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Family
For more than 10 years as Elisa (rosa del desieto) and I have traveled the world by "motorbikes" we have come to consider Horizonsunlimited.com as extended family. The reason, quite frankly is.... for extended periods of time we have been in more communication with the HUBB than our genetic relatives.
At the precise moment of my last post - during which I referenced my 96 year old Father, he died. My brother Tom Home | Tom George Yacht Group - TGYG Tom George Yacht Group/Clearwater, Florida sent me an e-mail saying our Father had died in his arms. Look, I don't know if this was a coincidence or synchronicity but it happened, just thought I might share this with you. Read the post.... We are flying to Florida. Vote! Gracias xfiltrate |
Sorry for your loss.
96 was one hell of an innings. |
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What sad news. Condolences to you and your family. This is a generation that did great things.
Andy |
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Interestingly there was the Latin Monetary Union from the 1860's, some of whose members were involved in the wars during the "long peace". This was a French attempt to standardise precious metal content in coins giving them greater economic control over their neighbours, stop the Americans coming into their markets etc. Greece and the Vatican were chucked out for breaking the rules and it made naff all difference when it kicked off big style in 1914.
Who says history doesn't repeat itself. Andy |
Flexit - the Movie
A few weeks ago I mentioned Flexit as being a realistic approach for dealing with the EU during the process of Brexit – and it is a process, rather than a one-off decision of 23 June.
Alongside the 400+ pages of that document there is now “Flexcit – the Movie”. This comes in 3 parts of approx 20 minutes apiece – so that takes up another hour of your busy life, but you could always eat this particular elephant in bite sized chunks by means of the 3 part serial. The presenter is not the most riveting on this planet (although he does warm to his subject) but the content is right up there with the explanations of what is actually happening right now in the EU and how to get out of the latter successfully. Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HrIdJfMUcM Part 2 – International regulations in particular – UNECE is the game to be playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWVZV0Y-B04 Part 3 - More about the EU as the middle man of globalisation (and getting in the way). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUPL12_aJ8 + the last few minutes summarise the Harrogate agenda. |
Lightening the mood
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New EU symbol - just for the British
...and one final graphic that sums up everything else!
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Fasthsip, that "Abandon Ship" cartoon is priceless! Just love it!
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The times, they are a changin!
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Also, cars are rarely the same specification. The base UK spec is normally higher, so (for example) will include a radio/cd as standard plus electric windows all round whilst other countries might not. I've twice imported cars from Germany and the initial delight at the much lower price is tempered when you have to add chargeable extras to get it up to the UK spec. As a quick example, the UK car is shown in Race Red which is a standard colour, but costs 300CHF extra in Switzerland. I couldn't be bothered to check what else was different. |
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I accept that it is difficult to make a direct comparison due to spec. differences but the fact that a car made in the EU sells for significantly less in Switzerland is ridiculous. |
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