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Jeremy Wrote: Where did you hear this from, Tony? Hi Jeremy. Hear what M8?

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Damn! (?)

Rolf Harris, CBE, AM was born 30 March 1930), and became famous as a Australian/British musician, singer, composer, painter, and television host and personality. Named after Rolf Boldrewood, an Australian writer his mother admired, he was born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, to Cromwell ("Crom") Harris and Agnes Margaret Harris (n?e Robbins) who had both emigrated from Cardiff, Wales. As an adolescent and young adult, Harris was a champion swimmer being the Australian Junior 110 yards Backstroke Champion in 1946 and Western Australian state champion over a variety of distances and strokes during the period 1948?1952. Harris attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco, and the University of Western Australia. He met his wife, the Welsh sculptress and jeweller Alwen Hughes, while they were both art students, and they married on 1 March 1958. They had a daughter, Bindi Harris (born 10 March 1964), who studied art at Bristol Polytechnic and is now a painter. Harris moved to England as an art student at City and Guilds Art School, Kennington, South London at the age of 22, getting into television with the BBC in 1953, doing a regular ten minute cartoon drawing section with a puppet called 'Fuzz', made and operated on the show by magician Robert Harbin. Beatles singing backing vocals) in the first edition of the From Us to You BBC radio shows, in December, 1963.[4] Harris In Matilda, the winking kangaroo was the mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. When Harris also recorded a version of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" around this time. He performed The Divinyls' "I Touch These . On 26 January 1989, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) In 1975 he was appointed King of Moomba On 1 July 2008, Harris was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, he was joined on-stage by The Seekers to perform "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and his Jake the Peg routine. Rolf Harris, Esq (1930?1968) Rolf Harris, MBE (1968?1977) Rolf Harris, OBE (1977?1989) Rolf Harris, AM, OBE (1989?2006) Rolf Harris, CBE, AM (2006-present) I'm going to miss Rolf and his Wobble Board. Its a certainty that Rolf will find his own Stairway To Heaven... Rolf, thanks for all the good times and laughs. A great talent who will be sorely missed.

Keef Wrote: Keef Richards. If he says it didn't happen, that's good enough for me. Good call. If anyone can remember then Keef can ( Richards, that is)..

: T'would be a sad day BBW, if we were to ban satire on the grounds that public ridicule brings succour to the insane. :'( How very dare you:X succour has always been our National Sport and you do not have to be "certified" to enjoy it...:-$ I realise that we are all 'aving a larf but is anyone suggesting that Whites are more inclined to Football violence in England? If so full set of stats and data, per club, per year, per decade to give substance to this view please Guys. Obviously personal anecdotes or observation , over say 50 years or more, do not count. So even if, almost every time one has read about succour violence since the Mid-1960's in The UK it seems Whites were/are involved most of the time, and even if we could give an "educated" guess that most future football hooligan stories will involve, predominantly Whites, then that is, obviously, insubstantial and irrelevant. We need official proof! Hugo, do you wanna play "ball"(?) This could be a hot potato so ....catch M8...:))

Good thread. I mentioned it to my Jamaican friend "Tiny"-6 Foot 8" and we started to reminisce about the time Tiny ( then Leader of the Millwall Firm) stabbed 6 Aston Villa supporters single-handedly, in the leg, at Villa Park. Around 1968/69 I think it was. He laughed about the time he came across Cass Pennant, one of the main ICF Boys and they took a stroll down memory lane and remembered when The Birmingham "Zulus" came to London and tried to take liberties with West Ham and Millwall. Memories. btw: What WAS this thread about? p.s. I don't really know "Tiny" but he was the main Man for many a long day....

bigbadwolf Wrote: Double standards? http://www.dulwichmum.net/ I went into Mumsy's Site but after witnessing the initial shameful spelling of "shameful" as "shamefull" ( sigh ) I realised this Blog wasn't for me ( sigh ) ....

Your post makes me wanna shout, Lulu. Good posting.

???? Wrote: And I've done a fair bit of begging and favour calling in to get a ticket for the Milwall game...spuds I'll watch on the tv Quids, we've been Mates since you were a Penny Farthing...any chance of getting me one me old M8?

