Comment posted ‘Once upon a time there was a currency called the Euro’ by ferryman.
What is a Dollar?
What underpins it?
At one time the Dollar was linked to gold but that failed, so now it is just a paper currency that everybody “agrees” is acceptable. The Dollar is no more meaningful than the Euro, indeed less so. The fate of the pound is tied to the fate of both the Euro and the Dollar – tough times ahead.
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- Council issues prompt response on Martha Payne’s NeverSeconds clampdown
I am not constructing anything on the radio Cllr Mc Cuish said “its a good thing to do changing your mind and I have certainly done that”.I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and saying he might have chosen his words badly and that perhaps he was not directly responsible. Though of course as leader of the council he is responsible for all those under him – the buck stops here.
If people under him acted without his authority or knowledge it is still his responsibility because he is in charge he is the leader.
- Possible weather disruption to Gourock ferry services 14th and 15th June
To Robert WakehamYou need to take a sharp step back from your posts and consider them in the cold light of day.
Piers are fixed. Tides go up and down. Boats have used gangways since … well boats.
They are not ideal. However a boat that sails is worth 1,000 that do not.
Perhaps somebody can come up with a better solution but if the boat cannot sail I am not even going to get as far as trying to get on it.
As to your question “Why is the fact I didn’t regularly use the service important?”
you go and have a think about that. - Possible weather disruption to Gourock ferry services 14th and 15th June
Why should somebody need to lease the Waverley?
Should we not expect the current contract to be adequate?You are perfectly right of course the Waverly is a passenger only paddle steamer built in 1947 yet it is perfectly able to paddle up and down the Clyde in the totally extreme, exceptional, horrific, normal weather that prevents our ferry service from running!
The current vessels are simply not fit for purpose.
The people who accepted these vessels were not competent to do so. - Possible weather disruption to Gourock ferry services 14th and 15th June
Robert what are your constructive comments on the gangway that ceased to be used a year ago?Did you dislike the colour?
Was the finish on the handrail not to your taste?My recollection was that the handrail at least remained attached to the boat which does not appear to be the case presently (unconfirmed).
If you wish to submit comments then at least say you are referring to something in the past, and that you don’t actually use the service. That way people can indeed put your comments into perspective and assign the appropriate weight.
- Council issues prompt response on Martha Payne’s NeverSeconds clampdown
On the radio Cllr Mc Cuish said “its a good thing to do changing your mind and I have certainly done that”.
I heard him say that in his own words.To me he was clearly accepting responsibility for the ban. Which I lauded as a good thing thing. Has he retracted that? If so who is Cllr Mc Cuish saying is responsible?
To me this is a silly issue, as ultimately as leader of the council cllr Mc Cuish is responsible anyway.
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The real point to come out of the last four years is that this potential maelstrom arises because of a conspiracy of the European politicians who were determined to create a “United States of Europe”,dominated by the French and the Germans. Starting with the highly acceptable Common Market, which merged sovereignty easily because no State had sovereignty over their dealings with other States the plan had got to the stage where it needed a currency, because that is one of the fundamentals of a modern State. This was sold to all as saving travellers the 3% (and more) the banks got every time you crossed a border. But the essential feature of a stable currency – being the fiscal and monetary Union of the parts (Counties,members,states) using it was left out, since that could not be sold to all the members who had to join.
Ten to fifteen years on, the chickens come home to roost and the members are told that the only way to stop disaster is to accept that fiscal and monetary control which was actually required in the beginning.And even if that is accepted, and it is not by the first voters asked (Greek and French) it may be too late. And the results may extend to those tied to the trading block which we joined in the first place.
All because someone knew that a common currency would produce the “State” they wanted
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I recollect the saga kicked off earlier, with something called ‘the European Coal and Steel Community’ (nowadays it might be called the Indian and Thai steel community).
I can’t remember thinking the ‘European Project’ anything but wonderful until one fine day we were all told that the notes of the common Euro currency would be truly common, illustrated with truly Euro scenes, to avoid any confusion. Hmm. Living in a country where individual banks produce individual bank notes, I could have sworn that people had no apparent difficulty in using them – and were in fact proud of their varied currency notes. Which left me wondering what was inside the brains of the Eurocrats? Eurocrap?
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The ones who thought up the Euro were clear that this was a step towards their “United States of Europe”
But they couldnt sell it all at once. So from the Coal and steel Community we moved, reasonably, to the Common Market – a more easily negotiated European version of the WTO – then added all the other things on the basis of their connection with Trade (much as the US developed their federal controls on the back of “inter-state commerce”)
Many (10) years ago I said I was in favour of Europe coming together but not in the way it was moving, and certainly not in establishing sovereignty over fiscal and monetary matters – only in areas where no country has sovereignty like trade and global warming.
I dont know whether Schuman, the inventor of the start would approve of where it has been taken. The results of the last few years are liable to break up the entire joint enterprise.
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What is a Dollar?
What underpins it?
At one time the Dollar was linked to gold but that failed, so now it is just a paper currency that everybody “agrees” is acceptable. The Dollar is no more meaningful than the Euro, indeed less so. The fate of the pound is tied to the fate of both the Euro and the Dollar – tough times ahead.
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