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Aha! You excellent fox! Let Ye Olde Rodent and Fox xplanatory battle begin! not quite fo fenfual thif morning joodlef 2008/6/29 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>: > You mustn't forget your yoghs and your eths either Judy! > > 2008/6/29 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>: > > I definitely appreciate your compassion, Doug (it was a deeply unfun > > experience), and hope your hope proves to be Reality! > > & re lovers: I had thought I was being so discreet! ;-) > > > > If I may piggyback here a query to Robin re Ye Olde Six Bells Pub in > Horley, > > Surrey: > > > > Please xplain that "thorn" or "wynne" or wotever alphabeletter begins > "Ye". > > My kidhood friends and I in the USA useta refer to the sweet fake-old > > American shops as "Yee Oldee Ice Cream Shoppee"----mocking those > spellings > > that were as mysteriously passed along to us as that damned droop-tailed > > "s"! > > > > Beft, > > > > ferioufly fenfual joodlef > > > > 2008/6/28 Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>: > > > >> Utterly gobsmacked by this, Judy. > >> > >> Fear & loathing everywhere as political failure increases. And now the > >> poets & the lovers suffer too? > >> > >> Hope you get fast tracked next time right on through... > >> > >> Doug > >> > >> On 27-Jun-08, at 11:17 AM, Judy Prince wrote: > >> > >> Glad you and Doug and Sweet P asked! > >>> > >>> Having sold my house in Virginia on 16 June, I flew to Gatwick Airport > >>> 24 June (bad air day, as you will see), was detained for 3 hours, > >>> denied entry into the UK, told I'd be scheduled to fly out the next > >>> morning back to Virginia. Turned out I was permitted 2 days outside > >>> the Detention Center in Gatwick before taking my "guaranteed" seat on > >>> a flight back to Virginia on Tuesday, 26 June. > >>> > >>> BTW, the 2-day "holiday" in Horley, Surrey, nearby Gatwick was > >>> FABULOUS!!! I highly recommend Ye Olde Six Bells Pub: > >>> <http://www.camrasurrey.org.uk/horley/default.htm> > >>> > >>> As the site says, the pub dates from 1403, and has valid claims to be > >>> one of the oldest pubs in the UK. Most important, for me, is that > >>> it's food is thoroly sensational. > >>> > >>> Now I'm back in VA (have rented lovely digs, in the short term, next > >>> to Old Dominion University), and I see why my detention at Gatwick > >>> may've been part of the Immigration folks' plan to hold down drug > >>> trafficking (no, I don't do drugs, don't deal them, and don't plan > >>> to). > >>> > >>> If you click on <http://www.allabouthorley.co.uk> and scroll down > >>> past "Pub Chef to Appeal" (8.04.08) and "34 Years for Murdering Pub > >>> Chef" (27.02.08) and "Pub Chef Denies Murder" (5.02.08), you'll see > >>> "Heightened Security at Gatwick Airport" (24.01.08). > >>> > >>> And, yes, the chef did work at Ye Olde Six Bells Pub. Don't know if > >>> he was a good chef, but the current one +definitely+ is! > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> > >>> Judy > >>> > >>> On 6/27/08, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> What about your bad air day? Some noxious gases vented from some > >>>> underground cavern? > >>>> > >>>> On 6/27/08, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> so ask me about my bad air day. > >>>>> > >>>>> judy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > >>>> "I began to warm and chill > >>>> to objects and their fields" > >>>> Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> Douglas Barbour > >> [log in to unmask] > >> > >> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > >> > >> Latest books: > >> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > >> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > >> Wednesdays' > >> > >> > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > >> > >> In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field > >> general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense > by > >> hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even > if he > >> has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches > his > >> troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a > sustained > >> ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's > >> defensive line. > >> > >> In baseball the object is to go home! > >> > >> George Carlin, RIP > >> > > > > > > -- > David Bircumshaw > Website and A Chide's Alphabet > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk >