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Yes, seriously, d-g, I hope this latest bit of nonsense is short-lived. It's really not a lot of fun parked up for hours on the dockside.
It seems so bizarre that these fishermen want to catch more fish, thus reducing the potential for future catches. Or am I missing something?Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 19930 -
Different strokes ...
People still ask why we left the UK for France. There are lots of reasons, but here's an example of a difference in philosophy.
Compare the attitudes to internet privacy:
http://www.connexionfrance.com/news_articles.php?id=751
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE53D26M20090414?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
OK, they're not over quite the same issue, and neither story is finished yet, but despite the increasing number of cameras on the street corners and traffic lights in France, there's still a long way to go before Big Brother is as powerful in France as he is in the UK.
Vive la liberte!Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 19930 -
DS - been looking at alternatives for D-G's trip home. What is Dieppe like?member # 12 of Skaters Club
Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOBYou don't stop laughing because you grow old,You grow old because you stop laughing
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Don't worry folk, I will check at Verdun, and if necessary have an extended jolly in France. Sure it will be clear before Monday evening though.
DGMember #8 of the SKI-ers Club
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Dieppe is a very pleasant little seaside town. The port is small - only one ferry in at a time, IIRC. LD Lines operate from there, but I heard a lady being interviewed earlier on Five Live. She was saying that her ferry company had rerouted a ferry so that it sailed from Dieppe - but I suspect that she really meant that they had been given a ticket for an alternative route by LD Lines. She said that Dieppe port was very busy.
She also reported that the fishermen were burning tyres on the approach road to Boulogne port.
Norfolk Line have reported that they have no idea when the blockade might be lifted. P&O are saying that they will be having a meeting tomorrow (it didn't say who with!) to discuss possible solutions. One French union is saying that it will blockade Eurotunnel and Eurostar tomorrow.Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 19930 -
Dieppe is lovely and indeed is our preferred route if we come over from France as we have friends in Seaford (next to Newhaven, which is where the Dieppe ferry docks in England).
If we come back via France this summer we will probably do Newhaven-Dieppe.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton0 -
Powerful pound posts 1,13 !!!
1 GBP = 1.13476 EUR
1 EUR = 0.881241 GBPMuch of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 19930 -
droopsnout wrote: »Powerful pound posts 1,13 !!!
1 GBP = 1.13476 EUR
1 EUR = 0.881241 GBP
Wahey! Just seen it on Sky News! (whilst waiting to see the story about the Obama's dog which they've been promising for two hours....:mad:)(AKA HRH_MUngo)
Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton0 -
Of course we did our regular transfer last wekk and got 1.06. I think we should sell the information on when we are going to do a transfer because as soon as we do it the rate goes up. Others could make a fortune out of it.droopsnout wrote: »Powerful pound posts 1,13 !!!
1 GBP = 1.13476 EUR
1 EUR = 0.881241 GBPMember #7 SKI-ers Club
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Don't know what you are all so happy about? My Dutch pension will now start to go down again. :mad:
Can't you just celebrate in private?
Oh dear, swings and roundabouts. Sun in out today, warm as toast and I am happy so I will forgive you.member # 12 of Skaters Club
Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOBYou don't stop laughing because you grow old,You grow old because you stop laughing0
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