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If you moved back to the UK today, what would you miss?

Old Oct 9th 2008, 6:48 pm
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The four close friends I made here, one of whom is now in California, one still in Denver and the two others here in FL. One of mrs Titchskis aunts and my brother in law (not Mrs Ts brother, he's an utter ****, the other poor sod who married into this family of ingrates)

Material stuff? Nothing, not a single thing.
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:05 pm
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Default Re: If you moved back to the UK today, what would you miss?

Originally Posted by another bloody yank
You'd miss the gaps in the karsey doors?
thought i wouldn't have to elaborate when i posted that line for marmalade....you know what i mean

'karsey'.......not heard karsey used over here. reminds me of a guy i used to work with who was always telling us all he was off to the karsey for a brad pitt ..... is karsey a word from your new vocabulary or is it general jargon over here too?
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:07 pm
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If I was to go back to Devon...I would miss....all the TV channels...the huge movie cinemas....the easy driving....Wal-Mart..ha ha...
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:07 pm
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
thought i wouldn't have to elaborate when i posted that line for marmalade....you know what i mean

'karsey'.......not heard karsey used over here. reminds me of a guy i used to work with who was always telling us all he was off to the karsey for a brad pitt ..... is karsey a word from your new vocabulary or is it general jargon over here too?
I've never heard it used over here either.
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:11 pm
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
thought i wouldn't have to elaborate when i posted that line for marmalade....you know what i mean

'karsey'.......not heard karsey used over here. reminds me of a guy i used to work with who was always telling us all he was off to the karsey for a brad pitt ..... is karsey a word from your new vocabulary or is it general jargon over here too?
Very apt for the little sh** of a guy he is
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by another bloody yank
I've never heard it used over here either.
i'm impressed then.......mint
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Marmalade
Very apt for the little sh** of a guy he is
he was always full of it too
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 7:20 pm
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
he was always full of it too
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by nannycara
If I was to move back to essex today, I would miss drive up cash machines! (yes I am lazy ) and Applebee's!
sunshine and starbucks skinny sugar free cinnamon dolce latte
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:15 pm
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I would miss 15 years olds learning to drive.

I would miss getting wound up at how many hours people work over here.

I would miss target!! oh i would miss target badly.

I would miss all the advertising that comes in the letter box. WHAT ABOUT DONT WANT IT DONT THEY UNDERSTAND!

I would miss pyjama clad people in shopping malls, restaurants, doctors, walking up the street.

I would miss the wind howling under the door in the winter nights because the house has "moved" due to extreme weather changes.

I would miss obama and mccain debates coz no one gives a F&^*K anywhere else but here and they do it here just so good..... choke.

I would miss going home at the end of a trip, and sometimes home is just that, wherever u happen to be at the time and making the most of it!
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:35 pm
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My friends
My style of living
Cheap gas
Cheap cigarettes
Bigger roads
Sonic Egg and Bacon Breakfast Toasters
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:41 pm
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Friends
American family
View of Mount Rainier from my bedroom window
Camping trips
Parks everywhere
Thai food

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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:44 pm
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I'd rather move to Russia before I went back to the UK, but anyway: Weather, friendly people, choice, outdoor activities like the water park for example, driving on the open road, the lack of claustrophobia, big skies, there's more things to do here, value for money, I feel safer here, people have more respect for each other here, thanksgiving holiday, going to watch sports and be able to sit in my seat with a beer, being able to walk home from the bar at midnight without being hassled by gangs of drunken louts, never carrying cash and paying for everything with my debit card, our house.
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:45 pm
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Default Re: If you moved back to the UK today, what would you miss?

Originally Posted by steve100100
people have more respect for each other here
That's something I have yet to experience.
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Old Oct 9th 2008, 9:51 pm
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Originally Posted by rincewind
That's something I have yet to experience.
that's interesting you would say that....I have found people here to be much more respectful towards each other than in the UK and I live not too far from Greenville....
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