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British Isles 'worst place to live in Europe'
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Originally posted by markinbrussels View Post
And your point being?
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Only if you think like a permie."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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"funding for health and education is below average."
"Only Ireland ...has lower public spending on essential services. "
Our public services may or may not be good, but is it right to equate the amount spent with the quality of service?Comment
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And he wants to move here? Pick Spain instead, please!McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Have uSwitch moved into the relocations or holidays business? Otherwise I wonder why they bothered really.Comment
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In Ireland you have to pay for everything!!Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post"funding for health and education is below average."
"Only Ireland ...has lower public spending on essential services. "
Our public services may or may not be good, but is it right to equate the amount spent with the quality of service?
Want to see the Dr - €50 please.
Want a prescription? €50 please.
Need an x-ray - that'll be €100 please.
Had the fire brigade out for a Chimney fire - €150 please.
Want your bin collected - buy a tag at the newsagents for €12.50 and then it will be collected.
and on and on and on...Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
CUK University Challenge Champions 2010Comment
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Rural Warwickshire's quite nice. Expensive, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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What's the council tax like there?Originally posted by cailin maith View PostIn Ireland you have to pay for everything!!
Want to see the Dr - €50 please.
Want a prescription? €50 please.
Need an x-ray - that'll be €100 please.
Had the fire brigade out for a Chimney fire - €150 please.
Want your bin collected - buy a tag at the newsagents for €12.50 and then it will be collected.
and on and on and on...McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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They could just average it out at 50 euros for anything, then save money on tricky calculations or small denomination notes.Originally posted by cailin maith View PostIn Ireland you have to pay for everything!!
Want to see the Dr - €50 please.
Want a prescription? €50 please.
Need an x-ray - that'll be €100 please.
Had the fire brigade out for a Chimney fire - €150 please.
Want your bin collected - buy a tag at the newsagents for €12.50 and then it will be collected.
and on and on and on...And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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