RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
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So you're part of the elite then? The country is run by white, heterosexual males and the elite's religion of choice is Christianity.  Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2519
  
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Yes I’ve finally made it to the elite  The boys back in the council estate will be proud  Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| 3rd Nov 2019 10:38 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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If I was in a group of people, such as an audience in a theatre or passengers on train, I wouldn’t be offended to be addressed collectively as “everyone” or “all passengers” etc.
I actually doubt I’d register that “Ladies and Gentlemen” hadn’t been used. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
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| 3rd Nov 2019 11:35 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
Posts: 717
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LT wrote:I think the London Tube stopped staff from using “Ladies and Gentlemen” a couple of years ago.
We are all ‘Customers’ now.
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| 4th Nov 2019 11:31 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10808
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The difference between a customer and a passenger is that a customer is a patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so while a passenger is one who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
Quote:I knew train privatisation had gone wrong when they started referring to us as “customers” rather than passengers. One sign even used the term “guests”. What next? “Friends”? “Mates”? How about the announcers, in a new spirit of frankness, simply call us “mugs”?
“Would all mugs be aware this train will split at Ashford. Those suckers for Dover go in the first four carriages, victims heading to Ramsgate go to the back four.”
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 4th Nov 2019 11:44 am |
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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
Location: Hiding under the M60
Posts: 13024
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RRSTDV8 wrote:Equity is the union for actors. There are lots of LGBT types in that industry so it's not surprising, is it?
So ... is the "T" for Thespians ???
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| 4th Nov 2019 12:48 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10808
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Homosexuals & Lesbians split with Transsexuals ! What next !
Quote:Europe’s biggest LGBT rights organisation has split after being accused of promoting a "trans agenda" at the expense of gay and lesbian rights.
Stonewall is known for campaigning for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people across Britain. The charity’s mission statement says that it aims “to create inclusive and accepting cultures”.
However, following a meeting on Tuesday night - and amid an ongoing row about trans inclusion - the charity has divided and forged a splinter group.
Announcing themselves as the LGB Alliance, the group, formed of “influential lesbians, gay men and bisexuals” met in central London last night and forged the new organisation in a bid to “counteract the confusion between sex and gender which is now widespread in the public sector and elsewhere”.
Source:- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/2...pense-gay/
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 4th Nov 2019 2:21 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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And the relevance is? D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 4th Nov 2019 2:49 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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That even the LGB community think things have gone too far? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 4th Nov 2019 4:08 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23832
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There’s always been the danger of an etiquette faux pas in addressing an unknown group of people as Ladies and Gentlemen. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
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| 4th Nov 2019 4:17 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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Why, haven't people regarded gender as a binary issue for most of history? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 4th Nov 2019 4:27 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23832
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Nothing to do with gender Paul. The risk is that nobility maybe present. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
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| 4th Nov 2019 4:32 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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Ahh I see! DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 4th Nov 2019 4:54 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23832
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Pelyma wrote:Why, haven't people regarded gender as a binary issue for most of history?
My daughter studied Anthropology at Exeter. She told me about the Native American Indians take on gender, which actually makes perfect sense in the real world. For example:
In the case of the Navajo, there are four genders: man, woman, masculine female-bodied nádleeh, and feminine male-bodied nádleeh. Intercourse between two people of different genders, regardless of biological sex, was not stigmatised.
Natives of Tahiti and Hawaii also recognise a third gender. No doubt other ancient tribes do as well.
So it’s not such a recent issue at all. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
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| 4th Nov 2019 5:27 pm |
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