Yellow vests - fuel protest day of action in France
Discussion
citizensm1th said:
this thread is rapidly reaching peak wibble
I shall retreat to my basement bunker to devour my bottle of scotch and 20 B&H while reading a 30 year old copy of razzle.
can someone please flick the lights on and off when this thread has disappeared totally up its own arse?
Sounds like your talking out of yours. We won't miss you in your hideaway bunker I shall retreat to my basement bunker to devour my bottle of scotch and 20 B&H while reading a 30 year old copy of razzle.
can someone please flick the lights on and off when this thread has disappeared totally up its own arse?
Next.Edited by TVRJAS on Wednesday 23 January 17:58
Oakey said:
TVRJAS, what did you do before you retired? I laughed earlier when you said you weren't a Marbella based underworld criminal because before reading that post I looked at your photos and thought "he looks like he might have crossed a few pavements" 
What's your pin number and account No please 
Still trying to work out if that's a compliment
Had a grueling and long paper round. Although I was there when 911 occurred (Puerto Banus),was sitting in a cafe/bar with a tv on when it happened,well they changed channels when news was spreading.
As you can probably tell from all my edit's I wasn't a typist or secretary.
Edited by TVRJAS on Wednesday 23 January 19:58
Techie Dave is that you???Another interesting article on the Yellow Vests, explaining how they are apolitical and not affiliated to unions or hard-line left or right extremists.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-24/frances-...
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-24/frances-...
I'm currently in Seclin, just outside Lille and it's all kicking off this evening (well on the TV in the hotel, Seclin is a few kms outside Lille). Apparently 69,000 on the streets across France. Main sites being reported here as Paris, Lille, Bordeaux and Dijon.
The very nice hotel manager told us it's a protest against "everything", Macron promising and not delivering, prices going up and wages going down, not good. She predicts the next steps will be a Frexit. Best thing you guys did was keep your own currency, she said.
The very nice hotel manager told us it's a protest against "everything", Macron promising and not delivering, prices going up and wages going down, not good. She predicts the next steps will be a Frexit. Best thing you guys did was keep your own currency, she said.
We were with some Dutch people in Spain on Thursday evening.
They drove down here with a stop in Tours. They went to an Italian-owned restaurant and a load of noisy yellow vests came in an ruined their evening.
They did not really understand what was being said but it was clearly being directed against the non-French owners. As foreigners, they also felt quite scared.
I am supposing that the event had more to do with right-wing leanings than fuel protests / cost of living etc.
Definitely not entente-cordial.
They drove down here with a stop in Tours. They went to an Italian-owned restaurant and a load of noisy yellow vests came in an ruined their evening.
They did not really understand what was being said but it was clearly being directed against the non-French owners. As foreigners, they also felt quite scared.
I am supposing that the event had more to do with right-wing leanings than fuel protests / cost of living etc.
Definitely not entente-cordial.
Edited by rdjohn on Saturday 26th January 20:29
gizlaroc said:
Oakey said:
Is anyone keeping a list of PH's mentally unstable members? It must be quite extensive by now.
Yeah there is a spreadsheet, it covers everything. Helicopter123 is currently in position 1, 2 and 4 with his various log ins.
I can wait.
gizlaroc said:
I mean the move to import cheap labour from elsewhere to make the locals life better, but obviously not the locals who used to do those jobs, but the wealthier locals.
Romania is now using cheap labour from Asia, the towns are booming but the villages etc. are being left behind.
Yes, we are now seeing third tier towns booming, but again we have rural ares being left behind.
The issue is, as we move forward we have to decide if we are happy for a smaller workforce with more AI or we want to have a fairer society.
To be blunt it is only a question of morals at the moment why we still have so many employees, we could get rid of huge swathes of the working population in many western countries tomorrow if we wanted to.
We are already seeing small famers, smaller manufacturers, smaller retailers, smaller pretty much anything being slowly crushed by the big boys, who get massive tax breaks and massive subsidies etc. Maybe we just need to accept the fact that in a couple of decades we will have a few dozen corporations running everything?
I see the smaller farmers round here screaming to leave the EU, the EU is crushing them.
I see the larger farmers and the land owners screaming to stay in the EU, they think it is a wonderful project.
This is what we are seeing in France with the Gilet Jaunes, this is why it is not a left or right thing, we have capitalists that are all for capitalism but not capitalism with an unfair advantage for the corporations. They don't seem to pigeon hole left and right like we seem to here. Probably because they all see themselves as socialists, even those who make Trump look like a socialist.
What a load of crap, there is no need for vilages except to die in and even that means dying alone. Romania is now using cheap labour from Asia, the towns are booming but the villages etc. are being left behind.
Yes, we are now seeing third tier towns booming, but again we have rural ares being left behind.
The issue is, as we move forward we have to decide if we are happy for a smaller workforce with more AI or we want to have a fairer society.
To be blunt it is only a question of morals at the moment why we still have so many employees, we could get rid of huge swathes of the working population in many western countries tomorrow if we wanted to.
We are already seeing small famers, smaller manufacturers, smaller retailers, smaller pretty much anything being slowly crushed by the big boys, who get massive tax breaks and massive subsidies etc. Maybe we just need to accept the fact that in a couple of decades we will have a few dozen corporations running everything?
I see the smaller farmers round here screaming to leave the EU, the EU is crushing them.
I see the larger farmers and the land owners screaming to stay in the EU, they think it is a wonderful project.
This is what we are seeing in France with the Gilet Jaunes, this is why it is not a left or right thing, we have capitalists that are all for capitalism but not capitalism with an unfair advantage for the corporations. They don't seem to pigeon hole left and right like we seem to here. Probably because they all see themselves as socialists, even those who make Trump look like a socialist.
