Tracker Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 pelmetman - 2015-06-29 7:55 AM 1.42€..........how high will it go? ;-) ............. How Hi is Chinese not Greek innit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I've got it 8-) 8-) 8-) B-) No not that. :$ The Rai, solid as a rock, but may crumble after a time. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Come on you OXI's :D .......... http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/jul/05/greeces-eurozone-future-in-the-balance-as-referendum-gets-under-way--eu-euro-bailout-live Its a Guardian link, so must be accurate ;-).............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33403665 Dam......... that's going to p*ss off Merkel, Hollande and Co B-) ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frankie640 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's the politics of the madhouse. The no voters are like lemmings jumping off a cliff. The only positive thing is that the rest of the EU won't be piling good money after bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 frankie640 - 2015-07-05 9:10 PM It's the politics of the madhouse. The no voters are like lemmings jumping off a cliff. The only positive thing is that the rest of the EU won't be piling good money after bad. Absolutely Frank....ie. The vote is heading for a big no. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 frankie640 - 2015-07-05 9:10 PM It's the politics of the madhouse. The no voters are like lemmings jumping off a cliff. The only positive thing is that the rest of the EU won't be piling good money after bad. You think not? ;-) ............The EU will do anything to save their empire *-) ............ This I suspect is not the end game :-| .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 This was all forecast in 1974 by Monty Python! (Although I agree with Marx - it was offside! (Whatever that means? I support Rugby & Cricket!) http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/a-hilarious-monty-python-sketch-helps-explain-why-greece-is-in-a-huge-crisis-20150704-gi5boo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 OXI! OXI! OXI!.......Oi Oi Oi B-).............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Huge significance in the resignation of the Greek Finance Minister methinks. Wheels may turn a whole lot easier, we'll see. Definitely not a day for the weak of stomach on the markets though, gulp :D Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdanClinton Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Tracker - 2015-06-18 6:30 PM Perhaps we should leave the EU and start our own free trade association with other states - something like a Common Market - oh dear does that sound familiar? Sounds like a good idea ,lol.... :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave225 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 LordThornber - 2015-07-06 8:00 AM Huge significance in the resignation of the Greek Finance Minister methinks. Wheels may turn a whole lot easier, we'll see. Definitely not a day for the weak of stomach on the markets though, gulp :D Martyn So far they have taken it remarkably calmly, however it is early days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It's either a very clever bluff or the longest suicide in history ... Tomorrow hopefully will make it all clearer Either way it's guna probably cost team GB even though we ain't in the Euro How very sad that a country with the history of Greece and all it gave the world ends up a laughing stock. ... I remember asking Spiros , the fella we used to rent a place off in Corfu how the tax system worked in Greece ..... ' You pay what you wanna pay ' he said ' nobody really pays income tax ' Bingo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 antony1969 - 2015-07-06 5:54 PM It's either a very clever bluff or the longest suicide in history ... Looks like our William agrees with you ;-) ........... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3151947/This-BEGINNING-Euro-crisis-William-Hague-warns-Greece-debacle-minor-rehearsal-coming-crash.html Except he's talking about the whole of the eurozone :D ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I think he is talking sense. There was intense debate at the time the Euro was formed over whether Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal should join. We'd decided not to, which disappointed me at the time. But now, seeing a bit more of how it has been operated, I agree that was by far the best option. I can't see any problem with the idea of a common currency, though, if that was what was wanted, it should never have been enmeshed with the EEC (as it then was) - because it is not a necessary prerequisite for free trade and because that has confused its role. It was also ridiculous to bind all new entrants to the EU to adopt the Euro. All the members of the Eurozone seem, at times when it has suited them, to have played fast and loose with the generally sensible rules they agreed for its formation, and to have turned "Nelson's eye" to others doing so. The problem still lies with those countries who had to "fudge" their figures to get under the barrier, Greece (aided by Goldman Sachs) being by far the worst offender. The Euro should have been set up as a separate project, with a truly