In message , Andy Hall
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:22:19 +0100, Owain
wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:
I'll live - and die - by myself in my caravan first.

I'm surprised they haven't made a television documentary about you Mary

Owain


I think that we should suggest it to them, Owain, don't you think?

We have the sound expertise in this NG, so all we need now is the
cameraman and lighting.

And the pole ...

--
geoff

In message , Owain
writes
Lobster wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
snip First Aid for bees
(Blimey Mary - it's a BEE!...)

If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you
a gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"
--
geoff

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Mary Fisher
writes

I suspect that your wasp had found a suitable source of water and was
coming
back for more. But if you think about it, if it was suitable for that wasp
it was suitable for others, so you can't guarantee that it's the same one.
They do tend to look very similar ...


But the thing that intrigued me was the fact that it returned to the same
position of the same leaf every time

Oh yes, that's perfectly natural animal behaviour. If your needs are
satisfied in one place you return to that same place.

So I've heard

--
geoff

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Owain
writes
Lobster wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
snip First Aid for bees
(Blimey Mary - it's a BEE!...)

If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you a
gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Mary
--
geoff

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Owain
writes
Lobster wrote:
Mary Fisher wrote:
snip First Aid for bees
(Blimey Mary - it's a BEE!...)

If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you a
gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

--
geoff

raden wrote:
In message , Mary
Fisher writes
"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Owain
writes
Lobster wrote:
If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving
you a gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

You don't know much about women, do you?

She's just waiting for the right moment...

"raden" wrote in message
...


If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you a
gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

No. I noticed the correct spelling of minuscule :-)

As well as the blow job bit.

Mary

--
geoff

"PC Paul" wrote in message
. uk...
raden wrote:
In message , Mary
Fisher writes
"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Owain
writes
Lobster wrote:
If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving
you a gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

You don't know much about women, do you?

She's just waiting for the right moment...

You're brighter than you look :-)

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"PC Paul" wrote in message
. uk...
raden wrote:

Phew, I think she missed that one

You don't know much about women, do you?

She's just waiting for the right moment...

You're brighter than you look :-)


Thank you. I think...

"PC Paul" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"PC Paul" wrote in message
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raden wrote:

Phew, I think she missed that one

You don't know much about women, do you?

She's just waiting for the right moment...

You're brighter than you look :-)


Thank you. I think...

:-)

Mary

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:22:55 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"raden" wrote in message
...


If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you a
gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

No. I noticed the correct spelling of minuscule :-)

As well as the blow job bit.

Mary


Wasn't it called plating?



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..andy

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In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"raden" wrote in message
...


If you get reincarnated as a bee you'd be grateful for Mary giving you a
gentle blow to dry you out.

And a minuscule T-shirt "I got blown by Mary"

With six sleeves.

Phew, I think she missed that one

No. I noticed the correct spelling of minuscule :-)

Of course


As well as the blow job bit.

Where ?

(looks around ...)


Mary

--
geoff



--
geoff

snip
pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?

are pikeys chavs or gypos?

Suz wrote:

snip

pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?


are pikeys chavs or gypos?


gyppos

In article , "The Natural
Philosopher" says...
Suz wrote:

snip

pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?


are pikeys chavs or gypos?


gyppos

Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

"Rob Morley" wrote in message
t...
In article , "The Natural
Philosopher" says...
Suz wrote:

snip

pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?


are pikeys chavs or gypos?


gyppos

Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

Suz didn't say gypsies ... if she meant gypsies whe'd have said so, wouldn't
she?

Mary

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:04:07 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Rob Morley" wrote in message
et...
In article , "The Natural
Philosopher" says...
Suz wrote:

snip

pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?


are pikeys chavs or gypos?


gyppos

Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

Suz didn't say gypsies ... if she meant gypsies whe'd have said so, wouldn't
she?

Gypos is the less than affectionate term for Gypsies and I believe the
same thing as Pikeys in the context given (neither being true 'Romany'
style Gypsies).

I would also offer that most young Pikeys are also Chavs (dress,
attitude etc).

All the best ..

T i m

"T i m" wrote in message
...


Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

Suz didn't say gypsies ... if she meant gypsies whe'd have said so,
wouldn't
she?

Gypos is the less than affectionate term for Gypsies and I believe the
same thing as Pikeys in the context given (neither being true 'Romany'
style Gypsies).

I would also offer that most young Pikeys are also Chavs (dress,
attitude etc).

What's your authority for this?

Mary

All the best ..

