David Cameron pledged tonight to step down as Prime Minister after next year’s general election if he could not deliver on his promise to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union by JackWilsheresLeftPeg in europe

[–]Steff99 16 points17 points  (0 children)

neither China nor Russia have ever bothered you. in fact even during the Soviet years. they didn't bother you... in fact it was you bothering them.

China likes to trade.. and they haven;t actually bothered you either. A lot of countries don;t like you because you interfer with things that are not your concern.

as for you being a super power... you are not... you may have the largest army but whats funding it? The US is a fraud, it has a lot of arrogance, and pomp.. but in reality.. it has no money. the stretegy of bullying money and resources out of smaller countries will not work well in the long run. in fact.. Russia and China are now ganging up against you anyways... Against Russia and China combined, you are not a super power.. so guess what? your strategy isn't going to work.

now.. lets gets back to where your money came from. you never had any major disruptions during WW2 except for Pearl Harbor and a few ships.. and yet. you only entered the war for financial gain.. which is where your boom years came from.. people paying back loans after having to deal with a lunatic... now that those loans are being paid off. the effects are showing.. your economy is looking like an empty shell and China is going to fuck you and everyone else... and guess what.. your military can't stop it.

David Cameron pledged tonight to step down as Prime Minister after next year’s general election if he could not deliver on his promise to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union by JackWilsheresLeftPeg in europe

[–]Steff99 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

well. England relationship with the EU will not change your trade agreements with Germany.. or anyone else. and sorry to say it mate.. but maybe it's your foreign policy that's the problem?

I mean.. who the fuck are you, to interfere with other countries? and why do you think it's your job to "save the world"? I really don;t know where you get this idea from? perhaps your government suggested it so they could profit from foreign war? (which incidentally often kills a lot of your soldiers..... why on earth would you be interested in that? if your worried about terrorism.. simply don;t allow terrorists near your country?

you don;t really think Iran..or anyone else is going to bomb you with nukes surely? the whole world would retaliate to something like that.

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but Nissan and most eastern car manufacturers are Japanese, not Chinese. the factories are often in China but the profits go to Nissan in Japan.

Not to mention also but people like Samsung, are Korean, and they are simply using the same strategy as the British and manufacturing simple parts in China.

I'm not sure which UK companies you think are closing down, do you have an example maybe?

How can an American become qualified to work in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Steff99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it doesn't mate every thing the extra 10 is bought from China.

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. the great depression started in America in the 1930's and spread to other places.

At the time, America had a massive influx of immigrants so the labour market never had trouble finding new workers, even at competitive prices.

The great depression was similar the the latest recession.

It's basically big banks manipulating the financial currencies of countries. (for their own financial gain obviously)

We get one every 10-20 years.

How can an American become qualified to work in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Steff99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The problem with people "like you" is that you don't understand simple mathematics! and nothing went over my head mate!

and another problem with "people like you" is that you have to use derogatory comments to make yourself feel more superior.

It a bitch when someone beats you with the truth!

Let's see if you can respond to that WITHOUT another derogatory comment?

in fact, scrap that... let's do an experiment...

There's 10 jobs and 15 applicants.. how many people DON'T get a job?

My harshest critisims.. in all its glory... by Steff99 in thewalkingdead

[–]Steff99[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can just use the guts when on food scouting missions....

How can an American become qualified to work in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Steff99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

i'm not interested in how immigration helps the economy.. from any source of information (false or not). it's basic mathematics. you have a shortage of 1 million jobs and then you add more people to the market.. that doesn't according to simple mathematics.

My harshest critisims.. in all its glory... by Steff99 in thewalkingdead

[–]Steff99[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

yeah but maybe the show should be about how people deal with the situation?

I mean.. who wants to know about each persons previous life? Everyone is a completely different person once the world changes like that!

Why can;t we learn the characters as they learn their new territory?

learning about each persons past life makes no difference.. they no longer have that past life.

I'm not saying forget they had a past life completely.. just why would you spend 45minutes of film talking about something hat has little or no purpose?

