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  • in reply to: General Discussion #252452
    EELightning
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    As a Belgium supporter I couldn’t give a toss about England, except to say I hope they have a quick exit.

    I’m from England, am a proud Brit… And I couldn’t give a toss about England. I hate football with a passion, pointless overpaid p*ssies that are more worried about their £2,000 hair cut… Or hair transplant in Potato’s case… It’s quite amusing seeing England lose however and seeing the fans, fully grown adults, whine and cry. That bit is ever so satisfying.

    All subjective of course, we all have our interests. But it’s still highly amusing seeing them lose.

    in reply to: General Discussion #250886
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    You’d think by now after all these years that the penny would drop for the fans to learn why top/premier league teams prefer to sign players from the likes of France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina et al and prize them more than national players. English being cr*p has something to do with it.

    in reply to: General Discussion #250586
    EELightning
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    Mind the door doesn’t hit your ar*e on the way out, Snaf.

    in reply to: General Discussion #249556
    EELightning
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    Last week, while carrying my Orange 4×12 amplifier cabinet, which weights 100+lbs, I knackered the bicep tendon in my right arm which resulted in affecting my hand and fingers, very painful and most importantly, affecting my guitar playing. However, got a bit of that massage stuff done by G… my employer, and persevered & got on with playing the remainder of the shows.

    On the flip side, great few gigs of the last part of the small UK tour (for now at least), intimate gigs are much better than the bigger ones. Back home this morning, back to work on Monday… Or Tuesday.

    in reply to: General Discussion #249413
    EELightning
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    Playing a gig at Sonisphere. Absolutely awesome, many great shows played all over this year, this was a great one to end it all. Until next time.

    Very special thank you to a very special Artist for giving me the opportunity of a life time.

    in reply to: General Discussion #237131
    EELightning
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    The Argies should have been just as p*ssed in 1982, they might have had a better result.

    I admire Ckarkson. A poke in the eye to the political correct wombles.

    in reply to: General Discussion #233658
    EELightning
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    But he usually does it in a tasteless, juvenile manner.
    He comes across like a drunken public school bully who thinks he’s more clever than he is.

    Sadly, he’s the image of UK humour…crass and insulting rather than witty and clever.

    So what? He only states what people with common sense thinks, the same ones that are affraid to speak out because of “Political Correctness” bollox.

    Pretty much the only topic I don’t agree with him on is fox hunting or any form of hunting for that matter.

    If people can’t get his humour then they should just switch over and don’t follow him so they can have something to moan about, in other words; get a life.

    A lot of people, including Clarkson, plenty of others and myself are fed up of what can say and can’t say in case some attention seeking git gets the hump, and in this day & age its the smallest of things.

    Just the other week at work, guitar store, very busy day, serving a customer (nice friendly guy), bought a bass guitar, I rang downstairs to bring up the case and paper work for it because I was the only staff member on the floor at that moment as well as just about to serve another customer while he wondered around waiting. So, the case comes up and my boss asks whom is it for, I’ll sort it. I replied; ‘Oh for the coloured gentleman with the blue shirt (there was two other white customers with blue tops on looking around, you see), don’t worry its fine, thanks.’ Anyhow, got him sorted and he was on his way. Happy and satisfied customer.

    My boss pulled me when it got quiet and politally said to me that I can’t use “coloured” when reffering to… Well you know whom. But apparently it is ok to use “black”… Yep, confuses the hell out of me too but apparently this is the new PC thing. What utter sh*te!

    This is why so many people are fed up with this PC bollox. If the wrong person heard me say that then I would most certainly be branded a racist of some sort even though my intentions were and are friendly.

    This kind of thing… Sigh.*

    in reply to: JF-17 vs Mirage F-1 ASTRAC #2195452
    EELightning
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    Tell me, what is so special about DSI?…

    I’m waiting for a flight… I’m bored.

    Trollololol!

    in reply to: General Discussion #257061
    EELightning
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    Well… According to Diane Abbott, I’m a racist that hates foreigners because I voted to ‘Leave’ the European Union that ‘is not’ Europe – a continent, but an outdated politico-economic organisation, something that I’m proud about… Voting Leave that is, not being an apparent racist that hates foreigners, (racist that hates foreigners?… Can you be both, Diane?… Eh, what?…)

