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#102368 by mcmbenjamin
28 Feb 2006, 20:19
What is St. David's Day? It is Ash Wednesday too.
#102370 by rjd2709
28 Feb 2006, 20:24
St David's day is the national day of Wales. Thanks for your help, you will help my son to sleep tonight, but maybe not really.

Thomas says thanks
#102371 by mcmbenjamin
28 Feb 2006, 20:27
NP. BTW sometimes the tail numbers are on ExpertFlyer.com under Flight Status, as they were in this case. Thanks for the info.
#102388 by AlanA
28 Feb 2006, 21:09
Are you sure its not G-VROM
Baaaaaaabarella ? [:o)][:o)]
#102410 by DragonLady
28 Feb 2006, 21:48
mcbenjamin
Just in case you're confused, St David is the patron saint of Wales (like St George is the patron saint of England)
#102426 by rjd2709
28 Feb 2006, 22:36
No, it's not like St George at all, it's likwe St Patrick or st Andrew, the sort of aint the english celbrate. Ok so it might be Barbarella.

Rjd2709. see you in 2 weeks
#102443 by DragonLady
28 Feb 2006, 23:15
Diolch Roger- point taken.I'll be wearing a daffodil tomorrow anyway.
Have a good trip
#102452 by Airbus340
28 Feb 2006, 23:41
Oh yes the joys of st davids day at school in wales [n]
St davids day is celebrated by a Eistedford isnt it?
hope everyone have their daffodils if there welsh[:p]
#102476 by mcmbenjamin
01 Mar 2006, 02:02
Originally posted by AlanA
Are you sure its not G-VROM
Baaaaaaabarella ? [:o)][:o)]


Well it was I guess as I just copied and pasted for rjd2709 but currently Expert Flyer says G-VROY.

BTW: I thought G-VROM was Richard's private plane :)
#102478 by mcmbenjamin
01 Mar 2006, 02:08
Originally posted by AlanA
Are you sure its not G-VROM
Baaaaaaabarella ? [:o)][:o)]


OK. After rereading your post I think I missed the joke. I want to get it. Help!

DragonLady: St. George is also the patron saint of the Boy Scouts (useless knowledge from my younger years).
#102493 by Littlejohn
01 Mar 2006, 08:20
I celebrate St George's day, although I have to admit there are not many of us. St Pat seems to get more frivolity in England now days (Thanks to Guinness - Oh the power of marketing).
And you are right about the scouts - as a boy we had to parade in Castle Square on St George's day.
#102507 by DragonLady
01 Mar 2006, 09:20
Certainly is Airbus.All those lovely little children dressing up in Welsh costumes-Don't know if they will today though as there's a fair bit of snow on the ground and teenage daughter is trying to ascertain if the school is open (they usually get closed).Her Eisteddfod is on Friday incidentally (why not on St David's day i don't know).
Didn't know about St George being the patron saint of the scouts though-happy memories of being a brownie though..
#102536 by mcuth
01 Mar 2006, 12:07
Originally posted by mcmbenjamin
OK. After rereading your post I think I missed the joke. I want to get it. Help!


Probably best not to completely clear that one up in a family-friendly forum ;) Let's just say that popular commentary would have people believe that the Welsh are...ummm....close to their sheep [:I]

Originally posted by sailor99
I celebrate St George's day, although I have to admit there are not many of us. St Pat seems to get more frivolity in England now days (Thanks to Guinness - Oh the power of marketing).


Oh I celebrate St George's Day too mate [y] It's just a shame that the PC brigade are most vocal then too - a world gone mad when St Patrick's Day is celebrated so widely (and I have to say, even with Irish forebears, I avoid any such celebrations like the plague), but Councils can't fly the Cross of St George outside their buildings on St George's Day for risk of "causing offence". Make St George's Day a public holiday in England already! [}:)]

Cheers

Michael
#102630 by hmvs_dog
01 Mar 2006, 18:34
Originally posted by mcuth

Probably best not to completely clear that one up in a family-friendly forum ;) Let's just say that popular commentary would have people believe that the Welsh are...ummm....close to their sheep [:I]


Very Diplomatic Michael! [:w]
#102632 by sue Barter
01 Mar 2006, 18:48
WHY WHY WHY do the ENGLISH ( often mis- informed RACE) insist that us Welshies are close to our sheep....
As about as close as the English are to their cockney Rhyming slang and knotted hankerchiefs!!!! LOL

yes the Welsh have a way of making a whole week celebration out of One day! We were suppost to have our Eisteddfodau today but the snow so bad that we had to close the school. So instead of it being a 2 half day event it may become one full dy of welsh singing, poems and Chairing of the Bardd!! Joy

Dydd Gwl Dewi Sant!

Sue

AKA Bubbles
#102657 by DragonLady
01 Mar 2006, 20:07
Who knows Sue?( the closest I ever get is a nice roast on a Sunday) When I moved back to Wales after many years in the "foreign land" I was subjected to many jokes about our 4 legged free-range friends.No idea why. NO folks-we don't keep them in the back garden and unlike Mr Clinton we DON'T have "relations" with them.
#102658 by Decker
01 Mar 2006, 20:17
My recollection of 20+ years on the Wirral is that anyone who wasn't local was either a Southerner or a Woolyback(h). Southerner was considered more insulting. ;).
#102660 by DragonLady
01 Mar 2006, 20:34
I should think so too (LOL).Bet you still weren't a local even when you'd been living there years and years either.
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