tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post3148317159879291515..comments2023-05-26T05:51:19.350-07:00Comments on The Quizzical Gaze: Something the EU is really quite good at.Quizzical Gazerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-57414343948345614472011-11-10T07:46:05.965-08:002011-11-10T07:46:05.965-08:00Yup, Slovenia's in. In the euro too, poor bli...Yup, Slovenia's in. In the euro too, poor blighters.Quizzical Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-92139064099958992712011-11-10T07:45:37.343-08:002011-11-10T07:45:37.343-08:00Mark, I should have said - it is EU members plus a...Mark, I should have said - it is EU members plus accession candidates, hence Turkey, Iceland, Western Balkans etc.Quizzical Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-68095394906848806192011-11-10T06:41:01.911-08:002011-11-10T06:41:01.911-08:00Except maybe Slovenia, that's a member state (...Except maybe Slovenia, that's a member state (I think)Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-69885567441378485832011-11-10T06:40:16.773-08:002011-11-10T06:40:16.773-08:00It is very pretty but that's not a map of the ...It is very pretty but that's not a map of the EU member states. <br /><br />They miss off Switzerland and Norway but include Iceland and Turkey and all the Balkan states (none of these are EU member states).Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-51955036986437944502011-11-10T06:22:21.390-08:002011-11-10T06:22:21.390-08:00Having checked, it could mean 'no vehicles'...Having checked, it could mean 'no vehicles'. Just as well I have not driven in a while.<br /><br />A propos Turkey, the EU keeps spinning the line that Turkey will be allowed in one of these days, and that their membership application has been received.Quizzical Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-40595245436554492302011-11-10T00:44:05.501-08:002011-11-10T00:44:05.501-08:00yup, that's what I thought
getting a bit ahea...yup, that's what I thought<br /><br />getting a bit ahead of themselves, hmmm ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-37281348356436228332011-11-09T07:53:22.757-08:002011-11-09T07:53:22.757-08:00Well, it could be read as a hazard warning, Highwa...Well, it could be read as a hazard warning, Highway Code fans, but I imagine it is our Turkish chums.Quizzical Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-55277728178771056872011-11-08T10:33:05.825-08:002011-11-08T10:33:05.825-08:00what's the mighty red-&-white blob to the ...what's the mighty red-&-white blob to the east of Greece then, eh ?<br /><br />am I being dumb ... or naive ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-70432094098867001922011-11-02T09:45:13.282-07:002011-11-02T09:45:13.282-07:00True enough, but it is rather pretty. And in one ...True enough, but it is rather pretty. And in one of my parallel lives I have a twisted obsession with maps.Quizzical Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136071498139319800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410622926857672828.post-65333299922426113482011-11-02T07:21:41.181-07:002011-11-02T07:21:41.181-07:00I'm struggling to see the point of it.I'm struggling to see the point of it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com