Preparedness for when

lobbyludd

or - perhaps like me (not a kid) they are very desperately sad about leaving the EU. And really pretty unhappy that we will now be landed with a far right version of a conservative government in hock to rupert murdoch who are already reneging on the issues they campaigned on just yesterday- extra nhs funding for example. when the promises aren't delivered what will happen do you think.....?

perhaps they are angry that the forseeable future will be needlessly hard, for what they see as no tangible benefit, and that whilst the rich will be just tickety boo no matter what had happened, the young and the poor will bear the brunt of this pain. again.

I voted in what I saw was the best interests of my country and at times I have felt physically sick today, reeling - I thought both campaigns were despicable, and I am not fearful of overwhelming economic collapse, but life was already very hard for lots of people and now it is going to be harder, and smaller and meaner (a lack of chocolate and comfort indeed)

I'm feeling quite a lot of despair at the moment and massively questioning what being British is all about.

moneyistooshorttomention

...and perhaps they ought to take note of some of the "late middle age" people who've had the all too uncomfortable realisation that the fact we voted for the Common Market many years back now got spun into "support for the EU".:mad:

No - I bl**dy well didnt vote for the EU as is these days. I voted for the Common Market. Yep - that was naivety of youth that I took that absolutely at face value and didnt realise it was "thin end of wedge".

With age cometh cynicism...:( - and being prepared to vote against whatever-you-perceive as "Your Tribe" if you think its the right thing to do (yep...just had to do that......oh well.....).

mardatha

Reading all the hype and drama, I'm starting to wonder how the hell I lived until the age of 23 outside the EU!
Breakfast will still be porridge, or possibly an egg. (Does the UK have sufficient chickens to give everybody a wee egg for breakfast?)
Dinner will still be home made soup, carrot, lentil or scotch broth, hand made bread.
Tea is Scottish lamb or Aberdeen Angus mince, or occasionally a wee bit of haddock (caught in UK waters!) with tatties, peas or the odd turnip. And apple pie (English cooking apples) and custard or Scottish berries & cream.
The only thing I am worrying about is where do they make JellyBabies.....

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I can't alter the result and I'm sorry you are as upset about it as you are. My childhood didn't contain much chocolate or comfort, we were church mouse poor and life was Spartan and hard and not filled with happiness either. We managed to survive on very little and that's what I meant by Chocolate and comfort. I'm a just after the war baby and was born at the beginning of 1948 when it was a bitterly hard winter, that winter seemed to last until I was old enough to work and earn and gain a little independence, I hold that independence very, very dear and I know we'll thrive as a nation whether we stay or whether we leave because we have the strength to do so whatever the situation throws our way and we'll make good what we DO have, life will go on!

milasavesmoney

mardatha wrote: »

Well... I suppose a lot depends on what you want out of it Ivy .
But the one thing that makes me happy today is that sooner or later politicians are forced to remember just who they are working for!

This is why the US has seen the rise of someone like Donald Trump.:eek: They are sick of the status quo politicians who do not listen to the people.

GreyQueen

Well said, MrsLW, well said.

What about my rights, young people? I've lived my whole life under something I had no chance to vote about and now I've had a chance to have my say. And I'm not a baby boomer, I'm a Gen X-er. Since I can reasonably expect to live another 35-40 years, I consider I have every right to finally have my opinions heard.

The Guardian is royally p-ing me off and has been for some weeks. The latest is the columnist Rhi@nnon Lucy C0sslett (lose the middle name, luv, it makes your by-line look stupid and it's not like you're gonna be confused with the more-famous Rhi@nnon C0sslett, is it?). And in how the 75% of the youth voted Remain. And how noble they are.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:This is the cohort who can't usually be bothered to get off their beam ends and vote in local or national elections - noble my arris.

Pardon me and pass the vomit jar; in some areas over 70% of all voters voted Brexit. Areas with very high rates of EU migration, incidentally.

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MAR breakfasts would be porridge, toast and jam made with home grown fruits, bread and milk (long time since I've had that), maybe sometimes an egg or home grown haricots made into baked beans on toast.

Lunches would be home grown veg in season, sausages and bacon from British reared pigs , stew with British beef or lamb, Black Pudding Hot Pot, UK caught fish and chips, shepherds pie or mince and veg pie. Many options.

Puddings would be fruit in season as crumble, stewed fruit, in pies, fresh berries and cream, steamed puddings and custard.

British cheeses and oatcakes/crackers/biscuits can't be beaten.

Are we allowed to have tea/coffee? British milk of course and beer and cider for those that want it?

mrs-moneypenny

Well said both of you.
I was too young to vote last time but recall my mum going on about how we were tricked into the common market with the promise of a butter mountain and a wine lake:rotfl: she doesn't even drink that much but has never forgiven ted Heath
I've never had a free education or a gap year, we've worked hard done without and the pension goals keep moving so what is there for us middle ageers except perhaps to toil on until we are just about to claim a pension then pop off and leave it for the young

jk0

Haynes Manuals eh? Anyone used one? (Home mechanic's bible).

I've had a little problem with my car lately. Unfortunately for some reason many parts aren't routinely changed at service time, so mine has managed to slip through without new fuel or air filters since it was new ten years ago. (It's been serviced 5 times but only done 31,000 miles.)

It has been a little hesitant since its recent MOT, so I ordered a new air filter. Someone on the motoring section suggested I also do the fuel filter. These items arrived today, so I set to work.

I always photocopy the relevant pages of the Haynes Manual so it doesn't get oily. The job went very easily, but my car wouldn't start. First I thought the new fuel filter was faulty so I swapped them back while mentally composing a sarcastic letter to the supplier.

Sh*t a brick! Now it won't start with the old fuel filter. I came in and scrubbed my hands before having a closer look at the Haynes Manual. I had stopped reading where it started talking about the 2 litre engine. Mine is 1.6. After replacing the fuel filter, you have to pump diesel into it with a hand pump! But where is the hand pump? The Haynes Manual doesn't say.

Thank God for the internet, because I finally found it under a piece of plastic trim. You have to fit a tube from the filter to a container, and pump this thing continuously for two minutes while lying on the engine! Finally the engine started. Then I had to refit the new filter and do the whole thing again.

I'm so tired now.

Mojisola

milasavesmoney wrote: »

This is why the US has seen the rise of someone like Donald Trump.:eek: They are sick of the status quo politicians who do not listen to the people.

Does anyone really believe that Donald Trump and his ilk will 'listen to the people' once they are in power?