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Post by Flying Monkeys (Flying/Monkeys on Feb 25, 2023 15:32:53 GMT
Why are you using offensive ethnic slurs? Paedophilia is not an ethnicity Northern is.
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Feb 25, 2023 19:41:05 GMT
They're not Romani aka ethnic "gypsies", are they? The Romani originally immigrated from India.
How do you have a separate Celtic(?) ethnic group roaming the British isles?
Good question.
The short answer is that you don't. My wife is part gypsy and looks down on me because I am part Traveller. It is her belief that the Roma were itinerant crafts men and women earning a honest living on the rolling English road. I, she assures me, am descended from thieving Irish travellers and only arrived in England because the Cork constabulary suggested, very firmly, that grandfather leave the Emerald Isle and seek his fortune else.
A Pikey is a general term for a gypsy or traveller. Or at least it is in my part of the world.
Okay Mowlick, I completely forgot you were part Irish traveller. We discussed this before.
Odd that you would hook up with a real Gypsy!
Hey, what happened to Nytrams? The last time I checked no one had posted for weeks. Is it finally over?
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Post by mowlick on Feb 25, 2023 20:25:51 GMT
Good question.
The short answer is that you don't. My wife is part gypsy and looks down on me because I am part Traveller. It is her belief that the Roma were itinerant crafts men and women earning a honest living on the rolling English road. I, she assures me, am descended from thieving Irish travellers and only arrived in England because the Cork constabulary suggested, very firmly, that grandfather leave the Emerald Isle and seek his fortune else.
A Pikey is a general term for a gypsy or traveller. Or at least it is in my part of the world.
Okay Mowlick, I completely forgot you were part Irish traveller. We discussed this before.
Odd that you would hook up with a real Gypsy!
Hey, what happened to Nytrams? The last time I checked no one had posted for weeks. Is it finally over?
I am afraid so. Ghostal kept the place going as long as she could, but we were all getting old and crotchety and dead, so she finally pulled the plug. You can still send emails and I invited a few members over. Uni turned (I keep meaning to ask how she is doing in the Frozen North. Apparently her chimney was blocked and so she could not manage to get her fire to draw.) is here and I suspect Charlie is as well.
Oddly enough, it wasn't until we had been together for a bit that I discovered that my wife was part gypsy and I mentioned being part Traveller. It means something to her, but I am more concerned with where me and mine are going than where my lot came from
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Feb 26, 2023 2:47:39 GMT
Okay Mowlick, I completely forgot you were part Irish traveller. We discussed this before.
Odd that you would hook up with a real Gypsy!
Hey, what happened to Nytrams? The last time I checked no one had posted for weeks. Is it finally over?
I am afraid so. Ghostal kept the place going as long as she could, but we were all getting old and crotchety and dead, so she finally pulled the plug. You can still send emails and I invited a few members over. Uni turned (I keep meaning to ask how she is doing in the Frozen North. Apparently her chimney was blocked and so she could not manage to get her fire to draw.) is here and I suspect Charlie is as well.
Oddly enough, it wasn't until we had been together for a bit that I discovered that my wife was part gypsy and I mentioned being part Traveller. It means something to her, but I am more concerned with where me and mine are going than where my lot came from I think shutting it down was a foolish move. I have my hands full. But there are plenty of IMDbers who would have gladly run it for her. Bring in new blood.
Whatever happened to that KidCharlieMane fellow? He was an old school Soapboxer. Invite him here. He was a Soapbox legend.
When I was a kid there was this huge Romanian family on our block, like 10 kids, all boys, who wreaked havoc in the neighborhood. Everyone said they were gypsies.
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Post by Power Ranger on Feb 26, 2023 11:32:13 GMT
Dude, your forum was finally starting to get interesting with that new guy, Dice. But you censored him. Who is responsible, Hackbar? I told you heβs bad news.
