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johnfowles · 09-01-2004, 03:24 PM

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
Hi Daniel,
Our John is an Americanized British fellow.

Actually Daniel I am as Laurel pointed out a Brit. But at the moment I boast two passports;my native one (now a uniform European burgandy not the traditional dark blue)in which my queen requests my free passage around the world; and also a Canadian one that I obtained as an "insurance" in 2000 having been made a citizen after 5 years in Canada in 1969. I am now in the queue waitng for the BCIS here to be quite certain I have no criminal record. ( strange that because if I had I'd have gone to Australia because they love British crinimals there!!) then I hope to complete my collection with an Uncle Sam passport. Regarding Eurovision largely due to the humo(u)r of my favo(u(rite UK DJ the wonderful Irishman Terry Wogan the annual ritual is very much a joke in the UK despite that marvellous ooccasion in Brighton in 1972 when ABBA burst upon an unsuspecting world.That was a marvellous surprise and I was most pleased to recently acquire a video file of their rousing "Waterloo"
Canadians should be well aware of Eurovision because their famous chanteuse Celine Dion who long before she single-handedly sank the Titanic "took up residency in Switzerland, which allowed her to represent that country, and she won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest."
I also noted that one of Norway's recent wins was due to the Irish winner of the previous year singing for Norway in a ruse allegedly designed to relieve the Irish television company of the expense of hosting yert another contest!
Now Daniel I must admit to misreading Sean's query (I thought he was asking where you were but I now realise he asked you to tell us about Norway)
For starters what do you do there and how did you become a Lightfoot fan??

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09-01-2004, 03:24 PM	#15
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by LSH: Hi Daniel, Our John is an Americanized British fellow. Actually Daniel I am as Laurel pointed out a Brit. But at the moment I boast two passports;my native one (now a uniform European burgandy not the traditional dark blue)in which my queen requests my free passage around the world; and also a Canadian one that I obtained as an "insurance" in 2000 having been made a citizen after 5 years in Canada in 1969. I am now in the queue waitng for the BCIS here to be quite certain I have no criminal record. ( strange that because if I had I'd have gone to Australia because they love British crinimals there!!) then I hope to complete my collection with an Uncle Sam passport. Regarding Eurovision largely due to the humo(u)r of my favo(u(rite UK DJ the wonderful Irishman Terry Wogan the annual ritual is very much a joke in the UK despite that marvellous ooccasion in Brighton in 1972 when ABBA burst upon an unsuspecting world.That was a marvellous surprise and I was most pleased to recently acquire a video file of their rousing "Waterloo" Canadians should be well aware of Eurovision because their famous chanteuse Celine Dion who long before she single-handedly sank the Titanic "took up residency in Switzerland, which allowed her to represent that country, and she won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest." I also noted that one of Norway's recent wins was due to the Irish winner of the previous year singing for Norway in a ruse allegedly designed to relieve the Irish television company of the expense of hosting yert another contest! Now Daniel I must admit to misreading Sean's query (I thought he was asking where you were but I now realise he asked you to tell us about Norway) For starters what do you do there and how did you become a Lightfoot fan?? ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited September 01, 2004).]