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It was a little thing on the news today but it made me happy.

This afternoon the Bank of England transferred the last money to Washington in the repayment scheme agreed after the war. It's only taken 61 years but it was £29billion (english billion) so I figure thats got to be some sort of achievement. :lol:

Right, who else do we owe money too?
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:laughing: Nice.
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Kal wrote:It was a little thing on the news today but it made me happy.

This afternoon the Bank of England transferred the last money to Washington in the repayment scheme agreed after the war. It's only taken 61 years but it was £29billion (english billion) so I figure thats got to be some sort of achievement. :lol:

Right, who else do we owe money too?
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You also owed $1.2 billion to Canada, but that was paid off at the same time as the debt to the US.

To expand on your post, that money was loaned so England could rebuild cities like London that were heavily damaged during the war. As a Canadian citizen and a grandchild of the generation who helped loan the money through the payment of their taxes, now that your debt is paid off I expect the least you can do is to invite me over to view the results of all the reconstruction. I trust the tour will include a few pubs along the way. :wink: :D
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Cm'on over Gummi, and welcome. The developers made of mess of most of it, but there are still some very good pubs.

I'm surprised we bothered to pay you back. It's generally not our style. :D
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Gummiente wrote:...now that your debt is paid off I expect the least you can do is to invite me over to view the results of all the reconstruction. I trust the tour will include a few pubs along the way. :wink: :D
Meet me at the Chunnle entrance. I will be the idiot riding the Gold Wing through it!
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pinger05 wrote:Meet me at the Chunnle entrance. I will be the idiot riding the Gold Wing through it!
Hey, wait a minute... I thought the only way for vehicles to go through there was to be loaded onto a train...?
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#8 Unread post by pinger05 »

Gummiente wrote:Hey, wait a minute... I thought the only way for vehicles to go through there was to be loaded onto a train...?
Never been through it myself but I have heard (RUMOR ALERT) that you are loaded onto a flatcar that is pulled by a train. To me the idea would be similar to a ferry but powered by a train.

However I do not know for sure.
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Vehicles on the chunnel are loaded into enclosed cargo cars. The trip through the chunnel only takes something like twnety minutes after which you face Passport control and getting off of the South Coast.

If there is to be a mass influx for beerage then there is crash space at mine!
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Kal wrote:VIf there is to be a mass influx for beerage then there is crash space at mine!
WOOT! I get the couch!
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