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.

Cough, cough.

Sorry to bring the tone down.

Looks like Wee-Eck's blown it.



1/4 no

7/1 yes


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You are not bringing the tone down at all. There is a lot of silly snobbery involved when some people start talking about fine wines! Some of the wine that snobs regard as cheap plonk is actually very palatable.

DB4,

I agree with you.

A lot of snobbery around drinking wine is affectation by the simple minded.

Mind everybody to their own taste and reasons for drinking.

Personally, I enjoy Rhone's some Burgundies and those using Gamay grapes.

But prices of Burgundies have shot up over the years.


But the taste of wine is improved by good company and enjoyable food and the weather.

Also some of the Bergerac wines are really good and not at silly prices.

Db4,

They are a little too dry for me, but I visited quite a few vineyards when I rested in that area.

I suppose they will go with Duck's gizzards which I never ate when I was there, but were being swallowed by tourists.

For french wine : you have to go abroad and bring it back preferably in bottles.....you can get plastic containers but the wine does go off unless you drink a lot......there is a huge choice for wine in France...of staggering variety.....the Languedoc rose is my favourite....I won't tip which wines because I fear there will be a rush.....now : trick question with the answer : which is the only wine which is heated to 60c before bottling during the distilling process...crushing...etc...answer : Listel Rose.....not many people know that even in France.....forget about buying decent reds in England...way overpriced....

Punishing 'green' taxes threatens Teesside's "proud industrial heritage"



Last updated 10:50 Friday 12 September 2014 .
The Northern Echo

Hannah Chapman, Assistant News Editor


TEESSIDE’S “proud industrial heritage” faces further decline because of punishing ‘green’ taxes, the Government was warned yesterday (Thursday, September 11).

A cross-party alliance of the region’s MPs used a Commons debate to urge ministers to ease the pain for energy intensive industries, including steel and chemicals.

The plea follows the introduction of a ‘carbon tax’ – a minimum price for the energy produced, to cover the cost of pollution and to stimulate new, renewable forms of energy.

Earlier this year, the Chancellor capped that price floor at £18 per tonne of CO2 from 2016, instead of allowing a rise to £30 by 2020 – saving industries around £4bn over three years.

But Alex Cunningham (Lab; Stockton North) argued the move did not go far enough, saying: “The Tees Valley has long been synonymous with heavy industry and the thirst for energy that it necessarily entails.

“The cooling towers and chimney stacks that still adorn, if not dominate, parts of the region’s skyline are testimony to Teesside’s proud industrial heritage.




“But the decline of those industries will be hastened if actions are not taken to lessen the burdens imposed by carbon taxes and levies.”

The Labour MP raised the “struggles” of GrowHow, a fertiliser company in his constituency, which had to pay three times as much for gas as its Russian competitors.

And he added: “Similarly, German electricity prices on a delivered basis for very large users in 2013 equated to €38 per MW, against £70 per MW in the UK.



More green economic madness here: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11469512.Punishing__green__taxes_threatens_Teesside_s__proud_industrial_heritage_/#comments

Hurricane Edouard heading for Europe....at a guess will linger in the Azores for several days gathering strength before resuming course for possibly the UK !....and I don't know a thing about forecasting weather !...

Get some seaweed then

Very quite on the board.

Everyone awaiting the Yes/No vote outcome.

goldfinger

Is your 2:2 trading system ok for Forex trading ?

This represents the Cameron attempts to hold onto the bride!

Alice Gross disappearance . suspect Arnis Zalkalns convicted Murderer in Latvia. Nice to know the EU looks after it's criminals. I've always said we don't know who we let in this country , now some poor family has to deal with this.

There was also a charge of indecent assault against him on a 14 year old girl in Ealing that was dropped due to lack of evidence.

Lack of evidence or being told he doesn't have to answer questions or something by his paid for Solicitor .

The Fed has announced that there is no interest rate rise in sight. It looks like the same here.

Announcement yesterday that UK jobless figures back to 2008 levels.

Alders, not sure re-to 2-2 system and forex.

Best to stick to being a master of one trade rather than a jack of all trades.......well that is if you havent done forex before.

Briefly took it up about 8 years ago for 9 months and was pretty good at it but in the end found it boring and more akin to just gambling awaiting news all day.

I suppose it could be used but thier may be better suited risk/reward systems.