howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 January 2009
20:3611895#1
a bbc opinion poll asked the great british public how thet would vote if there was a referendum to join the euro.
71% said that they would vote against.
i thought that considering the weakness of sterling against the said currency, that people might think that the grass might be greener there, anyway, enough of cliches.
what do the team think?
Brian Dixon
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1 January 2009
20:4211896#2
cleaver people can make numbers work for them,this may be one of those.
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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1 January 2009
20:4911899#3
I can do anything with numbers Brian,but you can stick the Euro,I didn't want to be in the EEC,where is all that cheap French wine I voted for,I am not anti French just Anti Garlic,love the Dutch,Germans and Danish but we are different and an island.I'm against.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Unregistered User
1 January 2009
20:5311900#4
It's been a fun day, now this. How much fun can one endure on one day.
Howard you are a naughty boy.
Watty
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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1 January 2009
20:5811902#5
john one day we will get stuck with it wheather we wont it or not.and howard i agree with paul on this one.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 January 2009
22:4111908#6
brian
are you trying to nick the job in the cabinet that paul the fuehrer offered to me earlier?
i supposed that we could both stand for election to high office, i suspect that our combined vote would equate to less than 10% of what victor gets.
Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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1 January 2009
23:0211909#7
HOWARD will you be accepting invitations to party on expensive yachts when you get your cabinet job.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
09:0311912#8
howard its a job share position.
Unregistered User
2 January 2009
09:4911914#9
Dave , tell me where they are I've missed out.
Watty
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
14:2111929#10
dave
apparently i made a wrong career move.
the champagne lifestyle is more prevalent at town council level.
at district one can expect a sausage roll from the tesco "no frills" range and a can of budget vimto to wash it down with.
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2 January 2009
14:2511932#11
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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2 January 2009
15:5011945#12
Glad to hear that result.
I'm sure that a lot of people only see the Euro/Pound isue as a holiday thing about changing pounds for Euros.
I agree with you there John.
I hear that the (expert) view is that the Euro will be killed off in less than 20 years and countries will revert back to their own currencies.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
16:1011948#13
only rumor roger.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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2 January 2009
16:2311952#14
Worth starting though Brian - and continuing with.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
17:2311957#15
maybe,but only time will tell.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
20:2611964#16
roger
i have heard some incredible comments from people about the benefits of joining the euro.
that bloke who runs the virgin empire reckoned we should join as it makes life simpler not having to change money up.
the best will always be, when sitting on a p & o ferry during the days when everyone went on board to buy their booze and fags.
the barrack room lawyer in the bar pronounced that we should join the euro, because we would then pay "their" prices.
before i had a chance to laugh, there was a chorus of yes, right and all, here here etc.
i was considering trying to explain that "their" amounted to many countries that had vastly different prices for each commodity, then thought about the malt whiskey in my hold all, concentrated on that instead.
i have never heard a rational and/or logistical reason for joining.
2 January 2009
23:1611975#17
Howard - Vimto is cool - just slosh some voddy into it, perks it up no end!! As I have not spellchecked this, it may or may not be evident that I am doing so as we speak....!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 January 2009
23:2411978#18
good thinking bern, vimto is a quintissential british beverage, not like that chateau urine that those foreign jonnies imbibe
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 January 2009
00:4511984#19
Who said we will get a vote McBroon will probably decide and he will sign us up.
beer the food of the gods
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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3 January 2009
08:0411987#20
Like most other important things Guz - we can't be counted on to make the right (the Government's) decision - their view is, we don't have the intelligence to make this decision.
Roger
