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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Nah, something a lot more prosaic I am afraid. It was a contract to refurbish a big ward block on a hospital site. Even though we have a signed contract, we still have to raise a work order to hang all the paperwork on. These are usually £5k up to £100k so a £10 M one is very unusual.
    Just doing my bit for the economy !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    ^ And, kudos for it!!  I can see why you wanted to errr, "rise above"?  Still think selling the Queen would have been real cool.  America could desperately use one.  Might teach us some manners.
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Queen?! She's a killer. (Just listen to the lyrics, :D )
    Post edited by Ponygurl at 2015-01-18 20:25:52
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    @PG. Put simply, Queen with Freddie Mercury as a frontman were just colossal. Without giving too much away, I first heard them during a technology nightclass when I was still at school.  The older boys always bought in the radio and we listened to stations like Radio Caroline that played more contemporay Rock music and one night on came 'Seven Seas of Rye' and I was hooked.
    As for lyrics; Freddie was not a man you wanted to piss off other wise you would feel the barb of his tounge as in this brilliant example in the track 'Death on Two Legs' dedicated to their thieving management company Trident that they had finally managed to get away from.  Listen to these lyrics.  Ouch !


    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-01-19 16:46:59
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Ponygurl said:

    Queen?! She's a killer. (Just listen to the lyrics, :D )



    I wonder if anyone has ever used that song to describe Queen Elizabeth?  Heck, it might fit.
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    @WW The lyrics make me think of a female assassin. I'm sure the real Queen has her secrets..who knows, I'm not gonna go there.

    @UT Wow, what an incredibly scathing song..but hey, when someone you trust fucks you over in such a way..it's understandable. I was introduced to Queen through my father's record collection. I remember as a child being a little scared and fascinated by an album cover..it was "News of the World." That robot grabbing people- freaky. I played it though and was an instant fan. Here's another of my personal faves- Body Language.

    Post edited by Ponygurl at 2015-01-20 00:49:33
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Speaking of "Body Language", Freddie was wearing a red handkerchief around his right wrist. It has meaning in the gay male leather subculture. It's code for what they like.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief_code

    Post edited by Ponygurl at 2015-01-20 00:45:37
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Not quite sure when I got into Queen. I think it was Queen II and then I went back to Queen I and then to Sheer Heart Attack. That last album I played the bollocks off at incredibly high volumes on a Dansette in my bedroom. I remember having the window open one day and the people from across the road complained about the noise !
    I continued and bought all their albums, seeing them 3 times and was at the very last concert at
    Knebworth in 1986. If you get the chance, make the pilgrimage to Garden Lodge in Kensington.
    #privilaged!
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    Cinema and lunch with a friend today, the sun was shining, other friend is in a nice relationship which I'm happy for her about, Spurs, Chelsea and Man City all out of the FA Cup. A fab Saturday all round :)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Hells_Bells said:

    Cinema and lunch with a friend today, the sun was shining, other friend is in a nice relationship which I'm happy for her about, Spurs, Chelsea and Man City all out of the FA Cup. A fab Saturday all round :)


    Yeah, a good day. Chelsea result made me laugh. Nice to see the 'special' one having a bad day at the office
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Hells_BellsHells_Bells
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    ^
    It made me LOL a lot. Trouble is, I might not be laughing tomorrow if Arsenal lose!!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Appy61Appy61
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    Ponygurl said:

    @WW Sounds like his soul.



    He hasn't got one I hear.
    What if the Hokey Cokey is what it's all about?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Hells_Bells said:

    ^

    It made me LOL a lot. Trouble is, I might not be laughing tomorrow if Arsenal lose!!

    If they do, I will be there with you HB. Hoping last weeks success at MC was a turning point in the way they approach games like that.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    Hmm, I'm thinking about sex (as usual). Hypothetically, how would you feel if you saw someone you cared about as a person do porn? ...and I'm wondering how people can separate love from sex. There is just something fundamentally wrong with it from my perspective.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Catholic much?
    If I were dead, could I do this?
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