Mar 21, 2008 09:05
16 yrs ago
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omega
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Greetings,
I realise it’s the last letter of the Greek alphabet but I don't think it means that here.
Please see:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tony-booth-confessi...
Politically, they don't appear to be converging. My host is an unreconstructed pacifist and socialist, appalled by his son-in-law's catastrophic adventure in Iraq. There are 22 years between Tony Booth (omega) and his son-in-law; if you had encountered their opinions only on paper, you would assume Booth's to be the voice of youthful revolt, and Blair's to be the weary pragmatism of age. Their differences were curiously anticipated by Booth's defining role as Mike, son-in-law to Warren Mitchell's reactionary cockney, Alf Garnett, in the groundbreaking BBC comedy Till Death Us Do Part, which ran from 1966 to 1975.
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
I realise it’s the last letter of the Greek alphabet but I don't think it means that here.
Please see:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/tony-booth-confessi...
Politically, they don't appear to be converging. My host is an unreconstructed pacifist and socialist, appalled by his son-in-law's catastrophic adventure in Iraq. There are 22 years between Tony Booth (omega) and his son-in-law; if you had encountered their opinions only on paper, you would assume Booth's to be the voice of youthful revolt, and Blair's to be the weary pragmatism of age. Their differences were curiously anticipated by Booth's defining role as Mike, son-in-law to Warren Mitchell's reactionary cockney, Alf Garnett, in the groundbreaking BBC comedy Till Death Us Do Part, which ran from 1966 to 1975.
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
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Mar 21, 2008 09:16: Marie-Hélène Hayles changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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An omega operator is one who works by them self. like an omega Radar station is a stand alone radar station, and operates without the assistance of other radar stations.
Omega force, is a patrol sent out to operate in the field knowing they have to make all their decisions.
So from this I would say they are just saying he is single and not married.
OR>>>> that he was in a movie or show called Omega. Like Charlton Heston in "Omega man"
Omega force, is a patrol sent out to operate in the field knowing they have to make all their decisions.
So from this I would say they are just saying he is single and not married.
OR>>>> that he was in a movie or show called Omega. Like Charlton Heston in "Omega man"
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cmwilliams (X)
: Tony Booth was definitely not single. If you look further down the article, omega is used again twice - before 'Mail on Sunday' and again at the end of the article.
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