Greetings from the isle of Man

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Hello all from the sunny Isle of Mann. Am I the only ILEer to have come here? How do I convince my mun to give me the 60s electrolux fridge she bought for £10 in an auction?

― Ed, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How are the two questions related? Or aren't they? That's no way to get a high placing on the statscock ;-)

The Isle of Man had men with extra legs before Rolf Harris was born or thought of.

― MarkH, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

why did you spell it w. two ns and where is it again and what color is the fridge

― anthony, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Are 'homosexual acts' still illegal there?

― RickyT, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Isle of Mang I believe has a big transmitter. It's very boring. People who go there MUST take thermos flasks. I used to work with a lady who liked going RACING ON MOTOR BIKES on the Isle of Mang. I've never been there myself but some perverse wish makes me want to visit. On a FERRY. My thermos flask will contain HOT VIMTO!

― Sarah, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

like listening to donna summer and decorating using tasteful silver accents ?

― anthony, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes.

― RickyT, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I do hope that drinking a flask of HOT VIMTO is not homosexual.

― Sarah, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Homosexual acts are legal now, but I think it was the last part of the British Isles to decriminalise homosexuality. Likewise the last place in these islands to retain the death penalty.

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 18 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Certainly no vimto an thermos's here. Flatrib prune and redwinbe stew, spinach feta and parmesan pie, shepherds pie with parsnip mash, and getting sloshed in the dark room.

the electrolux fridge is light blue, with a red formica insert on the top.

have al;so discovered that my mum has also got the most wonderful blaupunkt radiogram/cocktailcabinet, in beautiful shiny mahogany, for only £50, I want it

― Ed, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I went to the IoM as a very small kiddie, and therefore cannot remember anything about it. Actually, I'm relying on my parents' memory here and even *they're* not sure I went. It may have been my brother, 9 years earlier. God knows how they'd have coped with more than two kids.

Do they still have The Birch?

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't think so, Mike. But they kept it longer than the UK.

― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 20 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Its is legal to kill any scotsman running up the beach in an invading type manner.

― Ed, Friday, 21 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

seven years pass...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jan/26/digitalmedia-digitalmusic

wth

― the face of fashion in soho square (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 11:21 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

LA Times writer goes there with her motorcyle and discovers things.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 July 2009 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

Rolling down to the Bushy's tent after a short nap, I met a nonbiker from Scotland who lived on the island and worked in banking, the island's main industry. The second person I met was from Ireland.
Both conversations were cut short by the Red Arrows, a stunt show by the Royal Air Force Display Team, a pair of bi-wing planes topped with scantily clad women doing quasi-calisthenics over Douglas Bay.
Such displays aren't the usual Wednesday night fare in Douglas, the island's capital, business center and only real city. It was part of the TT-week entertainment, along with performances by the band Whitesnake and Celtic-flavored cover acts such as the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 July 2009 19:30 (sixteen years ago)

only real city

^ROFL

― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Friday, 31 July 2009 19:35 (sixteen years ago)

i went there once and we rode through the hills on four-wheelers all day. it was nice!

― rent, Friday, 31 July 2009 19:36 (sixteen years ago)

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