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She’s gone.

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  • HoraceH Horace

    @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

    @Horace said in She’s gone.:

    What a perfect opportunity to ascribe whatever importance to those meetings that one wants to.

    If there was no importance, they wouldn't have them.

    They could easily be vestigial. Why make a public display of ending the tradition? To whose benefit would that be?

    Doctor PhibesD Online
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #82

    @Horace said in She’s gone.:

    @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

    @Horace said in She’s gone.:

    What a perfect opportunity to ascribe whatever importance to those meetings that one wants to.

    If there was no importance, they wouldn't have them.

    They could easily be vestigial. Why make a public display of ending the tradition? To whose benefit would that be?

    I'd guess the value and influence varied, depending on the particular Prime Minister, but you'd have to be a right clot not to at least listen to somebody with that level of experience.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      @Horace said in She’s gone.:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

      @Horace said in She’s gone.:

      What a perfect opportunity to ascribe whatever importance to those meetings that one wants to.

      If there was no importance, they wouldn't have them.

      They could easily be vestigial. Why make a public display of ending the tradition? To whose benefit would that be?

      I'd guess the value and influence varied, depending on the particular Prime Minister, but you'd have to be a right clot not to at least listen to somebody with that level of experience.

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      Horace
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      #83

      @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

      @Horace said in She’s gone.:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

      @Horace said in She’s gone.:

      What a perfect opportunity to ascribe whatever importance to those meetings that one wants to.

      If there was no importance, they wouldn't have them.

      They could easily be vestigial. Why make a public display of ending the tradition? To whose benefit would that be?

      I'd guess the value and influence varied, depending on the particular Prime Minister, but you'd have to be a right clot not to at least listen to somebody with that level of experience.

      In other contexts, for instance with senators or judges, most people seem to think the cons of long experience begin to outweigh the pros.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

        @Horace said in She’s gone.:

        @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

        @Horace said in She’s gone.:

        What a perfect opportunity to ascribe whatever importance to those meetings that one wants to.

        If there was no importance, they wouldn't have them.

        They could easily be vestigial. Why make a public display of ending the tradition? To whose benefit would that be?

        I'd guess the value and influence varied, depending on the particular Prime Minister, but you'd have to be a right clot not to at least listen to somebody with that level of experience.

        In other contexts, for instance with senators or judges, most people seem to think the cons of long experience begin to outweigh the pros.

        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor PhibesD Online
        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
        #84

        @Horace said in She’s gone.:

        In other contexts, for instance with senators or judges, most people seem to think the cons of long experience begin to outweigh the pros.

        Yeah, but your country is only like 40 years old. We understand the value of decrepitude.

        If you don't believe me, look at Joe Biden and Donald Trump!

        I was only joking

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        • LuFins DadL Offline
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          LuFins Dad
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          #85

          So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

          The Brad

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          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

            So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

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            George K
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            #86

            @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

            put a true democracy in place…

            Like which one?

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

              Doctor PhibesD Online
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by
              #87

              @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

              So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

              You'd never make it past all the roundabouts. Years from now, they'd find Americans driving around in circles shouting 'SARGE, SARGE, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO!!!', much like those Japanese soldiers found in the jungle years after the end of WW2.

              I was only joking

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              • George KG George K

                @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

                put a true democracy in place…

                Like which one?

                89th8 Online
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                89th
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                #88

                @George-K said in She’s gone.:

                @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

                put a true democracy in place…

                Like which one?

                Probably Nigeria

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

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                  Renauda
                  wrote on last edited by Renauda
                  #89

                  @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

                  So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

                  I sincerely hope you wrote that in jest otherwise
                  it would appear you don’t understand the first thing about parliamentary governance.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                    @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

                    So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

                    I sincerely hope you wrote that in jest otherwise
                    it would appear you don’t understand the first thing about parliamentary governance.

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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #90

                    @Renauda said in She’s gone.:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in She’s gone.:

                    So England is kind of like a rudderless ship right now… Would make a great opportunity for a former colony to invade and put a true democracy in place…

                    I sincerely hope you wrote that in jest otherwise
                    it would appear you don’t understand the first thing about parliamentary governance.

