tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post5788461772206633319..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Strange DaysHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-81518118730332901672016-07-23T08:47:59.498+01:002016-07-23T08:47:59.498+01:00It'll be fun to write :)It'll be fun to write :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-60187250652585389292016-07-22T17:37:10.234+01:002016-07-22T17:37:10.234+01:00Brexit comments aside, welcome back. I'm defin...Brexit comments aside, welcome back. I'm definitely looking forward to your upcoming reviews. It's because of your reviews that I've learned about and purchased many a bing puercha. Welcome back Hobbes!Squaretoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997490910391062519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-64141018006067495462016-07-18T22:26:42.668+01:002016-07-18T22:26:42.668+01:00Hi Tiger,
thank you for your new text. I'll be...Hi Tiger,<br />thank you for your new text. I'll be looking forward to your writings. You're so right, these really are confusing times. So many things went into this crazy vote, and we'll see what will come of this. With a bit of luck, the British will be seen as the people who have given a stalled Europe its direly needed wake-up-call. <br /><br />Take care, and good luck to those miighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412949279371802011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-3374120291921312592016-07-17T11:33:42.056+01:002016-07-17T11:33:42.056+01:00Thank you for the comforting words :)Thank you for the comforting words :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-1814575465955661432016-07-16T14:53:37.667+01:002016-07-16T14:53:37.667+01:00Glad to see a new post and looking forward to the ...Glad to see a new post and looking forward to the ones to come!<br /><br />Allow me, as a citizen and resident of Norway, to welcome you to the non-EU neighborhood of Europe. It's not as bad around here as people will have you believe. While I'm sure a lot of the "leave" voters will be left disappointed by the actual changes that are to follow the "Brexit", I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-56943036265102570492016-07-15T08:38:07.289+01:002016-07-15T08:38:07.289+01:00The difficult genius of the "leave" vote...The difficult genius of the "leave" vote was, of course, that it combined so many actual approaches to leaving - many were mutually exclusive (e.g., "leave entirely, with no freedom-of-movement from the EU" vs. "leave partially, while retaining access to the EEA"). Given the import of the decision, my preference would have been for a general election, in which each Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-23008657775422367062016-07-14T19:54:06.924+01:002016-07-14T19:54:06.924+01:00well... I think i'm dealing better now with th...well... I think i'm dealing better now with this topic. I do disagree partly of what you are saying, regarding the streching of public services. It is interesting that the places that voted in are actually the placed with more EU imigration. I also feel that that point is so unfortunate. I pay taxes every month to pay for those services (that I personally don't really use) as most EU Curiganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480000116921518257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-52904938463461839352016-07-14T10:03:29.155+01:002016-07-14T10:03:29.155+01:00P.s. Please don't be concerned about your stat...P.s. Please don't be concerned about your status in the UK! Even framed in terms of naked national self-interest, the UK absolutely depends on "skilled" immigration. Framed in terms of slightly more palatable terms, the UK has had immigration for many centuries; I firmly believe that there is nowhere more "global" than London, for example.Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-89061269351793875702016-07-14T09:29:28.044+01:002016-07-14T09:29:28.044+01:00Dear Tiago,
Since you asked! We are where we a...Dear Tiago,<br /><br /> Since you asked! We are where we are, with regard to leaving the EU. Immigration is the largest perceived problem in the UK for many people; the majority of this (in my experience) is not racist - it is simply a response to the Government's inability to cope with immigration (schools, NHS). While I do not have children being educated in the state-maintained Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-81253781450174782762016-07-04T13:17:52.200+01:002016-07-04T13:17:52.200+01:00Maybe this isn't the right place but i would a...Maybe this isn't the right place but i would actually like to hear your thoughts more in detail about this strange times. As an EU foreigner in the UK, I feel uneasy lately.Curiganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480000116921518257noreply@blogger.com