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Kate XXXXXX

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May 9, 2008, 1:51:17 PM5/9/08
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Sn!pe wrote:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>
Oooh! Eggciting!

Congradulations.

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May 9, 2008, 1:56:04 PM5/9/08
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Sn!pe wrote:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>
Congratulations, grampSnipe!

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On Fri, 9 May 2008 18:27:21 +0100, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
wrote and included this (or some of this):

>Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

Wow!! virile jeans!!

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May 9, 2008, 2:47:50 PM5/9/08
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On Fri, 9 May 2008 18:27:21 +0100, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
said in <1igor6n.1s2t90010tggy2N%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>:

>Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

h!tfd!

Which was presumably the cause...

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The message <1igor6n.1s2t90010tggy2N%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>
from sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) contains these words:

> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

You'll be shelling out for ever, now.

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Richard Robinson

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May 9, 2008, 3:03:23 PM5/9/08
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Sn!pe said:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

Splendid. Congrats to all involved. And, enjoy.


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bobharvey

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May 9, 2008, 5:29:10 PM5/9/08
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On 9 May, 18:27, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

Good show!

but ISthe suvjectA "procrastination"

Andrew Marshall

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May 9, 2008, 5:46:04 PM5/9/08
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In message <1igor6n.1s2t90010tggy2N%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>, Sn!pe
<sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> writes

>Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

Congratulations; I hope all will go well.
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JonG

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May 9, 2008, 6:05:51 PM5/9/08
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Sn!pe wrote:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>

Oh, well done that Sn!peling (and Friend)

And congarats to future Grandsn!pe.

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Don Stockbauer

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May 9, 2008, 6:07:39 PM5/9/08
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To who do you attribute the cause?
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Graeme Dods

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sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote in news:1igp4q0.15qajy0go2ns2N%
sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk:


> Hubby, if you please! For the benefit of anyshedi blessed with the
> standard-issue Shed unforgettery, they're off to Perth, Upside-downland
> in June.

And the offer still stands for any help required for when they make the
move. Warn them that the weather is decidedly British at this time of year.
I hope you get a chance to come over to see them too, as my parents did
last year when our daughter was born.

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On Fri, 9 May 2008 23:33:53 +0100, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)

wrote and included this (or some of this):

>JonG <ne...@dentrassi-nospamformetodayplease.lodge.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Sn!pe wrote:
>> > Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>> > I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>> >
>>
>> Oh, well done that Sn!peling (and Friend)
>

>Hubby, if you please!


There's posh!

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Richard Robinson

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May 10, 2008, 9:14:23 AM5/10/08
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Amethyst Deceiver said:
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 23:33:53 +0100, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
>>JonG <ne...@dentrassi-nospamformetodayplease.lodge.org.uk> wrote:
>>> Sn!pe wrote:
>>> > Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>>> > I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>>>
>>> Oh, well done that Sn!peling (and Friend)
>>
>>Hubby, if you please!
>
> Oh, doing it the right way around!

Well, if it got a result ...

Carlton Miniott

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May 10, 2008, 6:19:49 PM5/10/08
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Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Sn!pe said:
> Hubby, if you please! For the benefit of anyshedi blessed with the
> standard-issue Shed unforgettery, they're off to Perth, Upside-downland
> in June.

Lots of druggies in Perth.
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On Sat, 10 May 2008 23:19:49 +0100, Carlton Miniott <dave...@ukmisc.org.uk>
wrote in <MPG.22902fde...@News.individual.net>:

> Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Sn!pe said:
>> Hubby, if you please! For the benefit of anyshedi blessed with the
>> standard-issue Shed unforgettery, they're off to Perth, Upside-downland
>> in June.

> Lots of druggies in Perth.

I'll see you Perth and raise you Byron Bay (with Nimbin in reserve).

(Kind of ironic that a BB lad like me has never done any drug but alcohol.)

