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How much will it cost to leave the EU?

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gillybob Fri 21-Jul-17 09:37:24

Reading so many different figures. £20Billion - £60Billion ????

Apparently we can pay it in installment (generous of them)

So it got me thinking. What could we give the EU as a one off settlement?

I'm thinking on the lines of a few palaces etc. maybe a street or two in London?

What about Scotland or Wales or maybe the North East (with a palace or two to make the money up) ? grin

Jalima1108 Fri 28-Jul-17 19:50:02

I have been reliably informed today that you can obtain a passport for a Build-a-Bear so that should come as a relief to all of those who own one and wish to take them abroad after Brexit. I am not sure of the cost.
(Information from DGD)

Back to serious discussion smile

Maggiemaybe Tue 25-Jul-17 09:15:36

What a great idea! I'm sorting out my cellar today, so I'll see what treasure I can find. I spent three hours down there yesterday going through piles of old documents, so can already offer a generous sack of shredded paper, ideal for hamsters and other scuttling critters.

gillybob Tue 25-Jul-17 08:54:44

I think opening a Brexit charity shop is a brilliant idea Barmyoldbat and your idea of buying your own stuff back is even better. (You don't 'alf live up to your name!)

What would we call this shop? Perhaps we should have a chain of them dotted around the country ?

We could have a sign in the inside if the door saying ;

No brEXIT unless you buy something

Barmyoldbat Tue 25-Jul-17 08:05:07

We could open a charity shop to raise the money needed, I could then donate and buy back because I had forgotten I donated in the first place!

Jalima1108 Sun 23-Jul-17 18:31:51

DH won't bother; he will never think about them unless I sell them Elegran hmm

Jalima1108 Sun 23-Jul-17 18:29:03

Jest not gillybob , I wanted to buy an original oil painting of a tropical cove complete with galleon many years ago but DH did not.
I went back to buy it anyway (a whole month's salary for me all those years ago and we were saving for a house too!).

Someone else had got there first and bought it (must have been Hilda).

gillybob Sun 23-Jul-17 13:34:53

Oh jalima you disappoint me . I had a picture in my head of your lounge with a Caribbean scene "Muriel" complete with sand and palm trees with those flying ducks soaring across the turquoise sky. Talk about having your illusions shattered.

Elegran Sun 23-Jul-17 12:25:52

Good examples go for much more than that. Maybe DH would rather have the money? Tell him to look on Ebay at prices.

Jalima1108 Sun 23-Jul-17 11:51:27

Gosh!

Well, I am not going to put them on the -Muriel-- wall and the DC will put them in the skip one day so perhaps I should sell them.
Although they are DH's really, I suppose. Along with all the other broken junk treasures from MIL's house.

Elegran Sun 23-Jul-17 08:50:05

Jalima I sold a set of flying kingfishers that had belonged to my uncle for over £100 - every one of them had been broken and stuck together. Wish they had been whole!

gillybob Sun 23-Jul-17 08:26:30

Actually I think you might be right Jalima it was Hilda Ogden who had the ducks didn't they fly across her "Murial" smile

Jalima1108 Sun 23-Jul-17 00:08:01

Was it Vera or Hilda Ogden who had the ducks
can't remember now.

I would prefer to have lived with Jack Duckworth than Bernard Ogden though.

Jalima1108 Sun 23-Jul-17 00:06:39

Living with Jack was never easy gillybob

gillybob Sun 23-Jul-17 00:05:14

What if those Buntys could help save the UK from Brexit though Maggie ? It would be your patriotic duty to hand them over.....

We need to reconvene tomorrow when I have sobered up and make a full inventory of what we have to offer.

Bunty annuals, flying ducks, old socks, shopping trolleys....... Out of circulation coins, Buck House, Chris Evans....... Green shields stamps.... Boots advantage points.....

gillybob Sat 22-Jul-17 23:59:14

Were you Vera Duckworth in a previous life Jalima ?

Jalima1108 Sat 22-Jul-17 23:55:51

I have a set of those flying ducks somewhere (one broken)

Worth a Queen's ransom I think.

Maggiemaybe Sat 22-Jul-17 23:55:35

And no, gillybob, you can't have the Bunty annuals. Those Four Marys ain't for sale.

Maggiemaybe Sat 22-Jul-17 23:52:06

or even throwing in a skip

Maggiemaybe Sat 22-Jul-17 23:51:37

bet it's worth a fortune It's really not, Jalima.grin Though I've replaced it at the very back of that shelf in the darkest corner of the cellar just in case. Next to all those foisty old Bunty annuals the DGS will be --throwing in a skip--selling for a king's ransom when I'm dead and gone. After I've re-read them all, that is.

gillybob Sat 22-Jul-17 23:49:40

Are we bidding for maggies hideous MiL ? I had one of those years ago. grin

gillybob Sat 22-Jul-17 23:48:36

Could you not have a hideous staffordshire bull terrier ? jalima hmm

I'll give £4.21. (The trick is to think of an odd sum and add a penny ) ha ha !

Jalima1108 Sat 22-Jul-17 23:44:45

sorry, in the same post if you want to be pedantic
wink

Jalima1108 Sat 22-Jul-17 23:44:14

How dare you say 'hideous' and 'Staffordshire' in the same sentence Maggiemaybe

shock

I'll take it off your hands for three quid (bet it's worth a fortune)

Maggiemaybe Sat 22-Jul-17 23:40:29

Fear not, gillybob, wine mixes with anything! grin

gillybob Sat 22-Jul-17 23:30:01

After a glass (or 3) of wine I thought you said "my DMiL has a hideous mug" grin

... And I was going to say okay we will put it next to Mrs Thatcher on the bow of the ship.

Oh dear maggiemaybe wine and serious conversations like this just don't mix !