Maggie didn't exactly fade away Don - she became Tony Blair (the drag version).
On 5 Sep, 01:22, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder how you Brits/Euros entertain yourselves now that you don't > have poor Maggie to kick around anymore. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVPqqWFVFM > > dj > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:45 AM, frantheman<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > ... Tom Robinson, Joe Jackson, U2 ... > > > what ... did you say *shudder* Maggie Thatcher? Ok, mate, case closed. > > You win. > > > Francis > > > On 4 Sep., 17:28, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Okay Madness I'll give you and perhaps The Cure, Depeche Mode too, but > >> I draw the line at Spandau! > > >> And talking of shit, what about Flock of Seagulls, Echo and the > >> Bunnymen, what about crazy laces, and clashing colours, big baggy > >> jumpers, suit jackets with the sleeves rolled up*ugh*, backcombed > >> hair, lipstick and eye makeup on men, race riots, polltax and > >> *shudder* Maggie Thatcher. > > >> There you see case closed. > > >> On 4 Sep, 16:23, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Oh come on, lee, Madness, Spandau Ballet, The Cure, Depeche Mode ... > >> > As Frank'n'furter remarked to Janette after seducing her, "But it > >> > wasn't all bad, was it?" > > >> > Francis > > >> > On 4 Sep., 17:18, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > > >> > > Ohh shame on you sir! I also was young in the 80's and yet I still > >> > > call it 'The decade that taste forgot'. > > >> > > No no it was rather a crap decade. > > >> > > On 4 Sep, 16:16, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Hall & Oates? No, Chris, please don't. A good example of the worst > >> > > > the > >> > > > 80s had to offer (and I normally like the 80s! - after all, I was > >> > > > young then :-) ) ... > > >> > > > Francis > > >> > > > On 4 Sep., 17:13, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > Where is Hall during all this? > > >> > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:12 AM, frantheman > >> > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> > > > > > *** I think Oates has gone out for a piss ... *** > > >> > > > > > On 4 Sep., 16:53, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > > > I might have guessed Slip would be my Admundsen on this! > > >> > > > > > > On 4 Sep, 15:21, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > I am somewhat seriously concerned we don't really have the > >> > > > > > > > big issues > >> > > > > > > > under general public scrutiny. Perhaps we could write a > >> > > > > > > > book Slip, > >> > > > > > > > with cryptic clues on the location of your Swiss Army Knife > >> > > > > > > > and the > >> > > > > > > > temptation of a reward for the first of the horde that buy > >> > > > > > > > the book at > >> > > > > > > > 10% of our net? A world stupid enough not to understand how > >> > > > > > > > serious > >> > > > > > > > the weather is must be stupid enough to buy into to the > >> > > > > > > > book. No > >> > > > > > > > doubt we should write the book during sipping sessions round > >> > > > > > > > at Chris' > >> > > > > > > > place. > > >> > > > > > > > On 3 Sep, 18:12, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > > Actually Arch, I've already sun bathed at the North Pole, > >> > > > > > > > > fact is I > >> > > > > > > > > really can't wait for the caps to melt down again > >> > > > > > > > > completely because > >> > > > > > > > > it seems I left my Swiss Army knife and a good pari of > >> > > > > > > > > sunglassed up > >> > > > > > > > > there. I'm sure they'll be well preserved. > >> > > > > > > > > The signs of the melting polar caps tell a grim tale, for > >> > > > > > > > > example > >> > > > > > look > >> > > > > > > > > at this......... > >> > > > > >http://www.gemzies.com/img_photos/melting_polar_ice_caps_global_warmi... > >> > > > > > > > > Further studies and scientific indicators reveal a stark > >> > > > > > > > > truth > >> > > > > > > > > regardless what global warming critics have to say. We > >> > > > > > > > > might all be > >> > > > > > > > > living like this soon.......... > >> > > > > >http://go635254.s3.amazonaws.com/redgreenandblue/files/2009/03/flood.jpg > > >> > > > > > > > > Whether I'll be around to retrieve my knife and glasses is > >> > > > > > > > > another > >> > > > > > > > > issue altogether! > > >> > > > > > > > > On Sep 3, 8:06 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > > > The Eocene ran from 56 million to 34 million years ago, > >> > > > > > > > > > much longer > >> > > > > > > > > > than humans have existed unless science is just a Bishop > >> > > > > > > > > > Usher > >> > > > > > > > > > memeory. Geological evidence from the early and middle > >> > > > > > > > > > part of this > >> > > > > > > > > > period offers troubling news: the average temperature in > >> > > > > > > > > > the > >> > > > > > tropics > >> > > > > > > > > > at this time could have been as high as 40°C while the > >> > > > > > > > > > poles were > >> > > > > > at > >> > > > > > > > > > temperatures of 15 or 20°C. None of our climate models > >> > > > > > > > > > accounts for > >> > > > > > > > > > how this "Eocene hothouse" might have arisen (New > >> > > > > > > > > > Scientist, 21 > >> > > > > > June > >> > > > > > > > > > 2008, p 34). This is bad news for life on Earth. For a > >> > > > > > > > > > start, any > >> > > > > > > > > > tweaks we make to our climate models to account for it > >> > > > > > > > > > will produce > >> > > > > > > > > > scarier predictions of warming. Secondly, it suggests > >> > > > > > > > > > that there is > >> > > > > > no > >> > > > > > > > > > feedback mechanism that will stabilise a warming world > >> > > > > > > > > > against > >> > > > > > runaway > >> > > > > > > > > > climate change. And third, there is geological evidence > >> > > > > > > > > > for plant > >> > > > > > > > > > extinctions in the Eocene. If the modern Earth goes the > >> > > > > > > > > > same way > >> > > > > > and > >> > > > > > > > > > plants in the tropics start dying, that will provide yet > >> > > > > > > > > > another > >> > > > > > way > >> > > > > > > > > > for atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to rise faster. > >> > > > > > > > > > The Eocene > >> > > > > > > > > > hothouse anomaly suggests that our worst-case scenario > >> > > > > > > > > > is probably > >> > > > > > > > > > optimistic to say the least. Human contributions have > >> > > > > > > > > > been puny in > >> > > > > > > > > > comparison. The only place safe to sun-bathe may well > >> > > > > > > > > > be Santa's > >> > > > > > back > >> > > > > > > > > > garden and the elves have already staked out the sun > >> > > > > > > > > > beds as surely > >> > > > > > as > >> > > > > > > > > > early-rising Germans in Majorca. This makes me wonder > >> > > > > > > > > > whether the > >> > > > > > > > > > secret primaries are politicians go through involve such > >> > > > > > > > > > matters as > >> > > > > > > > > > pissing in the wind contests. > > >> > > > > > > > > > I'm agnostic in the sense I can't disprove the existence > >> > > > > > > > > > of some > >> > > > > > kind > >> > > > > > > > > > of god (to be honest I think 'something' we don't > >> > > > > > > > > > construe well is > >> > > > > > > > > > likely and is likely to have nothing to do with our > >> > > > > > > > > > fables around > >> > > > > > the > >> > > > > > > > > > world). Information such as the above and a lot of > >> > > > > > > > > > basic science > >> > > > > > we > >> > > > > > > > > > are all part of is at bottom what I believe in. The > >> > > > > > > > > > elves, of > >> > > > > > course, > >> > > > > > > > > > only appear when Chris and I share his magic brew whilst > >> > > > > > > > > > teasing > >> > > > > > > > > > Flying Harringtons on the days we devote to world > >> > > > > > > > > > domination in our > >> > > > > > > > > > off-shore bunker created by skimming Craig's massive > >> > > > > > > > > > profits as > >> > > > > > owner > >> > > > > > > > > > of this group (some believe Craig is only a fictitious > >> > > > > > > > > > Patsy we > >> > > > > > have > >> > > > > > > > > > set up in case the IRS rumble us). In light of the > >> > > > > > > > > > above, there > >> > > > > > are > >> > > > > > > > > > real questions about Dawkins telling us god probably > >> > > > > > > > > > doesn't exist > >> > > > > > and > >> > > > > > > > > > we should just get on with life. What signs do we show > >> > > > > > > > > > of a form > >> > > > > > of > >> > > > > > > > > > lie that takes the real information above seriously?- > >> > > > > > > > > > Hide quoted text - > > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
