How do you deal with Brexit friends
Dec 17th 2019, 7:26 am
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It has just hit me ..... are we being targeted because my wife is Hungarian. I honestly don't know how many of our neigbours know my wife is Hungarian! As per my previous post I suspect we are being targeted because we are profoundly deaf ..... but I'm thinking ..... maybe it's because my wife is Hungarian! When we first moved here back in 2006 at the railway station I was quite shocked to realise how "white" all the passengers were! I used to live in Surbiton, near Kingston which had a more diverse community. This adds another angle to what we are experiencing!
Dec 17th 2019, 7:51 am
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Re: How do you deal with Brexit friends
Is this thread a wind up..? It reads almost like something out of a cartoon comedy.
How to deal with Brexit friends..? what the *%^£ kind of stupid question to start a thread with is that mate..?
Why would anyone target you for a vendetta because you are deaf..? or because your wife is Hungarian..? However.... in either case, if true, harassment is still a designated crime in Britain which can be legally actioned upon, see link.
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidanc...and-harassment
Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.
Forgive me if I'm getting the wrong end of the stick with this next one, but what the bloody hell is wrong with being white in a white majority country..? I get that you might be trying to have a little dig at Farage or whoever it was who originally made that rather daft comment but it's a bit of a weak joke which might easily backfire on you tbh, and repeating things like that in a public forum where widely differing opinions prevail on such a massive and sensitive issue just add fuel to the fire and are maybe just a wee bit inflammatory...maybe you should take this to the TIO forum..??
Would you perchance be equally "shocked" at the "blackness " of the passengers on the public transport system in Nigeria for example..? I seriously doubt it.
How to deal with Brexit friends..? what the *%^£ kind of stupid question to start a thread with is that mate..?
Why would anyone target you for a vendetta because you are deaf..? or because your wife is Hungarian..? However.... in either case, if true, harassment is still a designated crime in Britain which can be legally actioned upon, see link.
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidanc...and-harassment
Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.
Forgive me if I'm getting the wrong end of the stick with this next one, but what the bloody hell is wrong with being white in a white majority country..? I get that you might be trying to have a little dig at Farage or whoever it was who originally made that rather daft comment but it's a bit of a weak joke which might easily backfire on you tbh, and repeating things like that in a public forum where widely differing opinions prevail on such a massive and sensitive issue just add fuel to the fire and are maybe just a wee bit inflammatory...maybe you should take this to the TIO forum..??
Would you perchance be equally "shocked" at the "blackness " of the passengers on the public transport system in Nigeria for example..? I seriously doubt it.
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Dec 18th 2019, 8:19 am
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Re: How do you deal with Brexit friends
Thanks for all your comments. No offence taken. As to myself I have always felt they had got the EU immigration isssue wrongly. I am still in touch with those friends but having having less conversations with them!
I agree with Jake White on his comments 'Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.'
Hopefully, next few weeks we will know if the owner of a property we are interested in will sell. Hopefully, we will sell our property quickly but doubt this will happen.
I agree with Jake White on his comments 'Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.'
Hopefully, next few weeks we will know if the owner of a property we are interested in will sell. Hopefully, we will sell our property quickly but doubt this will happen.
Dec 18th 2019, 9:12 am
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Re: How do you deal with Brexit friends
Thanks for all your comments. No offence taken. As to myself I have always felt they had got the EU immigration isssue wrongly. I am still in touch with those friends but having having less conversations with them!
I agree with Jake White on his comments 'Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.'
Hopefully, next few weeks we will know if the owner of a property we are interested in will sell. Hopefully, we will sell our property quickly but doubt this will happen.
I agree with Jake White on his comments 'Most neighbours from hell are simply that - utter morons and control freaks who want to dominate and rule with a degree of tyranny, and like all bullies will likely back down if challenged robustly.'
Hopefully, next few weeks we will know if the owner of a property we are interested in will sell. Hopefully, we will sell our property quickly but doubt this will happen.
Dec 18th 2019, 9:18 am
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We sold our flat within one week (good) but buying has been a nightmare (the target flat has legal issues attached), finally, after 2 months we did a deal on an alternative, moving late January. Good news is this is the last move we will ever make!
Dec 18th 2019, 9:23 am
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I wish you could have come over here last week to sort out our real estate problems!
We sold our flat within one week (good) but buying has been a nightmare (the target flat has legal issues attached), finally, after 2 months we did a deal on an alternative, moving late January. Good news is this is the last move we will ever make!
We sold our flat within one week (good) but buying has been a nightmare (the target flat has legal issues attached), finally, after 2 months we did a deal on an alternative, moving late January. Good news is this is the last move we will ever make!
Dec 18th 2019, 9:27 am
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Dec 18th 2019, 9:32 am
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Dec 18th 2019, 9:51 am
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Dec 18th 2019, 10:01 am
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Dec 18th 2019, 10:10 am
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Ah, I see. Well that's a bit of a bugger. Hopefully a huge bloke with 3 rottweillers takes a fancy to your house, your neighbours would be begging you to come back.
Dec 18th 2019, 10:32 am
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No way willl we be coming back. My wife's parents need some help with every day tasks, i.e. including getting the shopping and helping around their property. There are other family living nearby but they are quite pushed to visit and check on them on a daily basis other neighbours have rallied round to help out. I've also been spoilt having visited Hungary so many times since 2003.