What do you miss from where you came from?
Dec 5th 2016, 11:29 pm
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Well thats a weird combination! 
Having just gone round a lot of places looking for a vaguely decent Christmas card for Snoop, I failed... No, I didnt, the shops did. Canadian cards are simply dreadful- the sort of cards you would have seen in the UK in the 70s -sooo old fashioned, schmaltzy and
making.
British cards from WHSmith...that is what I miss! Funny cards, genuinely funny not Canadian "funny", cards which have an edge to the humour sometimes
Or is it just me?
Having just gone round a lot of places looking for a vaguely decent Christmas card for Snoop, I failed... No, I didnt, the shops did. Canadian cards are simply dreadful- the sort of cards you would have seen in the UK in the 70s -sooo old fashioned, schmaltzy and
making.British cards from WHSmith...that is what I miss! Funny cards, genuinely funny not Canadian "funny", cards which have an edge to the humour sometimes
Or is it just me?
Dec 6th 2016, 9:37 am
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
. Lewis & Cooper's own blends for me. Sainsbury's own label at a pinch 
. Loose leaf, of course 
Dec 6th 2016, 9:52 am
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
I think 3 locals. All dreadful. We leave the radio on for Derek the budgie to sing along to and they just play the same damn 10 records again and again. At work the girls have Sirrius 80s and 90s music on in the background....what's that about? 
As with most other things in Canada, everything is so damned retro 
Why can't you get Stotties anymore bats? Because you don't travel to the North East when you go?
As with most other things in Canada, everything is so damned retro Why can't you get Stotties anymore bats? Because you don't travel to the North East when you go?
(Actually I'm not. I don't discriminate - I hate everyone equally)
Dec 6th 2016, 10:04 am
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Well thats a weird combination!
Having just gone round a lot of places looking for a vaguely decent Christmas card for Snoop, I failed... No, I didnt, the shops did. Canadian cards are simply dreadful- the sort of cards you would have seen in the UK in the 70s -sooo old fashioned, schmaltzy and making.
British cards from WHSmith...that is what I miss! Funny cards, genuinely funny not Canadian "funny", cards which have an edge to the humour sometimes
Or is it just me?
Having just gone round a lot of places looking for a vaguely decent Christmas card for Snoop, I failed... No, I didnt, the shops did. Canadian cards are simply dreadful- the sort of cards you would have seen in the UK in the 70s -sooo old fashioned, schmaltzy and
making.British cards from WHSmith...that is what I miss! Funny cards, genuinely funny not Canadian "funny", cards which have an edge to the humour sometimes
Or is it just me?
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Dec 6th 2016, 10:35 am
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Perhaps Canadians actually do something with whatever the occasion is as opposed to sending a poxy card.
Oh such and such died I will send a card as Im a Brit.
Oh such and such died I will go round or phone them to give them condolences.
See the difference.
Oh and don't bother sending me a card saying you disapprove of my comment
Dec 6th 2016, 12:32 pm
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Has anyone thought that maybe Canadians don't do cards like the Brits hence the alleged abysmal selection.
Perhaps Canadians actually do something with whatever the occasion is as opposed to sending a poxy card.
Oh such and such died I will send a card as Im a Brit.
Oh such and such died I will go round or phone them to give them condolences.
See the difference.
Oh and don't bother sending me a card saying you disapprove of my comment
Perhaps Canadians actually do something with whatever the occasion is as opposed to sending a poxy card.
Oh such and such died I will send a card as Im a Brit.
Oh such and such died I will go round or phone them to give them condolences.
See the difference.
Oh and don't bother sending me a card saying you disapprove of my comment
To each their own, I suppose. :Shrug:.
Dec 6th 2016, 1:24 pm
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
I came here in 1966 from Glasgow. Why would I miss anything from that era or from that place. I've been back many times over the years and never once regretted leaving it. I've been all over the world and never have found a city more dreich, damp and grey and populated by people using a language with which I am most unfamiliar.
Dec 6th 2016, 1:25 pm
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Save the trees, no cards accepted without money enclosed.
Dec 6th 2016, 1:40 pm
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
And then missed The Lisbon Lions the year after.