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And what about Welsh?
Oh, Gatsby : WELCOME!
We need another rabble rouser now that Capital Kiwi is going to be travelling! Stay with us!
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Ta, wow...Just learning the ropes, so to speak, but I have an addictive persona, so you shall see me creeping in uninvited, with flaming vindictiveness
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We need another rabble rouser now that Capital Kiwi is going to be travelling! Stay with us!I apologise, (a) for rabble-rousing [who, moi? -e]. I shall now take off my black shirt, highly polished Sam Browne, jackboots and swastika, shave off that ridiculous leedle toothbrush moustache thingy and comb my cowlick back into its accustomed place. And (b) for thinking that going to the US of A was not going to (1) cut me entirely off from electricity and phone services and (2) see me temporarily resident on a completely different planet. Although come to think of it, for most of us outside the New World the US of A does rather resemble Planet Reebok ... Wow, when I come to see you I suggest you have the NH National Guard (all 3 of them?) ready to repel invaders. They should look out for a dusty Chevvy Metro ... the Helen Clark for President sign on the roof is meant to be a joke. Although I understand there's little room for levity in American politics. I do read P.J. O'Rourke, you know! And, dare I mention it, Hunter S Thompson. 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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And (b) for thinking that going to the US of A was not going to (1) cut me entirely off from electricity and phone services and (2) see me temporarily resident on a completely different planet.
Well, you are starting in California, aren't you? hi B96! Try to time your stops to avoid the rolling blackouts. I have no suggestions as to the "completely different planet" aspect, though.
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when I come to see you I suggest you have the NH National Guard (all 3 of them?) ready to repel invaders. They should look out for a dusty Chevvy Metro Now, now! No jokes about the NH Guard, if you please as they are on alert already...as an honor guard! When the boss ain't lookin' check out http://www.SeacoastNH.com and see what's going on.
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You can stop by here, we're on a grid that for some reason has been promised no black outs. Putting me and my AWAD in the same catagory as hospitals and firestations. (Although I'm not holding my breath.) And while it may seem like another planet, we still get AWAD.
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AWAD is another planet ... and all the inhabitants thereof are Maaahvelous!
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One useful bit of Britspeak I have not heard for some time is the characterization of a social error as "bad form."
It was well illustrated in a scene in the Disney cartoon version of "Peter Pan." The villain, a cartoon version of Basil Rathbone as Captain Hook, becomes irritated by the singing of one of the pirates aloft. He pulls a piston from his belt, and to demonstrate his "cool" proficiency, without looking up, nonchalantly shoots the pirate dead. The mate, Smee, laughingly chides him "Bad form, Captain, you cut him off in the middle of his cadenza!"
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In reply to:
When the boss ain't lookin' check out http://www.SeeacostNH.com and see what's going on.
I think what wow was shooting for was:
http://www.SeacoastNH.com/
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I think what wow was shooting for was:http://www.SeacoastNH.com Thanks, Sparteye. Nice catch! Went back and changed it from SeecostNH -- just to add to the confusion!
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