Reply to: UK rebuffed over Galileo sat-nav procurement

[Mordac]

Instead we’ve got May as PM, BoJo at the FO and Davies negotiating.

And we can watch everything going wrong in slow motion.

Good point. Although if the alternative involves Diane Abbott or Comrade Corbyn in any way, a trip to Dignitas loses its sting...

[WTFH]

I assume you mean we could have had a situation with Suity as PM, MF in charge of procurement, and Sas running the testing. What could possibly go wrong?

Instead we’ve got May as PM, BoJo at the FO and Davies negotiating.

And we can watch everything going wrong in slow motion.

[Mordac]

Apart from the contracts, the systems, the R&D, the jobs and the money, yes, bugger all.

I assume you mean we could have had a situation with Suity as PM, MF in charge of procurement, and Sas running the testing. What could possibly go wrong?

[jamesbrown]

Why, did you shag any munters whilst you were there?

[Mordac]

Bless, I'm touched that you felt it necessary to validate your opinion. Shame it was validated incorrectly.

On a lighter note, though, when? We might've been there at the same time (Ph.D. for me, post-docs elsewhere).

Why, did you shag any munters whilst you were there?

[WTFH]

Neither was I, but that's fine if you want to continue the boring to and fro.

fine

Homonym. Can mean "OK", "small" or "penalty charge"

boring

Homonym. Can mean "dull" or "drilling"

to

Homophone with "too" and "two"

[jamesbrown]

She wasn't at Anglia Ruskin like you.

You continue to be wrong on the linguistics front, but only to be expected.

Neither was I, but that's fine if you want to continue the boring to and fro.

[Old Greg]

Bless, I'm touched that you felt it necessary to validate your opinion. Shame it was validated incorrectly.

On a lighter note, though, when? We might've been there at the same time (Ph.D. for me, post-docs elsewhere).

She wasn't at Anglia Ruskin like you.

You continue to be wrong on the linguistics front, but only to be expected.

[jamesbrown]

I did confirm with Mrs OG who did her post-doc in neurolinguistics at Cambridge.

Bless, I'm touched that you felt it necessary to validate your opinion. Shame it was validated incorrectly.

On a lighter note, though, when? We might've been there at the same time (Ph.D. for me, post-docs elsewhere).

[Mordac]

But enough about your IQ....

Oh Sas, you can do better than that, surely?

[Old Greg]

I blame myself for forgetting that some people are becoming old and senile and are liable to forget aspects of their chosen degree, or perhaps misunderstood them originally.

I did confirm with Mrs OG who did her post-doc in neurolinguistics at Cambridge.

[darmstadt]

One of the reasons that the EU went ahead with Galileo is that the current GPS is actually run by the US Department of Defense and they can restrict it or turn it off any time (which they have in fact done previously.) This way Europe, well EU countries, are no longer reliant on a system which could easily be stopped by a President who believes that everyone is out to get him. A ramping up of the trade war between Europe and the US could see a return of husbands and wives arguing over the latest AA guide...

[darmstadt]

So technically, if the EU stop us using their shiny new system, we've actually lost the square root of bugger all?

Pedantically, no-one is using it at the moment so the really the EU are just saying the UK can't use it once it is available. In fact they're not even saying that as the UK can use it, they'll just be restricted in their use of it and will be treated like a 3rd party

[Old Greg]

...It allows us to locate the nearest aqueduct, helps us find the nearest toilet, or directions along roads, where you can go to buy a hose, the nearest pharmacy, or school or hospital. Oh yeah, and finding a vineyard or a swimming pool. And if you get lost, you can find your way along streets...

It would have been ideal for locating food banks and lorry parks.

[WTFH]

Yes, but apart from contracts, systems, R&D, jobs and money, what did Galileo ever do for us ?

...It allows us to locate the nearest aqueduct, helps us find the nearest toilet, or directions along roads, where you can go to buy a hose, the nearest pharmacy, or school or hospital. Oh yeah, and finding a vineyard or a swimming pool. And if you get lost, you can find your way along streets...