Brexit, for once some facts.

oldtom

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too late. 47% find that cancelling brexit would be a humiliation.
Another amazing headline front page from the fascist-owned, tory propaganda organ. I spent the day in Cambridge and nobody asked my opinion about anything. I was almost grateful when the 3rd 'Big Issue' seller said, 'Helloooo' to me as I tried manfully to ignore her.:(

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flecc

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Of course" now it comes back to me, the Mayor who claimed he owed his success to Honest Graft , and and then absconded with $3,000,000!
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From Wikipedia:

"Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption, being the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. The term has its origins in the medical procedure whereby tissue is removed from one location and attached to another for which it was not originally intended."

So he wasn't really being naughty, just moving money from one place to another where it was not originally intended to be. :)
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daveboy

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I guess you aren't fluent in French? Paris is just as expensive as London if you are a visitor. To live there however:

You would need around 5,246.59€ (4,649.00£) in London to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 4,600.00€ in Paris (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. This assumes net earnings (after income tax).

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=France&city1=Paris&country2=United+Kingdom&city2=London
Mange Tout Rodney.........Mange tout...
 

Zlatan

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As this thread approaches 40,000 posts perhaps a moment should be spared to just point out the time we have spent (replace spent with whatever verb you chose, wasted, enjoyed, argued)
I, d guess OG is biggest single contributor, assume perhaps a 50 word average for each of his wise offerings... and assume he, s made 1 in 10 posts.. (both minimums).... He is easily at 200,000 words. That's a fair length novel.. JK Rowling was a millionaire on fewer words,and reached a world wide audience.
OG has written by my assessment between 1 and 2 novels.. and reached perhaps 100 readers.
Start a book OG...
 

flecc

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"You know there is no French word for entrepreneur..." One of Bush juniors proclamations.. And you mock Trump. Bush must be thickest.
I think it's becoming a qualification for being US president or vice president. Jimmy Carter seemed vague about many things, we had the B movie star Ronald Reagan thinking printing money solved everything, VP Dan Quayle insisting to primary kids that potato was spelt potatoe, the Bush Junior genius and now Trump. I'm not sure I'll dare to look who stands next.
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oldgroaner

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As this thread approaches 40,000 posts perhaps a moment should be spared to just point out the time we have spent (replace spent with whatever verb you chose, wasted, enjoyed, argued)
I, d guess OG is biggest single contributor, assume perhaps a 50 word average for each of his wise offerings... and assume he, s made 1 in 10 posts.. (both minimums).... He is easily at 200,000 words. That's a fair length novel.. JK Rowling was a millionaire on fewer words,and reached a world wide audience.
OG has written by my assessment between 1 and 2 novels.. and reached perhaps 100 readers.
Start a book OG...
Actually I have produced several books, all of Landscape Photographs with comments and simply to be used as presents, though my main interest is in Drawing and painting.
And I was, as a project well into writing a science fiction novel when Brexit came along making scence fiction seem tame by comparison with real life fantasy.
 
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anotherkiwi

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Are they largely home produced, or imports from the Far East, do you know?
I really can't see any UK manufacturer setting up to fully manufacture and sell Ebikes in competition with China, but it would be nice to be wrong about that.
Just to be complete Trump has put a tariff on Chinese e-bikes. Maybe he was inspired by the EU?
 

flecc

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As this thread approaches 40,000 posts perhaps a moment should be spared to just point out the time we have spent (replace spent with whatever verb you chose, wasted, enjoyed, argued)
I, d guess OG is biggest single contributor, assume perhaps a 50 word average for each of his wise offerings... and assume he, s made 1 in 10 posts.. (both minimums).... He is easily at 200,000 words. That's a fair length novel.. JK Rowling was a millionaire on fewer words,and reached a world wide audience.
OG has written by my assessment between 1 and 2 novels.. and reached perhaps 100 readers.
Start a book OG...
And it's all my fault for starting this thread.

Just as well there is no heaven since I'd never get in after this. :(
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oldtom

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As this thread approaches 40,000 posts perhaps a moment should be spared to just point out the time we have spent (replace spent with whatever verb you chose, wasted, enjoyed, argued)
I, d guess OG is biggest single contributor, assume perhaps a 50 word average for each of his wise offerings... and assume he, s made 1 in 10 posts.. (both minimums).... He is easily at 200,000 words. That's a fair length novel.. JK Rowling was a millionaire on fewer words,and reached a world wide audience.
OG has written by my assessment between 1 and 2 novels.. and reached perhaps 100 readers.
Start a book OG...
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Fingers

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As this thread approaches 40,000 posts perhaps a moment should be spared to just point out the time we have spent (replace spent with whatever verb you chose, wasted, enjoyed, argued)
I, d guess OG is biggest single contributor, assume perhaps a 50 word average for each of his wise offerings... and assume he, s made 1 in 10 posts.. (both minimums).... He is easily at 200,000 words. That's a fair length novel.. JK Rowling was a millionaire on fewer words,and reached a world wide audience.
OG has written by my assessment between 1 and 2 novels.. and reached perhaps 100 readers.
Start a book OG...

He thought a million views meant a million people were fans of his!!!

Poor old boy.
 

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