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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide
(Post 7957530)
Big deal. Youve got some whinging POM mates on a few forums. That hardly qualifies your statement regarding 'a huge proportion of people that would find the UK as a much better and therefore far more worthwhile country for them'.
Have you actually got any facts, or are you really just trying to pass off your negative views as such ? http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...&postcount=274 and respond to Williamos. It will suit you down to the ground and supply endless entertainment to the rest of us. |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7958873)
Wind your neck in. You have been here five min and think you know it all. You don't. You think Adelaide is brillaint and that the UK is shit... you made your point.
Now try listening to some other peoples and see what they think otherwise it's pretty pointless coming on the forums at all. Here's me asking for facts, (how dare I question the Senior members !) and there's you having a super-tanty and spouting untruths. And all this at 5:30 in the morning ! I am indeed honoured. Have a nice day ...... mine's off to a great start :rofl: |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7956286)
Légionnaire, you are a volunteer serving France with "Honour and Fidelity".
Every legionnaire is your brother-in-arms, regardless of his nationality, race, or religion. You will demonstrate this by strict solidarity which must always unite members of the same family. Respect of traditions, devotion to your leaders, discipline and comradeship are your strengths, courage and loyalty your virtues. Proud of your status as Legionnaire, you display this in your uniform, which is always impeccable, your behaviour always dignified but modest, your living quarters always clean. An elite soldier, you will train rigorously, you will maintain your weapon as your most precious possession, you are constantly concerned with your physical form. A mission is sacred, you will carry it out until the end respecting laws, customs of war, international conventions and, if necessary, at a risk of your life. In combat, you will act without passion and without hate, you will respect the vanquished enemy, you will never abandon your dead or wounded, nor surrender your arms. Yeah yeah i know all that but where does it say MODEST ????? |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7958584)
"Why don't I just go back".... thought I would say it before somebody else does.... because they life I left behind in the UK has now gone. The home, job, location, friends, family have all moved on as well. You can never go back to exactly how it was... just to something like it.... .
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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by Bernieboy
(Post 7959342)
Yeah yeah i know all that but where does it say MODEST ?????
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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide
(Post 7959331)
Hilarious post mate. :rofl:
Here's me asking for facts, (how dare I question the Senior members !) and there's you having a super-tanty and spouting untruths. And all this at 5:30 in the morning ! I am indeed honoured. Have a nice day ...... mine's off to a great start :rofl: Wind your neck in. You have been here five min and think you know it all. You don't. You think Adelaide is brilliant and that the UK is shit... you made your point. Now try listening to some other peoples and see what they think otherwise it's pretty pointless coming on the forums at all. Show me an 'untruth' in there?. Unless of course you really DO know it all? :confused: ...and as for questioning the senior members. Feel free matey. We have seen numerous fookwits like you come and go. You won't post anything we haven't seen before, or won't see again. If you're not prepared to listen to anything anybody else has to say then that's up to you, but don't expect people too have that much respect for your opinions either if that's the case. You're telling people who, in some cases, have been here decades that they don't know what they are talking about... what does that say about you? |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7959441)
That would be the bit in italics
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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by Bernieboy
(Post 7959556)
Oh THAT bit,ok you win:rolleyes:
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Re: is it worth it
It would be really nice if the children stopped their petty arguments on this thread as you are ruining it!
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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by sallyclaire
(Post 7959627)
It would be really nice if the children stopped their petty arguments on this thread as you are ruining it!
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Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by king kong
(Post 7957282)
the secret it is to take on board all the places you live and appreciate what it has to offer
<..> Really at the end of the day it really really dont matter ,go where you want . The opposite of that, is to look at all the negatives, and go where others tell you to go.. |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by hanwilt
(Post 7958473)
I may be being too keen and serious about this as I am moving out in a few weeks but is it worth it? seems a futile question.
I know it is not worth it financially already as we are giving up good jobs for a rubbish dollar rate and all that. But even if we come back in a couple of years surely the whole experience of living in another country, meeting new people etc makes it 'worth it'. I realise that by moving there probably there will always be a feeling of where is really home but life is for living and having the opportunity must answer the question even if the final answer is the UK has the better opportunities! |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7958584)
Being 'worth it' and being happy about being in Oz and NOT one and the same. I'm pretty OK about being in Australia now. I didn't use to be, but things change. There are many posters on here that if you asked them if they are happy here in Australia then they would say "yes".... but ask them if it was all worth it and they may well say "no".
There are plenty of days when I would come in that group. They move to Oz, at it's most basic, got me a big house and nice weather, (I know that's an over simplification) but I gave up a lot in the UK for that, and on the balance of things I'm not convinced it was worth it. "Why don't I just go back".... thought I would say it before somebody else does.... because they life I left behind in the UK has now gone. The home, job, location, friends, family have all moved on as well. You can never go back to exactly how it was... just to something like it.... and I have too many plus points here to go back for something I may never find anyway. When somebody decides to move back to the UK, it will never be the same as they left it. The worst thing of it all that family and mostly friends have moved on. But then again why wouldn't they? But going back to the original question, we are very happy here, but the stress, the guilt, the constant emotional up& downs, not to mention the money being spent on the move is not worth it I reckon. |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 7958584)
"Why don't I just go back".... thought I would say it before somebody else does.... because they life I left behind in the UK has now gone. The home, job, location, friends, family have all moved on as well. You can never go back to exactly how it was... just to something like it.... and I have too many plus points here to go back for something I may never find anyway.
I did go back, and yes, everything was different. In the end, you did better than I did. I actually had to go back "permanently" to realise that more plus points were actually back in Australia ! Thank God "permanent" is not permanent :thumbsup: |
Re: is it worth it
Originally Posted by vicki78
(Post 7959785)
What you have just said is so true and never looked at it the way you put it, but now it makes sense.
When somebody decides to move back to the UK, it will never be the same as they left it. The worst thing of it all that family and mostly friends have moved on. But then again why wouldn't they? But going back to the original question, we are very happy here, but the stress, the guilt, the constant emotional up& downs, not to mention the money being spent on the move is not worth it I reckon. Is it worth it when you look at single factors like this.... maybe/maybe not. Thats just one of the reasons, I'm looking at spending a lot of my retirement time in the UK. A good hypothetical could be. "If you knew in advance that all travel between Australia and the UK would be stopped permanently" an impossible situation of course, how would you react. ? Would you have gone back before the gates were permanently closed. That could be a good "Is it worth it test" I'd probably stay because of disruption to my younger two teenage kids.... if the youngest were 19 and had finished most of his schooling, then I wouldnt be so sure about staying... I definitely wouldnt go back without my Aussie wife though. |
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