An insignificant little island

Wack61

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On Facebook somebody( a foreigner) asked the question, why do the British think they're so important, they're just an insignificant little island.

I pointed out I was proud to be British, when the DEC launched the appeal for aid after the Turkish / Syrian earthquake the British people including £5m from the government donated £32.9m in 24 hours

We also sent specialist teams the same day

The total raised so far is £93m

Insignificant Little Island my ****
 
lozcb

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people like to put us down but history speaks for itself , even the Romans and the Danes thought it was a good place to conquer ......and they were proven right , for the last 250 years the more significant islands have been tying to catch up without much success , feeling tired but victorious after the 39-45 we decided to take a quick break and let the Americans take the strain for a bit
 
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Went to a stage production of “Notes From a Small Island” (Bill Bryson) at the Watermill near Newbury last night and the last few sentences of the book were used to close the show. Cannot remember them but they sum up our bit of the planet very well. Spoken over Vaughan Williams too. Book worth a read.
 
DLax69

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Wack61 said:
On Facebook somebody( a foreigner) asked the question, why do the British think they're so important, they're just an insignificant little island.

I pointed out I was proud to be British, when the DEC launched the appeal for aid after the Turkish / Syrian earthquake the British people including £5m from the government donated £32.9m in 24 hours

We also sent specialist teams the same day

The total raised so far is £93m

Insignificant Little Island my ****
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Stay off Facebook...you'll be happier...
 
Wack61

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DLax69 said:
Stay off Facebook...you'll be happier...
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Can't, this week I bought a Nikon D3, sigma 120-300 f/2.8, sigma 1.4x TC, manfrotto monopod & a cf card reader for £600

People have migrated to Facebook marketplace because of all the **** you have to deal with on ebay, Facebook is, turn up, look at it, buy it / don't buy it, leave
 
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It never bothers me what others think of where I live and this country to be honest. It’s not important to me but then I have never really been that patriotic so that may be why.
 
DLax69

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Andyk said:
It never bothers me what others think of where I live and this country to be honest. It’s not important to me but then I have never really been that patriotic so that may be why.
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Nowhere's perfect, that's for sure. But I still think Facebook is what **** would be like if it were real...!

That said...sounds like there are some real bargains there!
 
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DLax69 said:
Nowhere's perfect, that's for sure. But I still think Facebook is what **** would be like if it were real...!

That said...sounds like there are some real bargains there!
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Tell me about it! My wife keeps buying furniture (long case clock last month) and sends me off to collect it! To her credit, there have been so many excellent bargains (mint solid oak glass cabinet - free to whoever can collect!). Personally, i don't want to sign on as it will fill my email again with posts of what people had for lunch.....
 
lozcb

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Goodfella said:
Twitter is absolutely rammed with these little island haters, yet they never seem to want to f*ck off and live elsewhere?
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Or go and protest about climate change in the centre of Bejing or Paris or Rome ......the M25 is much easier ...............careful Goodfella i can feel my hackles rising ...time to stop and count to ten
 
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RodTungsten said:
Went to a stage production of “Notes From a Small Island” (Bill Bryson) at the Watermill near Newbury last night and the last few sentences of the book were used to close the show. Cannot remember them but they sum up our bit of the planet very well. Spoken over Vaughan Williams too. Book worth a read.
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Was it a good show?
 
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Goodfella said:
Twitter is absolutely rammed with these little island haters, yet they never seem to want to f*ck off and live elsewhere?
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DLax69

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lozcb said:
Whole heartedly and every country has an organised legal process to do so , I think most people are for legal migration , its illegal migration that most have an issue with
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Yeah, like all the people from Ohio who just moved to North Carolina. Folks who don't do right on red, and have stop signs at the end of on-ramps. I demand stronger borders on I-77!
 
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