Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Like a game of Monopoly.

As the main problem with the EU was and still is the property boom, which reflected downward into all walks of life, I equate the EU as being like a game of Monopoly.
In both you have pretend money that you divide up, allowing those with this money to buy property, businesses with money they previously did not have, IE loaned by a bank.
Once they have these properties, businesses they then sell said properties, businesses to those who are looking to invest in these issues.
The winner is eventually the player that ends up with all the money and properties, businesses leaving the others bankrupt, as they cant pay their dues.
As in Monopoly once that position is reached the game is at an end, because no one has any money left to buy anything, leaving the winner with lots to sell with no one left to buy.
The only way for the game to continue is for the winner to print more money to lend to the losers in order to put them back in a position to keep buying.
But of course this is not allowed in Monopoly!
Of course its only pretend money so no one suffers in the game.
In real life the main difference, is that when the EU game started, the money pot was already very unequal, meaning that the richest players (Germany, France) had a distinct advantage over the poorer players (Greece, Spain).
If the same un level playing field rules as the EU had were used to start a game of Monopoly, it would be so obvious who would be the likely winner, many would not even start to play.

Simples!

Thanks for the explanation Greek - can I be the banker - or maybe not! :-)

Hi Skinny,

A good choice, as they will be the only winners.

Excellent news - Saab administrators find buyer for ailing car company

Greek,

The problem with some, is that they don't realise when they are being offensive.

(That is more worrying than the insults.)

I was told when very young (yesterday), that when somebody reacts violently to a remark, check whether there is an element of truth in the remark.)

Thank you Skinny, I may come to your aid sometime. 8-)

MNA .potassium bromate
corn syrup. trans fat.aspartame monasodium. food dyes .
e320 e220 e 133 e124. e 102 all are found in takeaways
BROMATE DOES CAUSE CANCER

N,

"Nous (nouse) and louse".

My previous problem started from expression "not having the brains of a "louse".

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That has irritated me from the time I misused it. (Or was it having my mistake pointed out, or just curiosity?)

I took "The Organisation Man" on holidays with me and started to read it.

After half hour I found we had a table to prop it up.

I will attempt it again, but it felt a little like going back to work!

9-)

So does Sunlight if you have enough of it!

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mna . you use this RACIST card what I have posted is just facts .
takeaways are not all asian they are all nations.
why do you always assume racist which it is not .

The cancer scare for curry story is a reality. It was because the red dye used in many Tikka Masala meals is used for dying diesel, solvents, plastics and is known to cause cancer and asthma.

"MASSIVE levels of potentially deadly food colourings have been found in Britain's favourite food - chicken tikka massala.

More than half the chicken tikka massala meals served in Indian restaurants are feared to contain illegal amounts of red dye.

The colourings have been linked to hyperactivity in children, asthma and even cancer.

The frightening discovery was made by Trading Standards officers in Surrey who decided to test random samples across the UK.

Officers ordered the distinctive bright red dish from 102 curry houses and sent them to an independent laboratory for testing. From the results, they estimate around 57 per cent of Indian restaurants in the UK use "illegal and potentially dangerous" amounts of dye. One restaurant in Woking, Surrey, used four times the recommended maximum.

Only 44 curry houses of those tested stays within legal limits. "

N,

When something irritates me I tend to regress, and then rationalise, or confabulate to resolve.

Often, just a chuckle is good enough.

Are the lib/dems becoming more and more spineless?

Surprise for many, although I disagree with many of their "proposals", I respected many in their party, but if a party doesn't have the moral courage to stand up and vote for what they believe in, then it is time for them to depart.

I feel that the Lib/dem led by Clegg are drifting into the wilderness.

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What an advert of to young and future voters.

So many people are tempted to get away with anything illegal, as they know they 'will' get away with it.
Why aren't these food outlets, just closed down.
On first offense if they were forced to close for say at least 1 month, with a total closure on second offense then I am sure that the problem would soon be none existent.
As with most such official bodies, Trading Standards has either no teeth or is too PC to use them.

Here's an interesting quote to titillate the imagination.
Hodgson: Rooney is England's 'ace in the hole'

bbc news south africa these people or sub humans .

shocking to watch black people thrashing to death a harmless man and a girl.
instead of tackling the gov for corruption .that is why they will NEVER solve there problems killing the wrong people. the south african gov love this

This is the same thing that happens in most African countries. It is even worse in Nigera. I have a friend who worked there more than 30 years ago at a senior level. Even then, the local peope in Lagos would catch thieves and burn them to death inside lorry tyres on the beach. There were so many bodies on the beach and by the road to the airport that there were lorries driving around with "the department for the removal of bodies from public places" on the side. Most of these countries are lawless outide the major cities. The result is that local people take the law into their own hands.

It is difficult to think of a solution until these countries become better educated and more civilised. The same thing happened in Europe at similar times of development. We have to remember that many countries including India, Pakistan and many African countries are in a state of development that we were in several hundred years ago. Their ethics and attitudes are just as primitive. The difference between the two levels and standards of culture is largely responsible for the rise in fundamentalism, religious terrorism and ethnic schisms.

hay a very good post .and the world turns its back