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Post by mowlick on Feb 26, 2023 13:25:51 GMT
I am afraid so. Ghostal kept the place going as long as she could, but we were all getting old and crotchety and dead, so she finally pulled the plug. You can still send emails and I invited a few members over. Uni turned (I keep meaning to ask how she is doing in the Frozen North. Apparently her chimney was blocked and so she could not manage to get her fire to draw.) is here and I suspect Charlie is as well.
Oddly enough, it wasn't until we had been together for a bit that I discovered that my wife was part gypsy and I mentioned being part Traveller. It means something to her, but I am more concerned with where me and mine are going than where my lot came from I think shutting it down was a foolish move. I have my hands full. But there are plenty of IMDbers who would have gladly run it for her. Bring in new blood.
Whatever happened to that KidCharlieMane fellow? He was an old school Soapboxer. Invite him here. He was a Soapbox legend.
When I was a kid there was this huge Romanian family on our block, like 10 kids, all boys, who wreaked havoc in the neighborhood. Everyone said they were gypsies.
I have to admit that I was sorry to see Nytramsplace close down. As said, I think that a lot of it was Anno Domini, with a surprising number of the posters not merely past it, but turning their toes up to boot. Plus there was a high percentage of women, which is nice, but I have noticed that when you tell a lady to fuck off, rather than compliment you on your wit, they take offence.
I think Charlie suffers from the winter blues and tends to go into hibernation when the weather turns a bit brisk. I will go over to Nytramsplace and invite him over.
I am like most gypsies. I don't like thieves and anti social hard cases and my main interest in my Roma background is that when my daughter applied for a senior lectureship at her university, she was able to say that she could only hope that her Traveller background would not count against her. Lovely girl, but when it comes to getting a job, she has no more morality than the rest of us
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Feb 27, 2023 7:44:18 GMT
I think shutting it down was a foolish move. I have my hands full. But there are plenty of IMDbers who would have gladly run it for her. Bring in new blood.
Whatever happened to that KidCharlieMane fellow? He was an old school Soapboxer. Invite him here. He was a Soapbox legend.
When I was a kid there was this huge Romanian family on our block, like 10 kids, all boys, who wreaked havoc in the neighborhood. Everyone said they were gypsies.
I have to admit that I was sorry to see Nytramsplace close down. As said, I think that a lot of it was Anno Domini, with a surprising number of the posters not merely past it, but turning their toes up to boot. Plus there was a high percentage of women, which is nice, but I have noticed that when you tell a lady to fuck off, rather than compliment you on your wit, they take offence.
I think Charlie suffers from the winter blues and tends to go into hibernation when the weather turns a bit brisk. I will go over to Nytramsplace and invite him over.
I am like most gypsies. I don't like thieves and anti social hard cases and my main interest in my Roma background is that when my daughter applied for a senior lectureship at her university, she was able to say that she could only hope that her Traveller background would not count against her. Lovely girl, but when it comes to getting a job, she has no more morality than the rest of us Women are the worst. Male posters can usually reconcile if one makes a move. But once a lady is pissed off, forget about it. Yeah, I've told a few ladies to "fuck off" if not in just two words.
What, there's no affirmative action for Travellers?
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Post by mowlick on Feb 27, 2023 12:24:31 GMT
I have to admit that I was sorry to see Nytramsplace close down. As said, I think that a lot of it was Anno Domini, with a surprising number of the posters not merely past it, but turning their toes up to boot. Plus there was a high percentage of women, which is nice, but I have noticed that when you tell a lady to fuck off, rather than compliment you on your wit, they take offence.
I think Charlie suffers from the winter blues and tends to go into hibernation when the weather turns a bit brisk. I will go over to Nytramsplace and invite him over.
