Soooo...the Greeks have voted in a bunch of communists as the answer to their addiction to living

[Berni]

far beyond their means as a country, retiring at about 45 and not really liking paying taxes and stuff.

Well that's bound to help, I'm sure. :rolleyes:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Perhaps they looked at how well things are working out in Venezuela?

[PSRB]

[Brentwood]

[devongunner]

[Berni]

[Berni]

Not realising, of course, that the answer is 'much, much worse'.

[Nicosia Gooner]

A change was needed and a big change has been made

It may not work but a change was needed

[Berni]

[Rich]

I was thinking of nipping over the channel soon to get some cases of wine.

My supplies are running dangerously low.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Supermac1976]

:hehe:

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Brentwood]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's easy really, what with newspapers, television and the internet. We're lucky to have so much information easily available.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Nicosia Gooner]

Be sensible

[devongunner]

They spent forward and there is always a day of reckoning. They already have better debt repayment terms than Germany as I understand so not sure what they will renegotiate exactly.

I do however recognise their right to bankrupt themselves if they so choose. In fact I envy the idea that the state can employ more than 50% of the workforce and it will all be ok.

Good luck and I honestly hope it all works out so every other country in the world can follow the Greeks course.

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Nicosia Gooner]

I am off as its my volunteering days

[Berni]

For instance, they they managed to use it for such noble purposes as killing Socrates and ousting their most gifted leader Pericles, thus losing the Peloponnesian War to Sparta.

In short: democracy is great, but you can't trust Greeks with it.

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Nicosia Gooner]

nough said

I am off as I am late

[Berni]

Please be so kind as to point to an instance where I made that claim.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

[Rich]

You're either as thick as two planks or senile which makes you the laughing stock of AWIMB to the majority.

Shut up and go volunteering.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

[Berni]

As you know, humility is very much my thing.

[Supermac1976]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Are you quite well, old boy?

[Berni]

[Berni]

[Snin]

to help people less fortunate that himself as well.. voluntarily..in our country not even his country of birth..yet you mock his views ? what do you do to help people ? you even celebrate your tax avoidance and long holidays yet mock the Greeks ? sickening scences of twos up bullying imo

[Berni]

Your grasp of timelines isn't good imo.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

blundering into my Monday morning spouting *******s.

[Snin]

feel rough as f**k..drinkng fri eve, sat eve and sunday ..couldnt even get out of bed for run today and missed yesterday too ..must get back on juice and exercise tonight and tomo morning and crack back on but right now..the world is **** :banghead:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

anti-depressants should be placed on each street corner for Monday mornings such as this.

[Pokster]

[Snin]

f**king plumber cant even come till tomorrow so cant even use that excuse to sneak off.. got to go to bloody parents evening at 4 till 6 ..to hear teachers moan that sons not trying hard enough etc..got to do all this with the ex .. really cant be arsed ..bad day sir c..let the greeks do what they f**king want..i really dont care tbh

[Pokster]

few yrs has been ****e and is/was only going to get worse.... not saying the vote is correct but as you state below, they might well be thinking . 'how much worse can it possibly get?'

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Today is, unquestionably, a pool of reeking diarrhea. However, this, too, shall pass.

[Rich]

They have voted for a few short term benefits which will certainly be outweighed by long term misery.

The best bit about it all - they voted for it :hehe: :clap:

[Berni]

had to be all responsible and **** while she lay there croaking.

This did not improve my mood.

[Snin]

and vote in something a bit different..that or a revolution or army take over etc.. no one puts up with ****e for too long imo

[Snin]

all seemed to do better economically aFTER saying f**k off imo.. f**k off sometimes worth a shot

[Pokster]

[Snin]

not a nice come down

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Couldn't even be arsed to do that.

[Classic Jorge]

I'm not sure it'll end quite in the tears everyone is predicting it will though.

Mind you, I give it a week and they'll have the geezer smeared and discredited like a good un.

[Berni]

things in boxes. They'll probably talk with their dreadful accents, drink tea and render the lavatory unusable with their foulness as well.

I'm dreading it. :-(

[Rich]

that exports from outside the Eurozone are going to become more expensive. That means that more Greek business will go bankrupt which will mean less jobs in the long term.

Also, Standard & Poors/Moody's will certainly slash Greece's credit rating to perhaps the worst it can get. That means that nobody is going to lend a country that can barely afford its own population already any money.

It could ultimately be kicked out of the EU if they bankrupt themselves which will certainly spell disaster for them.

But they have only themselves to blame.

[Classic Jorge]

Not that type of Jacksoning, you mucky *******s
http://2.images.southparkstudios.com/blogs/southparkstudios.com/files/2014/01/0807-thats-ignorant.jpg?quality=0.8

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

Also, their currency is tied to the euro so they're pretty insulated from that point of view.

[Luis Anaconda]

Greek f**kers

[Mo Britain less Europe]

its ridiculous attempt to integrate totally disparate economies through political means.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

[Rich]

are going to cost a lot.

Who are Greece's main trading partners?

[Luis Anaconda]

I feel I reclaimed something of my Englishness by going for a curry last night after watching the football. Suffering today though

[barrybueno]

If you're 50+ I'd say it's a good thing, when even more **** hits an even bigger fan you'd probably 6 feet under. Who gives a toss then? :cloud9:

[Rich]

Poor Angela :-(

[Classic Jorge]

I don't think the thing they need to worry about is their choice of government, rather what the other governments are going to do to them to punish them for their choice.

[Classic Jorge]

[Snin]

[barrybueno]

[Classic Jorge]

2-0 democracy!

[Classic Jorge]

I guess that's why I've been pissed all january

[redgunamo]

actually the best thing about Germany. Most amusing.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Luis Anaconda]

[barrybueno]

proud little Friday only system has collapsed :-(

[Ashberto]

[Berni]

[Luis Anaconda]

I fear you may be giving too much credit to your average UK voter

[redgunamo]

It's a brewery, after all :cooper:

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Or cheap holidays in other people's misery as someone once put it.

[Luis Anaconda]

http://www.dw.de/image/0,,911948_4,00.jpg

[Luis Anaconda]

only 18 years til the mortgage is paid off :cloud9: *




*Not that I particularly want to come home

[Supermac1976]

Haha Romanians there's some new hairy minge coming to town.

[Classic Jorge]

One of them was going out with what can only be described as a troll. Seriously, think Jonjo Shelvey after a motorcycle accident where he'd skidded on his face.

[Pokster]

country's have been trying to get their exchange rate down as it has a strong effect on inflation (too lower inflation is a bad thing), the EURO is already trading at 7 yr lows so the Greek situation has hardly changed anything (trading down as low growth and low inflation in Europe points to possible stagflation). The EU has recently strated QE to try to get inflation up.

Greeks biggest trading partners will be the rest of the EU so the CCY change makes little difference to the majority of their imports

If you need any more help understanding, please ask :-D

[Pokster]

[Pokster]

[Classic Jorge]