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[chuckbert]

You’ll be roaring at the news that France has withdrawn its ambassadors to Oz and US over the nuclear submarine deal.
No mention of UK … maybe it’s a kind of meta snub?

 

[m]

You’ll be roaring at the news that France has withdrawn its ambassadors to Oz and US over the nuclear submarine deal.
No mention of UK … maybe it’s a kind of meta snub?

The BBC mentioned UK involvement this morning, I wasn't really paying attention though so can't recall the context. Probably just being patriotic.

 

[Mighty Tage]

Anything that ticks off the French is a #win

Absolutely!

 

[Oslernorth]

will 'they' be rolling out ration books (digitally) soon too?

Ministers plan post-Brexit return of imperial pounds and ounces

Government to legislate to end compulsory metric measures ‘in due course’

www.independent.co.uk

What are the Government actually trying to achieve with this? Why do we need a second (and rather ridicules) measurement system?
Metric is better in every single way with all units tied into each other.
Even the Americans divide their imperial system into 10ths and not 8ths.

 

[QR]

What are the Government actually trying to achieve with this? Why do we need a second (and rather ridicules) measurement system?
Metric is better in every single way with all units tied into each other.
Even the Americans divide their imperial system into 10ths and not 8ths.

It's a non-thing smokescreen to try and hide the mess of Brexit. I mean if asked my weight I give it in stones and pounds, if asked my height feet and inches, length of a cricket pitch, depth of the 18 yard box etc.

 

[werthersoriginal]

What are the Government actually trying to achieve with this? Why do we need a second (and rather ridicules) measurement system?
Metric is better in every single way with all units tied into each other.
Even the Americans divide their imperial system into 10ths and not 8ths.

It’s to appeal to old people, but quite an odd gambit as young people will find it comical.

 

[Oxymoron]

Even the Americans divide their imperial system into 10ths and not 8ths.

Poor old Yanks get the worst of both both worlds. The good thing about imperial is the ability to breakdown your 12ths by 2/3/4/6 and your 16ths by 2/4/8 and so on - 10 only divides by 1 and 5.

 

[SteMerritt]

10 only divides by 1 and 5

Are you sure about that I can think of another '2' numbers that divide into '10'

 

[Oxymoron]

whoops, fat fingers - 2 and 5 are the divisors (and 1 & 10 for completeness if you wish).

 

[Beckdale16Bicester]

It’s to appeal to old people, but quite an odd gambit as young people will find it comical.

I old and it doesn’t appeal to me, a joke idea from a joke government

 

[QR]

Anything that ticks off the French is a #win

William the Conqueror won! Get over it why don't you.

 

[Marked Ox]

I have a composter bin but if you are the green fingered, Good Life loving fan you claim to be you'd know you can't compost ...

Tomato plants with signs of blight
Potato plants with signs of blight.
Flowers and weeds that have gone to seed.
Copious amounts of grass.

That all from this week's Gardeners' World as it's now football time. Thank fk!

The VoWH/South Oxon Council garden waste collection is composted creating liquid and Solid fertilizer/compost. It also creates some energy which goes back into the grid. I'd say long term this is greener than a home composter (not that there is anything wrong with this).

 

[Marked Ox]

You’ll be roaring at the news that France has withdrawn its ambassadors to Oz and US over the nuclear submarine deal.
No mention of UK … maybe it’s a kind of meta snub?

Apparently we're a 3rd wheel according to the French. Not bad when it nets hundreds of jobs for Rolls Royce etc.

The whining from the French is epic.

 

[Mighty Tage]

If it's not skilled you will be able to do it without breaking sweat. Can we watch?

I can take a crap without breaking *sweat, do you want a front seat ticket for that?

How labourious a task is doesn’t define the skill it takes to complete. I don’t know what you can’t get past here, but picking tatters etc is categorically not skilled Labour and never will be. It’s menial toil, although no less noble or honest for it.

edit: *depending on the strength of the curry the night before, obviously.

 

[QR]

I can take a crap without breaking *sweat, do you want a front seat ticket for that?

How labourious a task is doesn’t define the skill it takes to complete. I don’t know what you can’t get past here, but picking tatters etc is categorically not skilled Labour and never will be. It’s menial toil, although no less noble or honest for it.

edit: *depending on the strength of the curry the night before, obviously.

Whatever you choose to call it it's a quality in short supply and that's the issue.

 

[MC Yellow]

Whatever you choose to call it it's a quality in short supply and that's the issue.

Probably plenty of supply, it’s just that no one seems to be arsed to do it. Maybe it’s easier on UTC?

Didn‘t thousands of students used to go off to Aussie fruit picking and potato picking on a gap year?

Where have they gone I wonder, because they are certainly not allowed in Australia at the moment.

 

[MC Yellow]

We don't need the EU we can buy British. Or can we ????

Carbon-dioxide shortage threatens food security - meat industry

A shortage of the gas could hit meat production and packaging, UK processors warn.

www.bbc.co.uk

Careful.

You’re dangerously close to blaming Brexit for a lack of wind in the U.K.

 

[Marked Ox]

Probably plenty of supply, it’s just that no one seems to be arsed to do it. Maybe it’s easier on UTC?

Didn‘t thousands of students used to go off to Aussie fruit picking and potato picking on a gap year?

Where have they gone I wonder, because they are certainly not allowed in Australia at the moment.

You need to move Bondi beach and the hot weather over here then we'll be fine.

 

[MC Yellow]

You need to move Bondi beach and the hot weather over here then we'll be fine.

But we have Skegness and Minehead

 

[werthersoriginal]

I old and it doesn’t appeal to me, a joke idea from a joke government

I’m quite old and have never really got used to kilograms, but it’s a joke dog whistle policy. Like Wycombe launching long balls, they know that if they pander to enough of a certain kind of person they will be reelected