T i m

T i m wrote
Gypos is the less than affectionate term for Gypsies

No, it isn't. There are gypsies, and OTOH there are sundry
didders, pikeys, gyppos,thieves, and blackguards of all
descriptions. Why don't you take this carp off to some
English Language Usage group, & take yout fta friend too?

snip

pipework nicked off someone elses water supply like the pikeys do?


are pikeys chavs or gypos?


gyppos

Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

Suz didn't say gypsies ... if she meant gypsies whe'd have said so,
wouldn't she?

Mary

Gypsies are Indian.

I reckon pikeys are neither. After a little nosey on the web, they seem to
be fond of bling in a chav-esque manner, but light fingered into the
bargain. Bit Del boy.

Gypos here are gypsy wannabes, reviled and suffering from all the worst
problems any travellers ever had - high illiteracy, low income, low
conventional IQ, loads of prejudice; and therefore alcohol-related problems,
domestic violence, no moral standards, lots of low level criminal activity.
A lot of Irish towns have a population on a shanty caravan site, from which
they never move except when internal feud become murderous, so are hardly
travellers. This sort are likely to lift stuff. Desparate cases mostly.
All called Michael or Mary McDonna in my area - varies in places with all
sons and daughters were named after their parents. ALL. Apparently helped
with criminal activities.
However proper Irish travellers/ gypsies weren't or aren't like this. We
had some come around the farm summertime, looking for casual seasonal work
and were paid cash in hand for what they did. The hardworking, honest ones
came back year after year. They were totally fascinating. They had their
own strange unplaceable Irish accent with some very archaeic words and
others I didn't understand at all. And they talked and chattered
incessantly amongst themselves loudly. If you tried to chat they would dry
up and smile politely and answer yes and no until you left them alone, at
which point the banter would return.

Don't laugh.... ..but a proper traveller did my driveway... and did a
great job. About 5 years ago we had trouble getting a quote to get the
drive tarmacadamed. Only one company turned up and quoted £9k.
So we went along our street (200 houses) and pitched up at every door which
looked like they had a new drive. The same name was appearing again and
again, and all were satisfied with the work and cost. One mentioned the guy
sounded like a traveller. I rang the guy and to cut a long story short, he
did the drive for £2k. I have never seen anyone work as hard or fast in my
life. He did a lovely stone semi-circular step at the front door and edged
the entire drive with a stone flush with the tarmac and a bullnosed kerb
raised beyond that. The result was fantastic and looks great 5 years on.
This guy had a similiar accent I recognised from my youth, and an older
retired aged man with him had a very strong accent, and they talking in the
very loud way constantly. Chatting to him I learnt he had a home with wife
and 3 kids outside Belfast which I later came across and is a beautiful
house. He married a girl from the area and bought a ramshackle shed and
rebuilt a house on the site entirely by himself. He said his wife nagged
him about working too much! When I asked him where he had learnt the
skills, he said working all over Ireland as a boy with his father. He had a
flatbed lorry and mini steamroller and all the kit and said he was snowed
under with work all by reputation. He pointed out that there seemed to be
no-one willing to take on lots of little jobs - so true! How hard is it to
get a workman for anything?
They only 'pikey' thing about them was the 3rd helper - a 12 yr old boy.
When I asked should he not be in school, the 2 men said hurriedly that he
was over from England for a couple of weeks on holiday, his mother had died,
his father was feckless, and they were trying to sort him out a bit. This
child talked like Del boy (with a gypsy accent) and might had whipped out
gold chains to sell to me if it wasn't for the other two. I assume this is
the type of Irish travellers that cause so much grief in England and Wales.
Spotted him a few months later working with the men when he should have been
in school, so obviously hadn't gone back.

Still see this guy working in our area and doing very well. Just shows that
you can't tar everyone with the same brush.

Suzanne

Mary Fisher wrote:

"T i m" wrote in message
...


Pikeys are travellers, not necessarily gypsies.

Suz didn't say gypsies ... if she meant gypsies whe'd have said so,
wouldn't
she?

Gypos is the less than affectionate term for Gypsies and I believe the
same thing as Pikeys in the context given (neither being true 'Romany'
style Gypsies).

I would also offer that most young Pikeys are also Chavs (dress,
attitude etc).


What's your authority for this?


Personal experience?
Mary

All the best ..

T i m

Chris Bacon wrote:

T i m wrote

Gypos is the less than affectionate term for Gypsies


No, it isn't. There are gypsies, and OTOH there are sundry
didders,

Diddies. Diddicoys.

pikeys, gyppos,thieves, and blackguards of all
descriptions. Why don't you take this carp off to some
English Language Usage group, & take yout fta friend too?