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splendid yer learning.:D

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A long time ago:rolleyes::D

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Any lousy photo suggestions for the calendar-that-might-not-be this year?

There's a photo somewhere of me stood with Britcliffe and a cake to celebrate 10 years of Area Councils. Why the hell did I agree to that?

I count that as my first major mistake because it was against everything I believe in.

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I decided not to go anywhere near Scaitcliffe House when the cake was about - I thought it was ridiculous having a cake for Area Councils. Total waste of council tax payers money.

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My questions about the Market Hall for the Leader and my motion to abolish the Area Management calendars are now on the agenda. Rumour has it that he won't be putting himself in the firing line about the market though.

Why, if he feels so passionately about it?

Since the public gallery will be full of market traders you'd think he'd relish the opportunity to tell them what a good job he's doing.

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Like you never came near here when your lot at Westminster were leaving this country in the deep dodo;)

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Isn't modern Science wonderful?

A bird that has been extinct since the 17th century has been resurrected just so Labour can place the Country into it's deepest crevices!
:confused:

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What has that got to do with anything? We're talking about one man's egotistical spending in Hyndburn here, John.

There's another motion at council that he's trying to quash at the moment, something far more serious than poxy calendars and something he is very very keen not to have a policy on because it will lose him votes if he does.

The man needs to be voted out.

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Read my post on another thread;)

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Talk about burying it deep Jay!

You could at least give him a clue, which post in which thread?

There are:-
Total Threads: 46,362
Posts: 787,547

and although you don't come on much even you have managed 16,837 posts during your short time as a member, so perhaps a link might help?
:)

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Maybe you should read this report in the Banker it shows the UK govenment will actually end making money from the part privatised banks.

Bank crisis: Payback time - The Banker

Also John I have more important things to do with my time than spend all day arguing with you.

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Well tell us what it is then

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This is the agenda for next Tuesdays meeting

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...nda_140910.pdf

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No but if you think you can score a few cheap political points your on here like a rash, your visits were (or should I say post,as you were regularly on line) were few and far between when Gordon was dragging this country into this flaming mess we're in now, but I suppose defending the indefensible is hard even for you Joan

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Pages 3 and 4, Cllr Clare Pritchard's motion regarding taxi licensing.

Cllr Britcliffe's policy is not to have a policy on this.

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ive been reading this thread for some time when i have a spare minute in my lunch hour and i cannot beleive that you have so much time on your hands as to type bickering crap if you all think you can do better than those on the council have a go i can assure you all that mr Parkinson will be the same as mr Britcliffe if he got ellected there is no differnce to any of the leaders and there followers however the councillors who are doing there jobs in their own areas and making a differnce should be applauded i can see the point in ths callenders yes there is a alternative with the re-cycling callenders and information is enough but i am sure it is hard enough to tell everyone all the time whats happening in the borough and maybe certain members of the council should cease fillinf these forums with bickering rubbish and go and tell the people of their ward what they can do for them

this world would be a far better place if we all pulled in the same direction and stopped trying to win one over on each other all the time

now come on get on with what you are paid to do look after your area and let others do their jobs and if that isnt good enough the voters will do their bit when it matters

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Tickler = Britcliffe (in disguise).

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Only one thing to say to that... full stop :)

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i can assure you your so far from the truth with that I think all the councillors should do what they are ellected for and support their areas they were elected in as well as trying to make things better and not just bickering and slagging off others who are elected by the people this does not help. If all the council tried to at least pull in a similar direction things would get done but all that appears to happen on hear is pulling in oposite directions so nothing will ever get accomplished

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A quick glance at my blog will show anyone who is interested what myself and Cllr Grayson do for Rishton. I'm just lucky enough to work from home a lot of the time and so can answer forums posts more or less straight away.

The views of the voters ultimately decide which of us make up the 35 seats on the council but how are they supposed to make informed decisions if they aren't aware of what is actually going on?

It was put to me several times whilst canvassing that some councillors are only heard from at election times and Accyweb is simply one of several ways of ensuring that will not be the case with this particular elected representative.

Some may see discussions as political bickering whereas the actual intention is simply to make people more aware. Many others post on these message boards and have cleared up matters which would otherwise have left the general public badly informed both politically and non-politically.

