Wandering Off Topic

[Wonderfulspam]

Blimmin 'ell.  I don't know.  Fortunately I no longer have to care.

I remember you saying you use foodbanks (this isn't any attack on you by the way)

You might begin to care about politics in the coming months when you can't afford utilities, & even more so if the China/Russia plan to kill the dollar (& with it the euro) succeeds.

Europeans & Americans are facing the biggest fall in living standards since the 1970's according to some analysts, even without the war.

[Eleanor]

I remember you saying you use foodbanks (this isn't any attack on you by the way)

You might begin to care about politics in the coming months when you can't afford utilities, & even more so if the China/Russia plan to kill the dollar (& with it the euro) succeeds.

Europeans & Americans are facing the biggest fall in living standards since the 1970's according to some analysts, even without the war.

France also subsidises my fuel costs, by far more than The Winter Fuel Allowance, of which I was deprived by UK.

My living standards have always been basic.  More so when I lived in Britain than they are now.

And then I have The Wood Burner and a very lot of Trees.

[Vertigo Swirl]

If Labour had won the last election we'd probably today be in the process of holding a referendum on whether to hold another referendum on whether or not we should hold a referendum about leaving the EU. 

[Eleanor]

During the thirty years that I have lived in Brittany I have worried about Britain.  Well, England actually.

I don't really know for why, other than it is the land of my misbegotten birth.  And perhaps I hoped that things would improve.

But the Island of Britain isn't European and never can be.  it's in the psych and The Island Race.  Although probably closer to Bretons than any other part of The Continent.

I so wanted Britain to leave The EU for it's own sake..  They should never have joined in the first place.  Britain never got conquered you see.  Europe will never forgive them for that.

However, France has been very good to me.  Perhaps they see me as a turncoat.  I don't really care.  I know who I am.

[Vertigo Swirl]

During the thirty years that I have lived in Brittany I have worried about Britain.  Well, England actually.

I don't really know for why, other than it is the land of my misbegotten birth.  And perhaps I hoped that things would improve.

But the Island of Britain isn't European and never can be.  it's in the psych and The Island Race.  Although probably closer to Bretons than any other part of The Continent.

I so wanted Britain to leave The EU for it's own sake..  They should never have joined in the first place.  Britain never got conquered you see.  Europe will never forgive them for that.

However, France has been very good to me.  Perhaps they see me as a turncoat.  I don't really care.  I know who I am.

The Romans conquered Britain, though god knows what they ever did for us.

[faithlilly]

And then, of course, there is Peter Mandelson.

Oh that’s a whole thread all on its own Sadie.

[faithlilly]

Blimmin 'ell.  I don't know.  Fortunately I no longer have to care.

I’ll bet your move to France seems inspired now?

[Eleanor]

I’ll bet your move to France seems inspired now?

Just desperation at the time.  I was so tired that I could no longer think straight from running a small business 24/7.  With my Staff robbing me.

Fortunately I had this Breton Hovel.  So I shut the door and slept for six months.  And then got off my backside and started a Gardening Business, which I continued to do until I was seventy five.  It wasn't easy for a woman but French Gardeners were notoriously unreliable.

My youngest son then inherited my very expensive tools and is now doing much better than I did.  But I did survive.

My house remains a hovel.  But it is my hovel and I love it.  Along with the ghastly O'Connor.  Rotten little pisser.  Probably the dearest dog I have ever owned.

Perhaps all things do come to those who wait.

[Eleanor]

The Romans conquered Britain, though god knows what they ever did for us.

The Romans bogged off when it was getting really interesting.  But we did get a few straight roads, which were actually very boring.

So how did The Romans conquer Britain?

[Myster]

The Romans conquered Britain, though god knows what they ever did for us.

Well, they gave me a Roman nose for starters, but Boudicca is still to this day keeping foreign invaders at bay...

[Eleanor]

Well, they gave me a Roman nose for starters, but Boudicca is still to this day keeping foreign invaders at bay...

How did you escape The Moderator Cull?  Or was this all about me?  I didn't do any moderating for about four weeks.  When did you do any moderating?

I don't really mind.  It is much more fun to be back in the fray.  But I would like to see a bit of honesty.  Nine years came hard.

[G-Unit]

I remember you saying you use foodbanks (this isn't any attack on you by the way)

You might begin to care about politics in the coming months when you can't afford utilities, & even more so if the China/Russia plan to kill the dollar (& with it the euro) succeeds.

Europeans & Americans are facing the biggest fall in living standards since the 1970's according to some analysts, even without the war.

One thing about us older ones; we remember lower living standards. Coal fires, no bathroom or inside toilet, ice on the inside of a window and food rationing.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The Romans bogged off when it was getting really interesting.  But we did get a few straight roads, which were actually very boring.

So how did The Romans conquer Britain?

I dunno, it was before my time.

[Vertigo Swirl]

One thing about us older ones; we remember lower living standards. Coal fires, no bathroom or inside toilet, ice on the inside of a window and food rationing.

Ah, the good ol’ days will soon be here again, you oldies must be delighted!

[Vertigo Swirl]

Remember the three day week and rubbish piled high in the streets?  Remember when you could buy 4 chews for a penny? Remember you’re a w omble?  In the 70s we never had it so good.