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  1. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Really, they must have been having an off period under Napoleon, when they took a hell of lot of beating by just about every other nation allied against them, and at the the battles of the Marne and Verdun in WW1
  2. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    have you moved to New York ?
  3. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And I believe in the bright sunny uplands too!
  4. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ah so, but Zeppelins did have the range to get there... good job they didn't :cool:
  5. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's terrible timing! imagine just launching something a Zeppelin could see over twenty miles away! :D They found Hull by both following the Rivers Humber and Hull, and from the North the firebox glow and moonlight on railway lines
  6. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It was only the sort of guess that guides government policies :cool:
  7. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Human?:cool:
  8. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Smirk ;)
  9. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    He's just a rebel without a clue, and a well justified inferiority complex :cool:
  10. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The average human doesn't put that much thought into the problem though it is remarkable that they shy away from a little prick that could with luck save their lives , and yet many of these people voted for arguably the biggest prick ever into a position where he could do the most harm.
  11. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's a good job he noticed before making any sudden movements
  12. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In the Daily Mail " I've got a problem with my arsenal, doc: Bomb Squad are called to A&E where patient turned up with two-inch-wide WWII shell lodged in his rectum which got there when he 'slipped and fell on it during a clear-out' Well I believe him, can I have my Unicorn now please?
  13. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I was intrigued by this conversation but somehow part way through I lost the will to live. Omm, omm, etc. Jolly well done chaps! :cool:
  14. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well I always wish them Merry Christmas just in case . :cool:
  15. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That's all very well, but what did Susan on Facebook say about the situation? :rolleyes:
  16. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think my choice would be to Tar and feather the blighters and give grieving relatives of Covid dead blazing torches to use at their discretion to encourage said politicians as far as a leaky dinghy on the shore at Brighton, and inform the RNLI and coastguard that no one is in danger , it's...
  17. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Thanks for cheering me up! but it does back up the Doc's advice to carrying on regardless and steer clear of treatments that are better avoided. The old saying applies It's better to be a live coward (for a bit longer)than a dead hero!(immediately)
  18. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Rather too strong if they manage to translate it, we got away with describing De Piffle as a liar today!
  19. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's St Andrews Day and I'm Sure Nicola Sturgeon would approve of dedicating this to Boris Johnson as a token of mutual esteem Air a chuir mar chomharradh air ar spèis dha chèile
  20. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We made the industrial boilers that are installed in schools, and of course smaller domestic boilers too. Types of Asbestos? not a clue. it always arrived either in boxes as a powder, tiles or tins as a paste , as a woven cloth or rope in coils. We cut it so shape of pasted it on to boiler...