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i aggree the forum is a great tool to get your point accross but ask then for suggestions on here from your readers and answer them with out scoring points over the other side wether it be conservative or labour or even the independants people come on here to find out allsorts and should be informed not Lectured at

i thought the council was on twitter for information anyway ????

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Which is where I'm afraid you are wrong.

Things do get accomplished and there are many projects going on across Hyndburn by different political groups which are seen as for the good of all. The general view of the council seems to be that all 35 councillors argue and bicker about every decision which is most certainly not true. However, the big decisions which end up costing hundreds of thousands of pounds really do need proper cross-party discussion which simply doesn't happen.

The Area Management calendar is a comparative drop in the ocean at around £3,000 but you wouldn't sniff if that suddenly turned up in your bank account and as my nana used to tell me, look after the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves.

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you obviously dont read either i said i aggree about the callenders they should be abolished maybe you should read things before bickering about them

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I have to admit to never having used Twitter and to be honest it doesn't really interest me in the way that a news article does. Still, it is there for those who want it.

Any suggestions are taken on board and in fact it is the basis for being a good councillor. I've said it before but I couldn't do half of what I do if people didn't get in touch and tell me they have a problem.

My main beef with Cllr Britcliffe is that we're in a recession, with a new government that is trying to make savings everywhere, so if he was truly committed to reducing wasteful spending then he would welcome my views. He doesn't and so I want to let the rest of Hyndburn know how money could be saved easily so that they can make a better decision about whether they agree with what is going on up at HBC.

If you don't like me spilling the beans about how your tax money is being wasted then I'll stop, but how else are you going to find out if councillors don't tell you?

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No, in actual fact it is likely to be Nick Whittaker, Conservative councillor for Huncoat. Of course, the v-card could be a massive coincidence and there could be many N Whittakers in Huncoat but it's pointing in that direction, particularly as he has posted in the past with regard to public meetings in that village.

Prove me wrong, Mr Tickler.

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Or it could be:

http://www.boomspeed.com/mailcovers/50725.jpg

How tickled I am! :D

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That is what I've been saying for ages tickler, about all councilors of any party, and your right about the leadership too. When George Slynn was leader I gave him some real stick, but I respected him as a councilor and the work he did for his electorate. Its just a pity that his Comrades of many years didn't give him the same respect, thy kicked him into touch because he opposed the closing of county council homes for the elderly, he finished his political career standing as a Lib/dem candidate at the 2005 county elections. What a slight on a man who gave a near lifetime of service to the Labour movement

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It takes extra time to type out all those capital letters, that come at the start of a sentence.

;)

You might be happy that tax payers are funding totally unnecessary calendars. Which not everyone receives, incidentally.

Others think there are a million ways the money could be better spent in the borough.

Still, as long as you enjoyed adding to the thread, by having a little bicker, all's well that ends well.

:rolleyes:

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I wouldn't like to see him in his trunks, as Mr. July, on next year's calendar.

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/images/Nick_Whittaker.jpg
Councillors - Nick Whittaker

Must be nice though.

Having a lunch hour long enough to read this whole thread.

Hope it didn't give him indigestion.

:rolleyes:

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If it is him then it's blown my query at Leader's Question Time out of the water in a blaze of inaccurate glory. I suggested that Cllr Britcliffe banned his members from posting on this forum and he almost pulled a muscle laughing.

That told me.

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Na I never thought you didn't listened to anybody:D

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As you say John, I have a lot to learn.

Occasionally, something still filters through....

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So what is it that Clare is proposing then?

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Excuse me, am I being a little bit sensitive about accyweb or did you actually suggest this:-

That the Leader of OUR Council ban his members from giving their opinion on accyweb?

If you did, how dare you? accyweb does not belong to the people or any Political party, accyweb isn't for you to suggest who posts on here, accyweb is for all it's members to post whatever, on here, we, may not agree with any particular party, or even any part of many party's, that doesn't nor' should it stop them from posting their version of the truth.

If that is what you suggested, no wonder Cllr Britcliffe nearly:-

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Now, in future Ken will you consider how a thread can be read?

I suspect you to be sincere, but shooting off at the mouth is for people like me, you should pick your words CAREFULLY, (You aren't as able to get away with it).:D

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A very singular outlook and not the basis for democracy which is based on cross examination.

I always find this perspective to be the feelings of the dominant group wishing to reel in any critique. It is anti-democratic and in my experience leads to back slapping decisions.

