songs. It is a satire on ridiculously over the top patriotic songs, such as the later verses of the National Anthem!
This.
QuoteI asume you meant complaints Will :d
Compliments would probably be more worrying in a way.
I would like to compliment Will on his devotion to his moderating duties. :)
:D
But not on the speed of his reply ? ;)
This has reminded me that on occasions the 'Unread posts' facility seems to hide posts.
I always go through every 'Unread Post' when I log in.
Theoretically, only posts that have come in since the last time I logged in, should appear the next time I take a look at 'Unread posts'....Yes ?
But once in a blue moon, a post that came in weeks or months ago appears.
Weird ! ;D
There is a work round Phil, go to "Home" drop to bottom and raed the last posts from there. Mucky but it do work.
Cheers, Ian.😀
It happens VERY rarely, so it's hardly a big problem. ;)
I wonder if odd 'glitches' appear depending on whether I look at 'stuff' on the PC or the tablet.
They do give slightly different screens, which for an old 'f*rt' like me gets annoying. ;)
e.g....If I want to look something up in the Pendraken 'shop'.....I HAVE to use the PC....I can't find my way around in the 'shop', using the tablet, at all !
Quote from: Techno 3 on 30 July 2024, 08:02:54 AMBut not on the speed of his reply ? ;)
He should be super fast for the next 6 weeks as he is off for the summer holidays.
(Cue teasing about the amount of holiday teachers get and the fact theyb cannot work for more than 6 weeks without a week off) ;D ;D ;D
P.S My daughter is a teacher, so i know its not quite as it seems
Gentlemen,
I hate to inform you, but you appear to understand the misapprehension that I am still a teacher.
Since June, I have been working for Majestic Wines as an assistant manager in my local branch.
The hours are long, pay less than teaching, but the stress is practically zero.
The homework is fun though.
Congratulations on the stress reduction :)
That ought to be fun (albeit unstressed fun) - I was a branch manager for Oddbins in the early 90s and very much enjoyed my stint at a number of different shops in the North West. It did nothing for my liver but a lot for my ability to locate and enjoy good wine and bamboozle colleagues in my current job with literate wine-speak.
Quote from: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 30 July 2024, 10:17:51 PMGentlemen,
I hate to inform you, but you appear to understand the misapprehension that I am still a teacher.
Since June, I have been working for Majestic Wines as an assistant manager in my local branch.
The hours are long, pay less than teaching, but the stress is practically zero.
The homework is fun though.
Understand reducing the stress.
Cheers
Mark
I'd have thought that running a retail outlet that flogs alcohol would be quite a high stress environment? Threat of stealing and being robbed. Or have I been over-terrified by recent news reports on shoplifting & violence towards shopworkers?
Quote from: Raider4 on 31 July 2024, 11:33:48 AMI'd have thought that running a retail outlet that flogs alcohol would be quite a high stress environment? Threat of stealing and being robbed. Or have I been over-terrified by recent news reports on shoplifting & violence towards shopworkers?
Compared to dealing with some of the School kids today, the shop is far safer. My daughter and her colleagues have has chairs thrown across the classroom, a computer thrown at her, had to physically restrain an child , and another child stopped in the playground with a knife on them.
When the kids are pulled up for this behavior, more often then not the parents blame the teacher.
This is not some inner city slum secondary school, but a nice C of E run primary school with a good reputation and OFSTED reports.
Quote from: Raider4 on 31 July 2024, 11:33:48 AMI'd have thought that running a retail outlet that flogs alcohol would be quite a high stress environment? Threat of stealing and being robbed. Or have I been over-terrified by recent news reports on shoplifting & violence towards shopworkers?
Leighton Buzzard is pretty quiet
We have a regular shoplifter, but she's barred.