First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
Apr 18th 2012, 4:36 pm
#166
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I miss the place where, as kids, we could go off on our bikes for a whole day, or out after dark and our parents wouldn't worry about us.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:36 pm
#167
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I must admit one thing I love here is when you go to shopping centres and you have all the nice couch areas with room to sit down and have a cup of coffee. In the UK they would be covered in fag holes with teenage chavs hogging them all and glaring at anyone who dared to try and sit down.
I don't get the mentality of many in the UK of destroying things just for the sake of it. You don't go to playgrounds in the US and find dog shit smeared down the slide and broken glass everywhere.
I don't get the mentality of many in the UK of destroying things just for the sake of it. You don't go to playgrounds in the US and find dog shit smeared down the slide and broken glass everywhere.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:39 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I miss the place where, as kids, we could go off on our bikes for a whole day, or out after dark and our parents wouldn't worry about us.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
Really? You need to get out to the nice bits a bit more often. I'm not sure I've been to a mall in the US that hasn't had them.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:40 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I miss the place where, as kids, we could go off on our bikes for a whole day, or out after dark and our parents wouldn't worry about us.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
Applied to the world in general, I might just agree with you on much of that.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:40 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I must admit one thing I love here is when you go to shopping centres and you have all the nice couch areas with room to sit down and have a cup of coffee. In the UK they would be covered in fag holes with teenage chavs hogging them all and glaring at anyone who dared to try and sit down.
I don't get the mentality of many in the UK of destroying things just for the sake of it. You don't go to playgrounds in the US and find dog shit smeared down the slide and broken glass everywhere.
I don't get the mentality of many in the UK of destroying things just for the sake of it. You don't go to playgrounds in the US and find dog shit smeared down the slide and broken glass everywhere.
They put some nice sofas in the new shopping centre in Solihull, but they were usually packed with people shovelling Greggs pasties down their throats/dropping everywhere.
Yes that destruction thing is weird. If I see a nice mural or statue here I wonder how long it would last in the UK
Apr 18th 2012, 4:41 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
Apr 18th 2012, 4:42 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
I miss the place where, as kids, we could go off on our bikes for a whole day, or out after dark and our parents wouldn't worry about us.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
I miss the place where the police, teachers and other figures of authority were respected by children/youth and not spat at and abused. Where discipline existed.
I miss the place where gangs only fought each other and not innocent people.
Before you build yet another straw man and tell me this is all the same in the US, the original post and everything I've commented on, has been about the UK.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:43 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
Really? You need to get out to the nice bits a bit more often. I'm not sure I've been to a mall in the US that hasn't had them.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:44 pm
#178
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
Yes
They put some nice sofas in the new shopping centre in Solihull, but they were usually packed with people shovelling Greggs pasties down their throats/dropping everywhere.
Yes that destruction thing is weird. If I see a nice mural or statue here I wonder how long it would last in the UK
They put some nice sofas in the new shopping centre in Solihull, but they were usually packed with people shovelling Greggs pasties down their throats/dropping everywhere.
Yes that destruction thing is weird. If I see a nice mural or statue here I wonder how long it would last in the UK
Apr 18th 2012, 4:45 pm
#179
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
No fag burns either, although there has been no indoor smoking in the UK for quite a while so you probably wouldn't find them in the UK either.
Apr 18th 2012, 4:46 pm
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Re: First trip back to UK in nearly 2 years......
Yes
They put some nice sofas in the new shopping centre in Solihull, but they were usually packed with people shovelling Greggs pasties down their throats/dropping everywhere.
Yes that destruction thing is weird. If I see a nice mural or statue here I wonder how long it would last in the UK
They put some nice sofas in the new shopping centre in Solihull, but they were usually packed with people shovelling Greggs pasties down their throats/dropping everywhere.
Yes that destruction thing is weird. If I see a nice mural or statue here I wonder how long it would last in the UK
