St.Georges Girl

Come here and give us a kiss.

mr mover

G you have learn to SHUT THE F**K UP go Fishing ,too much time on here addles the Brain.........mm

Grayling

Nice picture mm.....I think my brain is already addled

Is that you?

Not really found anywhere much to go in Brisbane.

have done OK up at Noosa though

G

St.Georges Girl

What?! You need to lose abit of weight before the heart gives you a warning.

bramblebush

I totally agree with what you said above.

Also, in my case, the fact that we had no background knowledge meant that we could start a fresh with no negative opinions of our new country.
I suppose it is a prime example of 'ignorance is bliss'.
We live in France so couldn't understand the news or read newspapers, we live in a tiny little village of only 100 inhabitants and as far as we were concerned there was nothing bad here, nothing negative, England was the scary country that had gone to the dogs like we were being told before we left but it was ok we had found somewhere where nothing bad happened.

Oh how naive we were.....

Don't get me wrong, we haven't suddenly had a bad experience, we just realised that everywhere has its problems including our little piece of utopia

Jules Europe

Think you will find my contributions with constructive criticism and observations along with speaking my mind are often the norm on this forum and should not be confused with the occasional argument that takes place. If in doubt you will see that I gave the OP for example on "City and Culture in the UK" thread some observations based on my experience etc and look to do that on most threads. The heat as you call it, follows me and not the other way around, there is a difference. I suppose if one speaks their mind on here then they should expect the heat to follow them. In regards to this thread maybe it was different. Like a lot of people on this thread, before participating I really enjoyed reading Ezzie`s postings and still do, her argument at times is flawed but I still enjoyed reading it and fully support her right to tell it how she sees it. As for people not picking on Ezzie, well I think you`ll find one of the mods thought so "Posting 262" I then decided that Ezzie should have some support, so as she wouldn`t stop writing and luckily she hasn`t, just look at the amount of hits this thread has had!!!!! So a lot of people are reading her stuff. If a few eggs had to be broken in defending her right to express her opinion on here then so be it, I make no excuse for defending the underdog in this scenario as bullying shouldn`t be tolerated.

Of course part of the forum`s daily life is for people to challenge stuff they don`t agree with and this doesn`t make them extremist or disruptive in any way and of course its creates healthy debate. Problem occurs though, is when these people start to take these comments as personal attacks, not personal as against themselves but more toward their country of origin or their country of destination etc. Believe me nationalism and embitterment are powerful tools to unite them. What then takes place is a loose union with fellow minded individuals and what`s now being called a pack, quickly starts to to form. As for "The Pack" they quickly become an unsavory rabble on a lot of threads here and usually cut down any opinion that they don`t like and are quite often abusive and offensive when doing it. They are either Pro country or anti country depending on which thread you are writing on............if in doubt go onto a forum and in a matter of time they will reveal themselves.

Jules Europe

Here we have your typical Pack, that sadly frequents the BE Forum:

Photo 1: Is the leader of "The Pack" their word is the law and they are the be all and end all of everything, they rule through fear and intimidation.
Photo 2: A pack member actively looking or fresh prey on a daily basis.
Photo 3: The weak willed pack member that makes up the numbers.

Of course there are variations on this but this is your typical set-up of our lovely endearing pack.

Nu-Shooz

Oh come on, get over this 'pack' thing. It's silly. We are not wolves, well you might be an hairy git, but i arn't

Jules Europe

By the way, most of my body hair is on my head and in another place Other than that pretty hair free................Especially after running a borrowed "ladyshaver" over everything

sans

Fleaflyfloflum

You lot are so behind... he was appointed MBTTUK pool boy ages ago. Do you honestly think i'd have him running about in here in his budgie smugglers looking like a knuckle dragging gorilla?

And Jules... make sure you remove all your grubby hair from the ladyshaver before handing back... thankyou

deborahjane

This pack thing is daft and getting a bit boring now. I couldn't see anything wrong with the comments that people replied to on Ezzies thread.

Ezzies made some really negative comments about the UK on a Moving Back to the UK Forum and would expect a bit of backlash from people who are thinking of and are very shortly moving back to the UK. I found some things quite silly and I think were a bit over the top and I for one don't believe half of it.

The family has been out of the UK for too long and I don't think they really want to be there from the sound of it.

We have seen and heard of loads of bad things happening here in Perth and I cannot see how they they haven't experienced it where they are living in Oz. Where they are living is just to good to be true!

We have been back to the UK every year in the 5 years we have lived here, kept in touch with family and friends, travel around to various cities so know them well and also have 3 family members who are teachers in the UK and they were quite amazed at some of things happening as wondered what school and village this was going on in as they don't have all that much trouble!

I enjoy reading the threads from Cricket1 and Fleaflyfloflum who always give good positive help and advice and I feel they have been unfairly picked on. I shall continue to enjoy reading their threads. I shall avoid watching that daft moving back programme when it's on in the UK!

Jules Europe

You can count on me Mrs Bucket.

Jules Europe

Agree with your opinion on Fleaflyfloflum she`s probably the best and funniest read on any forum.

Fleaflyfloflum

Mrs Bucket.... maam, to you