OT: Spend a Penny...

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:

||| "Defacing" is OK if you don't attempt to pass it as legal tender
||| isn't it ?
||
|| No. Any tampering of legal tender - for whatever purpose (making a
|| charm out of a coin, for example) is technically illegal.

I don't think so - I believe the law against defacing coins was relaxed in
1981 or something.

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"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:09:06 +0100, [email protected] (Alan J. Wylie)
> wrote:
>
>>This sort of tampering?
>>
>>http://205.243.100.155/frames/home.html
>
> No - but the link you've posted is something I've been thinking
> seriously about (or at least contacting the chap concerned).
>
>
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> In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

I showed that page to Vicky and she reckons doing that is a Federal offense
( note authentic US spelling)
and as she pointed out you don't want to mess with the feds as they have a
different rule book and oops there you go it fell out of the window again
Derek
Jiffy bag rec thx

Mother wrote:

>
> Woodbine - untipped (tips were simply a way of cheating you out of
> baccie...) Course, then it all went Players Number 6 - yeuk :-(
>

I used to roll my own with Old Holburn (especially after my mum made
me roll hers and stick them in a Peter Styvesent crush pack so they
looked posh).



> Where in the South? I remember my parents complaining about skool
> dinnerz going up to three and six - think they made my sister eat coal
> instead...

Camberley, Surrey. The Roman Catholic school was 3s a week in the
late '60's. I then moved to Guildford and it was 12p/day at George
Abbott school.



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On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:49:10 +0100, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> said:

> Mother wrote:
>> Tetley, Stones, Wards and the like were intended, historically, to
>> be weak as p!ss. The steelworkers etc would be so dehydrated that
>> they'd easily sup 8+ pints at lunchtime.

> Don't we have the Sheffield workers bosses to thank for the original
> licencing laws, brought in under the defence of the realm act for
> the first world war ?

In Carlisle, during WW1, the government nationalised the brewery and
all the pubs in order to preserve the sobriety of local munitions
workers.

H2G2 has some useful words on the subject:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A644645

The locals seemed to mourn its passing when it was privatised in the
early seventies, proving perhaps that the *only* thing a government
can be trusted to run well is a ****-up in a brewery.

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but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

On Wed, 24 May 2006 17:42:39 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>|| No. Any tampering of legal tender - for whatever purpose (making a
>|| charm out of a coin, for example) is technically illegal.
>
>I don't think so - I believe the law against defacing coins was relaxed in
>1981 or something.

It's no longer counted as Treason (I think that went many many years
ago) but it is still illegal AFAIK.

I'm NOT going to ask the Clerk tomorrow though, as I'll have to say
why. My recent eBay selling has, whilst being positive and in a good
cause, led to Charlotte demanding I divest myself of various precious
things, and people in the office suggesting I clear the store room we
can never get anything into due to other precious things. The last
thing I want is for anyone else bloody well suggesting I sell of
remaining precious things... :-(


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Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:18:22 +0100, Tom Woods
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Tetleys is always going to be cheap in leeds. When i was there 6 or 7
>> years ago i remember it being £1 a pint frequently (in normal pubs)
>>
>> I think i once managed to drink around 14 of them (i have unpleasant
>> memories of the day after!). Its a good job i can't drink anywhere
>> near that much now im older!
>
> Tetley, Stones, Wards and the like were intended, historically, to be
> weak as p!ss. The steelworkers etc would be so dehydrated that they'd
> easily sup 8+ pints at lunchtime. The factory owners didn't like
> drunken workers so put pressure on the brewers to make weak ale.
>
> This is good news for us lightweights and I used to think Wards was a
> fair pint actually - not to be confused with the likes of the 'real
> ale' that CAMRA seek, though!


I did the fire alarm at Wards old brewery, it's now some flats at the end of Eccleshall road!
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:18:12 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I did the fire alarm at Wards old brewery, it's now some flats at the end of Eccleshall road!

