Don't mention the Euro

[Leon Roskilly]

chesters1:

he has to back the frogs his wife tells him to

the word "rosbif" is a derogatory french word for the english a bit like the word frog we use for them its all based on dietry consumption

It's gone on long enough now.

 

Wessex should tell the so called 'United' Kingdom where to shove it.

 

Bloody beuracrats in Westminster, what do they know about life outside of London.

 

Bring back the groat, and bushels and chains, they all used to mean something!

 

And what idiot believed that the economy of the North Riding of Yorkshire and the ancient kingdom of Cornwall had anything in common?

 

And what a mess the so called 'Union' flag is!!

 

Bloody bits of real flags, thats all. Stitched together by some committee.

 

Thank god for the River Medway. At least that keeps Kentish Men and the Men of Kent apart!!

 

At least the frogs have the dignity of being citizens of their country.

 

Us, now we are merely subjects of the crown.

 

But no one would listen to me when I pointed out where we were heading, back in ..... Oh! I've forgotten. So long ago!

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

[ 31. May 2003, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

[Leon Roskilly]

[ 31. May 2003, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: Leon Roskilly ]

[Jim Roper]

corydoras:

I have a better idea. Why do'nt we just break up the UK then the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish can do the sensible thing and adopt the Euro

If that means that all their politicians, civil servants, TV presenters and local government officers can get back behind their borders and stop inerfering in England, then that's great!

They can take them 2 geordie nippers as well!

[doc_tench]

Whats the matter with you lot of old fashioned farts!!!

 

Move on!

 

Why is it that the english dont like change!

 

Join Europe and become one!

 

The pound is already loosing ground on the euro give it much longer and it will be alot worse to leave it than to join it!

 

Get real!!

 

Wise up!!

 

Embrace your fellow Frenchman, after all most of us originate from Normandy anyway!!!!

 

Dont you get ****** of with having to change to euros evertime you go into europe and then loosing out when you change it back to stirling!!

 

I am just as patriotic as you are but we have to move forward and then we can all be patriotic europeans

 

Deep down inside you no it makes sense.

 

Join tommorrow i say

[Jim Roper]

doc_tench:

Dont you get ****** of with having to change to euros evertime you go into europe and then loosing out when you change it back to stirling!!

I haven't even got a passport.

My British one ran out 25 years ago and I don't want one with those stars on.

 

The Swiss aren't in, are they?

If they do go in then we'll get all that business perhaps, provided we stay out.

The EU is all about big brother socialism. The Soviets went through 70 years of misery while they experimented with it.

NO THANKS!!!!

My ancestry goes back to Germany not France, thank the Lord.

 

[ 02. June 2003, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: Jim Roper ]

[little onions]

This is going to get nasty, isn't it?

[doc_tench]

little onions:

This is going to get nasty, isn't it?

 

We are all british and can discuss this in a civilised manner

 

Hold on "British" :confused: somebody has already mentioned they originate from Germany so maybe we should face up to the facts that we "ARE" european.

The "United States of Europe" sounds good!

[corydoras]

Mally:

Corydoras,

 

who are you, where are you from?

Q) Who am I?

 

A) If you think I am going to post me name and address up here then think again!

 

Q) Where am I from.

A) Born Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire in 1960.

 

Left school 1976. Joined Merchant Navy

After 9 years in MN decided that I had seen lots of old seamen that I did not want to become one. Left MN in about 1986.

 

Went to College (Clydebank Tech) and did some IT courses. Could not find work in Glasgow (old story no IT experience no IT job) so decided to check out Southampton, an old haunt from my MN days. Decided to stay for 6 months to a year to get some experience and then return to Glasgow. Never did return.

 

Met nice French girl in Southampton, got married 2.4 kids etc. After 12 years wife wants to life in France. OK by me, sell house and move to France. After 6 months wife decides she wants a divorce. I say OK, move back to Southampton. Will soon buy a flat in France and move back again.

 

I used to be as anti-Euro as the rest of you until I saw the actual 'changeover' in France. I was sure the Frogs would screw it up, but it went with mostly a hitch.

 

So that's me, who're you?

[corydoras]

Essex:

With all due respect, our european cousins couldn't hold a match to the British spirit.

What has the euro done for people so far ?

1. put up prices

2. Devalued very quickly

3. Wages have not risen

4. Put poor people in poorer situ

 

Above all we are an island,a proud one at that,i hate politics and polititians but they have there place.

The thought of some jumped up non reality based character deciding best practice for the uk is beyond comprehension and would only serve to P@ss people off (more than already).....

 

Ill informed or cautious of motives,we ahve seen the crass ruling introduced over here so far,impressed my ar@e :mad:

1) The Euro put up prices.

 

Cannot say this has not happened. Mostly caused by retailers being a bit greedy with their rounding-up. I beleive this has been particularly bad in Germany and Italy, perhaps in the Netherlands too. Not as apparent in France.

 

2) Devalued very quickly.

 

Yes it did. It is now creeping back up at an alarming rate. Will soon reach parity with GBP. Exceeding parity with USD. Having a strong currency is not some kind of symbol of financial virility you know.

 

3) Whose wages where?

 

4) Again what poor people where.

 

'Being an island' can hardly be used as an argument for or against the Euro. I do know that I have to pay my ex wife €500 a month and that lately it is costing me about £20 more each month as the Euro gets stronger against the pound. That is just me a private individual. It must be crippling for companies, large and small who buy from the Eurozone.

 

One day we will join, so we may as well get it over and done with.

[Paul_D]

Call me a cynic but I just have this nagging feeling that the Government are deliberately inciting us to fend of the single currency because if we did, maybe, pan-European prices would start to filter into our economy and 'Rip-Off' Britain would start to become a thing of the past.

 

P.S. My Mum lives close to Berlin and has an excellent standard of life pound for pound compared to me.

 

P.P.S. Isn't Ireland a good place to visit for a fishing holiday?....and so European!