    … Yes anyway, I’m a bit confused about that because I used to be in a loving relationship with a lass from the Middle East, Dubai to be specific, ended because… Well, she’s attracted to the same sex as herself shall we say, yet we’re still best mates but it must make me a homophobic woman hater anyway, might as well since I’m a racist that hates foreigners despite being engaged to an American lass (she dabbled with a same sex relationship before I met her) whom is originally from Maumee Ohio and her daughter, my step-daughter, was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona & I’m perfectly fine with our future kid(s) to be born with ‘Born in the US of A’ sticker on them. On top of that, I 100% support same sex marriage, civil partnerships, immigration (providing it’s fair and is skilled based), I have a serious fondness for Japan and it’s people as well as it’s culture, I believe in human and animal rights, I’ve toured in several countries (US and UK mostly recently this & last year) with an Artist (one of my jobs, Guitarist) and I’ve met some of the nicest people anyone could ever meet from different places. So, yeah that’s quite a case Abbott has against me.

    in reply to: What were the potential market for the Mirage 4000? #2195465
    EELightning
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    Making it swing-wing was idiotic and it handled like a hog.

    It, Tornado, was designed for specific flight envelopes. Meaning in the Tornado’s case; low-level at high speed, and given the era it was conceived and produced it’s swing-wing wasn’t idiotic and it didn’t handle like a hog because it simply met it’s requirements. By your “logic”, you could say the Typhoon’s delta wing design is idiotic and handle’s like a hog at low-level, maybe that would be the case because it wasn’t its primary requirement as it was the Tornado’s. Find another aircraft still operating today that can match the Tornado in it’s comfort zone, you’d be hard pressed.

    Nice to see that Key Publishing still has its… Odd, kind of people… No miss.

    in reply to: how will Brexit impact UK Aviation? #2198093
    EELightning
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    You can spot a Leaver, not always accurate, but see the EU for what it is. You can also spot a Remainer… Generally, inward thinking and… Thick. Usually spotted protesting against democracy.

    But in all seriousness: Which ever way anyone voted, good for you, we live in a democracy but get over it. The UK are going to leave, pi**ing and moaning about what will soon be the past isn’t going to do anything. Just, look ahead into the future and think about the best possible opportunities and think about how the country can go from a negative to a positive on all fronts.

    I’ve never seen such belly aching in all my life, especially when I past those muppets protesting in London the other week. Get a bloody life and enjoy it.

    in reply to: General Discussion #274780
    EELightning
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    To Boris, Pob and Nige

    Kipling

    And it sems they know it

    Liam Fox

    Has WWIII started yet?…

    in reply to: General Discussion #274790
    EELightning
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    “The vote to leave was an incredibly stupid decision by old people clin…”

    I stopped reading after ‘clin’. But hey, I tell you what, lets take away votes from the “old”, what say from ages of 40, and the 20s to 24s can say, ‘Look, you’ll be dead in a few decades, so your vote doesn’t matter. It’d be very democratic and popular.

    Anyway, back to reality… Yes actually, speaking of the younger generation in the UK, youth-unemployment is approximately 13% here in the UK, if they want to moan about something, maybe they should educate themselves, look onto continent, Euro Zone, and learn from Portugal, Spain, Italy through to Greece up through Eastern Europe, youth unemployment levels are from 45% to 56%, ask those if they want to remain a member of the EU, I’m pretty positive on which way they’d vote. Providing the polling stations haven’t been wrecked due to violent rioting and protests in at least one of the EU states.

    Look, regardless of which way anyone voted, the simple fact of the matter is, is the UK will soon be in the process of leaving the European Union and there’s no way of going back, regardless of how many bitter remainers are signing an online petition for a second EU referendum. The fact is, we’re leaving. Brussels have no desire for re-negotiations on the UK’s membership of the [outdated] organisation, Jean-Claude Juncker (him that predicted the EU will shrink and disappear under its own economic weight) and Donald Tusk & the like want to start talks as soon as possible to get the UK out, and since Juncker has stated that ‘Brexit will not be an amicable divorce’, referred to the UK as complainers and deserters etc., it’s pretty obvious what they generally think of the UK. So, instead of p*ssing and moaning about leaving or remaining & talking about what could have been if we remained, how about everyone just focus on the matter at hand and start to discuss about what the UK can do, is capable of doing for the future. That’s all that needs to be discussed…

    … Moaning isn’t going to get anything done and I’m so sick and tired of people whinging, not only on social media and several people I personally know, but with the media too. The likes of Sky News, BBC (well they would moan, no more EU grants), CNN, several newspapers etc., they’re just feeding off of the negatives & blowing them all out of proportion while blatantly ignoring the positives of what will become, bilateral free-trade agreements with non-EU countries in economic areas that are experiencing significant growth, we’ll have the opportunities to have such deals and the ability to negotiate on our own behalf. Something we could never do while being a member of the politico-economic organisation and the Common Commercial Policy. Just, show faith in the country and keep in mind that this country has recovered from much worse in the past with knowing little to nothing of what the future holds.

