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I suppose we should allow a SMALL sabbatical 
Congratulations ahead of your wedding day and we will be thinking of you both on the day!
Today, I did hospital appointments n stuff with my Dad.....  | |||
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"Oh no! I'm going to miss you!  "Good evening mi amor and congrats on being first poster tonight... I don't know how that happened! Your prize is a coffee and some chocolate | |||
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We wish you a wonderful special day and an even more wonderful life together  | |||
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"Good evening, Ash! Well now. Although taking SOME time off for trivial stuff (like weddings and whatnot), I don't think you can disappear so easily. Hotel California, is this place
I suppose we should allow a SMALL sabbatical
Congratulations ahead of your wedding day and we will be thinking of you both on the day!
Today, I did hospital appointments n stuff with my Dad..... "Thank you Mrs KC....I promise I will come back
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"Hello Hot and
We wish you a wonderful special day and an even more wonderful life together "Thank you so much....it's not long to go now
I'm sure Lorna will be back shortly with some eye rolls! | |||
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"Congratulations to you both! So exciting and I send love and happy vibes your way! "Thank you for sending the love and happy vibes. its much appreciated | |||
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"Good evening Ash And congratulations to you both on your special day "Good evening naughty and thank you so much. | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you?" You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group? | |||
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"Good evening Ash, I hope.. I know you and Lorna will have a fantastic wedding and life together. Keep safe and well. Much love to you both x " Good evening buxom......thank you very much...we really can't wait to start our new life together and enjoy lots more amazing adventures. | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group? "I'm up for that, as long as there are Gregg's sausage rolls | |||
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"Good evening Ash. Oh it’s so exciting! " Good evening Hippychick....it really is exciting!....x | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group?
I'm up for that, as long as there are Gregg's sausage rolls "That is a given.
We have officially put the order in now. | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you?" Good evening DA.....I could start a special hot Ash line number for posters to call who are missing me | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group?
I'm up for that, as long as there are Gregg's sausage rolls
That is a given.
We have officially put the order in now. "If I say that's what I'm looking forward to most will you throw a Lorna strop and threaten to uninvite me? | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? Good evening DA.....I could start a special hot Ash line number for posters to call who are missing me "It would have to be video calls for the shoulder rolls I think  | |||
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"Good evening everyone and welcome to tonight's farewell for now Thursday nocturnal thread. Just incase some of you don't know! My amazing Lorna and I are getting married very soon so tonight will be my last late thread for some time. I really would like to say thank you to all of you nocturnal posters for your support and love and it means a lot to me. So let's have a party tonight and chat our usual nonsense and look forward to seeing you all again in the future x" Congrats to you both!  | |||
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"Good evening, Ash! Well now. Although taking SOME time off for trivial stuff (like weddings and whatnot), I don't think you can disappear so easily. Hotel California, is this place
I suppose we should allow a SMALL sabbatical
Congratulations ahead of your wedding day and we will be thinking of you both on the day!
Today, I did hospital appointments n stuff with my Dad.....
Thank you Mrs KC....I promise I will come back
I hope your dad's hospital appointments went well today."Yes the appointment was fine. Getting him from A to B etc - MUCH harder | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group?
I'm up for that, as long as there are Gregg's sausage rolls
That is a given.
We have officially put the order in now.
If I say that's what I'm looking forward to most will you throw a Lorna strop and threaten to uninvite me?"Obviously! But actually it is the part Ash is most looking forward to as well. I'm under no illusions what would happen if it came down to a choice between me or Gregg's. | |||
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"I don't normally join in on these threads, but I wanted to say I'm genuinely happy for you both and wish you every happiness. It's really sweet to see 2 people so in love with each other and long may it continue "Thank you so much for posting on tonight's thread and for your such kind words. I appreciate it very much. | |||
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"Have a great time you 2 and see you soon "Thank you cheeky and see you soon x | |||
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"Good evening Ash, I hope.. I know you and Lorna will have a fantastic wedding and life together. Keep safe and well. Much love to you both x Good evening buxom......thank you very much...we really can't wait to start our new life together and enjoy lots more amazing adventures. "I want wedding pics x x | |||
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"Good evening Ash, I hope.. I know you and Lorna will have a fantastic wedding and life together. Keep safe and well. Much love to you both x Good evening buxom......thank you very much...we really can't wait to start our new life together and enjoy lots more amazing adventures.
