Migrant Crisis - Bit of a controversial one

[tonyco1]

Not utopia Tonyco1, just trying to point out that things are not always as bad as reported. Jumbo is right. We should be thinking about our grandchildren.

Well I do think of my Grandchildren, but maybe I see it differently to you, I think if we leave we can prosper which may take a few years but we'll see what happens.

[tonyco1]

I appeal to the jury. I have not been emotional, Tony - you have. I've tried to bring a few facts and some logic to the argument.

If you don't believe there is a mismatch between funding between the north and the south you really should spend a bit of time doing your homework.

I, too, am tired of this argument. In the face of logic the religious and the passionately nationalist always resort to shouting. I have not shouted. I calmly ask the question "What will be the benefit for my children or grandchildren if we leave the EU at this point?" Silence.

Well I'm not shouting, Jim, & don't really want to comment further as I said, so lets move on I think we're both tired of it

On another note I see you will arrive in Corfu just before we return home, so maybe we can meet for a (non-political) drink, Lunch or Dinner  as we have before, & a catch up.
We've always enjoyed our convivial chats with you guys. I return back to the UK on the 7th July so it needs to be before that, if you're free of course.
Best regards Tony & Linda

[Jimbo]

That gives us a week, so that's fine. Look forward to seeing you and Linda. :-)

[Bee]

We desperately need to adopt a more Australian migration system and take back some control.

Absolutely agree!!!

[Lesley]

I only visit London once per year, my mother lives in London, Crouch End, over the past few Autumn's when I am there I have actually noticed how much cleaner it is, so many lovely Cafe's also with outdoor areas (lucky for me as I can then have a cigarette in comfort and enjoy my Latte) ....I love the cosmopolitan feel of the area.  More local shops have opened and moving away from the supermarket chains.  I can now buy tasty tomatoes that are slightly non round, a variety of vegetables from all around the world, deli shops offering wonderful products, fresh bread baked daily on site etc....... The area has a total mix of cultures and my husband loves it as he can pop into our local newsagents and speak to them in his own language, Greek....... run by the owners whom arrived in UK after the Cyprus/Turkey crisis back then....

Living here (Corfu) but still seeing the opportunities available in London are for me a real temptation to return back 'home'.  Ok so the weather is not great but you can wrap up warm and within a bus ride away visit amazing museums, drop in and see a musical or play.

so re the original post back over to you...... Migrant Crisis and Corfu's location........

[Rover]

GQuote from: Silverstar on March 30, 2016, 02:57:57 PM

We desperately need to adopt a more Australian migration system and take back some control.o


Er, didn't they sort of steal the land from the guys who lived there already?

[benson]

After this thread I'm (almost) missing threads like:

Best time / place to get my Euro's
First Meal
Is there a Cashpoint
The Hill(s)
Wi-Fi

 

[Jimbo]

* There is no best time or place to get Euros at the moment. You'll be lucky to get 1.22
* First meal: pie and chips at Doncaster Airport
* There are no hills at Doncaster Airport
* There are cash-points and WiFi at Doncaster Airport

* Did you know that Thomson have to take on extra fuel at Doncaster airport because the cabin crew are all strapping-great Yorkshire lasses?

Happy now?

[tenbeech]

    One of my favourites.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9Zdgv2Kag

[benson]

* There is no best time or place to get Euros at the moment. You'll be lucky to get 1.22
* First meal: pie and chips at Doncaster Airport
* There are no hills at Doncaster Airport
* There are cash-points and WiFi at Doncaster Airport

* Did you know that Thomson have to take on extra fuel at Doncaster airport because the cabin crew are all strapping-great Yorkshire lasses?

Happy now?

Much

[tonyco1]

    One of my favourites.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR9Zdgv2Kag

Very funny - well spotted.

[Jimbo]

That's been around for ages, but it's a brilliant sketch!

