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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 9:07:17 GMT -8
Amongst our Commonwealth - akin to Parliaments' aknowledgement of our previous government falling on a motion of contempt - it's thankful that the Queen of Canada, ER II, has now visited Dublin. Irish woes are circumvented, granted, but they are not silent, certainly.
This is the first visit by a monarch to this rogue state within our Commonwealth.
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Post by Neil on May 17, 2011 9:51:48 GMT -8
Amongst our Commonwealth - akin to Parliaments' aknowledgement of our previous government falling on a motion of contempt - it's thankful that the Queen of Canada, ER II, has now visited Dublin. Irish woes are circumvented, granted, but they are not silent, certainly. This is the first visit by a monarch to this rogue state within our Commonwealth. Ireland left the British Commonwealth decades ago. 'Rogue state' is a term usually used by the Americans to describe places like North Korea or Libya, so I'm not clear how Ireland qualifies, and I don't quite get the analogy between our recent election and the Queen's visit to Dublin.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 9:57:55 GMT -8
"Americans"? Last time that I checked I live in north america and Brazilians live in south america. Who are you referring to, Neil? I am quite certain that our previous government fell on a Parliamentary call of *contempt*, and the first time that a govenment has been found in contemp of Parliament in the history of our British Commonwealth. I feel no qualms about constantly mentioning this, despite the context. Call me bitter? Yes, quite.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 17, 2011 10:09:59 GMT -8
I feel no qualms about constantly mentioning this, despite the context. No need to constantly mention it on this forum, unless there's a legit ferry context.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 10:11:30 GMT -8
I feel no qualms about constantly mentioning this, despite the context. No need to constantly mention it on this forum, unless there's a legit ferry context. Granted, so delete the Forward Lounge No offence intended.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 10:18:14 GMT -8
I thank you for context, Mr. Keenleyside!
Here we bless our Queen, our sovereign, no other.
God save our Queen.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 17, 2011 10:20:13 GMT -8
No need to constantly mention it on this forum, unless there's a legit ferry context. Granted, so delete the Forward Lounge No offence intended. emphasis was on the word "constantly". - I can delete the same comment constantly, just as fast as you can post the same comment constantly. haha.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 10:21:17 GMT -8
Granted, so delete the Forward Lounge No offence intended. emphasis was on the word "constantly". - I can delete the same comment constantly, just as fast as you can post the same comment constantly. haha. "Cool beans", You make a welcome point, sir.
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Post by Neil on May 17, 2011 13:09:35 GMT -8
"Americans"? Last time that I checked I live in north america and Brazilians live in south america. Who are you referring to, Neil? I am quite certain that our previous government fell on a Parliamentary call of *contempt*, and the first time that a govenment has been found in contemp of Parliament in the history of our British Commonwealth. I feel no qualms about constantly mentioning this, despite the context. Call me bitter? Yes, quite. Call me confused? Yes, quite. Whatever the reasons for our recent election, I'm still in the dark as to the connection with the royal visit to Dublin. Yes, the contempt vote was unprecedented, no, Ireland is not in the Commonwealth, and no, the royal visit there is not the first, so there's obviously something here I'm missing.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2011 13:53:14 GMT -8
"Americans"? Last time that I checked I live in north america and Brazilians live in south america. Who are you referring to, Neil? I am quite certain that our previous government fell on a Parliamentary call of *contempt*, and the first time that a govenment has been found in contemp of Parliament in the history of our British Commonwealth. I feel no qualms about constantly mentioning this, despite the context. Call me bitter? Yes, quite. Call me confused? Yes, quite. Whatever the reasons for our recent election, I'm still in the dark as to the connection with the royal visit to Dublin. Yes, the contempt vote was unprecedented, no, Ireland is not in the Commonwealth, and no, the royal visit there is not the first, so there's obviously something here I'm missing. Here we have two emphatic leaders which gobble-up all in their paths, what can't be garnered from that? I never claimed it to be "good-lookng" ...Why do you continue to critisize, sir?
