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Prince Charles is visiting the US.....He's walking down a New York alley wearing a Savile Row double breasted suit and a white stetson ....to fit in. A prostitute calls out an invitation and a price '$500.' Charles tips his hat politely like he'd seen the cowboys do and jokes, '$5' Next day same thing happens......She asks $500 Charles tips his hat and mumbles '$5.' The next day he's walking with Camilla and sees the same prostitute......He thinks, 'Oh my word! What will she say?' The prostitute calls out......'D'ya get change from the $5?'
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I think we are stuck in the murky world of belief here. undisputed facts are still rare.
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'Such reports'? Helpful but not really the same. That the BBC get things wrong yes. ......But as we can see they were quickly called out on the mistake in the report you provide. Are there any explanations for the discrepancy in the apparently live footage I posted. It could be simply explained if the 'live' footage wasn't live. Has anyone heard that or any other explanation? I'll have a look myself now. This came out 2007....A comfortable gap.....I'm sorry but it does still seem fishy......Just that there was understandable confusion...We've lost the tapes. Anyone have them? and a poo poo for the conspiracy theorists. The comments below are perhaps more interesting. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/02/part_of_the_conspiracy.html A little more here which I need to read through properly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/03/part_of_the_conspiracy_2.html This from responder 34 contradicts the BBC policy as stated by Richard Porter. Who'd said they only have to keep a 'representative sample for 90 days which we take to be a third of the report' and destroy the rest. Responder 34 At 09:10 PM on 02 Mar 2007, Daniel wrote: MEDIA MANAGEMENT POLICY Reference: https://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/docs/historical_information/archive_policies/media_management_policy_overview.htm "01-01 The following components to be retained:- · Two broadcast standard copies of all transmitted/published TV, Radio and BBCi output – one to be stored on a separate site as a master · One browse-quality version for research purposes, to protect the broadcast material · All supporting metadata to enable research and re-use · A selection of original (i.e. unedited) material for re-use/re-versioning purposes · Hardware/software/equipment to enable replay/transfer of the media" How can you possibly loose (at least) three copies from this historic day? It's even stored at two separate sites! If the case that it wasn't archived at all; what about the Broadcasting Act? "03-01 All media and metadata must be stored securely in the correct conditions to minimise damage and degradation, following industry best practice" Has this been done in this case, and if not, why? If has been done, how come you made a 'cock-up'? What can be learned from this incident to prevent this from happening again in the future? "04-01 All transmitted/published media content will be kept for at least five years to fulfil legal requirements and to enable re-versioning and re-use" You say that "the BBC policy is to keep every minute of news channel output for 90 days" Why doesn't 04-01 apply to this? This should be simple to refute/explain. As one person said 'The BBC was at the end of other news stations chinese whispers' It's not a case of 'nothing will satisfy the conspiracy theorist'.....Not in my case. This is probably a simple cock-up. That's what I'd tend to believe. I'd have thought it would be relatively easy for the BeeB to demonstrate if that were the case. I can't believe the BBC were in on this in any way.....But I find I can't go along with the explanation so far given. These questions from Michael seem pertinent Michael wrote: Please stop invoking the "BBC is not part of any conspiracy" line in response to reader complaints. Nobody is suggesting for a moment that you are part of some larger conspiracy and to imply such a thing is at best disingenuous and at worst deliberately misleading. While you seem to have provided sufficient evidence that BBC World's premature report of WTC7's collapse was a simple matter of gross incompetence and nothing more, you have yet to provide answers to some very important questions: 1. Who is responsible for the 'cock-up' which led to the loss of BBC World News' 9/11 footage? "I don't know whether they were destroyed or mislaid." just doesn't cut it! 2. What are the circumstances surrounding the 'cock-up' which led to the loss of BBC World News' 9/11 footage? 3. Who cut reporter Jane Standley's live feed from NYC at 5:18pm (EST) on 11/09/01? 4. What are the circumstances surrounding the disruption of Jane Standley's live feed from NYC at 5:18pm (EST) on 11/09/01? Sorry, Richard, there IS a story here!
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I take on board all you say A4...Especially the lack of leaks in all this time. But explain the video.....And the tiny hole in the Pentagon....And the absence of camera footage at America's intelligence and defence hub??? Some things don't add up like they should.
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Has that video above ever been explained?
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Have to agree regarding The Pentagon......As a girl said to me a few days ago...... 'Too much to swallow'..(It had been a while!) A good friend of mine who was in New York for the US Open tennis Championship at the time of the attack has a friend in US air-traffic control that he was in live contact with after all flights were grounded. His friend said guardedly that the last plane that supposedly crashed into a field disappeared from radar ...his friend assumed it was shot down. If true it doesn't confirm a conspiracy as such.....But it would confirm an understandable cover-up of an unpalatable truth. There's a lot about 9/11 that is consistent with a conspiracy and a lot that isn't........I doubt I'll ever know.
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Next day another cowboy comes into the saloon........... His hat is made of brown wrapping paper, his shirt and vest are made of waxed paper, and his chaps, pants, and boots are made of tissue paper. He got arrested for rustling.
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I heard about these two cowboys walking into the saloon......One was called 'Past'.......The other 'Present'. ...........it was tense.