I want wedding pics x x "You will definitely get them. Xx | |||
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"Good Evening Lorna & Ash and the night owls… Just wishing you both a lifetime of happiness have a lovely day and all the best! "Thank you so much mate....we can't wait | |||
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"Good evening Ash, I hope.. I know you and Lorna will have a fantastic wedding and life together. Keep safe and well. Much love to you both x Good evening buxom......thank you very much...we really can't wait to start our new life together and enjoy lots more amazing adventures.
I want wedding pics x x
You will definitely get them. Xx"Thank you lovely x x | |||
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"What kind of excuse is that for not doing a nocturnal? It’s not like getting married is hard or owt. "Good evening Keyser....it's all I could come up with
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"Good evening everyone and welcome to tonight's farewell for now Thursday nocturnal thread. Just incase some of you don't know! My amazing Lorna and I are getting married very soon so tonight will be my last late thread for some time. I really would like to say thank you to all of you nocturnal posters for your support and love and it means a lot to me. So let's have a party tonight and chat our usual nonsense and look forward to seeing you all again in the future x Congrats to you both! "Thank you very much | |||
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Wishing you all the happiness, joy, adventures and love you beautiful people both deserve.
Big hugs to you both, and have a very happy wedding day as well as life together.
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So excited for you both, it's been an absolute joy watching your romance journey and now you're going to be married! Sending love to you both | |||
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"Just poping my head it to say congratulations to both and hope all gose well on the big day Ooo and good evening everyone " Good evening Natalie and thank you so much | |||
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"Evening Ash, evening blushing bride
Wishing you all the happiness, joy, adventures and love you beautiful people both deserve.
Big hugs to you both, and have a very happy wedding day as well as life together.
Posh (and Bob) "Good evening and thank you very much Posh and Bob..... | |||
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"Evening everyone Wishing the best to Ash and Lorna What nonsense we discussing tonight?" Thank you Rikke
There has been a fair bit of nonsense discussed about Greggs sausage rolls.
Are you a fan of them? | |||
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"Evening everyone Wishing the best to Ash and Lorna What nonsense we discussing tonight?" Nonsense! The late thread is a very serious thread I will have you know! | |||
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"Oh you beautiful pair, who will I call Hot Stuff now? Being serious, I hope you have a stress free run up to your wedding day and it's filled with love.
So excited for you both, it's been an absolute joy watching your romance journey and now you're going to be married! Sending love to you both "Thanks my lovely Meli for all your support and love and I hope you will be able to find someone else to call hot stuff  | |||
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"Evening everyone Wishing the best to Ash and Lorna What nonsense we discussing tonight? Nonsense! The late thread is a very serious thread I will have you know! "I had no idea! | |||
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"Evening everyone Wishing the best to Ash and Lorna What nonsense we discussing tonight? Thank you Rikke
There has been a fair bit of nonsense discussed about Greggs sausage rolls.
Are you a fan of them? "Depends can't stand the vegan ones not the taste, the texture Do like the regular ones though
What's the opinion on their tea? | |||
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The big day is almost here and I’m so excited for you both and can’t wait to be a part of your special day
Does this mean no nocturnaling leaves more time to eat sausage rolls
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"Evening everyone Wishing the best to Ash and Lorna What nonsense we discussing tonight? Thank you Rikke
There has been a fair bit of nonsense discussed about Greggs sausage rolls.
Are you a fan of them?
Depends can't stand the vegan ones not the taste, the texture
Do like the regular ones though
What's the opinion on their tea?"Not sure about their tea but their coffee isn't too bad and not expensive either. | |||
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"Evening Ash Posting from my couples account tonight
The big day is almost here and I’m so excited for you both and can’t wait to be a part of your special day
Does this mean no nocturnaling leaves more time to eat sausage rolls
Cookie x"Good evening Cookie....we can't wait to see you on our special day x That's a very good point about the sausage rolls.....what a dilemma! | |||
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"Just poping my head it to say congratulations to both and hope all gose well on the big day Ooo and good evening everyone Good evening Natalie and thank you so much "Your welcome | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? Good evening DA.....I could start a special hot Ash line number for posters to call who are missing me
It would have to be video calls for the shoulder rolls I think "I would have to have extra physio after all that shoulder rolling | |||
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"Evening Ash! Sad sad news, how will we cope without you? You won't cope! Maybe you could start a We miss Ash support group?
