Transport Strike Starting Friday
Just heard from friends that have just been in to Baza, could'nt find any milk, bread, meat vegetables and no diesel anywhere there, they had to go back to the village and buy their produce at the local shop and eventually found some diesel.
I'm really panicking now just e-mailed the car hire company to see if they are still operating the full tank policy.
We have a hotel booked on the coast for 2 nights Mon/Tues just wondered if i should cancel it now, then at least we should get our money back.
Would you cancel the hotel?
I'm really panicking now just e-mailed the car hire company to see if they are still operating the full tank policy.
We have a hotel booked on the coast for 2 nights Mon/Tues just wondered if i should cancel it now, then at least we should get our money back.
Would you cancel the hotel?
Jenny
Torrox Mercadona was much like the other shops today, the only part of the chickens left for sale were the feet - yummy! I can cope without meat but miss my usual banana a day and other fruit and veg. Whilst walking on the paseo at Algarrobo yesterday we came across a filthy camposino selling tomatoes at 1€ for 2kg so we now have a good supply of those if nothing else . Mind you, I don't fancy them raw very much so will be roasting them (the cats took a particular interest in them when we brought them home and all 3 had their heads right inside the bag sniffing intently for about 5 mins, )
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ha no eggs, meat, fish, frozen food or veg up here, so its biteing.
Will the police allow them the bring the country to a standstill or will they let them have a couple of days of glory before taking action?
One thing I`ll say for them...they got more guts than the Brits when they have a grievance with the government
Will the police allow them the bring the country to a standstill or will they let them have a couple of days of glory before taking action?
One thing I`ll say for them...they got more guts than the Brits when they have a grievance with the government
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So it doesn't matter if millions of people in the far east live in poverty or starve, so long as you can have access to cheap fuel? Cause your life is more important than theirs ?toyotadesigner wrote:
Boycott products made in China (and the rest of Far East!) - it'll dry their economy up and give us back lower prices for fuel.
I'm well aware that a boycott of products made in Far East will cover around 99% of all consumer products, but what the heck - if we want to survive we have to take action immediately.
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So you really think they have a better life now? Have you been there?sunkissed wrote:So it doesn't matter if millions of people in the far east live in poverty or starve, so long as you can have access to cheap fuel? Cause your life is more important than theirs ?
Obviously you one of the 'good doers species' who prefer to give a fake better life to others while not caring about yourself. Pretty strange, don't you think?
And you still buy the 23rd flash light from Lidl for 2.99 Euros with an integrated radio, MP3 player, mobile phone, pocket calculator and ugly design, made of precious oil to be disposed of just 3 weeks later?
Come on, give me a break, as soon as you won't be able to drive any more to move your b*tt from A to B to buy something to eat and drink, you'll be the very first to run amok and scream for bread louder than anybody else on this planet.
Instead of sending funds to China I'll invite you to send me the diesel in your car - I really won't reject your donation, and you'll meet the lucky guy in person, whereas you'll never know where your money goes if you send it to China or Far East.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
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toyotadesigner wrote: Boycott products made in China (and the rest of Far East!) - it'll dry their economy up and give us back lower prices for fuel.
I'm well aware that a boycott of products made in Far East will cover around 99% of all consumer products, but what the heck - if we want to survive we have to take action immediately.
I never said they had a great life now, but what you were proposing is the whole of the west boycott their goods, forcing them into further poverty, so you can have cheaper petrol.toyotadesigner wrote:So you really think they have a better life now? Have you been there?
Without cheap imports from China over the last 15 years, you'd be paying by now £80 for a pair of shoes, £20 for a T-Shirt, £400 for a bicycle, £3000 for a flat screen TV etc, etc, etc. It's those lower costs goods that have helped keep inflation low and raised the living standards for everyone, even the poor in the western world.
Each American consumer uses roughly double the oil a European consumes, 26 barrels a year for USA, 12 for Europeans and many times more than the Chinese. They have 5 percent of the world's population and consume 25 percent of the world's oil. Driving around for years in gas guzzling cars.
The fed cut the rates so many times to bail out the banks, signalling they don't care about the value of the worlds reserve currency, many have invested in oil as it has real value, helping to push up the price.
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