Guest Le Thou Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Can we have another section for Tony cos he doesn,t have a Motorhome and everyone else has? What about calling it ......No Motorhome,Bored,Check out the Forum. or, I need to get out more,(ooops cant, no MH) Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 How about In the Pulpit :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 How about ' Permanently on the Naughty Step' (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Being as I'm a very 'umble man, and not one to blow my own trumpet, I wouldn't dream of wanting a thread or section of my own, as some of our eminent friends have. But whenever you want me to contribute my words of wisdom on any of the exciting subjects people raise, I'll see if I can find time in my busy schedule - bearing in mind that in my own (admittedly small) locality I'm something of an A-list celeb. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Well said Tony - my sentiments exactly - apart from me being a celeb, that is! However I can see how a man of your style, looks, charisma, intelligence and great wealth would so easily become a star occupying, as you do, pride of place on the naughty step! I was appalled when a very nice person, whose name escapes me, kindly began a very nice thread in my name and I was delighted when it quickly faded away and I returned to my usual peaceful anonymity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syd Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 11th commandment Thou shall not covet thy neighbours motor home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I don't need to, all I need is the patience to wait until March. Then the rest of you can covet away to your heart's content. Except of course that the whole problem with covetting is never BEING content! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Tony Jones - 2007-11-12 9:54 AM I don't need to, all I need is the patience to wait until March. Then the rest of you can covet away to your heart's content. Except of course that the whole problem with covetting is never BEING content! Tony 'Till March Tony??? But that's absolutely AGES away. Aeons. Civilisations have risen and fallen faster than that! I just can't imagine how you are going to survive the hundreds of days, the thousands of hours, peering out from behind those net curtains as whole convoys of other Chuggers sweep past your fixed abode. I think the best thing to help you try to pass the time would be not to think of your NEW MOTORHOME at all. Use the time to engage in any other thoughts, but just don't allow your mind to visualise Tony in the NEW MOTORHOME at all. Not driving your NEW MOTORHOME through the Continental countryside with birds singing in the glorious spring sunshine. Not parking up your NEW MOTORHOME in wonderfully appointed Aires. Not preening and polishing your NEW MOTORHOME inside and out. I'm sure that thinking of anything else except your NEW MOTORHOME throughout the absolutely enormous span of dark Winters-time (Winters-time...getit?) between now and when it just might be ready to collect, all gleaming and shiny, will help............ We'll all assist you here at the MMM Towers Home for the Dazed and Confused, by not mentioning your NEW MOTORHOME hardly at all...... >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syd Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 BGD - 2007-11-12 2:37 PM Tony Jones - 2007-11-12 9:54 AM I don't need to, all I need is the patience to wait until March. Then the rest of you can covet away to your heart's content. Except of course that the whole problem with covetting is never BEING content! Tony 'Till March Tony??? But that's absolutely AGES away. Aeons. Civilisations have risen and fallen faster than that! I just can't imagine how you are going to survive the hundreds of days, the thousands of hours, peering out from behind those net curtains as whole convoys of other Chuggers sweep past your fixed abode. I think the best thing to help you try to pass the time would be not to think of your NEW MOTORHOME at all. Use the time to engage in any other thoughts, but just don't allow your mind to visualise Tony in the NEW MOTORHOME at all. Not driving your NEW MOTORHOME through the Continental countryside with birds singing in the glorious spring sunshine. Not parking up your NEW MOTORHOME in wonderfully appointed Aires. Not preening and polishing your NEW MOTORHOME inside and out. I'm sure that thinking of anything else except your NEW MOTORHOME throughout the absolutely enormous span of dark Winters-time (Winters-time...getit?) between now and when it just might be ready to collect, all gleaming and shiny, will help............ We'll all assist you here at the MMM Towers Home for the Dazed and Confused, by not mentioning your NEW MOTORHOME hardly at all...... >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) >:-) When did you say you were getting your new motorhome Tony?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 1st March - but having spent nearly 8 years with a van in which I wouldn't have dreamt of sleeping in winter, I'm quite uesd to a "closed season," so all attempts to wind me up over this delay are doomed to fail. This is the very last winter when I won't have a camper on the road. After that - well, just imagine this in Moondust Silver and covet away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 OOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo cosy you ...... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I just hope there is an adequate wine cellar,Tony (lol) Is it true what I heard this week - that Ministers aren't allowed to pour any Communion wine away, so they have to drink it? Apparently if they have several services to conduct on a Sunday,they run the risk of being over the drink-drive limit *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 How many hours now Tony 'till you get your NEW MOTORHOME??? B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 J9withdogs - 2007-11-12 4:42 PM I just hope there is an adequate wine cellar,Tony (lol) Is it true what I heard this week - that Ministers aren't allowed to pour any Communion wine away, so they have to drink it? Apparently if they have several services to conduct on a Sunday,they run the risk of being over the drink-drive limit *-) That only applies in the Church of England. And unfortunately ours is non-alcoholic anyway (like the Methodists). Dreadful stuff - the one consolation when we had a break-in a couple of years back was that the idiots had drunk loads of it!! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Doh- the C of E get all the fun (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Prayer for Tony ... Give me the strength Lord to resist the temptation Not to covet motorhomes of the ‘MMM’ nation May I not be jealous of the enjoyment of others And rejoice in the delight of my motorhome ‘brothers’ Help me keep smiling when testing times draw My mind to the joys of a nice ‘van I saw … To bare all the teasing and ignore the allure Of the shinny new motorhome and keep my thoughts pure Give me the courage to keep up the grinning When my brain, full of motorhome images, is spinning Whilst perusing the Forum, may I forgive the poor twits Who try to entice with their travel “tit-bits” I know when the time comes it will be oh so great At sight of my new “Hannibal” – it’ll be worth the wait But in the ‘dark’ time existing twixt then and now Help me O’Lord, into despair not to bow I’ll promise to be good, as I pray on my knees So Lord, can you help, make the time fly by ... PLEASE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Mel - fantastic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 you clever girl! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Thank you Mel - that must be one of the nicest prayers anyone's ever prayed for me! I must try to remember to be nice to you sometime. T x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Looking back along this thread (and some postings on others!) one or two people seem to have got the idea that I have nothing to do all day except mooch around on here waiting for my new van :-( . I'm grateful for all your kind thoughts and sympathy, BUT ... I DO have a "day-job," and sometimes it even includes weekdays :-D, so you don't need to feel quite so sorry for me. But since I'm in this room several times each day, I take a perverse pleasure in logging on and seeing what you lot are up to. So I'm off now, I'll look in again later in the day! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Tony Jones - 2007-11-12 4:31 PM 1st March - but having spent nearly 8 years with a van in which I wouldn't have dreamt of sleeping in winter, I'm quite uesd to a "closed season," so all attempts to wind me up over this delay are doomed to fail. This is the very last winter when I won't have a camper on the road. After that - well, just imagine this in Moondust Silver and covet away!!! That's a super looking machine Tony and I hope that Hanibal II will serve you long and well. Just rewards for an all round decent guy in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hey up Tony, a little Hymn for you, just remember to sing the right words in church! Amazing Grace how sweet the sound Of our new ‘van will be It’s silver sheen Will look serene For all the world to see! Twas on the forum I did hear The tales that friends all told In their ‘little’ toys They extolled the joys Whilst out and about they rolled We haven’t got that long to wait ‘Til around Europe we’ll roam When work is done We’ll have such fun In our nice new motorhome! B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGD Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Oh naughty Tony, what on earth have you been up to? So that's where the money for "Hannibal 2" came from........... See the full report on the BBC website, with photo (which bears a striking resemblance to our own between-vans-man) here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7118579.stm B-) Preacher jailed over £51m fraud. Malcolm Edwards-Sayer carried out his scam over an 18-month period A lay preacher who bought himself a lordship has been jailed for 10 years for a £51m VAT scam and stealing from personal injury claimants. Malcolm Edwards-Sayer, 49, from Bramcote, admitted eight counts of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue. An investigation by HM Revenue and Customs uncovered the "carousel fraud". But Nottingham Crown Court also heard eight other defendants walked free due to what the judge called "comprehensive failures" by the prosecution. Edwards-Sayer manipulated the VAT system pretending to import mobile phones, computer chips and sat nav equipment, claiming back VAT every time the goods supposedly left the UK. The goods in question never actually existed and the scam carried on over a 10-month period. He was jailed for six-and-a-half years for the fraud and a further three-and-a-half years for stealing £18,000 from injury claimants passed on to him by Claims Direct, a charge he also admitted. In addition, Edwards-Sayer was banned from running any type of company for the next 12 years. The court heard that Edwards-Sayer set up a number of companies from his home, importing the imaginary goods from EU countries without VAT - and then sold them on with VAT added through a chain of companies. After being sold on a number of times, the equipment - which in fact existed only on paper - was then exported back to the EU. The companies would then go missing before the VAT inspectors had the chance to get the cash. Having bought himself a Lordship, Edwards-Sayer set up an offshore bank account in the name of Lord Houghton to siphon off money. At the time of his arrest Edwards-Sayer was lecturing in law at South East Derbyshire College and was also a part-time lay preacher with the Diocese of Southwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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