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Lucysgirl · 10-09-2014, 20:43

I've been taking part in the Debate on the Facebook Page "A Sensible Debate About The Scottish Referendum", which I thought would be a reflection of all opinions and no opinions.

There's a bit of hanky panky going on with the Yes vote canvassers. For instance one chap inferred he'd been to England and asked "What do you think about this"? "This", being a a home made film taken in a shop, where not much of the background was visible. Customer asks "How much to exchange 100 Scottish Pounds to English pounds, and received a verbal quote. "Hmm, that's a bit steep" said the "customer". Gasps & protests from the Facebook Posters of how the English were thieving b's and why didn't they accept the Scottish Notes down there.

It wasn't until I submitted a response that others realised what was going on. I asked the poster why he expected a shopkeeper to exchange £100 with a complete stranger who didn't want to buy anything, and also why hadn't he exchanged his money at a nearby bank or post office instead of using a commercial Bureau De Change that charged professional fees for their service.

Another Yes poster said, "Look what came through my letterbox today". Attached was an image of a leaflet from (can't recall the name but the prefix was "Rev" (as in man of the cloth)) The poster read that the Rev had been informed that, just like Eire, prices would increase if Scotland should become independent and join the EU. The Rev went on to say he'd telephoned Tesco's head office and Tesco had assured him that they had no plans to increase their prices. This proves that the bully boys from Westminster are liars who will say anything. After that posting there were scores of "likes" and a flurry of WM liar, WM liar postings.(WM = Westminster). I don't have a nose like Pinnochio but I do use mine to poke around and I compared online Tesco UK prices with online Tesco IE prices. As usual there was a choice of differing weights for the same like for like item so I had to do some basic maths to reach the same weight and then convert Euros to £Sterling. I chose a couple of basic items and found that the UK gets a cheaper price. :

Kelloggs 1K Cornflakes = £3.15 price in UK and £3.80 price in Eire/Ireland.

Batchelor processed Peas stocked in UK & Eire but weights were different - if weights were the same, the prices would be:
420 g :- Eire = Euros 0.99 ... and UK = Euros 0.88

I don't know about everyone else but it was a mortal sin to lie when I was a youngster and we grew up to be honest straight forward people. lol I bet many of you had a parent like mine whose eyes could pin you to the wall or you'd freeze like a rabbit caught in headlights :-)

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Lucysgirl Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Baxenden Posts: 293 Liked: 39 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Do the Scots REALLY want Independance? I've been taking part in the Debate on the Facebook Page "A Sensible Debate About The Scottish Referendum", which I thought would be a reflection of all opinions and no opinions. There's a bit of hanky panky going on with the Yes vote canvassers. For instance one chap inferred he'd been to England and asked "What do you think about this"? "This", being a a home made film taken in a shop, where not much of the background was visible. Customer asks "How much to exchange 100 Scottish Pounds to English pounds, and received a verbal quote. "Hmm, that's a bit steep" said the "customer". Gasps & protests from the Facebook Posters of how the English were thieving b's and why didn't they accept the Scottish Notes down there. It wasn't until I submitted a response that others realised what was going on. I asked the poster why he expected a shopkeeper to exchange £100 with a complete stranger who didn't want to buy anything, and also why hadn't he exchanged his money at a nearby bank or post office instead of using a commercial Bureau De Change that charged professional fees for their service. Another Yes poster said, "Look what came through my letterbox today". Attached was an image of a leaflet from (can't recall the name but the prefix was "Rev" (as in man of the cloth)) The poster read that the Rev had been informed that, just like Eire, prices would increase if Scotland should become independent and join the EU. The Rev went on to say he'd telephoned Tesco's head office and Tesco had assured him that they had no plans to increase their prices. This proves that the bully boys from Westminster are liars who will say anything. After that posting there were scores of "likes" and a flurry of WM liar, WM liar postings.(WM = Westminster). I don't have a nose like Pinnochio but I do use mine to poke around and I compared online Tesco UK prices with online Tesco IE prices. As usual there was a choice of differing weights for the same like for like item so I had to do some basic maths to reach the same weight and then convert Euros to £Sterling. I chose a couple of basic items and found that the UK gets a cheaper price. : Kelloggs 1K Cornflakes = £3.15 price in UK and £3.80 price in Eire/Ireland. Batchelor processed Peas stocked in UK & Eire but weights were different - if weights were the same, the prices would be: 420 g :- Eire = Euros 0.99 ... and UK = Euros 0.88 I don't know about everyone else but it was a mortal sin to lie when I was a youngster and we grew up to be honest straight forward people. lol I bet many of you had a parent like mine whose eyes could pin you to the wall or you'd freeze like a rabbit caught in headlights :-)