TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 The bankrupt country of Greece are proposing to re-build the Collosus of Rhodes. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/12067713/Colossus-of-Rhodes-one-of-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world-to-return.html Will the Germans be paying for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeceknight Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 I havnt looked but are u on about he huge God statue? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 I certainly am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armsid Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 were probably lending them the money to pay for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Does it matter where the money comes from? It's nothing to do with us whether it's private or public finances as it won't cost us anything, and as it will most likely make money after 5-10 years, it won't earn us anything either. Edited December 27, 2015 by FalconFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Does it matter where the money comes from? It's nothing to do with us whether it's private or public finances as it won't cost us anything, and as it will most likely make money after 5-10 years, it won't earn us anything either. Oh but it is, In 2014 the taxpayers of Greece received from the European Union 411 euros per head over what they contributed. Since its accession to the EU the country has received from the European Union EUR 109258 million over what it has contributed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 But rodp, what the Greeks do with their share of their EU rebate is nothing to do with us (if it is fact public money at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Quite true, but they don't get so much of a rebate as a grant, they take more out than they put in. If they didn't we wouldn't have to pay so much, hence we ARE paying for it. That's my reasoning anyway, but I'm biased, I hate the eu with a passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Perhaps the migrants leaving Turkey will have a better chance when they have it to aim for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hope they get it's "man bits" working, then it can relieve itself on them as they pass under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hope they get it's "man bits" working, then it can relieve itself on them as they pass under +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmick Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 I suppose with countries like the UK pushing around 50 million a day into the Eu the poorer ones have to dream up ways of spending it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 what Greek rebate they ow gaziilions that they,l never pay back.They borrowed even more money to pay back what they owe.someone,s extracting the urine here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Bit of rivalry with the neighbour. Macedonia who have recently completed a huge statue in Skopje of a warrior on the horse (Alexander the Great) rumoured to have cost $50m. Much to the annoyance of the Greeks who claim Alexander as their own and who are already in dispute with the country over the use of the name 'Macedonia'. I cant help but admire the Greek character to ignore difficulties and get on with enjoying life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Does it matter where the money comes from? It's nothing to do with us whether it's private or public finances as it won't cost us anything, and as it will most likely make money after 5-10 years, it won't earn us anything either. If my taxes pay to bale the out and they fix fixer uppers up then I think it matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Does it matter where the money comes from? It's nothing to do with us whether it's private or public finances as it won't cost us anything, and as it will most likely make money after 5-10 years, it won't earn us anything either.yeh that will be right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Bit of rivalry with the neighbour. Macedonia who have recently completed a huge statue in Skopje of a warrior on the horse (Alexander the Great) rumoured to have cost $50m. Much to the annoyance of the Greeks who claim Alexander as their own and who are already in dispute with the country over the use of the name 'Macedonia'. I cant help but admire the Greek character to ignore difficulties and get on with enjoying life. You need to add "With other peoples money"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 If my taxes pay to bale the out and they fix fixer uppers up then I think it mattersAs far as I'm aware the UK isn't part of the bailout as it came from the ECB. Either way, as we don't know who wants to build it or how they will finance it, we can't automatically blame the EU. Even if a proportion of the cost comes by way of an EU grant, development fund or direct from the Greek government then that is a decision for the Greeks. If they want to invest in a tourist attraction (that will see a financial return) rather than pay bin men then that's up to them as they are, after all, a sovereign state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 tightchoke. Another tall story maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Yes possibly, if it does get funding and is built it would be a tremendous spectacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol p Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I suppose with countries like the UK pushing around 50 million a day into the Eu the poorer ones have to dream up ways of spending it. I couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I was propositioned by a prostitute at Rhodes harbour entrance where they plan to build this statue. I think that it would be a hideous monstrosity and all out of scale with the local buildings. It is a fair distance from one side to the other of the harbour jetties and to span them the colosus would have to be like a sky scraper. And what would they do with the statues of the two deer that are on the harbour jetties now. They mean a lot to the island as a symbol of the peoples identity. The Italians took them down in the war and replaced them with the bundle of sticks. I can see a lot of protesting over this proposal. The wife wasn't best pleased by the proposal that I got there. Nice place Rhodes town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Was she worth the fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I once did an EU audit on a greek water supply resevoir for a small town. When i got there it had diving boards and lane markers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 A very good friend of mine was a Greek Doctor, he lived all his working life here but returned to Greece several times a year to visit his 'home' as he still called it. I can remember very well him saying that when Greece joined the EU it was as though money was just falling from the sky in bucketfuls. I have often remembered what he said, especially in the light of recent events in Greece although my friend never lived to see them. He described poor farmers in his village suddenly getting very rich claiming agricultural subsidies for non existant crops supposedly grown on barren rocky hillsides. Roads built to nowhere with half the funding being syphoned off and materials diverted to build big houses fror local officials. Its no way to run a country, its no way to run the EU and its why I will be voting to leave when we get the referendum. The EU could work, it should work but the simple fact is,it doesn't. Its gone too far now to ever pull things back. That, frankly, suprises me; both France and Germany are well disciplined countries. I would have thought they would have been kicking *** from day one, laying down the law with a big stick and wearing big boots. In truth, nothing could be further from what really happened. You can't run anything the way the EU was run. That I think will be its obituary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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