Colin Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 Yes, I should have made it clear that it was the Romans who put the walls up. I just thought that everybody knew.. Thing is that Scotland was not a Kingdom at the time. Just a loose collection of thieves and rogues who entered Northern England to steal cattle etc. The reason for the walls was to try and prevent this. Have you ever tried getting a cow over a wall ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Colin said: Thing is that Scotland was not a Kingdom at the time. Just a loose collection of thieves and rogues who entered Northern England to steal cattle etc. I believe that there were a lot of the same in England that stole from the Scots, probably from the Picts before that. Regardless, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Colin said: Have you ever tried getting a cow over a wall ???? That. depends entirely on the cow concerned, and the strength of the wall concerned. Put a cow in season on one side of a wall, and a bull on the other side, and one or the other of them will find a way to the other side. Maybe the Scots had crappy bulls the English cows didn't rate as offspring worthy producing material, or maybe the Scots never managed to figure out you needed to being the bull to the wall when an English cow was in season for the bait to work. Regardless, old Hadrian's plan seemed to work, or maybe, having built the damn thing only to find it didn't work, them Roman's couldn't be arsed to pull it down again.....after all they like their siestas.....Oh, nope that's the Spanish.Mustn't mention the Armada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Never understood the idea that the Royal family should be kept to keep the tourists coming in. For the money these spongers are on we could build a theme park in every town and village in Britain, I'm sure that would bring in more ££££ than looking at the locked gates of Buckingham Palace or Balmoral, we could even keep the soldiers with the Bearskins for the photo ops if we wanted too, they're only on around 28k a year. Edited March 14, 2021 by Capeesh George. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Doffing the cap to a family of privileged toffs is completely mental. George. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 ^ They may well be financially privileged, there's little debate about that, but I'm not so sure so much in other departments. I'm not going to argue about the doffing caps to them being mental, but still and on I don't think its anywhere near as mental as they are given some of their antics over the years. A superfluous bunch of defective inbreeds really. Kinda like Appalachia's finest, but with a lot more money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 And, probably, a lot more teeth.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Prince Charles was Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy, Field Marshal of the British army and also Marshal of the Royal Air Force - all at the same time between 1971 and 1976. Each and every single position being the very top position there is. I wonder just how these positions could be justified, in any way at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 For those with Twitter https://twitter.com/AbChav/status/1380575375290421248 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Is it safe to watch or listen to the BBC yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 ^Was it ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 10/04/2021 at 19:54, George. said: ^Was it ever? No. George. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted April 18, 2021 Report Share Posted April 18, 2021 Royal family? Luckily, there's now one less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 18, 2021 Report Share Posted April 18, 2021 ^ Never mind, I'm sure they'll convince Kate to churn out a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George. Posted April 18, 2021 Report Share Posted April 18, 2021 ^Jings, that cheers me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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