The little things that make Britain great
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chris123321 said:
Currently residing in NZ and this thread is making me homesick!
The atmosphere and mood of a proper pub, hell I even miss gastropub affairs.
An "English Chinese" takeaway. I can't find anywhere like Mr wongs typical chinese takeaway on the highstreet anywhere in the world
Full english.
Our ability to have an ordered sensible que.
Cheap everyday items (toothpaste, magazines etc)
World class music scene
The history
Our humour
Decent bacon
Double sausage and egg mcmuffin with a hangover
Cynicism
Decent motorways
and many others I've forgotten.
God how I miss blighty, it really is a fantastic place.
so the grass is not greener... good to hear the other side of the argument!The atmosphere and mood of a proper pub, hell I even miss gastropub affairs.
An "English Chinese" takeaway. I can't find anywhere like Mr wongs typical chinese takeaway on the highstreet anywhere in the world
Full english.
Our ability to have an ordered sensible que.
Cheap everyday items (toothpaste, magazines etc)
World class music scene
The history
Our humour
Decent bacon
Double sausage and egg mcmuffin with a hangover
Cynicism
Decent motorways
and many others I've forgotten.
God how I miss blighty, it really is a fantastic place.
so if you moved back to UK, what would you miss about NZ?
music scene i totally agree with but again i wouldn't call it a 'little' thing. music plays a very important part of my life and i miss being able to choose between an array of niche [indie/rockabilly/northern soul/blues etc.] clubs of a weekend. there is one generic monthly indie night here and that's it. the radio has a smaller playlist than even radio 1 and even then those songs were realeased a year ago or more!
my nomination would be motorway flyovers. simple on/off and a roundabout to allow access in any direction.
my nomination would be motorway flyovers. simple on/off and a roundabout to allow access in any direction.
Mr Dave said:
I lived in england for near two years, and now I dont.
Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
Catch a grip. You can't honestly say that, for example, the pubs in Belfast are better then in GB? The beer in 99% of them is cold, fizzy, pasteurised, shi-ite for a start. And unless you're in the city centre there are whole parts of Belfast where there are hardly any pubs at all, at least none that you'd want to go into. The idea of a decent local boozer just doesn't exist.Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
And outside Belfast is just teeming with lovely country pubs isn't it? I think not!
Edited by mccrackenj on Wednesday 20th July 08:57
Edited by mccrackenj on Wednesday 20th July 08:57
MentalSarcasm said:
Our history. Not just the fact that there's so bloody much of it, but all the things the nation has done. The long history of the Royal family (even if you're not a Royalist), the development of the Church of England, the Empire (come on, we're a tiny island and we occupied a quarter of the known world, I know a lot of it isn't nice but it's damn impressive!), standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it.
Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
Where do I start?Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
OK let's start with "standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it."
British Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 885,138
British Army WW1 wounded: 1,663,435
French Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 1,397,800
French Army WW1 wounded: 4,266,000
Edited by Vespula on Wednesday 20th July 09:13
buzzer said:
so the grass is not greener... good to hear the other side of the argument!
so if you moved back to UK, what would you miss about NZ?
Theres alot that isnt greener here!so if you moved back to UK, what would you miss about NZ?
Off the top of my head:
The people, genuinely funny and nice
the scenery
the mountain roads
insurance being a choice and as such much cheaper, also it being necessary to spend a year as a restricted driver banning night time driving and driving without a passenger with a full licence
"Small government"
less worries
common sense culture.
V8's
The climate
oh and the pies, the bloody pies they are amazing.
But as this is a thread about the UK I will add another thing that makes Britain great is Heinz beans.
deeen said:
Caulkhead said:
Mr Dave said:
I lived in england for near two years, and now I dont.
Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
According to your profile, here appears to be Belfast. . . . . .Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
Vespula said:
MentalSarcasm said:
Our history. Not just the fact that there's so bloody much of it, but all the things the nation has done. The long history of the Royal family (even if you're not a Royalist), the development of the Church of England, the Empire (come on, we're a tiny island and we occupied a quarter of the known world, I know a lot of it isn't nice but it's damn impressive!), standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it.
Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
Where do I start?Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
OK let's start with "standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it."
British Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 885,138
British Army WW1 wounded: 1,663,435
French Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 1,397,800
French Army WW1 wounded: 4,266,000
Edited by Vespula on Wednesday 20th July 09:13
Caulkhead said:
Vespula said:
MentalSarcasm said:
Our history. Not just the fact that there's so bloody much of it, but all the things the nation has done. The long history of the Royal family (even if you're not a Royalist), the development of the Church of England, the Empire (come on, we're a tiny island and we occupied a quarter of the known world, I know a lot of it isn't nice but it's damn impressive!), standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it.
Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
Where do I start?Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
OK let's start with "standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it."
British Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 885,138
British Army WW1 wounded: 1,663,435
French Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 1,397,800
French Army WW1 wounded: 4,266,000
Edited by Vespula on Wednesday 20th July 09:13
mccrackenj said:
Mr Dave said:
I lived in england for near two years, and now I dont.
Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
Catch a grip. You can't honestly say that, for example, the pubs in Belfast are better then in GB? The beer in 99% of them is cold, fizzy, pasteurised, shi-ite for a start. And unless you're in the city centre there are whole parts of Belfast where there are hardly any pubs at all, at least none that you'd want to go into. The idea of a decent local boozer just doesn't exist.Ill tell you what I miss about Britain.
... Nothing. Seriously everything you have over there we have here except better.
And outside Belfast is just teeming with lovely country pubs isn't it? I think not!
Edited by mccrackenj on Wednesday 20th July 08:57
Edited by mccrackenj on Wednesday 20th July 08:57
There are whole areas in parts of cities in England with no decent pubs at all, ive had more hassle more fighting more comments about not being from the area and more generally bad experiences in England mostly in Bristol, Canterbury and so on than anywhere in NI.
Maybe you have only been in crap pubs but there are plenty to choose from.
And then go into a decent pub when an events on and the atmosphere is so much nicer than in english pubs, less yobs for a start.
Caulkhead said:
According to your profile, here appears to be Belfast. . . . . .
I think the ellipsis suggests that was a genuine error, but hey ho who am I!Further to the point above - I don't particularly care for English pubs, but generally adore a quintessentially 'Belfast' pub. But that's no different to you guys loving English pubs, and I certainly wouldn't criticise. To say there are few 'decent local boozers' in Belfast is to betray the fact you're not local, and therefore cannot know. There are many, many country pubs outside Belfast, however. The place quite literally is teeming with them. I know because I'm at a different one most weekends!
Edited by iphonedyou on Wednesday 20th July 17:49
Edited by iphonedyou on Wednesday 20th July 18:07
h, we may moan, but out of everywhere in the world I've been I've always come home to our weather and been thankful for it - it's never too hot, it's never too cold. Yes, it's wet but it's not uncomfortable.Caulkhead said:
Vespula said:
MentalSarcasm said:
Our history. Not just the fact that there's so bloody much of it, but all the things the nation has done. The long history of the Royal family (even if you're not a Royalist), the development of the Church of England, the Empire (come on, we're a tiny island and we occupied a quarter of the known world, I know a lot of it isn't nice but it's damn impressive!), standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it.
Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
Where do I start?Admittedly recent history hasn't been that great so we lose points on that count.
OK let's start with "standing up to Germany twice when no one else could manage it/wanted to do it."
British Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 885,138
British Army WW1 wounded: 1,663,435
French Army WW1 (fatal) casualties: 1,397,800
French Army WW1 wounded: 4,266,000
LukeSi said:
King Herald said:
There was a time when I'd have agreed with that, ..............
Yeah but the plugs are much dam better than the two prong ones on the continent.It just feels right with them being large and clunky. How a plug should be.
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