What do you miss from where you came from?
#76
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Blackbirds singing in privet hedges early in the morning.
#79
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
This place will take care of the 1st two
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They often have 1 or 2 on cask but this week seems to be caskless
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They often have 1 or 2 on cask but this week seems to be caskless
British TV is another thing i miss, although Netflix and other streaming methods now take care of that. That said you still miss out on the adverts too. There have been some classics. The best Canadian/North American ad i have ever seen is for Dos Equis....the most interesting man alive...
You could also add to that British international news coverage....way better
That said not enough for me to even contemplate to move back, im pretty sure ill get by with out all that...small price to pay.
#80
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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
Cards here are full of twee, kitschy, doggerel that would embarrass me to send. Plain cards and writing your own greetings is the only way to go.
Maybe if Canadians don't send cards as you assert it's because they can't abide the trite globs of sentiment printed inside the cards
#81
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
They do send sympathy cards, loads of them, as well as posting online which I find a bit weird.
Cards here are full of twee, kitschy, doggerel that would embarrass me to send. Plain cards and writing your own greetings is the only way to go.
Maybe if Canadians don't send cards as you assert it's because they can't abide the trite globs of sentiment printed inside the cards
Cards here are full of twee, kitschy, doggerel that would embarrass me to send. Plain cards and writing your own greetings is the only way to go.
Maybe if Canadians don't send cards as you assert it's because they can't abide the trite globs of sentiment printed inside the cards
Oh and when I was home in October there were plenty of blank greeting cards available in stores. As a matter of fact, I bought some to bring back to Australia.
#82
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Not sure where you're looking but cards are cards all over the world. Sappy shit is printed inside cards in most countries. Shock, horror! Even in the UK!!
Oh and when I was home in October there were plenty of blank greeting cards available in stores. As a matter of fact, I bought some to bring back to Australia.
Oh and when I was home in October there were plenty of blank greeting cards available in stores. As a matter of fact, I bought some to bring back to Australia.
#83
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
I don't buy "funny" cards except from Typo. I'm a sarcastic old thing and find the Hallmark type cards too PG for my liking.
#85
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
I've never been into the card thing, really. I used to enjoy looking at the Snoopy/Peanuts ones but I was a fan.
As for work, there was no room to put them up as there was too much work on the desk and the overflow.
The best thing about xmas cards at work was the competition to find the most boring one someone received. Always dangerous because the sender might feel insulted and if you received one it possibly hinted at what the sender thought of you.
As for work, there was no room to put them up as there was too much work on the desk and the overflow.
The best thing about xmas cards at work was the competition to find the most boring one someone received. Always dangerous because the sender might feel insulted and if you received one it possibly hinted at what the sender thought of you.
#86
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Joined: Jul 2012
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Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
Not sure where you're looking but cards are cards all over the world. Sappy shit is printed inside cards in most countries. Shock, horror! Even in the UK!!
Oh and when I was home in October there were plenty of blank greeting cards available in stores. As a matter of fact, I bought some to bring back to Australia.
Oh and when I was home in October there were plenty of blank greeting cards available in stores. As a matter of fact, I bought some to bring back to Australia.
#88
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
I do wonder about why. I can understand at the extreme end (sarcastic British humour not going down well) but there are plenty of moderate pleasant cards in the UK without getting gushy and sappy, and surely there are people who want to buy that kind of card in Canada...
#89
Re: What do you miss from where you came from?
One thing I miss that nobody has mentioned on here is a looped walk following footpaths through the countryside. Here it almost always seems to be walk to a place...then walk back along the same path. Boring.
Apart from that, the humour, history and culture in general.
When I was last home, I nipped into a pub. Hardly anybody in but I went and sat by myself in the lounge (they still have the snug, vault, smoke room, lounge layout) with a fantastic pint of beer that wasn't served at freezing point, having had no menu thrust upon me. The barman walked into the room, to the hearth and started up a fire for me. A real coal (well - likely anthracite) fire. It was quite idyllic. That sort of thing does for me too.
Apart from that, the humour, history and culture in general.
When I was last home, I nipped into a pub. Hardly anybody in but I went and sat by myself in the lounge (they still have the snug, vault, smoke room, lounge layout) with a fantastic pint of beer that wasn't served at freezing point, having had no menu thrust upon me. The barman walked into the room, to the hearth and started up a fire for me. A real coal (well - likely anthracite) fire. It was quite idyllic. That sort of thing does for me too.