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From: SteveH on 10 May 2010 17:34 malc <malwhite1(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > OK Greece and Portugal may not be the best examples to use but the rest > aren't doing too badly. Oh, I don't know. Portugal was a pretty backward place 10 years ago. Today they're technologically ahead of us in many areas, have been on a major road building programme and have proper high-speed rail links. All on a smaller deficit than us. -- SteveH
From: ogden on 10 May 2010 17:40 SteveH wrote: > malc <malwhite1(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > OK Greece and Portugal may not be the best examples to use but the rest > > aren't doing too badly. > > Oh, I don't know. Portugal was a pretty backward place 10 years ago. > > Today they're technologically ahead of us in many areas, have been on a > major road building programme and have proper high-speed rail links. All > on a smaller deficit than us. Amazing what you can do when the EU pumps money into your country, isn't it! -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: ogden on 10 May 2010 18:03 SteveH wrote: > But you can see why a single currency was never a great idea - they've > gone from a country comparable with Eastern Bloc countries to somewhere > where they appear to have greater buying power than us in 10 years > without having any real source of income. As did the Greeks. And then it all came tumbling down. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 10 May 2010 18:08 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> typed > Post something positive for once. Things you never thought you'd see Ogden post: #1 in a series of 1. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: ogden on 10 May 2010 18:11
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden > <ogden(a)pre.org> typed > > Post something positive for once. > > Things you never thought you'd see Ogden post: #1 in a series of 1. Along with the analogies that actually work, normal service will be resumed shortly. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250 |