tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6065214249630634904..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Out With The Old ...Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57089710407295063132014-01-05T19:39:39.945+00:002014-01-05T19:39:39.945+00:00Belated Happy New Year, DP, to you and your family...Belated Happy New Year, DP, to you and your family. <br /><br /><br />Many thanks from me, too, for keeping us up to speed with what is happening in the wider UK and World.<br /><br /><br />Have a great year.truckerlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-4642644149997040412014-01-01T19:47:15.407+00:002014-01-01T19:47:15.407+00:00Yep, the card is declined when you've had your...Yep, the card is declined when you've had your weekly units, that's how I envisaged it. There'll be a healthy black market in smart cards created overnight. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-85804437771846879072014-01-01T17:14:58.247+00:002014-01-01T17:14:58.247+00:00You and I must have had the same vision, DP. I can...You and I must have had the same vision, DP. I can distinctly remember about four years ago when I was discussing the UK smoking ban over a beer with a friend, and the fact that alcohol was following hard on it's heels. And I predicted the very same, but with the addition of the card only working up to a specific limit, that limit to be decided by the state of course.<br /><br />It's quite chilling to see it happening so soon.nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-68583601242789386062014-01-01T16:13:24.142+00:002014-01-01T16:13:24.142+00:00I remember predicting a similar scheme, based on s...I remember predicting a similar scheme, based on smart cards, to Mr P Snr a few years ago, thanks for sharing - we're inching towards being another East Germany, aren't we?.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-28870963549717452252014-01-01T16:11:26.921+00:002014-01-01T16:11:26.921+00:00Not at all. ;)Not at all. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-73153083599867934202014-01-01T16:10:17.155+00:002014-01-01T16:10:17.155+00:00Thank you, Glenn, that's kind praise. Thanks t...Thank you, Glenn, that's kind praise. Thanks too to everyone who has posted generous messages for 2014. :)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-19492385614091833552014-01-01T06:01:01.112+00:002014-01-01T06:01:01.112+00:00Best wishes for 2014 to my favourite blogger.
Chee...Best wishes for 2014 to my favourite blogger.<br />Cheers mate, and keep up the good work.Glennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82192699484738090242014-01-01T00:01:12.133+00:002014-01-01T00:01:12.133+00:00All the best for 2014All the best for 2014moonrakinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66969311594716760952013-12-31T22:28:44.942+00:002013-12-31T22:28:44.942+00:00Wishing you all the best for 2014 and thank you fo...Wishing you all the best for 2014 and thank you for your tireless work. xBellevuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79682970547865453642013-12-31T22:09:20.188+00:002013-12-31T22:09:20.188+00:00All the best for the new year.
But - just to keep...All the best for the new year.<br /><br />But - just to keep your juices boiling for next year:<br /><br />http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow-booze-id-card-vision-is-revealed-1.1104913<br /><br />Happy New Yearwjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22789090224594673002013-12-31T21:42:02.142+00:002013-12-31T21:42:02.142+00:00Hopefully 2014 will see an end to retreat,disunity...Hopefully 2014 will see an end to retreat,disunity and defeatism.<br />Banish the doves of peace,the appeasers,those who do nought but chatter.<br />Let the call go out ,who will stand up and who wont,who is in and who is out.<br />Lets get shut of the white feather and white flag brigade they are manna from heaven for the Puritanical Control Freaks<br />Name a day, name a place,name a venue,invite all the campaigns,the bloggers,the activists,the chatterers,the "liberty" lovers,the ghosts of the ether,let us see who can walk the walk rather than talk the talk<br />Make 2014 a year when the mumbling stops and we find out ,who really means business,let us identify the Judas goats by their absence.the false prophets by their excuses.Rubicon North banknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29559067212768262982013-12-31T21:31:06.447+00:002013-12-31T21:31:06.447+00:00Got that?Got that?nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-18609216005993386812013-12-31T21:30:32.860+00:002013-12-31T21:30:32.860+00:00I hope 2014 is good to you and yours, DP. Thanks f...I hope 2014 is good to you and yours, DP. Thanks for all the great stuff you keep churning out.<br /><br />And remember:nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1158314007376624622013-12-31T21:11:14.961+00:002013-12-31T21:11:14.961+00:00Thanks for all the fun you've given us/me this...Thanks for all the fun you've given us/me this year.jtpjcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49616967110454752162013-12-31T19:24:57.569+00:002013-12-31T19:24:57.569+00:00Very best wishes for all at Puddlecote Manor.
CR....Very best wishes for all at Puddlecote Manor.<br /><br />CR.Captain Rantynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15053915607144380132013-12-31T19:19:13.001+00:002013-12-31T19:19:13.001+00:00Have a happy new year.Have a happy new year.The Filthy Engineerhttp://niklowe.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com