    Regarding Cameron, he was the “Stronger IN”s friendly fire and he was Vote Leave’s positive contribution, he made so many u-turns and was so crooked he could have slept on a spiral staircase with a bit of him through a toilet’s u-bend. There was no surprise he would stand down several hours after a Brexit result, and there’s little wonder why he stated the UK needs a new leader to negotiate with Brussels, not only because he’s weak, but because he knows deep down he’d get sod all negotiated. After all, he failed miserably to get any reforms from the Eurocrats and insignificant EU leaders, so what chance would he have negotiating a Brexit… useless.

    I’ve been back and forth from the US and the UK, my partner is American, we’re getting married at a later date, I’ve took on her daughter so now I’m a step-daddy, we’re planning to have a little boy in the future and we’re obviously wanting what’s best for the future. I voted Leave and I’m very happy we’ll be leaving the EU & I strongly believe the UK will be much better off in the long run, & what is happening now is a small price to pay. Rachel is debating on whom to vote for in the upcoming US Presidential elections, she doesn’t like Trump and she’s not keen on Clinton, so she’s figuring out which one is the least worse… However, 2016 is going to be a very interesting year for both sides of the Atlantic, politically.

    P.S. Nicola Sturgeon is a C**t.

    in reply to: General Discussion #225255
    EELightning
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    I’m voting ‘Leave.’

    I don’t get why so many people are split, it’s pretty obvious. Vote to ‘Remain’, and you’re/we’re bound by European Union laws and legislation that have been determined by un-elected Eurocrats often without knowing until they’re firmly in place and even when we are aware we don’t have a say in the matter, so much for “democracy”. We’ll also be bound by laws and legislation on trade with the rest of the world meaning we’re limited on what we can and can’t do, again by unelected Eurocrats. Etc., etc., etc., and so forth. Basic jist, really. Just a tip of an already melting iceberg. Basically, vote to stay and be weak and have no faith in the UK’s real potential.

    Or, ‘Leave’ and be independent without Eurocrats having a say on what the UK does, be bound by our own laws and legislation, have a wider influence on trade with the world including with Europe, control our own security, borders, whom we want to come in from non-EU countries (yes, under EU laws and legislation non-EU citizens are discriminated against unless of course, you’re aged between 19-30, have your own iPhone, be well fed, clothed as you’ve fled neutral countries from a dangerous one where your wife and kids still are to reach one that offers the best benefits, obviously), have a much broader communication and influence on the World Trade Organisation among many other beneficial points.

    If being a member of the European Union was about security and being “together” then maybe, just maybe, it would be a good reason to remain. But the simple fact of the matter is, the EU is a ‘politico-economic union’, they’re not an ‘intergovernmental military alliance’ and they’re not, ironically, a “union” that keeps nor promotes international co-operation. That’s why we have and are members of NATO and the United Nations. Who remembers when the EU were trusted in sorting out the issues in Yugoslavia and the Ukraine? Yeah… Look how well those places turned out, but that’s what happens when a politico-economic union is sent in to do a job of an intergovernmental military alliance, in the Ukraine’s case you just give the people a bunch of EU flags to wave in front of the worlds’ media and proudly announce one wishes them to be a member of the EU, that’s not going to provoke Russia next door at all, oh no-no. And I not need to add the current situation with the desperate [lack] of security on the European continent at the moment.

    When it comes to trade, no country needs to be a member of the European Union in order to trade with Europe, every other [non-EU] country trades with Europe and given what the UK and Europe have to offer to one another there’s absolutely no reason why that relationship has to stop, and given that Europe sell more to the UK than the UK sell to Europe there’s no reason why Europe would stop that altogether, approximately 55%-45% in Europe’s favour, according to the OBR it’s 60%-40% in Europe’s favour as of 2015. Considering several years ago that figure was in the UK’s favour and is forecast to decrease further, one must wonder why the UK is paying approximately £360 million per week and was approximately £3.1 billion higher, annually, than expected in 2015. Net contribution in the EU budget (membership fee) was some £10.4 billion in 2015. Over the next five years that annual figure is expected to rise by at least £3.1 billion, forecast (as of mid-2015) to rise by £1.3 billion by the end of 2016 alone. Clearly, going by those very basic figures alone, they don’t quite add up do they, and that’s before we bring the afore mentioned into equation. Is it all worth it? No! We’re not on a good deal here.

    That’s just the tip of the situation.

