Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by bandrui
(Post 9313222)
I'm confused :confused:. You are the one who brought it up!
Thanks for saying what you said bandrui. There are too many allegations flying around in the last days about people who are 'other' in some way (muslim, EEU immigrants etc) and it is freaking me out a bit. As a group of immigrants ourselves, you'd think we'd be the last ones to point fingers at other people. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK-Silly Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by bandrui
(Post 9313430)
Another quality of life article. Apparently South Cambridgeshire tops the list:
http://www.countrylife.co.uk/article...fe-survey.html What about where are their family ties strongest? Where do people have the most friends? Where are they happiest? Those would be much better indicators along with health and education stats, I would think. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by trottytrue
(Post 9313093)
Windsong.......World War III - the World against America..I really think its time you went back to the UK. I dont know how you survive in the US with such sentiment inside you. It would be a sorry day if the rest of the World was against the US. Are you including all the terrorist led countries in that group. Who do you think the UK would run to for help if the terrorist were to overun the UK. That could well happen given all the unrest in the Middle East and the influx of refugees into Spain and then into France. Many of these being terrorists. The French have been stopping trains and turning people back but Spain has complained to the EU to get the French let the refugees through.
You need to remember that many posters have children and husbands who are Amercans. No wonder people do not post anymore. The UK does not need to US to help it get into trouble it can do it all on its own. First of all, you ought to go back and read my post. I mentioned nothing whatsoever about national defense, terrorists, or anything like that. I talked about a "financial and industrial" war. Secondly, it is okay with me if you do not share my feelings. I am quite comfortable in my own skin and I do not rely on the opinions of others for my mental health. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by HighSpeedGrandma
(Post 9313780)
Rodney, please don't stop posting. Nor anyone else who has been posting here for a long time. Just look at it as people voicing opinions. We all have different one's. This is a fabulous forum and that is because of the people that post, ie Rodney, ED, Trottytrue and many, many others. I love reading the post, whether negative or positive, this is a great place to say exactly how you feel and hopefully no one will be led to feel they need to leave.
I love everyone here. Even those who disagree with me. And that is unusual for me.;):D:lol: This is a public forum and you all sound like a little clique that wants to have control over other people. There are many differing viewpoints among people. If this is how welcoming you are of "new posters", I only hope that I don't have people like you around me when I go home. I think you could adjust your attitudes and avoid the personal insults that you send out. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by trottytrue
(Post 9313261)
And if anyone thinks there are no homeless in the UK you should read this.
http://2012indyinfo.wordpress.com/20...-threatens-uk/ My point is that you can find good and bad no matter where you live. I am still going home but not with some wonderful view that the UK is perfect and better than anywhere else in the world. Its not it just happens to be the place I want to live. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by between two worlds
(Post 9313609)
Thanks ED as always for your words of wisdom and your solid common sense.
It's sad when people get upset with each other on this forum, when it was such a haven of support in the past. It's so easy, with the computer, to just type things without thinking about their effect. Windsong, I so sympathise with your yearning to go back,and your worries that you won't be able to until your SS kicks in....but you must be able to see that to talk about "World War III on America" is inflammatory (even if what I think you may have meant is that people in US will get so fed up that they rebel and declare "war" on govt, corporations etc..). We have always been about SUPPORT here. It has been a place to come to when people feel homesick, sometimes torn about what to do, don't know how to do it, and want to know what it will be like. The recent change in atmosphere has meant that some of the most helpful posters --people like ED and DDL who have gone back and can tell us what it's like "from the horse's mouth" (no offence intended!!) have stopped posting. Let's get back on track so we don't lose more valuable members. I, along with many others, am so grateful to trotty for starting this thread. Let's keep it informative, supportive, and friendly! Tina/between two worlds You are quite correct about what I meant . . . and I did say "financial and industrial". The people will get fed up with the government and corporations, but not just in the US. I think it will be everywhere - eventually. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by trottytrue
(Post 9313242)
No bandrui.... I was answering Windsongs post.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9313799)
:lol:
Thanks for saying what you said bandrui. There are too many allegations flying around in the last days about people who are 'other' in some way (muslim, EEU immigrants etc) and it is freaking me out a bit. As a group of immigrants ourselves, you'd think we'd be the last ones to point fingers at other people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKhIJfB510 |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK-Silly Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by dontheturner
(Post 9313440)
Sorry Jackie - But the ''correct'' English is A l u m i n i u m ! Love Don ( Eating Jersey Royals EVERY single Day!)
