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General Discussion Area / Re: what soup.
« on: 16 December 2011, 19:28:07 »
Likewise make my own soups, as they taste a lot better and are low in salt.
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General Discussion Area / Re: school photos
« on: 16 December 2011, 19:17:54 »
I had forgotten how good I looked as a school kid. 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Bloody Frogs
« on: 16 December 2011, 18:45:12 »
Den your out of luck at the moment as she uses a Euro every night.
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General Discussion Area / Re: High water bill explained
« on: 14 December 2011, 01:30:15 »
Solved, they are now flush with money 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Much more credit where its due (EU)
« on: 14 December 2011, 01:12:29 »
Nigel Farage has the advantage of leading a small (at the moment) party, so he can tell it like it is, not like the media focus generated speeches from the major parties. 
There are 3 possible solutions to the Euro crisis:
1) Eurobonds (vetoed by Merkel)
2) Inflate away the sovereign debts by QE and printing money (vetoed by Merkel)
3) Get a non-Eurozone country to pay (vetoed by Cameron)
4) Panic, have a tantrum and throw your toys out of the pram, saying things like we will keep the UK budget rebate (French MEP), or say what Cameron wants is technically impossible (which is bull.... all they mean is, we are not prepared to let the UK off the hook, the city must bail out the Eurozone).
If it had been a Merkel demand to protect Frankfurt or a demand from her Poodle it would have been accommodated.
The new treaty does not solve the Eurozone problems, it is not even a credible sticking plaster.
The Germans with theirPoodle French partner created the Euro and the mess that has followed, and it cannot be solved, as there is a stalemate, where Merkel and the Poodle are both protecting their national interests at the expense of the rest of Europe. Merkel the price of borrowing as Eurobonds would be at a higher interest rate, and the fear of inflation, The Poodle to protect the French banks (although there has been a rumour that a French bank has had to have Government assistance, to stave off bankruptcy in the last few days).
At the weekend an American general was contemplating in a public speech on the implications of a Euro collapse and / or civil unrest, like the Arab spring for the 80,000 service personal based in Germany, so you can bet that the Pentagon is now busy planning for worse case scenarios.
If you want to see some lively parliamentary debating, then you can't beat the Rada in the Ukraine. This happens about every 6 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkqrEK6UX3s
There are 3 possible solutions to the Euro crisis:
1) Eurobonds (vetoed by Merkel)
2) Inflate away the sovereign debts by QE and printing money (vetoed by Merkel)
3) Get a non-Eurozone country to pay (vetoed by Cameron)
4) Panic, have a tantrum and throw your toys out of the pram, saying things like we will keep the UK budget rebate (French MEP), or say what Cameron wants is technically impossible (which is bull.... all they mean is, we are not prepared to let the UK off the hook, the city must bail out the Eurozone).
If it had been a Merkel demand to protect Frankfurt or a demand from her Poodle it would have been accommodated. The new treaty does not solve the Eurozone problems, it is not even a credible sticking plaster.
The Germans with their
Merkel the price of borrowing as Eurobonds would be at a higher interest rate, and the fear of inflation, The Poodle to protect the French banks (although there has been a rumour that a French bank has had to have Government assistance, to stave off bankruptcy in the last few days).At the weekend an American general was contemplating in a public speech on the implications of a Euro collapse and / or civil unrest, like the Arab spring for the 80,000 service personal based in Germany, so you can bet that the Pentagon is now busy planning for worse case scenarios.
If you want to see some lively parliamentary debating, then you can't beat the Rada in the Ukraine. This happens about every 6 months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkqrEK6UX3s
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General Discussion Area / Re: Cooking the Christmas Turkey, took from the Jeep forum....
« on: 12 December 2011, 03:41:32 »
He laid her on the table.
So white clean and bare.
His forehead wet with beads of sweat.
He rubbed her here and there.
He touched her neck and then her breast.
And then drooling felt her thigh.
The slit was wet and all was set,
He gave a joyous cry.
The hole was wide...
He looked inside.
All was dark and murky.
He rubbed his hands and stretched his arms...
And then he stuffed the turkey.
