Bees on the new £1 coin

[JamezF]

King Charles III new coin designs revealed

I'm guessing it's meant to be bumble bees rather than honey bees. Shame they couldn't come up with a nicer design though. It looks like it's been cribbed from a bumble bee identification diagram. B-. Must try harder.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

the clown on the other side of the coin is even worse

 

[WoodenBeam]

the clown on the other side of the coin is even worse

You’d know all about clowns with who you’ve got in charge on your side of the boarder

 

[Antipodes]

King Charles III new coin designs revealed

I'm guessing it's meant to be bumble bees rather than honey bees. Shame they couldn't come up with a nicer design though. It looks like it's been cribbed from a bumble bee identification diagram. B-. Must try harder.

Do you prefer ours?

https://www.prospectstampsandcoins....-2-australian-decimal-coin-ex.-mint-roll.html

 

[Curly green finger's]

King Charles III new coin designs revealed

I'm guessing it's meant to be bumble bees rather than honey bees. Shame they couldn't come up with a nicer design though. It looks like it's been cribbed from a bumble bee identification diagram. B-. Must try harder.

Isn’t the bee an emblem for a charity , working class folk etc in Manchester ?
My winter hat has the same badge of a bee on it like that .

I like the new bee coin

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

sn’t the bee an emblem for a charity , working class folk etc in Manchester ?

No, it's the official emblem for Manchester (has been for centuries) a symbol of the city's great industry, same as the bee is part of the coat of arms of St David's cathedral due to the strong connections with the saint to bees. A stylised bee is also the new emblem for Bees Abroad

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

You’d know all about clowns with who you’ve got in charge on your side of the boarder

Yes - I find it rather amusing how the gammons get so upset at driving at a safe speed that will save lives. Especially as 70% of urban roads in Engerlund have been 20MPH for ages

 

[JamezF]

Do you prefer ours?

https://www.prospectstampsandcoins....-2-australian-decimal-coin-ex.-mint-roll.html

I do. That looks as though someone put a bit of effort into it.

James

 

[JamezF]

No, it's the official emblem for Manchester (has been for centuries) a symbol of the city's great industry

Also part of the logo of Boddingtons Brewery, which was in Manchester until AB InBev bought them out and closed the brewery down.

James

 

[fian]

In Spain, the most famous bee corresponds to the logo of an industrial empire "Rumasa". Based on appearance and fraud like the British monarchy?
https://marcaporhombro.com/rumasa/https://marcaporhombro.com/rumasa/

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Based on appearance and fraud like the British monarchy?

sounds about right

 

[JamezF]

I find it rather amusing how the gammons get so upset at driving at a safe speed that will save lives.

Almost as amusing as Richy Sunak's blatant attempt at a populist vote-grab by opposing the measure after it had been implemented.

James

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

apparently the temper tantrums we are seeing are similar to the ones when the first 30MPH limits were introduced (although that was before the internet so only comfortable middle class people with received pronounciation had a voice) and when the government had the audacity to take away people's 'human right' to drive whilst p!ssed,
and when crash helmets were made compulsory
same when seatbelt wearing became mandatory - I must admit I didn't feel comfortable wearing a seatbelt, until it saved me from serious injury, even death, when the car which I was a passenger in rolled down a mountainside.

 

[Antipodes]

I do. That looks as though someone put a bit of effort into it.

James

Award winning apparently.

https://www.themandarin.com.au/2276...e coin was,and designed by Aleksandra Stokic.
The artist.

https://www.ramint.gov.au/meet-minties

 

[JamezF]

apparently the temper tantrums we are seeing are similar to the ones when the first 30MPH limits were introduced (although that was before the internet so only comfortable middle class people with received pronounciation had a voice) and when the government had the audacity to take away people's 'human right' to drive whilst p!ssed,
and when crash helmets were made compulsory
same when seatbelt wearing became mandatory - I must admit I didn't feel comfortable wearing a seatbelt, until it saved me from serious injury, even death, when the car which I was a passenger in rolled down a mountainside.

There's a lovely (ie. self-important people being idiots) video on YT from the news covering the introduction of the 70mph limit. I'll see if I can find it in a moment.

My father-in-law still doesn't wear a seat belt properly despite having rolled his car on the M5. I always feel concerned when he and his wife travel any distance that the next vehicle down the drive will be a patrol car. He's 89 in a couple of months and there's little chance of persuading him to behave otherwise now. Fortunately its rare that they drive further than the nearest town these days.

James

 

[JamezF]

It was on the BBC, not YT:



Just goes to show that not much changes. Other than the traffic density on the M1.

James

 

[North End Bees]

It was on the BBC, not YT:

"I drive 24,000 miles a year. I don't want to dawdle along at 70mph"

 

[North End Bees]

I like the new coins. They're a big improvement on what we have at the moment as everyday currency.
They're not as sophisticated as Antipodes' $2 coin but that's a special commemorative edition anyway.

Charles et al keep bees (or at least they have them in the garden) but I don't think they would be promoting the honey bee as a threatened species, which is the theme of the coins.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

"I drive 24,000 miles a year. I don't want to dawdle along at 70mph"

she was probably p!ssed most of the time as well as well

 

[Wilco]

apparently the temper tantrums we are seeing are similar to the ones when the first 30MPH limits were introduced (although that was before the internet so only comfortable middle class people with received pronounciation had a voice) and when the government had the audacity to take away people's 'human right' to drive whilst p!ssed,
and when crash helmets were made compulsory
same when seatbelt wearing became mandatory - I must admit I didn't feel comfortable wearing a seatbelt, until it saved me from serious injury, even death, when the car which I was a passenger in rolled down a mountainside.

Would that be you defending Conservative party policies?