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6th Jun 2020Hyacynth commented on:
South WestHi I'm in Bristol! I have family in Frome. Janice Lovely place. Am not very familiar with Bridgewater. Casualgrey I always meant to go and see the culmination of Carnival there when I lived nearer. Interesting histories both towns ! I'm always happy to chat and am interested in almost anything excluding Hammond organ music and stamp collecting :)ViewDate:
5th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Silversurfers Book Club Spring 2019This seems to be just the site selling books. Is there anywhere where members can exchange reading experiences?ViewDate:
5th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Looking to chat with like minded membersHi I've just joined Silversurfers Almost 69, divorced and like others here lost my social circle completely as a result of the breakup. I'm lucky enough to have some family about but they have their own lives and I don't think it is right for me to depend upon them for friendship ...great company as they are. I have a great little dog but Ihtink he gets bored with my conversation sometimes :) I'm exploring local options but it would be lovely to find some like minds here!ViewDate:
5th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?I don't know much about the New World Order but I don't think that the EU is much help to them is it? Surely there's safety in numbers. How will the uk be safer from 'them' bobbing about all alone in the Atlantic?ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?We did not flourish before we joined Europe!!! How old are you ? I was there ! The UK was in turmoil in the 70s when we joined....look it up. One of the several prime ministers we had through that time ..Callaghan, said that if he were a young man he would emigrate. Where do leavers get this idea that we enjoyed some Halcyon age until the EU ? We were stoney broke and our entire infrastructure was disintegrating. We have since flourished in the EU. Having said that, this wealth has not been fairly distributed and our social problems have not been addressed but this has nothing to do with the EU , just our successive inept and corrupt governments When we joined and 3 years later voted to remain we were known as The Sick Man of Europe and a complete laughing stock. I voted remain then and was stunned that the EU let us ! And as to <> Where does that come from ?? I'm going to bed ...ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?Churchill backed us to 'stand alone' because we had no choice but he didn't recommend it. This is not a time to be going it alone. America and Russia are delighted to see us fragmenting. A united Europe is a real threat to their supremacy and Brexit is playing into their hands. We will be merely picked off and consumed by one or the other. We will probably wind up as some dodgy tax haven playing it every which way we can to keep in with our 'betters'. Like I've said the Leave rhetoric is all just that - words, no plan. God help us ! Phil Jones you are a well informed and brave man ! I've enjoyed reading you! Meanwhile, I think that all that can be said to those determined to chuck us all off a cliff has been said.......Like you I will continue to argue for sanity and peace, haha but I suspect that my work is done here :)ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?I don't know where you got that list from but the Lisbon treaty is here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-treaty-of-lisbon-amending-the-treaty-establishing-the-european-union-and-the-treaty-establishing-the-european-community I don't recognise anything from your postViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?You were told that the referendum would be abided by because Cameron was currying favour with UKIP, using their votes to stay in power. He never imagined a leave majority would happen. You speak of facts. I have not heard a single fact from a single person who wishes to leave. I'd love to ! Other than the fact that many people don't want immigrants working in the country. This won't change. We desperately need the labour force. After Brexit they will be drawn from Africa, the Indian continent and the Far East instead of Europe that's all. I'm fine with that but I will sorely miss my own freedom of movement through Europe. I love Europe with everything it has to offer. But I would also love travel in the Far East and Africa. so maybe the new trade deals which we will need there will open new doors for me and I, in turn, can look forward to opening the doors to welcome new neighbours and more diversity. Every cloud.ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?"I am not interested in any of the arguments about the whys and wherefores of alleged benefits or lack thereof of EU membership." What are you interested in then? Is that how you would launch off on a summer holiday? Without bothering to: pack book a ticket., check out how far you will travel, check the total cost? How does that happen?ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Is a bad deal better than remaining in the European Union?2% is not a democratic majority in a matter so important. The usual safeguards against drastic action from a public referendum were not put in place. This is on Cameron's head. He didn't bother because he was so sure that the result would be remain. This was not a football match or a horse race. 'Winning by a nose' is not the issue. It is a technicality which is tearing the country apart. Nothing was in place to deal with this because the powers that be were not ready for this result. The result has been the violent destruction of our tenuous democracy which should have been addressed under more peaceful circumstances. The power vacuum and chaos which has resulted is terrifying. How anyone can celebrate this as a triumph of democracy beats the hell out of me. It is a disaster beyond all imaginings. I would be happy to cotemplate leaving the EU in the presence of one single coherent plan. ..and the presence of the 280 alternative trade agreements which need to be in place to make this possible. 6 weeks ago we had 5 !!! I've heard nothing since. Ah yes and Mr Reece Mogg...well he would say that wouldn't he?. A Hard Brexit would have made billions for him. His very own Merchant Bank specialises in expedited supplies and works with the far East. Check out "Somerset Capital Management". As to cries of democracy "(public referendums ) are by tradition extremely rare due to the principle of parliamentary sovereignty meaning that they cannot be constitutionally binding on either the Government or Parliament, although they usually have a persuasive political effect." This one should not be binding, most particularly if it continues to rip up our country and to divide friend from friend. A sudden Brexit like this has surely proved itself to be a rotten idea. I don't blame thos who voted leave , I do balme the power mongers who lied about the consequences of a Brexit referndum result.ViewDate:
4th May 2019Hyacynth commented on:
Should parents stop using chocolate for egg hunts?I understand your nostalgia for Christian festivals and share your respect for them. On the other hand for those who are not Christian, I'm aware on their behalf that the Catholic Church superimposed its own festivals on those which were long established. Christmas is even now much more important in Northern Europe than in Mediterranean cultures and had been so long before Christianity. In short, whoever we are, and however we worship or do not, a break is desperately needed in the middle of our dark and dank winter. It was also a celebration of birth since it was the aim on the old agricultural calendar to conceive in the spring and be ready for field work again by the next year, giving birth around mid winter. On record, the clergy complained bitterly at the bawdy and excessive Christmas celebrations of ordinary people as long ago as 12th century as the populaton waited in shelter for the winter to break and the ground to soften for the resumption of farming. Easter (oestra=egg) has celebrated fertility and rebirth for as long as traces of ceremony can be found. The symbolism of eggs at Easter long predates the crucifixion. Archetypally the year's cycle invites these festivals and always has regardless of Christianity. I'm not being confrontational :) your post just got me thinking!