Shipping problems

[thomas michael]

That’s the problem with incahol and being under the affluence of , sometimes wrong decisions can be made , don’t drink too much of it these days , A’s spill most of it. JS.

hi john sabourn
i think your on the right track now, as it sounds like your staying off the sauce.
tom

[Keith Tindell]

Ivan 31, if we have any bottle at all, the 39 billion can be easily regained for when they want to fish our waters via an annual licence. If Boris was to concede on fishing that would really like giving the Ace of trumps away, we have to hang on in there and see what they try and throw at us, kt

[thomas michael]

I too felt aggrieved at the time that the UK was forced to abandon AUS, NZ, SA and all other, mainly Commonwealth countries, never saw any price advantages in the shops, despite fruit like apples and oranges flooding into the country from closer at hand sources. Still remember Cape apples and Outspan oranges.

hi tony taylor
as you say it was a diabolical and a cut throat decision to destroy our links, But what did we gain ? butter mountains that was given away to third world countries,
tom

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The EU 27 are just 7% of the world's population but account for 50% of the world's welfare spending, the UK contributes 1/5th of all funds the EU27 have at their disposal, okay they screwed us out of £39 billion as a divorce gift, but at their rate of spending they will be in deep doo-doo before 2021 closes and 2022 the chickens will come home to roost. Hungary and Poland so long under the heel of Moscow are not going to accept being under the heel of Brussels, they already disobey the dictats of Brussels closing their borders to immigrants, even though Brussels say they must take them. Also Poland does not have one mm oo ss qq uu ee in the country, either public or private and intends to keep it that way, if only we could have been as strong

hi ivan cloherty
the EU are the nearest equivalent ive heard of to a ponzi scheme.
tom

[Lewis McColl]

Maybe old news here but only read this today.

DFDS, a Danish shipping company, is introducing a new daily service between Rosslare Europort and Dunkirk. It will take between 22 and 24 hours, Dunkirk is only 15km from the Belgian border, so it will give Irish companies direct access to the major European road networks. So looks as if they have decided to by pass the UK after we leave.

[j.sabourn]

#35.. Lewis its a long time since saw your name , is it just that I was missing myself and failed to notice when returned ? Anyhow Xmas greetings and all that, seems there have been quite a few for the old timers on this site. Doesn’t time fly ? JS

[Lewis McColl]

Thanks JS, yes been away a while . I got a deserved DR a while back but thankfully been allowed to sign on again. Looking forward to enjoying some good craic. I shipped out of France last August and docked back in N Ireland. That is me home and living on the coast in a lovely village called Carnlough about 30 minutes from Larne.

[j.sabourn]

Can’t be good all the time , would make Jack a dull boy. Are you still into motor bikes ,or did you give them up with your youth. ? JS

[Lewis McColl]

Can’t be good all the time , would make Jack a dull boy. Are you still into motor bikes ,or did you give them up with your youth. ? JS

I have sold the bikes back in January as I knew I was going into hospital for a knee replacement at the end of February. Sadly due to Covid I could not get to Physio. You can only do so much physio yourself . I now have a useless leg with little movement and on bad days it is really sore. The surgeon in France did his job but as said no physio and a fall in March did not help. I am on the lookout for a parrot and pieces of 8. Not far from were I live there is a Spanish galleon from the Armada years, maybe I could take up diving for Spanish gold lol. I do miss my bikes though. Even before I had the operation my family were pestering me to stop riding. I suppose after 50+ years it was time to call it a day.

[j.sabourn]

Sorry to hear of your problems , the best I could do to help would be to suggest you wheedle up to Cappy for the services of his Mary in the hope her one good leg is opposite your one bad one. Know you can take a joke so will not get a DR hopefully. Think his old Emu must be past it’s lifespan by now , or it could have doubled up as a parrot. Cheers hope you didn’t lose your good humour with the loss of use of your leg, which hopefully is only temporary . I’m now in a Retirement home got fed up weeding the garden. Cheers JS.

[Keith at Tregenna]

#39: Hope all gets sorted ASAP.

Regards, Keith.