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so, when will you be starting stockpiling I wonder?

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jura2 Wed 18-Jul-18 17:18:41

the floor is yours

Grandad1943 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:08:58

Jalima1108 definitely a superfluous comma there. Ohh very bad form, tut,tut. grin

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:09:32

Well done, Grandad, your post appeared in a form of English - at least it was not in Mandarin.

lemongrove Fri 20-Jul-18 19:14:37

You always seem to be waiting around for documents Grandad43 even at 7.15 on a Saturday night. hmm
And yet.....you have so much time for GN ( wonderful really)

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:16:11

I would call it multi-tasking lemongrove

Any female Gransnetters probably know all about that.
I can even drink a glass of wine whilst posting
And watch the tv

Clever, eh?

lemongrove Fri 20-Jul-18 19:17:18

Correction.....7.15 on a Friday night.I thought offices shut down much earlier than that.
Oops, now there will be a huge explanation of the inner workings of Grandad43’s business.....doh!

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:18:47

Being a male on what can be a very sexist forum in regard to some who post on here, it is nothing different than what I come to expect.
There are other males on this forum though Grandad - none of them treating female posters with disdain.

Try it some time - you could be surprised at the response.

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:21:25

Here's another comma, just to cheer everyone up:
Peace and love.

Anniebach Fri 20-Jul-18 19:23:44

I so dislike women being referred to as wags, so Sun reader talk

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:26:02

grin

Well, I think that shows quite a lot about an attitude towards women.

MawBroon Fri 20-Jul-18 19:28:04

Fortunately I am neither defiant nor stressed and my mental health is impeccable. Please do not suggest otherwise or I may need to take this further.

muffinthemoo Fri 20-Jul-18 19:32:15

I wonder what the meal is. Gammon steak, overdone?

Anniebach Fri 20-Jul-18 19:35:37

Don’t ask, May have a NVQ in cookery

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:36:18

Ooh, muffinthemoo
Norty grin

Grandad1943 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:36:23

Never worked at 7:15 on a Saturday night Lemon, where did you get that one from.

We put together one scratch team that does no mind working late or on a Saturday morning each week and I usually join them.

Tonight was important as we were making up a bundle for a court hearing on behalf of a small employer we are advising in regard to a workplace accident he is being taken to litigation for.

However we have just heard that their are now several inconsistencies in the main witness statement, so it may well be that the case will not come to court now anyway.

Great for that small business, and our efforts and late night were not wasted, don't you think Lemon

I will definitely or is that defiantly have a pint on that.

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:40:06

Well done!

I won't bore you with some of my achievements though. It could take all night.

Elegran Fri 20-Jul-18 19:42:07

"Elegran Quote [I believe there are many throughout the UK that voted for Brexit but now do no acknowledge that they did so. And for all we know, you could be one of them Grandad.] End Quote"

No, that wasn't me.

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:46:37

I hold my hands up Elegran, I was replying to Grandad, who was replying to your post.

iyswim.

Smileless2012 Fri 20-Jul-18 19:52:47

With reference to your post of 17.37 Maizie there was nothing remotely hysterical in my earlier post. I was responding to jura's dramatic reference to "expats in the EU are just terrified".

We have friends in France who aren't terrified. They voted remain but told us that had they still been living in the UK they'd have voted leave. It's clear from the threads on GN that people are worried about what will happen, on both sides of the debate but IMO to speak those living in the EU's terror is an example of hysteria, as is the subject of this thread.

I haven't seen any posts on GN from leavers exhibiting hysteria, quite the opposite in fact. A lot of positive posts have been made in the last 2+ years. The endless prophets of doom come from those who voted remain.

Day6smileMr. S. is having similar conversations with friends and family members who would change their remain vote to leave. But as there wont be another referendum I suppose it doesn't really matter now, but it's good to know when we hear so much about leavers supposedly regretting their decision.

Day6 Fri 20-Jul-18 20:44:55

And if the French dockers, ferries, farmers, etc - decide to make it 1000 x more so- because they get fed up with the implications of Brexit for them

Oh, you mean they'll get spiteful because we broke away jura? How childish. How petty. EU members spiteful? Never! wink

I would imagine they would be cutting their noses off to spite their faces if they tried in any way to disrupt trading and imports and exports. EU businesses would suffer too. Cannot imagine they'd get much support - and they'd endanger their own employment.

Again, worst case, fearful scenario from a Remainer.

Day6 Fri 20-Jul-18 21:04:15

And no, it is getting clearer by the day that the tiny majority was won on lies and fraudulenty

That's because you, jura, like many other Remainers think people who voted Leave are thick and relied entirely on TV campaigns.

Long before the campaigns people were fed up with being under Brussels dictatorship. If you remember, in the February(?) before the referendum Cameron went to Brussels to seek changes to our deal and was completely and totally ineffective in getting any concessions. He was blanked and totally without power.

That spoke volumes for me and many Leavers (many of whom have working brain cells) who did not rely on slogans on buses to make up our minds, just as, I am sure, you didn't buy into the gloomy but concerted efforts of of pre-referendum Project Fear to make up your mind. You took your time to look at all the implications and the unknowns. There are STILL unknowns, but one of them will be that we do not have to keep pumping billions every year into an institution that today bears no resemblance whatsoever to the organisation we joined decades ago.

Jalima1108 Fri 20-Jul-18 21:45:33

Mrs May has announced she will soon be issuing technical notices to businesses and HOUSEHOLDS in the event there is a no deal!
I think the EU powers-that-be are doing the same thing - it's called contingency planning - a very useful and important strategy for both governments and business (and households too).

I would hope that they are all making plans for all eventualities, whether they will be needed or not.

Chewbacca Fri 20-Jul-18 23:37:29

pokes head around the door it was me that said glee runs back out again. gleefully

Alexa Sat 21-Jul-18 09:41:52

MawBroon , there must be something wrong with any aged woman whose mental health is impeccable after having lived an unsheltered life.

lemongrove Sat 21-Jul-18 09:44:22

What the devil does that mean Alexa or are you hoping to get your own post deleted?!

MawBroon Sat 21-Jul-18 09:53:16

I wouldn’t know Alexa I am not “aged” are you? smile