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by the Judge
Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

I don't think it's a question of impeding supply; more a question of just-in-time supply chains being disrupted. There is also the matter of certification of products supplied from outside the EU although this wouldn't apply in the cases you mentioned.[/quote] Not wishing to pick a fight guys but th...
by the Judge
Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

Daft question perhaps but please indulge me... Apocalyptic predictions in today’s media of post-Brexit water shortages due to lack of Euro supplied purification chemicals in the event of ‘no deal’ 1. Why would EU member states impede their supply and sale of chemical (or any other) products to the ...
by the Judge
Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

Leaving aside you'd have to ignore reality to think there'd be no problem there's the not insignificant problem that opening our borders as we've no other practical choice is the antithesis of taking back control What problem do you think allowing EU goods into the country freely as we currently do...
by the Judge
Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

Leaving aside you'd have to ignore reality to think there'd be no problem there's the not insignificant problem that opening our borders as we've no other practical choice is the antithesis of taking back control What problem do you think allowing EU goods into the country freely as we currently do...
by the Judge
Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

Daft question perhaps but please indulge me... Apocalyptic predictions in today’s media of post-Brexit water shortages due to lack of Euro supplied purification chemicals in the event of ‘no deal’ 1. Why would EU member states impede their supply and sale of chemical (or any other) products to the ...
by the Judge
Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bellicose Boris bonkers Brexit bonanza....
Replies: 47602
Views: 2026019

Re: The new official and sanctioned Brexit thread.

Daft question perhaps but please indulge me... Apocalyptic predictions in today’s media of post-Brexit water shortages due to lack of Euro supplied purification chemicals in the event of ‘no deal’ 1. Why would EU member states impede their supply and sale of chemical (or any other) products to the U...
by the Judge
Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Classic books that are really a bit rubbish
Replies: 237
Views: 11585

Re: Classic books that are really a bit rubbish

Kiwias wrote:
the Judge wrote:‘A clockwork orange’
fudge OFF N00B
Please let me play in your gang with big boys.

I so want to learn how to use CAPITAL LETTERS to convey shouty angst when someone makes an observation about a book I haven’t read...

Tosser :lol:
by the Judge
Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Classic books that are really a bit rubbish
Replies: 237
Views: 11585

Re: Classic books that are really a bit rubbish

‘A clockwork orange’
by the Judge
Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Look at just who the EU has seen off: Franco, the Greek Colonels, Salazar, Ceaucescu, Honecker, Jazurelski and the rest of the Iron Curtain mob, Milosevic etc. You should get down on your knees in thanksgiving. Of course, that would have been the “European army“ in Bosnia; Romania; Cyprus; Poland a...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

and now have decided to leave because they're sick of having less influence than Germany and France. And I thought it was all about pesky immigrants...or something. But no, it now appears that the referendum vote was all about jealousy of Germany and France. :lol: :lol: :lol: About not being top do...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

and now have decided to leave because they're sick of having less influence than Germany and France. And I thought it was all about pesky immigrants...or something. But no, it now appears that the referendum vote was all about jealousy of Germany and France. :lol: :lol: :lol: About not being top do...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Zico wrote:There are more people in Scotland but Ireland has more influence on their future than they do.
Oh, dear...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

It's not up to us. It's up to Brussels. And there, my friend, is the problem. Some of us don’t actually want to “leave it up to Brussels” but you you just don’t get it. Shouldn't have joined in 1973 then. But it was different then. It’s changed. Maastricht; the Euro; ECB; ECJ; Lisbon; Ever closer i...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

iarmhiman wrote:We elect MEPs from our own sovereign country to EU parliament and the MEPs themselves elect commissioners. Laugh away though.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

iarmhiman wrote:You don't know how to quote do you. I'll put it down to you possibly being very old.
Good to see substantive argument .
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

It's not up to us. It's up to Brussels. And there, my friend, is the problem. Some of us don’t actually want to “leave it up to Brussels” but you you just don’t get it. Shouldn't have joined in 1973 then. But it was different then. It’s changed. Maastricht; the Euro; ECB; ECJ; Lisbon; Ever closer i...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Something like: Land of hope and Glory New World Symphony Midi Jerusalem[/quote] Iarmhíman, I think you gave this one too much credit. Football's Coming Home and Rule Britannia fit the theme better. :)[/quote] Give them a day or two.[/quote] Another dogmatic Europhile with no tolerance of any other ...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

iarmhiman wrote:It's not up to us. It's up to Brussels.
And there, my friend, is the problem.

