Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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The first festive shoplifter!
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/man-accused-of-stealing-christmas-trees-and-perfume-296668/
(For those hoping for a load of tired and not very funny Christmas jokes see here:-
https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/dover-forum/its-coming-on-christmas)
And following behind M&S's apology for burning the Italian flag (or was it the Welsh one? Or Iran? Or Hungary? ............... etc) here's Sainsbuys whimping out to the vegi-Nazis
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12729997/Vegan-outrage-Sainsburys-Christmas-card.html
"Dost thou think that because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,912
Xmas soon comes round
Very commercial time these days
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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People get taken in though
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Is this Kent’s worst Christmas tree? Deal residents say you can get ‘bigger ones in Poundland’
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/is-this-kent-s-worst-christmas-tree-297764/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,912
Some towns make a great effort for Christmas .
Some don't !
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Reindeer sculptures at Dover War Memorial ‘showing read ends’ are ‘insult’ to town, say residents
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/they-re-showing-their-rear-ends-it-s-insulting-298125/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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'On the trail of the loathsome pine'?
Deal’s underwhelming Christmas tree at pier replaced with bigger and better one
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/town-s-underwhelming-christmas-tree-finally-replaced-298140/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,071
That is only some not all I think they look very good
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 438
Ha ha……..if only Santa would bring us some shops please!
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,071
Sir there is alot of shops in Dover more then most sea side towns but because they need a room for car parks they are not in the town centre Dover is a very old town when I was a young person all the shops were taken but that was many years ago, and problem is there is only room for small shops,and as we all know they do not make money any more ,the leaders of the town need to think out of the box ,sorry to say that would cost would be to high, a lot of town need to be pulled down and a new centre built with more room for cars the town hall will be great when open and will be a great help.but it stands on its own it will need a rebuild around it ,this will never happen for many years. But Dover is on the way up and changes are happing but taken along time ,Dover had a lot of damage done in the last war, and it has taken many years to put right, and on top of that councils over the years have made the wrong moves like taking all the lanes away .I could go on and on .
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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As a child I never got birthday or Christmas presents.
My parents were both Pagans.
It used to upset me, but now I just think about all the sacrifices they made for me.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Bob
You are a scream lol
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,051
Very extortionate (although can you not find out the pricing beforehand?), given that everyone knows Father Christmas lives at New Romney. Or possibly Hythe.
(Not my real name.)
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Sainsbury’s are giving away free mince pies tomorrow - providing you can outrun the security guard on the door.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Lots more security guards these days ....
Boots stores have very pro active ones lol
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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The 'traditional' Christmas continues!
'That's my £60 turkey in the bin' More families say their festive plans are in ruins after waking up on Christmas morning to discover their Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco turkeys are 'mouldy' and 'rancid'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899487/Thats-60-turkey-bin-families-say-festive-plans-ruins-waking-Christmas-morning-discover-Asda-Sainsburys-Tesco-turkeys-mouldy-rancid.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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There is little to be gained in regretting times past,
for there is nothing we can do to change them.
You should not be worried about the future
for we cannot foretell what is to be.
And you should not be concerned about the present,
for we have not got you one.
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