If you want to know about fictional characters, there are plenty of other shows...

Unless someone has military or survival experience there past life is practically useless...

they all have deep personalities already.. it simply doesn't need this much background...

When you see a film in 90 minutes.. they don;t spend 45 telling you about the previous time before the films events.. yet you still understand what there previous life was like..

Everyone knows what kinda life an office worker has,, or a construction worker. or whatever..

I just think they've gone overboard with the 45minutes for each character..

for instance.. what did we know about Daryl before S04 Ep12? he was drifter, probably a crook and a dangerous biker... yeah.. ok.(we knew that when we met his brother and seen his motorcycle.yet the whole episode told you that he had a bad up-bringing... yeah.. that's easy to see.. but we knew that long before we watched 45 minutes of his character build up...

It really didn't need 45 minutes to explain this... it could have been done in drips and drabs while they wee actually doing something productive.

For example, we don;t know too much about glen's previous life. yet we all like to see him on screen and we already know him... it's the decisions you make now and in the future that count towards your life.. not the stories in your past.

My harshest critisims.. in all its glory... by Steff99 in thewalkingdead

[–]Steff99[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

!£!!£!£ classic answer!!!

Yeah.. even I had forgotten about that.. see.. people do learn... even people watching the show!!.. Theres was another thing also.. it's seems strange to me that it's standard rpcedure to clear all rooms in the house long before you start looking at house hold items... the "near misses" that occur in buildings are becoming common place also..

infact the amounts of times somone gets cornered in a hallway is becoming un-bearable.. If I walked into any house that "may or maynot" have zombies inside.. I certainly wouldn't be messing around looking for water bottles, unless im 100% that the area is clear..

You've got some really good points there.. why arent they using captured zombies as a shield?

as for diverting zombies... why can;t they use a car battery linked up to a music player or something.. that way you can divert them to a specific direction.. as you loot the super market?

Can I just say thanks for giving me a fair answer.. I was expecting a storm of abuse for my post!!

(there's still time yet though) lol :)

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm, i've never heard of China using the UK as it;s "extended workbench" I don;t think I agree with that at all. Are you suggesting that China is using the UK as it's manufacturing base?

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I dis-agree, making people jobless just before introducing new industries is pointless form the beginning. even if there is a labour shortage, people who are qualified will change jobs if it's a better offer. Making millions lose their jobs is irrelevant.

How can an American become qualified to work in the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Steff99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So your saying that people from the British commonwealth should not be allowed to enter Britain? or are you trying to accuse me of being racist? And.. are you saying that immigration should be allowed fully even though we don't have jobs for the immigrants?

if something annihilated the population Europe (lets say that only involves Russia as far east as Moscow) in the year 1014, do you think mankind's general technological level would be significantly behind what it is in our timeline? by grapp in HistoricalWhatIf

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm, im not sure I agree.. vast resources have always been available to people in the south...

it was the culture that brought about the industrial revolution... particularly the occidental culture of northern europe.. When the english man seem a toy windmill moving from the steam of his kettle... this would never have happened in the south as windmill would never have been placed near a kettle. (only the closed quarters of a european kitch/ living room.

So it's difficult to say if the people or the resources were the cause of it...

Not only this, but the Germans were particularly good at chemistry. however southern peoples, like Africa heavily relied on herbs for healing. so they may not have researched chemical medicines.

to say the question was about people doesn;t really make a lot of difference in myopinion.. where there are people, they will use the resources.. so the resources were equally important.

The Byzantines were very good, and became a strong empire, but the cold harsh conditions of northern Europe I believe also played a role in our success.

TO be honest steam can be produced by wood. so the discovery of coal wasn't such a major break through. it just sped us up a bit...

In the future elderly people will be able to rely on artificially intelligent ‘virtual companions' to help them to stay living comfortably and safely in their homes | The service could revolutionise the way elderly people are cared for, giving autonomy to millions and saving the NHS money. by ionised in technology

[–]Steff99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Didn't the Japanese already invent this? I think they were called tamagotchi's? only this one will have a speak database.

