Jack100

Never felt safe in Rio, from the time I arrived until I left .............

5 hours ago, simtemple said:

The legitimate government of Syria invited Russia and Iran to assist  them to defeat US backed terrorists ISIS & Al Queda. Do you believe  everything American & British MSM tell you? Wake up! Russia and Iran saw what American and British thieves did to Iraq and Libya. The same thieves have been attempting to steal Venezuelan gold and oil since the Drug Running, Hitler Backing Bush family last held the White house

sim maybe I am missing something but regardless of who runs the show , oil is paid for on the world market .

Perhaps  you would like to give us an example of  oil being stolen by the US and British thieves , presumable you mean Exxon and BP ?

There are , of course , many examples of the Govts  60%+ share of the oil being squandered and stolen instead of being used to develop the country . Nigeria comes  to mind .

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

Where is all this going? Nowhere!!

 

The UK helped create this Saudi monster. The US is using it for its own ends and the rest of the world is 'tut, tutting'.  "Oh isn't it terrible?"

 

Take away their oil and they would be riding across the desert on their camels again.

 

Venezuela; you're next for regeim change. We want your luvvely oil. Watch this space!

 

Wasn't it Bush (junior) that said; "Don't know what god was thinking, putting all US's oil under other countries' land!"

Well having worked in one or two of those  other ( ME ) countries I must say , George does have a point !

On ‎1‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 10:08 PM, sanemax said:

As the Worlds 5 th largest economy , we can make trade deals with the other top economies , USA , China , India , Japan , as well as Australia , Brazil , Canada and all the rest .

  If the EU doesnt want the UK to buy their products , nevermind , its a big World out there

Sane , the UK  used to be the 5th largest economy in the world but I think you will over the last 2 1/2 years it has slipped to 7 th .

Sorry about that and we ain't even started the process yet !  

Slightly off topic or maybe not but I had the pleasure of living in a country , many years ago,  that decided to go down the 'managed economy "  road just like Venezuela .

Just like Venezuela in a very short time , expats had to bring in there own toilet paper !

lawyers ,  if only they could keep their hands in their own pockets !

6 minutes ago, dunroaming said:

Exactly.  A mickey Mouse party made up of extremists and not to be taken seriously.

dun..... I would suggest a party of extremists led by Micky Mouse ?

6 hours ago, Grouse said:

I would like to see NI reunified with the south. I think there would be a majority for that and it would kill off the DUP permanently. What a freak show they are!

Grouse when its all over , I'd like to think we could sit down and  I could  buy you  a pint  , unfortunately I doubt either of us could afford one frankly

.,,,,,,,,,,,, perhaps a kindly French or German feeling sorry for us will step in. !

2 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

 

 

anyway, re your observations in Patts

 

I don't see any mentioning here of the Crawler on lower Sukh in BKK

he is crawling on his stomach in the gutter between Asoke and Soi 4, both sides of Sukh

raining flooding or whatever -no sweat - he crawls in his shitty rags

has been doing that for years and years

 

he drives a Benz, on 2 occasions I've had a beer with him

 

but, by all means - challenged people have a hard life in LoS - not much safety network here

 

 

 

Regarding the crawler , there was one in Nana Soi 7  below the BTS, when I came to BKK in 2004 , recently I was amazed to see another one in the same place maybe younger looking . I wonder if these prime  ' sites ' get sold on?

Maybe there will a beggers Monopoly board one day . !

12 hours ago, Spidey said:

So, did you support the miners strike?

 

Scab is specifically used to describe a strikebreaker, but never heard of the hard right supporting the strike.

Actually  I knew someone who I would describe as the local village  eccentric who did break the strike .

It took about 400 policemen to get him through the line .

Actually Ive forgoten the point of this thread and why I wrote this ! Sorry about that

Boris would make a great Prime Minister - Trump said so ?

I still feel a sense of eternal sadness that I was never able to listen personally to one of Fidel's 6 hour speeches .

That communism stuff must be really hard to figure out !

As a naïve non American  , can I ask what work these immigrants actually do when they hop across the border ?

And who employs them  ?

I dont ever remember seeing or hearing  any kind of documentary or discussion  about this .

I'm  really amazed  that Farage's backers aren't pushing hard for a second referendum , since they made so much money during the first one , spread betting on the side ! 

I almost thought I was back at the Forex "pits ' for a while there !

On 12/29/2018 at 8:39 PM, owl sees all said:

Phone him up on a Friday Evening and put that to him.

Well George G  cant deny selling his house for a near  1/2 million ( pre Brexit ) pounds because it is a matter of fact .

Regarding the "Mariam "  iraq "unregistered ' charity some 84 k was apparently paid to his wife !

Nothing  else  to say really , the question was whether he was a true working mans friend  , democrate and Brexit supporter .

Only the last  one fits with me -and only for the time being I would imagine .

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

You should take more notice of George Galloway; a real worker's man. A true democrat. Anti EU.

This would not be the same Gorgeous George  that  was accused of honey dipping the childrens  charity he set up in Iraq and sold off his house in a near half million quid /

A real working  class hero !

Mmmmm I pity for the nation's children , especially Baron !

On 12/22/2018 at 4:10 PM, bristolboy said:

And how would not being in the EU have mitigated that problem?

Actually a lot of factories starting "shutting down " in the early 1970's due to the pure greed of UK financial moguls like Jim Slater . Factories were turned into luxury housing using the term "liberating assets ' .Triang toys ,etc

Unfortunately , it was just a stock market hype and most were bankrupt by mid 1970  and had to be bailed out .

Nothing to do with the the EU or Eastern Europe.

2 hours ago, grumpy 4680 said:

        Trump was just a corrupt business man, who needed Putins cooperation to get his hotels in Moscow, a deal that fell flat, however, the point is that a nuclear deal was in place, so the US turned its technology on conventional weapons instead of nuclear expansion, whilst Putins "wanting to make Russia great again" had other ideas.

Grumpy  - you forgot to mention the photos !

Bet she took her watches with her .................

1 hour ago, evadgib said:

 

Pat is that a threat ?

Well not quite the same Robin , you could look at it ( as I do )  from the point of view that  the rule was always  on the books but there was always an easy way around it , now it's time to  stump up .

However it's true that it  was not handled very well , more time should have been given followed by   confused signals from the " authorities '  .