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  3. Posted

    On 11/3/2016 at 3:55 PM, Stuntman said:

    Re Def Lep, I'd start with High n Dry, and then Pyromania.  If you prefer Pyromania you might like Hysteria.  I saw them on the Hysteria Tour in '87 and preferred the support band, Tesla!  Their debut album, Mechanical Resonance, is worth a listen.  Good straightahead US hard rock.

    I have seen Tesla live a couple of times, yes they are a great band.

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    14 hours ago, azda said:

    To be honest, The whole Clinton family should be thoroughly investigated, the position of power seems to hold these investigations back and then get swept under the carpet. I hear they have dipped their fingers into the Haitian fund which is run by one of their family members (brother perhaps?) There was a huge demonstration against them in New York i think it was not so long ago about them taking money from this fund....

    Apparently though the FBI made a mistake in saying they are investigating Hilary during the run up to an election, it's against their rules, but you try investigating a President and make something stick

    I'd go for investigating both Trump and Clinton.  They are both crooks.  No matter who wins, America will lose.

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    Having lived for awhile in Ukraine, I can tell you that this election reminds me so much of a post Soviet style election with both candidates being corrupt as one another.  Yanukovych was a career thug with an actual burglary conviction in 1967( so many first floor apts in Ukraine have bars on the windows because of potential break ins)  Tymoshenko was and is known as the "Gas Queen" for running the gas company and signing ruinous deals with Russia.

    Where does this play now?  Well Trump's advisor Paul Manafort was paid significant sums by Yanukovych during the election in 2010, came back to haunt the old boy in August and Trump dumped him.  Trump is very favourable to Russia and Putin, wants to recognize Russian annexation of Crimea etc.  And when Yanukovych was elected(?) in 2010 he jailed his opponent, Tymoshenko, who was only released in 2014 when the government fell.  And now Trump speaks of jailing Clinton.  History will repeat itself.

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    I'm holding out for the tenner next year.  Jane Austen means more to me than Winnie.

     

    BTW @Upinsmoke " also listening to music any genre but mainly heavy rock Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , Deep Purple"

    Ha, just doing a Deep Purple and Def Leppard binge right now.

     

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    Just whence you all thought all was lost HRH QEII has graciously offered to restore her realm to the United States:

    http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/queen-offers-to-restore-british-rule-over-united-states

    Thank you Dear Beloved Queen, for rescuing us from our miserous political twits.  Thanks also for offering to kindly pass over Charles in our realm and instead let the throne to Prince William.

     

    VIVAT REGINA - LONG LIVE THE QUEEN, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North America!

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    1 hour ago, Gifford said:

    Would that be the Salisbury rat catcher George Godfrey? I collect Salisbury, Winchester and Andover tokens too but don't have a George Godfey. I am on the lookout for a couple of female token issuers, one Anne Orgainer of Godney and Elizabeth Colls of Crowland

    Indeed.  It even has a portrait of a ubiquitous rat.  What I enjoy the most about 17th century tokens is that many of them are very personal to the issuer - unlike many later tokens that were issued by municipalities, workhouses etc.

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    I collect 17th century tokens with a focus on unusual issuers ie the one token I have is the only known issuer whose profession was a rat catcher, but also collect tokens issued by women.  I really don't have a focus on particular locales.

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    On 6/7/2016 at 4:24 PM, Paulus said:

    Never seen one of those before - very interesting - but not surprising as I don't collect Scottish coins!

    146/8 - as in 146 shillings and 8 pence? What a weird denomination, I expect there must be a reason!

    What was the conversion rate of Scottish shillings to English?

    It equaled 11 Merks, a unit of accounting in Scotland - with all the recoining going on at the time it was quickly obsolete and whilst not many were minted in the first place the most of them were melted down.

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    Money and coinage in it's many iterations changed oft during the reign of James VI, this is a noble from 1588, by then the coin in use in England had long evolved into a new denomination with a portrait of the monarch whilst in Scotland the archaic remained.  To further complicate matters there were multiple coins referred to as a noble - issued in the same year!  The other, smaller, noble was tariffed at 75/- whilst this larger example tariffed at 146/8 - it was strictly a one year type and is very rare.

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    I do remember some of his mid-1970s fights, as usual he fought as much with his well chosen deprecatory statements as he did with his fists.  And that was what made Ali remarkable, he practiced what he preached.  He was a great human being and I will remember his quotes forever.  "Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"

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    On 5/22/2016 at 9:50 AM, Rob said:

    What? The grand old US of E? ;)

    Sorry, it's too serious an issue to make light. There is an agenda which is going to be pursued irrespective of the people of Europe until presented as a fait accompli. Just as Europe wandered blindly into WW1 by political agreements and alliances, so is it doing the same with a united states of Europe. People need to stop digging themselves into a hole they will be unable to exit.

    But I am saying that Britain has more in common with her former colonies what with shared values of democracy, tradition etc. as opposed to being a part of the EU.

     

    But the next war is indeed on the horizon, and there will be a lot of surprises - look at some of what is going on in some of the "new" democracies in E. Europe.  Some countries like Hungary and Poland have experienced a backlash vs. the EU and even NATO lately.  What was unthinkable 10-15 years ago, vis a vis favouring Russia's ambitions are becoming much more the norm.  Whilst Germany and France now have a 60+ year alliance with few cracks, some other countries are not quite so onboard with such alliances. 

     

     

  25. Posted

    Britain does have quite a bit more in common with her transatlantic partners, Canada and the USA, than she does with continental Europe.  Think about it, beginning especially in the 18th century industrialism and manufacturing took off at an unprecedented pace in Britain whilst the rest of Europe wallowed in a miserably serf-like existence.  The USA, Canada and Great Britain have a long history, not always perfect - but we have a lot more in common in values than say Britain has with that country across the channel.

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