General Chat in The Marcus Lounge.

Wolf said:
The WHO and the UN.
The reason? Money.
They've decided that our falling birth rates are going to result in a massive black hole in pension funds in the future. This is driven by the spiralling cost of living because of wars and the importation of leeches requiring more and more taxes.
They quite obviously believe these imports are the taxpayers of the future.
It's quite the vicious circle and one fully embraced by the gowl creatures of FFG and SF.
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Which Powerful Country does NOT allow" Divisive " Mass Immigration ? !
 
Wolf said:
Certainly Poland, an EU member, won't.
Ireland is governed by pathetic cuckolds.
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Israel has No Intention of allowing Divisive Mass Immigration in to Israel, while many Jews are massively in favour of Divisive Mass Immigration in to Western Countries !
 
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Its the destruction of national identity as a prelude to the one world government.
You destroy any real deep sense of nationhood in the people in a country, and then it makes it easier for an international power to control it.
 
Wolf said:
Certainly Poland, an EU member, won't.
Ireland is governed by pathetic cuckolds.
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The other Baltic states are much the same. Get yourself a job or get out is the mantra, one that is enforced, and that is just the 'legal' migrants.

However, I hear of a case of one Baltic family who moved over during the boom years, worked hard, paid their taxes and integrated into Irish society, yet two of the grandchildren are being denied an Irish passport despite being born here and having an Irish father.They are quite entitled to one but the passport office is simply making up excuses now.

Why this sudden hardening of attitude? Just a germ of an idea after reading this past few posts, are the Baltic states being punished in some pathetic way for being far more sensible when it comes to immigration?
 
An excellent summary of how democracy doesn't work within the EU from a lady by the name of Ulrika Hjelm on Linkeden. Note how Macron is once again front and centre when it comes to the obstruction of choice -


You never voted for Ursula von der Leyen, because the office of President of the European Commission is not a vessel of democratic legitimacy — it is, rather, the product of strategic negotiation and the delicate balancing of power among Europe’s political elites.

In 2019, the European Council, comprising the heads of state and government of member states, nominated von der Leyen through closed-door deliberations, deliberately bypassing the so-called Spitzenkandidat system. Her nomination scraped through the European Parliament by a mere nine votes. The process is consciously opaque: national governments are loath to empower 450 million citizens to elevate a single figure capable of unsettling the political equilibrium that underpins the Union. The ceremonial framework offers the illusion of democracy, while the real levers of power operate within private corridors of influence.

Following the 2019 European elections, conventional wisdom anticipated that the next Commission President would emerge through the Spitzenkandidat principle — the informal norm whereby the largest party in the European Parliament sees its lead candidate assume the post. By that logic, Manfred Weber, the German centre-right contender, should have been the frontrunner.

Weber, however, confronted substantial obstacles: Emmanuel Macron openly opposed the system, and several EU leaders judged him politically inexperienced for the role. Simultaneously, Frans Timmermans, the centre-left candidate, faced staunch resistance from Eastern European member states, which regarded his assertive rule-of-law agenda as a threat to their national sovereignty.

The resolution was a classic elite compromise: both lead candidates were set aside in favour of an individual with established credibility, diplomatic dexterity, and a deliberately low political profile. Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s Defence Minister and a loyalist of Angela Merkel, fulfilled these criteria. She emerged at the eleventh hour, yet her nomination resolved the member states’ immediate political impasse with minimal disruption.

The narrow margin of her parliamentary approval underscored the symbolic nature of legitimacy: her authority derived not from a popular mandate, but from acceptability among a sufficient number of power brokers.

Bypassing the Spitzenkandidat system continues to shape EU politics. It constitutes a latent crisis of trust between citizens and Brussels — a persistent legitimacy gap that exposes the tension between popular expectations and elite governance. Each instance in which the Union prioritises power-balance over voter participation reinforces the perception of an institution effectively governed behind closed doors, where accountability and transparency remain perpetually contested.
 
Just purchased a new home in Spain, will be leaving Ireland very soon.
 
jpc said:
North Coast?
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South East Spain near the coast. We finally sold our home last month so spent a few weeks in spain looking for the right place.

reservation fee paid the other week, just the final few weeks of paperwork through our solicitor and then the big move.

The world may not change and the invasion of western europe may continue, but at lest I can live out my final days in the sunshine and warmth.
 
Anderson said:
South East Spain near the coast. We finally sold our home last month so spent a few weeks in spain looking for the right place.

reservation fee paid the other week, just the final few weeks of paperwork through our solicitor and then the big move.

The world may not change and the invasion of western europe may continue, but at lest I can live out my final days in the sunshine and warmth.
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Murcia?
 
Anderson said:
South East Spain near the coast. We finally sold our home last month so spent a few weeks in spain looking for the right place.

reservation fee paid the other week, just the final few weeks of paperwork through our solicitor and then the big move.

The world may not change and the invasion of western europe may continue, but at lest I can live out my final days in the sunshine and warmth.
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Best of Luck with your new adventure💖
 
Declan said:
I challenge @BIG FAT HOOR to a driving contrst.
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your lucky its not a spelling contest--- having made the challenge to a duel your opponent gets to choose the weapons .
I started driving buses when I was 12 --a crash gearbox AEC and my father who was a gentle man in every sense would clip me on the ear with a newspaper if I fluffed the gearchange which he insisted I use only two fingers to push the gear lever and said he expects me to use just one finger shortly to push/pull the 5ft high steel pole and no power steering .
we will use a Volvo b12b Declan .
 
