sed
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We always pull out of adversity... Good Kind people :prosit
Greece...!
By alfa30
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killua
Member
Sorry To Hear Nikos , hope it will be ok :Happy
adni18
Member
There is a general economical problem in all the World and of course Europe, except Germany and France. <br />The first victim of the "Big Brother Group" who is trying to manipulate the economics of all the countries, is Greece. <br />USA or Japan, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Holland or Belgium, all the countries from the former USSR and many others are in worst economical crisis than Greece, <br />"They" have just chose Greece to start the new war, which is a war of economics! <br />Just wait and see ... :,
adni18
Member
Thank you Bruno, Hytham and sed! :)
sed
Member
:congrats
mickeblue
Member
Nikos... are you prepared to deny that Greece is a country that is riddled with corruption? <br /> <br />I have a friend who lives in Athens and she has to live with the nightmare that is the "Greek" way of doing things... recently, when her mother was ill, she had to be ´shipped´ between hospitals in a taxi because the cost of an ambulance was prohibitive. Her Mum´s surgery was only done after "cash" was given to the man in charge! After the surgery her mum moved back to Vancouver! <br /> <br />30 years ago a another friend ( a top guy in the CEGB ) worked on a commission to regulate electrical standards across the European Union... you know what it means, plugs, fuses, wall sockets etc....after three years of EU funding [ millions of Euros ] to try and create an ´across the board´ standard the whole thing had to be dropped because the rest of Europe couldn´t get Greece or Portugal to recognise a "minimal" level of safety requirements. <br /> <br />And do you know that back in 1998 the prick we have recently got rid of ( Gordon Brown ) sold off 30% of the gold reserves in the Bank of England to prop up the Euro? ( It was a Greek thing ). Something that he never had the mandate of the British electorate to do, and something that has irrevocably damaged the economy of this country ( in which I live ). <br /> <br />The current economic downturn is a result of George Bush´s inadequacy to understand the markets, and the world in which we live ~ ( if it was oil both he and his Dad couldn´t contain themselves ), but sensibly, the new President of the USA is refusing to "give" money to areas where it doesn´t serve his country´s economy. Greece comes into that area. <br /> <br />For my own part I am horrified! I´m Irish ( though I live in England ), and I have watched the land of my fathers ripped apart by greed and convenience... it´s called the Common Agricultural Policy. <br /> <br />What it actually amounts to is a bunch of unelected, over payed morons who relocate to Brussels taking the piss. Every couple of weeks they have to have a ´committee´ meeting in Strasbourg so they all toddle off there... inevitably they have to have their paperwork with them ( I´ve seen it moving... it would be cheaper to ask the French Foreign Legion to undertake the task ).
mickeblue
Member
I´ll remove that post if it has caused any offence, that was never my intention... it´s simply a case of "see it as it is". <br /> <br />Let´s face it, none of us are perfect 😢
etype2
Member
At the risk of being to political... most of the friends and family I know, (and I think the U.S. in general) did not like Mr. Bush. He was to focused on the war and forgot about the economy. I remember at a White House lawn press conference, a reporter asked him "...Mr. President, what are you going to to to try and bring down the price of gas, gas is about to hit $4.00 a gallon? " Bush paused for a moment and said " $4.00 a gallon? I hadn´t heard that..." followed by his typical laugh. If I did not know it before, I knew it then. He lost touch. <br /> <br />I know the folks across the pond have had high gas prices way back to the 60´s much worse then the U.S. Now the current President is in office for just a short time, barely enough time for his policies to take effect and all these talking heads with their talking points want to micro manage the U.S. policy. What a joke. I have said this 20 years ago, I think China will be the next super power if they aren´t already there now. 😮 Sorry for the rant.
etype2
Member
... I forgot to ask, is it true that the retirement age in Greece is 61?
adni18
Member
Marshall, the retirement age in Greece is 65 or 35-40 years of work, but most people are working after that limit.
No problem Mike, there are always people that exaggerate the real facts...
Don´t forget that the half of what we hear is not true...and this is a fact my friend! ;)
No problem Mike, there are always people that exaggerate the real facts...
Don´t forget that the half of what we hear is not true...and this is a fact my friend! ;)
sed
Member
No NEWER news on the Greece problem???
mickeblue
Member
Yes mate, there is this ~
Frogs jump across the Egnatia highway near the town of Langadas, east of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Greek officials say the colony of frogs has forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours after three car drivers skidded off the road while trying to dodge the frogs.
(source BBC )
Wouldn´t happen in France would it? The road would be closed for a Bar-B-Q
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Frogs jump across the Egnatia highway near the town of Langadas, east of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Greek officials say the colony of frogs has forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours after three car drivers skidded off the road while trying to dodge the frogs.
(source BBC )
Wouldn´t happen in France would it? The road would be closed for a Bar-B-Q
😂
sed
Member
Well... Thats better!! 😮
adni18
Member
This is true Mike, it happen some days ago, university say that it is normal phenomenon, happens in May and when it has many rains, other say though, that it happens before a big earthquake, I hope they are wrong...
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