Keef Wrote:Because they want to bleed every dishonest penny they can out of people whilst the law still allows it. Tony, not quite sure why you've basically quoted my question from the drawing room, as this is a very different scenario, and nothing to do with that. Same principle though Keef. Certain parties ( in this case Banks) screwing the system for whatever they can get away with M8...:)

Jeremy Wrote: There was me, worried that I'd regret posting... See didn't hurt at all did it Jeremy?(tu)

Keef Wrote: WTF!?!?!?!?!? I never asked them to review it, they haven't changed it, and I am being charged for it. They are fecking thieves, plain and simple! Keef, it is obvious. The much much more important thing to be asking here, is why do The Banks do it? ::o

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Tony, I disagree. I think we all realise there's > a > > problem with gun crime and knife crime. I am > not > > aware of it being brushed under the carpet. > > > There you go Tony. The seed's planted, water > daily. No, I'm in an agreeable mood. I'm sure you're right Jezza:-$

Winky Smiley....

bigbadwolf Wrote: Gambling does also give you a woeful fund of anger and frustration to bestow on the others at the next hare coursing meet Anger? Angry? Who is xxxxing angry?:X its frustrating being called angry when its obvious I ruddy ain't angry at all:X ..here and stick another couple of them emoticons you hate so much up yer hooter...:X:X B)

bigbadwolf Wrote: You could say exactly the same about gambling though eh Tony. Gambling does give you a wonderful fund of stories and anecdotes to tell while trying to create a home in "Cardboard City" though....:-S

Jeremy Wrote: I will bite. Please tell us Tony, what is the other disturbing feature? Just that this is symptomatic of something occurring right on your doorstep, which, arguably, if it increases and spreads its tentacles just a little bit further, will impact adversely on the way of life for many on here ( Not Hugo!) and yet no-one really wants to discuss this problem, or even, acknowledge it, which I find strange, to say the least. A cursory glance of most editions of The South London Press will show that there is still a real problem out there.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: Oh Jeremy Jeremy Jeremy...> the road to salvation is LITTERED with the corpses of those who have "taken Tony on" and failed... Remember Sean the primrose path is paved with good intentions and flattery ( or is it Nationalism) is the last refuge of a scroundrel...:)

bigbadwolf Wrote: Or they weren't rate payers. You modern trendies with yer "rates"...lol Hang on "" Are you saying they DON'T pay their dues!!!??? Disgraceful...

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tony, it is obvious. The much much more important > thing to be asking here, is why do people do it? > Please don't just say "because public sector is > soft", as that is a simplistic soundbite of an > answer. For the same reason that people rarely return to a Supermarket and inform them that they have been overpaid. For the same reason, on the Racecourse, that if we ask people how much they staked ( which is not because we don't know) then 99.9% will, at best, say the true amount and 25% of those will actually say more, purely because we have planted a seed of doubt in their minds that we don't know and they might be able to get away with more. For the same reason that 99% of people do not go back to Betting Shops that have overpaid them. Human Nature, I'm afraid ( in many cases). The fact is that it is much more difficult to remove somebody in a Public Sector Job, who is supported by a strong Trade Union. (ask Bob Crow)...

Mr.Ben : A good friend has told me that there is a hugely disproportionate difference between abseenteeism on a Monday or Friday compared with the 3 Midweek days. I'd like to see National Stats for that and if this is the case for someone to explain why there is a such a great disparity in the absences on a Mon/Fri as opposed to Tue/Wed/Thu. ( if my friend is correct). I'll leave you to guess which way round the absences are...

Agreed.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TLS is your dad BBW? You are confusing everyone here Quidsy:)) Is the question to TLS "is your dad BBW?" OR Is the question to BBW "TLS is your dad?" If its the former then I can confirm that BBW is not my Father...:)

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're not going to say anything racist are you > Tony? There is absolutely "no need" to publish the descriptions given in that South London Press report which did mention the Ethnicity of all suspects. In fact I deliberately removed the descriptions.... Interpret that as you will Hugo:)

MrBen Wrote: Has anyone else worked on both sides of the fence? If you mean The NHS ( Public/Private) Fence, then No. If you mean had many years if all kinds of different Sectors then, Yes since 1971 when I started in The glorious Civil Service and the highlight of each work period was the Tea and Cake Trolley (free, naturally). There is no comparison whatsoever between the total absences through sickness of The Public and Private Sectors and in most Industries the Private Sector is much, much more stressful as the Employers want their "pound of flesh". First day back at dear old Lewisham Council and I made the ridiculous mistake of trying to get back into the Office at exactly 5.00PM, I was almost knocked down in the scramble to leave the premises and not at 5.05PM either..lol As expected, Mr.Ben notes it is NOT The Doctors and Nurses, who everyone agrees do a wonderful, sometimes thankless task, but the Administrators etc who are much more likely to abuse the system. There is also no comparison between the average Public Sector and Private Sector employee, as well, when it comes to work ethic. Much of that has to do with the vulnerability of most private service employees compared to their public sector counterparts. OBVIOUSLY, as we are talking about millions of workers there are MANY exceptions, either way to the general rule but I defy anyone with 40 years solid all-round experience of all work Sectors to disagree, that, in general, there is not a massive difference in attitude and performance. btw: I am not being all moralistic about this as I always tried to do the least work humanly possible when working for someone else. Miraculously I have not had one minutes absence in the 15 years since I started my own Business. Funny that...