You've got dirty mind, if you were thinking at Chrismas, it was anything but turkey being filled with sausage meat, bread, sage, thyme and onion.
So white clean and bare.
His forehead wet with beads of sweat.
He rubbed her here and there.
He touched her neck and then her breast.
And then drooling felt her thigh.
The slit was wet and all was set,
He gave a joyous cry.
The hole was wide...
He looked inside.
All was dark and murky.
He rubbed his hands and stretched his arms...
And then he stuffed the turkey.
You've got dirty mind, if you were thinking at Chrismas, it was anything but turkey being filled with sausage meat, bread, sage, thyme and onion.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Fantastic engineering skills
« on: 10 December 2011, 17:07:32 »
Brilliant.
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General Discussion Area / Re: if it all goes tits up
« on: 10 December 2011, 16:10:02 »
Bad for Germany as it relies on low Euro from PIIGS effect to export its cheap manufactured goods around the world. Also bad for Germany as PIIGS no longer able to afford German goods. Netherlands and Austria will join them to form German speaking currency union.
Bad for France as they have to bail out their banks so their GDP to debt is over 100% and they join PIIGS. France will offer similar currency union to other French speaking countries, which will be very successful, they are battling along alone, but French speaking Somalia have offered to join then. Franc strengthens upon the news and shares in their shipyards rally.
Bad for Belgium as they will have to bailout zombie bank Dexia further with already over 100% debt to GDP, so they also join PIIGS.
PIIGS now known as FIBPIGS after Greek financial reporting or BIFPIGS after Napoleon Jr (Sarkozy) where France likes to thrown its weight around in Europe.
Greece good as new currency reflects their economic position. Floats at 1 new dracma to 1 Euro within a week 1,000,000,000 dracma to 1 Euro, so forced to default by 100% on debt rather than 50%, which causes major French banking crisis. Turkey not happy as cheap Greek holidays takes away much of the tourism increases they have achieved over the last few years, so boost their tourism by unifying Cyprus.
Italy, do they know, will they care, as it is an excuse to have a national holiday in celebration and massive year long Bunga Bunga party.
Ireland keeps Euro as they can't afford the cost of a punt on a new currency.
Spain good as they will increase their tourism, which is boosted still further from massive influx of Brits where you can buy an empty 3 bedroom villa with swimming pool for £99 including taxes. Unemployment drops as a result from 22.8% to 22.75%.
Portugal defaults and in solidarity with Greece, joins dracma currency union, currency strengthens, so now trading at 999,999,998 dracma to 1 Euro.
**** Stop press: **** Latest news. France withdraw their ship from anti-piracy gulf patrol... France mobilizes all their military forces and invades a neighboring country, but is quickly defeated and they have counter attacked, with Sarkozy declaring Paris and open city. Yes, the French really were that desperate to get their hands on Luxembourg's currency reserves.
It may not be exactly like this, but I'm sure the Eurofarce will be long these lines....
Bad for France as they have to bail out their banks so their GDP to debt is over 100% and they join PIIGS. France will offer similar currency union to other French speaking countries, which will be very successful, they are battling along alone, but French speaking Somalia have offered to join then. Franc strengthens upon the news and shares in their shipyards rally.
Bad for Belgium as they will have to bailout zombie bank Dexia further with already over 100% debt to GDP, so they also join PIIGS.
PIIGS now known as FIBPIGS after Greek financial reporting or BIFPIGS after Napoleon Jr (Sarkozy) where France likes to thrown its weight around in Europe.
Greece good as new currency reflects their economic position. Floats at 1 new dracma to 1 Euro within a week 1,000,000,000 dracma to 1 Euro, so forced to default by 100% on debt rather than 50%, which causes major French banking crisis.
Turkey not happy as cheap Greek holidays takes away much of the tourism increases they have achieved over the last few years, so boost their tourism by unifying Cyprus. Italy, do they know, will they care, as it is an excuse to have a national holiday in celebration and massive year long Bunga Bunga party.
Ireland keeps Euro as they can't afford the cost of a punt on a new currency.