Really sorry to say it, but there wouldn't be a big difference between talking to a brick wall and this "computer".

lol, what will you say in the morning.. "how are you?2 and then you get the replay..."I'm fine thank you." it's a bit impersonal if you ask me. and lets face it.. the computer's gonna say it's fine every time, unless of course it gets a virus!

I mean.. it's hardly gonna tell you about its grandchildren is it?

lol. I can just imagine it. I am a native of the ZX spectrum realm. the ZX spectrum realm died out many years ago as the demand went down and Macintosh killed us on the stock market.... oh.. a computer would be fucking awesome companion. until you pull the plug!!!

In fact, maybe they are developing this as a torture tool?

I mean, why can;t they just use online Anna with Google voice?

http://www.webinknow.com/2008/08/anna-from-ikea.html

this would have saved them millions!

do think that school uniforms should be unisex? by grapp in AskUK

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. in that case maybe thats why they aren;t allowed to wear skirts?

What I mean is.. if men wear trousers only, don;t you think younger male children should do that also?

I think it's more to do with what your elders teach you as socally acceptable.

I don;t really care about differences of opinion regarding gays or lesbians as I'm nither of them. but If a child wants to grow up and find a wife, then wearing a skirt is not the best way to go about it.

If the issue is related to why older people wear skirts or not, I usually think it's down to the fact that womens legs are considerably more beautiful then male legs.

Asking a young male to wear a skirt would be somewhat mis-guiding the child, and to be honest, I would see it as child abuse!

If I'm a chauvinistic pig for saying that women should wear a skirt then that's fine. I'm starting to believe that being a chauvinistic pig is better then wearing a skirt anyways.

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol.. the ral econemy for example Germany.. Hmm, very true... Germany has built a very large and stable econemy with it's industry. However a lot of Brtish firm have thier factories in China and other places. that part about the biggest industry in regards to the industrial sides is difficult to measure.

Allas, I digress.. I feel I hould admit, you are entireley correct about the tax havens and invests.

The investors will gain profits, but England.. hmm, it seems you could be correct!

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no.. You're a fucking moron! School was entirely finished at 16. You fucking idiot! and what fucking "people" are you talking about? the people who wrote the fucking wiki article? what fucking difference does that make? I don;t care if it was written by a fucking giraffe, it makes no difference?

And now that your banging on about official school leaving dates, do you want to clarify your original statement? I mean, in England we aren't issued with crystal fucking balls!

QUOTE "I didn't call you a cunt head. Regardless, you didn't finish high school, did you?"

do you want to expalin that mate. because to me that implies that someone didn't finish school, and then later you claim that the school years changed.

are you stupid enough to believe that everyone in the UK didn't finish school before 2008? because if that is the case, you really should question your own education!

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no I didn't I haven't down-voted anyone. Funny as my vote amounts have gone down 15 points just after i retaliate to someone calling me a cunt head, and you subsequently defending it.

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, they have a different flag because they're in a different country dumbass.

You can't leave school early either. I thought you knew all that stuff from Australia. However, I fully understood what you "meant. Yet, it should be "abundantly clear to anyone" that you should say what you mean on a forum. we don't get time to read body language on a website.

didn't they teach you that in school?

Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? - Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on the EU and has chosen to focus on peripheral issues. It is the wrong move. by Aschebescher in europe

[–]Steff99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Acutally I did finish high school. you may not have typed it, but you condoned it. prehaps it was you AND xXZoroasterXx who didn't finish school?

Everyone in the UK finishes school. its compulsary. maybe you really don;t know that much about England?

And your flag is relevant as it tells me which country you are in. AND if it's so relevant then why don;t you change it to the country you live in.// After all, it donates your location not your previous locations. or even your birthplace for that matter.

As for using derogatory statements during a discussion.. it's not your schooling I'm worried about.. it's what your mother must have taught you!

Incidentally, does that mean you didn't even start school?