[Continuation] Brexit: Now What? 9 Below Zero - Page 81

Darat · 26th April 2020, 04:52 AM

Apart from when we have parked at the bottom of the hill...

Wudang · 26th April 2020, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by Darat

Apart from when we have parked at the bottom of the hill...

Ah! that is when the natural tenacity of the British bulldog rises to the fore and we make it to the top of the hill against all the odds by hiring an immigrant to push it for us.

Captain_Swoop · 26th April 2020, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Wudang

Ah! that is when the natural tenacity of the British bulldog rises to the fore and we make it to the top of the hill against all the odds by hiring an immigrant to push it for us.

Not always, remember the ancient British myth of 'Incy Wincy Spider'
Personification of Churchill Spirit and the Bulldog Breed.

As told by the Pub Landlord

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Captain_Swoop · 5th May 2020, 12:55 PM

Michael Gove says remaining in the “European Union lite” would mean spending money that should be spent on the NHS.

Captain_Swoop · 6th May 2020, 09:53 AM

I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low.
Shameful

P.J. Denyer · 6th May 2020, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low.
Shameful

Perhaps they went too far back in their archives and mixed up which side we were on?

Still, nice to know we can still reply on the Fail not to disappoint in disappointing.

Captain_Swoop · 7th May 2020, 09:47 AM

Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total

Quote:

ritain is to recruit 50,000 more customs agents, to handle post-Brexit trade according to a report in the Financial Times yesterday, at a cost to industry of at least £1.5 billion a year. The announcement of plans to build an academy in Kent to train the agents was made by Michael Gove.

But as Jean Claude Piris, a French diplomat and director-general of the EU Legal Service, pointed out on Twitter, this is more than the entire 33,000-employee payroll of the European Commission in Brussels.

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/

P.J. Denyer · 7th May 2020, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/

Anyone might think Brexit was built on ********.

a_unique_person · 7th May 2020, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Michael Gove says remaining in the “European Union lite” would mean spending money that should be spent on the NHS.

I thought they had worn out that lie years ago.

Captain_Swoop · 7th May 2020, 03:45 PM

it's the only lie he has 50,000 border control agents to be recruited and trained in a special 'university'
It's ******* insane.

Darat · 8th May 2020, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/

This is obviously fake news. We have been told that we are going to be using ~~magic~~ technology so we don’t have to deal with increased custom issues.

P.J. Denyer · 8th May 2020, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by Darat

This is obviously fake news. We have been told that we are going to be using ~~magic~~ technology so we don’t have to deal with increased custom issues.

"We have these great new ADE 651 detectors that will indicate anything illegal!"

Klimax · 8th May 2020, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer

"We have these great new ADE 651 detectors that will indicate anything illegal!"

Dit it resurface again?

Ulf Nereng · 8th May 2020, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/

Will they have faces, at least?

KDLarsen · 8th May 2020, 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by Klimax

Dit it resurface again?

Yeah, it's been touted in the Middle East at least, with a high ranking military official of Iran's Revolutionary Guard praising it.

Mojo · 8th May 2020, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by Klimax

Dit it resurface again?

Yes, detecting coronavirus this time.

Klimax · 8th May 2020, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by Mojo

Yes, detecting coronavirus this time.

Apparently the deadlier mistake the bigger chance it pops out.

P.J. Denyer · 8th May 2020, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Klimax

Dit it resurface again?

Not yet, in this context, but given the government's propensity for throwing taxpayers money at third rate shysters who can't deliver it seems a good bet.

Captain_Swoop · 10th May 2020, 10:23 AM

Britain's £5 billion rival to EU's Galileo satellite project faces scrap

Quote:

Whitehall officials urge ministers to shut down scheme for UK satellite navigation system
Plans for Britain to join the space race with its own satellite navigation system face being scrapped as officials conclude that the ambitious post-Brexit project would be a waste of taxpayer funds.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...project-faces/

Captain_Swoop · 10th May 2020, 10:25 AM

For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using.

Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony.

Telegraph even tried to put and anti EU spin on the GPS story. We weren't 'Frozen out' we left the EU!

Mojo · 10th May 2020, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using.

Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony.

Or maybe we should use different systems according to what we’re measuring. Say base 12 for lengths, base 16 for mass.

Or even use different bases for different places, so for length we could use base 12, then base 3, then base 22, then base 10, then base 8, then maybe base 3 again.

Captain_Swoop · 10th May 2020, 01:08 PM

currency could use base 12 then base 20

SezMe · 10th May 2020, 06:01 PM

You guys can't get serious, Why not use a system that been in use for several millennia: The Sexagesimal system.