                    It was completely in jest, and I don’t support 100% democracy.

                    The Brad

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                      blondie
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                      #91

                      I’m real sad. I had much respect for Queen Elizabeth II.
                      I’ll be watching the news this week, the funeral too.

                      I’m not fond of Charles.

                      Flags are half mast in many small towns in Central Alberta. Schools, stores, private homes, everywhere. On pump jacks, pad sites, petrochemical plants, all that.. I wonder if RCMP are wearing black arm bands?

                      Kinda odd, but the upside down freedom flag crowd seem to have taken down their flags for now. None today from where I’m at.

                      I’m hoping Canada will get a new National Holiday. QEII was special imo.

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                        Aqua Letifer
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                        #92

                        I just heard the funniest exchange ever. I mean I know it was part of the job, but just the same, Her Majesty was very witty.

                        "I've always kept a diary. Well not a diary exactly—certainly not like Queen Victoria's—but every day I do write, and—"
                        "But it is in your own hand? Because I think that's terribly important."
                        "Well there's no other way I know how to write, John, of course it was in my own hand!"

                        Just excellent.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          Link to video

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                          blondie
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                          #93

                          @Axtremus I loved this when I first saw it. I replayed it yesterday.

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                          • B blondie

                            I’m real sad. I had much respect for Queen Elizabeth II.
                            I’ll be watching the news this week, the funeral too.

                            I’m not fond of Charles.

                            Flags are half mast in many small towns in Central Alberta. Schools, stores, private homes, everywhere. On pump jacks, pad sites, petrochemical plants, all that.. I wonder if RCMP are wearing black arm bands?

                            Kinda odd, but the upside down freedom flag crowd seem to have taken down their flags for now. None today from where I’m at.

                            I’m hoping Canada will get a new National Holiday. QEII was special imo.

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                            Renauda
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                            #94

                            @blondie

                            I think the RCMP black armbands will appear once official mourning begins this evening.

                            Elbows up!

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #95

                              "I think it's safe to say she's the only person in history to meet Marilyn Monroe, the Spice Girls, Lady Gaga, and Miley Cyrus."

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • AxtremusA Away
                                AxtremusA Away
                                Axtremus
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                                #96

                                From the former colonies:

                                https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvm7ad/elizabeth-ii-colonisation-kohinoor-india-pakistan

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                                • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                  Doctor Phibes
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                                  #97

                                  Link to video

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                    As he's named 'Charles Philip Arthur George', I'm a little disappointed that he didn't go with the name 'Arthur'. There'd be a big debate whether he should be Arthur I, or Arthur II.

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                                    AndyD
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                                    #98

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in She’s gone.:

                                    As he's named 'Charles Philip Arthur George', I'm a little disappointed that he didn't go with the name 'Arthur'. There'd be a big debate whether he should be Arthur I, or Arthur II.

                                    😀

                                    I reckon HerM had some illness other than old age & infirmity, probably diagnosed last year when she went to hospital for a couple of days. Didn't seem to be a cancer death so I'm guessing organ failure at her age. It'll come out eventually, along with Philip's philanderings, her initial rejection of Camilla as unacceptible which led to the whole Diana thing, and other bits of muck swept under the red carpet, if any of it is true. Public love that stuff.

                                    For me, She was an amazing person over the decades, tolerant and phlegmatic, serene in an ever more volatile world. Never even met her yet was tearing up like my own mother had died when Huw Edwards annouced it.

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                                      Catseye3
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                                      #99

                                      It's been three days, and the world still feels weird and alternate-universey.

                                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                      • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                        It's been three days, and the world still feels weird and alternate-universey.

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                                        Horace
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                                        #100

                                        @Catseye3 said in She’s gone.:

                                        It's been three days, and the world still feels weird and alternate-universey.

                                        My feelings about her death have not changed in the past three days, either.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          Catseye3
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                                          From Parade: Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral Date, Location, and Burial Information
                                          Get all the details on Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

                                          "Because Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral in Scotland, she will lie in state at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh before her funeral service at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. On Sept. 13, her coffin will be flown back to London, where a state funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey prior to her committal at St. George's Chapel in Windsor."

                                          Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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