I'm up for that, as long as there are Gregg's sausage rolls
That is a given.
We have officially put the order in now.
If I say that's what I'm looking forward to most will you throw a Lorna strop and threaten to uninvite me?
Obviously! But actually it is the part Ash is most looking forward to as well. I'm under no illusions what would happen if it came down to a choice between me or Gregg's. "Tough choice..... | |||
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"Good evening Ash. Oh it’s so exciting! Good evening Hippychick....it really is exciting!....x" I wish you both all the love, joy and happiness | |||
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"Good evening Ash. Oh it’s so exciting! Good evening Hippychick....it really is exciting!....x I wish you both all the love, joy and happiness "Thank you very much | |||
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"My dear esteemed friend Åsh_! The radio waves from Studio Nocturnal will be erratically wobbly without you at the helm. Wishing you and LØrna the very best in your hiatus and celebration. Gööd Evening to you all: Lørnå (she gets a hob nob), KC² the perpetually sêxy (regards to your dad), the West Midlands Quartet (aka Henri, Ette, Sam and Tender), lemønMargarineCreãm, NørteeButtNice, BüxómRED, HipsterChic, Devïlette-Angël, FöölishHardlyMostly, ÇheekyDoris, Tea-Mont-Annä, KêySøre, V@l-kyrie, Nåtålie-Heåthen, NotSoPøsh (+ßoß), RikkeeeeeAvøn, Mèlí (future ex-wife), Wha'Eva-Worx-Forüs™, MøønGreyKittyÇat (in absentia, because he's still on the London Blunderground), Princess-Puddle (the resident Nocturnal Mascot), Jamie-Pants (Jim misses her)."Good evening Nero and thank you so much for your support. We both appreciate it very much. Look forward to catching up soon at the next couple of London socials | |||
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Happy last nocturnal and wishing you all the best in the lead up to your big day | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple! "• Good evening Vicår! Where were you 10 minutes ago during my roll call? (And also Miss Inå (SwingUndress)). | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple!
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Good evening Vicår! Where were you 10 minutes ago during my roll call?
(And also Miss Inå (SwingUndress))."Not going to lie to you Nero because I respect you too much. I was having a poo.  . | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple!
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Good evening Vicår! Where were you 10 minutes ago during my roll call?
(And also Miss Inå (SwingUndress)).
Not going to lie to you Nero because I respect you too much. I was having a poo. . "Swing was probably laying in bed. We’d just had the sex. | |||
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"My dear esteemed friend Åsh_! The radio waves from Studio Nocturnal will be erratically wobbly without you at the helm. Wishing you and LØrna the very best in your hiatus and celebration. Gööd Evening to you all: Lørnå (she gets a hob nob), KC² the perpetually sêxy (regards to your dad), the West Midlands Quartet (aka Henri, Ette, Sam and Tender), lemønMargarineCreãm, NørteeButtNice, BüxómRED, HipsterChic, Devïlette-Angël, FöölishHardlyMostly, ÇheekyDoris, Tea-Mont-Annä, KêySøre, V@l-kyrie, Nåtålie-Heåthen, NotSoPøsh (+ßoß), RikkeeeeeAvøn, Mèlí (future ex-wife), Wha'Eva-Worx-Forüs™, MøønGreyKittyÇat (in absentia, because he's still on the London Blunderground), Princess-Puddle (the resident Nocturnal Mascot), Jamie-Pants (Jim misses her)."hehe love this | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple!
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Good evening Vicår! Where were you 10 minutes ago during my roll call?
(And also Miss Inå (SwingUndress)).
Not going to lie to you Nero because I respect you too much. I was having a poo. . "• Was it a stand up Poo? | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple!
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Not going to lie to you Nero because I respect you too much. I was having a poo. .
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Was it a stand up Poo?"I don’t shit and tell | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple!
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Good evening Vicår! Where were you 10 minutes ago during my roll call?
(And also Miss Inå (SwingUndress)).
Not going to lie to you Nero because I respect you too much. I was having a poo. .
Swing was probably laying in bed. We’d just had the sex. "• Laying...  ?
