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I will be drinking vodkaI just found out that an ex-colleague of mine was amongst those shot in Kiev.
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YesNice guy. Pro-Europe, worked hard to get UK investment into his beloved country. Didn't seem the kind to protest. I honestly don't know what to think.
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I'll sit quietly and remenisce about a long sunny Sunday afternoon we spent......Drinking in a 'working men's club' (don't know how to spell the word in Ukrainian) with a cross-section of people. Young guys & Girls that wanted to practice their English, war veterans with some heart-rending stories of battles and occupation and just ordinary people who wanted to know what it was like in the UK.
One of those times where the day passed slowly and I counted my blessings to have been born free and relatively wealthy, sitting and shooting the breeze with foreigners who were just people with their own stories to tell.
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I really liked Kiev when I went there. Particularly sitting in the early evening sunshine, playing chess with some bloke I'd never met before in a beer garden whilst sipping a pint or two. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:04,
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When you live in a secluded and insular democracy you can't know what to thinkWe do - and we're not confronted with what is ultimately going to result in a civil war.
Think that your colleague was a brave man.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 18:33,
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Bad times, sorry about that.Make sure its not Russian vodka, aye.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 18:34,
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Noble way for him to have gone. It's a good thing that people give a fuck about these thingsand don't just brush it away because it's not happening here.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 18:43,
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It could be such a rich countryAnd a real asset within Europe. I felt strange when I saw the protests because I knew the landmarks when they were shown on TV, it's come a bit closer now.
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It's a shame and no mistake.He's a bit of a dictator that Putin chap.
We are too domesticated for it to happen here. we are kept subdued with money and things and freedom.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 18:55,
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I generally and genuinely like you, GJ. I think you're a good person. But the above is the most poncey, trite and hollow comment on a serious crisis I can imagine.
Delete it, then you'll loose this post as well.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:00,
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I dont go into depth on here, more than likely because of my lack of subject knowledge.and secondly because I will be picked apart.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
if you read that as hollow, aint my problem.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:09,
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Don't you start.I was trying not to get too sombre.
I'm not shallow or malicious or any of that.
Anyway, blah.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:13,
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I don't do the news. it's depressing :((
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:19,
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Well, I do. But it's a skim read.Im rubbish.
No tabloids though!
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:23,
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You can't simply abrogate the world around you. Actually I suppose you can - red tops and commercial radio let you do that and validate it.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:24,
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Trust me, I am in absolute certainty of how naive I am about some things, the things that matter.I do stick my head in but I hate reading about it. It's never good news. Constant hatred, murders, wars, crises.
Im a pretty upbeat character and this brings me down.
If it was the 70's Id be a hippy.
I am very aware of my nonchalance.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:29,
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Might it not be a good idea that you didn't comment upon issues that you don't really understand then?(
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:31,
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I'd be fuckin' mute.Hows about you just don't take things on this ridiculous site too seriously?
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:38,
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Potentially we're stepping into the most significant crisis in Europe since Princip's nicely aimed bullet.(
The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:17,
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You're still conscription ageI'm not.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:20,
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7 quid it is now. and that's on the NHS!(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:24,
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It wasn't going to happen in 1914 eitherThat was a silly comment on my part. There are some very scary parallels though.
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The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:27,
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and now the US and CaMORON are fuelling the fire by getting involved and stopping cash flow.That selfie Cameron took was fucking ridiculous. "Oh hai, on the phone to Obama about Ukraine... SELFIE"
prick.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:23,
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I think we already know that I don't care what you think of me :)and I know you think Im a prick.
Saying it over and over again won't mark me.
Prick.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:25,
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DAILY FAIL HAHAHAHA GORDON CLOWN HAHAHAHA TONY BLIAR HAHAHAHAHAED BALLS
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:30,
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This trolling seems to be snowballing dear.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:42,
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Cameron isn't going to impose too heavy economic sanctionsPutin knows that.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Mar 2014, 19:34,
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