History Forum / General / British History / December 2006

The food on BA was always a bit below par I thought, even in first class.
I wouldn't panic even so, the sensitivity of modern detection devices is quite
incredible - some might fairly say 'overly sensitive'. Polonium is often found
in anti-static devices, such as brushes for cleaning camera lenses etc. It glows
in the dark too...

On this subject, testing for drugs and drug residues has become big business
these days, with more and more paranoid companies running 'routine tests' on
their employees, to find out if they have been naughty. Whether they are doing
their jobs well is immaterial. I myself discovered this recently, being rather
surprised when 'sampled' and found to have morphine in my system. Odd, I
thought. I'm sure I would have remembered taking morphine? Not good for anyone
working on sensitive electronic aerospace equipment, I had to agree. It turned
out to be a pain killer I was taking for a bad knee, available over-the-counter
in any pharmacy in the UK for a couple of quid. The (paltry) trace of codeine
contained in it registered as morphine...

I expect we'll be seeing more and more of this nonsense in the future, so watch
out everyone!
               Cheers
                        Martin

Recte:

Tiglath is not "sharing insults" -- as Pogue Black would have it.

Tiglath is simply Telling The TRUTH about Pogue Black -- he's a Fat Pig.

Pogue Black, of course, has a marked AVERSION to the Truth and Lives In
Denial.

Pogue Black HIMSELF says he is FAT.

Read, Mark, Learn & Inwardly Digest:
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"Erm..."

"I am fat."

Pogue Black -- 26 October 2004

And:

"I'm far too old and fat to go fighting young people full of hate and
indignation and a desire to make the world a better place."

Pogue Black -- 23 February 2005
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Pogue Black takes yet another Egregious Pratfall...

KAWHOMP!!!

KERSPLAT!!!

As those massive, blubbery buttocks crash to the floor...

Victoria, it just doesn't get any better than this.

Enjoy The Show!

'Nuff Said.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Veritas Vos Liberabit

Yes, Pogue Highgonader often seasons his blarney with a soupçon of truth.

No Surprises There...

DSH

Ian Fleming: Personal Quotes:

"I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I
could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day."

Reported last words, to the ambulance attendants: "Awfully sorry to trouble
you chaps."

Displaying a remarkable lack of foresight, c. mid-1950s: "My James Bond
novels are really for a very specialized, limited market. I am not counting
the great unwashed public and do not expect them to fancy anything I write."

"I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, James
Bond was much better than something more interesting like 'Peregrine
Maltravers.' Exotic things would happen to and around him but he would be a
neutral figure - an anonymous blunt instrument wielded by a Government
Department."

The target of my books lay somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper
thigh. [From The Daily Express, 1962]

It's Saturday night, he's drunk and he's deathly afraid of trying to post
anything substantive -- because he knows it will read as incoherent
gibberish.

So he sticks to inane, puerile and non-substantive one-liners.

'Nuff Said.

DSH

True Enough...

They are the types who in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps -- or indeed in any
difficult situation, not just in the Armed Forces -- NEVER volunteer for
anything OR pull their weight in the boat.

Nor are they Creative Risk-Takers -- they don't have the brains, the guts or
the nerves for it.

Purely Herd Animals...

Sheep.

Herd Animals just HATE Individualists -- who frighten them, confuse them and
make them feel grossly inferior -- indeed serve to expose them for the
frightfully boring little pissants they are.

DSH

Well, that certainly accurately describes "Surreyman" = Alan Spencer =
Horsellman Rarebit = Pogue Surreyman.

Too Cowardly To Use His Real Name...

He represents the real dregs of SHM and AHB -- the bottom of the barrel.

Even his WIFE thinks he's an aged, desk-bound twit:
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"I'm not the aged desk-bound twit that some seem to think (including my
wife!)."

Alan Spencer, Alias "Surreyman" -- certified, aged desk-bound Left-Wing,
Surrey-Brit twit
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The hilarious bastard can't even afford to stay in his present home after he
retires -- so he's getting rid of his precious "COLLECTIONS".

"From a large-ish expensive-ish Surrey dump to a cheapish dump wherever to
add a few noughts to the collapsed UK pensions industry's performance.  How
the hell did all this get onto this newsgroup!  History, I s'pose, of the
antique Surreyman!"

Surreyman

[Drunk when he posted that, no doubt.  -- DSH]

"As always, you're being far too simplistic.
It's not just a matter of 150+ beer mugs.
She has to clean 'em. But she's now s'posed to be retired too ...
Their ceiling to floor display shelving has to come as well.
And even the beer mugs rank second to the books.
So if the mugs are allowed, the books must be there.
And approx. 250 ft. of their shelving.
This is already taxing whichever hovel we'll be downgrading to.
And part and parcel of the deal are all my Nigerian, Yemeni and numerous
other A-rab knives & thingies.
And my framed antique map collections need several hundred sq. ft. of walls.
And the Empire stamp collections.
I mean, a man can't leave his life behind ........
I think, after some 40 years she's starting to cotton on, so she knows it
just ain't a matter of a few beer mugs! ........
We haven't even yet got around to discussing non-essentials like which beds
etc.
Gawd, even thinking about retiring's too bloody tiring."

