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Re: I liked the remark one Estonian bankofficial made BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 12/05/2010 11:42:37 PM
It was about the Estonian people who did not protest when the government decided to bring back governmental expenses at the cost of the people. He said "The people here understand that money has to be earned by working, not demanded by protesting."

Now I do understand that many Estonians are probably still kind of communistic slave-minded (do what government sais, what government sais is good because governement sais it is good), but still I think it should make the Greeks ashamed if you aks me.

Heh, all the Estonians I've met have been the complete opposite of that and rather anti-communist. I will admit that they are all expats, so that may have some bearing...
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So the list of countries using the euro will grow longer, not shorter... Estonia to join in 2011 - 12/05/2010 10:51:37 PM 1186 Views
Sounds like a winner - 12/05/2010 11:07:38 PM 800 Views
You Americans should like Estonia - they're rather neoliberal that way. - 12/05/2010 11:18:30 PM 995 Views
Apparently we do - 13/05/2010 05:34:41 PM 833 Views
I liked the remark one Estonian bankofficial made - 12/05/2010 11:38:26 PM 759 Views
Re: I liked the remark one Estonian bankofficial made - 12/05/2010 11:42:37 PM 819 Views
I stand corrected than - 12/05/2010 11:45:33 PM 706 Views
I do sometimes wish more Belgians would understand that. - 12/05/2010 11:52:41 PM 688 Views
Re: I do sometimes wish more Belgians would understand that. - 13/05/2010 12:05:03 AM 692 Views
That would be more convincing if universities promoted more social mobility. - 13/05/2010 12:11:37 AM 823 Views
Social attitudes take a very long time to change. - 13/05/2010 12:28:09 AM 847 Views
We have need-based scholarships. We could extend them. - 13/05/2010 12:38:31 AM 734 Views
I guess it depends on exactly what the fees are. - 13/05/2010 11:06:37 AM 823 Views
They're low. Too low. - 13/05/2010 12:12:29 PM 844 Views
American universities do have entrance exams. Sort of. - 13/05/2010 02:17:13 PM 844 Views
Those are really too lame to count. - 13/05/2010 02:21:23 PM 880 Views
Re: Those are really too lame to count. - 13/05/2010 05:04:25 PM 886 Views
typically the more specialized programs require that - 13/05/2010 05:53:20 PM 802 Views
Re: Those are really too lame to count. - 13/05/2010 07:32:19 PM 889 Views
Like I indicated, I'm not suggesting it in the American system. - 13/05/2010 07:53:15 PM 892 Views
meh. Most degrees are useless anyway. - 13/05/2010 01:14:54 AM 717 Views
Come on. - 13/05/2010 10:13:29 AM 886 Views
You ever been to Estonia? If not, stop speaking. *NM* - 13/05/2010 10:29:17 AM 441 Views
your funny *NM* - 13/05/2010 02:01:06 PM 318 Views
Surely Sweden can say, or could have said, that they wouldn't join till they damn well felt like it? - 12/05/2010 11:39:57 PM 753 Views
Apparently Denmark only got the opt-out after rejecting the Maastricht treaty. - 12/05/2010 11:47:00 PM 783 Views
Good point: it seems to me no-one cares about being Belgian, only Flemish or Walloon . - 12/05/2010 11:51:27 PM 658 Views
It's slightly more subtle than that. - 13/05/2010 12:00:29 AM 820 Views
What do you think about this suggestion? - 13/05/2010 12:09:02 AM 807 Views
That has been suggested by many, yeah. - 13/05/2010 12:28:24 AM 822 Views
But before you make a decision like that... - 13/05/2010 08:36:07 AM 810 Views
We have a Flemish government, though. - 13/05/2010 12:22:57 PM 855 Views
There is one answer to most of those questions - 12/05/2010 11:49:46 PM 681 Views
I love that the rest of you have the euro. - 12/05/2010 11:53:10 PM 679 Views
*waits for the Pound to drop and the UK begging for the euro* *NM* - 12/05/2010 11:56:25 PM 375 Views
That would be the worst time to do it. - 13/05/2010 12:05:32 AM 776 Views
Well... that is true. But your exports would be really high. - 13/05/2010 12:11:50 AM 726 Views
Also the best time. - 13/05/2010 12:11:53 AM 771 Views
I WIN *NM* - 13/05/2010 12:12:51 AM 314 Views
Bah *NM* - 13/05/2010 12:18:48 AM 282 Views
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... *NM* - 13/05/2010 12:19:32 AM 269 Views
There is a small problem with that... - 13/05/2010 10:21:44 AM 671 Views
I found the wikipedia article. - 13/05/2010 10:53:00 AM 880 Views
WOW WHEN DID THE UK CHANGE THEIR COINS - 13/05/2010 12:10:41 AM 771 Views
2008, apparently. Though I don't think we actually saw them until 2009. - 13/05/2010 12:17:46 AM 784 Views
I used to use a ten-pound note to inhale...things. - 13/05/2010 05:54:09 AM 741 Views
You have a thing for Charles Darwin? - 13/05/2010 10:45:14 AM 679 Views
From "Mean Mr. Mustard" - "keeps a ten-bob note up his nose...such a mean old man..." - 13/05/2010 02:36:34 PM 720 Views
In that case I'm going to have to disappoint you. - 13/05/2010 02:54:04 PM 851 Views
I knew that, but I had limited options. - 13/05/2010 03:15:07 PM 829 Views
You could try a €500 note. - 13/05/2010 03:18:11 PM 721 Views
In other news, the sky is blue. - 13/05/2010 03:33:25 PM 749 Views
I seem to remember reading something in 2002 about Germans paying their monthly rent in cash. - 13/05/2010 03:43:35 PM 829 Views
Hm. Possible. - 13/05/2010 03:50:31 PM 708 Views
Re: In other news, the sky is blue. - 13/05/2010 07:45:06 PM 832 Views
Sheesh...I was just using, not dealing. - 13/05/2010 03:47:05 PM 725 Views
The thrill of decadence? *NM* - 13/05/2010 03:51:21 PM 311 Views
Ooh...I'm sure THAT will shore up the eurozone... *laughs* - 13/05/2010 05:51:12 AM 767 Views
Agreed - 13/05/2010 12:20:12 PM 744 Views
Nobody said it would. - 13/05/2010 12:34:27 PM 750 Views
You know what will save the eurozone ? - 13/05/2010 04:55:06 PM 745 Views
You're a little ray of sunshine, aren't you? *NM* - 13/05/2010 05:10:48 PM 300 Views
Hey man, I don't want Europe to be the next Japan - 13/05/2010 05:42:26 PM 744 Views

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