Actually my dear fellow, it's Spain that has a problem with the place not us! After the Spanish Wars of Succession it was ceded to the UK under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 in perpetuity. Unfortunately the Spanish don't understand what perpetuity means, and keep asking for it back. And it doesn't help when the Gibraltarians vote in referendums to stay British. So every so often the Spanish have a sulk, and get stroppy at the border.
Actually they also ceded Minorca to us at the same time but we gave it back to them later.
Suez in 1956 was Nasser of Egypt declaring nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the Suez Canal since its construction in 1869. But the UN and the USA got involved and the tripartite forces of Britain, France and Israel had to withdraw. I remember it well but at that age didn't fully understand the politics of it. Yep, we lost that one!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Yes, well sometimes extreme measures are called for :)
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For the record, this particular computer/browser combination's spell checker does not recognize that, with or without the trailing S. But that is not conclusive evidence of anything.
Mine neither. It's kind of frustrating because I got it from the internet *perplex an eyebrow* and as I can't quite remember what search terms I put in to get to it I can't get to it. I put an S on the end of it to make it stop looking like one of those words that has no letters in it... I suspect I'm going to have to clarify that... so for those not tuned in to my wavelength - no duplicated letters in it. I want to say palindrome but I know that's wrong - and anyway you'd think they would have come up with a palindrome to name palindromes as this one just says semordnilap.
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Also for the record, when I prominently mentioned HO, what was in my head was the scale in which I model trains, not the ghetto term for a street walker.
Oh. Okay :)
@Chris: Lobster!? If I was going to do you a lobster, it would look more like this
I think Annie is carrying out secret Rorschach tests
*elevate nose* I think you should be worried if I am :)
I always worry about things like that.
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edit: Forgot to say you won David. Well done!! Your turn :)
Well, it only took you a minute to remember, so I guess I'll forgive you.
I also guess I will start a new thread. I wouldn't if this site supported pages, but it doesn't, and I find that scrolling up and down searching out widely scattered vague clues gets rather tiresome (and confusing).
Mike (do we have any other mods here?) can lock this one at his pleasure, or leave it open until residual discussion of things other than the jumble dies off.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
If I may respond to Chris S briefly? Firstly, good afternoon good Sir :-)
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Gibraltarians vote in referendums to stay British
We vote to be Gibraltarians. :-) Due to some grey areas in the treaty of Utrecht - which may or may not result in succession to Spain should we succeed in removing the label of British Overseas Territory - we vote as we do. For most of us, it is certainly not to remain British. Those that do, include some nutjobs* that want to claim the entirety of the Iberian peninsular for Britain - on even more shaky ground than the Spanish claim to Gibraltar.
Good morrow my dear Sir, welcome to the proceedings, pray find a seat and tarry a while.
Ok, perhaps I should have said that the Gibraltarians vote to remain under the Britsh umbrella as an Overseas Territory, rather than pay allegiance to Madrid. But are you suggesting that given half a chance you would remove the current OT classification? Bear in mind also what military installations are inside the rock, no way is the UK giving that up. I know, I have been inside parts of it the the general public don't see.
We are coming over again sometime next year for a long weekend. Last time was a week at Europa Point. I just love the place with British pubs and shops. I would happily retire there but I can't afford to buy a property with the prices at the level they are. As far as I am concerned civilisation stops at the runway. They can keep their ruddy peninsular!
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I think Annie is carrying out secret Rorschach tests
*elevate nose* I think you should be worried if I am :)
I always worry about things like that.
When Annie elevates the nose the whole world gets concerned.
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@Chris: Lobster!? If I was going to do you a lobster, it would look more like this
Ok, perhaps I should have said that the Gibraltarians vote to remain under the Britsh umbrella as an Overseas Territory, rather than pay allegiance to Madrid. But are you suggesting that given half a chance you would remove the current OT classification?
The impression I got is that they would really prefer to be their own masters and not pay allegiance to anyone, but there is some question about whether the treaty would allow that or would forcibly return them to Spain, and under those circumstances they regard Britain as the lesser of two evils. (Mind you, I'm not saying that, it's just my understanding of what he said.)
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Bear in mind also what military installations are inside the rock, no way is the UK giving that up. I know, I have been inside parts of it the the general public don't see.
You gave up Hong Kong.
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I think Annie is carrying out secret Rorschach tests
*elevate nose* I think you should be worried if I am :)
I always worry about things like that.
When Annie elevates the nose the whole world gets concerned.
Indeed.
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I need to have some words with this lady I can see that
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or leave it open until residual discussion of things other than the jumble dies off.
Are our asides not welcome?
Sure. That's why I didn't red-x the thread for immediate locking.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Oh my - I do hope we have no insulted Spanish einsteinians reading the civilization bit... *perform sudden and very diverting flamenco whilst making racket with castanets* I've never quite got the hang of those things - like tap shoes... their treachery at plonking you on your face or your rear end is not to be taken lightly *sniff* I assure you.
