pagoda
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Disco_Mikey wrote:LT wrote:I echo the positive comments on this thread and laugh at the irony of the ranting about equality, fairness, etc. on a Discovery forum. 
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C981779
It's in Kirkcaldy 
Your point being?
Don't care what his point is, but I once bought a Trabant in Germany for the price of a bottle of single malt. Takes me back.
They were made of cardboard - some of them.
Now, in a just and fair and equal world we'd all be driving those. (Maybe that was his point after all )
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LT
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My point being that Discovery’s are hardly vehicles of “equality”. Being both expensive to buy and run.
If the Royal Family ceased to exist tomorrow, how would the inequality amongst the rest of the population be any different? 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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| 20th May 2018 8:45 pm |
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DG
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Sorry but you seem to be confusing equality of opportunity with free acquisition of wealth (I'll stop short of theft ) ..... nothing I own was just acquired without exchange for my time & labour. What I do with my money thereafter is neither here nor there.
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| 20th May 2018 8:59 pm |
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LT
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DG wrote:Why? ...has everyone acquired their Discovery through non-financial means ?
Are you now against the JLR policy of product placement and sponsorship?
Do you not recognise the benefits to JLR in having their vehicles used by the Royal Family?
How much would it have cost to have placed your companies vehicles in a TV program with an estimated worldwide audience of 1.9bn?
Whatever the deal JLR have with the Royals, it is worth far more to JLR than it is to them! 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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| 20th May 2018 9:00 pm |
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DG
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You miss the point entirely ...it's not about the Discovery ..is it 
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| 20th May 2018 9:03 pm |
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LT
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The irony of those seeking greater equality for the UK population on a Discovery forum, has passed you by then. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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| 20th May 2018 9:06 pm |
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DG
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All I seek is equal opportunity ..some will choose to take it ...others won't. The Royals historically chose to take a lot more for themselves
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| 20th May 2018 9:13 pm |
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maxbasscat
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DG  some have to work for that choice D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
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| 20th May 2018 9:17 pm |
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Pelyma
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DG wrote:Sorry but you seem to be confusing equality of opportunity with free acquisition of wealth (I'll stop short of theft ) ..... nothing I own was just acquired without exchange for my time & labour. What I do with my money thereafter is neither here nor there.
You’ve never inherited anything? DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 20th May 2018 10:06 pm |
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LT
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DG wrote:All I seek is equal opportunity ..some will choose to take it ...others won't. The Royals historically chose to take a lot more for themselves
I see, so if we didn't have a Royal Family in the UK you think that equal opportunities in the UK would be improved. Interesting, what work/jobs opportunities are the Royals denying others? 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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| 20th May 2018 10:07 pm |
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Pelyma
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Rich is ants to be a Queen DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 20th May 2018 10:15 pm |
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DG
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LT wrote:I see, so if we didn't have a Royal Family in the UK you think that equal opportunities in the UK would be improved. Interesting, what work/jobs opportunities are the Royals denying others?
You mentioned equality and I responded with what I would like in that respect .....I mentioned that they had acquired their wealth by their ancestors just taking it. No response as yet
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| 20th May 2018 10:22 pm |
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DG
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Pelyma wrote:DG wrote:Sorry but you seem to be confusing equality of opportunity with free acquisition of wealth (I'll stop short of theft ) ..... nothing I own was just acquired without exchange for my time & labour. What I do with my money thereafter is neither here nor there.
You’ve never inherited anything?
Oh, I have a few ornaments ...but nobody in my family history just took them
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| 20th May 2018 10:31 pm |
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Pelyma
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Not that they’ve admitted to DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
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| 20th May 2018 10:47 pm |
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LT
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You haven’t answered any of my questions yet, or Paul’s, but I never really expected that you would.
My posts on equality are in response to those who believe the Royals are creating inequality for others in the UK.
Since 1760 the net income of The Crown Estate has been given to the Exchequer. In the 2016/17 tax year that was £328.8m. The Sovereign Grant (which replaced the Civil List in 2012) in the same tax year was £42.8m. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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