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Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138834)

Oh you know Basingstoke? It's Britains dumping ground lol!!:blink:

Thought that was the sin bin.....basingstoke
Rainey you said you'd just come back from basingstoke....u lied to me

right better go, hubby thinks im well busy today...Attachment 77030

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138848)

Yep i do.........i don't know if i would go that far.....Portsmouth is more the dumping ground!!!:lol::lol:

Been out there a few times!! Not the greatest is it!! Hence why I wanna leave the UK!! So many 'dumping grounds':rofl::rofl:

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138854)

Thought that was the sin bin.....basingstoke
Rainey you said you'd just come back from basingstoke....u lied to me

right better go, hubby thinks im well busy today...Attachment 77030

:rofl::rofl:

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Well at least you have figured out why all these people want to move to Canada, the service is out of this world!!

Please don't get me started on customer service. That's a truly hot issue with me. Actually customer service in Canada is quite good and IMO considerably better than in UK. Having said that, much improvement still needed.

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7138883)

Thats what I just said! :p You've got it mastered though what with the mat and rose petals!!

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138866)

Been out there a few times!! Not the greatest is it!! Hence why I wanna leave the UK!! So many 'dumping grounds':rofl::rofl:

Tis the reason i left......;):rofl::rofl:

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138897)

Tis the reason i left......;):rofl::rofl:

And I am yet to follow!:D

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7138883)

I disagree with that. I have found it to be polite but ineffective. Nothing happens, nothing can be done and everyone smiles about it.

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 7138968)

Malt loaf.

Expensive but available, at least it was last time I was in the store. :eek::D

The British Shop in the small shopping centre across from Northland Volkswagon in NW Calgary.

They had Battenburg cake too.;)

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7138528)

Brianscottie....I know I probably do come across as sounding very bitter and anti-Canada, but I'm not totally. There is still an awful lot here that I do love, and believe me, I doubt and double check myself every minute of the day if giving what I have up here and returning to my old life in the UK is what I really want to do permanently. Missing my parents & my sister who I'm so close with, and her kids has really affected me more since losing my father in law exactly one year ago. It was very traumatic to be over here and get "that phone call at 4am", struggling with the grief, arranging for the flight home, worrying about the money, etc..and it dawned on me that I don't think I could cope with another phone call like that. I would be an absolute basket case if it was for one of my family members. Only my decision to go back home wasn't as simple as that...my OH didn't want to entertain the idea of jacking everything in here so it's been a year of fights and arguments - a power struggle for Canada-v-UK.

I sound bitter purely because I'm powerless in being able to move back home due to my OH and the housing price crash/recession here and it's like I'm being forced to stay here.:unsure:

Sounds as though you are stuck between a rock and a hard place Ruby:ohmy:

It must be really difficult when you and your OH aren't in agreement about moving back:frown:

Best of luck in sorting out your problems:)

Jo

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7139023)

They had Battenburg cake too.;)

I mentioned once in passing that I "didn't mind" Battenburg to the mother in law - next time I went there she had 4 of them for me to eat :eek:

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 7138968)

Malt loaf.

Called granny loaf in our house

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I was chatting away to my mum yesterday (phone card, had 12 hours to talk only got 1.5 hr before it cut us off :thumbdown:) ..

Anyway,she was like, "i have sent you a food parcel", im thinking oh yeah, malt loaf, roast chic crisps, Knorr soup, mushy peas, dumpling mix ..

She told me what she had sent which was .. bless her ..

Doritos (lightly salted) .. Carr's water crackers and brandy snaps ..

I didnt have the heart to tell her that i prefer the crisps here, that i have in my cupboard Carr's pepper crackers, which are better than the plain ones .. BUT i had forgot just how much i had missed the brandy snaps (remember to buy some cream) so i will eat all of those immediately and not share with anyone ..
Hurry up postman ...:thumbup:

Re: Missing the UK?

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Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7138528)

Aww Piff..cheers mate :wub::wub: You're the only one this side of the Atlantic beside "W" & the kids that know what I've really gone through these past couple of years. It's hard enough trying to express your experiences, reasons and differences here on the B.E., but my homelife is also like living an Expats forum as you well know!! :( Thanks for sticking by me and supporting me...you have the patience of a saint and are my Agony Aunt in the flesh ;)

P.S. Luna loved yesterday...I hope she's dreaming of all that running now while she rests in her kennel following her operation today...just phoned the vets now and it went very well :thumbsup:

Brianscottie....I know I probably do come across as sounding very bitter and anti-Canada, but I'm not totally. There is still an awful lot here that I do love, and believe me, I doubt and double check myself every minute of the day if giving what I have up here and returning to my old life in the UK is what I really want to do permanently. Missing my parents & my sister who I'm so close with, and her kids has really affected me more since losing my father in law exactly one year ago. It was very traumatic to be over here and get "that phone call at 4am", struggling with the grief, arranging for the flight home, worrying about the money, etc..and it dawned on me that I don't think I could cope with another phone call like that. I would be an absolute basket case if it was for one of my family members. Only my decision to go back home wasn't as simple as that...my OH didn't want to entertain the idea of jacking everything in here so it's been a year of fights and arguments - a power struggle for Canada-v-UK.

I sound bitter purely because I'm powerless in being able to move back home due to my OH and the housing price crash/recession here and it's like I'm being forced to stay here.:unsure:

Ruby, I'm truly sorry to hear about your dilemma. Those of us who have been here any length of time know only too well how it feels to get that call, and the awful feeling if you don't get back in time. Trust me, I know only too well. Still, you can't get bitter at Canada for it. It sounds like you and your OH are really at odds over whether to go or stay and I hope you can find some middle ground. As someone else said, you really do seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Good luck to you, however it may work out. And the financial picture will improve, just hang in there.