Article about unhappy Britain
Oct 5th 2011, 3:06 am
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Re: Article about unhappy Britain
mmmmmm..chips! 
Oct 5th 2011, 3:23 am
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Do people in Britain still enjoy Fish and Chips? I thought Kebabs and Nachos had overtaken Fish and Chips, along with take out Chinese and Pizzas. 
Oct 5th 2011, 5:00 am
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Oh yes, there was a nacho shop on every corner when I was back last month. 
Oct 5th 2011, 7:51 am
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...action=Gallery
Oct 5th 2011, 9:30 am
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Hold on
Oct 5th 2011, 10:14 am
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Because it's not unhappy Britain for everybody, especially those of us who lived in a country where we were unhappy!
Oct 5th 2011, 11:52 am
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Re: Article about unhappy Britain
Just listened to an odd piece on BBC4, and yes, it's on topic, because it's about unhappy Britain -- indirectly.
It came out of the news that Tesco's profits are down, apparently because people aren't buying the upstairs stuff -- clothes, electronics etc. It went on from there to asking people in the stores about their spending.
When people said they were eating out less, not going to the cinema etc, the interviewer asked, "But what do you DO in the evening?"
One person said they didn't eat out because now they didn't feel able to borrow money to do it.
But overall, it was "what's the world coming to, people cooking from scratch, staying home, not buying stuff on a whim?" With the next step, "How are we going to grow the economy if people won't spend?"
With luck, people might come to enjoy having a nice meal at home, with wine or whatever, for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant (especially if baby sitting's a factor), and watching TV or a DVD, or even having friends and neighbors around for a pot luck, drinks, cards whatever.
But apparently we'll plunge the country into recession that way.
Whoever asked -- sorry, forgot -- I'm in Devon now, staying home most nights and happy with that. I'm over 60, but so are very many Britons.
Bev
It came out of the news that Tesco's profits are down, apparently because people aren't buying the upstairs stuff -- clothes, electronics etc. It went on from there to asking people in the stores about their spending.
When people said they were eating out less, not going to the cinema etc, the interviewer asked, "But what do you DO in the evening?"
One person said they didn't eat out because now they didn't feel able to borrow money to do it.
But overall, it was "what's the world coming to, people cooking from scratch, staying home, not buying stuff on a whim?" With the next step, "How are we going to grow the economy if people won't spend?"
With luck, people might come to enjoy having a nice meal at home, with wine or whatever, for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant (especially if baby sitting's a factor), and watching TV or a DVD, or even having friends and neighbors around for a pot luck, drinks, cards whatever.
But apparently we'll plunge the country into recession that way.
Whoever asked -- sorry, forgot -- I'm in Devon now, staying home most nights and happy with that. I'm over 60, but so are very many Britons.
Bev
Oct 5th 2011, 6:09 pm
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Oct 5th 2011, 6:27 pm
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Re: Article about unhappy Britain
Just listened to an odd piece on BBC4, and yes, it's on topic, because it's about unhappy Britain -- indirectly.
It came out of the news that Tesco's profits are down, apparently because people aren't buying the upstairs stuff -- clothes, electronics etc. It went on from there to asking people in the stores about their spending.
When people said they were eating out less, not going to the cinema etc, the interviewer asked, "But what do you DO in the evening?"
One person said they didn't eat out because now they didn't feel able to borrow money to do it.
But overall, it was "what's the world coming to, people cooking from scratch, staying home, not buying stuff on a whim?" With the next step, "How are we going to grow the economy if people won't spend?"
With luck, people might come to enjoy having a nice meal at home, with wine or whatever, for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant (especially if baby sitting's a factor), and watching TV or a DVD, or even having friends and neighbors around for a pot luck, drinks, cards whatever.
But apparently we'll plunge the country into recession that way.
Whoever asked -- sorry, forgot -- I'm in Devon now, staying home most nights and happy with that. I'm over 60, but so are very many Britons.
Bev
It came out of the news that Tesco's profits are down, apparently because people aren't buying the upstairs stuff -- clothes, electronics etc. It went on from there to asking people in the stores about their spending.
When people said they were eating out less, not going to the cinema etc, the interviewer asked, "But what do you DO in the evening?"
One person said they didn't eat out because now they didn't feel able to borrow money to do it.
But overall, it was "what's the world coming to, people cooking from scratch, staying home, not buying stuff on a whim?" With the next step, "How are we going to grow the economy if people won't spend?"
With luck, people might come to enjoy having a nice meal at home, with wine or whatever, for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant (especially if baby sitting's a factor), and watching TV or a DVD, or even having friends and neighbors around for a pot luck, drinks, cards whatever.
But apparently we'll plunge the country into recession that way.
Whoever asked -- sorry, forgot -- I'm in Devon now, staying home most nights and happy with that. I'm over 60, but so are very many Britons.
Bev
Bev - spot on, guess they want us all to keep spending and borrowing because the rampant global consumerism has worked out so well hasn't it ? Bloody muppets....
Oct 5th 2011, 7:53 pm
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Re: Article about unhappy Britain
Unfortunately, it's consumerism that will fund our pensions. Without consumerism, the economy of most countries will go down the toilet. Scary thought.
Oct 5th 2011, 8:44 pm
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Re: Article about unhappy Britain
Most people that hate living in England have never lived anywhere else.
Now THAT is funny!
OK ... back to the original thought of this thread 
... all the statistics in the world do not matter an iota if you want to move back to your home. Face it, life is what you create.
If you had never read a survey, you would never know whether UK was at the top of the list or the bottom and what does it matter anyway. If you want to be happy, you will be. You will immerse yourself in all the things you love and you will be home again. You will realise that the stats, reports and criteria are irrelevant to your happiness.
I am incredibly proud to be British... always have been and always will be... no matter where I go or where I live. Now why do you suppose that is?
I occasionally sink back into the habit of checking criteria and reading the media, but then I smarten up again.
... all the statistics in the world do not matter an iota if you want to move back to your home. Face it, life is what you create. If you had never read a survey, you would never know whether UK was at the top of the list or the bottom and what does it matter anyway. If you want to be happy, you will be. You will immerse yourself in all the things you love and you will be home again. You will realise that the stats, reports and criteria are irrelevant to your happiness.
I am incredibly proud to be British... always have been and always will be... no matter where I go or where I live. Now why do you suppose that is?
I occasionally sink back into the habit of checking criteria and reading the media, but then I smarten up again.