The only problem is that that's the First Class service. Thomson cabin is more like:

"D'ya want owt?"
"Please may I have red wine?"
"Are you a pouf?"
"No."
"Have a can of Stella and three vodkas, then, like everybody else."
"But I'd like a red wine."
"Did you fill in your 194 page questionnaire designed-for-idiots survey?"
"Yes."
"Give it here. (READS) What's this? Only two stars for service on't aircraft? You've got the best-looking air crew in Yorkshire - including Roger who, to be fair, uses more perfume and make-up than a Turkish whore. TWO STARS? - Would you like a quicky in't toilets at back of t'plane?"
"No thanks."
"I knew you were a pouf."
"I don't think drinking wine is a reliable indicator of sexual preference."
"Ooooh - Get you, Mr Big Words and Tiny Dick. You're not from Donny, are you?"
"Actually, I was born in Leeds."
"Leeds. LEEDS? Leeds is to Donny like Beirut is to New York.Have you flown out of Leeds-Bradford airport on that Jet One and a Half? T'bloody runway's got a sudden hill on it and the plane's usually stuffed full of Marstons salesmen getting a bit above themselves."
"Do you know Gavin?"
"Course I do. He's another twatt. Now put your tray down unless you want a Stella and three vodkas in your lap."

[tonyco1]

That's been around for ages, but it's a brilliant sketch!

The only problem is that that's the First Class service. Thomson cabin is more like:

"D'ya want owt?"
"Please may I have red wine?"
"Are you a pouf?"
"No."
"Have a can of Stella and three vodkas, then, like everybody else."
"But I'd like a red wine."
"Did you fill in your 194 page questionnaire designed-for-idiots survey?"
"Yes."
"Give it here. (READS) What's this? Only two stars for service on't aircraft? You've got the best-looking air crew in Yorkshire - including Roger who, to be fair, uses more perfume and make-up than a Turkish whore. TWO STARS? - Would you like a quicky in't toilets at back of t'plane?"
"No thanks."
"I knew you were a pouf."
"I don't think drinking wine is a reliable indicator of sexual preference."
"Ooooh - Get you, Mr Big Words and Tiny Dick. You're not from Donny, are you?"
"Actually, I was born in Leeds."
"Leeds. LEEDS? Leeds is to Donny like Beirut is to New York.Have you flown out of Leeds-Bradford airport on that Jet One and a Half? T'bloody runway's got a sudden hill on it and the plane's usually stuffed full of Marstons salesmen getting a bit above themselves."
"Do you know Gavin?"
"Course I do. He's another twatt. Now put your tray down unless you want a Stella and three vodkas in your lap."

Well that's spot on !!

[Jimbo]

It was even worse when we went to Corfu on AirUKIP last year from White Cliffs Airport Dover:

"Can I have some red wine, please?"
"No."
"Why's that?"
"We don't carry wine. It's foreign muck."
"Can I have a Stella?"
"No - it's Belgian."
"Champagne?"
"You must be joking - it's French."
"Toasted sandwich?"
"Toast?? Invented by the Romans, or, as we call them nowadays, the lazy good-for-nothing Italians."
"Vodka tonic?"
"Nope. Most Vodka comes from Poland or Russia and we don't want to support their economies, do we?"
"What have you got to eat?"
"Shepherd's pie."
"Vegetarian?"
"Shepherd's pie without the meat."
"Can you ask the captain why this is a five hour flight when it's about two and a half hours on other airlines?"
"That's easy. We fly down the channel and out into the Atlantic, then we loop round and along the Straits of Gibraltar, across the middle of the Mediterranean, take a steep left up the exact centre of the Adriatic and a quick dash into Corfu."
"Why?"
"We try not to fly over EU airspace. Too many stupid regulations."
"Like what?"
"Oh - Counting the wings and things like that."
"When I got on the plane - which is quite pretty with its Union Jack livery, by the way - I couldn't help noticing that it used to be called The Nigel Farage, but that's been painted out. Why was that?"
"Some people thought it'd never fly. D'you want a drink or a meal?"
"I won't bother, thanks."
"No problem. Here's your complimentary Daily Mail."