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Carlton Miniott

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Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Dr Ivan D. Reid
said:

> On Sat, 10 May 2008 23:19:49 +0100, Carlton Miniott <dave...@ukmisc.org.uk>
> wrote in <MPG.22902fde...@News.individual.net>:
> > Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Sn!pe said:
> >> Hubby, if you please! For the benefit of anyshedi blessed with the
> >> standard-issue Shed unforgettery, they're off to Perth, Upside-downland
> >> in June.
>
> > Lots of druggies in Perth.
>
> I'll see you Perth and raise you Byron Bay (with Nimbin in reserve).
>
> (Kind of ironic that a BB lad like me has never done any drug but alcohol.)
>
>
I wouldn't know, but a woman who emigrated then split from her hubbie
and ended up in Perth came back for a visit (or to stay? I dunno) and
painted somethig of a lurid picture.
But you could of almost anywhere if you happened to get a flat/house in
the wrong place.

Graeme Dods

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May 10, 2008, 10:54:48 PM5/10/08
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Carlton Miniott <dave...@ukmisc.org.uk> wrote in
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Can't say I've noticed any, but like you say, that depends on where you
live (the area we're in is fairly average). Back home you used to see
people sniffing lighter fuel (or similar) on the bus occasionally, not seen
anything like that here. Alcohol seems to be the drug of choice for those
who wish to get off their faces in public, but even that's not particularly
rife despite what the ridiculously sensationalist local news says.

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MEow

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May 11, 2008, 8:47:23 AM5/11/08
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Sn!pe spoke thusly:

> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>

Oooh! Congratulations abd best of luck to all involved!

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JonG

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May 11, 2008, 3:33:08 PM5/11/08
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Sn!pe wrote:

>>> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>>> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>>>
>> Oh, well done that Sn!peling (and Friend)
>

> Hubby, if you please!


Ah, well, they must be pretty friendly, then.

wafflycat

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"Sn!pe" <sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

Awwww..... you'll get all broody over your grandchick!

Roger

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Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk> wibbled despairingly:

>The message <1igor6n.1s2t90010tggy2N%sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>
>from sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) contains these words:

>> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

>You'll be shelling out for ever, now.


Rats....I thought it was a thread about funttvat....dagnabbit Muskie !

( and hearty congrats to the genetically extended Sn!pe genome group)

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May 11, 2008, 6:31:46 PM5/11/08
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Sn!pe wrote:
> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>

Huzzah! All manner of garments twirled above head in celebratory fashion
in time to frolicksome jigging of lower limbs.

Grandsprogs are lovely inventions. Much less exhausting than the direct
loinfruits, because you're so much mellower by the time they arrive.

Karen

Oiorpata

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May 11, 2008, 6:35:27 PM5/11/08
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Sn!pe wrote:

> JonG <ne...@dentrassi-nospamformetodayplease.lodge.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Sn!pe wrote:
>>> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
>>> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.
>>>
>> Oh, well done that Sn!peling (and Friend)
>
> Hubby, if you please! For the benefit of anyshedi blessed with the
> standard-issue Shed unforgettery, they're off to Perth, Upside-downland
> in June.

Ah well, it'll give you plenty of excuses for long holidays in the sun.
Tell them to get a nice house, with air conditioning, a swimming pool
and a large guest bedroom with en suite facilities.

>> And congarats to future Grandsn!pe.
>

> Ta v much, Jon; to everyshedi else offering kind thoughts, too.
> It's a big day for Sn!pekind, I can tell you. [preen some more]

Just wait till you've got them in a pram, and can display them proudly
to discerning passersby.

Karen

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Richard Robinson

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May 11, 2008, 7:59:41 PM5/11/08
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And because they can be Someone Else's Problem when necessary.

Reminds me, my brother's kid is due to to be sprogging not far off now,
must check. Barely 18, bless her ...

< ... fade out, wishing her probably more luck than she realises she'll
need ...>

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Melanie Rimmer

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Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. wrote:

> My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava. I
> already have a photograph!

Congratulations!

Frank Erskine

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On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:11:39 +0100, Countess-Palatine Blackberry the
Perplexed of Divine Intervention.<x{yz}enop...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava.

IRTA:- "Arriva".

