Happy New Year to all Forum Garden members !

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:16 pm

There are two brilliant things produced in Sweden that swept the world - The Volvo car ( & lorry ) and ABBA.........................................apologies about the printing of 2009 - they didn't realise it was 2015 ! :yh_rotfl

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-LR9_IYpA

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:04 pm

Am listening to all the ships' hooters while sipping back a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Happy New Year everyone.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:42 pm

Hootananny !

Happy New year !

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:44 am

Happy 2015 to all :-4

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:26 pm

G#Gill;1470560 wrote: There are two brilliant things produced in Sweden that swept the world - The Volvo car ( & lorry ) and ABBA.........................................apologies about the printing of 2009 - they didn't realise it was 2015 ! :yh_rotfl

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-LR9_IYpA

We are living in a time bubble up here. But as soon as we again produce something of the calibre of Volvo and ABBA, we'll then catch up.

FG-administator · Post by **FG-administator** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:17 pm

This thread needs a New Year's Day bar...

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FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 2:37 pm

How about this for a New Year's Day Baa...

It is the Chinese Year of the Sheep after all.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:37 pm

High Threshold;1470584 wrote: We are living in a time bubble up here. But as soon as we again produce something of the calibre of Volvo and ABBA, we'll then catch up.

That could be difficult, HT, they are both hard acts to follow ! :driving:

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:39 pm

FourPart;1470637 wrote: How about this for a New Year's Day Baa...

It is the Chinese Year of the Sheep after all.

:yh_rotfl on the ball eh FourPart ?

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:42 pm

FG;1470626 wrote: This thread needs a New Year's Day bar...

That looks like a photo of everybody having drunk themselves under the table from the night before !!!!!

FG-administator · Post by **FG-administator** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:59 pm

G#Gill;1470657 wrote: That looks like a photo of everybody having drunk themselves under the table from the night before !!!!!

I'm not sure this town has pubs like that any longer, if indeed it ever had them to start with. You're thinking of Bristol.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:05 pm

High Threshold;1470584 wrote: We are living in a time bubble up here. But as soon as we again produce something of the calibre of Volvo and ABBA, we'll then catch up.
I've just finished coding this Summer's Training Files for the choir (at least the ones from the Archives - I don't have all the new ones yet - they'll need programming when I get them) & uploading them all to the Choir's Members' Section. One of them is "Thank You For The Music".

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:07 pm

FG;1470658 wrote: I'm not sure this town has pubs like that any longer, if indeed it ever had them to start with. You're thinking of Bristol.

Actually, I'm thinking of most of the pubs in the UK. So much drinking on New Year's Eve that I would think the only drinking done on New Year's Day would be the 'Hair of the Dog' from under the pub table !

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:50 am

G#Gill;1470655 wrote: That could be difficult, HT, they are both hard acts to follow ! :driving:

Yes, and we've lost our edge. Much of Volvo is farmed out to ¦. China(?), SAAB is already a permanent resident there, ABBA are somewhere having a kip in the wings, and BjÃ¶rn Borg is out to pasture. It was a time when we could be proud, when Olaf Palme led the march. But the CIA decided that he was too much of an obstacle to full-blown capitalism and had him done in. Since his passing ¦...... we're now stuffed, and our long-time placement on the top of the World Democracy Index is only a memory, and our initiative has been quelled.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:10 am

High Threshold;1470678 wrote: Yes, and we've lost our edge. Much of Volvo is farmed out to ¦. China(?), SAAB is already a permanent resident there, ABBA are somewhere having a kip in the wings, and BjÃ¶rn Borg is out to pasture. It was a time when we could be proud, when Olaf Palme led the march. But the CIA decided that he was too much of an obstacle to full-blown capitalism and had him done in. Since his passing¦...... we're now stuffed, and our long-time placement on the top of the World Democracy Index is only a memory, and our initiative has been quelled.

Oh please. There are plenty of suspects & reasons but the CIA is always the only one that suits you.

Assassination of Olof Palme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not saying they didn't, & I'm aware Palme meant a great deal to you & that you have studied it & came to conclusions, but it's not fair to show other opinions & details.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:09 am

AnneBoleyn;1470701 wrote: Oh please. There are plenty of suspects & reasons but the CIA is always the only one that suits you.

Assassination of Olof Palme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not saying they didn't, & I'm aware Palme meant a great deal to you & that you have studied it & came to conclusions, but it's not fair to show other opinions & details.

Looks to me that you have a personal problem. I have a lot to say on various subjects. Where is your criticism when I mention other nations?

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:09 pm

What's my 'personal' problem?

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:09 pm

AnneBoleyn;1470712 wrote: What's my 'personal' problem?

Focusing on the U.S. (as to the exclusion of all others) is your personal problem. You do not agree?

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:33 am

High Threshold;1470745 wrote: Focusing on the U.S. (as to the exclusion of all others) is your personal problem. You do not agree?

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No, I do not agree.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:11 am

AnneBoleyn;1470759 wrote: No, I do not agree.

Well, it's only you and possibly another who's getting your nose tweeked over it and falling back on no more than a short-card rebuff such as "Oh! Oh! A conspiracy theorist!" and "Stop picking on the U.S." That's it? Taking it "personally" sounds like a "personal problem" to me. So OK .... you don't agree. Would you rather talk about the weather?

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:43 am

High Threshold;1470763 wrote: Well, it's only you and possibly another who's getting your nose tweeked over it and falling back on no more than a short-card rebuff such as "Oh! Oh! A conspiracy theorist!" and "Stop picking on the U.S." That's it? Taking it "personally" sounds like a "personal problem" to me. So OK .... you don't agree. Would you rather talk about the weather?

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Now why would I say that when I pick apart my own country all the time? One lesson Vietnam taught me was just how far the U.S. was entangled & manipulated into Everyone's lives & business. Today is today, & we have more bad actors on the scene than just the CIA, who have been incredibly incompetent lately.

So, how's the weather where you are? Been raining here for 2 days.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:06 pm

AnneBoleyn;1470767 wrote: Now why would I say that when I pick apart my own country all the time?

I am sure you can answer that question with no trouble. I can.

AnneBoleyn;1470767 wrote: So, how's the weather where you are? Been raining here for 2 days.

We had nothing but rain for a couple of months. It changed to snow for Christmas Day (made to order!) but it melted quickly and we're back to the wet again.

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:08 pm

High Threshold;1470776 wrote: I am sure you can answer that question with no trouble. I can.

I don't even know what that means.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:04 am

AnneBoleyn;1470786 wrote: I don't even know what that means.

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Americans don't like to hear external criticism, even if they themselves are dissatisfied. I think they call it “Patriotism.

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AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:01 am

High Threshold;1470811 wrote: DISCLAIMER 1: The following message contains no anger, animosity, or singling out of anyone or anything with malicious intent. .

Americans don't like to hear external criticism, even if they themselves are dissatisfied. I think they call it “Patriotism.

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You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts, especially when they include ME.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:38 pm

On a lighter note, here is how some of my neighbors celebrated the new year.

Hundreds brave Boulder Reservoir for New Year's Day Polar Plunge - Colorado Daily

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:11 pm

LarsMac;1470936 wrote: On a lighter note, here is how some of my neighbors celebrated the new year.

Hundreds brave Boulder Reservoir for New Year's Day Polar Plunge - Colorado Daily

I sincerely hope this is not another Islamophobic photo hoax. :-3