<t>now I don't want to bring the wrath of the forum on my head its just my opinion that the England I knew up to the 80's is not the same place now, sorry but its gone down the pan, so if I had the money i would up sticks like my sister did and live on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey where I go tw...

his mother would have queen Barbara the first and he has two daughters one called Mandy, boy did she laugh when they told her she should be princess Mandy and her son prince Wayne jmb

on the tele the other night the rightful heir to the crown was found to be Micheal Plantagenet Hastings who lives in New south Wales , and the irony of the situation was he voted for a republic in the Australian elections , jmb

<t>when serving in khormaksar in Aden back in the early 60's i was taken up a Hawker Hunter as a passenger and the pilot used to do barrel rolls to make his passenger sick, because it was rule in the forces that you cleaned up your own mess and he was touching nearly 600 mph with the ground rushing ...

I was always under the impression that this was the Duke of Edinburgh,

why?

because he is the highest peer in the United kingdom . jmb:o

possibly to con the people long enough to get his peerage and a lucrative pension and other perks , jmb:rolleyes:

Thanks for the great welcome you have all given to me , just hope i can live up to the ovation , as a newbie i will lurk a bit and get my bearings and join in any posts that appeal to me thanks once again to all from jmb