Granny Danger Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Wasn't even a proper doctor. Aye, no tardis or nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Is discontinuing a specific 1p coin something to do with the saying "the penny dropped"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 08/06/2022 at 13:45, tamthebam said: The Royal Mint replaces coinage all the time apparently- certainly worn or defaced coins. Of course your 1971 penny will have more valuable copper in it than your 2021 nickel penny. Elizabeth II coinage will remain in circulation as long as it's viable. I think I used to get George V florins as 10ps when I was young Pillar boxes aren't replaced either- there's a VR wallbox down the road from me for example. Have a look at the pillar box next time you post such an old fashioned thing as a letter. You might see VR (Victoria), EVIIR (Edward VII), GR (George V), GVIR (George VI) Certainly not much chance of finding ERII ones up here as they got vandalised or destroyed during the Pillar Box War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 On 13/06/2022 at 00:23, Fullerene said: Is discontinuing a specific 1p coin something to do with the saying "the penny dropped"? Nah, it was to do with coin operated production machines. You waited for the penny to drop then you could operate the machine. It was coined (sorry) by the Daily Mirror in the 1930's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 5 hours ago, velo army said: Nah, it was to do with coin operated production machines. You waited for the penny to drop then you could operate the machine. It was coined (sorry) by the Daily Mirror in the 1930's. Thanks for that. I am glad the expression is inflation-proof. "He was struggling to make sense of what was happening but then suddenly the £4.25 dropped." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Norway has a sovereign wealth fund for the money raised from it's offshore assets. The UK gives a huge part of it's natural wealth to a family of inbreds in London. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/16/queen-seabed-rights-swell-value-5bn-auction-windfarm-plots-crown-estate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Norway has a sovereign wealth fund for the money raised from it's offshore assets. The UK gives a huge part of it's natural wealth to a family of inbreds in London. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/16/queen-seabed-rights-swell-value-5bn-auction-windfarm-plots-crown-estate Norway has a king too, the previous incumbent was notorious for taking public transport and being a pretty normal guy (as normal as a hereditary head of state can be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Satoshi said: Norway has a king too, the previous incumbent was notorious for taking public transport and being a pretty normal guy (as normal as a hereditary head of state can be). Other European countries have Royal families but I couldn"t tell you if it was currently a king or a queen, how long it has been their turn or even their names. A bit like asking "who is the President of Germany?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Other European countries have Royal families but I couldn"t tell you if it was currently a king or a queen, how long it has been their turn or even their names. A bit like asking "who is the President of Germany?" Most of them have regular jobs and don't suck from the public teet. Ours are particularly cravenous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I see the Crown Estate (Queenie & her family) have had a £5Billion windfall largely due to HerMaj owning the seabed and the advent of, erm, windfarms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Her son just scooping a million pounds in cash in shopping bags. Absolutely above board. I'm sure Coutts were delighted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, 101 said: Her son just scooping a million pounds in cash in shopping bags. Absolutely above board. I'm sure Coutts were delighted. It’s more than that now. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/25/prince-charles-is-said-to-have-been-given-3m-in-qatari-cash Apparently it’s going to his charities. Sounds legit, any time I want to make a charitable donation I hand it in cash in a suitcase (or hold-all) to a member of a royal family. Edited June 26, 2022 by Granny Danger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: It’s more than that now. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/25/prince-charles-is-said-to-have-been-given-3m-in-qatari-cash Apparently it’s going to his charities. Sounds legit, any time I want to make a charitable donation I hand it in cash in a suitcase (or hold-all) to a member of a royal family. Yeh that's the official way to do it, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 It's a bit odd this 7 year old story just coming out days after he called the Rwanda people trafficking scheme "appalling". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: It's a bit odd this 7 year old story just coming out days after he called the Rwanda people trafficking scheme "appalling". Shot across the bows. Keep your mouth shut about our business or it'll be your son being crowned next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Nothing says the Establishment is rattled more than the Queen clambering out her death bed to attend a function up here amidst her cancelling what looked far bigger engagements in the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/27/queen-secret-influence-laws-revealed-scottish-government-memo Quote Under an arcane mechanism known as Queen’s consent, the monarch is routinely given advance sight of proposed laws that could affect her personal property and public powers. Unlike the better-known procedure of royal assent, a formality that marks the moment when a bill becomes law, Queen’s consent must be sought before the relevant legislation can be approved by parliament. Quote The procedure, which operates in the UK, Scottish and Welsh parliaments, dictates that proposed laws cannot be implemented without the monarch’s approval when a bill might affect her public powers or private interests such as her privately owned estates at Balmoral and Sandringham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Charlieboy's been at it too... Quote Prince Charles exploited a controversial procedure to compel government ministers to secretly change a proposed law to benefit his landed estate, according to documents uncovered by the Guardian. Official papers unearthed in the National Archives reveal ministers in John Major’s government yielded to his demands amid fears that resisting the heir to the throne could spark a constitutional crisis. Ministers backed down to “avoid a major row” with the prince, effectively allowing him to force the hand of the elected government. The disclosure of the documents provides further evidence of how the royal family has used the secretive procedure known as Queen’s consent to alter legislation to benefit their private interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 following the retaliatory exposé in response to him criticising the governments rwanda policy, the Prince of Wales has promised not to accept enormous bags of cash from despots ever again and thats the end of NEVER MIND THAT SHIT YON BLACK PRINCESS COW WHO STOLE OUR SUSPICIOUSLY GINGER PRINCE SOMETHING SOMETHING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 18:14, welshbairn said: I think the Wee Frees have as little deference to royalty as they have to the Pope. The Wee Frees have a deference to happiness, love and acceptance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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