Spain good as they will increase their tourism, which is boosted still further from massive influx of Brits where you can buy an empty 3 bedroom villa with swimming pool for £99 including taxes.
Unemployment drops as a result from 22.8% to 22.75%. Portugal defaults and in solidarity with Greece, joins dracma currency union, currency strengthens, so now trading at 999,999,998 dracma to 1 Euro.
**** Stop press: **** Latest news. France withdraw their ship from anti-piracy gulf patrol... France mobilizes all their military forces and invades a neighboring country, but is quickly defeated and they have counter attacked, with Sarkozy declaring Paris and open city. Yes, the French really were that desperate to get their hands on Luxembourg's currency reserves.
It may not be exactly like this, but I'm sure the Eurofarce will be long these lines....
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General Discussion Area / Re: Banks now owe Britain big time
« on: 10 December 2011, 14:47:40 »
We are already bottom of the lists in most EU countries, when it comes to big projects, the French in particular interpret EU single market rules and subsidies in their own unique way, (not to their country's disadvantage, it case you hadn't noticed 
) so what is going to change?
EUSSR is a busted flush, it is just a question of when it implodes as they had not carried the electorate along with them, in much the same way as the USSR. You can get away with this to a degree if the population are financially comfortable and happy, but as living standards fall dramatically over the next 10 years in Europe (including the UK) and the PIIGS have every more unrealistic austerity measures applied byGermany the EU under this new stability pact, it will result in major uprisings in many EU countries. 
The old financial stability rules of under 3% deficits and less then 60% debt to GDP have been with the EU since the ERM days with fines of up to 2% of GDP, why was it not imposed to stop what has happened now? Because virtually all of the Eurozone countries haven't and don't comply, it was effectively dropped when Germany and France broke the rules and told the EU that you are not going to fine us. So having even tougher rules is a joke, 0.5% budget deficit and max 60% debt which France doesn't meet 82% debt to GDP and 4.5% deficit and Germany doesn't either with 1% deficit and 83% debt.
In reality all they are doing is trying to flatter and convince the markets that the EU finances will improve (they won't) to convince the markets to support the Euro to stop it failing (they won't) and to try to make it look like the EU politicians have now got a grip on the crisis (they haven't).
The new rules were deliberately setup and imposed by the French and Germans to make the UK use it veto. Why? So all of the headlines for the next few days (France and Germany hope for the next few weeks and months) is on the UK's relationship with the EU and not on the failing Euro. I expect the markets will have woken up to this by at the latest midday Monday.
For those of you that like a good Brian Rix farce, here is the EU statement on the new rules. The opening paragraph is a good joke in its own right.
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/126658.pdf
(not to their country's disadvantage, it case you hadn't noticed ) so what is going to change? EUSSR is a busted flush, it is just a question of when it implodes as they had not carried the electorate along with them, in much the same way as the USSR. You can get away with this to a degree if the population are financially comfortable and happy, but as living standards fall dramatically over the next 10 years in Europe (including the UK) and the PIIGS have every more unrealistic austerity measures applied by
The old financial stability rules of under 3% deficits and less then 60% debt to GDP have been with the EU since the ERM days with fines of up to 2% of GDP, why was it not imposed to stop what has happened now? Because virtually all of the Eurozone countries haven't and don't comply, it was effectively dropped when Germany and France broke the rules and told the EU that you are not going to fine us.
So having even tougher rules is a joke, 0.5% budget deficit and max 60% debt which France doesn't meet 82% debt to GDP and 4.5% deficit and Germany doesn't either with 1% deficit and 83% debt.In reality all they are doing is trying to flatter and convince the markets that the EU finances will improve (they won't) to convince the markets to support the Euro to stop it failing (they won't) and to try to make it look like the EU politicians have now got a grip on the crisis (they haven't).
The new rules were deliberately setup and imposed by the French and Germans to make the UK use it veto. Why? So all of the headlines for the next few days (France and Germany hope for the next few weeks and months) is on the UK's relationship with the EU and not on the failing Euro. I expect the markets will have woken up to this by at the latest midday Monday.
