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Title: New Years Honours List
Post by: therealjr on December 30, 2011, 10:58:23 PM

Anyone you'd like to see on it (other than the usual gongs for political mates and whitehall mandarins)
when its announced at Midnight?
Obviously a Knighthood for King Kenny would go down well with me.

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Fly on December 30, 2011, 11:04:02 PM

MBE for me, why not.  ::)
I do try to help people on a regular basis.
Oh, hang on a minute.
So do you JR, it's your job.

Scrap that one then. CBE for me.

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Pete on December 30, 2011, 11:34:29 PM

Cabbie of the British Empire?

Just kiddin'  ;)

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: therealjr on December 30, 2011, 11:46:38 PM

There are rumours of a knighthood for Simon Cowell ....................... for services to music!
You couldn't make this stuff up!

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Kent on December 31, 2011, 08:41:10 AM

Quote from: therealjr on December 30, 2011, 10:58:23 PM

Anyone you'd like to see on it (other than the usual gongs for political mates and whitehall mandarins)
when its announced at Midnight?
Obviously a Knighthood for King Kenny would go down well with me.

Thanks therealjr for nominating me... ;D

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Slacker on December 31, 2011, 08:44:10 AM

Quote from: Kent on December 31, 2011, 08:41:10 AM

Quote from: therealjr on December 30, 2011, 10:58:23 PM

Anyone you'd like to see on it (other than the usual gongs for political mates and whitehall mandarins)
when its announced at Midnight?
Obviously a Knighthood for King Kenny would go down well with me.

Thanks therealjr for nominating me... ;D

 :) :)

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Pete on December 31, 2011, 09:01:42 AM

Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.

Mr Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367022 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367022)

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Slacker on December 31, 2011, 01:51:41 PM

Clever chaps at apple getting their products to pack in when they get to a couple of years old

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Pete on December 31, 2011, 02:05:41 PM

Really? My daughter's partner is still using my first iPhone  - I bought it in 2007  :P

I also run an Apple Mac G from the late 1990s and a G4 from 2004

A friend still uses one of the first iPods...

What's your story?

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: simondjuk on December 31, 2011, 04:20:18 PM

Apprently theres a bit of uproar because 2 convicted criminals are getting knighted.

Whats the problem with that?  They have reformed their lives and this is what they get for doing so.  Good on em.

As for Simon Cowell getting something, how about a punch instead?

Title: Re: New Years Honours List
Post by: Slacker on January 02, 2012, 11:05:06 AM

Quote from: Pete on December 31, 2011, 02:05:41 PM

Really? My daughter's partner is still using my first iPhone  - I bought it in 2007  :P

I also run an Apple Mac G from the late 1990s and a G4 from 2004

A friend still uses one of the first iPods...

What's your story?

My first ipod did actually last quite a while and only got buggered up when changing battery (a major operation), my current ipod has problems with the buttons operating properly. Both my daughter's and my IPhones (3G) freeze frequently despite being a couple of years old. You have to update software to use later apps and that really slows them down. My wife's HTC seems to do just as much for a third of the price. Never had an apple laptop so can't judge on that.