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They complain that imports and exports to N Ireland have stopped due to Brexit….it’s not…they’ve just been nicking all the shipping pallets!2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
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my rockery will fall into next door's garden if I remove the blue pallets
8th Jul 2021 9:22 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
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Re: Mines bigger than yours !
Hardware wrote:
FFS ... this is madness, isn't it ?
Yes, it is. "They build fires and burn flags, so we will too. It's what we do". And that is why you'll never make any progress you blithering halfwit.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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8th Jul 2021 10:27 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
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authority too afraid to stop it.....never had a lot of faith in the irish..never been never will,,,
8th Jul 2021 11:06 pm
DaveJLBI
Member Since: 07 Mar 2014
Location: Clare
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authority too afraid to stop it.....never had a lot of faith in the irish..never been never will,,,
TBH, I tend not to get into political issues, but these bonfires are not built by the Irish and have nothing to do with the Irish. They are built in Northern Ireland by northern Irish loyalists celebrating the Protestant victory over the Catholics back in 1690. However, in reality, they are a horrible, threatening and dangerous flashpoint. The bonfires are usually draped with posters of catholic politicians, the Irish flag (and often incorrectly the Ivory Coast flag!) , pictures of the pope etc to intimidate the other half of the community in Northern Ireland.
I am sorry that you don't have much faith in the Irish, but please don't ever confuse what is being done by those seeking to intimidate their country men in Northern Ireland with those of us living in the Republic of Ireland.
I am not a republican and have no interest in united Ireland etc, but I do not wish to be painted with the same brush as those who are building these bonfires.
9th Jul 2021 4:09 pm
Dimcandle
Member Since: 06 Feb 2020
Location: North Wales
Posts: 195
HWN wrote:
Aren't the blue ones owned by a company and leased to hauliers, etc.? I guess they're not getting them back now.
CHEP
Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool
Created at the end of the war to collect up the hundred of thousands of pallets littering the Pacific
Evolved from there
Useless piece of trivia for you!
9th Jul 2021 4:19 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
if its on the island of ireland its irish to me...not wishing to offend....we have same with the cornish...but most are great people...ogee ogee ogee
authority too afraid to stop it.....never had a lot of faith in the irish..never been never will,,,
TBH, I tend not to get into political issues, but these bonfires are not built by the Irish and have nothing to do with the Irish. They are built in Northern Ireland by northern Irish loyalists celebrating the Protestant victory over the Catholics back in 1690. However, in reality, they are a horrible, threatening and dangerous flashpoint. The bonfires are usually draped with posters of catholic politicians, the Irish flag (and often incorrectly the Ivory Coast flag!) , pictures of the pope etc to intimidate the other half of the community in Northern Ireland.
I am sorry that you don't have much faith in the Irish, but please don't ever confuse what is being done by those seeking to intimidate their country men in Northern Ireland with those of us living in the Republic of Ireland.
I am not a republican and have no interest in united Ireland etc, but I do not wish to be painted with the same brush as those who are building these bonfires.
That was kind of my point ... they're not bonfires, they're inflammatory symbols/acts (pun intended).
On another level, that pallet stack cannot be anything but highly dangerous as the stack can easily topple in any direction and throw burning material a long way from the stack. And it looks like it's been built on a tarmac'ed area ? that will add to the fun when that burns too.
10th Jul 2021 7:27 am
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
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We have 48 pallets of roof tiles being delivered in September. There is a charge of 20e per pallet. Of which I get a refund of 14e when returned. Provided they don't disappear off site in the evenings.
That bonfire has a substantial value in return pallets.An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
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10th Jul 2021 12:06 pm
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DaveJLBI wrote:
and often incorrectly the Ivory Coast flag!
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