www.belfagan.org.uk

How about playing "The Fiddler of Castlerigg" and making a new dance to it
for Rex and Orly and myself, hey and putting it on your home page, Ally and
if you can hook up to electicity outside this (race-peoples') house, I'll
sing it thro a mic and blow their roof off, hey? Are you game.

Edith, off to sweet-talk Orly.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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> www.belfagan.org.uk
>
> How about playing "The Fiddler of Castlerigg" and making a new dance to it
> for Rex and Orly and myself, hey and putting it on your home page, Ally 
> and
> if you can hook up to electicity outside this (race-peoples') house, I'll
> sing it thro a mic and blow their roof off, hey? Are you game.
>
> Edith, off to sweet-talk Orly.
>

Heh heh. That would be fun. I'd love to try. It takes ages to create a new 
dance, though: seems to be much harder work than writing a song or a tune.

You've got to be careful about unlicenced amplified music these days. As 
morris dancers, we have a certain amount of immunity from this new Licencing 
Act, but I believe it's only so long as our music is completely unamplified. 
Some people use those wee portable buskers' amps for their guitars; others 
have singers in their bands, and to be heard over the accordians and so on 
they need a litle bit of amplification. (See the Flagcrackers of Craven, for 
example - www.flagcrackers.co.uk ) All this stuff may fall foul of the new 
law. I'd hate you to be arrested on the shores of Derwentwater, Edith! 
(Though I can't think of a nicer place if you insist on breaking the law!)

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:GO2dnUOSv7VCirDe4p2dnA@telenor.com...
> > www.belfagan.org.uk
> >
> > How about playing "The Fiddler of Castlerigg" and making a new dance to
it
> > for Rex and Orly and myself, hey and putting it on your home page, Ally
> > and
> > if you can hook up to electicity outside this (race-peoples') house,
I'll
> > sing it thro a mic and blow their roof off, hey? Are you game.
> >
> > Edith, off to sweet-talk Orly.
> >
> Heh heh. That would be fun. I'd love to try. It takes ages to create a new
> dance, though: seems to be much harder work than writing a song or a tune.
>
> You've got to be careful about unlicenced amplified music these days. As
> morris dancers, we have a certain amount of immunity from this new
Licencing
> Act, but I believe it's only so long as our music is completely
unamplified.
> Some people use those wee portable buskers' amps for their guitars; others
> have singers in their bands, and to be heard over the accordians and so on
> they need a litle bit of amplification. (See the Flagcrackers of Craven,
for
> example - www.flagcrackers.co.uk ) All this stuff may fall foul of the new
> law. I'd hate you to be arrested on the shores of Derwentwater, Edith!
> (Though I can't think of a nicer place if you insist on breaking the law!)
>
> ally


Would they put an old woman like me in jail just for singing into a mic. ?
I'm too weak and fragile to be in prison. Jees, I've hardly a breath left in
me body. Me lungs are clamped tugither wuz than old Jock's clamp foot.

D'yuh think thell let me cough intuh yan? Couldn't be wuz thun them Saturday
morning calls to prayer, thingies, oh bugga.

Edith.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>
> Would they put an old woman like me in jail just for singing into a mic. ?


Who knows? You want to try it?


> I'm too weak and fragile to be in prison. Jees, I've hardly a breath left 
> in
> me body. Me lungs are clamped tugither wuz than old Jock's clamp foot.


Pull the other one. You're tough as old boots, you are. A week in the nick 
and you'd have written personal poems for all the inmates and probably drawn 
caricatures of all the screws as well. They'd chuck you out for disrupting 
the place.

>

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
> news:da2dnd9La5TXK7De4p2dnA@telenor.com...
> >
> > Would they put an old woman like me in jail just for singing into a mic.
?
>
> Who knows? You want to try it?
>
> > I'm too weak and fragile to be in prison. Jees, I've hardly a breath
left
> > in
> > me body. Me lungs are clamped tugither wuz than old Jock's clamp foot.
>
> Pull the other one. You're tough as old boots, you are. A week in the nick
> and you'd have written personal poems for all the inmates


I, I can just see it.

Sweaty Eedie wrote a line 'bout tuther
Tuther didn't like what Eedie said
Fer a bob, I'd easy kill yer muther
But fer nowt, I'll kick yer arse instead.

and probably drawn

> caricatures of all the screws as well. They'd chuck you out for disrupting
> the place.
> >
> ally


No. No. No. A week in t'calaboose could ruin me health.

Edith Carntsitdoon.

