[ssf] [sheffield-anti-war-coalition] constitution

[Adam Moran]

no way
======

i worked with a man called Barry, on and off, for a good few years ... 
we used to call him in to jobs when we needed some boat-shutters making 
... boat-shutters are temporary wooden structures that are used to form 
in-situ concrete man hole bases  ... the shutters act as the internal 
cast for the concrete ... the concrete is poured, vibrated and in time 
sets against the temporary works ... the temporary works are then 
removed and the concrete channels are exposed ... the channels connect 
the two or more pipes of the manhole

on a road-job down in Shalesmoor, Penistone road, we called in Barry at 
the middle of the job ... the beginning of the job was heavy ground 
works mainly ... exhuming 140 bodies from st. philip's grave yard and 
digging up and tipping a rake of leaking contaminated vessels as we 
moved north towards Hillsborough

once we'd excavated the ground works down to road-base level, we started 
the over dig to the sewers ... sewers were one of Barry's forte ... the 
lads called him sewer-rat most of the time and it didn't worry him much 
... he used to eat his snap and smoke in the sewers unless some body had 
the good sense to pull him out

during the course of the job Barry fell for a women who ran and co-owned 
a busy sandwich shop near-by ... he told me about it when we were 
crawling up a sewer near the medico-legal centre ... we were dodging the 
colostomy bags and bits of flesh that are particular to that sewer and 
the syringes that we found every where along that job ... i was 
gob-smacked when he told me he was going ask her to marry him

     "i thought that she had a bloke ?" i said

"she's split up" he replied

     "has tha been seeing her Barry ?" i asked

"i get my snap off her ... and she comes outside for a fag" he replied

     "has she seen thi farm ?" i asked

"have telled her about it and have telled her about mi horses" he replied

     "what fucking horses !" i inquired

     "that nag tha bought from Shally ?"

... me merely parroting a mutual friend's perspective on the quantity 
and quality of Barry's 'horses'

"don't be like that" he replied

"... anyway she's coming up to the farm on Friday and staying the 
weekend ... she'll see what she'll get before i pop the question"

     "fair enough ... " i replied

     "... let's get on with the job and out of this sewer"

i left it there

they were married in 3 weeks, separated in 6 ... i didn't go to the 
wedding; i was busy with other stuff ... any way, i didn't want to 
witness any more of the pornographic gossip that had spilled out in to 
the site staff especially it being mixed with the alcohol of the 
reception party ... i know parties who would label me 'repressed' for 
that admission ... in mitigation, i would further admit that, given the 
option, my option would be to other stuff instead

i went up to the farm one night to see Barry after they'd split ... he 
was correct: she had taken a lot of his furniture, but on the other hand 
he had finally completed the internal works of his house ... he had 
built the shell some years ago and had moved in as soon as it kept the 
rain out

    "wow, Barry ... you've got running water and you've done your 
electricals" i quipped

"yeah ... she nagged me in to doing it" he said

-------------

later that night he got blasted and showed me his gun

     "what's that for Barry ?" i said

"am a farmer" he said "have always had a gun"

     "no, i mean '*why* are you showing it to me ?'" i asked

"just so you know what's on my mind" he said

     "fair enough Barry ..." i replied

     "... why don't you put it away and we'll have another drink"

"fair enough" he replied

two weeks later, Barry wanted me to go see her with him ... some kind of 
closure i guess ... she said she'd meet him for five minutes outside a 
police station provided he brought her some stuff he'd found when 
clearing his house ... we were driving up to the meeting and he stopped 
the car ... he said:

" ... i think it is only fair to show you this blade"

he then produced an antique bayonet

     "what's that for Barry ? ... and don't tell me it's because th'a 
farmer"

"it's for her" he said "she wants it"

    "*why* are you showing it to me ?" i said

    "oh don't bother answering ... let's go and post it to her instead"

"i can't" he said "have arranged to see her and i don't want to stand 
her up"