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by Easterndawn
(Post 9313389)
Good Morning Everyone and especially to all the old timers on here. I have not posted on here for some time as I made a concious decision to leave the thread, that does not mean that I have not been reading what has being said. One of the reasons many of us stopped posting was the exact reasons that Trotty illuminated in her past few postings. I feel that I must post at this time.
Windsong, I have read all of your postings not only on this thread but on many of the others that you have contirbuted to. I would have to say that most of the postings have somewhere in them a deep hatred for the country that you chose to live in. No, it is not perfect, but let me tell you neither is the UK. Garbage everywhere, dog poo everywhere you step, drunks pissing in the corners of the streets, young girls who look like they have been dunked in a tub of orange die, homeless people in the streets and so many many more. Does this mean that I love my birth country any less, of course not!! Do I agree with many of the US's governmental decisions, of course not but neither do I agree with many of the decisions that have been made here also, not just by this present government by those who have gone before. I am currently livning and working for the next 5 weeks for my company in Inverness, the beauty of the Highlands is spectacular, the people closer to what I remember UK society to be. Still there are problems here also. Windsong I feel that you and a few others need to move back to the UK ad then you will be able to take off the rose coloured glasses and look at things realisticly and not with what was or what you would like it to be. I will just go back to my corner now, I just could not let this go. Trottie started this thread to help older people moving back to the UK not for people to have a venue for people to spout off their thoughts on how bad they have been or feel a country has treated them over and over again. We all have had bad things happen to us, the ones that have happened to me personally I could blame Canada, but I would just be waisting my time and my energy. I did not mention AT ALL that the UK was perfect. Also, my personal feelings about the USA have nothing whatsoever to do with my comment about the industrial and financial issues. I have no idea what could possibly have you made you think that they were related. Totally different topics. This is what some of the newspapers do . . . they put their own spin on things and the story that comes out is totally different than the facts that went into the story in the first place. |
Re: Off-topic posts from over 50's/60's thread
Now . . . once and for all . . . if anyone else likes to read things into what I said and accuse me of saying things I did not . . . have at it!
I have never seen such a bunch of toddlers commenting on a forum in all my life! This is my last comment on the issue. To have such juvenile behavior here is not good for the forum or for anyone on it. Recommendation: Try to view comments as items for discussion, not criticisms that you can embellish. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK-Silly Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9310587)
At lunch time LOL!! :lol:
I did say Breakfast Lunch Dinner but now apparently it is: Breakfast Dinner Tea :rofl::rofl::rofl: a regional difference. LOVELY new potatoes....mmmmmm... Tina |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK-Silly Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by Beedubya
(Post 9310590)
Here's one I have to get out of, I say Gladwrap (Aussie) here it is cling film.....
I say real estate, here they say estate agent I say station wagon, here they say estate car At least I say tomarto not tomatoe!!! :lol: Tina |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK-Silly Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Since Easter is soon upon us...as I was reading another article from the Independent...I ran across this.... I love Chocolate Easter Eggs! :wub:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...action=Gallery Chris |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's MOVING BACK TO THE UK - Part II
Originally Posted by chriswinter
(Post 9314000)
Well said..Sally. Is how I have always felt..especially as an "immigrant" here in the US (when the pointing of fingers comes up). Even amongst my own family...when the discussion comes up about all 'those immigrants'...I have chimed in and said..."well I'm an 'immigrant' too". Though invariably most will say.."well you're different"...and I know exactly what that means....it's because of the color of my skin. Sad, but true. John Lennon had it spot on in his song.. "you may call me a dreamer".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKhIJfB510 My last comment: I don't have "politics". I have information, ideas, opinions, hopes and dreams. My vote always goes to the party that most closely matches those for me, whoever that might be. |
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