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.

Who knows hils, day release from the asylum? :0)

aldwickk it's very worrying , there won't be a lot of humour around soon .

i care not if you pick on me; goes with the territory if you stick your head over the parapet
however, i think the general pack attack on will10 is somewhat unwarranted

Pack attack cynic , a couple of people questioned him that's all as he was for mass immigration and was questioning others ,i don't think he was offended anyway .

You need to get out a bit more, cyners, if you think people have been picking on will10.

Anybody suggesting that the UK take in more migrants is lucky if they're extended the courtesy of a two-word reply, with the second word being 'off'. I think the thread in general have been quite polite towards him as a newcomer.

Jimbo,

Tough shit if he was!

I can't find it but I'm sure a while back someone suggested that the illegals coming across in the lorries were helping the economy or something and should be allowed in . I'm sure it was him . i'll try to find it .

No wonder they are all going to Germany have a look at this >>>

Don't worry they won't want to come here anyway ,probably got enough money in their pockets to set up right away.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-54413840.html

Hairy One,

Where are your antecedents from?
When you buy your boat.
Take JB, the Tinker and your mate with you, but don’t send any Maydays.

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Manuel,
“the fact is that he and his family are or were just economic refugees and therefore uk has no obligation, moral or otherwise to offer his ilk anything at all”
The UK may not have a legal responsibility help others who are motivated to flee their own countries, but for the majority there is a moral duty to one’s fellow man when they are in need.
It is obvious that self-comfort and personal advancement for you and others on this thread that the primary driving forces of your being.
Perhaps, the moral codes of a pack of hyenas are more suitable.
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Much of the problems in the ME initiated due to failing in administration by the UK, America and other European countries before WW2 and since that war, with interference and setting up said friendly administration for the West. Plundering and abusing of those countries wealth, but little care of the people for their development of “decent” government.
The Shah of Persia was a typical example.

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Will10,

There are a group on this board who are stunted in development, and hunt in packs and argue by denigrating those who have different views and seem to have developed a perverse sense of being and belonging by doing so. Bullying or attempting to do so.
After a time you will find them amusing.


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Hairy one,

Where are you paying taxes.

Hear they are checking up!

if i misread, i misread for as i said, i just whizzed through today's contributions
as for me being offended, jimmy is absolutely right :-)

btw hilary, i have got out and am currently in aberdeen
plenty of room up here for caravan and/or freight-container settlements, and very soon i'm sure, plenty of empty houses too :-)

oh lordy lordy ..... dr jekyll (fred) is back as the alter ego of mr hyde (MrT)

i really don't understand why dr jekyll is not living in north korea, which must surely be his utopia ..... perhaps living in the dim and distant past in his ivory tower while sat on his overstuffed sofa is too comfortable

Fred it must be time for your medication

I think that the governor of the BoE has been excellent. He has been very careful about the words he has used and not kept changing his mind. His comment are only to be taken as guidance. Most of his comments have been on the line of interest rates are unlikely or likely to rise. Unlike previous governors, he has no over reacted either too soon or too late. Just a steady hand.

will10

I know Sask pretty well from Regina to Prince Albert and North Battlefield.

Sorry all . Back at you. No I'm not Fred. I happen to be in the office today so can comment. Actually most of our housing projects are in the inner city. Last job. Residential Victorian church conversion to new flats. Church empty for 6 years now housing 18 families. Previous scheme railway side redevelopment with specialised foundations. Massive housing shortage, opportunities all over the place. Previously ice structures design engineer in the frozen north. No opportunities for such in south England so doing what is needed. Canadians are thick skinned. No one locally to take BoE job so call in a Canadian.

will - a serious question ....... dry-freight containers are regularly used for temporary office and on-site accommodation ..... there is even a uk company that has tried to use this concept for pop-up hotels for events like the olympics

why has this concept not be expanded to provide pretty robust and cheap housing, just as pre-fabs were just after the last war?

Cynic. Containers hopeless to convert to housing. Massive condensation problems, very expensive to insulate. Can't beat blockwork and bricks. Fast and efficient.

so how do they work so well for temporary office accommodation?
insulation can't be that expensive, for otherwise it would be uneconomic to ship bananas and other similar produce

Hilary always good to hear your views. You do have a bad attitude to your fellow human beings. You ought to have that checked out. More like you and the world will be a delight to live in.

Cynic. With moisture from kitchens /bathrooms etc moisture will condense on any cold steel surface. Insulated food containers are expensive. Block work/brick breathes and can absorb and expel the peaks and troughs of the daily moisture profile. Where they have tried stacked container housing damp and mild growth couldn't be controlled steel started rusting.
Container housing will not work in UK not easy to raise a mortgage. Other methods much better and massively cheaper. Temporary office works mainly because containers easy to move around.