Surreyman
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Hilarious!

Abject, Hilarious, Debilitated Jerk -- That's Our "Surreyman".

Were he not here we'd have to invent him as the SHM/AHB equivalent of Al
Capp's KIGMY ["Kick Me"]

How Sweet It Is!

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Exitus Acta Probat

Recte:

Hilarious!

It's ALSO quite amusing to see how many arrogant, ignorant pogues think
Hawai'i is in the TROPICS and is therefore TROPICAL.

It is NOT.

How Sweet It Is!

Creative Slumming Is Great Fun!

As More Pogues Gravitate To USENET We Move From Dumb, to Dumber and then to
Dumbest.

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday, Theodore Roosevelt's
Birthday, Abraham Lincoln's Birthday and Guy Fawkes Day In December!

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum

Puerile...

Often American Lingo -- left over from Prohibition Days.

Sophisticated folks would do better to just specify what sort of ethanol
product they are referring to -- rather than characterizing them as "hard"
or "soft".

Does Oklahoma have "Dry Counties"?

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Fortem Posce Animum

Recte:

"Hard Liquor" -- is a term not favored by sophisticated, enlightened, _au
courant_ people -- who simply say "Champagne" -- "Scotch" -- "Cognac" --
"Claret" [as the Brits do] --  "Bourbon" -- "Sauterne" -- "Burgundy" --
"Bordeaux" and so forth -- as I pointed out previously.

Pogue Scatterbrain [Satterfield] who is NOT very sophisticated, _au courant_
or enlightened -- prefers to use it -- because it's part of his Native
Culture in Oklahoma.

Not Surprising -- Not Surprising At All.

Pogues Will Be Pogues...

It's also in the TAX LAW -- Pogue Scatterbrain, an ex-lawyer [he allegedly
no longer practices, so he tells us] -- ergo the Federal "Revenuers" --  
always wanting to tax booze -- can get their pound of flesh.  Pogue
Brannigan has helpfully told us about the tax laws.

Further, Pogue Scatterbrain was AFRAID to answer my question about "Dry
Counties" in Oklahoma -- where he lives -- because THAT shows that Christian
Fundamentalists [whom Pogue Scatterbrain has Great Distrust and Dislike for]
STILL have the Great Power in Oklahoma to set Prohibition Rules in an entire
County -- wherein alcohol is regulated sharply.  Different Rules pertain in
each county.

In FACT -- 31 of the 77 Counties in Oklahoma ARE DRY, in one way or another.

That's over 40% of the Oklahoma counties.
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"Thirty-one Oklahoma counties remain "dry," according to ABLE.  But even the
counties that permit liquor sales by the drink do so with an assortment of
caveats, including no on-site consumption on Sundays."

"Nineteen counties have prohibitions that will keep businesses from having
New Year's events at which alcohol other than low-point beer is served,
Patton said."

"Twenty-nine of the state's "wet" counties prohibit liquor consumption at
restaurants, taverns and casinos during certain hours on Sundays."
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Further, as we know, New Year's Eve is a SUNDAY.

Pogue Scatterbrain wanted to HIDE revelation about the "Dry Counties" --
whereas I think you have a Right To Know.

Vide Infra:
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Sunday holiday dry for some

By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
12/13/2006

There are Oklahoma counties that won't serve liquor on New Year's Eve.
Thousands of Oklahoma revelers bent on toasting 2007 will face a sobering
reality on New Year's Eve.

Twenty-nine of the state's "wet" counties prohibit liquor consumption at
restaurants, taverns and casinos during certain hours on Sundays.

And this year, New Year's Eve is a Sunday.

The law, which doesn't pertain to the intake of low-point -- or 3.2 beer --
affects many counties in northeastern Oklahoma, including Cherokee, Mayes,
Muskogee, Payne and Rogers, said Marta Patton, deputy director for the
state's Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission.

"They can go back and re-vote, which is what I told them the last time
somebody called about it," Patton said of the New Year's Eve restrictions.
"This doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it certainly can set you
loose if you're not expecting it."

The 1959 Oklahoma constitutional amendment that halted more than a half
century of Prohibition in the state included a requirement that liquor
stores close on Sundays, certain holidays and election days while the polls
are open.  Last month, voters OK'd a state question that ended the
election-day liquor ban.

The county-option amendment adopted in 1984, however, allowed Oklahoma
counties with liquor by the drink to decide for themselves when bars and
restaurants could serve alcohol.

Thirty-one Oklahoma counties remain "dry," according to ABLE. But even the
counties that permit liquor sales by the drink do so with an assortment of
caveats, including no on-site consumption on Sundays.

Nineteen counties have prohibitions that will keep businesses from having
New Year's events at which alcohol other than low-point beer is served,
Patton said.