EHocking · 10th May 2020, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by SezMe

You guys can't get serious, Why not use a system that been in use for several millennia: The Sexagesimal system.

Is that the system whereby you will have to work well into your sixties because you will not be receiving a state pension in your old age?

a_unique_person · 10th May 2020, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Britain's £5 billion rival to EU's Galileo satellite project faces scrap

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...project-faces/

A satnav system for one country when there are already systems out there?

a_unique_person · 11th May 2020, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using.

Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony.

Telegraph even tried to put and anti EU spin on the GPS story. We weren't 'Frozen out' we left the EU!

Bring back 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound. 21 shillings in a guinea.

shuttlt · 11th May 2020, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

A satnav system for one country when there are already systems out there?

Given that China, Russia, India and Japan have all been putting up their own positioning satellites despite the US GPS being available, presumably there are reasons and we should expect more in the future.

EHocking · 11th May 2020, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by shuttlt

Given that China, Russia, India and Japan have all been putting up their own positioning satellites despite the US GPS being available, presumably there are reasons and we should expect more in the future.

The main reason being that other countries do not wish to be at the mercy of the US Pentagon military agenda for access to a GPS system.

Here's an interesting article on the subject.

Nessie · 12th May 2020, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low.
Shameful

How will the DM commemorate the news that COVID-19 deaths have exceeded deaths from the Blitz?

3point14 · 12th May 2020, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by Nessie

How will the DM commemorate the news that COVID-19 deaths have exceeded deaths from the Blitz?

Someone will play Vera Lynn.

Someone always plays Vera Lynn.

I have nothing against bluebirds, Dover or white cliffs, but It annoys the **** out of me cos:

- it's not 1942
- we're not at war

P.J. Denyer · 12th May 2020, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

Bring back 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound. 21 shillings in a guinea.

There was a source book for the Call of Cthulhu rpg that explained pre decimal coinage in detail. It took about half a page, then finished with the sentence "The British resisted decimalisation on the grounds it was considered too complicated".

EHocking · 12th May 2020, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer

There was a source book for the Call of Cthulhu rpg that explained pre decimal coinage in detail. It took about half a page, then finished with the sentence "The British resisted decimalisation on the grounds it was considered too complicated".

Well, if you have 12 fingers, decimal is probably confusing

SezMe · 12th May 2020, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by EHocking

Here's an interesting article on the subject.

Interesting article. From it:

Quote:

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom, which is expected to leave the European Union in March following the referendum over Brexit, will most likely lose access to the EU’s Galileo positioning system, and is planning to launch its own. As for Galileo itself, it is expected to be fully operational in 2019.

It was published in December, 2018 so it's about 2½ years old. Given that Brexit has not been the financial boon that was promised, what has been the fate of the UK's own GPS system?

EHocking · 12th May 2020, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by SezMe

Interesting article. From it:

It was published in December, 2018 so it's about 2½ years old. Given that Brexit has not been the financial boon that was promised, what has been the fate of the UK's own GPS system?

Stalled in feasibility study indecision after being locked out of the EU's project in 2018.

Darat · 13th May 2020, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by EHocking

Stalled in feasibility study indecision after being locked out of the EU's project in 2018.

Wording is sometimes important, remember we weren’t locked out of it, we decided we didn’t want to be part of it.

P.J. Denyer · 13th May 2020, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by EHocking

Well, if you have 12 fingers, decimal is probably confusing

There's more to Britain than Norfolk.

Captain_Swoop · 13th May 2020, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by Darat

Wording is sometimes important, remember we weren’t locked out of it, we decided we didn’t want to be part of it.

Well, there isa regulation insisted on by he UK not to allow 'Third Party Countries' have access to the system.

quadraginta · 13th May 2020, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Well, there isa regulation insisted on by he UK not to allow 'Third Party Countries' have access to the system.

Yeah? And?

I don't see anything inconsistent about that.

SezMe · 13th May 2020, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by EHocking

Stalled in feasibility study indecision after being locked out of the EU's project in 2018.

Paywalled. But I get the idea. Thanks.

Ziggurat · 13th May 2020, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by EHocking

Well, if you have 12 fingers, decimal is probably confusing

Even if you don't, base 12 has some conveniences. Division by 2, 3, 4 and 6 becomes very easy. Base 10 has easy division by 2 and 5. The former is a more useful set than the latter.

