Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138693)

Thank you kindly! Don't forget the rose petals now!

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7138701)

I'm sorry. That went without saying.

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138729)

YOU TWO -- kiss and make up, we dont want mod's here to put people in the sin bin, i know i have tried to get there, but come on

New Year - Good will to all men/women and funny stuff :eek::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138729)

YOU TWO -- kiss and make up, we dont want mod's here to put people in the sin bin, i know i have tried to get there, but come on

New Year - Good will to all men/women and funny stuff :eek::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138747)

I'm happy:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138763)

Oh do behave Moonie!!! you will put the Mods out of a job.......;):p

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138775)

U PICKING ON ME NOW - :cry_smile::cry_smile::cry_smile::cry_smile::cry_s mile::cry_smile::cry_smile:

Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138781)

Who me.......god no i am not that brave.........:rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138801)

Brian is in the sin bin where he belongs!!:rofl::rofl::eek::eek:

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138792)

STAMP STAMP STAMP....off to tell the mod's over you.......................


Right back to OP topic..............
Missing the uk.....no its a hell hole, wouldnt move back there :eek::wub:

Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138812)

The karma has bitten him on the backside :eek:

Ok back on topic lol!!:lol:

Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138822)

I wouldn't go back either.......especially to Basingstoke.......:p:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Originally Posted by moondevil (Post 7138826)

o no.....i like brian, he is a love, what was the topic anyway :confused:
topic - that nice bar of chocolate with peanuts in :unsure:

Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138834)

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

Originally Posted by act1980 (Post 7138834)

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

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:

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

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7138883)

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.

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:

Originally Posted by Rainey69 (Post 7138897)

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

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7138883)

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.

Originally Posted by ann m (Post 7138968)

Malt loaf.

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:

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7139023)

They had Battenburg cake too.;)

Originally Posted by ann m (Post 7138968)

Malt loaf.

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:

Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7138567)

Thank you Rainey...it is sometimes hard to get my thoughts across without seeming bitter to everyone. It's the helplessness and being stuck without a way out that has turned me bitter and negative....I don't mean to be. Thanks for seeing through that :wub:

Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7138528)

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:

Aww Bless her I hope she's OK. When does she come home? Henry was too tired to dream last night, but he's been running in his sleep tonight

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. :unsure:

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7139601)

...... but to write with bitterness against the Canadian way suggests that the rest of us have no idea what we're doing by being here.

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7139601)

some though seem to have difficulty in accepting posts in this context, feel personally insulted and go on the offensive.

It's not always what you say (write), it's how you say (write) it. Anyone with a degree of intelligence realizes that opinions differ, sometimes greatly, and that's a good thing, but to write with bitterness against the Canadian way suggests that the rest of us have no idea what we're doing by being here.

Originally Posted by brianscottie43 (Post 7139601)

some though seem to have difficulty in accepting posts in this context, feel personally insulted and go on the offensive.

It's not always what you say (write), it's how you say (write) it. Anyone with a degree of intelligence realizes that opinions differ, sometimes greatly, and that's a good thing, but to write with bitterness against the Canadian way suggests that the rest of us have no idea what we're doing by being here.

Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7141526)

Look...it's called giving a "balanced view"....I don't make these things up just to be awkward and stir up a load of codswallop!! I've had my frustrations in AB, ON & BC - from my perspective, it's a Canada-wide thing. I know the UK has many frustrations itself....but we are talking about us Expats are missing about the UK here on this thread - remember that!! I posted my two-penneth of what I miss about the UK compared to what's not to be found over here and look at the grief you give me! Sorry brianscottie....you can love every goddamn thing about Canada you want, but it ISN'T perfect and not Utopia!! The UK, despite it's negativity, does offer things that, hands down, pish on Canada!! I've said it before and I'll say it again...all those Brits in the throes of their immigration to here...you simply cannot expect to come here thinking it's going to solve all your problems by "escaping the UK and all it's crap" because Canada has it's own crap too! Hey, and even my bloody Canadian counsellor fed me that line yesterday too :p

Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 7139672)

Originally Posted by Ruby Murray (Post 7141526)

Look...it's called giving a "balanced view"....I don't make these things up just to be awkward and stir up a load of codswallop!! I've had my frustrations in AB, ON & BC - from my perspective, it's a Canada-wide thing. I know the UK has many frustrations itself....but we are talking about us Expats are missing about the UK here on this thread - remember that!! I posted my two-penneth of what I miss about the UK compared to what's not to be found over here and look at the grief you give me! Sorry brianscottie....you can love every goddamn thing about Canada you want, but it ISN'T perfect and not Utopia!! The UK, despite it's negativity, does offer things that, hands down, pish on Canada!! I've said it before and I'll say it again...all those Brits in the throes of their immigration to here...you simply cannot expect to come here thinking it's going to solve all your problems by "escaping the UK and all it's crap" because Canada has it's own crap too! Hey, and even my bloody Canadian counsellor fed me that line yesterday too :p