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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by jasper123
(Post 9328349)
Sorry it would be lovely and just what I would love to do, but the timings all wrong for me and Mum,
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by windsong
(Post 9328292)
It's got me thinking about Scotland again, too. Who wants crowds of people, gridlock and heat!
* Not saying all southerners are snobs obviously, but there's a sizable element. Whenever I read the comment sections of articles about the north in national newspapers, I realize that the south is filled with people who have ever been north of Watford and who are convinced that all of the north (plus Scotland and Wales) looks like Coronation Street, only more grim. I swear they think we stagger around half-starved, holding out our cloth caps in the hopes of a penny or two, which we will of course immediately spend on beer, fags and lottery tickets (if a violent hoodie doesn't steal it first. :lol:) |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by Pistolpete2
(Post 9327950)
You've got me there!:unsure:
I'm thinking of spending time in the Canterbury area and Herne Bay is one of the hottest places in the UK, in spite of being on the coast. Plus the humidity can be unbearable in the south east. I've lived thirty years in Bermuda so know all about humidity and high temperatures.:eek: Don't particularly want to replicate that! Scotland sounds good!:cool: The trouble is, the British Summer is the star attraction. One thing I would like to replicate in England is the set up of rooms I have here... bedrooms on the East side where you get the rising sun but cool afternoons, and living area to the West. It does get really hot in the living room but I would rather that and be able to sleep at night. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9328415)
Like America, like???:)
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by Pistolpete2
(Post 9328332)
Glad that was you windsong. I don't want to confuse bandrui with a new location. Anyway she wants to be in the South.
I'm clear about what I want though: quintessential English countryside with rolling hills, no crowds, near deserted beaches and within my price range! :lol: (and there's more.) |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by bandrui
(Post 9328583)
I'm already confused :huh: or, as I would put it, undecided. :)
I'm clear about what I want though: quintessential English countryside with rolling hills, no crowds, near deserted beaches and within my price range! :lol: (and there's more.) |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9328484)
Amen, not to mention lots of snobs* and a lack of community spirit.
* Not saying all southerners are snobs obviously, but there's a sizable element. Whenever I read the comment sections of articles about the north in national newspapers, I realize that the south is filled with people who have ever been north of Watford and who are convinced that all of the north (plus Scotland and Wales) looks like Coronation Street, only more grim. I swear they think we stagger around half-starved, holding out our cloth caps in the hopes of a penny or two, which we will of course immediately spend on beer, fags and lottery tickets (if a violent hoodie doesn't steal it first. :lol:) Well ..... don't you?:rofl: |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9328422)
Not me. I remember reading that too. Don't know who said it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...t-saga-housing Or found the actual Saga survey. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by bandrui
(Post 9328517)
Yes I had my share of humidity in New Orleans. Would go out for lunch and felt as if I had taken a shower.
One thing I would like to replicate in England is the set up of rooms I have here... bedrooms on the East side where you get the rising sun but cool afternoons, and living area to the West. It does get really hot in the living room but I would rather that and be able to sleep at night. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Wedding fans set up camp outside Westminster Abbey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13207516 Pre-dawn military preparation this morning (Wednesday) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13205291 |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9323530)
These kind of shopping plazas are much more common in the UK now, as are big out-of-town malls.
Of course, it's stores like Target and Home Depot that are the big corporate behemoths you're all complaining about, so I'm not sure if this is a curse or a blessing ;-) In some towns, eg Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, the "mall" has been built right in the centre of town, so the town still thrives as a very busy shopping town with all the other shops as well, not just the ones in the "Arcade" --actually there are two "arcades" or malls in the town center. Big appliance shops and furniture shops and supermarkets have moved out of town where there is parking--but wonderful Waitrose is close enough to the town centre to walk. And despite everything bad about Tesco, at least they have kept a small supermarket right in town called Tesco Metro, a godsend to those without a car. This is one town I know well--I think other UK towns have done similar things--it would be very very shortsighted to let the out-of-town shopping plazas proliferate until town centres die. When in US I lived in a very small town that had a tiny Main Street I could walk to, hanging on by the skin of its teeth, and whenever possible I shopped there... Urban planners are now talking about building "new" kinds of communities where you live, work, shop and play all in one area, and walk from home to work, walk to shops etc......hello?!!!! This is not new, just an oldfashioned proper town before the spread of suburbs! tina |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by dontheturner
(Post 9329444)
Well, Bandrui - Cannot think why you would want to ''replicate rooms'' in the UK. My Thai Wife (who obviously feels the cold) and I, are in a small four bed detached, here in Shropshire, and since we have Central Heating (Now turned down very low) ALL the rooms are the same temperature.- Even the Verandah & Sunlounge, which have no heating -. It makes no difference whatsoever, as to the sun direction! Don
Here on the West Coast of Canada, we have similar temperatures to the UK and if the sun is beating in through the window it can get quite hot. I have noticed a few properties on Rightmove that have ceiling fans so I suppose someone else thinks it's an issue too. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
What are you doing for the wedding?
I just got an order from SWMBO that it would be nice to have cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate to sustain us during the night. Off to the store I go.:) |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9330761)
What are you doing for the wedding?
I just got an order from SWMBO that it would be nice to have cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate to sustain us during the night. Off to the store I go.:) No Cheers - that's too American!! You should have British food - how about tea and scones???? :) |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by cheers
(Post 9330761)
What are you doing for the wedding?
I just got an order from SWMBO that it would be nice to have cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate to sustain us during the night. Off to the store I go.:) I am going to TRY to get up at 4 am to watch it live online. I know I can watch it after the fact but it's just not the same :) I've been looking for hints about Kate's dress - what it will look like - but I can't find a darned thing! Cheers, are you staying up all night? |
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