"The Traveller"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> Pull the other one. You're tough as old boots, you are. A week in the 
>> nick
>> and you'd have written personal poems for all the inmates
>
> I, I can just see it.
>
> Sweaty Eedie wrote a line 'bout tuther
> Tuther didn't like what Eedie said
> Fer a bob, I'd easy kill yer muther
> But fer nowt, I'll kick yer arse instead.


Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it that 
charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they released 
him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...


ally

"> Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it 
that

> charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they 
> released him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...
>
>
> ally
>

It was Leadbelly. I think that started his Blues career.  That and meeting 
Billy Smith (love her music) and Blind Lemon.

Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming out soon 
about his life and times.

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>
> "> Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it 
> that
>> charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they 
>> released him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...
>>
>>
>> ally
>>
> It was Leadbelly. I think that started his Blues career.


Ah. I thought so.



> Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming out 
> soon about his life and times.
>

That could be interesting. I saw Johnny Cash perform live in Edinburgh once, 
many years ago. Very memorable concert.

ally

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
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> >>
> >> Pull the other one. You're tough as old boots, you are. A week in the
> >> nick
> >> and you'd have written personal poems for all the inmates
> >
> > I, I can just see it.
> >
> > Sweaty Eedie wrote a line 'bout tuther
> > Tuther didn't like what Eedie said
> > Fer a bob, I'd easy kill yer muther
> > But fer nowt, I'll kick yer arse instead.
>
> Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it
that
> charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they
released
> him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...
>
>
> ally
>


Mr Leadbelly, I, but after keeping him there for the most of his life, poor
fellow.

Edith disgusted.

"Tania"  wrote in message
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>
> "> Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it
> that
> > charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they
> > released him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...
> >
> >
> > ally
> >
> It was Leadbelly. I think that started his Blues career.  That and meeting
> Billy Smith (love her music) and Blind Lemon.
>
> Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming out
soon
> about his life and times.
>
> Tania


Bobby Bear has been here to Horten & Bob Marley and a few others. Our music
scene has died down since the pub that held Sunday night jam sessions
closed. They have it in another pub now but it just isn't the same. The
place isn't groovy enough yet.

Edith.

a l l y wrote:

> "The Traveller"  wrote in message 
> news:GO2dnUOSv7VCirDe4p2dnA@telenor.com...
> 
>>www.belfagan.org.uk
>>
>>How about playing "The Fiddler of Castlerigg" and making a new dance to it
>>for Rex and Orly and myself, hey and putting it on your home page, Ally 
>>and
>>if you can hook up to electicity outside this (race-peoples') house, I'll
>>sing it thro a mic and blow their roof off, hey? Are you game.
>>
>>Edith, off to sweet-talk Orly.
>>
> 
> Heh heh. That would be fun. I'd love to try. It takes ages to create a new 
> dance, though: seems to be much harder work than writing a song or a tune.
> 
> You've got to be careful about unlicenced amplified music these days. As 
> morris dancers, we have a certain amount of immunity from this new Licencing 
> Act, but I believe it's only so long as our music is completely unamplified. 
> 
> ally
>


I believe you have to have dancing also, it the morris dancing stops, so 
must the  music - otherwise some jobsworth will  pop up and arrest you 
for enjoying yourself without a license.

On of the most outragious things is that they are considering an 
exemption for dj`s and mobile discotheques. So you can have 10 kilowatts 
of numpty dj blasting out crap pop music with no worries,  but if some 
old josser (or jossess) should play the spoons in some far corner of the 
bar, they`ll clap im and the landlord in irons.

I think it`s a 20,000 fine for a normal breech of the peace  obviously 
a lot for for bodhran and banjo players.

I`m lobbying my MP for a exemption for ukulele players of course.. I 
have high hopes as I have been reliably informed that Mr Blair himself 
is a well known plonker of some repute.


Cloudcukkooly
Ron O'Ukulele (all jazzed out)

Plonking for Britain


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"Ron(UK)"  wrote in message 
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>
> I believe you have to have dancing also, it the morris dancing stops, so 
> must the  music - otherwise some jobsworth will  pop up and arrest you for 
> enjoying yourself without a license.


I've seen it suggested that various entertainers are thinking of hiring the 
odd morris dancer to dance along with their music, so that they'll be 
exempt.  Might be a nice little niche market for impecunious morrismen.