Some of us don’t actually want to “leave it up to Brussels” but you you just don’t get it.
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

So much noise and so little light from you Irishman. In fact all your emotional piece needed was some music in the background: Something like: Land of hope and Glory New World Symphony Midi Jerusalem Iarmhíman, I think you gave this one too much credit. Football's Coming Home and Rule Britannia fit...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

So much noise and so little light from you Irishman. In fact all your emotional piece needed was some music in the background: Something like: Land of hope and Glory New World Symphony Midi Jerusalem Iarmhíman, I think you gave this one too much credit. Football's Coming Home and Rule Britannia fit...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 11:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Something like: Land of hope and Glory New World Symphony Midi Jerusalem[/quote] You really are crapping yourself aren’t you 😂 It’s a busted flush and you know it.[/quote] We should be all crapping ourselves. Ireland and the UK are f**ked. The EU as a whole will be fine. [/quote] On a scale of fu€$e...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

So much noise and so little light from you Irishman. In fact all your emotional piece needed was some music in the background: Something like: Land of hope and Glory New World Symphony Midi Jerusalem You really are crapping yourself aren’t you 😂 It’s a busted flush and you know it. We should be all...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

iarmhiman wrote:
the Judge wrote:So much noise and so little light from you Irishman.
In fact all your emotional piece needed was some music in the background:

Something like:

Land of hope and Glory
New World Symphony Midi
Jerusalem
You really are crapping yourself aren’t you 😂

It’s a busted flush and you know it.
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

So much noise and so little light from you Irishman.
by the Judge
Fri Jun 29, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Almost 2000 pages and it seems to boil down to a few fundamentals. No one knows what the outcome will be despite the conceited opinions. Common sense and experience suggests it will be neither as good as the brexiteers hope or as calamitous as the non-Brits desperately hope for. Juncker and the EU -...
by the Judge
Wed May 16, 2018 7:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Everyday Things That Annoy You
Replies: 3482
Views: 319788

Re: Everyday Things That Annoy You

Overhead in too many eateries when ordering from a menu: “can I get...”

To which I wish the waiter would reply: “most certainly sir, the kitchen is over there. Help yourself...”
by the Judge
Wed May 16, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4575486

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Before you link them let's see Bimbos wonder camera that inspects the inside of truck trailers Something Ive of course not claimed in any way. As you're back I'll ask again, How are the inside of trucks being currently inspected on the Irish border ? You said the technology already exists and then ...
by the Judge
Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Too big to Fail
Replies: 102
Views: 9621

Re: Too big to Fail

Definitely shows how bad things are that court wouldn’t grant an Administration Order. Banks will have secured loans so presumably the company is in Administrative Receivership rather than Liquidation? As pointed out above the distinction is not immaterial to the creditors and employees. Expect man...
by the Judge
Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Too big to Fail
Replies: 102
Views: 9621

Re: Too big to Fail

The big problem for Contractor led DBFO's is that contractors work on margins of well under 5%, whereas services would be looking at ongoing margins of 20%. They are very different businesses, with very different risks and risk profiles. And the two should really be seperated into two different pri...
by the Judge
Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Too big to Fail
Replies: 102
Views: 9621

Re: Too big to Fail

Hard to be sympathetic when they give subbies 30 day terms then change to 120 days on a whim. These companies are like the nhs, too big and out of control. Nobody is driving them Properly just hordes of managers.[/quote] Pretty much every company does that to smaller companies to be fair. Most pensi...
by the Judge
Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Too big to Fail
Replies: 102
Views: 9621

Re: Too big to Fail

Was on the radio this morning they are owed something like £500m from Qatar and Oman which is almost half their debt pile, no idea on the background to it but that will feck you if you are lying out that sort of bread with no sign of it getting paid. Hard to be sympathetic when they give subbies 30...
by the Judge
Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Too big to Fail
Replies: 102
Views: 9621

Re: Too big to Fail

Definitely shows how bad things are that court wouldn’t grant an Administration Order. Banks will have secured loans so presumably the company is in Administrative Receivership rather than Liquidation? As pointed out above the distinction is not immaterial to the creditors and employees. Expect many...
by the Judge
Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Deviated Septum and smell
Replies: 23
Views: 2892

Re: Deviated Septum and smell

Had the operation 8/9 yrs ago consisting of an hour under general anaesthetic. Couldn't breathe fully through my nose for the week or so the stitches were in but it wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as I'd expected. When they were removed it was instantly better and could breathe fully as I'd never bee...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

They were going to use cladding with a fire retardant core and instead went for cheaper cladding with a pure plastic core that wasn't fire retardant. I don't think people are going to view that as cosmetic. obviously that's not going to go down well, but in reality I suspect the convo was more : "w...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

Yep- it's what was behind the actual cladding that's the issue, the zinc/aluminium is cosmetic. The council would have been pummelled if it came out later they could have saved the money. They get pummelled if they could have saved money on not sending a group of six councillors to some sunny place...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

What is scary is that a fridge fire should have been contained within an individual flat- that was the fire strategy. So there are more basic problems than wrapping the building in fire lighter. Pl Those who designed and signed off the latter should end up in jail. That's a bold opinion. You must b...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

What is scary is that a fridge fire should have been contained within an individual flat- that was the fire strategy. So there are more basic problems than wrapping the building in fire lighter. Pl Those who designed and signed off the latter should end up in jail. That's a bold opinion. You must b...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

What is scary is that a fridge fire should have been contained within an individual flat- that was the fire strategy. So there are more basic problems than wrapping the building in fire lighter. Pl Those who designed and signed off the latter should end up in jail. That's a bold opinion. You must b...
by the Judge
Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tower Block fire in London?
Replies: 1775
Views: 126722

Re: Tower Block fire in London?

What is scary is that a fridge fire should have been contained within an individual flat- that was the fire strategy. So there are more basic problems than wrapping the building in fire lighter. Pl Those who designed and signed off the latter should end up in jail. That's a bold opinion. You must b...