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[Lizzie_Zoom]

What a load of tosh. They'll be asking us to change all our speedos & road signs to KM next

Well here's a good old British sign


all you EU Muppets

Sorry Pete, but I find your post insulting.

Once more a "political" type thread which was being debated very nicely and politely suddenly degenerates into insults.  Why??

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[waspy]

What a load of tosh. They'll be asking us to change all our speedos & road signs to KM next

Well here's a good old British sign


all you EU Muppets

Sorry Pete, but I find your post insulting.

Once more a "political" type thread which was being debated very nicely and politely suddenly degenerates into insults.  Why??

Alert button pressed.

Oh dear oh dear. Well i saved you the bother.
I was expressing my thoughts has do you & all others.
As far as i'm concerened the EU can go & get ...........

[cruisetopoland]

What a load of tosh. They'll be asking us to change all our speedos & road signs to KM next
Well here's a good old British sign


all you EU Muppets

Sorry Pete, but I find your post insulting.

Once more a "political" type thread which was being debated very nicely and politely suddenly degenerates into insults.  Why??

Alert button pressed.

Oh dear oh dear. Well i saved you the bother.
I was expressing my thoughts has do you & all others.
As far as i'm concerened the EU can go & get ...........

FANTASTIC! When?

[Nickbat]

What a load of tosh. They'll be asking us to change all our speedos & road signs to KM next

Well here's a good old British sign


all you EU Muppets

Sorry Pete, but I find your post insulting.

Once more a "political" type thread which was being debated very nicely and politely suddenly degenerates into insults.  Why??

Alert button pressed.

Oh, P L E A S E! Insulting? Alert button?

Unless I am mistaken, Pete was suggesting a two-finger salute to the European Superstate and the clowns that run it. What can you possibly find insulting about that?

 

[Banjax]

And we are off again. Like I keep saying we are members of the EU club (like it or not) so we need to step up to the mark and make our voice heard. Over to you Mr Cameron. This sort of stupid waste of taxpayers money (cos that is how they are paid) needs to also be included in austerity measures too.

Here is a practical Spanish perspective on things.

Bananas and Cucumbers. They sell any old shapes here. always have and always will.

Same with Tomatoes and other fruit and veg. I think it is a uniquely British thing to actually get wound up to obey any rules. In fact Britain will employ an army of inspectors to crack down on anyone who bends the "law" by even a fraction. As a Nationality we are so up our own jacksies.

On a lighter note, Piping and tubing is sold here in "pulgadas", Inches in other words. So you go and buy so many metres of tubing at say 1 and a quarter inch diameter. I think that must be a hangover from the time when the Victorians led the world in engineering. Some of the more common sizes (like in the UK) are also in metric e.g. 15mm. I haven't found out for sure yet but suspect threads on bolts will be the same as UK standards too.

I asked a couple of Spanish guys recently why Tyres and wheels on all their cars were in inches not in metric. They hadn't a clue and cared even less.  Again that illustrates their mentality.
But then these are the same people who would never dream of having a foreigner manage their football team or fill their supermarkets with food from loads of foreign countries.

you're right Varche, we get worked up about it, the rest of europe simply ignores it if its not useful or practical - can't we relax a bit? i couldnt give 2 hoots about this to be honest, but if it bothers you, refuse to buy any eggs labelled in weight and not number......tesco's et al would soon ditch it, but as usual most of us couldnt care, despite the klaxons, spinning wheels, squawking and flapping arms of the Daily Mails' finest

  How dare you BJ, it also appeared in the Telegraph as well!!

and the Scotsman

[Lizzie_Zoom]

What a load of tosh. They'll be asking us to change all our speedos & road signs to KM next

Well here's a good old British sign


all you EU Muppets

Sorry Pete, but I find your post insulting.

Once more a "political" type thread which was being debated very nicely and politely suddenly degenerates into insults.  Why??

Alert button pressed.

Oh, P L E A S E! Insulting? Alert button?

Unless I am mistaken, Pete was suggesting a two-finger salute to the European Superstate and the clowns that run it. What can you possibly find insulting about that?

 

A two fingered sign and "to all you EU Muppets"

I found that insulting and why again should these threads [on an International Forum] degenerate into insults yet again??   What is wrong with saying "I don't agree with Europe and the arguments for staying in, along with conforming to their dictates"??

No instead, showing a lack of vocabulary again, somebody has to insult anyone who happens to have an opposite view point, with a "you" that I see as personal.

Once more I have got to say it is just not worth debating politics on the OOF, as the membership cannot do it in peace.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

can't you open the box and count? i don't think i'd go to war over this to be honest 
 when was the last time anyone on here asked for a dozen eggs? dont you just pick up a box, check to see they're not cracked and move on to the tea and coffee section....like everyone else? 

