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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by alittlebitbrit
(Post 11483510)
This is true. I'm Canadian and I can't get warm to save my life. And I've lived everywhere in Canada. Winters of -40 in Northwest Territories...in danger of freezing to death but not of shivering to death!
I have no idea why it is so but it is true. If anyone finds the answer, please let me know....I'm turning blue!! :nod: P.S. But this is where I want to be!! :thumbsup: |
Re: The things you hear.
I am cold today but was in shorts up until last week.
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11483554)
I am cold today but was in shorts up until last week.
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 11483586)
It's been a decent autumn. So far only three frosts. Definitely some shorts weather in October.
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11483617)
I wore shorts right through October and halfway into November. I'm no southern softie :)
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11483617)
I wore shorts right through October and halfway into November. I'm no southern softie :)
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11481403)
I really think it does have that grip.
The "ain't it awful/Britain going to the dogs/foreigners milking benefits" stuff is constantly fuelled by it. Ditto the 80s when I left, for the first time. In the early 90s, during a short stint back, people were astounded that I was enjoying myself. A couple or three years ago, when I went back after several years without visiting, we were very worried about what we would find, given Press (not just the Daily Fail) reports. You know what? The UK was doing reasonable well ;). "Plus ca change..." & all that...!
Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza
(Post 11483487)
Daughter speaks great English - reads and writes pretty well but has never had a proper grammar lesson from me or a life of English spellings....<snipped by me> I went to see this English teacher, shook her hand and said,
"Pleased to meet you. I am Chloe's mother but io parlo anche Italiano." - Thank goodness - she said. Let's speak in Italian. I'm sure your Italian is better than my English. What a great start I thought. She can't even introduce herself in English. "What does my daughter have to do to get an 8 or 9 from you?" Ah but, Signora, she is a mother tongue so I have to treat her differently and mark her down. "She isn't a mother tongue. I am the mother tongue. My daughter was born here, learnt to read and write in Italian first of all and just because she speaks good English doesn't mean that she also doesn't need to learn the irregular verbs. It makes me mad sometimes when I have to go in and explain why you are punishing my kids unfairly. Yes, I can see how annoying that would be ("my mum says..."; "grandma doesn't say it like that ..."; etc) but... Really???? The day the teacher corrected "I am going to" to "I'm gonna" (Yes. Really.) was the day I blew my top... S |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by Shirtback
(Post 11505966)
I remember this attitude from the 70s when an uncle emmigrated to the Lebanon. So that turned out well ;)!
Ditto the 80s when I left, for the first time. In the early 90s, during a short stint back, people were astounded that I was enjoying myself. A couple or three years ago, when I went back after several years without visiting, we were very worried about what we would find, given Press (not just the Daily Fail) reports. You know what? The UK was doing reasonable well ;). "Plus ca change..." & all that...! Oh yeah !! :(. I once had a "lovely" (NOT) experience with an English teacher who kept sending my (classed EMT because of the local education system) kids to detention/class suspension because they were "disruptive". Said teacher refused to speak English to me. Disruption was offspring asking questions *in English* about teacher's grammar/vocabulary/pronunciation... Yes, I can see how annoying that would be ("my mum says..."; "grandma doesn't say it like that ..."; etc) but... Really???? The day the teacher corrected "I am going to" to "I'm gonna" (Yes. Really.) was the day I blew my top... S |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11505986)
Maybe the teacher thought your child was hoping to go into a career in television. All the presenters talk like that these days.
(For the record, 2/3 offspring were classed as almost equally obnoxious to teachers in French (teaching language) classes ;). Where they were "put down" as non-native speakers ... Maybe I was too zealous about "getting it right". In whatever language ;)! ) |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by aries
(Post 11505308)
My postman wears shorts throughout the year no matter what the weather. However he is constantly on the move so I suppose it keeps him warm enough. When he wears a long cape in the rain, it looks as if he's wearing a dress!
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Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11479928)
Yes exactly, it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if Muslim families moved into our village as long as they behaved like anyone else. They are hardly likely to take over though lol
Do you agree with unlimited immigration? If you vote for liblabcon then I take it you do. So do not be surprised in years to come if you are a minority in your lovely village. Please visit some inner city areas and have a look see at how the RoP behave in this country. FGS, if you were in charge of a 100 capasity lifeboat, how many desperate people would you allow on board? These problems are happening all over Europe. Unless people like you get their head out of the sand, you will be having your green fields concreted and hundreds of houses built next to your utopia. So that means new schools, doctors surgeries, more traffic, I could go on but you must get my drift? This country aint Oz chriss, we just do not have unlimited space. The supermarkets say the population of this country is around 80 mill. At what figure would you say is enough,100mill, 200 mill, 300mill? Please take your blinkers off and face reality. |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by bluenose123
(Post 11512990)
chris,
Do you agree with unlimited immigration? If you vote for liblabcon then I take it you do. So do not be surprised in years to come if you are a minority in your lovely village. Please visit some inner city areas and have a look see at how the RoP behave in this country. FGS, if you were in charge of a 100 capasity lifeboat, how many desperate people would you allow on board? These problems are happening all over Europe. Unless people like you get their head out of the sand, you will be having your green fields concreted and hundreds of houses built next to your utopia. So that means new schools, doctors surgeries, more traffic, I could go on but you must get my drift? This country aint Oz chriss, we just do not have unlimited space. The supermarkets say the population of this country is around 80 mill. At what figure would you say is enough,100mill, 200 mill, 300mill? Please take your blinkers off and face reality. |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11513026)
How on Earth did you get from Muslim families moving into a village to Armageddon?
Merry Christmas. Good, I can still spell Christmas. Must get another glass. |
Re: The things you hear.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 11513031)
Well, you know that it takes an Armageddon to raise a child....
Merry Christmas. Good, I can still spell Christmas. Must get another glass. |
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