>
> On of the most outragious things is that they are considering an exemption 
> for dj`s and mobile discotheques. So you can have 10 kilowatts of numpty 
> dj blasting out crap pop music with no worries,  but if some old josser 
> (or jossess) should play the spoons in some far corner of the bar, they`ll 
> clap im and the landlord in irons.
>

Yeah, and you can have a wide-screen plasma TV in your pub, showing the 
latest big football match at full volume, with hundreds of loud, drunken 
footy fans in attendance, disturbing the entire neighbourhood. But the 
upstairs folk club which attracts 12 people and a yorkshire terrier to watch 
occasional visiting acoustic singers and guitar players now requires a large 
and expensive licence, which many small pubs can't afford. The folk club 
disappears but the drunks keep chanting their football songs.

These laws don't apply in Scotland. There are times I seriously consider 
going home.

ally

"Tania"  wrote in message
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>
> "> Hmm. They wouldn't let you out for stuff like that. Which singer was it
> that
> > charmed the prison governor so much by playing his guitar that they
> > released him? I'm sure it was either Leadbelly or Johnny Cash...
> >
> >
> > ally
> >
> It was Leadbelly. I think that started his Blues career.  That and meeting
> Billy Smith (love her music) and Blind Lemon.
>
> Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming out
soon
> about his life and times.
>
> Tania


Run softly blue river, my darling's asleep
Run softly blue river, run cool and deep

He was just a plain ol' country boy
With a plain old country style-when Lewther played the boogie woogie

Fourty shades of Green.

Edith.

">> Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming out

> soon
>> about his life and times.
>>
>> Tania
>
> Run softly blue river, my darling's asleep
> Run softly blue river, run cool and deep
>
> He was just a plain ol' country boy
> With a plain old country style-when Lewther played the boogie woogie
>
> Fourty shades of Green.
>
> Edith.
>
>
>

Are you a Johnny Cash fan, Edith? Recently a commercial for the Red Cross 
has been using a song by him.  Bridge Over Troubled Waters.  I rather like 
his version.  Something about his voice...

Tania 



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> Mr Leadbelly, I, but after keeping him there for the most of his life, 
> poor
> fellow.
>
> Edith disgusted.
>
>

The stuff Blues is made of.

Tania 



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>
> ">> Johnny Cash is from Arkansas, btw.  Noticed there is a movie coming
out
> > soon
> >> about his life and times.
> >>
> >> Tania
> >
> > Run softly blue river, my darling's asleep
> > Run softly blue river, run cool and deep
> >
> > He was just a plain ol' country boy
> > With a plain old country style-when Lewther played the boogie woogie
> >
> > Fourty shades of Green.
> >
> > Edith.
> >
> Are you a Johnny Cash fan, Edith? Recently a commercial for the Red Cross
> has been using a song by him.  Bridge Over Troubled Waters.  I rather like
> his version.  Something about his voice...
>
> Tania


It's a good song for a red cross concept.

No, I am not a specific fan of his, Tania. My x played the steele guitar,
double Sho-Bud and I sang a few songs with the country groups he was in. I
wrote down the songs for them by listening to the tapes. Lots and lots of
country songs by many artists. Tanya Tucker-George Jones-Rickie Scaggs-Wylon
Jennings-Johny Cash and hundreds more, yet I never got around to "Picking
the Wildwood Flower" :)

Never liked the words to (stand by your man - for after all, he's just a
man-peeeeuke-as tho that was any excuse)
Some people just can't keep their feet on the ground.

Edith.

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>
> > Mr Leadbelly, I, but after keeping him there for the most of his life,
> > poor
> > fellow.
> >
> > Edith disgusted.
> >
> >
> The stuff Blues is made of.
>
> Tania


But most of all, I miss a girl in Tippararee town
And most of all I miss her lips as soft as ida down
I miss the river Shannon etc

Fourty shades of green.
They're hanging men and women for, the wearing of the green

Historically,Edith.

> Are you a Johnny Cash fan, Edith? Recently a commercial for
> the Red Cross has been using a song by him.  Bridge Over
> Troubled Waters.  I rather like his version.  Something
> about his voice... 
> 
> Tania 


Um, Bridge over Troubled Waters is a Simon and Garfunkle tune. 
JC was only a cover.