For those of you that like a good Brian Rix farce, here is the EU statement on the new rules. The opening paragraph is a good joke in its own right.
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/126658.pdf
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General Discussion Area / BBC Fatal Crash Map 1999-2010
« on: 05 December 2011, 11:09:44 »
This is interesting. When I checked my local post code area 90-95% of fatalities are car drivers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720
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General Discussion Area / Re: clarkson
« on: 01 December 2011, 16:09:58 »
Where does all this PC rubbish come from, socialism, with the primary source being the unions and Labour. So, do you expect anything different than this mock outrage, from that bunch of neanderthals, What does PC do, restricts freedom of speech and creates a climate of fear.
So long may Clarkson and people like him fight back against this repression.
So long may Clarkson and people like him fight back against this repression.
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General Discussion Area / Autumn Statement - What George Osbourne didn't tell you
« on: 30 November 2011, 19:17:08 »
His autumn statement was full of bad numbers, what he didn't tell you is it will be worse next year due to lack of growth, even worse the following year and so on as his deficit reduction relies on the UK economy growing with all politicians giving unrealistic growth figures particularly for years further into the future.
The link below from the Head of Research at a London Financial Institution, is by far the best analysis I've seen on where the UK economy is right now, how it got here through the the absolute criminal recklessness of 'Team Brown' and where it is heading in the future with virtually no economic growth for a long time. This country is very deep in the brown stuff, mainly as a result of "Team Brown".
http://www.tullettprebon.com/Documents/strategyinsights/Tim_Morgan_Report_007.pdf
Knowledge and forewarning gives you the power to make the right decisions in your own and your families best interests as
sometime between 2012 and 2016 this country is going to be in the same debt driven death spiral as Greece. Once the Eurozone crisis is resolved by the politicians (unlikely) or by events and markets (they will force the issue to make a profit!), then it will be the UK's and USA's turn to be tested by the markets.
The link below from the Head of Research at a London Financial Institution, is by far the best analysis I've seen on where the UK economy is right now, how it got here through the the absolute criminal recklessness of 'Team Brown' and where it is heading in the future with virtually no economic growth for a long time. This country is very deep in the brown stuff, mainly as a result of "Team Brown".
http://www.tullettprebon.com/Documents/strategyinsights/Tim_Morgan_Report_007.pdf
Knowledge and forewarning gives you the power to make the right decisions in your own and your families best interests as
sometime between 2012 and 2016 this country is going to be in the same debt driven death spiral as Greece. Once the Eurozone crisis is resolved by the politicians (unlikely) or by events and markets (they will force the issue to make a profit!), then it will be the UK's and USA's turn to be tested by the markets.
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Omega General Help / Re: tensioner pully
« on: 28 November 2011, 15:47:13 »
It might just need repacking with grease. From what I can remember when I did mine, undo nut, take off pulley, remove large metal washer / cover from each side and pack with grease.
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General Car Chat / Re: Pricey in Spain
« on: 28 November 2011, 13:33:42 »if UK used LHD cars instead, I doubt second hand prices would be so low..
When Germany rule us, I'm sure they'll make us all drive on the other side of the road. Won't be long, now!
Seeing how people are already wishing each other Happy Christmas, I might as well get in first for this, we change over to driving on the right on the 1st April 2012.
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General Car Chat / Re: Pricey in Spain
« on: 28 November 2011, 13:30:00 »
Its the same in the Ukraine, you are looking at least four times the price for the same car in the UK and it can be up to ten times. To get anything under $2000 (£1300) you are looking at something that is 25 years old or more and on its last legs.
Typical example or their version of Autotrader is: Price $8500 (£5600) for an 1999 2.0 Omega saloon, that has done 180000km (112500 miles)
http://rstcars.com/oldcars/opel/omega/opel_omega_1596612.html
To get anything under $2000 (£1300) you are looking at something that is 25 years old or more and on its last legs.Typical example or their version of Autotrader is: Price $8500 (£5600) for an 1999 2.0 Omega saloon, that has done 180000km (112500 miles)
http://rstcars.com/oldcars/opel/omega/opel_omega_1596612.html