On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 03:54:08 +0000
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:54:44 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:42:44 +0000
(Mark Bestley) wrote:
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:26:58 +0000
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
On 18/11/2016 13:51, d wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, if you weren't born in the UK you shouldn't
have
had a vote in the referendum.

So my adult children, who have lived in this country since they were 2
months old, aren't entitled to a vote in in Spudland? You're an idiot.

Presumably they have the passport of the country they were born in. So no,
tough.

In an earlier post you said that expats should not be able to vote in
the country whose passport they have.

I said the approach other governments take to ex-pats is up to them. I don't
care. But if someone has left the UK permenantly they should lose their right
to vote here whether they still have a UK passport or not.

How do you decide what is permanent ?

Do try and keep up. I'm not reposting the same thing over and over for people
like you and Hair-Dryer who can't be bothered to follow the thread.

--
Spud

On 23/11/2016 09:47, d wrote:
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently

Four long haul? Yes, better hurry along to antartica before your travel
patterns help to melt it. Still, you'll probably be dead long before that
happens so what do you care.

This month I've eaten at five Michelin starred restaurants. But Spud
wouldn't have liked them as they were all abroad and served foreign food.
And I had to fly there.

Who needs to go abroad for foreign food when in multi culti rainbow diversity
inclusive London one can find decent food of pretty much any nationality.
Except British of course, good luck finding a decent carvery or even decent
pub grub in central london.

Isn't the carvery an American institution?

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Graeme Wall
This account not read.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:00:48 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 23/11/2016 09:47, d wrote:
Who needs to go abroad for foreign food when in multi culti rainbow diversity
inclusive London one can find decent food of pretty much any nationality.
Except British of course, good luck finding a decent carvery or even decent
pub grub in central london.

Isn't the carvery an American institution?

No idea. But roast beef and yorkshire pud isn't. In other news cutlery wasn't
invented in Britain either...

--
Spud

On 23/11/2016 10:12, d wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:00:48 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 23/11/2016 09:47, d wrote:
Who needs to go abroad for foreign food when in multi culti rainbow diversity
inclusive London one can find decent food of pretty much any nationality.
Except British of course, good luck finding a decent carvery or even decent
pub grub in central london.

Isn't the carvery an American institution?

No idea. But roast beef and yorkshire pud isn't.

Try Browns for a decent roast.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

wrote:
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 22.11.16 18:30, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 22/11/2016 09:45, d SubjectReWolmar for MP wrote:

Remind us what is it you do for a living? Oh thats right, nothing, you're
"retired". But you fly halfway around the world to watch trains

To me, that sounds like doing things right.

Must agree with you, Arthur. Anyway, it sounds like Recliner visits the
places that he does in order to see them for what they are -- the trains
are just an added bonus.

That's right. In fact, only two of the four long haul holidays I have
planned in 2017 involve trains at all; I'm certainly not expecting to see
any in the Antarctic, the South Shetland islands, Falkland and South
Georgia. If I have time, I'll try and visit this one, but it's currently

Four long haul? Yes, better hurry along to antartica before your travel
patterns help to melt it. Still, you'll probably be dead long before that
happens so what do you care.

I realise you don't try and keep up with the news, but try reading this:
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/20...warming-world/


This month I've eaten at five Michelin starred restaurants. But Spud
wouldn't have liked them as they were all abroad and served foreign food.
And I had to fly there.

Who needs to go abroad for foreign food when in multi culti rainbow diversity
inclusive London one can find decent food of pretty much any nationality.
Except British of course, good luck finding a decent carvery or even decent
pub grub in central london.

Why would I want to?


So, yes, it's nice to be retired and able to travel around the world in
luxury, without worrying about the cost. I'd have been horrified to earn as
little as Spud does when I was working, and I didn't have to write boring
programs to do it.

Earning millions were we? Good for you. Odd you still hang around here tho,
would have thought you'd be on your yacht in the med sipping cocktails
surrounded by some hired bimbos.

I don't share your aspirations, but luckily I can afford mine.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:27:28 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 20:57:44 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Four long haul? Yes, better hurry along to antartica before your travel
patterns help to melt it. Still, you'll probably be dead long before that
happens so what do you care.

I realise you don't try and keep up with the news, but try reading this:
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/20...et-growing-in-
-warming-world/

More heat = more precipitation = more snow. Of course that only works until the
temp goes above freezing. Did you know the air temperatures in the Arctic are
currently TWENTY degrees C above normal?

https://www.ft.com/content/728edc40-...c-f4a01f1b0fa1

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...y-hot-arctic-t
emperatures-alarm-scientists

Earning millions were we? Good for you. Odd you still hang around here tho,
would have thought you'd be on your yacht in the med sipping cocktails
surrounded by some hired bimbos.

I don't share your aspirations, but luckily I can afford mine.

Lots of money and no aspiration. Do you live in essex by any chance?

--
Spud

On 23/11/2016 09:47, d wrote:

Odd you still hang around here tho,
would have thought you'd be on your yacht in the med sipping cocktails
surrounded by some hired bimbos.

Who do you know he isn't?

*looks around*

Nope, you are right, I can't see him on board.
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In article ,
"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:

d wrote

Well that's the kids of a lot of service-men scuppered then despite them
having British passports.

British forces bases abroad are British sovereign terrority, so no, they
aren't.

Only Cyprus I think, hence the large number of natural born Brits with place
of birth, Germany, that confuses the UKIP.

My wife has a birth certificate from the Ministry of Ag and Fish, Malta.
Her father was in the Navy.

Sam

--
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

On 22/11/2016 09:41, d wrote:
Wrong again. If the Supreme Court had decided, even after the fact, that
May didn't have the power to give notice, the European Commission would
have accepted that decision. Unlike some people here, they actually have
respect for the law.

The commission would have no obligation to respect the decision, they are
not bound by any judgements made the UK supreme court.

On the contrary, Article 50 says "Any Member State may decide to
withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional
requirements.". If the Supreme Court says that requires Parliamentary
action, then that's what it requires.

As for "the law", its not the laws of nature, its not invioable, its just
a load of words that people decide to abide by at any given time. Its easily
changed where there's a will.

Yes, by Parliament. That's the point.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:27:01 +0000
Sam Wilson wrote:
In article ,
"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:

d wrote

Well that's the kids of a lot of service-men scuppered then despite them
having British passports.

British forces bases abroad are British sovereign terrority, so no, they
aren't.

Only Cyprus I think, hence the large number of natural born Brits with place
of birth, Germany, that confuses the UKIP.

My wife has a birth certificate from the Ministry of Ag and Fish, Malta.

Ministry of Agriculture? Was she born in a barn?

--
Spud