Originally Posted by aviva (Post 9096744)

So, do you think the Koi hibernate under the ice?

Originally Posted by Beedubya (Post 9096733)

LOL!!

Noooo I thought the poster said all the child gangs were in Surrey, England which is to be avoided at all cost.

I keep thinking of Oliver, Fagin and The Artful Dodger. :lol:

Originally Posted by aviva (Post 9096769)

Sorry! Under the ice in DR's pond.

Originally Posted by mrvp (Post 9096829)

Out of interest where in Surrey are you thinking of moving to?? I'm just looking at trying to go the other way (hopefully to somewhere in Canada by the end of the year) as things aren't particularly great at the moment in my profession and just generally (bad in a different way to the bad situation in the USA).

Originally Posted by hayleyatfla (Post 9096773)

well good for you, maybe i will meet you there..haha, my sister moved back nearly 2 years ago and is very happy and she was here since she was 10 and is now 30.... she is going to see "the phantom of the opera' its so funny she does way more cool stuff there now and dosnt make tons of money by any means.. goes in to london all the time, lives in henley on thames, took the rain to paris.. shes doing alright for a house keeper....

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 9096791)

I don't have Koi, but I did inherit 8 goldfish (2 of which I managed to kill within a few weeks, but the rest I've kept alive). Yes, they've successfully hibernated under the ice for 3 winters now.

I really couldn't be bothered with a fishpond but I feel responsible for the 6 remaining souls in there -to the point that I've paid for repairs to the pond pump and all kinds of other baloney. Honestly, I need to be more ruthless, but it's not just one of those ponds I could just give away the fish and turn it into a flower bed (it's a raised pond, and ... oh, it's complicated just like the rest of the House that Jack Built and I ended up being stupid enough to buy). :thumbdown:

Originally Posted by Beedubya (Post 9096896)

Well in the general area of Heathrow, don't know really, it would be like you emigrating to Canada, I know nowt about darn sarf!! :ohmy:

Originally Posted by Beedubya (Post 9096733)

LOL!!

Noooo I thought the poster said all the child gangs were in Surrey, England which is to be avoided at all cost.

I keep thinking of Oliver, Fagin and The Artful Dodger. :lol:

Originally Posted by wonderfulperson (Post 9096741)

ha ha.. that was a funny read, thanks for making me laugh.

I often tell them here that Surrey back in our UK is not like the Surrey here, ours is posh and high standard of living etc, and when the gangs were around Surrey here a year or so ago, I said, eeeek not like our Surrey in UK which is far better than this one.

Course I love Surrey here now I live here, it is not so bad as everyone here liked to tell me (now those gangs aren't active here).

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills (Post 9097563)

:rofl:



:rofl: I had visions of gangs wearing fred perry shirts and talking with a posh accents
I'm told we have a gang and drug problem here where we live and we are rural, I've never seen a one, everyone is nice that we've met and I feel very safe. (apart from the dogs)
But we live in an extremely high use Meth area. Social services has more than twice the number of children in care than the neighboring county, and that county has double the number of people living there.
Now pit bulls are a big problem around our neighborhood, I swear the family at the end of the road are running a puppy mill on a small scale.
In UK I used to complain about Dog doo all over, but I'd rather dodge that that be charged at by a raging pitbull dog.

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56 (Post 9097694)

Yikes Mummy I love dogs but I dont care for those and a few others, I know some defend them and say they are nice, thats OK for them so say, I just dont trust them, its a gut feeling thing or basic Fear.

Meths seems a like problem everywhere and look at the mess it leaves, I know a guy whos kids got on that, now he's playing Dad to his Grandkids at 65 and in bad health with Diabetes, they had to remove his leg, Drugs are a major problem in this world as they affect others indirectly, and I know the problem will always be here.

Originally Posted by wonderfulperson (Post 9096705)

I am calm :)

Was just stating a point, and having lived in London myself and worked there I can honestly say, no it is not a safe place to bring up a child and personally I'd not want to. America is also not as safe as Canada, and believe all you want on it, it always has been more dodgy down there but then it is a much bigger country too so I am sure that is a big factor of it.

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 9096791)

I don't have Koi, but I did inherit 8 goldfish (2 of which I managed to kill within a few weeks, but the rest I've kept alive). Yes, they've successfully hibernated under the ice for 3 winters now.

I really couldn't be bothered with a fishpond but I feel responsible for the 6 remaining souls in there -to the point that I've paid for repairs to the pond pump and all kinds of other baloney. Honestly, I need to be more ruthless, but it's not just one of those ponds I could just give away the fish and turn it into a flower bed (it's a raised pond, and ... oh, it's complicated just like the rest of the House that Jack Built and I ended up being stupid enough to buy). :thumbdown:

Originally Posted by windsong (Post 9102584)

Love the fact you feel responsible for them, Dunroving. Very few feel that way. That's how I would feel, too, though.

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 9103116)

I found it a bit odd that the seller didn't even mention that he was leaving them behind - but then he was a pretty odd person. Haven't heard a good word said about him in the 4 years I've lived here, and I have found some bizarre things buried in the garden.

He did have some Koi in the pond, apparently, but sold them to a neighbour (I think they are quite expensive).