chartpolski
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Jeddah-London about7 hours then London -Newcastle one hour. Flying BA this time instead of Emirates Jeddah-DBX-Newcastle to avoid all those missiles around the Gulf ! Cheers.
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I have never played a game on a computer , I just pay the insane prices for the games for him, he has a ps5 and plays on line against gamers all over the world. He called me two days ago to tell me about his science exam, he explained all about latent, kinetic and potential energy and he’s only nine years old ! He must take after me ! LOL ! Cheers.
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My grandson is coming in two weeks time and I spent 20 minutes today assembling a gamers chair for him. The only tool needed was an Allen key and that came with it. Thats about the limit of my hands on work these days mate ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Get a bit of spiral cable tidy on that and it’ll look almost professional ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Thanks for the kind offer, but I probably have enough electrical qualifications to handle any household electrical problems, if I get stuck, you’ll be the first person I’ll call ! Cheers.
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Removing income tax would be ok, after all, it was only introduced to fund the Napoleonic Wars , and was supposed to be repealed during peacetime. The problems I can see with removing income tax is the shortfall in tax revenue would have to be made up by putting up other taxes, VAT, fuel duty , energy tax, etc, and you can bet your bank managers life that you will end up paying more tax overall no matter what government is in power! Also, what about people who don’t pay income tax , like the low payed, pensioners, etc ? They would end up paying far more in general taxation. Cheers
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I actually used your “sweet shop “ analogy when discussing this earlier today ! Labour are proposing all the new laws they would like to impose on us with their student politics mentality but when wiser heads explain , they do a “u turn “. Evidently the no smoking in pub gardens is going to be ditched now. Cheers.
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Labours mask is slipping more and more and their far left communist thinking is showing more and more. Starmer has said that anyone with stocks and shares or “ assets “, (whatever that means ), isn’t a “working person”. He has had to quickly row back on that as many “working people” have a few shares and if you own your own home it’s classed as an “asset”. I worked all my life until I decided to retire, and I have a very small portfolio of shares and own my own house, so according to Starmer I’m not a “working person” ! I find this very offensive , coming from a man who has n
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Another venison stew, made with choice cuts of roe; Cheers.
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It’s all about being a “team player” now; consensus, “group think”. It used to be about leadership, decision making, the buck stopped with the man who made the decision. Now nobody is held responsible because everyone was part of the decision making process. Cheers.
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I have a VERY tenuous link with him; we were both members of the Budgerigar Society. It seemed strange that such a huge man would have such a hobby, but he was evidently a very nice, gentle man. Cheers.
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Local Council where someone died is a good starting point. Cheers.
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A pre digital pic from around 1972, you can just about see my donkey jacket ; Cheers.
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But it doesn’t matter if we use the gold standard or trade in cowrie shells, transactions will still have to be carried out world wide and that is done mainly through SWIFT. If BRICS takes over, it’s still the same ; an electronic messaging service, so what difference will it make ? As far as I can see, countries Central Banks don’t run SWIFT, it’s owned and run by normal banks and financial institutions, as the list of their shareholders shows. Of course Europe is still buying Russias oil and gas, but they can’t use the SWIFT messaging service to do it, it has to be done using slowe
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I wouldn’t worry mate, I doubt the international banking system or the capitalist system is about to suddenly go tits up. We’ve got far more to worry about with this Labour government and their upcoming budget ! Cheers.
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Scotty, do you consider China as part of the “cabal of old banking systems “ ? After all The Bank of China is, even though your previous posts don’t mention it, are not only members of SWIFT , but shareholders and members of the board of directors . I think that all the BRIC members , apart from Russia obviously, will remain members of SWIFT, even if they do launch a BRIC’s version. The BRICS version will only be there to accommodate Russias trade with the other BRICS members. You have your opinions and thought on this very interesting subject, and even though I don’t agree with all
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Scotty and mC; you do know that SWIFT is just a messaging service to enable fast transfer of funds between member banks ? Before SWIFT this was done by telex, SWIFT is faster and more secure, it’s a bit like PayPal but for banks and institutions rather than individuals. There is IBAN that does the same thing for individuals, I use it regularly. BRICS will be used by its members but I can’t see the likes of China or the other members, apart from Russia , abandoning SWIFT. I can’t see what the problem is, there room for both systems but I think SWIFT will be the more popular.
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Cheers.
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The Federal Reserve has nothing to do with SWIFT. Do a little research and you will find SWIFT’s major shareholders include Bank of China and HSBC, as well as other banking institutions. Cheers.
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The video was on GBNews. Cheers.
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Brazil has already said it aligning its currency with western currencies. Russia is a basket case who had a GDP less than Italy BEFORE it invaded Ukraine. India has a population explosion it’s struggling to feed its people. China would go back to the dark ages if it didn’t trade with the west. Saudi Arabia was invited to join BRICS and went to their last meeting and said “ no thanks”. BRICS is a currency transfer system between its members, you may want it to be something else, but it isn’t, and once the Russia/Ukraine war ends and Russia is accepted back into the SWIF
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My take on it is that it’s all about world wide electronic currency transfers. SWIFT is the recognised method of countries making electronic transfers, When Russia invaded Ukraine , one of the sanctions applied to them was to remove them from the SWIFT system. This made it harder for Russia to buy and sell on the world market. BRICS, ( Brazil, Russia, India , China), has existed as a trading block since 2009 and since Russia was banned from SWIFT, they decided to set up an electronic money transfer system of their own. All the other members of BRICS, apart from Russia are still me
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Looks like it’s been cancelled; Guido Fawkes – Parliamentary Plots, News, Gossip and Tittle Tattle ORDER-ORDER.COM Parliamentary Plots, News, Gossip and Tittle Tattle Cheers.
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There’s a good one in Stanley, next to the old greyhound stadium, my pals come up from Yorkshire to shop there but I find it cheaper and easier to get “exotics” like Japanese onions and Russian garlic on line . Cheers.
