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Jamestown VA.
The first permanent british settlement was formed here 400 years ago and the last time the Queen visited was 50 years ago when she had only reigned over the UK for a mere 5 years .

the lady looks good for 81 .



http//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_re_us/royal_visit..


http//www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-01-queen-main_N.htm

JohnA @ 3rd May 2007, 10:24 pm Wrote:
the lady looks good for 81 .



That's because she hasn't spent those years wearing herself out like the rest of us.

I see no one reported that she had to wait for 20 minutes after landing whilst the airport staff found some steps for her plane. roll

annie @ Fri May 04, 2007 12:07 pm Wrote:
I see no one reported that she had to wait for 20 minutes after landing whilst the airport staff found some steps for her plane. :roll:


Annie, were you there?

I mean, if it wasn't in the reports.... :mrgreen:

londonsquare @ Fri 04 May, 2007 Wrote:

annie @ Fri May 04, 2007 12:07 pm Wrote:
I see no one reported that she had to wait for 20 minutes after landing whilst the airport staff found some steps for her plane. :roll:


Annie, were you there?

I mean, if it wasn't in the reports.... :mrgreen:


Good heavens No, of course I wasn't there, I was cooking and listening to Radio 4 who, I have to admit, thought it highly amusing and typically American.

JohnA @ Thu 03 May, 2007 9:24 pm Wrote:
the lady looks good for 81 .


It's cuz she spends all day drinking nothing but gin and swanning around waving at people.

How hard can it be to be a British monarch?

VegasRudeBoy @ Fri 04 May, 2007 Wrote:

JohnA @ Thu 03 May, 2007 9:24 pm Wrote:
the lady looks good for 81 .


It's cuz she spends all day drinking nothing but gin and swanning around waving at people.

How hard can it be to be a British monarch?


That's what I thought. Drinking tea and having nice dinners. The pay aint bad either. My Gran could do it easily.

wonder if you can get RSI with all that waving lol

Still waiting for the old knight hood to come through the post, I'll have to check to see if they have the right address still lol, oops sorry I have not paid millions into the labour party to have that happen lol.

She does look great for her age, wonder if she will ever step down and let charles take the throne, will he take it or pass it along. Wonder what the betting is like on that one. VRB will have to find the odds on that one for us. Maybe worth a flutter at the bookies lol.

Goose3 @ Sun May 06, 2007 9:39 am Wrote:
wonder if you can get RSI with all that waving lol

Still waiting for the old knight hood to come through the post, I'll have to check to see if they have the right address still lol, oops sorry I have not paid millions into the labour party to have that happen lol.

She does look great for her age, wonder if she will ever step down and let charles take the throne, will he take it or pass it along. Wonder what the betting is like on that one. VRB will have to find the odds on that one for us. Maybe worth a flutter at the bookies lol.


It looks asd though they were 28 to 1, back on December 19th, 2000:

"A gambler from Wales, convinced Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will abdicate by the end of 2001, has placed the largest royal bet ever taken, a leading British bookmaker said. The gambler stands out to win $106.100 if the Queen steps down by December 31, 2001, having placed a $3650 bet at odds. The bookmaker said betting on the Queen's abdication is fairly common, though no one has ever dared to stake so much. It usually doesn't attract more than $15 or $30."

http://www.nettyroyal.nl/newsdec00.html

Goose3 @ Sun 06 May, 2007 Wrote:
She does look great for her age, .


Perv. :smile:

lol
I'm flying out of Richmond airport the day after tomorrow, hope they remember the stairs then.

Moo @ Sun 06 May, 2007 Wrote:

Goose3 @ Sun 06 May, 2007 Wrote:
She does look great for her age, .


Perv. :smile:

i never thought of her in a sexual way .. but whatever rocks your boat . :lol:

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