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Trump’s Tariff Strategy: US can no longer act as the world's economic shock absorber
In fact, the UK was never part of (continental) Europe to begin with.” “It is a piece of alien land that happens to be parked next to Europe, without belonging to it.” Wrong! The British Isles became an island around 8,000 years ago (around 6500 BC) as sea levels rose and flooded the land bridge, Doggerland, that once connected it to mainland Europe. The populations have moved freely across the Channel ever since. Including the largest gene-pool in UK today “We can start by saying that in the British Isles it is customary to drive on the wrong side of the road. In continental Europe people pride themselves on keeping to the right side.” Not as simple as you think – originally we all rode on the same side…. Change driving on the left to right. I take it your say “wrong” because you can’t tell left from right. The reason the UK and the rest of Europe drove on the right is historically connected with the international ways of handling horses – most countries in Europe stayed on this way until the 20th century. Countries that switched from left to right-hand driving many after occupation by Germany. The country that gave us the English language Austria finalized in 1938 Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic and Slovakia) 1939 Hungary - Date: 1941 Sweden: September 3, 1967 - One of the most famous switches; involved a massive public campaign Iceland Followed Sweden's lead in May 26, 1968 Italy changed in the 1920s–1927, depending on the region – it was later standardised under Mussolini; Even Germany although officially on the right, left-hand driving was common in Austro-Hungarian Empire areas before WWI Luxembourg - February 1935 Poland – gradually through 1920s–30s Areas under Austrian or Russian rule had left-side driving; unified post-WWI Slovenia - Date: 1939, under German influence Countries in Europe that still drive on the left: United Kingdom Ireland Malta (former British colony) Cyprus (former British colony) America??? United States Standardized: Early 20th century, but varied by state before that. (Watch Laurel and Hardy films) The Model T (1908) had the steering wheel on the left, encouraging driving on the right. By the 1920s, all states had adopted right-hand driving. Canada Varied by province until the early 20th century - British Columbia switched in 1922 - Prince Edward Island was last to switch, in 1924 It was thought that proximity to the U.S. would make cross-border driving easier. I’m sure they’ll consider switching back to driving on the left shortly!?! The reason that Thailand drives on the right is not because the King’s car post 1900 was British, e.g a Napier, but it was down to the Japanese during the war. “We can go on to note that the Britons insist on using imperial measurements, while continentals switched to the metric system after the Napoleonic campaigns that popularized them across the Continent.” That is nonsense – anyone over the age of 50 grew up using the metric system – I take it you are quite old? “Furthermore, Britons still weigh their body mass in stones, something continentals stopped doing at the end of the Stone Age, due to its impracticality (in the Continent, the art of picking stones of exactly equal or multiple weights for accurate measurement was lost in the Bronze Age).” – If you ever use the NHS, you will be measures in KGs – they might convert you;’re archaic ideas afterwards so as not to embarrass you. “And we can finish with food: as a great French chef observed in the eighteenth century, "Britain is an island where people are busy roasting, boiling, frying, baking, steaming a little of everything without actually cooking anything."” Not 18th C! - This was written by Paul Morand: (1892-1967) a French diplomat, writer, and critic known for his travel writing and observations of different cultures. It way have been written before the war but also possibly afterwards. English (and British” cuisine has become some of the best in the world largely due to influences from Europe. – a huge number of Michelin chefs in France are British. The reason British food has such a bad reputation is down to older people – after the war, Britain had no food to speak of and the American forces could not believe the diet of the British military and the rank an file they came into contact with – this image they took back to the states and for older people it has remained. The British recovery took several decades, and was not helped by American -style commercialism of food production for supermarkets Gradually we have overcome this and have adopted U standrds for food production – which is why today we can’t import many American foodstuffs including chlorinated chicken -
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Tattoo Regret in Pattaya - Harley Ink and a 5,000 Baht Bill, Now What Lads?
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Thaksin's Medical Treatment Case Postponed Due to Late Documentation
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Tattoo Regret in Pattaya - Harley Ink and a 5,000 Baht Bill, Now What Lads?
new name bob? certainly two peas in a pod for ridiculous content.
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