26th April 2020, 04:52 AM	#3201
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26th April 2020, 05:17 AM	#3202
Wudang BOFH Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: People's Republic of South Yorkshire Posts: 14,470	Originally Posted by Darat Apart from when we have parked at the bottom of the hill... Ah! that is when the natural tenacity of the British bulldog rises to the fore and we make it to the top of the hill against all the odds by hiring an immigrant to push it for us.
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6th May 2020, 11:08 AM	#3206
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low. Shameful Perhaps they went too far back in their archives and mixed up which side we were on? Still, nice to know we can still reply on the Fail not to disappoint in disappointing.
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7th May 2020, 12:52 PM	#3208
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/ Anyone might think Brexit was built on ********.
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7th May 2020, 03:30 PM	#3209
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 44,050	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Michael Gove says remaining in the “European Union lite” would mean spending money that should be spent on the NHS. I thought they had worn out that lie years ago.
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5th May 2020, 12:55 PM	#3204
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	Michael Gove says remaining in the “European Union lite” would mean spending money that should be spent on the NHS.

6th May 2020, 09:53 AM	#3205
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low. Shameful

7th May 2020, 09:47 AM	#3207
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total Quote: ritain is to recruit 50,000 more customs agents, to handle post-Brexit trade according to a report in the Financial Times yesterday, at a cost to industry of at least £1.5 billion a year. The announcement of plans to build an academy in Kent to train the agents was made by Michael Gove. But as Jean Claude Piris, a French diplomat and director-general of the EU Legal Service, pointed out on Twitter, this is more than the entire 33,000-employee payroll of the European Commission in Brussels. https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/

7th May 2020, 03:45 PM	#3210
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	it's the only lie he has 50,000 border control agents to be recruited and trained in a special 'university' It's ******* insane.

8th May 2020, 02:13 AM	#3211
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 101,830	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/ This is obviously fake news. We have been told that we are going to be using ~~magic~~ technology so we don’t have to deal with increased custom issues.
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8th May 2020, 02:30 AM	#3212
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by Darat This is obviously fake news. We have been told that we are going to be using ~~magic~~ technology so we don’t have to deal with increased custom issues. "We have these great new ADE 651 detectors that will indicate anything illegal!"
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8th May 2020, 03:22 AM	#3213
Klimax NWO Cyborg 5960x (subversion VPUNPCKHQDQ) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starship Wanderer - DS9 Posts: 13,810	Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer "We have these great new ADE 651 detectors that will indicate anything illegal!" Dit it resurface again?
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8th May 2020, 03:30 AM	#3214
Ulf Nereng Muse Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Norway Posts: 652	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Britain to recruit more border form-fillers than the EU has staff in total https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/brita...taff-in-total/ Will they have faces, at least?

8th May 2020, 03:33 AM	#3215
KDLarsen Illuminator Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,729	Originally Posted by Klimax Dit it resurface again? Yeah, it's been touted in the Middle East at least, with a high ranking military official of Iran's Revolutionary Guard praising it.
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8th May 2020, 03:59 AM	#3216
Mojo Mostly harmless Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nor Flanden Posts: 35,787	Originally Posted by Klimax Dit it resurface again? Yes, detecting coronavirus this time.
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8th May 2020, 08:10 AM	#3217
Klimax NWO Cyborg 5960x (subversion VPUNPCKHQDQ) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starship Wanderer - DS9 Posts: 13,810	Originally Posted by Mojo Yes, detecting coronavirus this time. Apparently the deadlier mistake the bigger chance it pops out.
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8th May 2020, 02:14 PM	#3218
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by Klimax Dit it resurface again? Not yet, in this context, but given the government's propensity for throwing taxpayers money at third rate shysters who can't deliver it seems a good bet.
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10th May 2020, 10:23 AM	#3219
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	Britain's £5 billion rival to EU's Galileo satellite project faces scrap Quote: Whitehall officials urge ministers to shut down scheme for UK satellite navigation system Plans for Britain to join the space race with its own satellite navigation system face being scrapped as officials conclude that the ambitious post-Brexit project would be a waste of taxpayer funds. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...project-faces/

10th May 2020, 10:25 AM	#3220
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using. Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony. Telegraph even tried to put and anti EU spin on the GPS story. We weren't 'Frozen out' we left the EU!

10th May 2020, 11:34 AM	#3221
Mojo Mostly harmless Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nor Flanden Posts: 35,787	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using. Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony. Or maybe we should use different systems according to what we’re measuring. Say base 12 for lengths, base 16 for mass. Or even use different bases for different places, so for length we could use base 12, then base 3, then base 22, then base 10, then base 8, then maybe base 3 again.
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10th May 2020, 01:08 PM	#3222
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 42,207	currency could use base 12 then base 20

10th May 2020, 06:01 PM	#3223
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 25,183	You guys can't get serious, Why not use a system that been in use for several millennia: The Sexagesimal system.