independent ECB to control all aspects of the currency, including the production of Euro notes and coins. Had membership been limited to those countries whose economies broadly converged at the time, the Euro would today have a far higher international value, which in itself would have put the brakes on Germany's excessive economic dominance. I suspect the latter point was not lost on the German government of the day! So, the Euro needs reform, not least to allow struggling members to withdraw from membership, but also to separate it completely from the EU. The political loss of face for those who championed it is far too great for them to admit their failures, so it will continue to be fudged and nudged along until it arrives where it should have started. Future generations of politicians will be sufficiently removed from those who implemented it, so will not feel the same obligation to defend the status quo, and will no doubt change its remit so that the politically inspired fudging is eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Brian Kirby - 2015-07-07 12:51 PM Future generations of politicians will be sufficiently removed from those who implemented it, so will not feel the same obligation to defend the status quo, and will no doubt change its remit so that the politically inspired fudging is eliminated. Just as us folk who were too young to vote to join the common market will now get the vote to leave B-) ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 pelmetman - 2015-07-07 6:51 PM Just as us folk who were too young to vote to join the common market will now get the vote to leave B-) ........... Absolutely Dave, and of course the vote to stay too 8-) Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 LordThornber - 2015-07-07 7:10 PM pelmetman - 2015-07-07 6:51 PM Just as us folk who were too young to vote to join the common market will now get the vote to leave B-) ........... Absolutely Dave, and of course the vote to stay too 8-) Martyn Agreed ;-) ..............Although those queuing at Calais will see how important border control is 8-) ............. Not forgetting the ever present Greek tragedy..... which I suspect will still be running when we get to vote *-) ........... Indeed, if the "Mousetrap" was a farce then the EU has every chance of usurping its record >:-) ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 What are the first three letters of the Greek alphabet? I.O.U. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Kosta, a middle-aged Greek tourist on his first visit to Orlando, Florida, finds the red light district and enters a large brothel. The madam asks him to be seated and sends over a young lady to entertain him. They sit and talk, frolic a little, giggle a bit, drink a bit, and she sits on his lap. He whispers in her ear and she gasps and runs away! Seeing this, the madam sends over a more experienced lady to entertain the gentleman. They sit and talk, frolic a little, giggle a bit, drink a bit, and she sits on his lap. He whispers in her ear, and she too screams, "No!" and walks quickly away. The madam is surprised that this ordinary looking man has asked for something so outrageous that her two girls will have nothing to do with him. She decides that only her most experienced lady, Lola, will do. Lola has never said no, and it's not likely anything would surprise her. So the madam sends her over to Hans. They sit and talk, frolic a little, giggle a bit, drink a bit, and she sits on his lap. He whispers in her ear and she screams, "NO WAY, BUDDY!" and smacks him as hard as she can and leaves. Madam is by now absolutely intrigued, having seen nothing like this in all her years of operating a brothel. She hasn't done the bedroom work herself for a long time, but she's sure she has said yes to everything a man could possibly ask for. She just has to find out what this man wants that has made her girls so angry. Besides she sees a chance to teach her employees a lesson. So she goes over to Kostas and says that she's the best in the house and is available. She sits and talks with him. They frolic, giggle, drink and then she sits in his lap. Kostas leans forwards and whispers in her ear, "Can I pay in Euros?" Now she understands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frankie640 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Very good, although he seems to have changed his name to Hans half way through. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 He's part of the Kosta coffe group, always got his hans out. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 frankie640 - 2015-07-07 10:41 PM Very good, although he seems to have changed his name to Hans half way through. (lol) Sorry about that - be sure to edit it when you cut and paste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 nowtelse2do - 2015-07-08 10:54 AM He's part of the Kosta coffe group, always got his hans out. Dave Nah - that's his brother Kostus Anarnanaleg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Tracker - 2015-07-08 11:21 AM nowtelse2do - 2015-07-08 10:54 AM He's part of the Kosta coffe group, always got his hans out. Dave Nah - that's his brother Kostus Anarnanaleg! You still on the duty free Rich? :-D Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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