If you as small business cant undercut the big boys then you are doing it wrong and you should just get a 9 to 5
Helicopter123 said:
gizlaroc said:
Oakey said:
Is anyone keeping a list of PH's mentally unstable members? It must be quite extensive by now.
Yeah there is a spreadsheet, it covers everything. Helicopter123 is currently in position 1, 2 and 4 with his various log ins.
I can wait.
gooner1 said:
Helicopter123 said:
gizlaroc said:
Oakey said:
Is anyone keeping a list of PH's mentally unstable members? It must be quite extensive by now.
Yeah there is a spreadsheet, it covers everything. Helicopter123 is currently in position 1, 2 and 4 with his various log ins.
I can wait.
Edited by Jazzy Jag on Sunday 27th January 00:22
Tryke3 said:
gizlaroc said:
I mean the move to import cheap labour from elsewhere to make the locals life better, but obviously not the locals who used to do those jobs, but the wealthier locals.
Romania is now using cheap labour from Asia, the towns are booming but the villages etc. are being left behind.
Yes, we are now seeing third tier towns booming, but again we have rural ares being left behind.
The issue is, as we move forward we have to decide if we are happy for a smaller workforce with more AI or we want to have a fairer society.
To be blunt it is only a question of morals at the moment why we still have so many employees, we could get rid of huge swathes of the working population in many western countries tomorrow if we wanted to.
We are already seeing small famers, smaller manufacturers, smaller retailers, smaller pretty much anything being slowly crushed by the big boys, who get massive tax breaks and massive subsidies etc. Maybe we just need to accept the fact that in a couple of decades we will have a few dozen corporations running everything?
I see the smaller farmers round here screaming to leave the EU, the EU is crushing them.
I see the larger farmers and the land owners screaming to stay in the EU, they think it is a wonderful project.
This is what we are seeing in France with the Gilet Jaunes, this is why it is not a left or right thing, we have capitalists that are all for capitalism but not capitalism with an unfair advantage for the corporations. They don't seem to pigeon hole left and right like we seem to here. Probably because they all see themselves as socialists, even those who make Trump look like a socialist.
What a load of crap, there is no need for vilages except to die in and even that means dying alone. Romania is now using cheap labour from Asia, the towns are booming but the villages etc. are being left behind.
Yes, we are now seeing third tier towns booming, but again we have rural ares being left behind.
The issue is, as we move forward we have to decide if we are happy for a smaller workforce with more AI or we want to have a fairer society.
To be blunt it is only a question of morals at the moment why we still have so many employees, we could get rid of huge swathes of the working population in many western countries tomorrow if we wanted to.
We are already seeing small famers, smaller manufacturers, smaller retailers, smaller pretty much anything being slowly crushed by the big boys, who get massive tax breaks and massive subsidies etc. Maybe we just need to accept the fact that in a couple of decades we will have a few dozen corporations running everything?
I see the smaller farmers round here screaming to leave the EU, the EU is crushing them.
I see the larger farmers and the land owners screaming to stay in the EU, they think it is a wonderful project.
This is what we are seeing in France with the Gilet Jaunes, this is why it is not a left or right thing, we have capitalists that are all for capitalism but not capitalism with an unfair advantage for the corporations. They don't seem to pigeon hole left and right like we seem to here. Probably because they all see themselves as socialists, even those who make Trump look like a socialist.
If you as small business cant undercut the big boys then you are doing it wrong and you should just get a 9 to 5
Tryke3 said:
What a load of crap, there is no need for vilages except to die in and even that means dying alone.
If you as small business cant undercut the big boys then you are doing it wrong and you should just get a 9 to 5
Said like a true, top-down, command economy socialist totalitarian.If you as small business cant undercut the big boys then you are doing it wrong and you should just get a 9 to 5
First, villages: I don't really like cities, but there are a few I could live in (I've lived in two in the past before you ask) and I do understand why they suit many. To even understand 'village' you'd need to have sampled a few, a decent one for at least five yards to integrate although some people are not capable.
Second, ignoring the often huge advantages large businesses hold over small demonstrates total ignorance. I offer up one example for you to ponder; Amazon.
Leicester Loyal said:
gizlaroc said:
Oakey said:
Is anyone keeping a list of PH's mentally unstable members? It must be quite extensive by now.
Yeah there is a spreadsheet, it covers everything. Helicopter123 is currently in position 1, 2 and 4 with his various log ins.
Digga said:
aid like a true, top-down, command economy socialist totalitarian.
First, villages: I don't really like cities, but there are a few I could live in (I've lived in two in the past before you ask) and I do understand why they suit many. To even understand 'village' you'd need to have sampled a few, a decent one for at least five yards to integrate although some people are not capable.
Second, ignoring the often huge advantages large businesses hold over small demonstrates total ignorance. I offer up one example for you to ponder; Amazon.
First, villages: I don't really like cities, but there are a few I could live in (I've lived in two in the past before you ask) and I do understand why they suit many. To even understand 'village' you'd need to have sampled a few, a decent one for at least five yards to integrate although some people are not capable.
Second, ignoring the often huge advantages large businesses hold over small demonstrates total ignorance. I offer up one example for you to ponder; Amazon.
i don't live in a village but a relatively small town (have lived in several cities in the past). a minutes walk has me into woodland. two minute drive to great roads . if offered a million quid a day to work in london but i had to live there without leaving for a year i wouldn't take it. i just don't like cities,the tube is the weirdest atmosphere i have ever experienced. stacks of people doing their best never to make any interaction with others even though they are rammed together. no eye contact or conversation,everyone in their own little bubble. probably worse today given everyone in cities appear to be plugged into an electronic device.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff