5 things you would miss about the UK!
Aug 26th 2005, 2:41 pm
#31
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by suzy
We'll be having Ready Steady Cook revisiting a bit of old steak next!!!
We have CELEBRITY ready steady cook! But, to add to my list of things i miss..... It would be great to know who 3/4 of them actually are 
Aug 26th 2005, 2:46 pm
#32
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by suzy
What are you complaining about: 
BBC last night:
Life on the list
- 7 mth old baby needs a new heart and woman needs a new liver
Eastenders
- NO COMMENT
Trauma
- Series about a hospital trauma dept
DIY SOS
- Loads of tradesmen try to do a house up but play up to camera instead
Kidney Transplant
- Story about a kidney transplant
FFS!!!!!
- I'd rather watch cop shows.
At least BBC2 had Extras and Catherine Tate
suzy
BBC last night:
Life on the list
- 7 mth old baby needs a new heart and woman needs a new liver
Eastenders
- NO COMMENT
Trauma
- Series about a hospital trauma dept
DIY SOS
- Loads of tradesmen try to do a house up but play up to camera instead
Kidney Transplant
- Story about a kidney transplant
FFS!!!!!
- I'd rather watch cop shows.At least BBC2 had Extras and Catherine Tate
suzy
Imagine crap cop shows all night.. every night...
yep apart from Come Dancing.. thats Aus TV this week... not even going to go down the Advert issue road..
trust me, when you get here,.... you are so going to notice the TV.......
Aug 26th 2005, 2:47 pm
#33
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by hevs
I can top that. We have CELEBRITY ready steady cook! But, to add to my list of things i miss..... It would be great to know who 3/4 of them actually are
We have CELEBRITY ready steady cook! But, to add to my list of things i miss..... It would be great to know who 3/4 of them actually are
Aug 26th 2005, 2:50 pm
#34
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by silversurfer
Hi everyone,
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
Match of the Day
Pubs
Familiarality
Being able to ask for Coke or nuts in a northern accent without being looked at like you are speaking alien. "Coy-ke" and "Nats" over here!
Aug 26th 2005, 2:51 pm
#35
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by sloake
Imagine crap cop shows all night.. every night...
yep apart from Come Dancing.. thats Aus TV this week... not even going to go down the Advert issue road..
trust me, when you get here,.... you are so going to notice the TV.......
yep apart from Come Dancing.. thats Aus TV this week... not even going to go down the Advert issue road..
trust me, when you get here,.... you are so going to notice the TV.......
Point taken
Come Dancing - oh god 
Aug 26th 2005, 3:07 pm
#36
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by molloymj
Soccer AM
Match of the Day
Pubs
Familiarality
Being able to ask for Coke or nuts in a northern accent without being looked at like you are speaking alien. "Coy-ke" and "Nats" over here!
Match of the Day
Pubs
Familiarality
Being able to ask for Coke or nuts in a northern accent without being looked at like you are speaking alien. "Coy-ke" and "Nats" over here!
Aug 26th 2005, 3:08 pm
#37
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by DevMountain
And then last night was...
- Lost
- Lost 2: Even loster
- Lost 3: Lost with a vengence
- Lost 4: Where's that bloody map
- Lost 5: Well, you had it a minute ago
1. Pubs
2. Sky TV
3. The Channel Tunnel
4. Belgium
5. The Oktoberfest, Munich (I'm not going this year either
)
Aug 26th 2005, 3:29 pm
#38
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by silversurfer
Hi everyone,
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
1. Familiarity
2. Stella (hubby)
3. my little fiat punto (sad but true)
4. T.V (just going by what others say)
5. Traditional xmas dinner in cold country warm house !!!
well that was hard cos just had to come home from park with kids cos we were all freezin and our picnic kept blowing away
Plus washing was on the line (since yesterday) was getting woried it would get yet another rinse (rain) one thing will be great ..... we will be able to plan BBQ and outings without having to worry weather will spoil
Aug 26th 2005, 3:44 pm
#39
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
In no particular order, off the top of my head:
- Young's Special bitter (in a straight pint glass - none of that stubby/middy nonsense)
- Cheap sports cars (and fewer anal traffic police)
- My current salary
- London specialist shops
- Underground system that covers most of the city
I think the OP should have simultaneously started another thread entitled "5 things you would NOT miss about the UK!". As a starter, here's mine:
- Identikit city centres
- New Labour lies and incompetence
- Freezing sleet
- Immigration entirely out of control
- Shabby treatment of the elderly
- Young's Special bitter (in a straight pint glass - none of that stubby/middy nonsense)
- Cheap sports cars (and fewer anal traffic police)
- My current salary
- London specialist shops
- Underground system that covers most of the city
I think the OP should have simultaneously started another thread entitled "5 things you would NOT miss about the UK!". As a starter, here's mine:
- Identikit city centres
- New Labour lies and incompetence
- Freezing sleet
- Immigration entirely out of control
- Shabby treatment of the elderly
Aug 26th 2005, 4:18 pm
#40
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
I think I'll miss
1 Knowing what it's okay to dig up and discard as weeds when I'm gardening
2 Familiar sounds and smells when I'm walking
3 Country lanes with old villages
4 Snow
5 Cheap flights to Europe
What I really miss when I get there will probably be totally different!
1 Knowing what it's okay to dig up and discard as weeds when I'm gardening
2 Familiar sounds and smells when I'm walking
3 Country lanes with old villages
4 Snow
5 Cheap flights to Europe
What I really miss when I get there will probably be totally different!
Aug 26th 2005, 4:21 pm
#41
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by silversurfer
Hi everyone,
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
If you had to choose 5 things you would miss most about the UK after immigrating to Australia what would they be? Honest answers now!
Also included are the lucky people already living in Oz, what 5 things do you guys miss most?
Only one clause, you're not allowed to choose friends or family in the list!
Looking forward to all your answers!
Silversurfer
Here are the five things we will miss... Wife first.....
1) Beer gardens.. where the kids run around and we just drink!
2) Christmas and all the things that go with it.
3) Cheap European holidays and their cultures/food/history.
4) Red telephone boxes and pillar boxes in thatched country villages.
5) Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Puddings!!! (Could not seem to get them there at christmas)!
And Hubbie says...
1 Beer gardens (pubs in general)
2 cheap holidays abroad
3 not having to worry about everything that can kill you in australia
4 sleeping with your windows open at night
5 cheap Broadband internet connection cheap electrical goods gadgets etc
Aug 26th 2005, 4:46 pm
#42
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Originally Posted by gdcollectables
Hi
here's my five, in no particular order!
1. Battered Haddock from a chippy
2. Central Heating and House Insulation
3. France
4. My Sense of Self (Memories and History)
5. Being able to answer all the questions on a tv quiz show
gd
here's my five, in no particular order!
1. Battered Haddock from a chippy
2. Central Heating and House Insulation
3. France
4. My Sense of Self (Memories and History)
5. Being able to answer all the questions on a tv quiz show
gd
Knowing my way around (can direct people in UK to most places -approximately!)
The sense of history
Familiar accents (hoping not to lose mine by some kind of "osmosis")
Great cheese - both British & Continental
Knowing that whatever stings or bites me I won't die!
Radio 4 (I know it's on the web but will I have broadband?)
My things I WON'T miss:
Immigration (ironical eh?)
Traffic including parking my car outside our house (no drive here)
Summer (!) weather
Having so-called "celebrities" rammed down my throat via press and TV
Litter
Having neighbours too close so I have to listen to their noise
God I sound like a curmudgeonly old bugger..................
Aug 26th 2005, 4:49 pm
#43
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Predictably......1. Family/Friends
2. PUBS
3. Decent telly
4. Glastonbury
5. The seasons
But my list of what i wont miss could go on for ever
2. PUBS
3. Decent telly
4. Glastonbury
5. The seasons
But my list of what i wont miss could go on for ever
Aug 26th 2005, 4:53 pm
#44
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
My 8 year olds are
1. Telly
2. Bluewater!
3. Her cat
4. History
5. It being a small country so being able to get to everywhere easily.
Bless.
1. Telly
2. Bluewater!
3. Her cat
4. History
5. It being a small country so being able to get to everywhere easily.
Bless.
Aug 26th 2005, 4:57 pm
#45
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Re: 5 things you would miss about the UK!
Don't know yet but when I'm there and miss things will be sure to let you know
Just one ickle wickle query - to everyone who says (in various threads) that they miss or will miss cheap travel to Europe - do you actually regularly travel to the continent for weekends with Easyjet etc or is it something you think is great but never actually do it Not getting at anyone, it's just it's not something I think about because it never seems to end up cheap, and I think I have done it once
Just one ickle wickle query - to everyone who says (in various threads) that they miss or will miss cheap travel to Europe - do you actually regularly travel to the continent for weekends with Easyjet etc or is it something you think is great but never actually do it
Not getting at anyone, it's just it's not something I think about because it never seems to end up cheap, and I think I have done it once