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"All the best to both of you xx" Thank you so much x | |||
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"I’m just in to say Ash and Lorna, I’m so happy for you. Hope everything is beautiful and we’ll behave ourselves while you’re gone! Can’t wait to meet you as a married couple! "Thanks mate....I will be keeping an eye on the nocturnal thread while I'm away! We look forward to meeting you too | |||
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"Evening Ash and congrats! Am raising a glass of bubbles to you both, now get some tunes on lad and let's kick it like it's 1992 "Thanks Belle...I have already given our DJ at the wedding a long play list of tunes to help us all dance the night away | |||
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"Awwww you two
Happy last nocturnal and wishing you all the best in the lead up to your big day "Thanks my lovely....it's not long to go now!... | |||
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"Good evening Ash & Lorna (not in brackets!) Sad to see you go, please don't leave it too long. But best wishes on the wedding & a wonderful married life together xx"Thank you Red and well done for remembering not to put Lorna in brackets! I promise I won't be away for too long...xx | |||
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"Congratulations Lorna and Ash, I am so happy for you both. Much love and happiness X X"Thank you so much Lorraine...x | |||
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"Gooood evening and congratulations on the future wedding " Thanks mate...much appreciated | |||
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"Evening Ash and congrats! Am raising a glass of bubbles to you both, now get some tunes on lad and let's kick it like it's 1992
Thanks Belle...I have already given our DJ at the wedding a long play list of tunes to help us all dance the night away "Nice to see you taking your duties seriously  | |||
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"Good evening Ash & Lorna (not in brackets!) Sad to see you go, please don't leave it too long. But best wishes on the wedding & a wonderful married life together xx
Thank you Red and well done for remembering not to put Lorna in brackets!
I promise I won't be away for too long...xx
"I couldn't take all the
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"Evening Ash and congrats! Am raising a glass of bubbles to you both, now get some tunes on lad and let's kick it like it's 1992
Thanks Belle...I have already given our DJ at the wedding a long play list of tunes to help us all dance the night away
Nice to see you taking your duties seriously "I also took a great interest in the buffet | |||
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"Good evening Ash & Lorna (not in brackets!) Sad to see you go, please don't leave it too long. But best wishes on the wedding & a wonderful married life together xx
Thank you Red and well done for remembering not to put Lorna in brackets!
I promise I won't be away for too long...xx
I couldn't take all the
We'll miss you, but we'll keep your seat warm for your return x"There did used to be a lot of eye rolling! Thanks Red....I'm not sure we could afford a new seat with the cost of living crisis x | |||
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"Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, soon to be spliced brother Ash. " Good evening my nocturnal brother Jim....I have asked all the ladies to be gentle with you while I'm away... | |||
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"Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, soon to be spliced brother Ash. Good evening my nocturnal brother Jim....I have asked all the ladies to be gentle with you while I'm away... "Jim likes it rough | |||
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"Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, soon to be spliced brother Ash. Good evening my nocturnal brother Jim....I have asked all the ladies to be gentle with you while I'm away... "Haha, thank you. | |||
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"Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, soon to be spliced brother Ash. Good evening my nocturnal brother Jim....I have asked all the ladies to be gentle with you while I'm away...
Jim likes it rough "And ready. | |||
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"Congratulations to you both, dosnt seem that long ago when you got engaged. Wishing you much love and happiness in your life together xx" Thank you so much...the time really has flown by!...it's lovely to see you back on the nocturnal thread and I hope you're well x | |||
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"Evening Ash, I've only stumbled across this thread inadvertently, but I wanted to add my congratulations to both you and Lorna and wish you all the happiness in the world All the best from Mr.Neek (AKA AlbinoGorilla ) "Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, The Neeks. I think Ash has retired for the night. I'll WhatsApp him in the morning, let him know there's more wishes for him and Lorna. | |||
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"Good eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening, soon to be spliced brother Ash. Good evening my nocturnal brother Jim....I have asked all the ladies to be gentle with you while I'm away... "Hmmm I'm not sure I got the memo for this sorry Jim in advance   | |||
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 . He will always be remembered for the Watergate scandal and for being the only US President ever to resign from office.
Both events overshadowed his achievements, which in foreign affairs included ending the war against Vietnam, establishing diplomatic relations with China, and setting up the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.
At home he ended the military draft, enforced desegregation of schools in the southern states, established the Environmental Protection Agency, and signed the National Cancer Act, which set up the ongoing “war on cancer”.
