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Nov 6 2018, 10:58 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 6 2018, 09:43 AM) Do you call him Walter after Walter Mitty? I see the term used a lot but never saw the film. I was gonna ask but actually now that I've started typing I realise I can just use google...
Quick Edit.... It was a book first!
Every day is a school day A road to Damascus moment! Yup, Walter's got his own business, a literature degree, probably a doctorate in political science as well, you ask him he's either got it, done it or knows it. He's the reason Google exists frankly. Still, so long as it makes him happy where's the harm.
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Nov 8 2018, 01:13 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 5 2018, 09:37 AM) I'd put money on him still being here...
This forum is rubbish because it is unmoderated, has very few subscribers and contributors, and those who do take part aren't interested in learning anything or debating anything. It is just a bunch of gammons venting and they have found a place where they can do that and get a certain level of agreement.
I am sure that even the most annoying, argumentative and angriest people on here (individually perceived), are actually ok in real life. In fact I have met some of you so I know you are. So take everything with a pinch of salt, be empathetic and lets all stop having a go all the time. "The meaning of that term - gammon - is unknown to me. If it means that I grow a little too fervid, or perhaps even hyperbolic, in extolling my native land, I admit the full justice of my remark,” “I am proud of this free and happy country. My form dilates, my eye glistens, my breast heaves, my heart swells, my bosom burns, when I call to mind her greatness and her glory.”
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Nov 8 2018, 09:22 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 8 2018, 01:13 AM) "The meaning of that term - gammon - is unknown to me. If it means that I grow a little too fervid, or perhaps even hyperbolic, in extolling my native land, I admit the full justice of my remark,” “I am proud of this free and happy country. My form dilates, my eye glistens, my breast heaves, my heart swells, my bosom burns, when I call to mind her greatness and her glory.” I too was awaiting enlightenment on the noun/adjective "gammon". Seems a lot of words have found their way into the language without being used in the correct context. Name calling is very immature but it does throw up some interesting variants on describing one who is at odds with your viewpoint.
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Si non prius succederent.......... relinquere
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Nov 8 2018, 10:36 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 8 2018, 09:35 AM) It's just a derogatory term for people who are generally older (Baby boomers mostly), who huff and puff on about things like brexit, making themselves pink in the face. Far less offensive than some of the names I see on here. Libtard for example. Thank you. In a world that seems to use the internet as a licence to insult without restriction maybe it really is time to seek another outlet to air our "rants".
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Nov 8 2018, 11:12 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 8 2018, 09:35 AM) It's just a derogatory term for people who are generally older (Baby boomers mostly), who huff and puff on about things like brexit, making themselves pink in the face. Far less offensive than some of the names I see on here. Libtard for example. Boz wos here!
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Nov 9 2018, 08:26 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Nov 5 2018, 09:37 AM) This forum is rubbish because it is unmoderated, has very few subscribers and contributors, and those who do take part aren't interested in learning anything or debating anything. It is just a bunch of gammons venting and they have found a place where they can do that and get a certain level of agreement. But they don't like it up 'em. That's the thing. I upset their idea that everyone thinks the way they do. I sometimes take an extreme position, but it roughly resembles my thoughts. TDH is alright actually and generally takes things in good spirit. So too does the Tommy boy, X2clls or whatever his name is. However there are one or two that are pretty unpleasant and I suspect would be in real life too. https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/this-is-why-are...g-about-gammon/
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Nov 9 2018, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Nov 6 2018, 10:58 AM) A road to Damascus moment! Yup, Walter's got his own business, a literature degree, probably a doctorate in political science as well, you ask him he's either got it, done it or knows it. He's the reason Google exists frankly. Still, so long as it makes him happy where's the harm. Pretty much sums him up.
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Nov 9 2018, 02:48 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 9 2018, 10:54 AM) Pretty much sums him up. Ironic really from the bloke that boasts about a yacht and a Range Rover Sport.
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Nov 9 2018, 02:58 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Nov 9 2018, 02:48 PM) Ironic really from the bloke that boasts about a yacht and a Range Rover Sport. Except, I've seen both. and as he's already said it's too small to be a yacht, he's always called it a boat I think.
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Nov 9 2018, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 9 2018, 02:58 PM) Except, I've seen both. and as he's already said it's too small to be a yacht, he's always called it a boat I think. But why feel the need to mention them.
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Nov 9 2018, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Nov 9 2018, 03:08 PM) But why feel the need to mention them. Cos it came up as part of a discussion. We have a shared interest in boats. It was everybody else who made a big thing of it.
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Nov 9 2018, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Nov 9 2018, 04:00 PM) Cos it came up as part of a discussion. We have a shared interest in boats. It was everybody else who made a big thing of it. And Range Rover Sports? Seems to me it’s standard compensatory behaviour.
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Nov 9 2018, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Nov 9 2018, 04:26 PM) And Range Rover Sports? Seems to me it’s standard compensatory behaviour. Leased through the company old chap. I need a four wheel drive, so why not?
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Nov 15 2018, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE (newres @ Nov 9 2018, 03:48 PM) Ironic really from the bloke that boasts about a yacht and a Range Rover Sport. ...and a Range Rover Sport is not a real Range Rover - it's a rebodied Discovery
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Nov 15 2018, 06:43 PM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Nov 15 2018, 06:04 PM) ...and a Range Rover Sport is not a real Range Rover - it's a rebodied Discovery Shsss! You'll make him think I'm poor now!
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