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I believe the houses were all owned by The New Town Commission. I guess that has now disappeared?
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I try and avoid bitter experiences where possible but dear friends you will find when pushing the envelope this is not always possible. Methodism has been a very bitter experience for many people but a blessing for others. The same cannot be said for offal however.
Luncheon meat goes down very well with cherryade.
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Given Brit Governmental policies of the '80s and '90s, I would assume that the majority are now self-owned. 
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Sometimes I enjoy some luncheon meat in the shadow of that bent spire and reflect on things and it's all rather lovely.
The luncheon meat and cherryade suggestion was just an attempt to spread a little happiness. Not to everyone's taste I'm sure. You may wish to substitute the cherryade with some charming Panda Cola. I mean each to their own after all.
Good to see someone else knows Chesterfield as well as I. Place is changing you know. Lots more three-wheeled buggies you know.....
Luncheon meat goes down very well with cherryade.
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Used to be a steelworks at Chesterfield. I guess that's gone too. One time when I visited the coke ovens there they were working on cleaning out the doors and straightening the vertical retainers. To do this one oven either side of the one being worked on had been closed down but on either side of these three all were still working. The heat was immense and the guys working were wearing leather and canvas suits that appeared to stem from Victorian times. Lots of flaps and overlaps. Very interesting. Ah, those were simpler days. Probably didn't seem simple at the time!
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well, here is one of my many educational failings.. Exactly what is the OBE (order of the british empire.. i think) but that really doesn't tell me much..
it is like the congressional medal of honor? that is the highest military award that can be given in US..but its limited (99% sure of this) to military, and given for valor.
i don't think we have a civilian award for valor or anything else (if you do something really good, we expect the media and market place to reward you..if it doesn't immediately, you write a book, or hit the lecture circut)
if it weren't for crosswords, i would be even less familiar with it. you can skip over the detail of how you got yours, (but i don't think a factual account would be bragging) but some one please, remedy my ignorence.
PS i was going to ask by Private message.. but you aren't accepting any. the reason was to hid lack, as much as not to put you on the spot.
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Out of Body Experience
Old Blue Eyes
Openbare Bibliotheek Eindhoven
Office By Example
Open Business Engine
Then there's OBE Beef in Oz, which may stand for Organic Beef Exporters, but they won't say.
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He may not answer, since a holder as a holder of an OBE one can OH be circumspect.
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Ol' Boy Englishman?
Welcome, Maurice. I, too, was going to ask if they call you "space cowboy" or "gangster of love", but musick beat me to it. I go out of town for a couple of days.....[mutter...mutter....mutter] Just in case there are some out there that don't understand the reference, it's a song (The Joker) by the Steve Miller Band. That song, in turn, was refering to a previous song by the same band titled "Enter Maurice". [/longwinded whited out explanation]
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Why all this focus on my OBE? Lets get back to pushing envelopes shall we. Lets not forget what we're here for.
The story of the baby elephant and the banyan tree contains a very powerful lesson. We must move on from the constrains of elementary assumptions and titles and recognition are but passing flattery. We must concentrate on the more worthy pursuit and exploration of words and their use and the joy we all share in our own exogesis of the language.
Now does anyone dispute the commonly held myth that the word dynamite comes from the root word of dunamis?
Luncheon meat goes down very well with cherryade.
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