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My dear Less, I think you've misunderstood. I asked if he was preventing his members from coming on here, not to stop them from coming on here!

I would welcome the views of the Conservatives to balance some of the arguments but none of them seem to be able to post on Accyweb without some sort of pseudonym.

Before Jaysay brings up 'Robert Owen' I'll do it myself, but it's a very tired joke now.

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That we have a decent policy on taxi licencing and ensure that the residents of this borough have a few safeguards in place so that the drivers of Hyndburn cabs are fit to be in a car with members of the public.

Cllr Britcliffe's current 'policy' runs to about a side and a half of A4 and that's only because Clare wrote one side of it.

I'm absolutely serious.

The new policy that Clare has written herself is 16 pages long and may not be long enough, hence the motion that a politically balanced working group is set up to go through it with a fine-toothed comb.

If Britcliffe had the best interest of the borough at heart then this wouldn't even need to be put to council as a motion. Clare offered quite freely to work on this without getting political and Britcliffe make it so awkward that she had no choice but to put it to full council.

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Everyone has the right to remain anonymous on here.

Though usually the forum sleuths will soon work out who is posting, if they are in public office.

An earlier posting by Tickler gave his surname.

;)

I think it's good, to have some political balance on here.

Especially now One Man and His Dog has lost his little pooch, when it ran off to London to join the circus.

:D

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Yes, where is our cyfr these days?

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perhaps moved up in the world? theres n advisers job going.:D

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He's working in a special role, for a Yorkshire born M.P.

No, not William Hague!

Andrew Percy.

I wonder if he helps point Percy at the porcelain?

:rolleyes:

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Though the rumour that Graham Jones is putting him up, is unfounded.

:D

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But I bet they meet up for a pint:rolleyes:

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cyfr was complaining yesterday it took him 4 times as long to get to work because of the tube strike ....

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Good.:D

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Do you think he's worked out the irony of his own statement yet?

Being so politically astute and all?

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I have to admit to my ignorance once again - old age and transportation to foreign climes are my excuse - please can someone explain who/what is "cyfr"?

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AndrewB who sed to be called cyfr Barrie before he changed it ;)

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Wow, I'm even in the Observer about those damn calendars.

What a media whore I'm turning into.

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No real surprise, I suspect they no longer have reporters, just an editor reading accyweb.
:D

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Thanks Jay - PM for you.

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Well the Telegraph Reporter was on line yesterday I noticed Less;)

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It wasn't Emma who did the report.

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I was just saying that the LT reporter was on here yesterday Ken, backing up Lesses

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You are.

Especially as there's not one photograph of Peter Britcliffe in this weekend's Observer.

Not even with Florence Lleweyln-Bowen, up at the Haworth.

All that effort to race up there, and no piccy of the gruesome twosome.

Just Florrie, alone.

Unbelievable.

They would have looked good together, on the next year's calendar.

Though I suppose only one could have be Queen of the May.

So there would probably have been tears.

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Keep say the bloody Observers gone to the dogs, I'll give the daughter ring and tell her not to bother bringing one tomoz:D

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Regular visitor to the Haworth, is he? He was very proud of 'our' Tiffany collection.

The lack of a photo must be a great disappointment, particularly following his best Dukes of Hazzard impression getting out of the carpark at the council offices.

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Are you saying tiny denim shorts were worn, to drive up there?

:eek:

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Thankfully, Daisy Duke's bikini was not on top in the race for the camera.

The only thing missing from a spectacular exit was the General Lee's horn.

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Please don't mention horn, in relation to this thread.

A little bit of sick just came up into my mouth.

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Are you sure it was sick? :rolleyes::eek:

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Vile bile.

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Nothing ever changes;)

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What else would you expect from an 'uber-liberal, Tory toy boy'?

:rolleyes:

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:bow8::bow8::bow8::bow8::D

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So there we have it. Tonight's council meeting cancelled, no motion to abolish the calendars and Garinda gets another year of unalloyed pleasure with the latest edition of Toby Jug Collector's Monthly.

Well done Peter, another dollop of public money well spent.

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What did I tell you?

I knew he wouldn't let me down.

As a special treat I might even be on it this year!

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You were last year, weren't you? Or was that wipe-clean laminate just there for coffee rings?

I wonder if there'll be any photos showing his black eye this year?

I will have the chance to bring up the question of the calendars at Thursday's Cabinet meeting (public meeting at Scaitcliffe House, 11.00am) although in the distance I can hear the sound of constitutions being shredded....

