discussion Isn't being alive nice

[Mini Me]

Do I detect a bit of Norf, Sowf rivalry here Gentlemen?.......To my mind anyplace off the normally beaten down path is alright! Looks to me you have both succeeded in that. Do your two localities compete in local sporting events? you know,....football, soccer, cricket...perhaps nude sunbathing?
That sort of thing.....:tongue-out3::tongue-out2::tongue-out: Rick H.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

 

[minitnkr]

It certainly is. Picked up my Camaro LT1 yesterday. Very cool. 6 spd. takes some getting used to, as both 5 & 6 are overdrive. Has a driving mode feature that changes steering, suspension & exhaust when Touring, Sport, Snow/Ice or Competition is selected. The last one needs 1500mi on odometer before using & Touring is default. Haven't used rev matching feature yet. Rather do it myself.




Fits nicely next to vette.

 

[Mini Me]

You must be one Happy Camper Paul.......You'll know you've been bitten bad, when you keep waking up in the middle of the night and check the garage to make sure it's still there and it wasn't a dream after all! :thumb2:
Rick H.

 

[rtfoe]

You must be one Happy Camper Paul.......You'll know you've been bitten bad, when you keep waking up in the middle of the night and check the garage to make sure it's still there and it wasn't a dream after all! :thumb2:
Rick H.

Or its actually yellow in color underneath and transforms at night. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

Why is it called the Siam Cup? Not Siamese origin issit?

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

Get a flight & I will be over. What i

Hi Rick

the inter-island rivalry dates back to the English Civil War when Jersey remained royalist while Guernsey went over to Cromwell - with the exception of Castle Cornet (the castle guarding our main harbour) which remained royalist.

we have a lot of inter-island sporting events; the most notable being the Muratti (football) and the Siam Cup which is the world's second oldest rugby competition. There is even an annual cricket competition between the members of both island's politicians!.

Peter

Yes you are right Peter. Jersey always wins.

That is all fun folks there is great rivalry between the Islands but any one from the rest of the world trying to tell us what to do
& the Channel Isles defences come into force & Guernsey Jersey Alderney all the other Isles are as solidly together as the rock
they are all built on , believe me.

Guernsey is different from Jersey only by visiting will that be appreciated. When we were a boating family in an earlier part of life.
Our first visit every season with all 4 kids was Guernsey. It is a very lovely place & the people are "nearly" as friendly as Jersey People
(OK joking just the healthy rivalry).

Laurie

 

[Guest]

Just also add.

Guernsey 1 covid case population 63,000
Jersey 3 covid population 110,000 (two were cases intercepted travelers in to Jersey)

Believe that providing you have had the two jabs no problems in visiting the Islands. No tests or lock down period.
But please check if you are thinking of visiting.

Any one visiting you are welcome & I will be pleased to meet have a chat & show you my work.

Laurie

 

[minitnkr]

Only if you feed it water after midnight Richard.

 

[rtfoe]

Ah...Gremlins me thinks but Bumble Bee is what I was getting at...

Cheers,
Ruchard

 

[Peter Gillson]

Why is it called the Siam Cup? Not Siamese origin issit?

Richard - surprisingly; actually it is:

The trophy is a large circular rose-bowl made from coinage of Siam ticals and required the permission of King Rama VI to melt the coins down. The King not only permitted it, he had the trophy created within the Royal Crown Silversmith

It is beautifully decorated in traditional Siamese style, with figures of dancing girls and elephant heads. It stands on an ebony base and is engraved with the cup winner's names, dating as far back as 1920.

The Cup was brought to the Channel Islands by Lieut-Colonel C H Forty, an officer based in Siam with the Durham Light Infantry. A fellow officer in his regiment was the son of the King of Siam. He was befriended by Forty and his fellow officers, and on eventually becoming King he presented the cup to Forty and his fellow officers as a token of their friendship.

Forty donated the cup to the islands to be played for annually between Victoria College in Jersey and Elizabeth College in Guernsey (These are the CI equivalents to UK Public Schools). When rugby was no longer played by the two colleges it was decided that the cup should be contested between the two island rugby clubs each season, thus began the annual 'battle' for the Siam Cup.

During the German occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany in the Second World War, the Germans wanted it to be sent to their homeland to be melted down and used as funds to support the Third Reich. Strangely enough the cup 'disappeared' and was not rediscovered until after the end of the occupation. To this day, there is no record of the whereabouts of the cup during this period.

By the 1970s the trophy started to deteriorate from age and a replica was commissioned. The original was handed to the Rugby Football Union in 1977 where it is placed on display at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium in London.

Peter

 

[Guest]

Nice & very interesting piece of history Peter. I like that very much.

I am a Freemason 7 discovered that during the occupation of the islands the Nazis regime had this down on Freemasonry.
Mainly as it was & is a society which is abhorent to the the then Nazis ways & similar to those of today.

They ransacked the Masonic Temple in St Helier, Jersey. They made a mess but found nothing. Like the Rugby cup all had disappeared
to wonderfully all appear after Liberation day. No doubt the same happened in Guernsey.

Laurie
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Now restored