10th May 2020, 08:37 PM	#3224
EHocking Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,592	Originally Posted by SezMe You guys can't get serious, Why not use a system that been in use for several millennia: The Sexagesimal system. Is that the system whereby you will have to work well into your sixties because you will not be receiving a state pension in your old age?
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10th May 2020, 11:58 PM	#3225
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 44,050	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Britain's £5 billion rival to EU's Galileo satellite project faces scrap https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...project-faces/ A satnav system for one country when there are already systems out there?
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11th May 2020, 12:03 AM	#3226
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 44,050	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop For our next "up yours, forrins" number, we should invent our very own numeral system to replace this foreign rubbish we're using. Maybe make it base18, too, to celebrate our sovereignty and freedom from the EU's decimal hegemony. Telegraph even tried to put and anti EU spin on the GPS story. We weren't 'Frozen out' we left the EU! Bring back 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound. 21 shillings in a guinea.
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11th May 2020, 12:59 AM	#3227
shuttlt Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,757	Originally Posted by a_unique_person A satnav system for one country when there are already systems out there? Given that China, Russia, India and Japan have all been putting up their own positioning satellites despite the US GPS being available, presumably there are reasons and we should expect more in the future.
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11th May 2020, 11:48 PM	#3228
EHocking Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,592	Originally Posted by shuttlt Given that China, Russia, India and Japan have all been putting up their own positioning satellites despite the US GPS being available, presumably there are reasons and we should expect more in the future. The main reason being that other countries do not wish to be at the mercy of the US Pentagon military agenda for access to a GPS system. Here's an interesting article on the subject.
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12th May 2020, 01:20 AM	#3229
Nessie Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 13,541	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop I have seen a lot of awful jingoistic and ahistorical drivel in the last few years, but for the Daily Mail to cast VE Day as “Britain’s Victory OVER Europe” in their commemorative coin offer is a new low. Shameful How will the DM commemorate the news that COVID-19 deaths have exceeded deaths from the Blitz?
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12th May 2020, 06:08 AM	#3230
3point14 Pi Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 21,182	Originally Posted by Nessie How will the DM commemorate the news that COVID-19 deaths have exceeded deaths from the Blitz? Someone will play Vera Lynn. Someone always plays Vera Lynn. I have nothing against bluebirds, Dover or white cliffs, but It annoys the **** out of me cos: - it's not 1942 - we're not at war
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12th May 2020, 04:34 PM	#3231
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by a_unique_person Bring back 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound. 21 shillings in a guinea. There was a source book for the Call of Cthulhu rpg that explained pre decimal coinage in detail. It took about half a page, then finished with the sentence "The British resisted decimalisation on the grounds it was considered too complicated".
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12th May 2020, 08:14 PM	#3232
EHocking Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,592	Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer There was a source book for the Call of Cthulhu rpg that explained pre decimal coinage in detail. It took about half a page, then finished with the sentence "The British resisted decimalisation on the grounds it was considered too complicated". Well, if you have 12 fingers, decimal is probably confusing
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12th May 2020, 10:33 PM	#3233
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 25,183	Originally Posted by EHocking Here's an interesting article on the subject. Interesting article. From it: Quote: Meanwhile, the United Kingdom, which is expected to leave the European Union in March following the referendum over Brexit, will most likely lose access to the EU’s Galileo positioning system, and is planning to launch its own. As for Galileo itself, it is expected to be fully operational in 2019. It was published in December, 2018 so it's about 2½ years old. Given that Brexit has not been the financial boon that was promised, what has been the fate of the UK's own GPS system?

12th May 2020, 10:48 PM	#3234
EHocking Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,592	Originally Posted by SezMe Interesting article. From it: It was published in December, 2018 so it's about 2½ years old. Given that Brexit has not been the financial boon that was promised, what has been the fate of the UK's own GPS system? Stalled in feasibility study indecision after being locked out of the EU's project in 2018.
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13th May 2020, 12:42 AM	#3235
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 101,830	Originally Posted by EHocking Stalled in feasibility study indecision after being locked out of the EU's project in 2018. Wording is sometimes important, remember we weren’t locked out of it, we decided we didn’t want to be part of it.
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13th May 2020, 02:14 AM	#3236
P.J. Denyer Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8,706	Originally Posted by EHocking Well, if you have 12 fingers, decimal is probably confusing There's more to Britain than Norfolk.
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