A Rogers County proposition approved in April 1985 permits the "retail sale
of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for on-premises consumption"
on all days except Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas, said Terri Thomas,
Rogers County Election Board secretary.

The county's proposition bans the sale of liquor from 2 a.m. Sunday, meaning
partygoers will not be able to uncork the sparkling wine until after
midnight New Year's Eve. When Sunday turns into Monday and 2006 officially
becomes 2007, revelers will again be able to legally purchase the bubbly and
mixed drinks.

Questions about the measure are so common in Rogers County that residents
often ask to review the ballot language in person, Thomas said.

"It's one of those things that's requested enough that it's kept in a desk
drawer pretty handy so we don't have to go back to the actual election file
and pull it out," she said.

Among the largest entertainment venues touched by the law will be the
Cherokee Casino at Catoosa. The tribe, whose mixed beverage permit is
through the state of Oklahoma, also operates a casino at the Will Rogers
Downs in Rogers County near Claremore.

"We've had big New Year's crowds with and without being able to serve
alcohol," tribal spokesman Mike Miller said. "We know some people make that
part of their New Year's experience, and we will have that available just
after midnight.

"It's still going to be a great place to be New Year's Eve."

Jim McCarter, bar manager at American Legion Post 141 in Claremore, said the
Legion is moving up its New Year's Eve party one day because of the liquor
ban. Other places such as the local Elks Lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars
post are doing the same, he said.

"Everybody here in the county is running a party either Friday or Saturday
night," McCarter said.

Angela Smalygo, manager at the Chili's restaurant in Claremore, said she
doesn't expect customers to linger much past suppertime Dec. 31, which is
typical for that evening.

"Every place in Claremore will be closed way before midnight," she said. "I
think they eat and then go to parties or off to Tulsa.

"We're so used to it now. People don't understand why they can go to Owasso
and get it (liquor), another 15 miles away, but I think they understand that
it's not my law."

A proposition to amend Rogers County's 1985 liquor option has never gone to
a vote, Thomas said. But Rogers County Commissioners Randy Baldridge and
Gerry Payne say they have fielded queries from eateries and casinos that
would like to see the measure altered.

"The way that it was voted in is the way that it would have to be changed,"
said Payne, a commissioner since 1991 who is in his final month of office.
"Other than that, it's never been an issue at all. There just hasn't been
enough interest over the years."

http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=061213_To_A1_Sunda54931
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Pogue Scatterbrain has, once again, been caught by the short hairs and then
hoist with his own petar.

ZAAAAAAAAAAPPPP!

KAWHOMP!!!

Hilarious!

How Sweet It Is!

An Early Christmas...

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum

Mele Kalikimaka

Many Oklahomans and Texans are Hypocrites, of course.

DSH
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Walmart incurs the wrath of the fundies over liquor in the Bible Belt

Published by Pam Spaulding August 14th, 2006 in Religion, Business

 “This is an unprecedented attack against the family. We are going to fight
this tooth and nail…I think Sam Walton, being the family-oriented man he
was, would be rolling over in his grave about this. I’m really disappointed
in Wal-Mart as a company.”

 – the Rev. Ronnie L. Frankens, pastor of Homer Pentecostal Church in
Diboll, TX, to cries of “amen” and “praise Jesus.”

Walmart unhinges the bible thumpers yet again, as the retail giant uses its
muscle to turn dry counties into wet ones. Expect the press releases to fly
soon from the AFA, Focus on the Anus and the rest of those folks over big
box distribution of beer and wine. (NYT):

 Wal-Mart, based in a dry county in Arkansas, forbids drinking at events
held at corporate headquarters. But the giant retailer has made a push in
the last year to sell more liquor, along with beer and wine, in its stores.

 Attempts by Wal-Mart and others to allow alcohol sales in other places
that remain dry — 415 counties in the South and in Kansas still prohibit
such sales — are meeting fierce resistance from some church groups and
religious leaders. They argue that returning to the days when liquor flowed
will mean more family violence, under-age drinking, drunken driving and a
general moral decay in the community.

 But voters are increasingly likely to follow their pocketbooks rather than
the words of their pastors. Alcohol proponents often make the case that
liberalizing laws will increase tax revenue and reduce the need for property
tax increases, an issue looming large in voters’ minds.

 More dry-to-wet measures have passed than have been defeated in the last
four years in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Kansas, the states where the battles are concentrated. “The communities who
effectively make arguments about economic development and tax dollars
typically win the votes,” said John Hatch, a political strategist based in
Austin, Tex.

These fundies doth protest too much (after all, they are consuming an awful
lot of porn; should Walmart or Sam’s stock that?). Any of these dry counties
have a whole lot of drinking going on. As if these residents aren’t already
driving to bordering counties to booze it up.
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Hmmmmmmmm...

Provocative.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

What's the advantage, if any, of a 48-year-old single malt, or even a
blended whisky, over a 16-year-old?

"Smoothness"?

"Bite"?

"More Peaty Flavor"?

It sounds like a scam.

DSH