It all seemed like a presidency of which he could be proud and in 1972 he was re-elected for a second term in one of the largest electoral landslides in American history. He won more than sixty percent of the popular vote, taking every state in the union except for two, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Then came the Watergate revelations...
Richard Milhous Nixon was born in 1913 to a poor farming family in California. He achieved excellent grades at school but had to turn down a scholarship from Harvard because his family could not afford to send him there by train.
He went on to graduate from law school in 1937 and then began to practise law.
He saw active duty in the Navy during the Second World War. And was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1946. In 1950 he was elected to the Senate and was chosen as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s running mate in the 1952 presidential election.
After serving for eight years as Vice-President he ran for the top job himself in 1960 but was narrowly defeated by the charismatic John F. Kennedy. Nixon’s chance came again in 1968. A tumultuous year which saw President Lyndon B. Johnson withdraw from the presidential race. And the assassination of both Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and widespread anti-Vietnam war riots across the country. 
Nixon defeated both the Democrat Hubert Humphrey and Alabama governor George Wallace, who represented the American Independent Party, campaigning for racial segregation. (Wallace won five states in the Deep South).
As Nixon’s first term of office was coming to a close, the White House became focused on re-election. And on June the 17th 1972, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington DC where they were caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents.
One of them was James W. McCord, the security chief of the Committee to Re-elect the President. His arrest was reported in the next morning’s Washington Post by two young reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
Dismissing the story as inconsequential, Nixon’s Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, said at a routine White House Press conference that the President would have no comment on a “third-rate burglary attempt.”
Bernstein and Woodward, though, began to be fed information by an anonymous source whom they referred to as “Deep Throat.” His identity would be kept secret for over thirty years until in 2005 William Mark Felt, who at the time of the scandal was associate director of the FBI, the bureau’s second highest ranking post, revealed himself to be the source.
With Felt’s guidance Woodward and Bernstein produced one explosive  story after another. They revealed the direct involvement in Watergate of Nixon’s close associates, and that the break in and wiretapping had been financed by illegally laundered campaign contributions.
Then on October the 10th came a sensational front page article revealing that the Watergate break in “stemmed from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage, conducted on behalf of President Nixon’s re-election and directed by officials of the White House.”
Rumours and revelations continued almost daily until on February the 7th 1973, the Senate Watergate Committee was set up to investigate the scandal.
Richard Nixon was an insecure man handicapped by a persecution complex. And in February 1971, he had arranged for a secret voice activated bugging system using telephone taps and concealed microphones to be installed in the White House, including the Oval Office.
Its existence was revealed in July 1973 during testimony to the Senate committee by White House aide Alexander Butterfield. It later emerged that up to that point Nixon had tape recorded 3,700 hours of conversations. His rejection of a congressional subpoena to release the tapes constituted an article of impeachment that led to his downfall.
Under enormous pressure, the White House released some subpoenaed tapes on August the 5th. One of them, later known as the "smoking gun" tape, revealed the initial stages of the Watergate cover up, with Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. 'Bob' Haldeman, discussing how to block investigations. It demonstrated that the President knew of the Watergate break in shortly after it took place and that he had approved plans to thwart official scrutiny.
Facing certain impeachment in the House of Representatives and certain conviction in the Senate, Nixon announced his resignation on the evening of August the 8th 1974.
In a televised broadcast he said, “I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as President I must put the interests of America first. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.”
Gerald Ford, the Vice-President, immediately took charge and a month later granted Nixon "a full, free, and absolute pardon” for all crimes associated with Watergate.
Richard Nixon died after a stroke on April the 22nd 1994, aged 81. World leaders attended his funeral, as did every living President. In his eulogy, Bill Clinton praised Nixon's accomplishments, particularly in foreign affairs, and pleaded, "May the day of judging President Nixon on anything less than his entire life and career come to a close.”
Interviewed by David Frost in 1977, the man himself reflected, “I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.”
A few years later he gave a more considered view of his resignation, “I think the best description of how I felt then was a little poem that read,
‘I am hurt, but I am not slain.
I shall lay me down and bleed a while
And I shall rise and fight again.’
“That’s the story of my life,” he commented with a wry grin.
Nixon fought for the rest of his days to prevent the release of his recorded conversations. The Government began releasing the secret tapes after his death. The final tape being made public in 2013. | |||
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