    Personally speaking, am I anti-European Union, am I a Euro-sceptic, do I dislike it? Yes, yes I am and I do. Have I attempted to give it the benefit of the doubt and at least try to work it all out and see how it might be best for the UK to remain without being biased in any way? Absolutely, and I’ve came to the conclusion that the UK will be better off out of it. Am I anti-European, do I dislike Europe, do I dislike it’s people? No, absolutely not, and I firmly believe the UK can have a healthy and flourishing relationship with Europe, and the rest of the world, without being a member of the European Union.

    I could very easily write an essay about all this, but I think one or two “remain lots” on here would just cherry pick it anyway, in which case it’s probably best to keep it simple yet, hopefully, effective. Voting Leave. I don’t want unelected Eurocrats I’ve never heard of before deciding on “what’s best” for my country.

    in reply to: BREXIT – Merged Thread. #1794147
    EELightning
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    I’m voting ‘Leave.’

    I don’t get why so many people are split, it’s pretty obvious. Vote to ‘Remain’, and you’re/we’re bound by European Union laws and legislation that have been determined by un-elected Eurocrats often without knowing until they’re firmly in place and even when we are aware we don’t have a say in the matter, so much for “democracy”. We’ll also be bound by laws and legislation on trade with the rest of the world meaning we’re limited on what we can and can’t do, again by unelected Eurocrats. Etc., etc., etc., and so forth. Basic jist, really. Just a tip of an already melting iceberg. Basically, vote to stay and be weak and have no faith in the UK’s real potential.

    Or, ‘Leave’ and be independent without Eurocrats having a say on what the UK does, be bound by our own laws and legislation, have a wider influence on trade with the world including with Europe, control our own security, borders, whom we want to come in from non-EU countries (yes, under EU laws and legislation non-EU citizens are discriminated against unless of course, you’re aged between 19-30, have your own iPhone, be well fed, clothed as you’ve fled neutral countries from a dangerous one where your wife and kids still are to reach one that offers the best benefits, obviously), have a much broader communication and influence on the World Trade Organisation among many other beneficial points.

    If being a member of the European Union was about security and being “together” then maybe, just maybe, it would be a good reason to remain. But the simple fact of the matter is, the EU is a ‘politico-economic union’, they’re not an ‘intergovernmental military alliance’ and they’re not, ironically, a “union” that keeps nor promotes international co-operation. That’s why we have and are members of NATO and the United Nations. Who remembers when the EU were trusted in sorting out the issues in Yugoslavia and the Ukraine? Yeah… Look how well those places turned out, but that’s what happens when a politico-economic union is sent in to do a job of an intergovernmental military alliance, in the Ukraine’s case you just give the people a bunch of EU flags to wave in front of the worlds’ media and proudly announce one wishes them to be a member of the EU, that’s not going to provoke Russia next door at all, oh no-no. And I not need to add the current situation with the desperate [lack] of security on the European continent at the moment.

    When it comes to trade, no country needs to be a member of the European Union in order to trade with Europe, every other [non-EU] country trades with Europe and given what the UK and Europe have to offer to one another there’s absolutely no reason why that relationship has to stop, and given that Europe sell more to the UK than the UK sell to Europe there’s no reason why Europe would stop that altogether, approximately 55%-45% in Europe’s favour, according to the OBR it’s 60%-40% in Europe’s favour as of 2015. Considering several years ago that figure was in the UK’s favour and is forecast to decrease further, one must wonder why the UK is paying approximately £360 million per week and was approximately £3.1 billion higher, annually, than expected in 2015. Net contribution in the EU budget (membership fee) was some £10.4 billion in 2015. Over the next five years that annual figure is expected to rise by at least £3.1 billion, forecast (as of mid-2015) to rise by £1.3 billion by the end of 2016 alone. Clearly, going by those very basic figures alone, they don’t quite add up do they, and that’s before we bring the afore mentioned into equation. Is it all worth it? No! We’re not on a good deal here.

    That’s just the tip of the situation.

    Personally speaking, am I anti-European Union, am I a Euro-sceptic, do I dislike it? Yes, yes I am and I do. Have I attempted to give it the benefit of the doubt and at least try to work it all out and see how it might be best for the UK to remain without being biased in any way? Absolutely, and I’ve came to the conclusion that the UK will be better off out of it. Am I anti-European, do I dislike Europe, do I dislike it’s people? No, absolutely not, and I firmly believe the UK can have a healthy and flourishing relationship with Europe, and the rest of the world, without being a member of the European Union.

    I could very easily write an essay about all this, but I think one or two “remain lots” on here would just cherry pick it anyway, in which case it’s probably best to keep it simple yet, hopefully, effective. Voting Leave. I don’t want unelected Eurocrats I’ve never heard of before deciding on “what’s best” for my country.

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