What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Aug 1st 2005, 11:24 pm
#31
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by kirsty&al
PS: I miss cheap books.
Aug 1st 2005, 11:24 pm
#32
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
I miss the long evenings......goes dark here in Brisbane about 7:15pm in mid summer, but that's probably just as well because it's hot enough at night as it is !
In mid winter (June) darkness falls at about 5pm.....
In mid winter (June) darkness falls at about 5pm.....
Aug 1st 2005, 11:30 pm
#33
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Ditto on cheap books and more importantly, my beautiful old puddy tat
Aug 1st 2005, 11:37 pm
#34
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
The other thing sounds stupid but i miss strong walls. Ones that you can hang shelves and big mirrors off without having to determine their place by finding the nearest stud!
Aug 1st 2005, 11:40 pm
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
I will miss good T.V, a nice chinese, Linda Macartney foods And Nescafe coffee just doesn't taste the same out there as what it does here.
And Nescafe coffee just doesn't taste the same out there as what it does here.
Aug 1st 2005, 11:49 pm
#36
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
This week I am mainly missing:
Curry - Aus curries suck. I'm sorry, but they do. They're nowhere near hot enough. This is a constant source of unhappiness in the GG household.
Mushy peas - paying $2.50 a can in the British shop is too expensive for regular consumption.
Cheap books.
Light evenings (dark by 5.30 pm at the moment).
The Gap.
Yorkshire and Geordie accents.
Radio 2 (listening on-line is cruddy - especially if you're listening to Friday's show on a Monday morning!).
Decent new music.
Amazon.
Proper pubs.
Proper pints!!
Rain (honest!). Some would be nice - occasionally!
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard.
Some TV - especially comedy, like The Smoking Room and Phoenix Nights.
Frosty mornings (slighty damp's not working for me).
Brannigan's crisps.
British countryside.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo. Why can you not get that here?!!
Mainly a food list then! But it is hard to change your tastes after ... however long!
Oh, and Mr GG and I have only been to the beach once since March. Does anyone regularly go to the beach?
GG
Curry - Aus curries suck. I'm sorry, but they do. They're nowhere near hot enough. This is a constant source of unhappiness in the GG household.
Mushy peas - paying $2.50 a can in the British shop is too expensive for regular consumption.
Cheap books.
Light evenings (dark by 5.30 pm at the moment).
The Gap.
Yorkshire and Geordie accents.
Radio 2 (listening on-line is cruddy - especially if you're listening to Friday's show on a Monday morning!).
Decent new music.
Amazon.
Proper pubs.
Proper pints!!
Rain (honest!). Some would be nice - occasionally!
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard.
Some TV - especially comedy, like The Smoking Room and Phoenix Nights.
Frosty mornings (slighty damp's not working for me).
Brannigan's crisps.
British countryside.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo. Why can you not get that here?!!
Mainly a food list then! But it is hard to change your tastes after ... however long!
Oh, and Mr GG and I have only been to the beach once since March. Does anyone regularly go to the beach?
GG
Aug 2nd 2005, 12:21 am
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by hevs
The other thing sounds stupid but i miss strong walls. Ones that you can hang shelves and big mirrors off without having to determine their place by finding the nearest stud!
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Aug 2nd 2005, 12:23 am
#38
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
pubs (pub quiz night on sunday)
the dales
shopping in Leeds, Manchester, sheffield.
dodgy DVDs
familiar people
the SALES (monsoon, Kookai, next etc)
police presence (at the end of our road since 7/7)
the dales
shopping in Leeds, Manchester, sheffield.
dodgy DVDs
familiar people
the SALES (monsoon, Kookai, next etc)
police presence (at the end of our road since 7/7)
Aug 2nd 2005, 12:56 am
#39
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by Geordie George
This week I am mainly missing:
Curry - Aus curries suck. I'm sorry, but they do. They're nowhere near hot enough. This is a constant source of unhappiness in the GG household.
Mushy peas - paying $2.50 a can in the British shop is too expensive for regular consumption.
Cheap books.
Light evenings (dark by 5.30 pm at the moment).
The Gap.
Yorkshire and Geordie accents.
Radio 2 (listening on-line is cruddy - especially if you're listening to Friday's show on a Monday morning!).
Decent new music.
Amazon.
Proper pubs.
Proper pints!!
Rain (honest!). Some would be nice - occasionally!
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard.
Some TV - especially comedy, like The Smoking Room and Phoenix Nights.
Frosty mornings (slighty damp's not working for me).
Brannigan's crisps.
British countryside.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo. Why can you not get that here?!!
Mainly a food list then! But it is hard to change your tastes after ... however long!
Oh, and Mr GG and I have only been to the beach once since March. Does anyone regularly go to the beach?
GG
Curry - Aus curries suck. I'm sorry, but they do. They're nowhere near hot enough. This is a constant source of unhappiness in the GG household.
Mushy peas - paying $2.50 a can in the British shop is too expensive for regular consumption.
Cheap books.
Light evenings (dark by 5.30 pm at the moment).
The Gap.
Yorkshire and Geordie accents.
Radio 2 (listening on-line is cruddy - especially if you're listening to Friday's show on a Monday morning!).
Decent new music.
Amazon.
Proper pubs.
Proper pints!!
Rain (honest!). Some would be nice - occasionally!
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard.
Some TV - especially comedy, like The Smoking Room and Phoenix Nights.
Frosty mornings (slighty damp's not working for me).
