Brexit Update

Started by Leon, 28 December 2020, 10:10:56 PM

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steve_holmes_11

Quote from: Gwydion on 20 February 2021, 12:14:05 PM
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global was established in 1990, primed by oil revenue in a deliberate attempt to maintain a national benefit from North Sea exploitation rather than binge on it. It has a massive investment portfolio and is disinvesting from oil and gas.

It is not just a 'pension' fund despite the name, and is designed to smooth out economic fluctuations and provide a continuing benefit to all Norwegians when oil runs out (or becomes a legacy energy source).

Jolly clever these Norwegians.
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Raider4

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 13 March 2021, 10:08:32 AM
Jolly clever these Norwegians.

Aye, and they generate > 95% of all their electricity using hydro power.

Would love to go to Norway one day.

Although I remember it being described to me in ~1990 as "a gloomy land where beer costs £4 a pint" . . .

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Quote from: Raider4 on 13 March 2021, 11:27:14 AM
Aye, and they generate > 95% of all their electricity using hydro power.

Would love to go to Norway one day.

Although I remember it being described to me in ~1990 as "a gloomy land where beer costs £4 a pint" . . .

Even so I can't imagine its worse than the pubs in my home town
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Techno II

What 'tees' me off is......Why ?...When it's cold....Do they switch on the enormous fans (Three ? miles away from us, on top of a hill) when it's cold ?

The oiks never switch them on, in the Summer, when we could use a cooling breeze.

What a complete waste of electric power.

(I know...I've used the same joke, before. ;))

Cheers- Phil :)

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Quote from: Techno II on 13 March 2021, 12:37:48 PM

(I know...I've used the same joke, before. ;))

Cheers- Phil :)
JOKE - what JOKE  :'(
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Techno II

You complete, and utter Muppet !  ;) ;D ;D ;D

(Heck....I've missed the updated 'Honours' list, for FAR too long.).....

Nominations, anyone ?

Cheers - Phil :)

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Quote from: Techno II on 13 March 2021, 12:56:12 PM
You complete, and utter Muppet !  ;) ;D ;D ;D

(Heck....I've missed the updated 'Honours' list, for FAR too long.).....

Nominations, anyone ?

Cheers - Phil :)

µI nominate techno for 'most likely to get a trip to emergency care' again

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Quote from: Raider4 on 13 March 2021, 11:27:14 AM
Aye, and they generate > 95% of all their electricity using hydro power.

Would love to go to Norway one day.

Although I remember it being described to me in ~1990 as "a gloomy land where beer costs £4 a pint" . . .

I went one December. (Kristiansand - easy and cheap to reach in normal times via the LegoLand airport in Denmark). Its certainly chilly but far from gloomy. My general experience is that smaller cities are less gloomy than the big capitals in every country I've ever visited.  My main recollections are drinking in a kind of mini indoor shopping mall which became one giant pub so people kind of sat outside but were actually inside and eating giant steaks from Rudolf's mates.   

iw07596

Spent many months in Norway over the years during my time in the Air Force, beer in the 1990s was £6 a pint , thoroughly enjoyed it all over, Norwegians are similar to us lovely people in the main.Food horrendously expensive as is pretty much anything although the things you can get with spare bottle of spirits......  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) superb.

Bunny

I spent 7 winters in Norway as a Royal Marine, bloody cold, expensive beer and no women anywhere near the places they sent us lol

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Are you suggesting,"You shouldn't have joined if you can't take a joke," Leman?
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Hello Leon,

Do you have any news about the OSS system and and our prefered miniature supplier shipping procedure ?

Thank you,

Michel.