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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by jimf
(Post 9774567)
Is London/Birmingham 2011 very much different to Toronto/Vancouver2011. Is UK 2011 very much different to Canada 2011? I suspect not.
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774601)
So what do you suggest that someone who is bored (and homesick) in a foreign country do? Anyone who is bored yet doesn't get up and out to do something about it should say that.
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
So where are you off to Novocastrian? :o
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774601)
So what do you suggest that someone who is bored and homesick in a foreign country do? Anyone who is bored yet doesn't get up and out to do something about it should say that. It certainly puts all their whining into perspective for everyone else. Maybe that inability or unwillingness to help themselves is the real source of their unhappiness and not the country they find themselves in.
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774601)
So what do you suggest that someone who is bored and homesick in a foreign country do? Anyone who is bored yet doesn't get up and out to do something about it should say that. It certainly puts all their whining into perspective for everyone else. Maybe that inability or unwillingness to help themselves is the real source of their unhappiness and not the country they find themselves in.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 9774610)
Move to another one. My brackets around homesick.
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774629)
That's certainly a good idea!
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by lmartin999
(Post 9774622)
Who can be arsed to do all this? Is it too much to just want to go to the pub for a few pints after work? I don't want to volunteer or get a hobby (unless it involves an allotment).
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774647)
If you're bored, it's your own fault. Go fix it.
I'm bored with Canada (and North America in general). It's just bloody boring. How do you suggest I fix it? I tried voting and a bit of activism here and there, but it's like screaming in a gagged straight jacket. |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 9774655)
I don't think you're listening. I'm not bored with what I do, or with my friends, with my family, or with my house.
I'm bored with Canada (and North America in general). It's just bloody boring. How do you suggest I fix it? I tried voting and a bit of activism here and there, but it's like screaming in a gagged straight jacket. |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 9774655)
I don't think you're listening. I'm not bored with what I do, or with my friends, with my family, or with my house.
I'm bored with Canada (and North America in general). It's just bloody boring. How do you suggest I fix it? I tried voting and a bit of activism here and there, but it's like screaming in a gagged straight jacket. I don't find much to interest me in the prevailing North American culture. Luckily i work out in the wilderness so i don't have to put up with it :P Plus when i'm back at home i always seem to be able to find something hidden away to interest me, be it lawn bowling clubs (yep i'm weird like that), pubs that do quizzes etc. Actually i intend to organise games tournaments in one of the local pubs. |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Most of the times I have no regrets and would do it again in a heatbeat.
Unlike many, I have plenty of vacation time more than I ever did in the UK. I work for a great company, i have a beautiful home, the family is happy and we have many good friends from all parts of the world. But sometimes, when it is the middle of a winter that seems neverending and it is minus 30 with ice and snow everywhere and I have to go to work, or the middle of summer and I am being eaten alive by mosquitoes ... I wonder why I ever left the UK. If you asked me then, my answer might be different. |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by Silverdragon102
(Post 9773262)
If anything for us we would have come sooner rather than later
No intentions of going back to the UK but will be happier once PR is sorted |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by MarylandNed
(Post 9774659)
Have you tried getting professional help?
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Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by ergyngfeld
(Post 9774675)
What exactly about it bores you?
I don't find much to interest me in the prevailing North American culture. Luckily i work out in the wilderness so i don't have to put up with it :P Plus when i'm back at home i always seem to be able to find something hidden away to interest me, be it lawn bowling clubs (yep i'm weird like that), pubs that do quizzes etc. Actually i intend to organise games tournaments in one of the local pubs. Stick to the wilderness, I'm used to it. |
Re: If you could do it all over again....
Originally Posted by ergyngfeld
(Post 9774675)
What exactly about it bores you?
I don't find much to interest me in the prevailing North American culture. Luckily i work out in the wilderness so i don't have to put up with it :P Plus when i'm back at home i always seem to be able to find something hidden away to interest me, be it lawn bowling clubs (yep i'm weird like that), pubs that do quizzes etc. Actually i intend to organise games tournaments in one of the local pubs. |
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