BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
- Location
- South Tyneside
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Prince Andrew
- Thread starter Pale Rider
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briantrumpet
Pharaoh
I bet you call your evening meal 'tea' 🤣
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
What, don't you use a candelabrum for illumination on your nighttime rides? Tush!
First Aspect
Guru
I so. Helps you to be seen by riders of horseless carriages and other mechanised conveyances.
briantrumpet
Pharaoh
Chainmail reflects nicely too, I've found.
secretsqirrel
Senior Member
Did you have ‘lunch ladies’ in your school?
BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
- Location
- South Tyneside
Early evening is tea, late evening is supper 😂
Ian H
Shaman
Are they the daytime equivalent of 'ladies of the night'?
Pinno718
Guru
King George the 6th once famously went to the Wes' country and sat down to dinner with a bunch of farmers for dinner. One farmer stopped everyone as he balanced his peas on his knife and everybody was looking around and at the King for the reaction. King George proceeded to eat his peas with his knife and everyone followed suit.
Anyway, this is a bit of a diversion in the Andrew formerly known as Prince thread.
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Psamathe
Guru
Re: Inequality
I and some others here feel there is too much wealth inequality in our society, wealthy are too wealthy, too greedy whilst too many in society suffer effects of not having enough.
I (and some others) are highly critical of the likes of Musk, Bezos, etc. BUT at least they got their wealth from an idea, lots of hard work, risks (often risking everything) on their idea and striving hard to gain their success.
We might think they don't pay enough tax but at least they operate under the same rules available to the rest of the population. In many respects they are on a level playing field.
Yet when your work means cutting a few ribbons and wandering past a high security crowd asking a few if "they come here often" and having vast wealth largely from tax exemptions they uniquely enjoy due to who their parents are, exemptions not available to any other families anywhere, one must question the fairness of that inequality.
I and some others here feel there is too much wealth inequality in our society, wealthy are too wealthy, too greedy whilst too many in society suffer effects of not having enough.
I (and some others) are highly critical of the likes of Musk, Bezos, etc. BUT at least they got their wealth from an idea, lots of hard work, risks (often risking everything) on their idea and striving hard to gain their success.
We might think they don't pay enough tax but at least they operate under the same rules available to the rest of the population. In many respects they are on a level playing field.
Yet when your work means cutting a few ribbons and wandering past a high security crowd asking a few if "they come here often" and having vast wealth largely from tax exemptions they uniquely enjoy due to who their parents are, exemptions not available to any other families anywhere, one must question the fairness of that inequality.
midlandsgrimpeur
Well-Known Member
I just eat peas with a spoon.
midlandsgrimpeur
Well-Known Member
To be fair to Charles, I believe he has always had contempt for Andrew, but had to hold his tongue whilst the Queen was alive. He is just happy to cut Andrew adrift now and knows he won't be condemned for doing so.
Pinno718
Guru
I wonder... they might ask but they might not get.