Reaons for leaving the UK
#33
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
OH doesn't remember her nor my Mother in law, how old is she? Sure it was Glanrhyd and not Parc?
Anyway its still a small world!
Don't spose you would move back to Wales now, are you settled over there?
We are going over to see friends in Feb in Wellington, any ideas about what we should take them as a pressie from home? Very subjective I know!
Jackie
Anyway its still a small world!
Don't spose you would move back to Wales now, are you settled over there?
We are going over to see friends in Feb in Wellington, any ideas about what we should take them as a pressie from home? Very subjective I know!
Jackie
#34
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
OH doesn't remember her nor my Mother in law, how old is she? Sure it was Glanrhyd and not Parc?
Anyway its still a small world!
Don't spose you would move back to Wales now, are you settled over there?
We are going over to see friends in Feb in Wellington, any ideas about what we should take them as a pressie from home? Very subjective I know!
Jackie
Anyway its still a small world!
Don't spose you would move back to Wales now, are you settled over there?
We are going over to see friends in Feb in Wellington, any ideas about what we should take them as a pressie from home? Very subjective I know!
Jackie
Father in law was a unit general manager until about 10 years ago.
Just an idea and not sure it would be legal to bring it in but we brought a piece of coal with us
Its a small piece in a sliver about 2inches long and from big pit which i'm going to put into a small glass case. We wrapping it tight in plastic and put in our hand luggage and nobody asked what it was.....
Coal is so much a part of Welsh history and in particular the area's around where you and i have lived it seemed like the right thing to remind me of Wales?
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
Why do we want to leave the UK? We both believe the UK has always been a fab country but that as a nation we have lost our way. Life has become too materialistic to so many people - the more people have, the more they want. Community spirit does not exist any more and the elderly are totally forgotten.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
#36
Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
Why do we want to leave the UK? We both believe the UK has always been a fab country but that as a nation we have lost our way. Life has become too materialistic to so many people - the more people have, the more they want. Community spirit does not exist any more and the elderly are totally forgotten.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
#37
Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
I agree Dolly Daydream & Kato,
When I was in Oz at christmas I couldnt believe how clean the country was especially the sea. The no throwing cigarette stubs in sea signs (apparently a stub can last 9 years), the unsmashed vinegar or similar substance for jelly fish stings situated all over the beaches, life rings intact and in the correct position for an emergency.
We fished quite a lot at several spots and couldnt believe how efficient the fishery police (im not sure if thats the correct title) were at checking the weights and species of our catch..............they seemed to pop up out of nowhere.
The people were so friendly and helpful too.........very chilled.
When I was in Oz at christmas I couldnt believe how clean the country was especially the sea. The no throwing cigarette stubs in sea signs (apparently a stub can last 9 years), the unsmashed vinegar or similar substance for jelly fish stings situated all over the beaches, life rings intact and in the correct position for an emergency.
We fished quite a lot at several spots and couldnt believe how efficient the fishery police (im not sure if thats the correct title) were at checking the weights and species of our catch..............they seemed to pop up out of nowhere.
The people were so friendly and helpful too.........very chilled.
#38
Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
Why do we want to leave the UK? We both believe the UK has always been a fab country but that as a nation we have lost our way. Life has become too materialistic to so many people - the more people have, the more they want. Community spirit does not exist any more and the elderly are totally forgotten.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
#39
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
Why do we want to leave the UK? We both believe the UK has always been a fab country but that as a nation we have lost our way. Life has become too materialistic to so many people - the more people have, the more they want. Community spirit does not exist any more and the elderly are totally forgotten.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
We all have so much - a lovely country, health, family etc - none of these things cost us anything, but we don't appreciate them. The litter in the country really saddens me. Britain is so scenic but we ruin it by dumping litter. I pick up litter at the end of our drive and up the road and people tear past me in their cars glaring at me, thinking I'm mad. I don't care, wild animals die a horrible slow death from eating plastic bags etc and I can't stand the mess. People throw nappies out of their cars, all wrapped up in a carrier bag. Unbelievable. Would they like other people's nappies dumped in their garden? It makes me so sad to hear about children killing one another. Kids in cities have no quality of life and get in with the wrong people. School should be there to help kids achieve. Success and achievement is not just about the achieving of GCSE's, A Levels etc but developing personal skills. School now is only about exams and those that are not academic are ignored. No wonder these kids get themselves into crime etc.
The rest of the country (North and Scotland) was devastated economically by her policies, which started the social problems evident today. And after that, as the fat cats would say, "was just history"
I understand NZ tried a similar experiment too, based on Thatcher's "monaterism" that caused UK unemployment to reach 3 million.
I think that England is basically the same, the media just hype it up with words like "feral", have you ever read a newspaper about the daily crimes from the 1920s and 1930s, now that was REALLY feral !
Last edited by brussels_sprout; Sep 14th 2007 at 5:46 am.
#40
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen was a bugger too.
#42
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
You are thinking of someone else ... there IS a common thread to all this, isn't completely random and made-up on the spot y'know
#43
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
I would just like to say that there is good and bad everywhere, in the UK, in NZ and indeed on this forum too!
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it
#44
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
I would just like to say that there is good and bad everywhere, in the UK, in NZ and indeed on this forum too!
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4203919a6479.html
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Re: Reaons for leaving the UK
I would just like to say that there is good and bad everywhere, in the UK, in NZ and indeed on this forum too!
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it
My part of the world (Wales) didn't do too well under Thatcher but we survived and I look around at the green valleys and think that losing the pits was not all bad. I live in a country that generally has served me well and if we do leave I will always have fond memories... but with my son grown up I now have the urge to travel and try new things. That is why I would like to try NZ.
I think those who are leaving the UK to "escape" may be disappointed because I am sure that NZ is not the land of milk & honey ... and you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone!
The common "thread" to this thread is that we all have a sense of adventure and we all have the guts to do something about it. Hopefully we are the types who if not happy then we do something about it, rather than just moan about it