Johnny-correctingly

Johnny@ominous.portent wrote:

>>Are you a Johnny Cash fan, Edith? Recently a commercial for
>>the Red Cross has been using a song by him.  Bridge Over
>>Troubled Waters.  I rather like his version.  Something
>>about his voice... 
>>
>>Tania 
> 
> 
> Um, Bridge over Troubled Waters is a Simon and Garfunkle tune. 
> JC was only a cover.
> 
> Johnny-correctingly

you mean he was a spy!

espionagely
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All of them, have been from the very beginning and will be to the very
end safe play areas for all sorts of raging nutters, social
malcontents, control freaks and malevolent beings. You may feel that
they should go elsewhere but where? The asylums are all closed. What
would you have of them? Standing in their back yards at midnight
howling to the full moon and frightening the shit out of the
neighbours into the bargain? Have them running around shafting masons,
suspected werewolves, communists, socialists, conservatives and women
with vaginal warts by the  dozen? OR harmlessly making utter cunts of
themselves in a uk.local group? Lets face it what is one other cunt
amongst the many in this group?? I know what I prefer!! 
The uk.local hierarchy of newsgroups is a valuable safety valve which
helps to keep society a wee bit more safe. 

You may disagree. I would be interested to hear your opinion and no
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>> Um, Bridge over Troubled Waters is a Simon and Garfunkle tune.
>> JC was only a cover.
>>
>> Johnny-correctingly
> you mean he was a spy!
>
> espionagely
> Ron O'MI5
>
>


He did dress the part.

Tania 



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> Um, Bridge over Troubled Waters is a Simon and Garfunkle tune.
> JC was only a cover.
>
> Johnny-correctingly


What do you mean cover?  Like album cover?  Paul Simon wrote the song but 
Johnny Cash did sing it and record it for one of his albums.

The commercial is definitely Johnny Cash singing the song.

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>
> > Um, Bridge over Troubled Waters is a Simon and Garfunkle tune.
> > JC was only a cover.
> >
> > Johnny-correctingly
>
> What do you mean cover?  Like album cover?  Paul Simon wrote the song but
> Johnny Cash did sing it and record it for one of his albums.
>
> The commercial is definitely Johnny Cash singing the song.
>
> Tania-not-up-on-music-slang


Storms never last, do they Tania.(Jessie)
Edith.

> Storms never last, do they Tania.(Jessie)
> Edith.
>
>


Hi Edith.

Nope.  They sure don't. Bad times pass with the wind.  (haven't heard that 
song in awhile)

Sun is out here at the moment.  It's around 90F.  Cool front is coming in. 
Temp is suppose to drop down to 55F tonight.  I love it.  First thing I'm 
going to do when I get home is open all the windows.

Hurricane season lasts until November something.  I'm not sure of the exact 
date.  The weather guys are already talking about another wave that may 
become a storm.

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>
> > Storms never last, do they Tania.(Jessie)
> > Edith.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Edith.
>
> Nope.  They sure don't. Bad times pass with the wind.  (haven't heard that
> song in awhile)


It's strange how all the good songs dissappear. The end up on dusty shelves
like old ladies--a'a'choo!!!!

>
> Sun is out here at the moment.  It's around 90F.  Cool front is coming in.
> Temp is suppose to drop down to 55F tonight.  I love it.  First thing I'm
> going to do when I get home is open all the windows.


You're a girl after my own heart. I do that too.

>
> Hurricane season lasts until November something.  I'm not sure of the
exact
> date.  The weather guys are already talking about another wave that may
> become a storm.


That doesn't sound good. I remember when my daughter went to Oklahoma. I
believe it was September 1977. Elvis had just died.Lorten had just had a
storm that flattened buildings and the hail stones were as big as golf
balls.

>
> Tania-ready-for-fall


Me too. It's a lovely time of year. My veranda is full of little yellow
leaves from the hanging beach tree. The leaves are gradually turning from
green to yellow. I hope the storms are soon over for you all.

Edith.

> What do you mean cover?  Like album cover?  Paul Simon
> wrote the song but Johnny Cash did sing it and record it
> for one of his albums. 
> 
> The commercial is definitely Johnny Cash singing the song.
> 
> Tania-not-up-on-music-slang 


It's not slang. It's just terminology. If S&G publish an 
original tune, and others like it and also record it, they are 
called 'covers'.

Johnny-very-tired-and-going-home-now

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > What do you mean cover?  Like album cover?  Paul Simon
> > wrote the song but Johnny Cash did sing it and record it
> > for one of his albums.
> >
> > The commercial is definitely Johnny Cash singing the song.
> >
> > Tania-not-up-on-music-slang
>
> It's not slang. It's just terminology. If S&G publish an
> original tune, and others like it and also record it, they are
> called 'covers'.
>
> Johnny-very-tired-and-going-home-now


Goodnight deary. Sleep tight. Watch the fleas don't bight.