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Kate XXXXXX

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Frank Erskine wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:11:39 +0100, Countess-Palatine Blackberry the
> Perplexed of Divine Intervention.<x{yz}enop...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava.
>
> IRTA:- "Arriva".
>
'Born wivva buss-pass'?

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On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:28:16 +0100
Kate XXXXXX <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Frank Erskine wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:11:39 +0100, Countess-Palatine Blackberry the
> > Perplexed of Divine Intervention.<x{yz}enop...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava.
> >
> > IRTA:- "Arriva".
> >
> 'Born wivva buss-pass'?

'Born to ride'?

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Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:28:16 +0100
> Kate XXXXXX <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Frank Erskine wrote:
>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 00:11:39 +0100, Countess-Palatine Blackberry the
>>> Perplexed of Divine Intervention.<x{yz}enop...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava.
>>> IRTA:- "Arriva".
>>>
>> 'Born wivva buss-pass'?
>
> 'Born to ride'?
>
Born to be wild?

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Guy King

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The message <68ra7rF...@mid.individual.net>
from John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> contains these words:

> Born to be wild?

Born to drink Mild.

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Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 12, 2008, 3:20:16 PM5/12/08
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worn to be biled?

Esra Sdrawkcab

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Guy King wrote:
> The message <68ra7rF...@mid.individual.net>
> from John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> contains these words:
>
>> Born to be wild?
>
> Born to drink Mild.
>
blinkin pun-rays!


Lawn to be scythed

Karen Davies

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Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:31:46 +0100, Oiorpata <oior...@hotmail.com>

>> Grandsprogs are lovely inventions. Much less exhausting than the direct
>> loinfruits, because you're so much mellower by the time they arrive.
>

> My goddaughter had her first baby yesterday, a little girl called Ava. I
> already have a photograph!

Do they live close enough for you to see the real life version before
too long? I hope my nieces will all turn out to be the mothers of girls.

Karen

Karen Davies

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May 12, 2008, 4:53:47 PM5/12/08
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Richard Robinson wrote:
> Oiorpata said:

>> Grandsprogs are lovely inventions. Much less exhausting than the direct
>> loinfruits, because you're so much mellower by the time they arrive.
>
> And because they can be Someone Else's Problem when necessary.

Very true. In fact I find it delightfully restful to sprawl on a beach
and listen to the sounds of offspring driving their parents to
distraction, secure in the knowledge that it's still my day off.

> Reminds me, my brother's kid is due to to be sprogging not far off now,
> must check. Barely 18, bless her ...
>
> < ... fade out, wishing her probably more luck than she realises she'll
> need ...>

I'm sure having a well inclined Uncle counts as good fortune.

Karen

Frank Erskine

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On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:04:25 +0100, Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>The message <68ra7rF...@mid.individual.net>
>from John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> contains these words:
>
>> Born to be wild?
>
>Born to drink Mild.

IRTA:- "Born to drink Milk."

Andrew Marshall

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May 12, 2008, 5:30:18 PM5/12/08
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In message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>, Guy King
<guy....@zetnet.co.uk> writes

>The message <68ra7rF...@mid.individual.net>
>from John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> contains these words:
>> Born to be wild?

>Born to drink Mild.

I wish; boodly lucky if I can find a decent example of the breed these
days, thobut...
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May 13, 2008, 2:06:11 AM5/13/08
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Andrew Marshall wrote:
> In message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>, Guy King
> <guy....@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>> The message <68ra7rF...@mid.individual.net>
>> from John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> contains these
>> words:
>>> Born to be wild?
>
>> Born to drink Mild.
>
> I wish; boodly lucky if I can find a decent example of the breed these
> days, thobut...

Holdens on draught - wonderful (somewhere within 10 miles of Dudley)

Andrew Marshall

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May 13, 2008, 4:19:44 AM5/13/08
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In message <ndaWj.2606$DZ6...@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Esra
Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> writes

>Andrew Marshall wrote:
>> In message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>, Guy King
>><guy....@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>>> Born to drink Mild.

>> I wish; boodly lucky if I can find a decent example of the breed
>>these days, thobut...

