Three Months Back
Jun 14th 2008 | 4:41 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
Well well. Here I am again, still a Silly Sod but now a Silly Sod back in The World!!!! He he he. Britain has changed since I headed out to the colonies in 2006. I didn't think it could have in such a short space of time but it has.
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!!
But we are doing good now though 
and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.
We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!!
But we are doing good now though and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
Now change your location silly sod
Last edited by Nu-Shooz; Jun 14th 2008 at 4:46 pm.
Jun 14th 2008 | 4:44 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
Well well. Here I am again, still a Silly Sod but now a Silly Sod back in The World!!!! He he he. Britain has changed since I headed out to the colonies in 2006. I didn't think it could have in such a short space of time but it has.
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!! But we are doing good now though and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.
We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!!
But we are doing good now though and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
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Jun 14th 2008 | 8:44 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies.
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Jun 15th 2008 | 2:11 am
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Re: Three Months Back
Great to hear from you SS! And so glad you're enjoying being back. Keep us posted on how things are going.
Some of us sad souls just crave good news from ex-expats so we can live vicariously until our time comes . . . .
Some of us sad souls just crave good news from ex-expats so we can live vicariously until our time comes . . . .
Jun 15th 2008 | 11:34 am
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Re: Three Months Back
Good luck SS sounds like your getting things sorted.
Jun 15th 2008 | 3:05 pm
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Well well. Here I am again, still a Silly Sod but now a Silly Sod back in The World!!!! He he he. Britain has changed since I headed out to the colonies in 2006. I didn't think it could have in such a short space of time but it has.
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!! But we are doing good now though and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.
We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
Firstly - work. It has become harder to find. I have been struggling since I got back. Of course we have had an influx of migrant workers and this has led to the jobs market becoming much more competitive. Non the less I have found a job working that starts at 14.5k a year rising to 18k after a while.
I am getting my CSCS card next week though and am looking forward to working in the construction industry - a bug I got while in the US. I bloody well love working outdoors and getting covered in shit all day ha ha. It must be the kid in me, I was always a mucky pup.
Mrs Sod finally joined me a month ago after some ups and dows in our marriage that is non of your bleedin business mate!!!!
But we are doing good now though and I guess a few ups and downs are par for the course. I dont think either of us were prepared to let this lovely thing go after criss crossing the world for each other. So, anything worth having takes some working at. Basically we are happy. We will be happier when begin my new job and we get our own place of course.We are staying with friends right now who are wonderful but we are excited about getting our own gaff. Planning to move up to Rossendale where property is still remarkably cheap to rent (around bacup, Stacksteads, Waterfoot etc) and the countryside is beautiful. I see myself striding the bleak moorland, cane in hand a pair of Patterdales bounding around me. Then again I might just stay in and watch a bit of telly. Who knows
As for ole blighty though - for those returning be prepared for a few things. Firstly all that 'reverse culture shock' bollox is actually true. Even after a short time away. When I got back I couldn't bare to walk around Salford Precinct. The crowds, the dirt, the poundshops everywhere and the blue toe'd babies in buggies covered in the pastry of Geggs pasties for their main meal. Not to mention the 60 year old Glasgwegian woman loudly planning to get a tattoo on her tit for her holidays while queing up in Woolies. That was kind of disturbing. I am used to it again now of course but at first it was daunting.
Then there was the shock of hearing tracky'd, trainer'd, baseball capped and fat gold chain wearing wannabe gansters swearing loudly in the pub. I had never noticed before how much we swear overhere and how ****IN LOUD MATE!!!! Again, I am used to it now.
One thing that I found very disappointing was the fact that nobody seemed very interested in my life changing running off to america experience. People would say - so, what's america like? And I would say - it's okay but........and they would go - Nice one, lemme get another beer, catch ya laters yeah? Tossers lol. I thought I would be dining out on my adventures for years. In fact quite a few people from 'our estate' have come up to me and said - so, when you off to america? Or aren't you bothering now? Nice to know you've been missed innit
So, there is the story so far for anybody who gives a monkeys. Do I miss america? Not really, not yet at least. Maybe I will one day but right now it seems like a barely remembered dream. One thing I am certain of is that I will never, ever, miss Chicago!!! Too big, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and too full of people trying to scam you for a buck!!! No thank you
Well, hi all and bye for now.
The Sodmeister!!!
Hope all goes well and that you find your own place soon.......all the best...
Jackie originally from the "nicer" side of Manchester!!!!!! ..well I would say that.......
Jun 16th 2008 | 3:42 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
[QUOTE=brits1;6470385]I knew you where from the "shady" side of Manchester....a bit like Manc1!!!! not a red fan are you by any chance?........
Ahhh good to see snobbery will be alive and well in Manchester.
Ahhh good to see snobbery will be alive and well in Manchester.
Jun 16th 2008 | 4:41 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
Hello again you lovely silly sod. You never fail to make me smile. I am so pleased to hear that Molly is with you and I hope you get your own place sooner rather than later. Has the ankle biter started school in the UK yet and how's that gorgeous son of yours? Come back soon SS and good luck with everything.
Jun 16th 2008 | 5:22 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
Silly Sod, what is a CSCS card?
Jun 16th 2008 | 5:25 pm
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Jun 16th 2008 | 10:12 pm
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Re: Three Months Back
Do you do corporate gigs? You're laugh a f'kin minute you
Jun 17th 2008 | 10:59 am
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Re: Three Months Back
Thanks for that mozoo.
