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06-07-2005, 03:31 PM
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Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games
chase..........H |
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06-07-2005, 06:06 PM
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H As the saying sort of was (for the long in the tooth), "Sad as we are at your predicament Jaques, we're doing very nicely"! Geoff |
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06-07-2005, 06:51 PM
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Well I'm sorry that france didn't get it! |
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06-07-2005, 07:01 PM
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Well I'm sorry that france didn't get it! Why would that be Alan...I thought every Englishman would be as happy as a clam in the sea......... |
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06-07-2005, 08:42 PM
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Who's paying for all the work that needs to be done to host it? Will it be the tax payer? |
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06-07-2005, 08:56 PM
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The message
from "Geoff" contains these words: "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H As the saying sort of was (for the long in the tooth), "Sad as we are at your predicament Jaques, we're doing very nicely"! Mon Dieu! You are ver welcome to your 'aggis and your sweat puddeeengs wiz syrup, your ros'bif and soggy cabbarge. I shall not enter ze games. Pouf! I weel stay at 'ome and eat snails. -- J.C. De L'avènement second |
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06-07-2005, 09:05 PM
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"Draven" wrote in message . uk... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Who's paying for all the work that needs to be done to host it? Will it be the tax payer? ...........and whose pockets will be filled? |
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06-07-2005, 09:08 PM
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..........and whose pockets will be filled? certainly not the likes of us |
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06-07-2005, 10:38 PM
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"Jaques" wrote in message Mon Dieu! You are ver welcome to your 'aggis and your sweat puddeeengs wiz syrup, your ros'bif and soggy cabbarge. I shall not enter ze games. Pouf! I weel stay at 'ome and eat snails. It must be roast beef with onion gravy though! Please come to my garden, I have plenty of snails for you to eat!! |
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06-07-2005, 10:43 PM
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"Mike" wrote in message ... ..........and whose pockets will be filled? certainly not the likes of us Maybe the likes of Blair and his cronies????????????// |
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06-07-2005, 11:52 PM
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"Harold Walker" wrote:
Maybe the likes of Blair and his cronies????????????// Many of us in (New) York are delighted at the choice, since it's a guaranteed money loser for the hosts. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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#12
07-07-2005, 09:16 AM
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Well I'm sorry that france didn't get it! Why would that be Alan...I thought every Englishman would be as happy as a clam in the sea......... Alan is not alone in regretting the British 'success'. Recent Olympics have proved to be an expensive burden for the host nation's taxpayers, far from the pot of gold most people appear to think it is. The French would have been welcome to it, IMO. And Paris isn't that far from Londres, when all's said and done, mon ami ... |
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#13
07-07-2005, 10:33 AM
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"BAC" wrote in message ... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Well I'm sorry that france didn't get it! Why would that be Alan...I thought every Englishman would be as happy as a clam in the sea......... Alan is not alone in regretting the British 'success'. Recent Olympics have proved to be an expensive burden for the host nation's taxpayers, far from the pot of gold most people appear to think it is. The French would have been welcome to it, IMO. And Paris isn't that far from Londres, when all's said and done, mon ami ... I now admit the main reason for posing my 'statement'...to get a little bit of a feel of 'the people' as compared to the bulls*** one hears on the telly...thank y'all....H |
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#14
07-07-2005, 06:11 PM
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The message
from "BAC" contains these words: Alan is not alone in regretting the British 'success'. Recent Olympics have proved to be an expensive burden for the host nation's taxpayers, far from the pot of gold most people appear to think it is. The French would have been welcome to it, IMO. And Paris isn't that far from Londres, when all's said and done, mon ami ... One would feel so much more optimistic, if the millennium dome hadn't been such an expensive failure :-( Janet |
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#15
08-07-2005, 10:50 PM
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message ... "Draven" wrote in message . uk... "Harold Walker" wrote in message ... Congratulations to London and all involved in the 2012 Olympic Games chase..........H Who's paying for all the work that needs to be done to host it? Will it be the tax payer? ..........and whose pockets will be filled? Not mine that's for certain! Alan |
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