Post by theoldfart2 on Aug 8, 2014 18:57:00 GMT
Today , as it is only 140 days till Xmas, the evenings are drawing in,it's darker in the mornings and the central heating is back on, I decided to take 'Monty' for a trip to the local Ale House, for a small libation , and take advantage of the last summer sun ,before the darkness returns.
As it transpired, there were a couple of other same minded people in the hostelry so as often happens we sat down to put the world to rights.
There is as you may have realised, nothing I enjoy more than a lively debate. I enjoy listening to other peoples points of view.
Their logical argument, against my views.
The facts and statistics they can produce to back up their argument.
And the fact that we can have a long and heated (sometimes) discussion, before they all agree that I was right in the first place.
So we were putting the world to rights, when a chum of mine from Skotland joined us.
Naturally I pointed out that as soon as 'your lot' get independence you will be deported, and the fact that you have live here for 26 years do t count.
I would tell you his reply, but as it is a physical impossibility, I won't bother. however I did Point out that the contract for the new Hadrian's Wall is out to tender and this time it will be 50 foot high with barbed wire on top, but the poor misguided soul, just said it was to keep the English Oot.
Still I digress.
Jock, as he is known ,used to work on a Skotish prawn trawler. He was saying that back then they would be at sea for eight days,ish.
He said that the RAF Nimrods would fly over them and each boat was logged in to their computer, and once they found you the fisheries boat would be along soon after, checking net sizes,catch sizes,quotas, etc etc.
And rightly so...
But less than a Cable away were Spanish/ French boats, fishing with tiny mesh nets, (Jock went on board one night when they all got pissed together and the Spanish showed him their nets, faulse decking,catch sizes ,etc).
Jock told me that EVERYONE knew what the French and Spanish were doing but they NEVER got pulled by fisheries or customs boasts
Why... Because the government didn't want the hassle of impounding one of their boats because of the Crap their government would kick up, about a poor Spanish/ Frog boat legally fishing in EU waters and bad. England picking on them.
Jock is fencing now. The prawns and fish ran out years ago. ( Well the ones you can. Legally land in the UK) the French and Spanish are still taking the tiny stuff)
Much like the time he has on the IOW before he is repatriated, as I keep telling him.
I do wonder why he bought me a jar of Vasaline, but it's still a physical impossibility!!
PS I would have said Spicks and Frog but that's insulting so I read and I can't say that online, bit like Clarkson saying Slope. Bloody program watched by 4,000,000 and the BBC get two complaints ,so they threaten to sack him.
How the world has changed. Back in the 60s/70s, we used to watch American Generals blow Vietnamese civilians brains out on the street. Watch young girls get Napalmed in quaint villages and read with horrific fascination about the Mia Li massacre , and the average television watcher didn't give a toss. Now someone calls. Vietnamese a Slope he could get the sack!
We will rape your seas and that's ok, but if you call us nasty names we will take you to court and sue you.
says it all really!!!
As it transpired, there were a couple of other same minded people in the hostelry so as often happens we sat down to put the world to rights.
There is as you may have realised, nothing I enjoy more than a lively debate. I enjoy listening to other peoples points of view.
Their logical argument, against my views.
The facts and statistics they can produce to back up their argument.
And the fact that we can have a long and heated (sometimes) discussion, before they all agree that I was right in the first place.
So we were putting the world to rights, when a chum of mine from Skotland joined us.
Naturally I pointed out that as soon as 'your lot' get independence you will be deported, and the fact that you have live here for 26 years do t count.
I would tell you his reply, but as it is a physical impossibility, I won't bother. however I did Point out that the contract for the new Hadrian's Wall is out to tender and this time it will be 50 foot high with barbed wire on top, but the poor misguided soul, just said it was to keep the English Oot.
Still I digress.
Jock, as he is known ,used to work on a Skotish prawn trawler. He was saying that back then they would be at sea for eight days,ish.
He said that the RAF Nimrods would fly over them and each boat was logged in to their computer, and once they found you the fisheries boat would be along soon after, checking net sizes,catch sizes,quotas, etc etc.
And rightly so...
But less than a Cable away were Spanish/ French boats, fishing with tiny mesh nets, (Jock went on board one night when they all got pissed together and the Spanish showed him their nets, faulse decking,catch sizes ,etc).
Jock told me that EVERYONE knew what the French and Spanish were doing but they NEVER got pulled by fisheries or customs boasts
Why... Because the government didn't want the hassle of impounding one of their boats because of the Crap their government would kick up, about a poor Spanish/ Frog boat legally fishing in EU waters and bad. England picking on them.
Jock is fencing now. The prawns and fish ran out years ago. ( Well the ones you can. Legally land in the UK) the French and Spanish are still taking the tiny stuff)
Much like the time he has on the IOW before he is repatriated, as I keep telling him.
I do wonder why he bought me a jar of Vasaline, but it's still a physical impossibility!!
PS I would have said Spicks and Frog but that's insulting so I read and I can't say that online, bit like Clarkson saying Slope. Bloody program watched by 4,000,000 and the BBC get two complaints ,so they threaten to sack him.
How the world has changed. Back in the 60s/70s, we used to watch American Generals blow Vietnamese civilians brains out on the street. Watch young girls get Napalmed in quaint villages and read with horrific fascination about the Mia Li massacre , and the average television watcher didn't give a toss. Now someone calls. Vietnamese a Slope he could get the sack!
We will rape your seas and that's ok, but if you call us nasty names we will take you to court and sue you.
says it all really!!!
