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24/6/2016

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..with yet more division in the world.

I remain at heart a European.


(The computer was fixed by removing the battery and leaving it overnight. Who knew? Laura knew. Thanks Laura. x)
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Lotta link
24/6/2016 01:16:06 pm

Yes. Me too. A world citizen even...
So glad about your computer though Freda. It obviously just needed some recovery time to get over Windows 10!

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Freda
26/6/2016 02:57:18 am

Yes to world citizenship Lotta. A relief to have the computer back.

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Mary
24/6/2016 02:06:34 pm

A sad day, indeed. And no one living outside of the UK and other EU countries should think election this won't impact them in a myriad a ways--none good. Just as the US election has the potential for taking us all off a cliff.

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Freda
26/6/2016 02:58:29 am

'To hell in handcart' is the expression that comes to mind!

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Grace Falconer
25/6/2016 06:33:16 am

As a Scot who has been living in France for over 30 years, I am broken-hearted by the results of the referendum ... We need to bring down barriers instead of building them. We should all be citizens of the world. Mary, I hope the American voters will have enough lucidity not to go down that route.

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Freda
26/6/2016 02:59:58 am

I do so agree with you about barriers Grace. And as for America.....!!! Hoping against hope.

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Penny L
25/6/2016 08:13:51 am

I ,too, feel broken-hearted. I dislike the fact that I feel so strongly about people who voted to leave, as I thought I was a believer in democracy, and that people are entitled to their own views... We feel immediately affected as my daughter is doing a languages and European studies degree. She is about to go abroad to France and Italy for the year, funded by the E U Erasmus organisation. I realise that nothing will change overnight, but what will happen to her university department and EUlecturers on her return? And more to the point it's going to cost us a lot more to go out to visit her!! But hey, I have to remind myself that we're not refugees waiting in a transit camp trying to find a country that actually may give us some sort of a welcome!

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Freda
26/6/2016 03:03:15 am

As an ex-Erasmus student I do feel for your daughter's plight and hope that many of these initiatives will continue as there will still be the will for cultural exchange and shared experience. A wider perspective is useful as you suggest Penny.

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Swissrose link
25/6/2016 09:53:27 am

"Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people." Thor Heyerdahl

We saw this yesterday here in Oslo; it seemed very fitting.

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Freda
26/6/2016 03:04:23 am

I know that Switzerland hold referenda all the time and would like to know more about how that works there....

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Sarah link
25/6/2016 10:55:41 am

I too remain at heart a European, so sad and depressing that barriers will be created and only wish everyone could appreciate the benefits of working together towards a common good. Sarah x

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Freda
26/6/2016 03:05:03 am

Am with you Sarah. x

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Cristiana
27/6/2016 05:53:08 am

I share your sadness... it will be up to ourselves, global citizens, not to let these barriers distance us.

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Freda
27/6/2016 12:20:21 pm

Yes Cristina - how we act as individuals still counts thankfully! Thank you for that thought.

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