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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: rosieposy87 on August 21, 2003, 09:06:00 am
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Well i am pleased to say i had a wonderful time in America and we left New York 2 hours before the power cut- only to get to nantucket to see it all over the news- so yes, i'm fine! nikkee, let, tatiana and shannon: it was more than a pleasure meeting you.
As for my major GCSE exam results i got...
6A*s, 3As and 2Bs!I am just completely over the moon, so much more than i could've imagined! I missed you all, and yes Barry Bonds was bloody amazing. how is everyone!?
Rosie :)
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Well i am pleased to say i had a wonderful time in America and we left New York 2 hours before the power cut- only to get to nantucket to see it all over the news- so yes, i'm fine!
wow that was a close call!! lol Glad to have you back with us Rosie. we missed you!
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Glad you had a great time in NY, and got out before the big blackout.. missed ya bunches! :D & congrats!!
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Welcome back Rosie :) Glad you had a great time.
Congratulations on your (spectacular) results
-Kev
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Glad you had a great time in America!!
It was great spending the afternoon with you too :) Your family is awesome. Tell them hello.
and Congratulations!!
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It was lovely meeting you dear! :)
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:( I didn't get to meet Rosie...but I did get the cutest voice mail ever!
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OMG!
those are the wickedest results!
congratulationssssssssssssss!!!
xoxoxox
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i was worried!
glad you missed the power outage! glad you had a good time too!
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i'm glad you had an awesome time in NY Rosie!!! i wish i coulda met you! i missed you by only hours... my plane left the morning of the 10th. but yeah... i really wanted to meet you
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(http://www.atlantavirtuosi.org/nikkee/rosienik.jpg)
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cute picture!
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thanks... let took it.
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(http://www.atlantavirtuosi.org/nikkee/rosienik.jpg)
*is jealous* although nikkee you look like you're gonna kill rosie lol...
uggh....i will never meet any of you...
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Cool picture, and glad you had a good time and congrats on the exam results Rosie! :D
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kill? I'm full of love... :)
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nikkee is all love people :D
Awesome Rosie I knew you could do it!
you deserved a great time!
glad it happened for ya
danny
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Glad you had a good time =) Congrats on the great results!
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Wow, thankyou so much everyone! Never mind the A*s, i passed maths! hee hee, i missed you all here so much!
nikkee: that is possibly the worst picture i have ever seen of me, you could've at least edited the red eyes! lol
Let: Me and my family discussed after you left just how much you must be the BEST police officer ever! lol
Tricia: It SO sucks that i couldn't meet you, and i can't even remember what i said on that message but i'm glad you liked my weird voice. hee hee
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LMAO Rosie, I was walking around in Boston when I finally checked my voicemail (mind you I was with 4 other people) and when I heard your voice, I was all "THERE'S A BRITISH GIRL ON MY VOICEMAIL!!!!!!!!" and my friends were all o_O and then I explained it all (in a British accent). It was uber fun! I was glad that you at least talked to my voicemail! :D Next time, you'll get to talk to me in person...as scary as that is. ;)
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oh and it is a crime that a lot of you Yanks have never heard:
Robbie Williams- Angels
I assumed you had, so you must (or i shall kill you!) download it, because it is one of the best songs and more than a legend here!
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I tried to tell nikkee to edit your eyes but I think she was just excited that I didn't lose those pictures. (In case you hadn't read, I lost evey email, song, picture on my computer). Luckily I dl'd my camera to my laptop as well.
Wow, thanks for the compliment. I like to think I am pretty cool and good at my job :oops: :wink:
I am glad you got the voicemail Tricia, I wasn't sure.
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I tried to tell nikkee to edit your eyes .
I smell your pants burning! You did NO such thing.
Sorry Rosie.... I don't know how to get rid of the red eyes. If someone knows how to and can PM me the fixed version.. I'll be happy to edit my post!
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LMAO @ pants burning.
She said she "tried" to tell you...she didn't say she was successful at it. ;)
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thank you Tricia!! I told you in an im last night when your computer was all jacked up. I also said how dare you post a picture and not give me any credit...after I said I was totally kidding. So yeah...I did try to tell you. You know I don't lie, why would I say I did if I didn't :roll:
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Robbie Williams- Angels
Oh oh oh! I have that song! I love it. Easily his best song ever.
hmmmm... maybe his only good song ever for that matter.... ;)
---Andrew
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maybe his only good song ever for that matter.... ;)
Nah. He had some absolute classics with Take That! ;)
-Kev
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but Robbie sux big time I read in the paper that Gary Barlow was heading to "crack" America.
