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# Roger had got a little carried away

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(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 21:59, archived)
# Yeah, impressive enough
but there's no Blue Peter badge.
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:02, archived)
# No free entry into the Liverpool Maritime Museum for him!
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:04, archived)
# I'm really cheesed off.
I won a Blue Peter badge when I was the tender age of 9 and the first Mr Space Bunny kept it amongst many of my other prized possessions. Now I find I can't get another from eBay or the BBC because of fraud. Fraud? It's a Blue Peter badge FFS not bullion.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:06, archived)
# I would argue that it's not fraud for someone who genuinely earned one and lost it.
It is fraud on the grounds that to use it to get free entry is 'Obtaining services by deception', as the badge represents the fact that you are a member of a club that is entitled to free entry. However, regardless of whether you have lost the original badge or not, you are still a member of said club and thus are perfectly legally allowed free entry to said museums.

I know of no case of a person who legitimately earned one and lost it being prosecuted for using a second one that they acquired. I've heard rumours of cases of people who never earned one to start with being prosecuted (although no one seems able to quote specific cases).
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:38, archived)
# The Beeb are supposed to have a record of every badgeholder who ever wrote in / appeared on the show.
But I was neither I was one of a huge crowd at the local railway sheds there to watch the BP team name an old restored train. I had written an essay which won a local schools compo and got my badge that way. This was wayyyyy back mind.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:48, archived)
# I thought iron crosses were reserved for birthdays of Jesus being nailed to the cross
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:02, archived)
# YOU WERE WRONG
He got his at a car boot sale
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:04, archived)
# Oh, btw, I spent the weekend in the snow with my domke
it's brill
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:08, archived)
# Wow and yay!
That was amazingly quick! It is a groovy bag

Edit: And oops, but that Lowepro is still behind me, i've simply been reduced to uselessness by the weather, i'll load it into a bag now with a packet of Jaffacakes
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:14, archived)
# No worries mate, take your time
everything's come to a standstill here too
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:20, archived)
# I remember this story
according to The Sun (I know! I know!) he had medals ranging from "World War II to the first Gulf War". The Sun also said he was aged 65, making him born in 1944.

How he thought he'd get away with it is a mystery.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:03, archived)
# I actually felt sorry for the man
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:05, archived)
# He also looks like a cold war Soviet General
How the fuck did he not expect to be spotted and sussed out? As if 'being' a former member of the SAS wasn't going to draw attention as well on account of that beret and badge
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:10, archived)
# You could tell he wasn't SAS.
No handlebar moustache. Dead give away.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:34, archived)
# I just finished this artwork for my band's 50th Anniversary - Shop and Illustrator
Getting it silk-screened was a nightmare, but it did turn out pretty well.
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 22:42, archived)
# Neat!
But, but...50 years???
(I helped save b3ta! Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 23:09, archived)
# I didn't start it.
but I have been in it for quite a while. We still have 3 out of 5 of the charter members (but the group now has about 120 active members.)
A very fun marching band - we even have a beer cart that follows us!
ltwcmb.com
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 23:15, archived)
# Are you affiliated with kfjc by any chance?
Funny world. I used to be in the Cubberley marching band. That was a lot of fun. Spent many years riding my bike through the Los Trancos area. And now love b3ta. Maybe it's a smaller world than I realized.

(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 23:37, archived)
# only for about 27 years
It is a great strange radio station!
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Tue 12 Jan 2010, 23:52, archived)
# That makes two 50th birthdays then.
Wow. I can pretty much guess who you are then.

KFCJ was the focal point of my life for many years. I remember buying property on Skyline, and running around with an antenna. It either got KFJC or I didn't buy it. Haha.

I still lament the loss of Harry Cary, and Arnold Lane, Says Who News.

Ah, memories. Well, anyways CHEERS!

(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Wed 13 Jan 2010, 0:02, archived)