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BIG FAT HOOR said:
your lucky its not a spelling contest--- having made the challenge to a duel your opponent gets to choose the weapons .
I started driving buses when I was 12 --a crash gearbox AEC and my father who was a gentle man in every sense would clip me on the ear with a newspaper if I fluffed the gearchange which he insisted I use only two fingers to push the gear lever and said he expects me to use just one finger shortly to push/pull the 5ft high steel pole and no power steering .
we will use a Volvo b12b Declan .
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Double declutching on the way down eh….. How’s the left knee?

One of the few things My father managed to instil in me when driving was to treat the gearstick as if made of glass. Not sure that empathy for the mechanicals is even mentioned in today’s driving lessons.
 
Mad as Fish said:
Doub

Double declutching on the way down eh….. How’s the left knee?

One of the few things My father managed to instil in me when driving was to treat the gearstick as if made of glass. Not sure that empathy for the mechanicals is even mentioned in today’s driving lessons.
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clutch less training was required for smooth clutched gear changes as gear change noise would get you sacked in London.
rolls drivers in the 1930 were trained to judge the speed perfectly and take foot off throttle gently enough to unload load on the present gear but not enough to load the gear again by using it to slow the car and they manually disengaged the gear in a silent smooth neutral load state and then waited for the revs to drop and without a rev gauge guess the precise spot they could change gear without use of the clutch --this involved gently pushing the gear lever to rub each gear together to act as a schryomesch cone now used to slow each gear to the speed of its mate which is about to mesh in modern gearboxes .
you had to be able to drive years ago and drive 18 hour days without complaint .
I drove a bus one day from knock in mayo to Kilkenny without a clutch pedal as the fluid had gone nobody knew and I stopped on a forward slope each time.
 
BIG FAT HOOR said:
clutch less training was required for smooth clutched gear changes as gear change noise would get you sacked in London.
rolls drivers in the 1930 were trained to judge the speed perfectly and take foot off throttle gently enough to unload load on the present gear but not enough to load the gear again by using it to slow the car and they manually disengaged the gear in a silent smooth neutral load state and then waited for the revs to drop and without a rev gauge guess the precise spot they could change gear without use of the clutch --this involved gently pushing the gear lever to rub each gear together to act as a schryomesch cone now used to slow each gear to the speed of its mate which is about to mesh in modern gearboxes .
you had to be able to drive years ago and drive 18 hour days without complaint .
I drove a bus one day from knock in mayo to Kilkenny without a clutch pedal as the fluid had gone nobody knew and I stopped on a forward slope each time.
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Learned on fordson supermajors.
Same principles.
 
BIG FAT HOOR said:
clutch less training was required for smooth clutched gear changes as gear change noise would get you sacked in London.
rolls drivers in the 1930 were trained to judge the speed perfectly and take foot off throttle gently enough to unload load on the present gear but not enough to load the gear again by using it to slow the car and they manually disengaged the gear in a silent smooth neutral load state and then waited for the revs to drop and without a rev gauge guess the precise spot they could change gear without use of the clutch --this involved gently pushing the gear lever to rub each gear together to act as a schryomesch cone now used to slow each gear to the speed of its mate which is about to mesh in modern gearboxes .
you had to be able to drive years ago and drive 18 hour days without complaint .
I drove a bus one day from knock in mayo to Kilkenny without a clutch pedal as the fluid had gone nobody knew and I stopped on a forward slope each time.
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Didn’t RR install one of the first hydrostatic drives for some lady of the realm who thought it beneath her station to actually change gear?
 
Mad as Fish said:
Didn’t RR install one of the first hydrostatic drives for some lady of the realm who thought it beneath her station to actually change gear?
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pneumocyclic as fitted to Lancaster cars and all Leyland leopard buses .
 
Mad as Fish said:
Drove one for a year in my yoof, loved that tractor so I did.
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Two machines machines I drove and really liked.
JD 3040 properly soundproofed and yeah the Ford Q cab was good.
And the Leyland 2100.
Giving them the juice when turning on the headland pulling a disc harrow.
Blowing smoke and going!
Jeez im getting all nostalgic.
 
I first drove at 12 as well so dont think you can steam roll me. It was in a morris minor 1000 which is much more lethal than any bus from Norway
 
BIG FAT HOOR said:
clutch less training was required for smooth clutched gear changes as gear change noise would get you sacked in London.
rolls drivers in the 1930 were trained to judge the speed perfectly and take foot off throttle gently enough to unload load on the present gear but not enough to load the gear again by using it to slow the car and they manually disengaged the gear in a silent smooth neutral load state and then waited for the revs to drop and without a rev gauge guess the precise spot they could change gear without use of the clutch --this involved gently pushing the gear lever to rub each gear together to act as a schryomesch cone now used to slow each gear to the speed of its mate which is about to mesh in modern gearboxes .
you had to be able to drive years ago and drive 18 hour days without complaint .
I drove a bus one day from knock in mayo to Kilkenny without a clutch pedal as the fluid had gone nobody knew and I stopped on a forward slope each time.
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Bullshit, it was Knock miracle and Stevie Wonder could have done it
 
Declan said:
Bullshit, it was Knock miracle and Stevie Wonder could have done it
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everything seems simple when you are driving around in a 6 seater a toy bus for a toy man .
add another 50 seats and we will see how you do Stevie.
 
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