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Looks like they still have value Bob, General questions about banknotes Are old Bank of England notes worthless? No; all Bank of England notes retain their face value for all time. If your local bank, building society or Post Office is not willing to accept these notes then they can be exchanged wit...

Very much into the "Blame Game" now, I see. Warwick, as always, is seeing much deeper into the flow of events that have bought us to this situation. From my point of view it is an absolute bugger to attempt to unpick. I'm in no way inferring that any observations are devoid of truth, but I...

bobscott wrote:Have another raki!

Thanks Bob, much appreciated.

I must reluctantly admit that I am struggling to see anything other than the heart & mind of the US in all of this. :( As for Greece & its people:- The preservation of deceits always requires a "Scapegoat". Such is the work of any & all Inquisitions. A complex wrong rendered si...

Hi Clio, there is an underpass you can drive through here.

mouche wrote:Ad hominem!

mouche wrote:Appearently you guys just don't get it

Quid Pro Quo, Arthur.

Just to add another source of Indian supplies. There is a small supermarket on the Old Road to Rethymno from Iraklio, at Stavromenos. Singh Supermarket was established to supply those from the Asian subcontinent working at Creta Farm. They carry the same sort of stock as your average UK Asian superm...

Hello Dave, Seeing your request for a Gas fitter & adding it to the above discussion, reminded me of installing our gas hob. You may be aware that you will need an LPG gas jet to replace the Natural Gas jet that most UK gas products are shipped with. The Whirlpool hob I had shipped from IKEA UK ...

I'm not sure it really matters who our Greek host vote for. This is their future:-

A Dutchman ‘in control’ of the Greek government

You got me interested too Jeff. It looks like the Cavo Sidero development by Minoan group, is still on the cards... Greece The political and financial situation in Greece has been documented in detail throughout the British and International media. Although the worst of the crisis seems to have pass...

The fundamental problem is in our own self belief. I accept that in reductionist thinking, as taught by all scientific schools, that we need proof of repeatability to establish the validity of any speculative hypothesis. This is the foundation of almost all true Scientific thinking. Research scienti...

. "Argument" is the fundamental basis of a discussion forum... Errr... I think you might find that "Discussion" is the fundamental basis of a discussion forum. They might be known as "Argument Forums", otherwise. I'm not going to elucidate on the different meanings of ...

Read an interesting comment suggesting Syriza's best hope for a continuing future within the Greek political scene, would be to come second in this election. With the 3rd MoU in place, they argued that, any government that continued to implement it would become so damaged for the medium term future,...

Well it appears Yani has decided to continue talking Economics in wider Europe, despite it not appealing to a certain select audiences. :D Varoufakis not running in snap elections, wants to create European network He was recently speaking at the Fête de la rose , a meeting of the left in France. He ...

For some reason I can't play the linked podcast. Odd, "No scripts" gave me scripting warning, but that was not malicious, so clicked through & it played fine. Same for download. :| Uploaded a copy here:- https://onedrive.live.com/?id=CC4CE9E25FD1505B!121&cid=CC4CE9E25FD1505B&g...