Yeah, great shame - I miss the 'smell'. They are not 'some flats',
they're yuppie heaven - 250K at time jobbies. You can always tell who
lives there when shopping at Waitrose - miserable feckers. Given they
live less than a minutes walk away - why on earth do they have to
DRIVE there? Incredible.


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Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:18:12 +0100, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I did the fire alarm at Wards old brewery, it's now some flats at the end of
>> Eccleshall road!
>
> Yeah, great shame - I miss the 'smell'. They are not 'some flats',
> they're yuppie heaven - 250K at time jobbies. You can always tell who
> lives there when shopping at Waitrose - miserable feckers. Given they
> live less than a minutes walk away - why on earth do they have to
> DRIVE there? Incredible.


Some flats to me, todays 'luxury apartments' tomorrow tenements mate!!

We do so many it's untrue!!

Nige

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Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:

|| eBay Item: 8815654450
||
|| I inherited a large number of bullion bags full of old coins
|| following the death of my uncle last year. One of these bags has
|| now been opened and I thought it may be a good fundraising exercise,
|| given the bag contains mint 1966 One Penny coins, to flog them off
|| via eBay.

Arrived today - thanks Martyn.

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:24:41 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Some flats to me, todays 'luxury apartments' tomorrow tenements mate!!

Yeah, I guess. Like to have a bit of scruffy clutter and a feel of
'lived in' myself, not some clinical environment where you're scared
to scratch your arse in case the neighbours apply for an ASBO.

(You been to Poggle Wood - you know the sort of 'character' I'm on
about)

What p!sses me off is my 5 bed detached is worth _less_ (by 20 fecking
grand) than a two bedroom 'luxury appartment' with no garden, service
costs, the promise of a parking space (I have 5 parking spaces) and a
250K pricetag. Where's the logic in that? - and TBH, who on earth
would want to live in a fecking hospital?

I'm not bothered what I may get for this place as I'll no doubt die
here - more what they're being ripped off for theirs - still, the
chattering classes do seem to like it, judging by the couple of ~12
year olds buying vintage champagne at Waitrose earlier (took three
Credit Card 'DECLINED' though, makes me wonder what these folk are
really living on - certainly not their own money).


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On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:28:50 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>|| eBay Item: 8815654450
>
>Arrived today - thanks Martyn.

You're more than welcome - thanks for your support.

Where's me bleeding positive feedback!!!???!!! ;-)


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On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:12:18 +0100, Mother wrote:

> You're more than welcome - thanks for your support.
>
> Where's me bleeding positive feedback!!!???!!! ;-)

Thought I wander over to eBay and see how these things are going,
couldn't remember the item number or have a book mark so bunged "1966
penny" into the search box, 41 hits... All much of muchness and people
selling 10 or 20 for 50p sort of thing. Took me quite a while to find
yours amongst that lot...

Little bit of constructive criticism? It might be a wise move to change
the title or sub-title (if you can now) to show that your auction is a
for Charity/Alzheimer's not your own pocket like all the others. It's a
good hook to hang selling the things on and you've only 6 days left...

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Dave Liquorice wrote:

> Little bit of constructive criticism? It might be a wise move to change
> the title or sub-title (if you can now) to show that your auction is a
> for Charity/Alzheimer's not your own pocket like all the others. It's a
> good hook to hang selling the things on and you've only 6 days left...
>

Isn't there a special ebay charity branch ?

Steve

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:24:41 +0100, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Some flats to me, todays 'luxury apartments' tomorrow tenements mate!!
>
> Yeah, I guess. Like to have a bit of scruffy clutter and a feel of
> 'lived in' myself, not some clinical environment where you're scared
> to scratch your arse in case the neighbours apply for an ASBO.

I can do lived in, but clutter!!!

>
> (You been to Poggle Wood - you know the sort of 'character' I'm on
> about)

It's cool man!! it's not full of scruffy clutter that i saw, just as you say - lived in!

>
> What p!sses me off is my 5 bed detached is worth _less_ (by 20 fecking
> grand) than a two bedroom 'luxury appartment' with no garden, service
> costs, the promise of a parking space (I have 5 parking spaces) and a
> 250K pricetag. Where's the logic in that? - and TBH, who on earth
> would want to live in a fecking hospital?