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LMAO Rosie, I was walking around in Boston when I finally checked my voicemail (mind you I was with 4 other people) and when I heard your voice, I was all "THERE'S A BRITISH GIRL ON MY VOICEMAIL!!!!!!!!" and my friends were all o_O and then I explained it all (in a British accent). It was uber fun! I was glad that you at least talked to my voicemail! :D Next time, you'll get to talk to me in person...as scary as that is. ;)
How is it everybody's got your number but me? LOL
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(http://www.mdcplus.com/web/pianoguy88/rosie1.jpg)
sorry its not very close up everyone, and scott- thankyou so so so much!
(http://www.mdcplus.com/web/pianoguy88/rosie.jpg)
Argh my brother looks bloody appauling but yay! basball game!
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sorry its not very close up everyone, and scott- thankyou so so so much!
no prob kiddo 8)
im sailing to the moon
I enlarged the pic for ya
(http://www.mdcplus.com/web/pianoguy88/rosie2.jpg)
I can even see ur shoes Muhahahahahaha! :lol:
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Well i am pleased to say i had a wonderful time in America and we left New York 2 hours before the power cut- only to get to nantucket to see it all over the news- so yes, i'm fine! nikkee, let, tatiana and shannon: it was more than a pleasure meeting you.
As for my major GCSE exam results i got...
6A*s, 3As and 2Bs!I am just completely over the moon, so much more than i could've imagined! I missed you all, and yes Barry Bonds was bloody amazing. how is everyone!?
Rosie :)
I once knew a man from Nantucket if anything move he'd...u know the rest LMAO!!!
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who is that first girl in that picture?
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Thats Tatiana- molto hyper but so interested in the fact that at christmas we wear 'paper crowns'. LMAO
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who is that first girl in that picture?
It's the lovelaaaay Tatiana :)
I know Rosie answered the question but I felt like saying it again haha (I'm bored...)
Oh and by the way, I'm glad to see pics from your US trip Rosie!!!
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who is that first girl in that picture?
It's the lovelaaaay Tatiana :)
I know Rosie answered the question but I felt like saying it again haha (I'm bored...)
Oh and by the way, I'm glad to see pics from your US trip Rosie!!!
i will let you say it again cuz you added the lovelaaaay in there lol...
and rosie wtf do you wear?? no wonder she was interested if she was as confused as i am...
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and rosie wtf do you wear?? no wonder she was interested if she was as confused as i am...
haha. This sort of thing.
(http://www.christmas-crackers-usa.com/images/indexgirls.jpg)
You get them out of Christmas crackers.
And that pic was from christmas-crackers-usa.com so you must get them in the US too (in some places) :)
-Kev
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U mean Americans havent heard of them :oops: I wear one at Christmas :oops:
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weird... 8O
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WTF is a christmas cracker?
---Andrew
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WTF is a christmas cracker?
---Andrew
BLASPHEMY!
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(http://www.atlantavirtuosi.org/nikkee/rosienik.jpg)
two adorable gals. :wink:
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WTF is a christmas cracker?
---Andrew
BLASPHEMY!
lmao
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WTF is a christmas cracker?
---Andrew
BLASPHEMY!
lmao
LOL
<---is still confused
---Andrew
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Hmm... I'll do my best to describe it.
A Christmas cracker is a cardboard tube (about the length of a bog roll tube) wrapped in some shiny paper which is twisted at both ends to make a sealed tube with two paper "handles". Two people operate it, one person holds each handle and they pull. Eventually one of the paper handles rips off and whoever gets the larger part of the cracker gets the toy (and usually a lame joke and paper crown) that is hidden inside the tube.
The toy could be anything from a badly moulded plastic car to a fake plastic necklace to a stapler or small deck of card (depending on how rich your parents are)
The girls in the picture above are holding one, if you want to see one (The one on the orange hat is going to win, she has much better technique and hand positioning)
-Kev
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Hmm... I'll do my best to describe it.
A Christmas cracker is a cardboard tube (about the length of a bog roll tube) wrapped in some shiny paper which is twisted at both ends to make a sealed tube with two paper "handles". Two people operate it, one person holds each handle and they pull. Eventually one of the paper handles rips off and whever gets the larger part of the cracker gets the toy (and usually a lame joke and paper crown) that is hidden inside the tube.
The toy could be anything from a badly moulded plastic car to a fake plastic necklace to a stapler or small deck of card (depending on how rich your parents are)
The girls in the picture above are holding one, if you want to see one (The one on the orange hat is going to win, she has much better technique and hand positioning)
-Kev
even weirder.
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I always thought they had Christmas crakers in the US too.
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You forgot to say that they make a noise when you pull them apart! Scum, i am more ashamed of you than i have ever been!
And i am still loving the giant paper clip i got last christmas at my Granny's.
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I always thought they had Christmas crakers in the US too.
if they do, they are keeping it a HUGE secret from me....
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You forgot to say that they make a noise when you pull them apart! Scum, i am more ashamed of you than i have ever been!
*hangs head in shame* How could I forget the best part.
And i am still loving the giant paper clip i got last christmas at my Granny's.
