Had it with this place - do not move here
Jan 9th 2010, 3:15 am
#346
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Jan 9th 2010, 3:47 am
#347
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Jan 9th 2010, 5:49 am
#348
half a century
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Jan 9th 2010, 6:01 am
#349
Bon Vivant
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Jan 9th 2010, 9:30 am
#350
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Posted by me in September-
So, you have a nice middle-class or better lifestyle in a nice part of England/Scotland/Wales/NI. You own or are buying a nice house, you both have or one of you has a good job with an income(s) sufficient to support your lifestyle/family. You get 30-40 days vacation a year and take two or more family vacations each year. Two cars are on your driveway and you have all the boy’s/girl’s toys you want. Your children are happy in and doing well in school. You’re close physically to your families and value that greatly.
So why are you contemplating abandoning all this and travelling between 3,000 and 10,000 miles to move to Canada/Australia/New Zealand for, hopefully, a similar or perhaps slightly better lifestyle? The move will cost you a considerable amount of money to say nothing of the stress factors involved for all in the family.
There are a number of people on this site who have posted describing such a UK lifestyle. So what's in it for you?__________________
So, you have a nice middle-class or better lifestyle in a nice part of England/Scotland/Wales/NI. You own or are buying a nice house, you both have or one of you has a good job with an income(s) sufficient to support your lifestyle/family. You get 30-40 days vacation a year and take two or more family vacations each year. Two cars are on your driveway and you have all the boy’s/girl’s toys you want. Your children are happy in and doing well in school. You’re close physically to your families and value that greatly.
So why are you contemplating abandoning all this and travelling between 3,000 and 10,000 miles to move to Canada/Australia/New Zealand for, hopefully, a similar or perhaps slightly better lifestyle? The move will cost you a considerable amount of money to say nothing of the stress factors involved for all in the family.
There are a number of people on this site who have posted describing such a UK lifestyle. So what's in it for you?__________________
sometimes in life you have to take a chance on discovering new adventures and ok its not Sir Walter Raliegh stuff but its still an adventure, no point going if you don't want/like change The Mountie from Due South?
[/QUOTE]Oooooowwww yes
[QUOTE=AmyDavid;8230070] ooooowwww yes please
white Christmas and hot summers we hope skiing etc etc always wanted more than half an hour on a snowmobile
its exciting to meet new people, i know things will not always be what we want but am willing to give it a go .pretty craaap TV here and thats with sky, could always try that old fashioned thing and do something else ?
Jan 9th 2010, 9:41 am
#351
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
"I am moving back to Canada because I am tired. I have been here far too long-longer than I ever expected. I hate the weather the gloom and the public transport. I hate how expensive things are and how crowded everything is here. There many MANY other reasons why I want to leave although some are more to do with me personally to be fair. I miss my Uncle, my Grandma my Cosines and Hockey Night in Canada. I miss cold snowy winter mornings and white Christmas' I miss Toronto, I miss North American TV AND Goldfish crackers. I miss Thanksgiving dinners. I miss Canada, I miss home."
...surely not the TV?
It is almost the mirror forum of this one!
Jan 9th 2010, 10:13 am
#353
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
A Canadian, from the same forum again:
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But I miss shovelling the driveway! I miss snow - Fullstop (to sound British for a second). I was in Scotland all winter last year and still barely managed to see snow! I've been here 4 years, and it's not bad, but it'll never be home. That'll always be Canada.
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But I miss shovelling the driveway! I miss snow - Fullstop (to sound British for a second). I was in Scotland all winter last year and still barely managed to see snow! I've been here 4 years, and it's not bad, but it'll never be home. That'll always be Canada.
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Jan 9th 2010, 1:34 pm
#355
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
A Canadian, from the same forum again:
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But I miss shovelling the driveway! I miss snow - Fullstop (to sound British for a second). I was in Scotland all winter last year and still barely managed to see snow! I've been here 4 years, and it's not bad, but it'll never be home. That'll always be Canada.
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But I miss shovelling the driveway! I miss snow - Fullstop (to sound British for a second). I was in Scotland all winter last year and still barely managed to see snow! I've been here 4 years, and it's not bad, but it'll never be home. That'll always be Canada.
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Jan 9th 2010, 5:59 pm
#356
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Jan 9th 2010, 6:04 pm
#357
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Still pays me to google before making baseless assumptions.
Jan 9th 2010, 6:46 pm
#358
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Re: Had it with this place - do not move here
Jan 9th 2010, 11:14 pm
#360
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