At current market rates maybe, but given time no fecker will want to live in what amounts to the modern
equivelant of the Manor flats mate!! Or those they pulled down just off Penistone road yonks ago! 5
bedroom detached houses are in very big demand. London road is cool too, getting cooler by the day i
hear! I have a good few mates in your neck of the woods. On about hospitals & your neck of the woods - I
once did a site survey at a mental hospital just up the road (turn right just after the old bingo
hall/cinema) from you. That was a scary experience. It was closed & the site agent let me in to do a
survey on me own. I didnt realise what they are like with no-one else there. A few rooms looked very
'used' with some odd looking equipment. Then, i did a site survey at Rampton, yikes!

>
> I'm not bothered what I may get for this place as I'll no doubt die
> here - more what they're being ripped off for theirs - still, the
> chattering classes do seem to like it, judging by the couple of ~12
> year olds buying vintage champagne at Waitrose earlier (took three
> Credit Card 'DECLINED' though, makes me wonder what these folk are
> really living on - certainly not their own money).

Feck knows, if i earned as much as some of these tossers do, i would have no debt at all, including a
mortgage! These knobs seem to think it's cool to live like this. I have no credit whatsoever bar my wifes
car, which is **** all. If it was down to me credit would be given only to those who have the money in
the bank to repay it!!! Bar mortgages of course!!

It's funny though, I must be the worlds worst credit card user. I sometimes get £10k on mine for work in
a month & just pay it off as planned. I bet they think i'm a right ****!!

Nige

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On Wed, 24 May 2006 22:19:21 +0100, Steve wrote:

> Isn't there a special ebay charity branch ?

There is but the minimum "donation" from each sale is £5, plus fees I
think.

SWMBO'd looked at the charity side in the last week or so as she is on
the committe of a couple of local carities and thought that selling left
over jumble(*) on eBay could be a bit of a fund raiser for them. But the
conditions imposed by "offical eBay charity auctions" effectively stop
you selling anything for less than about £8 because of the minimum
"donation" and fees.

This hasn't stopped her mind, she has just put stuff up with a note in
the decsription and title that it's a charity auction. In the description
there is brief outline of the charity and it's reg. number etc. So people
can check if they want.

(*) People will buy anything, she sold a 12 year old used plastic bag
last week for £1.99 + £1.20 P&P.

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On Tue, 23 May 2006 22:03:02 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

> They came from my uncle - who was a
>tad wierd (see: http://www.101fc.net/kent-2002/index.htm ).

I'd love to buy somewhere like that!
If anybody would like to swap something interesting for a
staffordshire semi then let me know

On or around Wed, 24 May 2006 21:09:30 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>(took three
>Credit Card 'DECLINED' though, makes me wonder what these folk are
>really living on - certainly not their own money).

The bastard machine declined one of mine, which I KNOW has credit, at the
garage the other day, I've yet to find out why.
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On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:34:50 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Little bit of constructive criticism? It might be a wise move to change
>the title or sub-title (if you can now) to show that your auction is a
>for Charity/Alzheimer's not your own pocket like all the others. It's a
>good hook to hang selling the things on and you've only 6 days left...

It / they won't let it be changed, but tis a good point and I'll bear
that in mind when I relist it.


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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:50:51 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>There is but the minimum "donation" from each sale is £5, plus fees I
>think.

Yeah - pretty useless for a 'novelty' fundraiser like this. Add to
that the 25p taken by PayPal and it trims the funds somewhat :-(

[..]

>(*) People will buy anything, she sold a 12 year old used plastic bag
>last week for £1.99 + £1.20 P&P.

What on earth would a 12 year old want with a plastic bag?

Mind, you're right - someone once bought a very broken mobile phone
off me! ;-)


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increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

On Thu, 25 May 2006 00:18:06 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> They came from my uncle - who was a
>>tad wierd (see: http://www.101fc.net/kent-2002/index.htm ).
>
>I'd love to buy somewhere like that!


You don't want to know how little it went for, then :-(




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increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
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