Originally Posted by pommie bastard

Just thought I would see if the content of the site had moved on , sadly its not.
Still full of dreamers and near do wells who post newspaper clippings to prove the unlucky country is better than the UK , any one who picks fault with Aussies or OZ beware , no quarter will be given.
Having returned to the UK I cannot say I miss Perth , far from it , I travel more , enjoy seeing family and friends also have managed to gain very well paid employment so life is good .
The press paint a bleak picture of the UK , so I shall give my impressions how the UK has changed in the 10 years while I was in exile .
For a start people are more wealthy in general thanks to low unemployment and high house prices also low interest rates, have never seen so many Mercs , BMW's and top of the range motors on the roads in my life.
Having a holiday home abroad is no longer a dream , its very common , the TV channels have grown beyond number so have the Radio stations .
The Indian immigrates have on the whole become very English in dress and outlook ,most new immigrates from Europe are no different to most of those off to OZ .
The weathers very mild in the Midlands, winters are cool but little if any snow or frosts , summers seem warmer now , spring and autumn are full of colour .
People still have a great sense of humour and being English is more to the fore front , St George flags flying every where.
The media which is still mostly owned by some Aussie/Yank , is sinking to new depths by the day , reflects its owners culture very down market, real news is hard to find.
Well in general I cannot compare a cultured country to one with none , Australia still has to find a place in the world , hopefully it will grow to be the place of dreams but that day is far away , shallow country with no new ideas or direction.

Originally Posted by biggy

still got his head up his ****in arse more like lol

Originally Posted by pommie bastard

The weathers very mild in the Midlands, winters are cool but little if any snow or frosts , summers seem warmer now , spring and autumn are full of colour .

Originally Posted by Mrs JFW

A question to the OP

...just out of interest did you live anywhere else in Oz other than Perth?

Originally Posted by pommie bastard

No did not , but met loads of Poms who had and finished up in Perth , sad to say .They all seemed to think Perth had the only true Aussie life style , boring and bloody pointless life stuck at the arse end of nowhere in a faceless land.

Originally Posted by pommie bastard

No did not , but met loads of Poms who had and finished up in Perth , sad to say .They all seemed to think Perth had the only true Aussie life style , boring and bloody pointless life stuck at the arse end of nowhere in a faceless land.

Originally Posted by Suni&Jay

Maybe he's still got his rose tinted spec's on ;)
or theres another W.mids to the one I live in :rolleyes:


:D

Suni

Originally Posted by pommie bastard

No did not , but met loads of Poms who had and finished up in Perth , sad to say .They all seemed to think Perth had the only true Aussie life style , boring and bloody pointless life stuck at the arse end of nowhere in a faceless land.

Originally Posted by pommie bastard

Sad to say I do not live in the West Midlands ,if you do not like where you live wanting top move 12000 miles away shows how limited your view of the UK is or even life in general ?
No worries pal Australia excepts all after you fill in the odd form and part with a few quid .

Originally Posted by gsb

I guess you will be sticking around eh PB?

Originally Posted by gsb

It is good to see that somemthings in life are truly consistent....or should that be people..... :D

I guess you will be sticking around eh PB?

Originally Posted by Hutch

Well, life's just such a non-stop roller coaster of thrills in the wild west midlands, what else would you do? Harpenden must be the same ... ;)