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What it will take for Europeans to say enough is enough?
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Re: What it will take for Europeans to say enough is enough?
Cynicism improves with age
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Re: What it will take for Europeans to say enough is enough?
Couldn't you just open a window and make engine noises?
New electric vehicles to emit noise to aid safety.
New electric vehicles to emit noise to aid safety.
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Another street legal car seen on Sunday not needing an artificial sound generator. Police looked the other way....
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Why they don't have a sensor and a discrete beep on the horn when offenses someone in front.
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You're thinking again; I've warned you about that before
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Does this now mean that electric milk floats (that usually deliver in the very early hours of the morning when there is almost nobody about - most people are still in bed) will be forced to emit 'noise'?
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As I may be the only one on the forum who has driven a milk float in the wee hours, I can assure you we are quite alert for the occasional jogger, drunk, eccentric, etc we may sneak up on. What actually surprised the odd person was that we would walk up to their door in winter without triggering their security lights, owing to be being well wrapped up and thus not being registered on the PIR sensors.
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I drove a milk float once, many years ago.
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Happy not to be the only one.
I did the North East of Leicester for about two months, and part of the Beaumont Leys estate; quite an experience.
Yourself?
I did the North East of Leicester for about two months, and part of the Beaumont Leys estate; quite an experience.
Yourself?
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Interesting tips as a milkman
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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I was still at school, helped the local milkman out for a few days and he let me have a go at driving the thing early one morning. I probably should have had a licence of some sort and I was probably still too young to be eligible for one.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:46 pmHappy not to be the only one.
I did the North East of Leicester for about two months, and part of the Beaumont Leys estate; quite an experience.
Yourself?
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Didn't they used to catch fire going 'fast' downhill ?
Remember the lovely milkmaid giving Granville an early morning cuddle in OAH ?
Remember the lovely milkmaid giving Granville an early morning cuddle in OAH ?
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My float was the same design as that in the Father Ted video. They were designed to carry a ton of milk, so could go quite fast when only carrying empties at the end of the shift, about 20 mph downhill is my recollection. However, it was rattling around like a mad thing, as the suspension wasn't up to it. I worked in the dead of winter, so not much opportunity for overheating. I don't recall any electrical burning smells.
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Re: What it will take for Europeans to say enough is enough?
It looks as if we are getting there .......
Talking about biting the hand that feeds them.
Talking about biting the hand that feeds them.
Agence France-Presse
22 January 2020 • 1:13pm
Thousands of residents on Greek islands hosting large migrant camps on Wednesday kicked off a day of protests, demanding the immediate removal of asylum-seekers.
The islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios staged a general strike, shutting down shops and public services and rallying in central squares, many protesters waving Greek flags.
"We want our islands back, we want our lives back," was the main slogan.
Asylum-seekers "should be shared out across Greece," 72-year-old Lesbos pensioner Efstratios Peppas told AFP.
"And Europe must assume its responsibilities. It too must take migrants," he said.
The largest camp of Moria on Lesbos island, with a capacity for 2,840 people, hosts more than 19,000 asylum seekers.
"You can't walk alone outside after dark, people get stabbed," Mr Peppas said.
Greece last year again became the main entry into Europe for migrants and refugees, many fleeing war or poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Syria.
The UN refugee agency in 2019 recorded more than 59,000 arrivals by sea and more than 14,000 via the land border with Turkey.
Already more than 3,000 have arrived so far this year. Only a fraction are allowed passage to the Greek mainland while the rest spend months in the camps, waiting for their asylum applications to be processed.
On Tuesday, 17 human rights organisations warned of a rising "climate of discrimination and xenophobia" towards asylum-seekers, who also faced "serious consequences to their well-being and public health".
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Capetonian, I am afraid they are after the wrong agenda: instead of asking to close the borders and make the life of the illegal immigrants much harder (they get a lot of privileges), the islanders want to empty the camps by sending the uninvited guests towards mainland Greece.
At the same time, Frontex serves as a welcoming committee and Greece counts on Turkey to stop the flow a country which keeps the flow going and has no intention of changing their tune.
At the same time, Frontex serves as a welcoming committee and Greece counts on Turkey to stop the flow a country which keeps the flow going and has no intention of changing their tune.
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https://euobserver.com/migration/145872
Meanwhile, back in Brussels/Strasbourg, far away from the frontline..........
Meanwhile, back in Brussels/Strasbourg, far away from the frontline..........
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Barking - you will be able to ignore the EU in a few months time.
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Or maybe not? Let’s not allow the guard to drop as we depart the target location satisfied that the smoke indicates a satisfactory strike?!
Ever grateful to J T for keeping an informed watch on the ‘enemy’!