jocky boy

I WORK IN KILSYH HARVES BARBERS DO YOU KNPW IT

Scossie

No, but my mate probably will!

JackTheLad

I was born there!!! Robroyston Hospital. Ha ha, small world.

I was born in Kirkintilloch, grew up in Northern Ireland, then worked in Glasgow and Dublin.

I get and ignore all the following questions, what part of ireland are you from, thats a nice scots accent, what part of Glasgow you from, am I in the IRA Do I wear a kilt . Am I irish, do I have an Irish passport. Do I speak Gaelic, whats the gaelic for....

Cheers,
JTL

jocky boy

I Know What Your Saying Mate About Ignoring All That Crap But I Stay In Kirkintilloch, As You Say Smallworld , We Apart From That I Just Passed My Tra My Immi Officer Says I Should Be In Perth Around January Next Year, Good To Get Away From This Crappy Weather.

Tass

Ive also had the Yeah but "Scotland is in England isn't it? " Biggy.[/QUOTE]

My 6 year old daughter was recently asked where she came from to which she replied
" KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND" .
Teacher- "you mean Scotland , ENGLAND"
Daughter-"No, Scotland part of GREAT BRITAIN"
Teacher - "No , you've got it wrong, Scotland is part of England".
?????!!!!!!!!??????

That and "INVASION DAY- When the British invaded Australia" commonly known everywhere else as AUSTRALIA DAY. :scared:

Try hard not to let these things p#ss me off , but they happen more frequently than I ever imagined. Am not deeply patriotic but do get annoyed occasionaly.Wasn't prepared for the anti - Brit voice of Australia.

Tass.

jocky boy

Hi Tass Hi The Teacher Sounds A Like A Bi... Im Not To Patriotic Myself But Do Love Scotland Aprat From The Weather And The Goverment Money And All E.t.c. But Scotland Is A Good Country Exellent One Of The Most Beatifull Places Espcially Up North. Im Just Getting Away A New Start In Life .

Tass

We did the same , but I am going thru a "missing it all so much" phase.
Good luck to you when you come,
All the best ,
Tass.

Jockstar

Well i'm also from Scotland. Bellshill to exact.I dont miss it. Miss my family but and some things you can only seem to get at home. Have lived away from Scotland for 11 years. I'm only 31 by the way. Left when i was 20 to get a job in London as there was no work to be had in Glasgow areas.(i'm an electrician) Was supposed to be for a short time. But then i started liking the extra money i was making compared to Scotland. Anyway lived all over England for a few years. Then settled in London. First left Scotland in 94. Went to Oz in 98 for a year. Then NZ in 2000 for a year. . When i left NZ in 2001 i came to Thailand for a month and fell in love with the country. decided to come back 4 months later. Stayed here for 15 months.In between i applied for residence to Oz. Got it in 2003. I came back to Bangkok again after 6 months back in London. I have been here again for 15months and will be here for another year and then going to Sydney again. Ah its a hard life. But i can never seeing myself living in Scotland again. But who knows in the future. Its good to have options. Uk, Asia, Oz or even NZ.But no matter wht. I'll always be Scottish. And thats a great thing. IMHO. To the OP. Enjoy it mate. You'll wish you had done it sooner.

soapy©

when i get asked 'what part of ireland are u from' i reply maroubra. then wait for the smart ares to ask is there a maroubra in ireland. then i reply 'could be but seing im not irish i wouldnt have a fkn clue
i once has a wee wumin ask me if i was from the troubled north.
no im from the troubled south. she then asked if there was trouble in the south. my reply........i would like to see u walk home fae the boozers through the southside of glasgow on a saturday night pished. thats askin for trouble hen !!!!! she walked away with a strange look on her coupon. then i spent about an our trying to explain to the guys in work what i had just said to her lol

marie_chris

No Way - I live in Bellshill now - soon to be Sydney ( I HOPE ) Can't wait to leave - lived in South Africa until I was 16, came back to Scotland when trouble hit the country, and have lived in Dublin for the last 3 years and coming back to Bellshill was about all I could take. Been plotting ever since on where to go. Was almost Bermuda ( had job offer - couldn't get boyfriend in) so Oz was next on list - med's being done next week, everything else DIMIA have - keep yer fingers crossed for me

PS Also had the Irish thing for a while, although I was told I sounded like a Kiwi when we were in Vegas at New Year - A KIWI :scared: God knows what these people where on but I KNOW I don't have that ****ed up an accent

marie_chris

HI JTL - where about's in Dublin where you based?? My boyfriend and I were in Ballsbridge for 3 years - worked in Donnybrook. Loved it while we were there but rent was a joke so bailed home!! I have always been proud to be Scots, but honestly can't wait to see the back of it.

I think all Scots get that about accents etc, the worst is my mate who was born in Birmingham ( she is asian), moved to Glasgow at age 11, then to london aged 19, married a kiwi, and by GOD her accent is a belter as you can imagine....but she still swears blind she is Scottish give's out the aye's naw's and nae bothers with the best of them!

yamahaha

Aye, Im fae sunny-stepps and for once its is actaully a braw day here too!
Good to see that us Jocks still have that 'Determined to populate the world' gene . I think it has a lot to do with the Weather
Were waiting on Polis/Medical checks to come back. Applier Jan 10th this year hoping itll be soon!!
Does anybody know how long the rozzers take to turn around the checks? Is it worth just sendng off for it anyway?

marie_chris

Can't say for definite how long but I had to get police checks from Strathy Polis and Scotland Yard (local station apply for both) as well as R of Ireland and all three came back within 3 weeks!! I sent ours with app'n - meds next week :scared:

PS fae bellshill, but boyfriends mum stays in Millerston - no far fae Stepps!

JackTheLad

Oh weren't you posh I couldn't afford to live southside, I was in Drumchondra. Anyway my work was out near the airport (airways industrial estate), so living southside would have just been showing off!!

For my last three years there I lived on Blessington street right off O'Connell street, that was the closest I got to living southside! The rent was an absolute joke, probably about 50% of my wages a month, and I was trying to save for a house, when house prices were going up 15% a year, and my wage was going up 13%.

I did the same as you and bailed out in the end.

Happy I did though, got a great property near Belfast which went up 100% in 3 years

Cheers,
JTL

yamahaha

Ha! Its a wee world eh? We use Millerston cabs theyre much better than Stepps cabs!!!