A Political Thread pt. 2

[dirty harry]

I honestly don’t know. I mean, what am I comparing it against? Just the 20th/21st century or am I looking at the Bronze Age and earlier? Am I talking about personal experience or the experience of people generally? Am I looking at just the UK or the whole world?

I take it you mean hard times to be economic struggles?

Well i mean there are 0 people making the claim 1940 was a better time than 1997, and i genuinely dont think 2 welshmen discussing the societal struggles of central Uganda is very helpful lol.

 

[Saintjay]

This threads a ******* hard time.

 

[Which Tyler]

This threads a ******* hard time.

You've got to go back 80+ posts to find ten that are visible

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

 

[Welsh Exile]

Well i mean there are 0 people making the claim 1940 was a better time than 1997, and i genuinely dont think 2 welshmen discussing the societal struggles of central Uganda is very helpful lol.

Why not though? I mean, if you want to define hard times as “war” then sure but I’m sure you’re aware that there’s a lot of people that won’t define “hard times” by purely economic standards. They’ll be an element of cultural unity and cohesion. Hard times could well point to a time of peacetime but also to a time of “cultural instability” (however you might want to define this)

There are many people, WW2 aside, who will reminisce about the time back then and wish we could go back to those times. ****, we have politicians like JRM who would like us to go back, culturally, to the Victorian era.

But assuming you don’t think this, and I certainly don’t, then I would say, to answer this silly question, that we are leaning more towards the “easy” times at the moment with a strong perception that times are “hard” but, generally speaking, they’re pretty good.

Not if you’re living in Ukraine or Gaza though.(and 70% of the planet)

 

[Welsh Exile]

This threads a ******* hard time.

I’ve just got from London on work drinks. Strap yourself in boy. I’ve got all night.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

I’ve just got from London on work drinks. Strap yourself in boy. I’ve got all night.

Drinking in London? Nothing to worry about then, you'd need to remortgage to get more than 2 pints.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Drinking in London? Nothing to worry about then, you'd need to remortgage to get more than 2 pints.

Agreed. Thankfully the boss had the company credit card.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Actually, I was really surprised by how cheap our food was. Nice steak house, me my boss and my colleague all had a wagyu sirloin steak each, 2 portions of fries, one bone marrow, garlic mash, 3 salads and 2 beers each and it all came to approx £160. I think that is insanely cheap for London. I know you northerners won’t think that’s cheap where you can still buy a house for £12.50 but that is not bad at all. You could easily be looking at £40/£50 for each steak in most places.

 

[Vaquer]

Drinking in London? Nothing to worry about then, you'd need to remortgage to get more than 2 pints.

True story: My only time in London (and the UK) was after I'd spent weeks in France and Belgium. Bartender asked me something and I replied "Oui... I mean yes" and she laughed.

 

[Saintjay]

Actually, I was really surprised by how cheap our food was. Nice steak house, me my boss and my colleague all had a wagyu sirloin steak each, 2 portions of fries, one bone marrow, garlic mash, 3 salads and 2 beers each and it all came to approx £160. I think that is insanely cheap for London. I know you northerners won’t think that’s cheap where you can still buy a house for £12.50 but that is not bad at all. You could easily be looking at £40/£50 for each steak in most places.

A welshman eating wagyu steak and salad in London. Harry is dipping his Oggie into a pint of Brains in disgust. World's gone mad.

 

[ncurd]

Actually, I was really surprised by how cheap our food was. Nice steak house, me my boss and my colleague all had a wagyu sirloin steak each, 2 portions of fries, one bone marrow, garlic mash, 3 salads and 2 beers each and it all came to approx £160. I think that is insanely cheap for London. I know you northerners won’t think that’s cheap where you can still buy a house for £12.50 but that is not bad at all. You could easily be looking at £40/£50 for each steak in most places.

My last Steak meal cost me and missus near 200quid outside London. Mind you its was one the few times I've had steak in the UK comparable to NA

 

[Which Tyler]

I’ve just got from London on work drinks. Strap yourself in boy. I’ve got all night.

I'd rather not have you blocked - but you're the only poster who engages the self-confessed troll and contrarian as if he's neither troll nor contrarian, I'd rather have full pages of no posts then reading half of an argument that only needed a couple of sentences, rather than a 20-post back and forth

 

[dirty harry]

A welshman eating wagyu steak and salad in London. Harry is dipping his Oggie into a pint of Brains in disgust. World's gone mad.

NO clue what Oggie is, but a warmed leek and a pint of Smooth... 1.85 down my local, now thats living!!!

@Welsh Exile can give his Welsh card back, hes been away too long!

 

[dirty harry]

Austria bans headscarves in schools for girls under-14

A similar ban for girls under 10 was struck down by the Constitutional Court for specifically targeting Muslims.

www.bbc.co.uk

Is Europe targeting Muslims, or is this protection against growing Islamic influence?

What are we up to now, 12 or 13 countries with restrictions on Hijabs or veils?

 

[Saintjay]

NO clue what Oggie is, but a warmed leek and a pint of Smooth... 1.85 down my local, now thats living!!!

@Welsh Exile can give his Welsh card back, hes been away too long!

It's a cornish pasty, but you can't give credit to the English. So the Welsh named it an Oggie/Oggy instead.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

It's a cornish pasty, but you can't give credit to the English. So the Welsh named it an Oggie/Oggy instead.

So when they shout oggy oggy oggy they actually just really want a pasty?

 

[Welsh Exile]

It's a cornish pasty, but you can't give credit to the English. So the Welsh named it an Oggie/Oggy instead.

Giving them more credit. A little search and it seems it comes from the Cornish word “hoggen”

But then, the Cornish are basically part of our crew anyway.

 

[dirty harry]

It's a cornish pasty, but you can't give credit to the English. So the Welsh named it an Oggie/Oggy instead.

I thouggt Oggy OI was a food to miners call? The markets stalls would call oggy to the miners and they would reply 'oi' if they wanted something.

Never knew that was pasty based!

 

[BrokenWing]

Giving them more credit. A little search and it seems it comes from the Cornish word “hoggen”

But then, the Cornish are basically part of our crew anyway.

It was said that a Cornishman is a Welshman with his head kicked in.