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Richard Garvie
post Dec 31 2010, 01:50 PM
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Have a great one, and hopefully 2011 will be a great one for one and all.
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post Dec 31 2010, 05:27 PM
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Happy new year to you and everybody else on here.
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post Dec 31 2010, 05:43 PM
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I agree! Hope you all have a wonderful 2011 - the year of the rabbit apparently!
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post Dec 31 2010, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 31 2010, 05:43 PM) *
I agree! Hope you all have a wonderful 2011 - the year of the rabbit apparently!



Rabbits are good in stew wink.gif
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post Dec 31 2010, 11:42 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 31 2010, 07:43 PM) *
the year of the rabbit apparently!

Eh? blink.gif
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post Jan 1 2011, 10:12 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 31 2010, 11:42 PM) *
Eh? blink.gif



Chinese celebrate with animal symbols.
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post Jan 1 2011, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Jan 1 2011, 12:12 PM) *
Chinese celebrate with animal symbols.

That wasn't explained.

What's that got to do with us anyway?
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post Jan 1 2011, 01:07 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:06 PM) *
That wasn't explained.

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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:06 PM) *
hat's that got to do with us anyway?

Who's 'us'?
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post Jan 1 2011, 02:04 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:06 PM) *
That wasn't explained.

It wasn't explained because he thought you would know, as I did. When you write something on here or other forums you are presuming the reader has some knowledge of what is said... if they don't they will ask; as you did.

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What's that got to do with us anyway?



It is nice to know other things and there are many Chinese who live in this country and celebrate in different such a way.
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post Jan 1 2011, 05:25 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 1 2011, 12:06 PM) *
That wasn't explained.

What's that got to do with us anyway?

You don't know about the Chinese animal years? Where were you educated? Newbury??!
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post Jan 1 2011, 05:32 PM
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Anyway, there is another month to go before the year of the rabbit begins. Kung hei fat choi, everybody smile.gif
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post Jan 1 2011, 08:08 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jan 1 2011, 05:25 PM) *
You don't know about the Chinese animal years? Where were you educated? Newbury??!



Now that was funny laugh.gif and oh, so true (better be careful as my daughter and son were educated in Newbury)
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:09 AM
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I know perfectly well about the Chinese animal years - just seemed a strange statement to make as if it applied to us.
Us, Iommi, = British.

Is it just the Chinese that do not conform to the normal numerical years then? Do all other countries / cultures just have the numerical years?

Happy New "Rabbit" Year to all. wink.gif
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:33 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 3 2011, 10:09 AM) *
I know perfectly well about the Chinese animal years - just seemed a strange statement to make as if it applied to us.Us, Iommi, = British.

Why exclude those of us that are non-British, and since when have we decided all this is exclusive?
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:38 AM
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Year of the Rabbit?

That'll please Ann Summers... smile.gif
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 3 2011, 11:33 AM) *
Why exclude those of us that are non-British, and since when have we decried all this is exclusive?

I did not say exclude anybody - just explain what one is talking about. It is not the British Year of the Rabbit - or shall I write that on my cheques? tongue.gif

Anyway - let's leave it there - i must have been in a pedantic mood when I wrote my reply. wink.gif
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post Jan 3 2011, 10:44 AM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Jan 3 2011, 11:38 AM) *
Year of the Rabbit?

That'll please Ann Summers... smile.gif

laugh.gif laugh.gif - can you explain what you are talking about? - I was educated in Newbury! laugh.gif laugh.gif
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post Jan 3 2011, 11:02 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 3 2011, 10:09 AM) *
I know perfectly well about the Chinese animal years - just seemed a strange statement to make as if it applied to us.
Since when has the calendar we use been the British?
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post Jan 3 2011, 11:08 AM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 3 2011, 11:02 AM) *
Since when has the calendar we use been the British?

To be fair, he didn't.
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post Jan 3 2011, 11:13 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jan 3 2011, 11:08 AM) *
To be fair, he didn't.
He didn't what?

He's confusing the cyclical assigning of animals to years over a twelve year timespan with the linear numbering of years.

I'm guessing if you asked a random selection of folk in China what year it was, they'd say 2011.
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