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8th November 2020, 10:03 AM
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#39... Thats alright Cappy they are starting to take empty bottles back here for cash. There must be at least 5 pence in those empty whiskey bottles you sent out here last year. Cheers JS
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8th November 2020, 10:08 AM
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#39... Thats alright Cappy they are starting to take empty bottles back here for cash. There must be at least 5 pence in those empty whiskey bottles you sent out here last year. Cheers JS
....it must be the postman john or one of them coppers that used to be on the dock gates now emigrated to oz......cheers mate cappy
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8th November 2020, 10:10 AM
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Maybe Postman Pat believe he got sacked for not paying his TV licence. JS
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8th November 2020, 10:59 AM
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#25... Speak up Cappy can hardly hear you !! Have you any ventilation in there ? Money is immaterial its only bits of paper representing what we are supposed to have. The world monetary system is all based at the moment on the value of the US dollar. When world trade goes to China it will all be based on the Chinese yen. Then in theory we will all be millionaires. Yahoo the first rounds on me as long as it doesnt exceed 7/6d. Cheers JS
hi john sabourn
considering that the worlds economies are basket cases and that means that we are all bankrupt, then you wouldnt get a blow of the ragmans horn for the dollar, anyway cappy told me he has all his funds in groats.
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8th November 2020, 11:11 AM
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Thats why we used to call money, beer coupons, no matter where we were in the world, kt
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8th November 2020, 11:38 AM
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hi john sabourn
considering that the worlds economies are basket cases and that means that we are all bankrupt, then you wouldnt get a blow of the ragmans horn for the dollar, anyway cappy told me he has all his funds in groats.
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no michael i said goats.....some nannies some billies ......bit like parliament really.. as they both stink to high heaven .....cappy
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Thats why we used to call money, beer coupons, no matter where we were in the world, kt
always called forieghn money gazookis.....ie how many gazookis to the pound and how many gazookis for other treats
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8th November 2020, 11:47 AM
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no michael i said goats.....some nannies some billies ......bit like parliament really.. as they both stink to high heaven .....cappy
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always called forieghn money gazookis.....ie how many gazookis to the pound and how many gazookis for other treats
hi cappy
id just gone to make myself a cup of coffee and saw your reply,im still laughing at the nannies and billies.
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8th November 2020, 12:35 PM
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Thats why we used to call money, beer coupons, no matter where we were in the world, kt
I always found that the price of beer was a good guide to the cost of living in any country
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8th November 2020, 12:42 PM
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Thomas you must have misread him , he meant goats. Thats how he bought Mary, 2 goats , got her cheap as only had one leg. Cheers JS
PS see hes already explained the goats before I got in. Cheers JS
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8th November 2020, 12:49 PM
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Thomas you must have misread him , he meant goats. Thats how he bought Mary, 2 goats , got her cheap as only had one leg. Cheers JS
PS see hes already explained the goats before I got in. Cheers JS
hi john sabourn
he got in first, because he has got something to hide, possibly more goats.
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