>Holdens on draught - wonderful (somewhere within 10 miles of Dudley)

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to look out for it next time I
get to a beer festival, which I suspect will be next May Day
no-more-sheepdogs-day weekend at the Rushden Cavalcade steam rally. At
the show this year, I sampled and thoroughly enjoyed Glastonbury Ales
Boadicea's Revenge, and Pot Belly Brewery Beijing Black.

Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 13, 2008, 4:31:49 AM5/13/08
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Andrew Marshall wrote:
> In message <ndaWj.2606$DZ6...@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Esra
> Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> writes
>> Andrew Marshall wrote:
>>> In message <3130303034323...@zetnet.co.uk>, Guy King
>>> <guy....@zetnet.co.uk> writes
>>>> Born to drink Mild.
>
>>> I wish; boodly lucky if I can find a decent example of the breed
>>> these days, thobut...
>
>> Holdens on draught - wonderful (somewhere within 10 miles of Dudley)
>
> Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to look out for it next time I
> get to a beer festival, which I suspect will be next May Day
> no-more-sheepdogs-day weekend at the Rushden Cavalcade steam rally. At
> the show this year, I sampled and thoroughly enjoyed Glastonbury Ales
> Boadicea's Revenge, and Pot Belly Brewery Beijing Black.

Nah you need to drink it in a pub within 10miles of Dudley.

Milds likely to be seen at festivals might include Rhymney Dark (CBOW 2007)
(lists a few more but then goes to fwse)

ah, here's a big list:
http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=276502

Tell a lie, maybe it was Bathams Mild. or wasit Holdens? oh I dunno any
more.

Andrew Marshall

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May 13, 2008, 5:00:49 AM5/13/08
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In message <VlcWj.2661$DZ6....@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Esra
Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> writes
>Andrew Marshall wrote:
>> In message <ndaWj.2606$DZ6...@text.news.virginmedia.com>, Esra
>>Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> writes
>>> Holdens on draught - wonderful (somewhere within 10 miles of Dudley)

>> Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to look out for it next
>>time I get to a beer festival,

>Nah you need to drink it in a pub within 10miles of Dudley.

Unfortunately that's very unlikely to happen, as I doubt that I'll ever
find myself in that area.

>Milds likely to be seen at festivals might include Rhymney Dark (CBOW 2007)
>(lists a few more but then goes to fwse)

I'll keep an eye out for it, but from where I live, it's very difficult
to get to festivals without driving, which tends to hooter things up
somewhat.

Ta for the link - duly added to favourites.

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Andrew Marshall

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In message <d8ni24ddm69auvvpc...@4ax.com>, Znep
<E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
>The place we went on Sunday had a golden mild, and steam trains.

Sounds good - which railway was it?

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Andrew Marshall

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In message <400j2414p40ga9l29...@4ax.com>, Znep
<E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
>In uk.rec.sheds, (Andrew Marshall) wrote in
><h5v0NCEq...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>::

>>In message <d8ni24ddm69auvvpc...@4ax.com>, Znep
>><E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
>>>The place we went on Sunday had a golden mild, and steam trains.

>>Sounds good - which railway was it?

>East Lancashire Railway.

An excellent railway, that one. When Geoff and I do an Easter Steam
Tour, we normally stay at a farm B+B at Blackshawhead, above Hebden
Bridge, and visit the ELR on Good Friday, parking at Rawtenstall and
taking the train to Bury for a wander round the big znexrg there. Once,
we did the 'O' thing, in as much as 'twas necessary, and a most
enjoyable Easterboink came to pass.

> It's a funny old thing- the trains run on normal
>tracks, and in fact provide a timetabled service,

They pretty well all have a timetable, apart, I goov, for one or two
'steam-centre' stylee ones that just run up and down a couple of hundred
yards of track four or five times an hour. I eschew those in favour of
the ones where I can get a decent length of ride.

> but there's an extra
>service where you can dine in some splendour in the old first class
>carriages,

Most of the steam railways do that - it's very popular, and a good
money-spinner to keep the railway running. I haven't been on a dining
train myself; there seems little point in doing so on one's own.

> with fodder (and waiters etc) provided by a local caterer; the
>head waiter and the loco crew are all volunteers.

