Give me 100 reasons to stay in this overcrowded, crazy dump?
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Just selling stupid house. Getting shot forever of even more stupid mortgage. Allocated money for dream cars, but parents now going nuts as my "future is not secure". Wanted to buy a houseboat with the change, but am so fed up with this country, I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing? Your thoughts please?
The thing with leaving the UK is that you have to be sure it's somthing you want to do.
I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
Saied said:
bob1179 said:
Still, with the current government
Two years left my friend, just two more years.Edited by Saied on Monday 21st April 05:27
It's a shame really as I really do love the UK, I enjoy going for a good old hoon across the Moors then sitting in a nice pub.
1. Public Footpaths (surprisingly other countries don't have cross country rights of way - you don't know what you'll miss until you can't have it),
2. Warm beer.
3. Sense of Humour (as in non-PC humour and petrol prices)
That's it.
I moved to the US. Far less depressing so long as you ignore Bush (which everyone does). I come back every now and then to go for a country walk to a pub, drink beer and laugh at the petrol prices. Don't check my luggage any more though, just in case.
2. Warm beer.
3. Sense of Humour (as in non-PC humour and petrol prices)
That's it.
I moved to the US. Far less depressing so long as you ignore Bush (which everyone does). I come back every now and then to go for a country walk to a pub, drink beer and laugh at the petrol prices. Don't check my luggage any more though, just in case.
Errrrmm...this'll be interesting..Colonial said:
Because if someone just complains about how bad things are at home then they are just as likely to whinge about a new place
Ah, but the (tongue-in-cheek) PH line is this:.uk : s
te.au : flawless
.nz : like .au but with more sheep
.us : teh besterest, with guns
.fr : better cheese, better roads (never mind the strikes/socialism/doleites)
.ch : wunderbar, guns, tidy
.es : brilliant, never mind the paperwork
etc. etc.
I suspect you're right. Everywhere has its ups and downs. For all its faults, this is a great place to live; this can, in part, be measured by what it is you get to moan about. Taxes, petty crime and government policy, rather than power cuts, starvation and being disappeared.
It's worth counting one's blessings from time to time, and remembering that the vast majority of the world's population would give its left gonad in order to live in the UK (or any of the countries listed above).
That's not to say, of course, that we shouldn't strive to fix the things that are broken
Edited by CommanderJameson on Monday 21st April 07:42
bob1179 said:
The thing with leaving the UK is that you have to be sure it's somthing you want to do.
I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
Totally agree, the grass always seem greener on the other side, until you get to the other side!!I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
Hot Lady said:
Just selling stupid house. Getting shot forever of even more stupid mortgage. Allocated money for dream cars, but parents now going nuts as my "future is not secure". Wanted to buy a houseboat with the change, but am so fed up with this country, I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing? Your thoughts please?
Why do your parents think your future is not secure? Do they possibly have a point, have you takled about it?bob1179 said:
The thing with leaving the UK is that you have to be sure it's somthing you want to do.
I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
Agreed - they are the two things I miss as well.I've lived and worked abroad for a couple of years now and it is great, I'm happy with what I'm doing, but the two things I do miss are the greeness and beauty of the British countryside and the decent backroads!
Still, with the current government, the economy heading down the toilet, high crime and taxation I'm going to take my chances and stay abroad...
In Dubai you get used to everything being a shade of brown thansk to the dust and when ever I go back to the UK (especialy the summer trips) the colours and inensity of the greeness can actualy be quite overwhelming for the first few days.
Asterix said:
Agreed - they are the two things I miss as well.
In Dubai you get used to everything being a shade of brown thansk to the dust and when ever I go back to the UK (especialy the summer trips) the colours and inensity of the greeness can actualy be quite overwhelming for the first few days.
This part of Kazakhstan is the same, though we also have the added joy of total 'flatness' and no trees. Don't get me wrong, I love travelling and seeing the world, I wouldn't be out here if I didn't like it, but I know what you mean about the colours you see, especially when you are flying back into the UK and you can see hills and trees and loads of greenery.In Dubai you get used to everything being a shade of brown thansk to the dust and when ever I go back to the UK (especialy the summer trips) the colours and inensity of the greeness can actualy be quite overwhelming for the first few days.
It's actually the main reason I'm looking forward to my next rotation in May, the weather should be nice and it will be spring, my favourite time of year (plus I can't wait to get my old motor out for an early morning hoon in the sunshine)!
Though for you guys in Dubai, at least you have some civilisation, we have to rough it on these 'remote' jobs!
Edited by bob1179 on Monday 21st April 07:57
bob1179 said:
Asterix said:
Agreed - they are the two things I miss as well.
In Dubai you get used to everything being a shade of brown thansk to the dust and when ever I go back to the UK (especialy the summer trips) the colours and inensity of the greeness can actualy be quite overwhelming for the first few days.
This part of Kazakhstan is the same, though we also have the added joy of total 'flatness' and no trees. Don't get me wrong, I love travelling and seeing the world, I wouldn't be out here if I didn't like it, but I know what you mean about the colours you see, especially when you are flying back into the UK and you can see hills and trees and loads of greenery.In Dubai you get used to everything being a shade of brown thansk to the dust and when ever I go back to the UK (especialy the summer trips) the colours and inensity of the greeness can actualy be quite overwhelming for the first few days.
It's actually the main reason I'm looking forward to my next rotation in May, the weather should be nice and it will be spring, my favourite time of year (plus I can't wait to get my old motor out for an early morning hoon in the sunshine)!
Though for you guys in Dubai, at least you have some civilisation, we have to rough it on these 'remote' jobs!
Edited by bob1179 on Monday 21st April 07:57
hahaha.thinfourth2 said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
My thought are this country is not perfect - is any ? - but it is IMO better than most, maybe the problem is not with the country.
I'm with himBut we do live in a tiny fishing village in the north of scotland
- That is when I am not here, which is Baku, believe me Britain is better.Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff