Oh no!! Brexit not going quite as well as hoped

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newfhouse

newfhouse

pleb
BoldonLad said:
It wasn’t you I found predictable.
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Odd that you quoted me then.
BoldonLad said:
I bought the Vado 4.0 SL, by the way, for self and my wife. Early days, but, very pleased thus far.
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I'm happy for you, but please don't attempt to chat about cycling in NACA as you risk attracting the argumentative types from across the way :okay:
 
BoldonLad

BoldonLad

Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
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newfhouse said:
Odd that you quoted me then.

I'm happy for you, but please don't attempt to chat about cycling in NACA as you risk attracting the argumentative types from across the way :okay:
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I quoted you, because, I was agreeing that it would not be long before what you suggested would happen, ie, that event was predictable, not that you personally were predictable (although, you may be, for all I know) ;)

No cycling chat intended, I was simply acknowledging that I had bought a similar eBike (or Bikes to be exact) to you. I was/am grateful for your input. End of, no argument or disagreement on my part.

Have a nice day.
 
Rusty Nails

Rusty Nails

Country Member
mudsticks said:
In ye olden days generations of families from the East End for example, would turn up for skilled work such as hop, or fruit harvest, during the summer 'holidays'.

The skills would be passed down generation to generation.

That tradition has been broken now
And it's highly questionable that we would regard a working holiday, as fair recompense for low income families, who often work hard enough already, thanks very much..

On the bigger mechanised farms it would be highly inappropriate to have kids there..

But hey, it would make em grow up 'tough'
I mean, what's the odd lost limb to the already deprived..
Stuff and nonsense - elf and safety gawn mad..

At the more organic end of things we have schemes such as wwoof, and workaway.

Which can work out ok, sometimes, but also requires a fair amount of 'pastoral care' input..

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You can end up having to parent the young fledglings of mainly middle class homes, imagining they're going to spend their time skipping about with wicker baskets daintily snipping herbs ...

Whilst waxing lyrical about the joys of 'being in harmony with nature'..

Until they discover that 'nature' in the form of fwuffy bunnies has eaten all those lettuces they spent hours planting out past week..

So I tend to have longer term trainee placements, who really want to learn the trade, and employed staff..

Makes it much easier when I need to b*gger off for a well earned holiday..

'Holidays' usually involving tromping through bogs , pedalling up hills, or hiking for weeks through moontins .

But each to their own eh..??
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I was taken along to hop-picking in Hereford as a toddler. In those days factories tended to close for annual cleaning/maintenance for a couple of weeks in the summer, my father's pay just lasted between paydays, and he had no holiday pay so hop-picking was the nearest we could afford to a holiday.
 
cookiemonster

cookiemonster

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Far away from the asylum
Tanis8472 said:
Project fear innit :laugh:
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Project here.
 
newfhouse

newfhouse

pleb

How the Left’s victory in Australia has ended a golden era for post-Brexit Britain​

Australia’s new leadership is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/busines...lia-has-ended-golden-era-post-brexit-britain/

Sad that the magical golden era has ended so soon. Who would have thought that taking back control relied so heavily on the whims of foreign electorates?

In fairness the article doesn’t quite say the same thing as the rather arresting headline, but it does confirm that international trade is most effectively done with near neighbours.
 
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