Off-topic? no doubt!! All seventeen messages in this thread.
> On Jun 24, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Angie Nutt <an...@comproom.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Kawal > > Like you I voted to remain, in part because of my concern for the economy. > While the campaign was going on a friend of mine said that if we leave we’d > be throwing the baby out with the bath water to which I wholeheartedly agree. > I hope the leave vote was worth it and that we do better than if we had > stayed or at least as well. Who knows? > > All the best > Angie >> On 24 Jun 2016, at 14:04, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com >> <mailto:kgli...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> So today, I have very anxious feelings of what will be for Britain next? >> >> Scotland wishes to leave and may be we get the reunification for Ireland so >> where does this leave the rest of the UK, England and Wales? >> >> I just hope inflation and interest rates will not rise and present risks to >> our livelihoods. I deplore British citizens saying that this vote was worth >> people losing their jobs. I have been feeling very emotional and upset >> because of some selfish people in society. I voted to remain like I said >> and on TV at the moment there are those who are still arguing as to what >> happens next and the rest of the EU saying that there will be consequences. >> How can the world heal, come together and be more tolerant? Then Mr Trump >> changing his tune to fit the circumstances. American are also in some >> difficulty as the Democrats had a sitting in congress to get gun laws but >> the republicans say no so there is no unity in the world and at present I am >> worried about how things will pan out for the world. Sorry this is >> pessimistic but I live for the long term and not the short. I am a deep >> person and take seriously the world’s problems to heart. >> >> Kawal. >> >>> On 24 Jun 2016, at 13:05, CHUCK REICHEL <soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Scott, >>> Sorry to hear about your loss. :( >>> As for England I also will raise a frosty mug of Sam adams and celebrate >>> and wait till "november" here in the USA for the same! >>> GOD Bless America! >>> Home of Apple! :) >>> Talk soon >>> Chuck >>> >>> On Jun 23, 2016, at 11:58 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >>> >>>> Well I’ve been riveted watching this all day, I’m going on 24 hours here, >>>> it’s also a welcome distraction to some really really bad stuff happening >>>> on my family level right now so forgive me if I use your country’s >>>> politics as a distraction.:) My grandmother oddly enough who is the >>>> connection to Britain for me passed after 96 years on this rock and it’s >>>> all closing in on me now that I am only one of 3 left in our family and >>>> the other 2 are on the shorter end of their lives than longer so I’m >>>> feeling a bit freaked out and my numbers are dwindling down to 0 so if I >>>> get in the weeds you get it. >>>> To give you an idea why I feel such a connection with your country my >>>> family on my mother’s side came to this country fairly recently. My grand >>>> mother and grand father came over to this country on boats I believe >>>> before world war 2 and settled on the east coast as well as Detroit. My >>>> great Grand father, mother’s grand father actually worked on your crown >>>> jewels. I have jewelers drawings hand made by him used to create some of >>>> the items in your tower of London today. I’ve frequently thought about >>>> giving them to one of your museums if you’d have them but I have no idea >>>> their value or if they represent any thing special to the British people >>>> or even what or who should have them. It’s this man’s daughter, my grand >>>> mother who passed this morning. She taught me so much about your part of >>>> the world from your money to telling me stories about my cousins who I >>>> don’t know but sell fruit in fruit stands somewhere in London or another >>>> husband and wife relation of ours who I met once years ago and don’t know >>>> exactly how they fit but they own a sweater company in Scotland. I >>>> remember these people coming to visit us and my Grand Father who is from >>>> Whales loved taking them to sites around the north east US where we >>>> americans beat back the British during the Revolution.:) He loved giving >>>> the English side of our family a real ribbing about the revolution when >>>> they would come to visit. In the same breath though, my grandfather served >>>> during World War II and I know always