I LOVE the UK
Aug 12th 2012, 8:28 pm
#61
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Re: I LOVE the UK
Ummm.. Because its usually wet and its dark by 3.30 pm....
But thats also one of the joys for me of a uk christmas.... Curled up in front of a roaring log fire and it being dark and cold and wet and miserable outside..
In my 39 years in the uk I believe the odds on it being a white christmas were 6% ..... Yet I remember it snowing EVERY christmas when I was a child... And building snowmen and chestnuts roasting on an open fire....
The reality is that snow happens mainly in january and february... And bright crisp winter days are few and far between in december...
But thats also one of the joys for me of a uk christmas.... Curled up in front of a roaring log fire and it being dark and cold and wet and miserable outside..
In my 39 years in the uk I believe the odds on it being a white christmas were 6% ..... Yet I remember it snowing EVERY christmas when I was a child... And building snowmen and chestnuts roasting on an open fire....
The reality is that snow happens mainly in january and february... And bright crisp winter days are few and far between in december...
Aug 12th 2012, 9:29 pm
#62
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Re: I LOVE the UK
though lets face it... if you are chained to the cooker then kitchen sink for most of the day..who cares what its doing outside
Aug 13th 2012, 9:22 am
#63
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Re: I LOVE the UK
Did people not have central heating in the UK and have it on at Christmas time?
It's cooler in our house here at Christmas time than it was in our house in the UK - it's a different matter if I venture outside, obviously, but I don't tend to do my turkey on the barbie.
Oh, and I loved both my life in the UK and our lives in Qld and NSW. Just in case.
Aug 13th 2012, 5:45 pm
#64
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Re: I LOVE the UK
UK will always be home no matter where else you move to
Aug 13th 2012, 7:39 pm
#65
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Re: I LOVE the UK
Surely home is where you make it? For us, it's wherever we are, together. Might not seem much, but for us, it'll be the first time in 10 years we'll be together properly.
I'll come back in 6 months and let you know if I feel the same
I'll come back in 6 months and let you know if I feel the same
Aug 13th 2012, 7:41 pm
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Aug 14th 2012, 3:36 pm
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Re: I LOVE the UK
On this one, I think Chris has the right to call it - he may consider it home because his parents did. And it depends on his upbringing. You don't have to even like, or want to visit a place to consider it 'home'.
A 'homeland' can be in a child's head generations after the family moved, past the point where the child wants to live there - only cultural references remain.
I consider the UK to be where I was brought up and lived the first part of my professional life - but here is home, as I married here, established a family home here - and had children here - and indeed, infact established my career as it is heading - which are big life events.
A 'homeland' can be in a child's head generations after the family moved, past the point where the child wants to live there - only cultural references remain.
I consider the UK to be where I was brought up and lived the first part of my professional life - but here is home, as I married here, established a family home here - and had children here - and indeed, infact established my career as it is heading - which are big life events.
Aug 14th 2012, 4:15 pm
#72
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Re: I LOVE the UK
England isn't home. Home was the house I grew up in. Home is where I am now with my family. It's a house thing as opposed to a place thing.
Aug 14th 2012, 7:41 pm
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Aug 14th 2012, 7:42 pm
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Re: I LOVE the UK
On this one, I think Chris has the right to call it - he may consider it home because his parents did. And it depends on his upbringing. You don't have to even like, or want to visit a place to consider it 'home'.
A 'homeland' can be in a child's head generations after the family moved, past the point where the child wants to live there - only cultural references remain.
I consider the UK to be where I was brought up and lived the first part of my professional life - but here is home, as I married here, established a family home here - and had children here - and indeed, infact established my career as it is heading - which are big life events.
A 'homeland' can be in a child's head generations after the family moved, past the point where the child wants to live there - only cultural references remain.
I consider the UK to be where I was brought up and lived the first part of my professional life - but here is home, as I married here, established a family home here - and had children here - and indeed, infact established my career as it is heading - which are big life events.