    "why not ?" i replied "she's stud thee up a few times ... she's way 
in the lead ... don't be worried about hurting her feelings"

    "oh come on" i continued "there's plenty more fish in the sea"

"you can't fuck fish" said Barry parroting the same friend who had 
labeled his 'horses' as that-nag-tha-bought-from-Shally

we didn't go to the meeting in the end ... he kept the bayonet for himself

-------------

a good few months later Barry invites me to the farm again ... he's been 
busy making bird tables out in the back and he's had lots of joy selling 
them to the garden centres ... when i turn up he makes me admire them 
whilst i'm bursting for a pee

after i have confirmed both the quantity and quality of the bird tables, 
and praised the said bird tables and assured him yet again of my faith 
in his abilities as a joiner, he then began to hurry me in to the house

"come on, come on" he said "Louise is cooking us dinner and we don't 
want to be late"

    "who the fuck's Louise Barry ?" ses i

"come on" he laughs "you'll like her"

    "i tend to like everyone eventually ... i may one day like you"

"don't be like that" he laughs "come on, she's a really good cook ... 
we're having haddock ... am not eating sarnies any more"

he was correct: i did eventually like her ... it eventually happened in 
a few conversations ... the first one at the beginning of the meal as 
she started firing a couple of "who the fuck are you" type questions in 
my direction ... and the second during the fish when Louise said :

"Barry, you slag *that-women* off but as i've told you before : if it 
hadn't been for her, me and you wouldn't be together now ... you're the 
best joiner i know but without her you'd have never got your farm 
finished ... i wouldn't have lived with you in a building site ... no way"

--

no way : 2 % human


Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:32:03 +0100 (BST) Adam Moran wrote:

> 14 Apr 2006 23:37:50 -0000 GERALD ALI wrote:
> 
>>> According to Morgan researches, he was known as ''the Father of Anthropology'', he was accepted as such throughout the universities of both Britain and America, the American constitution is essentially the same as the one developed by the Seneca - Iroquois.
> 
> My minds been playing word association football with the Seneca's dream,
> amongst other things. Here's a commentary on another dream -- *The Dream 
> of Macsen Wledig*:
> 
>   "We'll mix their Bride-lights
>    with the lights of Syriac God bearers,
>    and gusty flames they coax within wattle hedge
>    shall call to carried flame lit from Demetre's torch ...
> 
>    ... til, in the woof of time
>    they'll be but one queen of the candles,
>    and by whatever name they call her
>    she'll be in Roman rig." -- David Jones
> 
> The story of *The Fair Unknown* as much in common with *The Dream of 
> Macsen Wledig* -- Snowdon, Elene, and a secluded son, but here, 
> Sovereignty is represented by two women and transitory states:
> 
>    The Fair Unknown
>    ----------------
> 
>    The hero of the story was brought up by his mother,
>    who kept him secluded,
>    calling him only Beau-Fis (Handsome Son).
> 
>    He accounted himself in a dead knight's armour
>    when he was grown
>    and went up to Arthur's court at Glastonbury.
> 
>    Because the boy could not name himself,
>    Arthur called him Libeaus Desconus (the Fair Unknown).
> 
>    He was knighted and taught arms by Gawain.
> 
>    A maiden called Elene
>    rode into Arthur's hall
>    demanding help to rescue her mistress
>    who was imprisoned in the castle of Sinadoun (Snowdon).
> 
>    Libeaus Desconus claimed the adventure
>    and Arthur granted it to him,
>    to Elene's disgust,
>    since she expected an experienced knight
>    to ride with her.
> 
>    After many adventures,
>    they came to Sinadoun
>    where Libeaus Desconus learned from a steward
>    that the Lady of the castle
>    had been imprisoned by two clerks:
> 
>       Mabon and Yarin, his brother.
>       They were magicians
>       and kept the lady in durance
>       until she granted her hand in marriage.
> 
>    Libeaus Desconus entered the castle
>    and found there only minstrels
>    and beautiful furnishings.
> 
>    As he proceeded,
>    the music ceased
>    and the castle shook with thunder.
> 
>    He fought Mabon and Yrain,
>    overcoming them,
>    but there bodies vanished.
> 
>    Dismayed,
>    he prayed to the Virgin
>    and saw a worm
>    with a face of a woman
>    emerged from the wall.
> 
>    Libeaus was transfixed with terror
>    as the worm twined about him
>    and kissed him.
> 
>    As she did so,
>    the wings and tail fell from her
>    and she appeared as a naked women.
> 
>    She said that she had been
>    enchanted by Mabon and Yrain
>    and that she would marry him
> 
>    ( Written about 1350 )
> 
> 14 Apr 2006 23:37:50 -0000 GERALD ALI wrote:
> 
>>> The American constitution is essentially the same as the English constitution, which dates back to the 1080's implemented by the Normans. Two references in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles openly state it is non religious.
> 
> I rode to York last week
> and wandered 'round the main museum,
> through the markets
> then 'round the cathedral
> 
> Tangentially,
> Morgan le Fey,
> plays the part of Mabon
> in Chaucer's *Wife of Bath's Tale*.
> 
>    "He was dubious of much
>     that these poets asserted
>     though they were indeed
>     most skilled artists
>     and remembrances and conservators
>     of the things of the Island,
> 
>     yet he suspected that they tended
>     to be weavers of the fabulous
>     and were men over-jealous of their status,
>     and secretive touching their traditio,
> 
>     but then,
>     after all,
>     their disciplina was other than his
>     and this he knew for certain
> 
>       that whatever else they were,
>       they were men who loved the things of the Island
>       and so did he." -- David Jones
> 
>                       -- Caitlin Matthews
> 
>> Feel free to distribute and to circulate.
>>
>>
>>
>> For all who are interested in science (knowledge) a few passages from L H Morgan, to illustrate some aspects of ''constitution'' all passages have the word constitution within them, the extracts are taken from his book Ancient Society.
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems, from the vague rumours we are receiving in Britain, that there may be occasionally questioning  going about in the States regarding their constitution, some niggling worry over their freedoms apparently, and also the same question that is being asked in Iraq, What is a Democratic Republic ?
>>
>>
>>
>> The American constitution is essentially the same as the English constitution, which dates back to the 1080's implemented by the Normans. Two references in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles openly state it is non religious.
>>
>>
>>
>> England was maintained on the basis of the counties, around forty of them,  with a central government but no great central state machine, each county had it's own state and state machine, each with it's own democratic gov'.
>>
>>
>>
>> No part of any American state can secede from the union, but any state can, because each state is a nation in it's own right.
>>
>> Officially according to the constitution there is NO such thing as ''An American Nation'', officially it doesn't exist, except in ''dream'', the ''religious opiate of Utopia''.
>>
>>
>>
>> (The Normans lost out in 1150 to the French [franks, branch of the Germans and catholic, with a liking for the centralised monolithic state] their King Steven was defeated, the period is recorded as the ''Anarchy'', a good period to study to find the correct meaning of anarchy, ''opposition to rule from above i.e. the state'' and gov' of the people,  not as the modern bourgeois anarchists claim ''no government''.)
>>
>>
>>
>> The borders of England had been defined: the borders were changed in the period of Henry 8th to include Wales based on a re-vision/ reinterpretation of history to justify the act.
>>
>>
>>
>> Some time prior to the Norman arrival, some of the Angles with support from some of the Saxon group had invaded and occupied parts of Wales, short lived, they eventually lost and were removed.
>>
>> The Normans fully accepted the Welsh English border as also the Scots English border.
>>
>> It's only from the time of Henry 8th that the ''Anglo - Saxon myth'' has been in force.
>>
>>
>>
>> According to Morgan researches, he was known as ''the Father of Anthropology'', he was accepted as such throughout the universities of both Britain and America, the American constitution is essentially the same as the one developed by the Seneca - Iroquois.
> 
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