Edith-can't-sleep.

> It's strange how all the good songs dissappear. The end up on dusty 
> shelves
> like old ladies--a'a'choo!!!!


Bless you.  (passes Edith a cotton hankie)  It sure is.

>>
> You're a girl after my own heart. I do that too.


Nothing like fresh air, curtains blowing in the breeze.

>>
> That doesn't sound good. I remember when my daughter went to Oklahoma. I
> believe it was September 1977. Elvis had just died.Lorten had just had a
> storm that flattened buildings and the hail stones were as big as golf
> balls.


That was a good year for me despite all the tragedy you mentioned. I was 16 
and having a great deal of fun.  Oklahoma has had worse storms since then. 
A couple of years ago Oklahoma City and Lawton were hit by devasting 
tornados.  The worst to hit here (the Fort Smith area) was several years 
ago.  I wanted to move then.  Time has a way of changing your mind.  Until 
the next big one.  In reality there's no place like home. (sorry, terrible 
cliche borrowed from Dorothy)

Funny you should mention Elvis.  I bought Neil Young's new CD today and he 
has a song about him.  I'll send it to you.

>>
> Me too. It's a lovely time of year. My veranda is full of little yellow
> leaves from the hanging beach tree. The leaves are gradually turning from
> green to yellow. I hope the storms are soon over for you all.
>

Sounds so nice.  The only color we've had on the trees around here is the 
poison Ivy turning red and the brown leaves from the heat.  With the cold 
front it shouldn't be long.   I'd love to go up to the northeast to see the 
foliage.  Still have hopes we may have a decent year where that's concerned 
but doubtful since it's been so hot this late.

Tania



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> It's not slang. It's just terminology. If S&G publish an
> original tune, and others like it and also record it, they are
> called 'covers'.
>
> Johnny-very-tired-and-going-home-now


Oh.  I had no idea.

You'll really need that vacation if you keep working this late.

Tania






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> That was a good year for me despite all the tragedy you mentioned. I was
16
> and having a great deal of fun.


Did you have a car, Tania? The people with whom my daughter was living with
in Lawton bought theor daughter a big car for her 16th birthday. We were
awed. I couldn't believe that a 16 year old would be safe behind the wheel.
Here you must be 18 before you even look at a car, then you are old enough
to take lessons.

Oklahoma has had worse storms since then.

> A couple of years ago Oklahoma City and Lawton were hit by devasting
> tornados.  The worst to hit here (the Fort Smith area) was several years
> ago.  I wanted to move then.  Time has a way of changing your mind.  Until
> the next big one.  In reality there's no place like home. (sorry, terrible
> cliche borrowed from Dorothy)


I don't know how people get back on their feet after such storms, especially
when they lose eveything they have. I think I would just sit down on the
ground and waite for the end. It must be nerve racking.

>
> Funny you should mention Elvis.  I bought Neil Young's new CD today and he
> has a song about him.  I'll send it to you.


Thank you. Neil is still on the go then.?

> >>
> > Me too. It's a lovely time of year. My veranda is full of little yellow
> > leaves

> Sounds so nice.  The only color we've had on the trees around here is the
> poison Ivy turning red and the brown leaves from the heat.  With the cold
> front it shouldn't be long.   I'd love to go up to the northeast to see
the
> foliage.  Still have hopes we may have a decent year where that's
concerned
> but doubtful since it's been so hot this late.


It won't be long now, all the trees will have no leaves at all and they'll
look gray and eerie. The only colours we'll have are the pines and the
different colour painted houses. Evevrything else turns to black and white,
like an old movie. It's a transformation unbelievable, then Spring comes and
lightens the atmospere. :0)

Edith.

> Oh.  I had no idea.
> 
> You'll really need that vacation if you keep working this
> late. 
> 
> Tania


I have to get three things in particular done before I can go. I 
might just make it.

Johnny-another-day-another-dollar

> Goodnight deary. Sleep tight. Watch the fleas don't bight.
> 
> Edith-can't-sleep.


We don't have fleas.

Johnny-pest-free

> that a 16 year old would be safe behind the wheel. Here you
> must be 18 before you even look at a car, then you are old
> enough to take lessons.


Here it's sixteen. Or on a farm, about six before they put 'em 
to work driving the farm vehicles.
 

> Thank you. Neil is still on the go then.?


Of course he is. He's a hardy Canadian boy. Living in 
California...