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I just love the place with British pubs and shops.
I get quite disappointed when I've gone to the expense of travelling to a foreign clime, to find little Britain there. Perhaps I'm a bit weird though? :)
edit@David: I forgot to thank you for the video clip in the other thread :) Thank you!! :)
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Ooooh I do like locking threads ...... it's about the only moderating I get to do these days wot wiv FaceFork and stuff occupying all the miscreants. I'll let this one dribble off nervously, suffer the full angst of The Sword Of Damocles and then when it least expects it : chop, muhahahaha ...... muhahahaha .... gerkle ! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Well that was a good start to the working day ! Takes big deep breath of air - napalm, smells like victory .... ABagAPox Now.
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*perform sudden and very diverting flamenco whilst making racket with castanets*
Annie ! You provocative hussey ....... I'll throw money at you to stop it. Seriously. I'll do it ! :-))
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Sniff. Am I not good enough ?
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Ok, perhaps I should have said that the Gibraltarians vote to remain under the Britsh umbrella as an Overseas Territory, rather than pay allegiance to Madrid. But are you suggesting that given half a chance you would remove the current OT classification? Bear in mind also what military installations are inside the rock, no way is the UK giving that up.
David S got my gist I think. If we were not a spoil of war and there was no bad blood between Britain and Spain (like there is with Argentina over the Falklands) then who knows how soon we'd dump the OT.
Regarding the installations you mentioned, NATO has fewer objections to such a base being operated by Spain than you might be hoping for :-) and we would not stand in your way if you wished to relocate them elsewhere, but that is the problem is it not? :-) You won't. At least we are more fortunate than Cyprus in that we receive some rent for the land your military lease from us.
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I know, I have been inside parts of it the the general public don't see.
If you can forgive my teasing - did you take a wrong turn in the airport? ;-)
An interesting chat, Sir. Thank you kindly. I hope you do not regret inviting me to tarry awhile? :-)
Mike (do we have any other mods here?) can lock this one at his pleasure, or leave it open until residual discussion of things other than the jumble dies off.
Ooooh I do like locking threads ...... it's about the only moderating I get to do these days wot wiv FaceFork and stuff occupying all the miscreants. I'll let this one dribble off nervously, suffer the full angst of The Sword Of Damocles and then when it least expects it : chop, muhahahaha ...... muhahahaha .... gerkle ! :-)
That's what I had in mind.
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Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Well that was a good start to the working day ! Takes big deep breath of air - napalm, smells like victory .... ABagAPox Now.
Or as Mad Magazine called it, A Crock O BLIP Now. (The BLIP was ostensibly blocking out the word that often comes at the end of the phrase "crock o" but which they couldn't print and which I can't say here (and I don't mean beans).)
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*perform sudden and very diverting flamenco whilst making racket with castanets*
Annie ! You provocative hussey ....... I'll throw money at you to stop it. Seriously. I'll do it ! :-))
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... any other mods here? ...
Sniff. Am I not good enough ?
Yes, I was just wondering if I was correct to name you instead of saying "a mod."
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Chris apparently has a
Actually my dear fellow, it's Spain that has a problem with the place not us! After the Spanish Wars of Succession it was ceded to the UK under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 in perpetuity. Unfortunately the Spanish don't understand what perpetuity means, and keep asking for it back. And it doesn't help when the Gibraltarians vote in referendums to stay British. So every so often the Spanish have a sulk, and get stroppy at the border.
Actually they also ceded Minorca to us at the same time but we gave it back to them later.
Suez in 1956 was Nasser of Egypt declaring nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the Suez Canal since its construction in 1869. But the UN and the USA got involved and the tripartite forces of Britain, France and Israel had to withdraw. I remember it well but at that age didn't fully understand the politics of it. Yep, we lost that one!
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: Yes, well
Yes, well sometimes extreme measures are called for :)
Mine neither. It's kind of frustrating because I got it from the internet *perplex an eyebrow* and as I can't quite remember what search terms I put in to get to it I can't get to it. I put an S on the end of it to make it stop looking like one of those words that has no letters in it... I suspect I'm going to have to clarify that... so for those not tuned in to my wavelength - no duplicated letters in it. I want to say palindrome but I know that's wrong - and anyway you'd think they would have come up with a palindrome to name palindromes as this one just says semordnilap.
Oh. Okay :)
@Chris: Lobster!? If I was going to do you a lobster, it would look more like this
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*elevate nose* I think you should be worried if I am :)
@Mike. I see you found your way out of your paper bag at last... congratulations. I was getting worried :)
And look! A new einsteinian! Welcome Sir Ffing :)
ISOGRAM!!! That's what it was till I shoved an s on its end. Thankyou :)
heh heh heh heh I suspect you're going to hear back on that Mike :)))
And you did! :) Y-e-e-e-s. All I'm going to say is that I see eye to nose with Chris on this one. His eye my nose :)
edit: Forgot to say you won David. Well done!! Your turn :)
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RE: @Chris: Lobster!? If I
That does look somewhat lobsterish.
