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Thraun
Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 115 Location: England
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: Terry Pratchett gets Knighted... |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7805143.stm
Here's hoping it can help him in his cause of increasing awareness of Alzheimer's Disease. _________________ Yes, I'm still alive. Drop me a PM if you like |
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Max Power
Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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And what's he done to deserve it, eh?!?! Only sold 55 million books. 55. MILLION. _________________ If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. |
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Lizzy
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 674 Location: the wilds of the West
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent _________________
Listen to Lizzy, she's always right! as said by Jovial |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Terry Pratchett gets Knighted... |
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Thraun wrote: | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7805143.stm
Here's hoping it can help him in his cause of increasing awareness of Alzheimer's Disease. |
Here, here. And excellent news _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Kerela
Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 372 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Cool
(Eh...OBE? CBE? MBE? What does this all stand for...and where's the difference? ) _________________ The question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others crazy?
Albert Einstein |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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OBE= Order of the British Empire/ MBE = Member of the British Empire
I can't remember what a CBE is, but an OBE is a higher award than the MBE. I believe it goes, MBE, OBE, CBE.
Anyone feel free to correct me should I be wrong in that. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Alia
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: |
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I found some nice definitions here. Anyway, if you ever have any problems with acronyms, check www.acronymfinder.com - as a translator, I find this resource really helpful.
Coming back to the topic, great news about Pratchett. _________________
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James Site Admin
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 479 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations to the greaat man.
May he live a long time to enjoy it... and therefore may a cure be found for Alzheimer's pronto. _________________ 'A human with a hand outstretched in friendship carries the fangs of a taipan in his palm.' A TaiGethen saying. |
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TheJovialGnome
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Boston
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Have to agree with everyone else - one of the more deserving Knighthood's handed out on the day!
And here, here to the long-life and cure for Alzheimer's. _________________ "Constant Vigilance!" |
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skandranon
Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 147 Location: north east England
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Well deserved I think
I knew an old man who was ground crew for the dambusters during WW2 and he always said that an MBE was my bloody effort and an OBE was other buggers efforts , dont think its entirely accurate but it always made me smile |
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