Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
#166
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Oh, I bet this is a huge problem. Instead of five minutes of adverts there's a five minute leap forward in the action. It'd only work for the most superficial viewing. Do you mainly watch Cheech and Chong, Steve_?
#167
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Then, of course, when the show does come back from an ad break here, they put a bloody great caption advertising some other show across the bottom of the screen, obscuring something that might have some relevance to the plot - a document, letter, photo of a suspect or something.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
#168
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Then, of course, when the show does come back from an ad break here, they put a bloody great caption advertising some other show across the bottom of the screen, obscuring something that might have some relevance to the plot - a document, letter, photo of a suspect or something.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
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Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
Then, of course, when the show does come back from an ad break here, they put a bloody great caption advertising some other show across the bottom of the screen, obscuring something that might have some relevance to the plot - a document, letter, photo of a suspect or something.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
Imagine reading a book and at the start of a chapter, some text is covered up with an ad for another book.
#172
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Some people, myself included, believe that it is possible to have both snow ploughs and cat's eyes but, yes, perceived incompatibility is the reason that the 401 is not ploughed and, instead, really tall cat's eyes are used to tower above the accumulated snow.
#173
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Only if you consider having a landline from said company the same thing as well. Haven't watched much telly on it lately.
#175
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What on a digital landline?
I know it's the same coax but it's not the same service. Which is why they're listed separately on the bill.
I know it's the same coax but it's not the same service. Which is why they're listed separately on the bill.
#176
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Dunno. It's a wire, strung from poles, that goes into the house and along the skirting board. It ends at a box and there's the option to plug a telephone into the other side of the box; if you do that voices come out. We don't get voices, we get episodes of True Blood.
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Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
But you are looking to move to Canada (again) to escape these perceived issues, when there are places a lot closer to home that you could try. Doesnt have to be Beds, my brother in Surrey, 30 mins from the city, also wouldnt recognise your description. Of course, thats not a cheap place to live, but then neither is Vancouver either.
FWIW many of my old mans neighbours commute the 1hr to London daily
FWIW many of my old mans neighbours commute the 1hr to London daily
I am still in the UK and have lived in Lancashire, Kent and Hampshire and have travelled around. There are some gorgeous areas, but they are well out of your average persons price range....
Crime is not the only problem here, the UK is now massively over crowded.
Some of those who have left the UK do seem to look back on it with a nostalgia of sort and perhaps remember the UK of old...
Im sure most experience no crime or trouble when visiting, but im sure you are aware, visiting somewhere is not quite the same as living there....just my 2 pence worth
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Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
Thank you El_Richo, but I have not actually visited Canada yet.
I am not trying to say that Canada is better than the UK, how could I possible know I haven't even visited let alone lived there, but I wouldn't mind finding out.
All I know is that the UK to me just doesn't feel like a very safe place right and seems to be getting worse.
But hey ho one mans heaven another mans hell and all that. Suppose it all depends on what you want out of life.
I am not trying to say that Canada is better than the UK, how could I possible know I haven't even visited let alone lived there, but I wouldn't mind finding out.
All I know is that the UK to me just doesn't feel like a very safe place right and seems to be getting worse.
But hey ho one mans heaven another mans hell and all that. Suppose it all depends on what you want out of life.
#180
Re: Your observations when visiting UK from Canada !
Thank you El_Richo, but I have not actually visited Canada yet.
I am not trying to say that Canada is better than the UK, how could I possible know I haven't even visited let alone lived there, but I wouldn't mind finding out.
All I know is that the UK to me just doesn't feel like a very safe place right and seems to be getting worse.
But hey ho one mans heaven another mans hell and all that. Suppose it all depends on what you want out of life.
I am not trying to say that Canada is better than the UK, how could I possible know I haven't even visited let alone lived there, but I wouldn't mind finding out.
All I know is that the UK to me just doesn't feel like a very safe place right and seems to be getting worse.
But hey ho one mans heaven another mans hell and all that. Suppose it all depends on what you want out of life.
I live in a small town hundreds of kilometers from a city so it's like going back in time. We only lock the back door at night because it's logical rather than because we feel we need to.
Our 6 year old plays on the street without me worrying about him and his school had even suggested he could walk home on his own!!! Only a block or so...
Whereas in the large cities there is bound to be more to worry about, even from the point of view of the traffic for example.
I feel safer walking around town after dark here than I did in the UK but that could quite simply be because I live in the back of beyond now!!!