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• 1. At 09:39am on 12 Dec 2008, steelpulse wrote:

  Eddie,
  
  I want to scratch my nose. Can PM tell me how to get in touch with the Barclays' Guernsey lawyer, so he can check with his clients to see if that is alright?
  
  Quote from a newspaper piece just read
  
  "Gordon Dawes, the Barclays' Guernsey lawyer, said: "Sark will go back to what it was before the Barclays came and invested. The people of Sark have sent the Barclays a clear message and they feel they cannot work in a place where there is such an anti feeling against them.
  
  "The true sadness of it all is that the real loser will be Sark and, in particular, its workforce. But the Barclay family cannot be expected to continue investing at the rate of £5m per annum. I find it very hard, particularly at this time of year, not to wonder about the old saying to do with turkeys and whether or not they would vote for Christmas; well it seems we have our answer. I am genuinely saddened. The people of Sark have spoken." Unquote
  
  Yup. I don't see the "yaboo sucks!" mentioned but it seems to be they following Sark voicing a view.
  
  So Eddie a PM piece with said permission or denial included please.
  
  Nose is getting real itchy now. lol
  
  
  
  

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• 2. At 09:59am on 12 Dec 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  sp 1, Oi, pay attention to the lovely photo at the top!

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• 3. At 10:16am on 12 Dec 2008, Stewart M wrote:

  Where Are my time warp comments from when you inadvetently posted this?

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• 4. At 10:19am on 12 Dec 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  And, it is my sister's birthday today. Happy birthday, Carol. (A good Christmassy name, don't you think?)

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• 5. At 10:23am on 12 Dec 2008, Eddie Mair wrote:

  I can't do the time warp again. Not at my time of life...

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• 6. At 10:26am on 12 Dec 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

  DMcN @ 2, congratulations! Your second photograph in the Advent Calendar series. Boy, you must be as pleased as Punch. :-)
  
  SP @ 1, what I want to know is, if two businessmen in say Solihull produced a newspaper piece in which they very publicly told their employees 'Vote the way we tell you in this general election or we will shut the business you work in and put you out of work', would they be liable to face legal action? Isn't that intimidation, or undue influence, or some such?
  
  (If the Glass Box is for discussion only of the way in which things have been presented in the PM programme, discussion of things that didn't appear on the show has to be somewhere else, i think, and this is the next thread down from the Glass Box.)

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• 7. At 10:32am on 12 Dec 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  C_G 6, And that's only this year. I had three last year. Maybe one more....
  
  No animals were injured while producing the above painting. OK, maybe the Dragon.

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• 8. At 10:54am on 12 Dec 2008, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

  I'd have liked to hear a bit more about the Barclay Brothers and their influence on Sark.
  
  What I know all comes from Private Eye, and with all due respect to Lord Gnome's minions, there's a remote chance they may be the teensiest bit biased from time to time...
  
  (Not from what I heard in the report though, their picture of the Barclays seems spot on.)

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• 9. At 12:19pm on 12 Dec 2008, Vyle Hernia wrote:

  DMN - Delightful picture. We're doing without Turkish Delight this year.

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• 10. At 12:53pm on 12 Dec 2008, Happyhomeworker wrote:

  Lovely picture.

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• 11. At 1:23pm on 12 Dec 2008, ValeryP wrote:

  Lovely picture (again) David McN. *gnash*
  What was wrong with mine then?

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• 12. At 1:39pm on 12 Dec 2008, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

  *rolls eyes*
  
  OK, I can't tell the difference between a Glass Box and an advent post...

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• 13. At 3:18pm on 12 Dec 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  11: From the newsletter, Eddie's sounding a bit desperate - which would account for all the recycled Christmas cards (Yes, David McN, I mean YOU!)
  
  But - Where is yours?

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• 14. At 3:46pm on 12 Dec 2008, Lady_Sue wrote:

  I sent in a lovely photo of our Yuletide Rodent but it hasn't appeared either - though I have been fortunate enough to have one photo selected already.
  
  The Yuletide Rodent sits under the tree every year as a symbol of my true Christmas sentiments. He looks like a big rat in a Santa skirt but I'm very fond of him.

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• 15. At 3:47pm on 12 Dec 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  I'm sure I've seen him somewhere, Lady Sue - Is he on the iPM site?

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• 16. At 3:48pm on 12 Dec 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  Lady S:
  
  Look here
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/12/more_bad_christmas_decorations_2.shtml

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• 17. At 4:12pm on 12 Dec 2008, Lady_Sue wrote:

  Big Sis! Thankyou! I hadn't seen him - thrilled that he's made the iPM site.

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• 18. At 4:36pm on 12 Dec 2008, Charlie wrote:

  An important point in the present climate.
  
  Are UK Gift Vouchers treated the same way I wonder...
  
  "Generally, gift card holders are considered "unsecured creditors" unless provisions are made for the store to continue redeeming the cards."
  
  http://consumerist.com/5107696/santas-not-coming-all-kb-toys-stores-to-be-liquidated-and-closed

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• 19. At 4:36pm on 12 Dec 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  BS 13, That isn't a recycled Christmas card. It is brand new and has never been used.
  
  I should mention that the picture was painted by Peter Coombs and donated to use on a charity Christmas card.

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• 20. At 10:53am on 13 Dec 2008, Big Sister wrote:

  David: Apologies - though, to be sure, it has been used now. And I was understandably confused by your comment to Eddie ("I don't think I sent this before" - You see the problem?)
  
  Thanks for the info about the artist.

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