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on May 18, 2011 3:04:44 GMT -8
...the royal visit there is not the first, so there's obviously something here I'm missing. Actually, I have to correct you here Neil, though only in semantics; this is the first royal visit to the independent Republic of Ireland. Also, Ireland, though not part of the British Commonwealth now, was most definitely considered to be part of the Commonwealth prior to 1931 and didn't formally cut its ties to Britain until 1949...now back to the ramblings...
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Post by Scott on May 18, 2011 6:33:23 GMT -8
I'm no supporter of the Conservative Party, but to consistently say the previous government fell on a motion of contempt is really just reading out of the oppositions handbook. It's sounds good in an election, but really there's very little substance to it. The Conservatives could have fallen on a motion that they were all aliens visiting from Mars. It was a minority government - the opposition could pass whatever they wanted.
If they wanted to throw the government out, they could have waited until the day after and voted down their budget. But this "contempt" charge sounded better for an election. It didn't work.
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Post by Neil on May 18, 2011 9:20:47 GMT -8
Actually, I have to correct you here Neil, though only in semantics; this is the first royal visit to the independent Republic of Ireland. Also, Ireland, though not part of the British Commonwealth now, was most definitely considered to be part of the Commonwealth prior to 1931 and didn't formally cut its ties to Britain until 1949...now back to the ramblings... I did mention in my previous post that Ireland had left the Commonwealth decades ago. And yes, the last royal visit was 1911. I agree with John on the election call. In a minority parliament, no opposition party is going to say, "The government has fallen because our polling tells us we have a chance to win". The Liberals perhaps thought their numbers were only going to get worse the longer they waited, as did the NDP, but if they thought the Canadian public cared about parliamentary procedure, they were badly mistaken.
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Post by Retrovision on May 18, 2011 12:08:47 GMT -8
I made a previous mistake, for which I apologize (yet again ), but indeed continue to be quite interested in this historic trip by the Queen of Canada, ERII. ...Atleast I apparently sparked conversation. Beyond this, a comment that was given about posting ferry matters alone in our Forward Lounge was equally alarming. Post Script: I've not read comments since my most recent calamity of speech and don't plan to. Maybe the Forward Lounge should be ferry-secific. :S
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 18, 2011 12:30:04 GMT -8
I made a previous mistake, for which I apologize (yet again ), but indeed continue to be quite interested in this historic trip by the Queen of Canada, ERII. ...Atleast I apparently sparked conversation. Beyond this, a comment that was given about posting ferry matters alone in our Forward Lounge was equally alarming. Post Script: I've not read comments since my most recent calamity of speech and don't plan to. Maybe the Forward Lounge should be ferry-secific. :S I'll say it once more, and simple. - forward lounge is perfectly ok for off topic stuff. Just don't keep hammering the same point over and over again. Yesterday, you said that you felt compelled to say the same point over and over again, so I objected. - What I said yesterday was that "continual posting of same item" is what I would delete.
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Post by Retrovision on May 18, 2011 12:37:45 GMT -8
I made a previous mistake, for which I apologize (yet again ), but indeed continue to be quite interested in this historic trip by the Queen of Canada, ERII. ...Atleast I apparently sparked conversation. Beyond this, a comment that was given about posting ferry matters alone in our Forward Lounge was equally alarming. Post Script: I've not read comments since my most recent calamity of speech and don't plan to. Maybe the Forward Lounge should be ferry-secific. :S I'll say it once more, and simple. - forward lounge is perfectly ok for off topic stuff. Just don't keep hammering the same point over and over again. Yesterday, you said that you felt compelled to say the same point over and over again, so I objected. - What I said yesterday was that "continual posting of same item" is what I would delete. If that helps you sleep at night. The short of the long of that is that I look forward to contributing ferry matters to our forum.
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Post by Mill Bay on May 18, 2011 13:04:27 GMT -8
I'll say it once more, and simple. - forward lounge is perfectly ok for off topic stuff. Just don't keep hammering the same point over and over again. Yesterday, you said that you felt compelled to say the same point over and over again, so I objected. - What I said yesterday was that "continual posting of same item" is what I would delete. If that helps you sleep at night. The short of the long of that is that I look forward to contributing ferry matters to our forum. I don't understand this debate: What thread are we in anyway? Wasn't this already moved?