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Her Majesty orders immediate Brexit solution!
atlas2 replied to BigusDicus's topic in Funnies Section
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Lately on my Android box....Highwaymen....with Kevin Costner as TX Ranger Hamer tracking down Bonnie and Clyde was good. Better than the other Bonnie&Clyde films. Hamer gets the respect he deserves...(what a life he had).... And enjoyed a film called 'Polar' lots of blood and violence. Ditto 'Message Man' though the male lead is as wooden as they come.
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An old squash team mate has for as long as I've known him..35 years....gained a reputation for forgetting things.... Skiing......All the 'lads' gathered outside the chalet, booted and suited ready for the first lift. Where's Willy? I'm 'ere. 'Got everything/' Pats himself down.....'Yep.' Off we go in a clatter of skis, boots and poles ......50 metres later. "Ang on lads,' laughs 'forgot me gloves' We wait....... gloves collected..... "Ang on lads left me poles now...... Well I was rushing for me gloves!! Ha ha' OK.... that gives you an idea about Willy..... A few years back we got into a discussion about hypnotism. Another mate Mick, clever bloke but surprisingly for me was dead against it, said it was all bollocks. I put the point that there's a moment between being awake and being asleep that's neither. If the hypnotist can get you to that point then he can make suggestions...etc etc. The argument carried on with no resolution until Willy pipes-up, 'I know it works..It ain't bollocks Mick.' .We all look at him. He had the floor. 'A couple of months back I went to one-a-them E'ypnotist shows.......The bloke called for volunteers. My wife got me to go up....He did something that sorted out who was sus-cep-tible. About a doz' of us were. One-by-one he went along the line putting us in a state and whispering in our ears. You can see him doing all this, until he starts whispering stuff in people's ears...Everyone was acting normal...... Then he clicked his fingers.....And two blokes start dancing with each other, really smooching.....Annuver's squawking like a chicken. Annuver's on all fours barking like a dog...' 'And what did you do Willy?' 'I didn't do anything.' 'Why?' Laughing....'I forgot what it was 'e told me!'
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When i looked for the method used on my headlamps I came across loads of vids.......I'd check out Youtube for almost any car query.
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Made from ground rock... Wht not? noticed a video on it looking for the one I posted
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Just a new wrinkle.......I think it's been the practice for nearly a year, though I don't recall it being done last time I went for the MOT. They now check, for want of a better description the 'clarity' of your main head lights. On old cars, perhaps due to the relentless sun, the lense-covers slowly cloud over...Going from clear and bright to a murky yellow 'cataract'...... Because I had a knock on one side a few years ago I noticed the other one was much duller and so from an aesthetic point of view I'd got it cleaned. I'm sure this procedure is done all over but I went to clean my car at the gas station next to Tesco on Outlet Mall near Teprasit. They quoted 400 baht or 600 for both. ....I thought that was a bit steep but the guy promised when done it would look exactly the same as the 'new' one I thought they'd just give it a buff up.....But they prep' all round the light and bodywork with tape....Rubbed it down with fine sand-paper.....And then magically went over without actually touching the head-lamp with some gizmo..... 'blowing away' the years and revealing a brand new headlight. Aesthetically a perfect match for my recently replaced one. More importantly it easily passed whatever test the MOT people were carrying out. Had to search for this..........The magic begins about 2:40.
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I've seen this guitar.......It's a beauty .....Quite a rare opportunity. I hardly play anymore myself otherwise......!!! Good luck.
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5 years ago I was last in line to take the depth perception test......having earlier reluctantly agreed that 'orange' (the worn out battered and faded 'red' disc that was the easiest for the tester to repeatedly bash over the years), was the same as the pristine red discs below that he pointed to every time I said 'Orange' to the knackered colours above...... My normal confidence was shaken and I was very nervous when it came to the 'depth perception test'. Being last for this test the nervousness just continued to build......But, 'as cunning as a fox who was the professor of cunning at Oxford university,' I managed to move myself behind the seated test takers and that way got plenty of free goes .....My confidence was completely restored until........The guy 2nd from last whispered from his chair that he was, 'as blind as a bat' and for me to nudge him when I thought they were aligned. 'Gulp'............Frightened of letting the guy down and being thrown out for cheating, all my nerves returned........... If anyone asks me that again Im pretending I'm deaf.
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Yes I'd heard series 3 was to be the last..........I held back from watching because I thought that would be it. A bad cough that's lasted two weeks up to today, (nearly gone...the girl that shared it with me had it for a month).....has meant me being confined to quarters so I've clocked up quite a bit of TV. Last Kingdom was a hi-light. Glad it's returning. Ploughed on through 'Punisher', 'Manifest', 'The Good Dr', (which is great).......'Orville' which is a quirky cross between family Guy and Star Trek...."What's a relationship dad?' ......"It the bit before the end" .....Even the awful, Strike Back.......Which has deteriorated over the last two seasons from what was a powerful shoot 'em up action thriller. Oh yes I had some DVDs of 'Are You being Served' which I throughly enjoyed seeing again. But the best two films I've seen in a long time were, 'Forrest Gump' which I'd somehow missed out on and the fantastic, 'Green Book' hope it gets an Oscar
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Really? i thought it was done just checked you’re right... i think the male lead would make a good Bond when Craig hangs up his Walther
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Last Kingdom....Shame it's over.
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Not seen it yet but I hear is a 'must'
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What happens if you get sick and need to dip into the 400,000 for a short time in the period before you deposit your 800,000 for seasoning?