Haha, [sarcasm]wow a paper clip![/sarcasm] The best thing I ever got was a set of really small screw drivers (what are still useful to this day)
-Kev
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I get the whole Christmas Cracker concept . . .but what were you saying who has, was wearing from one?
(read it 6 more times then answer)
BTW: I've seen like these mini "crackers" withh that lame joke and crown you were talking about. BUt the joke wasn't in english so I'm tempted to say we don't have 'em
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I got a set of mini screw drivers once too!
The best thing i ever got in a cracker was last christmas when we went to this cheap-ass resteraunt- i got a plastic moustache- it was so wrong. It even had these two bits so you could stick them up your nose and the moustache would stay on- if thats not the ultimate cracker toy i don't know what is.
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The best thing i ever got in a cracker was last christmas when we went to this cheap-ass resteraunt- i got a plastic moustache- it was so wrong. It even had these two bits so you could stick them up your nose and the moustache would stay on- if thats not the ultimate cracker toy i don't know what is.
lol. I've had no end of them! (my mum obviously got me cheap crackers as a child :?). They are seriously wrong. They absolutely kill your nose with those inflexible plastic bits too!
The cheapest thing I ever got was a tiny orange 2 dimensional plasic horse. That was it. Nothing else, just an orange plastic horse. It just looked like a melted blob of plastic.
Q: Why did the tomato blush?
A: Because it saw the salad dressing.
hehe, for some reason I always remembered that cracker joke (maybe because I got it every year!)
-Kev
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do you guys ever get the Christmas crackers with Wades in them? I collect wades and had never heard of crackers before until this summer.....they look very amusing.....and loud popping noises are always fun
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do you guys ever get the Christmas crackers with Wades in them? I collect wades and had never heard of crackers before until this summer.....they look very amusing.....and loud popping noises are always fun
What on earth is a wade? lol, curse these cultural differences!
-Kev
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lol well Wades actually started in England in the 1950's....but there they're called Whimsies i think....or Wades, i dunno. Here's the history of Wades from the red rose tea site:
Whisper "Whimsies" into many people's ears and it will mean only one thing...small animal figurines from the George Wade Pottery of Burslem, England.
Wade began in 1810 in Burslem, England, with a small workshop and a single pottery oven making mostly bottles and pottery items. He soon turned his attention to the more profitable ceramics needs of textile mills, which supported the company into the late 1920s. As well as industrial ceramics, Wade produced a line of beautiful figurines, many Art Deco. These were so popular that animal figures were added. The line ran into a snag when it was found that the Cellulose finish turned yellow and peeled off with age. In the late 1930s some models were reissued with a high gloss underglaze finish.
The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 led to the cessation of all non-essential ceramic items. Domestic ceramic production was limited to plain, undecorated dinnerware and teapots.
The many faces of Whimsies are dogs, cats, birds, sea life, snow animals, pets, wildlife, farm animals, dinosaurs, nursery rhyme figures, circus figures, miniature houses, leprechauns, and monks.
Intended for children, they also appeal to adults who have not lost their sense of imagination. The Wade figurines have become collectors' items and are very much in demand. Today, Wade figurines are still offered as a premium with the purchase of any Red Rose Teas brands.
Many Whimsies, often those apparently in the same range, are different from each other. This is due to the length of time they were made and the volume of output. Molds became worn and were retooled for fresh use. Nearly all Whimsies, with the exception of the very first, have one significant feature: fine moulded parallel ridges on the underside of the base. It now seems to have become a "trademark" for all Wade "Whimsies" to follow.
(http://members.tripod.com/~LarryBass/wades.jpg)
^ an example of what they look like
over the summer i saw a box of the Wade Crackers.....i've never seen them before but they looked cool.
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Yeah, they look like the kind of thing you'd probably get in crackers over hear (probably the more expensive ones). Although my parents always used to buy the cheapest kind so I've never seen any Wades in crackers.
-Kev
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Me neither, seems a bit posh for us doesn't it scum!? Plastic Moustache's all the way!
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Hello Rosie! Happy to see you again! :D
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Me neither, seems a bit posh for us doesn't it scum!? Plastic Moustache's all the way!
Too right. It just wouldn't be Christmas without 'em.
-Kev
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lol i wish we had fun things like crackers.....the box of them i saw weren't too expensive, only about $26....i have no idea how much that is in pounds but for here it's not horrible. anywhose, if you come across any let me know cuz i'd loooooove to have some
:) -Jessica
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lol i wish we had fun things like crackers.....the box of them i saw weren't too expensive, only about $26....i have no idea how much that is in pounds but for here it's not horrible.
It's about £16.50 which is pretty expensive for crackers, but it's not exactly going to break the bank.
anywhose, if you come across any let me know cuz i'd loooooove to have some
Haha, sure I'll keep an eye out for any this Christmas :)
-Kev
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thank you so much! i've been collecting the American/Canadian wades since i can remember, so that would be an awesome addition to my collection. :)