Johnny-filling-in-For-Tania

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> > Goodnight deary. Sleep tight. Watch the fleas don't bight.
> >
> > Edith-can't-sleep.
>
> We don't have fleas.
>
> Johnny-pest-free


You don't? Well I never. I thought the French took them over with them
during the war. That's what they said here.

Nitty Gritty Edith.

> You don't? Well I never. I thought the French took them
> over with them during the war. That's what they said here.
> 
> Nitty Gritty Edith.


There are fleas here, but not in our home.

Johnny-not-flea-bitten

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > that a 16 year old would be safe behind the wheel. Here you
> > must be 18 before you even look at a car, then you are old
> > enough to take lessons.
>
> Here it's sixteen. Or on a farm, about six before they put 'em
> to work driving the farm vehicles.
>
> > Thank you. Neil is still on the go then.?
>
> Of course he is. He's a hardy Canadian boy. Living in
> California...
>
> Johnny-filling-in-For-Tania


Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Edith

> Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
> And I'm getting old.
> 
> Edith


Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

Johnny-young

PS Look for this MP3 in your email later today!

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
> > And I'm getting old.
> >
> > Edith
>
> Because I'm still in love with you
> I want to see you dance again
> Because I'm still in love with you
> On this harvest moon.
>
> Johnny-young
>
> PS Look for this MP3 in your email later today!


Thank you.

Edith.

You are wasting your time posting this  here because < uk.local.*>
news groups, all of them, have been from the very beginning and will
be to the very end safe play areas for all sorts of raging nutters,
social malcontents, control freaks and malevolent beings. 
You may feel that they should go elsewhere but where? The asylums 
are all closed. Every so often they stop taking their medication and
go off their fucking heads. What would you have of them? Standing in
their back yards at midnight howling to the full moon and frightening
the shit out of the neighbours into the bargain? Have them running
around shafting masons, suspected vampires, werewolves, communists,
socialists, conservatives and women with vaginal warts by the dozen?
OR harmlessly making utter cunts of themselves in a uk.local group?
Lets face it what is one other cunt amongst the many?? I know what I
prefer!! The uk.local hierarchy of newsgroups is a valuable safety
valve which helps to keep society a wee bit more safe. 
You may disagree. I would be interested to hear your opinion and no
doubt would the rest of the group. Thanks in advance.

"> Did you have a car, Tania? The people with whom my daughter was living 
with

> in Lawton bought theor daughter a big car for her 16th birthday. We were
> awed. I couldn't believe that a 16 year old would be safe behind the 
> wheel.
> Here you must be 18 before you even look at a car, then you are old enough
> to take lessons.


I sure did.  A 1962 Dodge Dart 330.  Wish I had it now. I acquired it from 
my aunt when I was 15  (although I wouldn't be legal to drive until I was 16 
and passed a drivers test).  The "three in the column" shifting took me a 
couple of weeks to get down pat.  After that it was smooth cruising.  Before 
my 17th birthday I had a Toyota Celica that I paid for myself.

A couple of years later the Celica was sold and I bought the first of two VW 
bugs.  It was more affordable with being married, school and a baby on the 
way.

It's not unusual to buy kids here a car when they turn 16.  My parents 
didn't.  They were firm believers that you should work for your own vehicle. 
I was lucky I had my aunt.


> I don't know how people get back on their feet after such storms, 
> especially
> when they lose eveything they have. I think I would just sit down on the
> ground and waite for the end. It must be nerve racking.


It is.  Worse for some.  In 1996 the house I grew up in was destroyed by a 
tornado.  My parents rebuilt on the same site.  The house that was lost was 
over a hundred years old.  They were able to salvage some things.  My sister 
and I climbed over debris to rescue photos.


> Thank you. Neil is still on the go then.?


Yup.  I'll  send it to you tonight.  Sorry I've been so slow.  It's been 
really busy at work.

>> >>
>> > Me too. It's a lovely time of year. My veranda is full of little yellow
>> > leaves


Aww....  I thought I saw a yellow leaf today.

>
> It won't be long now, all the trees will have no leaves at all and they'll
> look gray and eerie. The only colours we'll have are the pines and the
> different colour painted houses. Evevrything else turns to black and 
> white,
> like an old movie.


A fitting start to Halloween....

Tania 



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> I have to get three things in particular done before I can go. I
> might just make it.
>
> Johnny-another-day-another-dollar


OK. We'll be like your cheerleaders.

Only one day to go.  You can do it....

Tania

Ps.  Don't forget to send me a postcard. 



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