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 Post subject: John Lloyd CBE
PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:58 pm 
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John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd of Wantage, Oxfordshire, a radio and television producer has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to broadcasting.

Source: http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg ... 193438.pdf

One of his early services was helping Douglas Adams out with a couple of episodes of the first Hitchhiker radio series.

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Gusty
 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:34 pm 
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In honour of the event, A Liff:

Wantage:
Descriptive of the desire, having been told you are to be made a CBE back in November, to tell everyone but knowing you are sworn to secrecy until New Year.


Congratulations, John!!
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Gusty
 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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Oh, and there is somebody I went to school with on there.
His should read "for making exceedingly large ammounts of money at the expense of his erstwhile partners" but I suppose tha's business for you. I won't name him or he'll probably sue me!
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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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[quote="Gusty"]Oh, and there is somebody I went to school with on there.
His should read "for making exceedingly large ammounts of money at the expense of his erstwhile partners" but I suppose tha's business for you. I won't name him or he'll probably sue me![/quote]
Miserable sod.

Otherwise, good on Mr. Lloyd.
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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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One of vagasister's friends is on the list, Richard Thompson, for services to music.
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What is the difference between a CBE and an OBE?
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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:21 am 
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Janette wrote:
What is the difference between a CBE and an OBE?

O is for Officer, C is for Commander.

From low to high the order is: MBE, OBE, CBE, KBE/DBE and GBE which stand for Member, Officer, Commander, Knight Commander / Dame Commander, Knight / Dame Grand Cross.

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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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[quote="DaveH"][quote="Janette"]What is the difference between a CBE and an OBE?[/quote]
O is for Officer, C is for Commander.

From low to high the order is: MBE, OBE, CBE, KBE/DBE and GBE which stand for Member, Officer, Commander, Knight Commander / Dame Commander, Knight / Dame Grand Cross.[/quote]

And if you were an Earl, becoming an OBE would make you an earlobe.
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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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Well, you learn something new every day. All this time, I thought the "O" in "OBE" stood for "Order".

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Gusty
 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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Then of course, having been an OBE, what would happen if he was made an Earl?


Why, he'd be an earlobe, of course!!


(With apologies to The Goodies, circa 1974)
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Tony
 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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[quote="Gusty"]Then of course, having been an OBE, what would happen if he was made an Earl?


Why, he'd be an earlobe, of course!!


(With apologies to The Goodies, circa 1974)[/quote]

Not to mention the post two before yours!

Ahem!
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 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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(Tony - if you want quoting to work ... go to your User Control Panel, click on Board Preferences, then on Edit Posting Defaults, then click 'yes' next to Enable BBCode By Default. Not sure why this seemed to be the 'default' setting for some but not others after the move, but that should fix it for you.)

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Gusty
 Post subject: Re: John Lloyd CBE
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Apologies, Tony, for some reason the last post I saw was Dave's. Old age is a terrible thing.
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