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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Been a while so clues today:
    Relevant to NHS concenrn
     
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  2. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Anyone spouting Tory claptrap...
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    No... this is a linguist and activist with a very telling quote on the linkage between defunding and privatisation
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    This is a strategy.... so who talks about defunding as a strategy
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    and to do with privatisation
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

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    Noam Chomsky?
     
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    I love the guy, but who thinks of Noam Chomsky at three minutes past seven in the morning? :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    One of the aftereffects of a few bedtime nips of Watson's Trawler Rum...
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

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    <applause>
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    Cheers yorkie...

    As we are fast approaching the dreaded inauguration of Trump date - a question on US Presidents.

    Theodore Roosevelt became the first (ex) President to do what after leaving office in 1909?
     
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  11. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Did he go on Safari?
     
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    He did, but I'm not sure he was the first to do that. I'm thinking of something more adventurous for the era...
     
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    Wow. Did they have iPads back then? :shocked:
     
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    I think he was certainly searching for adventure...<laugh>
     
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    He was invited to do this in October 1910 in St Louis, Missouri whilst campaigning for the Republican party - refused at first, then changed his mind.
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

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    Started a new party?
     
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  17. Bolton's Boots

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    No - it's something to do with an invention made seven years beforehand.
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

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    Fly a plane?
     
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    That's it... <applause>

    And the cameras were there to capture the moment for posterity.

     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    very brave of him eh.....

    OK... what borrowed flag came into being yesterday?
     
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