tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post1602001822324398993..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: The Favourite Is Usurpedsubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-52633440969089676142011-09-13T18:06:48.940+01:002011-09-13T18:06:48.940+01:00@ Hamish 17:29
Probably not.
It's probably a...@ Hamish 17:29<br /><br />Probably not.<br /><br />It's probably a test to check if her alert readers haven't!<br /><br />You've passed.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-6306541444328430522011-09-13T17:29:00.175+01:002011-09-13T17:29:00.175+01:00Been on the Cristal SR?
More typos than usual.Been on the Cristal SR?<br />More typos than usual.Hamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401451754373118599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-35840408590693188482011-09-13T12:43:44.738+01:002011-09-13T12:43:44.738+01:00A thought about double-barrelled names. My sister,...A thought about double-barrelled names. My sister, a retired teacher observed to me recently, tongue-in-cheek I'm sure, that when she started teaching the children with double-barrelled names had toffee-nosed parents who considered us ordinary mortals as being well beneath them; by the time she retired, the double-barrelled names belonged to children of unmarried parents who couldn't make up their minds what to call them!<br /><br />The Telegraph did mention that Mr Hogan-Howe was the son of a single mother (not that I hold it against him in any way; indeed getting to that level must be much to his mother's credit)English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-55195872950977646972011-09-13T12:22:40.064+01:002011-09-13T12:22:40.064+01:00More interesting is the fact that candidates had t...More interesting is the fact that candidates had to be "press-ganged" to apply. Our lady chief constable here in Thames Valley was considered at one stage to be a front-runner, but didn't apply, a very wise lady I would suggest, who has gone up ion my estimation.<br />Personally, as a Londoner born and bred, I believe that the Met should be split, with activities like the Royal/Diplomatic protection, counter terrorism, etc, which are national activities being a separate force. In USA, just because the president lives in Washington, it's not the Washington police who are responsible for his protection, it's a separate force, the Secret Service. We should do something similar.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-83332059263871403172011-09-13T11:05:05.518+01:002011-09-13T11:05:05.518+01:00Tris, I never suggested anyone should be ashamed o...Tris, I never suggested anyone should be ashamed of their name although I've known plenty people who are and have changed it to something they prefer - particularly christian names.<br /><br />It's not an insult to parents. My father changed ours to just using the last name and the former as an initial. Works well and I don't think anyone was insulted.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-45338207240692889492011-09-13T09:43:16.965+01:002011-09-13T09:43:16.965+01:00Yes, SR. But I use my name in business. It is easi...Yes, SR. But I use my name in business. It is easier as far as tax, national insurance, pensions, etc are concerned, to use one's own name.<br /><br />And why should someone be ashamed of their name? That would be a terrible burden to go through life with...and what an insult to one's parents to change it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-33739695319982506272011-09-13T03:48:22.089+01:002011-09-13T03:48:22.089+01:00I said in business Tris. :)I said in business Tris. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-19578620525677297072011-09-13T03:48:01.093+01:002011-09-13T03:48:01.093+01:00Tut tut JRB, these are all just coincidences - sur...Tut tut JRB, these are all just coincidences - surely?subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-22830486068596954182011-09-13T03:43:29.079+01:002011-09-13T03:43:29.079+01:00Ha ha pa. Aye. :)Ha ha pa. Aye. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-40192136568310079932011-09-13T03:43:11.347+01:002011-09-13T03:43:11.347+01:00Indeed John.Indeed John.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-16511567474974286502011-09-13T03:42:59.663+01:002011-09-13T03:42:59.663+01:001 Agree Joe.
2 Don't think that applies to ...1 Agree Joe.<br /><br />2 Don't think that applies to Stephen House Joe.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-86830831826872474552011-09-13T00:20:56.177+01:002011-09-13T00:20:56.177+01:00Oh dear. I hope I don't come over as too prete...Oh dear. I hope I don't come over as too pretentious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-85963721797745952582011-09-12T22:15:37.944+01:002011-09-12T22:15:37.944+01:00So Bernard Hogan-Howe won out against all the odds...So Bernard Hogan-Howe won out against all the odds.<br /><br />You would never guess we had a Tory Mayor of London in Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and a Tory Home Secretary in Theresa Mary May.<br /><br />Wonder why they picked Hogan-Howe, an apolitical choice I’m sure.<br /><br />I’m equally sure that it is purely the merest of coincidences that they are all Oxford graduates.JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-30799408824273612922011-09-12T22:08:28.668+01:002011-09-12T22:08:28.668+01:00Looks like Charles Dance won then?
;-)Looks like Charles Dance won then?<br /><br />;-)pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-41575999419593405042011-09-12T20:59:59.738+01:002011-09-12T20:59:59.738+01:00Becoming Met boss may well be a poisoned chaliceBecoming Met boss may well be a poisoned chaliceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657902425257354006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-58004834691996039792011-09-12T20:43:59.668+01:002011-09-12T20:43:59.668+01:001. Commissioner of the Met is a poisoned chalice.
...1. Commissioner of the Met is a poisoned chalice.<br /><br />2. "Spare a thought - or maybe not - for Stephen House" - sometimes those with aspirations of being a high-flyer have to be seen to be 'ambitious' and hence apply for positions, which in reality they actually don't want.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com