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Only 1 rule.
No c&p posts a mile long, they’re just boring & no one reads them.
Keep it short, sweet, & to the point.

Peace & Love ❤️🇬🇧❤️

Working all weekend , Yay ! Enjoy yourselves , will pop back in for a nightcap later

Saturday breakfast? Hmmm - toast and homemade apple butter? Weekday cereal?

Apple butter? Not seen that before.

It's awesome. A US recipe. Google it- another great use for a glut of apples. A colleague brought a load into work. So far, added some to chutney, got apple cider vinegar on the go and even experimenting with a sourdough starter using apples.

And that, my friends, is the tedious spirit of make do and mend and white cliffs of Dover etc. Which is fine if you are into it (and a prepper like me) but shit if you have forced the entire country into it by voting Leave. Ta dah!

Darn, looks like the apple butter is off for this year.
I will have to negotiate with neighbours for some apples and build the kitchen first, although you can do it in a microwave.

I think you can make it in a slow cooker too.

Thanks, that makes sense. I'm all for 'off piste' cookery!

You have all been awfully well behaved whilst I have been at work , what's up with you all ? Do you have actual lives

Where is the full ERG report, the BrexitCentral alternative to Chequers? I keep searching the Brexit Central website (but I find that website confusing, and my googling is crap). Does someone have a link? Ta.

brexitcentral.com/european-research-group-publishes-guide-keeping-irish-border-invisible-post-brexit/

Scroll down and there is a link to the full report.

Off to work again , have a lovely Sunday people

I don’t think there’s much to say about brexit anymore frumpety - we’re leaving & that’s it. How we leave is still a bit up in the air but most of us haven’t got the time to talk endlessly about that.
I think once we know the exact terms of our deal ( or no deal ) we can say a bit more, but chatting away about speculation is a waste of time in my opinion.

Almost comical to think some BeLeave we have a choice as to what Brexit will be like. Not sure there are different shades of shit that make much difference.
Can I suggest everyone gets three days at least of food and drink in. Stuff people in your house eat and drink. Also suggest wine for the grown ups or your vice of choice in moderation. And crisps/sweets/choc for kids. Apparently.
Sensible to do more but 3 days is better than nothing.

we’re leaving & that’s it

Nah, not over till the fat lady sings!

Anything could happen between now and March, given the technical papers released, a no-deal is unthinkable, its not like the Gov could turn around and say "we didn't know"

So although the document is labeled Irish border, it's actually a fully comprehensive plan? I understand that the Irish border proposal is basically the same as Max-Fac but only for the Irish border (not rUK) but problem is EU rejects Max-Fac because of lack of control on small traders. Can't Brexiters think of something better and what about rUK?

Isn't there a bigger proposal, all about Canada Plus Plus, I think, which ERG strongly favours? They have been talking about it for weeks. This talks about Canada++ but only in broad terms. No specifics.

This article about WTO terms being best is also on Brexitcentral (so that would NOT be Canada++). Is BrexitCentral equally in favour of either? Which is it, Max-Fac, WTO terms or Canada++ that is their big vision?

@Bellinisurge.
On the basis there will be fewer doctors and dentists, any foodstuffs should be valuable nutritionally and low (processed) sugar. Getting ill or needing a dentist should be avoided. Make risk assessments when drinking so that falling over won't need any medical intervention (falling etc).

No, not leaving at all is not an option, we’ve gone too far - but BINO is possibly, who knows?
Can you imagine the uproar if we didn’t leave, all the money spent, all the time wasted, not to mention going against the referendum result. It will never happen.
Plus what makes you think the EU would have us back? Have they ever said anything along the lines of “ please please please stay, we’ll be nothing without you” - I don’t think they have.

At this point, there is & will be uproar no matter what happens. For decades to come. Everyone is unhappy and most will suffer.

Everyone is unhappy and most will suffer

See, it’s ridiculous statements like this that makes discussion pointless.

I don’t know anyone in RL who gives brexit a 2nd thought.

I am afraid the uproar of NOT leaving may well be drowned out by the reverse uproar of leaving. The vote was only a bit above the threshold of being statistically valid and it has been established that the opinions of voters was 'swayed' by misinformation.
You are right a LOT of money has been spent already which even if we were to remain will take a couple of years to recover, but there are NO indications that stand up to proper scrutiny to suggest that leaving will be anywhere near as good as what we had.
The £350 Million a week LOOKS like a lot of money to the person in the street. It simply isn't when you compare it to how much is 'spent' per week by the rest of the economy. Probably something equivalent to putting a couple of nice chocolate bars and a bottle of wine on top of an average persons weekly shop. (£120)

Colleagues in my same research group; they all got an extra year's funding (precisely because of Brexit), but I didn't get to share in the bonanza. I don't feel nice talking to them.

DD's university prospects slightly benefit from Brexit.

My job expires end March 2019, looking like a bad time to be job hunting. Is it a good time to jump sectors, to which sector shall I jump, which sector will do well after Brexit?

I have some money to transfer from overseas at some point; Would be better to wait until £ falls to do that. How much will Brexit make £ fall (or not if you're optimistic Brexit is great and £ will not fall, when should i transfer sooner?)

DS is in the army so his safety is affected by public service spending, worry that could fall after Brexit.

We have savings. If the economy tanks due to Brexit, can we protect our savings by putting it any specific type of investment, or better to keep as cash ?Where best to put our savings before and after Brexit?

I planned to buy a new laptop & bicycle in late 2019. Maybe in case the £ falls a lot, I should move the purchases forward to late 2018/early 2019.

Nothing dramatic, but situations to live, worries to manage, decisions to be made, related to Brexit.

.... I buy naice catfood online from discount provider Zooplus. MNers posted news that Zooplus withdrew their discount scheme (eg., pay £4 up front to get 3% discount on all purchases for 1 yr). Can't renew it. This makes sense; Zooplus is a Germany company. I MUST remember to put my last big order in with Zooplus before my discount expires, January 2019. I hope I can find a provider of similar quality catfood after that.

"I don’t know anyone in RL who gives brexit a 2nd thought"

They will.