Brannigan's crisps.
British countryside.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo. Why can you not get that here?!!
Mainly a food list then! But it is hard to change your tastes after ... however long!
Oh, and Mr GG and I have only been to the beach once since March. Does anyone regularly go to the beach?
GG
Curry - yer like it hot, hot, hot - simple - add chilli - all you like.
Mooshy Bloody Pees - how hard is that?
Cheap books - library!
Light evenings - get up earlier!
The Gap - is that Lover's Leap?
Yorkshire and Geordie accents - Huh? Stay at home and converse?
Radio 2 - Try Radio National.
Decent new music - visit a shop and part with mooney.
Amazon - you'll just have to settle for the Murray-Darling.
Proper pubs - start one.
Proper pints!! - get a glass fabricated to your exacting specifications.
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard - soften your water with sodium carbonate.
Some TV - hire a video.
Frosty mornings - put yer hand in the freezer for an hour each morning.
British countryside - try Astral Travell - lie back and dream of England.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo - try something different for a change.
Aug 2nd 2005, 1:03 am
#40
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Or you could take it as a tongue in cheek post! Which is what I read the OP to be! 
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Originally Posted by Megalania
What a WhingeFest!
Curry - yer like it hot, hot, hot - simple - add chilli - all you like.
Mooshy Bloody Pees - how hard is that?
Cheap books - library!
Light evenings - get up earlier!
The Gap - is that Lover's Leap?
Yorkshire and Geordie accents - Huh? Stay at home and converse?
Radio 2 - Try Radio National.
Decent new music - visit a shop and part with mooney.
Amazon - you'll just have to settle for the Murray-Darling.
Proper pubs - start one.
Proper pints!! - get a glass fabricated to your exacting specifications.
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard - soften your water with sodium carbonate.
Some TV - hire a video.
Frosty mornings - put yer hand in the freezer for an hour each morning.
British countryside - try Astral Travell - lie back and dream of England.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo - try something different for a change.
Curry - yer like it hot, hot, hot - simple - add chilli - all you like.
Mooshy Bloody Pees - how hard is that?
Cheap books - library!
Light evenings - get up earlier!
The Gap - is that Lover's Leap?
Yorkshire and Geordie accents - Huh? Stay at home and converse?
Radio 2 - Try Radio National.
Decent new music - visit a shop and part with mooney.
Amazon - you'll just have to settle for the Murray-Darling.
Proper pubs - start one.
Proper pints!! - get a glass fabricated to your exacting specifications.
Washing powder that doesn't leave your clothes like cardboard - soften your water with sodium carbonate.
Some TV - hire a video.
Frosty mornings - put yer hand in the freezer for an hour each morning.
British countryside - try Astral Travell - lie back and dream of England.
Aussie Miracle Moist shampoo - try something different for a change.
Aug 2nd 2005, 1:18 am
#41
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by Geordie George
Or you could take it as a tongue in cheek post! Which is what I read the OP to be!
Why so quick to jump on a poster?
Why so quick to jump on a poster?
Aug 2nd 2005, 1:31 am
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by Bella Donna
Not *who* but *what* are you going to miss the most about the UK? When you're sunning yourself on the beach in Oz, what will you really, really wish you could still have or be part of?
I'm going to miss the snow. Not that we have it often down here in the SW, but I do love it.
I'm going to miss the snow. Not that we have it often down here in the SW, but I do love it.
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Aug 2nd 2005, 1:36 am
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Originally Posted by Bella Donna
Not *who* but *what* are you going to miss the most about the UK? When you're sunning yourself on the beach in Oz, what will you really, really wish you could still have or be part of?
I'm going to miss the snow. Not that we have it often down here in the SW, but I do love it.
I'm going to miss the snow. Not that we have it often down here in the SW, but I do love it.
Cornish Clotted Cream
Long light evenings and being able to sit outside without being " bombed " by enormous flying insects attracted by any light.
DL
Aug 2nd 2005, 1:56 am
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
My husband manages to find plenty of football on Foxtel (one of the reasons we had to subscribe- well and for Coronation St for me!).
I miss Tescos as none of the supermarkets have such a good range, and of course nice green country lanes. Brown gets a bit dull after a while!
I miss Tescos as none of the supermarkets have such a good range, and of course nice green country lanes. Brown gets a bit dull after a while!
Aug 2nd 2005, 2:46 am
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Re: What are you going to miss the most about the UK?
Nichola - I liked Aussie Moist shampoo too - and thought I may get it here - but it is American, so it was luck if I could. Plenty of good alternatives though.
re: light nights - at least we are getting an often sunny winter - remember this is the equivalent to the beginning of February in UK, where it was cold and dull most days & dark by 4pm..
Haven't missed anything - books are expensive, and yes - I know there is the library - but if you want a newly released book then you have to wait for ages.....we got the new Harry Potter, and would have hated to have had to wait for it to get to the library - and probably ended up finding out what had happened !!
(for those who have not read/finished it yet.........whats it worth for me not to tell you the ending !)
re: light nights - at least we are getting an often sunny winter - remember this is the equivalent to the beginning of February in UK, where it was cold and dull most days & dark by 4pm..
Haven't missed anything - books are expensive, and yes - I know there is the library - but if you want a newly released book then you have to wait for ages.....we got the new Harry Potter, and would have hated to have had to wait for it to get to the library - and probably ended up finding out what had happened !!
(for those who have not read/finished it yet.........whats it worth for me not to tell you the ending !)