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iaink Oct 8th 2013 1:38 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 10934125)
I rarely come in the Canniversary section as it smells like Facebook. But best of luck Mike.

^^^ What he said:)

Good Luck Mike, wherever life takes you.

MillieF Oct 8th 2013 12:19 pm

Re: 10 years and going back
 
What can one say....damned if one does, damned faintly if one doesn't:confused:

Very best of luck in you future endeavors.

Tootlepootle Oct 9th 2013 5:26 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 10934073)
Sounds good. And you've even missed the UK recession.

Bournville is lovely! Lived in Harborne for 10 years. Nice part of Birmingham.

MikeUK Oct 9th 2013 8:04 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Tootlepootle (Post 10937535)
Bournville is lovely! Lived in Harborne for 10 years. Nice part of Birmingham.

Thanks, will take note of that and send on to to my better half, she's working Rightmove.co.uk rather hard at the moment...

haggis88 Oct 12th 2013 2:47 pm

Re: 10 years and going back
 
Is work the only thing taking you back?

Former Lancastrian Oct 12th 2013 3:30 pm

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by haggis88 (Post 10941984)
Is work the only thing taking you back?

Probably an aircraft involved at some stage;)

Tootlepootle Oct 13th 2013 3:49 pm

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Tootlepootle (Post 10937535)
Bournville is lovely! Lived in Harborne for 10 years. Nice part of Birmingham.

Message if you want any more info. We still have a lot of friends in the area

scootb Oct 14th 2013 10:20 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 10934073)
Sounds good. And you've even missed the UK recession.

Missed it?
Its ongoing mate,and will continue for years to come yet,so not missed at all.

christmasoompa Oct 14th 2013 10:38 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by scootb (Post 10944280)
Missed it?
Its ongoing mate,and will continue for years to come yet,so not missed at all.

:confused: the recession ended a year ago, did you not get the memo? :lol:

Still tougher times than before the recession, but economy is slowly improving, same as in Canada really.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...ecasts-economy

christmasoompa Oct 14th 2013 10:44 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Tootlepootle (Post 10937535)
Bournville is lovely! Lived in Harborne for 10 years. Nice part of Birmingham.

An oxymoron, surely?! As a Brummie and another former Harborne resident, I'm allowed to say that. ;):lol:

scootb Oct 14th 2013 11:03 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 10944303)
:confused: the recession ended a year ago, did you not get the memo? :lol:

Still tougher times than before the recession, but economy is slowly improving, same as in Canada really.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...ecasts-economy

NEVER believe all you read in the papers,try telling the average UK working man that the recession has ended,I remember some idiot on the radio a couple of years ago trying to say that the UK was out of recession.
As long as the EU is economically unstable there will be a recession,I fail to see the UK recovering fully for at least a decade.

They tried to speed up the countries joining the EU before they all had economies of the same level.

Tootlepootle Oct 14th 2013 4:28 pm

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 10944308)
An oxymoron, surely?! As a Brummie and another former Harborne resident, I'm allowed to say that. ;):lol:

Ha! I have a big soft spot for Brum, maybe it was because i was young and carefree! where did you live?

MikeUK Oct 15th 2013 4:30 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by Tootlepootle (Post 10943084)
Message if you want any more info. We still have a lot of friends in the area

Will do, Thanks

MikeUK Oct 15th 2013 4:41 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by scootb (Post 10944321)
NEVER believe all you read in the papers,try telling the average UK working man that the recession has ended,I remember some idiot on the radio a couple of years ago trying to say that the UK was out of recession.
As long as the EU is economically unstable there will be a recession,I fail to see the UK recovering fully for at least a decade.
They tried to speed up the countries joining the EU before they all had economies of the same level.

Don’t really care about opinions either personal or in the papers

For what I do there’s a growth in vacancies in Europe and in the US, but not in Canada, from what I see Canada’s not investing, others are, I follow the work.. (but the wife doesn’t want to go to the states)

I also took the liberty of re-writing your last line ” As long as the USA is economically unstable there will be a recession, I fail to see Canada recovering fully for at least a decade.”

The global economies are all interlinked

christmasoompa Oct 15th 2013 5:32 am

Re: 10 years and going back
 

Originally Posted by scootb (Post 10944321)
NEVER believe all you read in the papers,try telling the average UK working man that the recession has ended,

I *am* the average UK working man (well, woman), and things are definitely improving. Houses are suddenly selling quickly, at least where I am, and somebody I know that lost their job in the recession has found work again.

I'm not relying on the papers, I'm going on experience and the official figures that show that employment is up, house prices are on the rise again, etc. Having said that, I suspect it's probably a different story 'oop North', as there seems to be the usual North/South divide.

But I was simply correcting your statement of fact that the recession is 'ongoing', which isn't true. Or do you know something that the Bank of England and IMF don't?!? :lol:

As Mike's done above with your statement about the EU/UK and US/Canada, you can also do the same with newspaper articles in both countries. The one I linked to above is pretty much exactly the same as this Canadian one from yesterday!! http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...g_economy.html)


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