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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Woosh, I think you were badly advised regarding CE marking. It is an assertion by the vendor that the product is compliant . Now one could be in trouble if they fraudulently claim CE compliance. Going to a testing house is just part of a due diligence ,"pass the buck " exercise.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A near miss is either some class of transvestite or else is a collision.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..This is the Article. While it is in the current ITs output, it was originally published 2 years ago, and this was a development of an article in the European of 2017. So its not new news ... Brexit is a collective English mental breakdown English people living on dreams of empire never...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "What the hell has it all been for?? Any clues?. " Yes there is an excellent article in todays Irish Times which equates it to being a nervous breakdown of the English Psyche. The component countries of Scotland Wales and NI or Ireland , don't have this breakdown, because they have had...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Since I prefer to speak on topics I know about, I will not refer to Venezuela.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "They tried different systems in eastern Europe and Venezuela. If you ask anybody that experienced that, you won't ".. Not so. One of my colleagues, had previously been a professor of Computing in East Berlin. He and his wife were actually quite satisfied with the life that Socialism had given...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I actually have one. All original fittings, ..except the brake cables. And the mudguardsI are long gone. I have two problems with it. The chrome on the wheel rims is very pitted so grinds brake rubbers in minutes. Also the back wheel with its SA three speed has a number of spokes gone.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "... They were not listening then, they are not listening now ,perhaps they never will " ... Vincent Don McClean
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Barry, this sensitivity lark is very recent. Public hangings, corpses left rotting in iron cages, bull baiting, badger baiting , bears done to death by dogs, ..all good clean fun for country folk. The city folk enjoyed the stews , with the cockerel etc.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Pretty sure the 1100s it had the hydrolastic suspension
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I used to have a Morris 1100 dancing, something to do with bad suspension!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I would suspect that as good capitalists, they will charge what the market will take. Look at the immediate cost for a channel tunnel crossing today,as opposed to in a weeks time . If I had a home charger and envisaged going from London to Cornwall, for a wedding I would be prepared to pay...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not suggesting he was an Engineer, the "University without Borders" scheme was open to a wide range of disciplines. The quoted duration in Portugal is consistent with that cohort . The nett effect ,in any event ,is that the UK has benefited in getting a fully formed worker without any...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have some experience dealing with Brazilians. a decade or fifteen years ago, the Brazilian Government, .. decided to subsidise a year abroad for a large number of students. We would have had numbers of Engineering students. Brazil was flush with money at the time.. the BRIC economic...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My cleverness is not in question, at least not by me. But returning to the main issue, this man was employed,he was paying taxes, the UK gets him as a fully grown adult male, without any investment in maternity care, no childhood inoculations, no primary schooling, no secondary schooling ...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Seriously, I would prefer incompetence to Liars. You can make allowances for incompetence, and put systems in place. Without integrity, society cannot function.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Which part of he was WORKing in driving a delivery lorry did you miss?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Who knew about the thick neck?. But seriously ,there are always outliers . The collar measure is a very strong indicator.
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    Looking to buy first electric bike - have identified two

    Fully agree. I have the 2016 version. Since I have a decade on you, I went for the unisex or non crossbar version. Getting ones leg over , as it were is becoming a bother. The motus is like a ford focus of the bicycle world. Well spec ed , household name Raleigh
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    For obesity.. A good measure might be simple collar size. Anything over 17 is borderline, 18 is getting into sleep apnea territory. And yes, Obesity is growing seriously with the French. Getting quite noticeable on the beaches.