I always worry about things like that.
Well, it only took you a minute to remember, so I guess I'll forgive you.
I also guess I will start a new thread. I wouldn't if this site supported pages, but it doesn't, and I find that scrolling up and down searching out widely scattered vague clues gets rather tiresome (and confusing).
Mike (do we have any other mods here?) can lock this one at his pleasure, or leave it open until residual discussion of things other than the jumble dies off.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Cheers for the welcomes
Cheers for the welcomes :-)
If I may respond to Chris S briefly? Firstly, good afternoon good Sir :-)
We vote to be Gibraltarians. :-) Due to some grey areas in the treaty of Utrecht - which may or may not result in succession to Spain should we succeed in removing the label of British Overseas Territory - we vote as we do. For most of us, it is certainly not to remain British. Those that do, include some nutjobs* that want to claim the entirety of the Iberian peninsular for Britain - on even more shaky ground than the Spanish claim to Gibraltar.
This will explain what I mean http://jahtruth.net/britspan.htm :-)
*edit: no offence intended to your good self
Good morrow my dear Sir,
Good morrow my dear Sir, welcome to the proceedings, pray find a seat and tarry a while.
Ok, perhaps I should have said that the Gibraltarians vote to remain under the Britsh umbrella as an Overseas Territory, rather than pay allegiance to Madrid. But are you suggesting that given half a chance you would remove the current OT classification? Bear in mind also what military installations are inside the rock, no way is the UK giving that up. I know, I have been inside parts of it the the general public don't see.
We are coming over again sometime next year for a long weekend. Last time was a week at Europa Point. I just love the place with British pubs and shops. I would happily retire there but I can't afford to buy a property with the prices at the level they are. As far as I am concerned civilisation stops at the runway. They can keep their ruddy peninsular!
When Annie elevates the nose the whole world gets concerned.
Wot?? Turn that sideways and it is a satellite on a rocket with boosters at Cape Canaveral! Gerroutoffit :-) Well I never did!*
I need to have some words with this lady I can see that
Are our asides not welcome?
* Obviously I should have done but didn't ...
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: Ok, perhaps I should
The impression I got is that they would really prefer to be their own masters and not pay allegiance to anyone, but there is some question about whether the treaty would allow that or would forcibly return them to Spain, and under those circumstances they regard Britain as the lesser of two evils. (Mind you, I'm not saying that, it's just my understanding of what he said.)
You gave up Hong Kong.
Indeed.
Sure. That's why I didn't red-x the thread for immediate locking.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Oh my - I do hope we have no
Oh my - I do hope we have no insulted Spanish einsteinians reading the civilization bit... *perform sudden and very diverting flamenco whilst making racket with castanets* I've never quite got the hang of those things - like tap shoes... their treachery at plonking you on your face or your rear end is not to be taken lightly *sniff* I assure you.
I get quite disappointed when I've gone to the expense of travelling to a foreign clime, to find little Britain there. Perhaps I'm a bit weird though? :)
edit@David: I forgot to thank you for the video clip in the other thread :) Thank you!! :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
RE: Mike (do we have any
Ooooh I do like locking threads ...... it's about the only moderating I get to do these days wot wiv FaceFork and stuff occupying all the miscreants. I'll let this one dribble off nervously, suffer the full angst of The Sword Of Damocles and then when it least expects it : chop, muhahahaha ...... muhahahaha .... gerkle ! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Well that was a good start to the working day ! Takes big deep breath of air - napalm, smells like victory .... ABagAPox Now.
( edit )
Annie ! You provocative hussey ....... I'll throw money at you to stop it. Seriously. I'll do it ! :-))
( edit )
Sniff. Am I not good enough ?
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Ok, perhaps I should
David S got my gist I think. If we were not a spoil of war and there was no bad blood between Britain and Spain (like there is with Argentina over the Falklands) then who knows how soon we'd dump the OT.
Regarding the installations you mentioned, NATO has fewer objections to such a base being operated by Spain than you might be hoping for :-) and we would not stand in your way if you wished to relocate them elsewhere, but that is the problem is it not? :-) You won't. At least we are more fortunate than Cyprus in that we receive some rent for the land your military lease from us.
If you can forgive my teasing - did you take a wrong turn in the airport? ;-)
An interesting chat, Sir. Thank you kindly. I hope you do not regret inviting me to tarry awhile? :-)
RE: RE: Mike (do we have
That's what I had in mind.
Or as Mad Magazine called it, A Crock O BLIP Now. (The BLIP was ostensibly blocking out the word that often comes at the end of the phrase "crock o" but which they couldn't print and which I can't say here (and I don't mean beans).)
Yes, I was just wondering if I was correct to name you instead of saying "a mod."
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.