Time ......

[Mike]

..... we came out of the EU?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090831/tuk-eu-to-phase-out-100-watt-lightbulbs-6323e80.html

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Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

[kj]

mark . wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes

>
> On Aug 31, 4:55 pm, "'Mike'" <'All.finish...@woolies.com> wrote:
>> we came out of the EU?
>>

>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090831/tuk-eu-to-phase-out-100-watt-lig...

>>
>> --
>> Mike
>>
>> The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Associationwww.rneba.org.uk
>> Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk
>
>
>

> maybe time we accepted the Euro, more like.....
> This light bulb stuff is 'old' news, it's been planned to be phased
> out for a good while now...
> It's rather more to do with carbon footprints (ok, european green
> party driven...) for now and into the future, than political
> gesturing..
> One hopes they develop the ability of these low energy bulbs to
> produce a *better* light in the future, they're disappointingly,
> dismally dim even after warming up.
> The IOW can have, and sometimes appear to be, a microcosm of Island
> mentality that mirrors that of the bigger (mainland) Island in it's
> spirit and ethos.
> Without getting toooo serious, we see the effects of regionalism and
> sectionalism in many quarters of the world where unrest and
> disruption occurrs as people wish to sub divide culture and political
> direction in ever smaller geographical areas - often under the guise
> of some historical cultural heritage - such as the Basques (ETA), the
> Southern French Occitans, Tamils in Sri Lanka etc.. etc..
> In my opinion, the best way forward is in a united europe with all the
> benefits of such a large trading and living environment which, from
> time to time, can and does irritate and confound many states and their
> peoples... but in many other aspects is a good system......albeit,
> work in progress.
> Unless, of course, one happens to hold a narrow, nationalistic, Island
> race mentality that engenders the *them* and *us* syndrome.
>
>
> mark
>
ditto

[Richard]

On Sep 1, 9:15 am, "mark ." <prom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> On Aug 31, 4:55 pm, "'Mike'" <'All.finish...@woolies.com> wrote:
>

> >  we came out of the EU?
>

> >http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090831/tuk-eu-to-phase-out-100-watt-lig...

>
> > --
> > Mike
>
> > The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Associationwww.rneba.org.uk

Or should it be simply that Mike Crowe is a complete twat, who is more
interested in trolling than making any serious comment?

Here in the UK there is a great deal of interest in matters to do with
the EU etc, but astonishingly the planned decimation of our health and
education services through the agency of PFI, isnt something that
warrants even the smallest blip on the radar!

[Duke]

Amazing that being a troll and "acheiving things on usenet" are the
things you crow about. Yet more Chris hypocricy.

[johannes]

'Mike' wrote:
>
> ..... we came out of the EU?
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090831/tuk-eu-to-phase-out-100-watt-lightbulbs-6323e80.html

Don't care. Haven't used 100W bulbs for years. I use a mixture of
types, but none is more than 50W.

[johannes]

"mark ." wrote:
>
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> On Aug 31, 4:55 pm, "'Mike'" <'All.finish...@woolies.com> wrote:

> > we came out of the EU?
> >

> > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090831/tuk-eu-to-phase-out-100-watt-lig...

> >
> > --
> > Mike
> >
> > The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Associationwww.rneba.org.uk

> > Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk
>
> maybe time we accepted the Euro, more like.....
> This light bulb stuff is 'old' news, it's been planned to be phased
> out for a good while now...
> It's rather more to do with carbon footprints (ok, european green
> party driven...) for now and into the future, than political
> gesturing..
> One hopes they develop the ability of these low energy bulbs to
> produce a *better* light in the future, they're disappointingly,
> dismally dim even after warming up.

LED lights are gaining ground. You find then now in rear light
clusters of most new cars. Problems with producing good white light.
But they're a life saver for torches; they never used to work for
long on batteries.

> The IOW can have, and sometimes appear to be, a microcosm of Island
> mentality that mirrors that of the bigger (mainland) Island in it's
> spirit and ethos.

I'm one who has benefited from the mobility enshrined in the EU
idea. It wasn't an immigration decision at the time, just a job
offer which came along and I jumped on the opportunity to enter the
bigger world. So there are good and bad from EU. Hope they can make
it work better.