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Mxsmanic wrote: Hatunen writes: Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was) at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old lady. The word "princess" always brings to mind a pretty young lady. One tends to forget that ugly young ladies tend to remain "princess" a lot longer than the pretty ones. Interesting observation! Does a "princess" cease to be such, when she marries? (Assuming that the pretty ones marry and the ugly ones don't - which given the nature of royal alliances, is frequently not the case.) -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Go Fig writes: Humm... isn't one of the biggest stories in England now if the heir to the thrown will meet with the hired help... the former butler to his mother ? "Heir to the thrown"? Who did they throw, and where did they throw him? |
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Reid wrote: Following up to Robert Oh, yea? Then why is royal watching so popular with the masses. People would do anything to get to meet royalty. But if you go about it the right way you can do it. Influenceing the subconscious through belief (not my original idea. I thought it foolish at first and I'm still learning)is the only way I know without being a wannbe. Remember good manners is a requirement. yes, middle class manners are essential, our royals are very middle class, but your advice is wasted on me, robert, I number at least one queen amoungst my friends. And I quite a few - "opera queens", that is! -- Mike Reid "Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso UK walking & photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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In message , Mxsmanic
writes Arwel Parry writes: I have to say the royals serve very nice cakes and ice cream. Are you expected to dress up to go to their parties? If so, what happens if you don't? A business suit will do, though lots turn up in morning suits and hats. -- Arwel Parry http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/ |
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Robert wrote: Your responses are so way off. People in this group cared that I had a royal friend and wanted more information. We did? All the posts I read seemed more in the nature of saying "pull the other one" than requesting further details! Why? Royals are interesting to many people. Maybe not too you. Nor to(o) most people who have lives of their own! I have never profited financially from my princess friend. I profitted from my billionaire friend because I introduced him to another business owner and received a commission. Judging from your frequent mistakes in spelling, one can only conclude that your billionaire "friend" is a "self-made man" and his business such that a proper education is not a requirement. (A lot of people collect commissions for entrepreneurial services - how does that make them "friends" of the business-owners involved?) |
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Magda wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:35:05 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Reid arranged some electrons, so they looked like this : ... Following up to Robert ... ... On the other hand some of the ... comments to my postings were nasty (by American standards) ... ... polite by european ones? Extremely. Next step is sending him flying from the third floor of the Eiffel Tower. Sans parachute. Sounds like a good plan! |
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Mxsmanic wrote: Olivers writes: Gina Lollabrigida (sp?) - better looking than you could possibly conceive (at least back then). Even with those Mr. Spock eyebrows? Possibly because of them? (Tastes in feminine beauty vary - perhaps fortunately, at least for the women involved.) |
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Mxsmanic wrote: Arwel Parry writes: I have to say the royals serve very nice cakes and ice cream. Are you expected to dress up to go to their parties? If so, what happens if you don't? Oops! That lets you out, Mix (I imagine the DO enforce a "dress code" there). |
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"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message ...
Robert wrote in message ... Mxsmanic wrote in message . .. Robert writes: I could never countenance taking advantage of others in that way, no matter how wealthy or royal they might be. And I should hope that my friends would never talk about me as though I were an expensive car, either. Your responses are so way off. People in this group cared that I had a royal friend and wanted more information. Why? Royals are interesting to many people. Maybe not too you. No-one here truly gives a **** who you claim to know. There are some here who enjoy humouring you and having a laugh at your expense. I have never profited financially from my princess friend. I profitted from my billionaire friend because I introduced him to another business owner and received a commission. In any case I said it wasn't about the money. It was about treating all people with respect. I don't treat all people with respect. That would be completely false. Some people are not worthy of respect, and giving them respect would be fake, and a waste of effort on my part. I will save my respect for people whom I deem worthy - because that in itself makes my respect worth something. By the way you get lucky meeting billionaires when you get in the game. In this case the game was the sale of used office furniture, believe it or not. I called an ad advertising large lots of office furniture. I knew another dealer and thought I could broker the deal. I was put right through to the billionaire. He was building an office supply company. Your story keeps changing. Before you were about to hangup on the billionaire. Why would you do this when you made the call about legitimate business? As I said a while back, your story stinks of bull****, and that is why no-one is treating you seriously. If you truly had all these impressive contacts, you would understand why everyone is so dubious. If you were to be as open and believing as you claim we should be, you would be excellent fodder for rip-off artists. --- DFM No, no, no. I said you treat all people with respect who treat you with respect. I disrespected people in my earlier posts. I did not change my story of the billionaire. I called the number in the ad and was put through to a guy who had a lower class accent. At this point in my earlier career I assumed all businessmen worthy of associating with spoke "normal" english. So I almost hung up. But he was saying he was a billionaire and I thought this guy was a nut or it had to be true. I took his list of furniture and faxed it to my other contact. The contact bought the inventory and I got a commission. I was then invited to his house and met his beautiful wife and was asked if I wanted to meet Senator Kennedy whose office was close by. I couldn't believe it. We didn't go but went to an Indian resturant where I showed more of my youthful ignorance. I've learned. What can I tell you. |
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