talked about the Brits he served >>>> proudly with. >>>> I say all this because I’m not the only one. So many of us have such >>>> connections to your island. So understand when you say all in together >>>> and all that, I consider very much we folks on both sides of the pond on >>>> the same team. >>>> BTW, BBC and ITV just called it in favor of leaving I’m shocked but >>>> you’ve definitely made things interesting over here. Your vaporizing my >>>> financial holdings as I watch this, thanks guys☺, but I’m in, I wish we >>>> could shake off our oppressive federal government like you all just did >>>> the EU. The rebel in me feels a real connection to your side right now. >>>> Not for racial reasons, not for fear of any group but for self >>>> determination, self rule, beating back the huge corporate and global >>>> interests that do not have your country’s best interest at heart. I know >>>> the economic arguments made against you leaving and I say bunk. You’re a >>>> strong country, you do not need the approval of brussels to get through >>>> your day. The UK alone is a massive economy, thankfully you never wrapped >>>> your self in the Euro so your pound will carry on. I will buy many of >>>> your pounds when they tank over the next few days because the fears are >>>> irrational and I will do well as will you all doubling down on yourselves. >>>> So folks in Florida or Texas, if you wish to break away from the union >>>> let me know, I’ll move down and join you.:) I feel like blasting dixie >>>> and blasting a few hundred rounds in the air in celebration of someone, >>>> finally, beating back the powers of globalization and centralization of >>>> regulation with out representation. In stead so I don’t get labeled a >>>> racist or arrested for making to much noise or being armed in the US I >>>> will hoist a cold one in your country’s honor. >>>> >>>> >>>> To my Grand Mother Jean and to the fine people of Britain, stay or leave, >>>> way to go! Nicely done and all that on all counts. I drink a Sam Adams >>>> beer from the Boston Brewing company in your honor. The irony is not lost >>>> on me nor is it lost o nme that I’m siding with the tories.:) >>>> >>>> >>>> And the associated press just called it and someone is pounding on Borris >>>> Johnson’s door trying to wake him up. Great stuff! >>>> >>>> CNBC just called it in favor of leave also. >>>> >>>> Wow, I’m shocked! >>>> >>>> On 6/23/16, 6:11 PM, "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> on behalf of listse...@me.com <mailto:listse...@me.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Mmm, your president does seem to have quite a fascination with teats, >>>> doesn’t he? :) >>>> >>>> Regardless, I imagine his comments did more to inflame the Brexiters than >>>> to encourage the Bremainers. But, as it happens, I too hope to remain. >>>> The worst part about it is that it’s based more or less purely on >>>> pragmatism rather than principle: the far-right government now in power >>>> will only use Brexit to lurch even further to the right, without our >>>> delightful, if meddlesome, friends in Brussels to prevent them by >>>> (undemocratically, it’s true) arriving at sensible and socially just >>>> policy decisions on the merits. The hypothetical independent state of >>>> Britain, in a climate of establishment neoliberalism and >>>> first-past-the-post voting, seems distantly unlikely. And as a believer >>>> in more EU unification in any event (Turkish parents), I can’t say I feel >>>> too bad about that. Better together, and all that jazz. :) >>>> >>>> Still, I do wonder what that hypothetical Britain, under the rule of a >>>> democratically elected liberal government, would look like. It’d be cosy, >>>> but would it make me happy? Initially, probably. Maybe we could make it >>>> work at the negotiating tables where decisions are made. But I’d feel bad >>>> for the other EU member states, and the project. We’d be turning away >>>> everything it, and all of the men, women and children in its member >>>> states, represent. My individualistic side says it makes no difference as >>>> long as I’m living in the exact same country; my squidgy insides say >>>> otherwise. No, the EU isn’t a utopia, but by remaining, at least we can >>>> fix its faults, which is something a lot of Brexiters seem completely >>>> reluctant to take any interest in doing. And maybe we can one day look >>>> forward to a truly united Europe. >>>> >>>> So maybe it is about principle, after all. :) >>>> >>>> Well, we shan’t have long to find out, at any rate. 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