More UK/Euro lunacy - how unusual!

[DoctorDoom]

A woman running a vegetable stand in London's West End is facing fines of up to $130,000 and the possible loss of her business because she was caught by the government selling her produce by the ounce and pound.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Janet Devers, 63, was notified of the criminal counts with a 67-page letter that arrived in the mail, outlining 13 criminal charges relating to the "improper" pricing of goods as well as the offense of selling vegetables in bowls.

"It's disgusting," she told the newspaper. "We have knifings. We have killings. And they're taking me to court because I'm selling in pounds and ounces."

That, of course, isn't allowed under a European Union-mandated rule that all its nations must use metric measures, so veggies have to be weighed in grams and kilograms.Woman charged with selling veggies by pound (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59882)

And those arschlochs wonder why they're becoming a bad joke. Hey, libbies, tell us again why we should be more like Europe.

[MrSanity]

And you wonder why there's no England anymore...

[DeclinetoState]

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Janet Devers, 63, was notified of the criminal counts with a 67-page letter that arrived in the mail . . .How much wood had to be processed to make that paper? And how much of a carbon footprint did cutting down the tree(s) amd processing the wood into paper leave? And how much did all of that contribute to global warming? And why isn't Algore on top of this abuse of the earth?

[Air Force Guy]

Excuse my ignorance here. When did England decide to be part of the EU? I thought they bailed on the idea because of the forfeiture of sovreignty that goes with the EU politics. I thought England was still on the pound. Grrrr.

[oldcoastie]

England joined the EU. Don't remember when, and I don't care, either.

http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm

[DeclinetoState]

I think England is still "on the pound," as far as its currency is concerned; the Brits don't use the euro. But I think they joined the EU for matters of trade.

What will happen if some EU politician or bureaucrat decides that the Brits should get with the European mainland and drive on the right side of the road?

[Wolfcounsel]

I can see it now. Soon British SUBJECTS will be forced to open their eggs from either the big end or the little end, depending on which law is passed.

[DoctorDoom]

I thought England was still on the pound. Grrrr.The lady is being prosecuted for using pounds and ounces, aka the British Imperial system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units) of weights and measures. Adoption of the Metric System is reasonable, but this assault on a veggie-stand owner for prefering Imperial units is a sign that Great Britain is no longer great.

I think England is still "on the pound," as far as its currency is concerned; the Brits don't use the euro.They still use their national currency for internal financial transactions. Ditto Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, etcetera. The Euro is thusfar primarily for international transactions. Whether that will continue indefinitely, I have no idea.

Bloomberg's Currency Calculator (http://www.bloomberg.com/invest//calculators/currency.html) lists 253 currencies, which is doubtless spurring the globalists to invent a world currency.

[Air Force Guy]

My reference to the British Pound Sterling standard was to hopefully repudiate their fealty to:

That, of course, isn't allowed under a European Union-mandated rule that all its nations must use metric measures, so veggies have to be weighed in grams and kilograms.
I didn't realize that a country could be an EU slave and still maintain their traditional currency.

[garlicguy]

What I find surprising is that you all seem to think this kind of thing couldn't happen here. Every post about the War on Terror seems to include GWOT, the War on Drugs is the GWOD, climatic fears promoted by the leftists are the GLOBAL Warming phenom - and yet - you don't believe there is a significant move afoot among the elites to Globalize everything?

First the EU then the NAU then the OU.

Ignore 'em (or deny them, it is the same thing), laugh at 'em, fight 'em and then they win.

The trail of breadcrumbs ALWAYS leads back to the biggest bank accounts of those in power. If it were not so, God would not be so emphatic in His warnings about our worship of Mammon.

[Nemo]

Euro is used by 12 EU members as their currency since 2002. It is their actual currency, not just for international transactions Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Portugal
Spain

i.e most of 'Old Europe'

The other 13 don't yet. The UK will not for the forseeable future.

UK law has been to sell food in kg for years.

[DesertFox]

Idiocy squared.

[MrSanity]

What I find surprising is that you all seem to think this kind of thing couldn't happen here.I for one find it entirely possible, especially if we are to be led by a McCain or another Clinton. It all starts with secret meetings and backroom deals. Then it advances by "trade agreements." Before you know it, there will be nothing you as a civilian can do about it.

[Lazarus]

I think I posted a thread on this subject last year some time... There is a revolt going on among green grocers who are trying to satisfy their customers, who DON'T want to use the UK system - The customers, I mean... The UK government, mainly under the directives of Tony Blair who was enamoured with the EU, is putting a gun to the heads of the grocers in an attempt to control the population by forceing them to only use metric measurements...

I support the grocers who have courageously fought the government at every turn - and have paid enormously for it... But they are fighting for British sovereignty, and the general public is behind them...

[Wolfcounsel]

"Before you know it, there will be nothing you as a civilian can do about it." --MrSanity

As long as people have the unalienable right to self-defense, no unConstitutional buck stops at the Supreme Court, and I don't care what communists think or say.

[Air Force Guy]

It's lunch time and getting hungry...can't think of anything but food right now, trying to fight it but...

Why does this lady find advantage/preference in selling according to the imperial standard? IOW, what is the mindset that the limeys are hoping to suppress (behind the facade)?

[mkafrica]

Thus far, the Euro is used exclusively by every EU member, except those that have joined since 2004, and England. What's unusual about England is that it was one of the founding members of the EU, but they refused to switch from the Pound Sterling, because it's a major international currency still. They do, however, accept payment in Euros. The Pound Sterling is somewhat linked to the Euro, and almost has a flat conversion rate.

However, they did accept to have their weights and measures be imposed upon them by the EU? huh?

I was France during the entire conversion process, and still have about $50 worth of mint condition Euros from it... It was weird, because everything had both prices on it. But what was weirder still, is that the prices in French Francs didn't have tax included in the price, but the Euro price was required to include taxes, by law... So you were never able to convert it unless you knew how much was taxed on it, and they have different taxes for different items... It just got too complicated, lol.

And then you paid in Francs, but were only allowed to get Euros back in change, lol.

The point of the Euro is that they now have open borders between all EU countries, and you don't have to exchange currency anymore.

[DeclinetoState]

It's lunch time and getting hungry...can't think of anything but food right now, trying to fight it but...

Why does this lady find advantage/preference in selling according to the imperial standard? IOW, what is the mindset that the limeys are hoping to suppress (behind the facade)?The metric system comes from France. Some Brits probably believe that everything French is bad. Come to think of it, a lot of Americans have felt the same way recently (at least before Sarkozy became the French president).

[ConspiracyBuff]

I didn't realize that a country could be an EU slave and still maintain their traditional currency.

Many of the countries that are officially a part of the EU don't use the euro just yet, many will be on it by 2009 or 2010, but assuredly they will be on it. Theres a couple others in the EU who haven't switched yet but will be soon.

[DoctorDoom]

Euro is used by 12 EU members as their currency since 2002. It is their actual currency, not just for international transactions AustriaWhen the European national currencies disappear from the currency calculators at Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/invest//calculators/currency.html) et al, then the argument that the Euro is exclusive will hold water.

No doubt that's the intent for the future, but it isn't yet the only currency.

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What I find surprising is that you all seem to think this kind of thing couldn't happen here. It can, but the process is not the ultra-secret, sub-rosa conspiracy favored by the foil-beanie crowd. :tin: The proponents are quite open about it.