= Сообщение: 9201 из 12492 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 29 Dec 19 11:53:52 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 29 Dec 19 11:53:52 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5e0885be На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+5e0876e4 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+5e0a83fc ============================================================================== On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:50:27 Michiel van der Vlist -> David Rance wrote:
MvdV> On Thursday December 26 2019 16:30, you wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
DR>> If I knew of a better way of doing things I should have stood DR>> myself for parliament many years ago!
MvdV> Then you would not have had time for Fidonet. ;-)
As was the case with Michael Gove!
DR>> A Happy New Year to the lot of you! And I'm sure we'll still be DR>> friends even if the Brits will soon be foreigners!! :-)
MvdV> I don't think it will affect our friendship. Fidonet members have been MvdV> dealing with "foreigners" ever since it extended beyond the borders of MvdV> the country of the founding fathers. Regarding the Brits, the MvdV> perception of many this side of the channel is that they have alway MvdV> been a bit "foreign".
Well, we *are* not only a bit foreign but a lot foreign, even amongst ourselves! ;-)
MvdV> The UK joined the European Union, but the hearts and minds of the MvdV> Brits were never fully in it. Not joining the Euro, not joining MvdV> Schengen, driving on the other side of the road, imperial measures...
<sigh> Yes, I know. I would have preferred to have joined the Euro then I'd have no problem in having to exchange currency when transferring my money to my French bank account. But then it would have been bad for the UK economy. Schengen? - well we didn't hear about that until years after it happened. I think the first I'd heard of it was from Ward here - if you can believe that! Driving on the other side of the road? Well we drive on the *correct* side of the road. Even the Americans get that wrong (Hello, Janis!). Imperial measures? Well we're half and half. I have a set of weights for both systems in my kitchen. But we do have to sells goods in metric (we passed that law years ago). But we're not the only ones to hang on to what we know. My late neighbour in France was converting all transactions to *old* old francs before he could understand them, right up to his death in 2004.
MvdV> Plus that after 31 jan, you will only be half out. The UK will still MvdV> have to follow all the EU rules until 31 Dec. You will go from half in MvdV> to half out.
No, we (and I mean the Brits generally) will go from half out to half in, based on the idea that we're getting what (we think) we want!
MvdV> Happy New Year David.
And to you, my friend!
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