........two boxes of eggs from Iceland today......one box contained ten eggs ......the other fifteen.....

[Lizzie_Zoom]

can't you open the box and count? i don't think i'd go to war over this to be honest 
 when was the last time anyone on here asked for a dozen eggs? dont you just pick up a box, check to see they're not cracked and move on to the tea and coffee section....like everyone else? 

........two boxes of eggs from Iceland today......one box contained ten eggs ......the other fifteen.....

Brilliant Optimist, so some are going in the right direction!

[Nickbat]

A two fingered sign and "to all you EU Muppets"

I found that insulting and why again should these threads [on an International Forum] degenerate into insults yet again??   What is wrong with saying "I don't agree with Europe and the arguments for staying in, along with conforming to their dictates"??

No instead, showing a lack of vocabulary again, somebody has to insult anyone who happens to have an opposite view point, with a "you" that I see as personal.

Once more I have got to say it is just not worth debating politics on the OOF, as the membership cannot do it in peace.

 

For goodness sake, Lizzie! There was no indication that the comment was directed at you personally.
Mind you, the comment about a member having a lack of vocabulary is borderline insulting.

Not everyone is able to articulate their feelings textually. That does not preclude them from having, or voicing, an opinion.

 

[Nickbat]

In a good post on the subject, one of the UK's more prominent bloggers, The Devil's Kitchen, rightly points out that this measure, if when implemented, will logically lead to higher food costs, as producers will need to purchase equipment to measure the weight of each egg, alter labelling, and so on.

Of course, having thought about the post, I would speculate that higher costs will hardly be an incentive to more free-range and organic methods of egg production - but rather more towards an increase in battery farming. So the poor and the chickens suffer, but the EU muppets win.

http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2010/06/eggs-by-kilo.html 

[Mysteryman]

Those of you who feel really strongly about stuff like this should act. Make your feelings known to officialdom and boycott the product.
Admittedly, it probably wont make a huge difference but it might make you feel better :-/

[Pitchfork]

can't you open the box and count? i don't think i'd go to war over this to be honest 
 when was the last time anyone on here asked for a dozen eggs? dont you just pick up a box, check to see they're not cracked and move on to the tea and coffee section....like everyone else? 

........two boxes of eggs from Iceland today......one box contained ten eggs ......the other fifteen.....

Does this prove that the population of the country are not numerate?

[tidla]

can't you open the box and count? i don't think i'd go to war over this to be honest 
 when was the last time anyone on here asked for a dozen eggs? dont you just pick up a box, check to see they're not cracked and move on to the tea and coffee section....like everyone else? 

........two boxes of eggs from Iceland today......one box contained ten eggs ......the other fifteen.....

Does this prove that the population of the country are not numerate?

no, icelands got some sticky fingered - bulgy pocket customers.

[Pitchfork]

can't you open the box and count? i don't think i'd go to war over this to be honest 
 when was the last time anyone on here asked for a dozen eggs? dont you just pick up a box, check to see they're not cracked and move on to the tea and coffee section....like everyone else? 

........two boxes of eggs from Iceland today......one box contained ten eggs ......the other fifteen.....

Does this prove that the population of the country are not numerate?

no, icelands got some sticky fingered - bulgy pocket customers.

Iceland the country -geddit?

[Darth Loo-knee]

A two fingered sign and "to all you EU Muppets"

I found that insulting and why again should these threads [on an International Forum] degenerate into insults yet again??   What is wrong with saying "I don't agree with Europe and the arguments for staying in, along with conforming to their dictates"??

No instead, showing a lack of vocabulary again, somebody has to insult anyone who happens to have an opposite view point, with a "you" that I see as personal.

Once more I have got to say it is just not worth debating politics on the OOF, as the membership cannot do it in peace.

 

For goodness sake, Lizzie! There was no indication that the comment was directed at you personally.
Mind you, the comment about a member having a lack of vocabulary is borderline insulting.

Not everyone is able to articulate their feelings textually. That does not preclude them from having, or voicing, an opinion.

 
 

I have just read all of this thread.
If I went to buy some eggs I would think "Do I need a dozen or a dozen and a half??" It is an old tradition to me, which should perhaps stay, everything seems to be getting takens away by the Non British people..

On the matter of raising the alert, personally I didn't see anything wrong with what Pete said either.... but, Lizzie I too thought you saying someone/other members having a lack of vocabulary was Very Insulting.

Think people need to realise that conversations/debates are a two way thing, not one person shouting expecting everyone to do what they want or say... the sooner we start realising it the better things will be.

In my opinion of cause