Virtually all preserved railways are volunteer-run, with a very small
core of cnvq fgnss in many cases.

>It was Ruth's sister's birthday do, and a splendid day it was too.

Excellent - they do make a good day out both for enthusiasts and
occasional visitors.

>The pub at the station, The Trackside, is probably the best pub in Bury,
>from a real-ale point of view.

It is indeed a good oasis for well-kept cebcre BA. I generally have a
jar or two in there when I visit; they do have some good brews on,
usually including a decent dark or mild ale, which gains them many extra
points in my book.

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Andrew Marshall

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May 13, 2008, 10:41:57 AM5/13/08
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In message <ka7j245eun9419u8e...@4ax.com>, Znep
<E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes
(re: East Lancashire Railway)
>The sad thing, of course, is that you can't get there by train.

True, unless the tram counts as such. There is a Notjbex Fail line to
Heywood, which connects with the ELR, but AFAIK there's no regular
passenger service over it.

>They also provide cheap fares for local residents,

The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway do that too - and quite a lot of
the locals do hfr it. On our Steam Tours<tm> the KWVR is an Easter
Saturday rneyl zbeavat visit, and the first train down the valley (but
an 'up' train) is usually packed with locals going into Keighley to do
their fubccvat.

> and free travel to
>anyone whose garden backs onto the railway.

Molishes frafr; helps to fend off whinges about a bit of smerk now and
then.

Richard Bos

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May 16, 2008, 6:32:19 AM5/16/08
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sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote:

> Number two snipeling is sitting on an egg of her own,
> I'm going to be a grandsnipe for the very first time.

So, you'll be having a bash by the end of May, I suppose. Snipe hatching
times are about three weeks, aren't they?

Richard

Carl Williams

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CPBtPoDI post missing 'cos of arjswerver persistance being not wot it
might be, so I'm hijacking Mel's congrats to add my own

>
> Congratulations!

Wot she said.


As re:

>> already have a photograph!

That's yer Surveillance Society for you, I reckon. I bet the local
shopping centre already has the sprog's IMEI nuber 'nall.

Rusty Hinge 2

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May 20, 2008, 3:53:13 PM5/20/08
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from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:

> I'll keep an eye out for it, but from where I live, it's very difficult
> to get to festivals without driving, which tends to hooter things up
> somewhat.

> >ah, here's a big list:
> >http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=276502

Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild for me, or failing that Flagship Brewery's (of
Chatham-in-the-Dockyard) Futtock. First time I met that one was when I
were ohling a pooter from another Zetnut, and were waiting for him to
get home. I espied a pub over the road, and entered, more in hope than
expectoration.

Lo! There were a dozen beer-pumpses! And amongst the choice were
Futtock. As I then had to drive from Kent back to Norfolk, I gathered
every empty plastic soft drink bockle in the place and filled them with
Futtock. (Wot are J. Peasmould ungrunted, a ship's timber.)

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Esra Sdrawkcab

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May 21, 2008, 6:37:52 AM5/21/08
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> The message <GLVdhkCB...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>
> from Andrew Marshall <g8...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> contains these words:
>
>> I'll keep an eye out for it, but from where I live, it's very difficult
>> to get to festivals without driving, which tends to hooter things up
>> somewhat.
>
>>> ah, here's a big list:
>>> http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=276502
>
> Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild for me, or failing that Flagship Brewery's (of
I intend to avail myself of some pints of this verra soon. (at the tap,
natch)


> Chatham-in-the-Dockyard) Futtock. First time I met that one was when I
> were ohling a pooter from another Zetnut, and were waiting for him to
> get home. I espied a pub over the road, and entered, more in hope than
> expectoration.
>
> Lo! There were a dozen beer-pumpses! And amongst the choice were
> Futtock. As I then had to drive from Kent back to Norfolk, I gathered
> every empty plastic soft drink bockle in the place and filled them with
> Futtock. (Wot are J. Peasmould ungrunted, a ship's timber.)
>

Hello my dearioes! Any spoges need whirdling?

(Note to self: must grab some Futtock)

Ooooh!

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