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Post by Neil on May 18, 2011 13:13:46 GMT -8
If that helps you sleep at night. The short of the long of that is that I look forward to contributing ferry matters to our forum. I don't understand this debate: What thread are we in anyway? Wasn't this already moved? This debate is about the connection between the Queen, Ireland, and Michael Ignatieff. It also involves 'emphatic leaders', how good looking people are, and the sleeping habits of forum moderators. Jeez, Mill Bay, I can't help you if you can't keep up.
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Post by Retrovision on May 18, 2011 13:55:48 GMT -8
I don't understand this debate: What thread are we in anyway? Wasn't this already moved? This debate is about the connection between the Queen, Ireland, and Michael Ignatieff. It also involves 'emphatic leaders', how good looking people are, and the sleeping habits of forum moderators. Jeez, Mill Bay, I can't help you if you can't keep up. I thank you for keeping-up for us loyalists without the time to do so ourselves, Neil. Thank you. ...If I wasn't a guy I'd be quite the "beauty queen" I'll help keep-up anyone who asks.
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 18, 2011 14:08:47 GMT -8
....speaking of keeping-up:
Is anyone here a fan of the British telly show "Keeping Up Appearances" ?
My motivation in life is to prevent myself from becoming like the character Onslow. I'm not always successful in that.
However I do dream of being invitied to one of Mrs. Bucket's candle-light suppers.
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Post by Retrovision on May 18, 2011 14:11:22 GMT -8
....speaking of keeping-up: Is anyone here a fan of the British telly show "Keeping Up Appearances" ? My motivation in life is to prevent myself from becoming like the character Onslow. I'm not always successful in that. However I do dream of being invitied to one of Mrs. Bucket's candle-light suppers. Such a great show. Unlike myself, I have a great respect for the British style of writing comedy, etc. Who doesn't? ...Maybe we should rename this thread "The British Comedy Hour"
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Post by mrdot on May 18, 2011 20:44:06 GMT -8
:)well I think watching these Cannucks is a cut above an invite to mrs. buckett's candlelight buffet, however that british commedy is hillarious, but somewhat dated eposides on know. tv, one where onslow had the eat with the capt. of QE 11 or as he said eating with the crew! only a few weeks ago, one of our forum members was writing these cannucks off, after looking like they were choking, but I had better get focused back on the maritime scene, and those shots that retro secured at deas dock are excellent, even if they were focused on three of the coastal uglys! :)mrdot.
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Post by Mike C on May 19, 2011 11:05:23 GMT -8
....speaking of keeping-up: Is anyone here a fan of the British telly show "Keeping Up Appearances" ? My motivation in life is to prevent myself from becoming like the character Onslow. I'm not always successful in that. However I do dream of being invitied to one of Mrs. Bucket's candle-light suppers. If we're going to drive this thread into British humour, I feel that Keeping Up Appearances is not really fitting with this context... I think that Monty Python better suits this style of entertainment. Or if we want to keep with the Irish theme, let's turn that puppy into a sentence: "I would require a large quantity of Guiness for my response to fit in among the others in this thread."
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Post by Northern Exploration on May 19, 2011 18:39:27 GMT -8
....speaking of keeping-up: Is anyone here a fan of the British telly show "Keeping Up Appearances" ? My motivation in life is to prevent myself from becoming like the character Onslow. I'm not always successful in that. However I do dream of being invitied to one of Mrs. Bucket's candle-light suppers. I also hope your aren't the equivalent of Richard and Mrs. Horn the equivalent of Hyacinth. Mind the pedestrian Flugel.
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Post by mrdot on May 19, 2011 19:46:37 GMT -8
:)Richard is the ultimate henpecked husband! so any of us used to taking orders? happy birthday to all our May celebrants! now back to my candlight shipwatching! yes I remember well the reversed order berth I and 2 of old tsawwassen terminal and our extra sailing of Q. of Sidney docked many times in both berths. :)mrdot.
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