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==It can happen to the worst of us...==
==It can happen to the worst of us...==
[http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/donald-trump-eagle-video-1201657802/ "Uncle Sam" not a Donald fan either.]
[http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/donald-trump-eagle-video-1201657802/ "Uncle Sam" not a Donald fan either.]
== Accuracy of annotation ==
The village in question is {{wp|Goosnargh|Goosnargh}}. OP is pulling your plonker here. --[[User:Lias Bluestone|Lias Bluestone]] ([[User talk:Lias Bluestone|talk]]) 10:42, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
:a) Annotations aren't noted for accuracy. b) Who's OP?  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 21:41, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
::Sorry, Internetese for "Original Poster", the person who posted the original post (thought it was universal shorthand). I referred to the contributor as that because there is no direct record of who it actually was, because, looking at the history, they appear not to have actually logged in, and their contribution was anonymous. --[[User:Lias Bluestone|Lias Bluestone]] ([[User talk:Lias Bluestone|talk]]) 22:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
:No, the OP probably had an ID at the time, but the the history didn't make it through the move six years ago and records only start in late 2012. This annoys me regularly.  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 23:14, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
:Finally changed spelling. '''Goosnargh''' has been popularised by {{wp|Goosnargh #In popular culture|Douglas Adams}} as a "made-up" word in a couple of his works  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 01:37, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

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hiya. i'd have said fiftyish...? --Knmatt 13:27, 12 July 2007 (CEST)

Good point, but one of those situations where the text really doesn't give you too much to go on. Maybe if it's altered to "indeterminate"? --AgProv 14:55, 12 July 2007 (CEST)

It can happen to the worst of us...

"Uncle Sam" not a Donald fan either.

Accuracy of annotation

The village in question is Goosnargh. OP is pulling your plonker here. --Lias Bluestone (talk) 10:42, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

a) Annotations aren't noted for accuracy. b) Who's OP? --Old Dickens (talk) 21:41, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, Internetese for "Original Poster", the person who posted the original post (thought it was universal shorthand). I referred to the contributor as that because there is no direct record of who it actually was, because, looking at the history, they appear not to have actually logged in, and their contribution was anonymous. --Lias Bluestone (talk) 22:58, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
No, the OP probably had an ID at the time, but the the history didn't make it through the move six years ago and records only start in late 2012. This annoys me regularly. --Old Dickens (talk) 23:14, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Finally changed spelling. Goosnargh has been popularised by Douglas Adams as a "made-up" word in a couple of his works --Old Dickens (talk) 01:37, 5 December 2018 (UTC)