I am like most gypsies. I don't like thieves and anti social hard cases and my main interest in my Roma background is that when my daughter applied for a senior lectureship at her university, she was able to say that she could only hope that her Traveller background would not count against her. Lovely girl, but when it comes to getting a job, she has no more morality than the rest of us Women are the worst. Male posters can usually reconcile if one makes a move. But once a lady is pissed off, forget about it. Yeah, I've told a few ladies to "fuck off" if not in just two words.
What, there's no affirmative action for Travellers?
There is plenty of affirmative action for Travellers. But it doesn't help if they spend their lives driving around without insurance for their motors, stealing everything in sight and trying to wreck any pub willing to serve them.
One of my nephews live in a US state with an Indian reservation on it. He is a good lad and sympathetic to the plight of the Native Americans. But he also thinks that it would help if they spent less of their time drunk and more of it getting an education. A friend worked with the Dalits of India and has remarked that a particular problem is that they have the unfortunate tendency to act like Dalits.
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Feb 28, 2023 3:54:18 GMT
Women are the worst. Male posters can usually reconcile if one makes a move. But once a lady is pissed off, forget about it. Yeah, I've told a few ladies to "fuck off" if not in just two words.
What, there's no affirmative action for Travellers?
There is plenty of affirmative action for Travellers. But it doesn't help if they spend their lives driving around without insurance for their motors, stealing everything in sight and trying to wreck any pub willing to serve them.
One of my nephews live in a US state with an Indian reservation on it. He is a good lad and sympathetic to the plight of the Native Americans. But he also thinks that it would help if they spent less of their time drunk and more of it getting an education. A friend worked with the Dalits of India and has remarked that a particular problem is that they have the unfortunate tendency to act like Dalits.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around this idea that Travellers are a separate ethnic group, and not just Irish.
I lived in Montana for awhile near an Indian reservation. First, the bias against Indians among whites in cowboy states like Montana is enormous. They hold them in complete disdain.
And I'm not one of those bleeding hearts who believes the white man unjustly conquered the Indians. Stronger cultures conquer weaker ones throughout history. What we of European origin have done in the Americas makes it worth it - from a historical perspective. I mean the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice for crying out loud. We did those people a favor by removing their despotic rulers.
And there are those who say alcohol was deliberately introduced to the Indians to destroy them, much like the British encouraged opium use in China. I'd say that's partially true.
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Post by yggdrasil on Feb 28, 2023 9:27:27 GMT
I wouldn't mind "travellers" so much if they'd occasionally fucking travel. Most of them just stay still leaving great piles of rubbish everywhere. My run ins with them have been largely negative.
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Speaking of Septics, remember when βSeppoβ meant someone from Septimania, which was invaded by the Andalusian Muslims in 719, renamed as "Arbuna" and made a province of Islamic Iberia by the Andalusian military commanders? Not even Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Mar 2, 2023 7:20:47 GMT
They're not Romani aka ethnic "gypsies", are they? The Romani originally immigrated from India.
How do you have a separate Celtic(?) ethnic group roaming the British isles?
The Irish Travellers. They call themselves Pavee, and an offensive name for them is Pikey or Tinker. Did you know the Carolinas have a large Traveler's community. Many have done quite well for themselves. www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-carolina/murphy-village-north-augusta-sc/
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Post by ayatollah on Mar 2, 2023 14:27:12 GMT
Wow, they have a permanent town but still travel too. I like groups of people like that, like the Amish, Louisiana French and ultra Orthodox Jews too. I admire people who hang on to their culture.
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Post by papamihel on Mar 6, 2023 5:17:46 GMT
We have our own "travelers". Bedouins.
The Judean clans seem to be a bit like the British Travelers. Live in shacks and steal stuff, when there is an opportunity. But they do good stuff too. KAKAL (organization which makes out deserts green) invites some clans to herd their goats in the forests to lessen the risk of fires. I've sat at a few of their campfires on my hikes.
In the South they are more into racket and violent crime. And historical vandalism. An archaeologist I know told me of a couple of fascinating Neolithic sites just destroyed for no reason at all.
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