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[Phillip Herring]

I just had to post this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390674503961...ht_1277wt_1161

It gives me the same feeling I get from rolling a loony down the sidewalk on the 100 Block of East Hastings Street (Vancouver, BC).

Phil

[wright241]

Originally Posted by Phillip Herring

I just had to post this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390674503961...ht_1277wt_1161

It gives me the same feeling I get from rolling a loony down the sidewalk on the 100 Block of East Hastings Street (Vancouver, BC).

Phil

Phil,
Nice one. I can also see any dodgy Brit dealer using that "get out of jail free card" quote:-
"Please note that we are not experts in this area. We have described this item to the best of our ability given the limited reference material available to us at this time. Any error or oversight is purely unintentional and is in no way a deliberate attempt to mislead the buyer.
Maybe they have taken legal advice....
David

[Phillip Herring]

David,

In all fairness to this seller, he seems to be selling off a very good collection. I have no doubt that this is an original badge. I have purchased other badge s from him.

Phil

[wright241]

Phil,
I can't really comment on the dealers honesty (I have had no dealings with him at all) but I do so love the disclaimer he is using and can quite imagine a few people known to me where it is an appropriate "disclaimer" covering all.
By the way, I never managed to get through to that number and have never received an email acknowledgement, so I assume that he/she is now out of business. Many thanks for your help. David

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by wright241

Phil,
I can't really comment on the dealers honesty (I have had no dealings with him at all) but I do so love the disclaimer he is using and can quite imagine a few people known to me where it is an appropriate "disclaimer" covering all.
By the way, I never managed to get through to that number and have never received an email acknowledgement, so I assume that he/she is now out of business. Many thanks for your help. David

I don't know what the issue is here. As Phil said, the CanParas looks to be a good badge. Their disclaimer is a US dealer admitting that Canadian/British items are outside their area of expertise; they use no disclaimer on their US military listings. I've dealt with these folks a few times with no cause for concern. They have always responded to my e-mail questions, have corrected listings when I have e-mailed them info, and they have a 14 day return policy.

BTW, Phil, what sort of feeling DO you get rolling a loonie down E. Hastings? I'd be too worried about covering my butt to pay any attention to the coin

[Infanteer]

Originally Posted by Phillip Herring

It gives me the same feeling I get from rolling a loony down the sidewalk on the 100 Block of East Hastings Street (Vancouver, BC).

Phil

I'm not familiar with Vancouver so I guess that's why I don't understand.... I'm assuming that this is a negative feeling?

[wright241]

Have to go back to whats called "non-PC speak" these days, but "Rolling a loony" to most English people would meaning rolling someone who is "brain impaired" down the road.... Of course, one can't refer to anyone with this mental disability anymore. However, there are people who do not have any mental disability that are still loonies or at least act in the same way - good examples are the total idiots shown doing moronic things on the TV program "You've Been Framed". I find it amusing that you guys use the word in another way.
David

[Charlie585]

Here you go David, a clue that explains at least part of Phil's statement:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie

Maybe this thread would have been better confined (no pun intended) to the Canadian section where it would have been more widely understood.

Regards

Ry

EDIT: And here is the answer to the second part of the riddle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside

[DavidS]

Originally Posted by Charlie585

EDIT: And here is the answer to the second part of the riddle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside

Hmm, are those Phil's feet under those cops by the dumpster? FYI: I drank beer in the New Dodson and lived! Had to sit with my back to the wall nearest table to the doors I could find, and do my best to ignore the blood splatter from the just-resolved knife fight. Ahh, stupidity of youth...

[Phillip Herring]

Originally Posted by DavidS

Hmm, are those Phil's feet under those cops by the dumpster? FYI: I drank beer in the New Dodson and lived! Had to sit with my back to the wall nearest table to the doors I could find, and do my best to ignore the blood splatter from the just-resolved knife fight. Ahh, stupidity of youth...

The last time I took my kids to Vancouver, we visited an old friend in Shaughnessy Heights and then I took my kids on a tour of the Downtown East Side to see how the other half "lives". When I was attending UBC, it was still possible to walk along Hastings (east of Main) without any trouble at all.

Phil