:thefinger to democracy.

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No, never had the (dis)honour of being one of Peter's bunnies, and being a costly calendar pin-up.

You're mixing me up with Neil.

;):D

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It CAN be arranged, ask Neil:D

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I brought this up in a meeting this morning with Cllr Britcliffe and he said he was very surprised that I would have taken this to Council as it would have been dictatorial to make that decision for each Area Council.

That got me told.

It's just a real pity that this gem of a statement didn't apply to the Floral Market towers that are gracing the borough and robbed each Area Council of a huge slice of their annual budget.

He did manage to crowbar in what a bad relationship HBC has with our MP and how he had written to ministers directly. I'm sure the Hansard volumes which document everything that is happens in Westminster will back this up.

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:theband::theband::theband::theband:

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life (Oooh)
Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?



No, but the lucky few in Hyndburn will.

When it again plops on our mats.

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Got a space for it already G. next to the FORP, if I ge one this year:D

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An odd aconymn.

I once worked with a Nelly who worked for the same sort of group in Brighton.

I can't remember the number of times I told him, I did not want to buy raffle tickets to support the Queens of Friends' Park.

Mind, I bet they'd have done a lovely calendar.

'March - Misty adventures in the shrubbery.'

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If the calendar does get published and distributed, can a 'ritual mass burning' not be arranged?

It seems the 'in thing' to do in the circumstances, and will enhance the value of Garinda's library of back issues.

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Margaret, you could be issued with a fine by H.B.C., for merely suggesting such an unenvironmentally friendly protest.

It would have to be a mass (white) bagging.

:D

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To be quite honest G. I have never seen the use for these calenders, I'll guarantee there are very very few suck on a wall, I know I have only ever once put it on my wall, was a slake year for callender's, as in I didn't get one, and that particular year Neil was on it too:D

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Yes, even in the areas that fund these calendars, not everyone who is in said area, gets one.

Making them an even costlier waste of tax payers' money.

I guess I'm just really, really lucky, never to have been missed out.

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I was visiting Calderstones and the security guard had one in his office. :D

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was probably given to him by one of the patients!:D

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I think someone might be stealing my post.

Sixth of January, and still I'm waiting for this year's edition of the calendar to arrive.

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Would you like me to table a question about it for the council meeting on 18th January?

That's providing it does take place then of course. The one for April has already been moved for some reason.

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Royal wedding ? after all you can't have a royal wedding without the country's top brass there :)

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Didn't know that Ken had been promoted so soon Dave:D

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thats because yours is been hand delivered personaly by PB and they are waiting for delivery on the rose tinted spectacles that come with the limited edition calendar

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To be honest G if they are having them again this year its a bit bloody late, they should have been delivered before Christmas;)

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Top brass can only attend if they have a medal :rolleyes:

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It snowed, the system ground to a halt ;)

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The same as it did last year and the year before, and the year before, and........;)

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Either that, or could someone post a few of P.B.'s holiday snaps through my box.

I'm having withdrawl symtoms, and can't properly accept it's 2011, until I get my annual fix.

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You can I've one of mine and Wendy's Christmas cards if you want. It's got a calendar as well.

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I could lend you our christmas card from Peter as long as you return it in the pristine condition it is in.

On second thoughts I best not as you will wet yourself reading the hand written message inside it.

If your reading this Peter I found that message really funny, you have a very wicked sense of humour that must get you into as much trouble as mine does :D

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Was it this, written in a very tiny hand?

When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud, yeah
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, oh yes I will
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will.

You've got a friend
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again (oh baby don't you know)
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
Lord, I'll be there yes I will.
You've got a friend

Oh, you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
You've got a friend.

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No it was not. It was just a funny story that's all but I lost wee laughing.

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Please, if you want to go into further detail, use the Over 18's Watersports section.

Thank you.

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Nothing rude so no need but not saying anyway, not even if you have wild horses :D

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here you go rindy .. your birthday pressie ... as your missing your calendar this year .. ive managed to get some pics together .. missing a few months .. cant be helped ....

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Fine, then you won't hear the best gossip ever, that when told to Cllr. Moss, made him faint, and wake up having wee'd, and made a little bit of sick.

;):D

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I have heard about things that can make a man faint, wee and feel a little sick afterwards. Does this need moving to over 18's