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20th December 2022, 05:33 AM
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Some news today regarding the Channel UBER service and other legal entries.
Latest figures show some 45,000 came into UK via the UBER service, sounds as if it is doing well.
Then some 1 million arrived by legal means, how much did they pay??
But some 700,000 left the UK, maybe they did not like the food and beer, so the net intake is close to that of a city such as Liverpool.
As a young lad at school we were told that the global population then, about 2.5 billion, could all fit into the Isle of White.
The question now is how many such islands are there around the UK because if this continues you are going to need them.
No doubt the roof space in many houses are now being put to good use, room for a bed up there, just mind your head when getting out of bed, and if you need a leak in the middle of the night the gutter is not far away.
So have your self a merry little Christmas Day.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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20th December 2022, 07:57 AM
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Re: Numbers !!!!!!
Now now John, you have been i OZ too long, where is this isle of White may i ask, lol
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20th December 2022, 08:26 AM
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You may have to do a Cilla Black on that before long Keith ? All it needs is a few agitators to stir it up. No doubt there are a few looking like greyhounds straining at their leashes already to go, not even waiting for citizenship. JS
John in Oz was getting mixed up with the Wright brothers who flew across the Channel , not the island that almost lives there . Cheers JS
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20th December 2022, 11:25 AM
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Well t must be somewhere as we have a Cowes here on our coast.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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