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I escaped Brexit by moving to Spain in 2006. Now I need to escape the UK economy by selling all my UK assets in 2025. Am I too late?

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The EU wants to negotiate free trade with China. This is terrific news. I will be buying an EV sometime later this year, and it looks like BYD is the best for the untariffed price. I am relaxed about China becoming the new world leader. Long term policies and a long term history of non-agression.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

There is a lot said about the process of grieving, yet people don't want to talk about their own experience. I think grieving is about forgetting. This is an unpopular view because folk feel that forgetting is somehow a betrayal. Remembering a person without sadness is the aim and it takes a while.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I don't understand. For many years Americans have been told that Captalism is Freedom and that somehow if you have no capital that Freedom is good. Free from what? Being poor or the wrong color? Poor people cannot be stock market gurus.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Salesmen, Accountants, Administrators. Which make the best political leaders? If you answered "Salesmen" you might admire Regan, Farage, Trump, Netanyahu etc. Administrators make the best leaders. They may be boring but they are effective. And they don't tell lies.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I used to live in the UK. Brexit voters ruined that. I can Imagine US voters might feel the same now, I live in Spain which is a growing economy within the Euro zone and Schengen zone. I am a permanent resident of Tenerife, which is forecast not to blow up via Climate Changes.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Why are American forces fighting Houtis? Is there a reason? What have the Houtis done to the USA? Meanwhile Putin continues to realise Regean's worst nightmare - the invasion of Europe by Communist forces. Signalgate is hiding the unconditional Saudi support vs. the conditions Ukrainian support.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Every western nation puts tarriffs on BYD cars. Who does this benefit? I am a consumer who wants to buy a Chinese car because they are better made (than Tesla) and tested via millions of users. Why aren't my politicians making this easier for me?

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I will end up buying a second-hand EV car because I will use the ignorance of "range anxiety" folk who - because their phone battery is useless after 3 years think that a car battery is the same. Resale prices of EV's are an absolute steal for a tech-savvy buyer.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I am looking to buy an EV car, and I live in Spain. BYD looks like a good choice butI have no problem with China becoming the largest economy and the factory of the world. They don't invade countries or have hundreds of military bases stationed in Europe.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

All this outrage about Hegseth's obvious incompetence. Why are American military assets supporting attacks against the Yemini? Who are they pleasing and why? Yemen has never attacked the USA. Why are they not supporting attacks against Russia in Ukraine? Who are they pleasing and why?

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I have to sell my UK house this year. Trump will trigger a depression in 2025-6 which will affect me directly. No words.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

I am trying to live alone. My partner of 26 years died last July and it is still sharp. Every morning I cry. I don't want another relationship at age 71. I still haven't adjusted to a solo life. I still plump up Marion's pillow every morning when I make the bed. I don't want to live in the past

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Dan Dennett was a great modern philosopher. When asked "What is the use of a philosepher" he answered: There are many questions to ask. The job of a philosopher is to distinguish "which questions are useful and productive." His answer guides me today. "Consciousness Explained" is a guide.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine 100 years from now. The boomers are all dead. Their legacy will last for 1000 years. No more oil to burn or make stupid plastic packaging. Everyone in the world forced to recycle basic goods to make do. No politicians to say "Drill baby drill" because they are all dead. History.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

The election of Donald Trump maybe a theatre sideshow for the USA but it will have serious consequences for Europe. In am a boomer (like Trump) and see the world in a certain way. We messed up. Sorry, millenials - I really am.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Make tea using a French Press to satisfy your coffee lack. You need proper tea leaves, not those stupid teabags. Green tea, builders tea or for that big caffeine hit use Assam tea. Try Yorkshire Tea from the UK. The spoon should stand up in the cup after 3 minutes brewing in the French press.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

After registering deepseek via my Gmail account certain questions are verboten. Even "Who is the leader of China?" got a null response. Meanwhile ChatGpt was happy to answer any question I could throw at it. I don't know what to make of it.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Weird stuff happening with DeepSeek and Google. If I want to register with deepseek, Google delays the confirmation code from deepseek to Gmail by 10 minutes or more, forcing you to register via your Google account.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

I have been experimenting with deepseek and chatgpt. Deepseek is lauded as the next best thing since sliced bread but to be honest I have been disappointed with results compared with ChatGpt

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Home made sausage meat. No big deal if you live in the UK. Another casualty of Brexit is Ginsters Cornish Pasties.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Enough BlueSky posts about Nigel Farage will increase his online reputation enough that the racist QVC-like grifter might gain real power. Power is given, not taken. What will you do?

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments