Quillan Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I repeated in a post somewhere what some of my guests had said about the UK and the EU. Reading the Times it appears things are starting to move a little (minutely) along those lines.France and Germany unite to push Britain to EU sidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Oh lala I won't say a thing..Sujet épineux....Each time I talked about it with UK people they said they were NOT European, so now, I shut my g*b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 That makes me laugh Frenchie. How can they not be European??? Have they somehow managed to extract the European DNA from themselves? lolTrouble with the UK as I see it, in many ways they resist change. Take the measurement system. How stupid is it to have two systems in operation? Metric and imperial. Completely senseless and they seem to resist all change to the metric system (which is by far simpler). Get over it guys. It's only a system used to measure stuff. But I think it's that sort of mentality that holds the UK back in a lot of ways, and they just seem to stomp on middle ground.Perhaps they would be better off out of Europe. They seem so far up America's backside, maybe it would make more sense to further become a state of America. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="Richard"] How stupid is it to have two systems in operation? Metric and imperial. Completely senseless and they seem to resist all change to the metric system (which is by far simpler). Get over it guys. It's only a system used to measure stuff. [/quote]You mean it's not a symbol of how great the Empire was? Where's your sense of history??? [:-))][:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebaynut Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="Richard"] I don't know.[/quote]Clearly !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="Clair"][quote user="Richard"] How stupid is it to have two systems in operation? Metric and imperial. Completely senseless and they seem to resist all change to the metric system (which is by far simpler). Get over it guys. It's only a system used to measure stuff. [/quote]You mean it's not a symbol of how great the Empire was? Where's your sense of history??? [:-))][:-))][/quote]In the past. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="Richard"]That makes me laugh Frenchie. How can they not be European??? Have they somehow managed to extract the European DNA from themselves? lolTrouble with the UK as I see it, in many ways they resist change. Take the measurement system. How stupid is it to have two systems in operation? Metric and imperial. Completely senseless and they seem to resist all change to the metric system (which is by far simpler). Get over it guys. It's only a system used to measure stuff. But I think it's that sort of mentality that holds the UK back in a lot of ways, and they just seem to stomp on middle ground.Perhaps they would be better off out of Europe. They seem so far up America's backside, maybe it would make more sense to further become a state of America. I don't know.[/quote]The metric system has been taught for many yearly, probably 30 - 40, in UK schools... Older people were taught imperial and it is easier for them, naturally, what's the difference between that and French people who still convert to 'old francs' [8-)] If there is anything destined to make me feel anti Europe its the thought of President Blair ! http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2bc9380-afb3-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 [quote user="Russethouse"]The metric system has been taught for many yearly, probably 30 - 40, in UK schools... Older people were taught imperial and it is easier for them, naturally, what's the difference between that and French people who still convert to 'old francs' [8-)] If there is anything destined to make me feel anti Europe its the thought of President Blair ! http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2bc9380-afb3-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html [/quote]The difference is that the UK still insists on using two measurement systems, France only uses one currency system. Eventually the older generation will stop converting back into francs. It's going to take years before the UK only thinks in one measurement system because they still use two. It used to confuse the crap out of me when I was a kid. You learn metric at school, then come home and then my dad would insist I use imperial. What a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I once was a teacher and, in the adjoining classroom, a newly qualified teacher was in charge.Didn't know whether to be pleased or really upset when she put her head round the door one day and asked:"How many pennies were there in a pound in the olden days, please?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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