What had changed when you returned?
Sep 8th 2010, 6:14 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
Talking about getting old, I see that Joan Bakewell ("the thinking man's crumpet") ain't as young as she used to be. (sigh)
Sep 8th 2010, 8:01 pm
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Joanna Lumley
Gabrielle Drake (remember Space 1999)
Diana Rigg
only Marina from Stringray stays the same, although her head and eyes are still ridiculously large
Sep 8th 2010, 8:18 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
Ah yes I'd forgotten that song. I think I'll play it in a continuous loop until the workday ends...
Jan 18th 2011, 8:58 am
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
You have to pay for bags in TK Max 
Eastenders and Corrie had changed their schedules
Eastenders and Corrie had changed their schedules
Jan 18th 2011, 12:04 pm
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On a similar line Jane Asher is in this sit com "Old Guys" and looks amazing.
Jan 18th 2011, 11:51 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
I am so envious of you right now!! What I'd do to wake up to a crisp morning and hear the birds chirping outside my window...
I'm still waiting for my house to sell before I can go back, however, I'm glad I moved away for a while, or I'd never have had this new found appreciation of our motherland...
I'm still waiting for my house to sell before I can go back, however, I'm glad I moved away for a while, or I'd never have had this new found appreciation of our motherland...
Jan 19th 2011, 1:49 am
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hhaaha i thought the same thing... funny though, in the U.S we go for bargins... there it is treated very 2nd rate like and old dirty kmart of sorts...
Jan 19th 2011, 1:59 am
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Jan 19th 2011, 6:53 am
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Yes! And Asda belongs to Walmart! - Already been in trouble with UK law.._ (They were made to comply with the Basic Pay Rate) Dontheturner
Jan 19th 2011, 12:36 pm
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So I'm reading the "Sound Offs" in our local free newspaper. These are anonymous rants people send in about local issues, and are the only thing worth reading in the paper. Someone complains about National Grid (I think the company had cut off his power because he hadn't paid his bill
)Instead of just moaning about what inhuman beasts National Grid are, the writer goes into that tired old riff "I thought we got rid of King George and the Redcoats back in the War of Independence. Why should we pay our electricity bills to a foreign, colonialist company? Is America independent or what?" I was going to fire off a rejoinder mentioning Ford & General Motors & McDonalds etc but what's the point...
Jan 19th 2011, 12:52 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
Up here where I live, in Northern New York State, our regional electricity utility is National Grid - a British company. Naturally folks sometimes have problems with their electricity provider, it goes without saying.
So I'm reading the "Sound Offs" in our local free newspaper. These are anonymous rants people send in about local issues, and are the only thing worth reading in the paper. Someone complains about National Grid (I think the company had cut off his power because he hadn't paid his bill)
Instead of just moaning about what inhuman beasts National Grid are, the writer goes into that tired old riff "I thought we got rid of King George and the Redcoats back in the War of Independence. Why should we pay our electricity bills to a foreign, colonialist company? Is America independent or what?" I was going to fire off a rejoinder mentioning Ford & General Motors & McDonalds etc but what's the point...
So I'm reading the "Sound Offs" in our local free newspaper. These are anonymous rants people send in about local issues, and are the only thing worth reading in the paper. Someone complains about National Grid (I think the company had cut off his power because he hadn't paid his bill
)Instead of just moaning about what inhuman beasts National Grid are, the writer goes into that tired old riff "I thought we got rid of King George and the Redcoats back in the War of Independence. Why should we pay our electricity bills to a foreign, colonialist company? Is America independent or what?" I was going to fire off a rejoinder mentioning Ford & General Motors & McDonalds etc but what's the point...
My OH listens to a talk radio show and the host has views similar to Palin with the "Take back our country theme"
The guy believes that the US should cut all trade deals with the rest of the world and be self sufficient etc etc, and he sells t-shirts with various political slogans on them. Well my OH brought 2 t-shirts (much to my disgust), but what made me smile was that when they arrived, I checked the labels and one was made in Haiti and the other in Nicaragua 
Jan 19th 2011, 6:15 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
This made made me laugh. I can't imagine anyone equating the War of Independence to their power company ... but funny
My OH listens to a talk radio show and the host has views similar to Palin with the "Take back our country theme" The guy believes that the US should cut all trade deals with the rest of the world and be self sufficient etc etc, and he sells t-shirts with various political slogans on them. Well my OH brought 2 t-shirts (much to my disgust), but what made me smile was that when they arrived, I checked the labels and one was made in Haiti and the other in Nicaragua
My OH listens to a talk radio show and the host has views similar to Palin with the "Take back our country theme"
The guy believes that the US should cut all trade deals with the rest of the world and be self sufficient etc etc, and he sells t-shirts with various political slogans on them. Well my OH brought 2 t-shirts (much to my disgust), but what made me smile was that when they arrived, I checked the labels and one was made in Haiti and the other in Nicaragua Did you point that out to him.
Jan 19th 2011, 7:43 pm
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Re: What had changed when you returned?
We were away for 4 1/2 years.
I think public transport has got better - especially into and around London. Having seen public transport take a largely second place in Perth to the omnipresent car it is nice to find real investment in infrastructure projects like the Overground (now complete) and Cross rail (in progress).
Much more organic food in the supermarkets and a greater range of more or less everything (I counted seven varieties of potato at Sainsburys the other day). imo Coles and Woolies don't do enough to justify their total monopoly in WA.
More (too many) TV channels resulting in this poster switching to iPlayer and 4oD - and telling the TV Licensing where to go (yes, you can now legally opt out of paying if you don't watch "live" tv)
Much better recycling and green inititiatives - you get nectar points if you use your own bags in Sainsburies now.
Fewer smelly old bangers on the road. God bless the scrappage scheme.
Sadly, a proliferation of rubbish charity shops in the dead parts of local high streets. Not sure if it is ebay/gumtree/car boots that has killed of the supply of interesting bric-a-brak, but they sure are depressing now. They make Good Sammies look like Harrods.
People seem to smile more. No, seriously.
I think public transport has got better - especially into and around London. Having seen public transport take a largely second place in Perth to the omnipresent car it is nice to find real investment in infrastructure projects like the Overground (now complete) and Cross rail (in progress).
Much more organic food in the supermarkets and a greater range of more or less everything (I counted seven varieties of potato at Sainsburys the other day). imo Coles and Woolies don't do enough to justify their total monopoly in WA.
More (too many) TV channels resulting in this poster switching to iPlayer and 4oD - and telling the TV Licensing where to go (yes, you can now legally opt out of paying if you don't watch "live" tv)
Much better recycling and green inititiatives - you get nectar points if you use your own bags in Sainsburies now.
Fewer smelly old bangers on the road. God bless the scrappage scheme.
Sadly, a proliferation of rubbish charity shops in the dead parts of local high streets. Not sure if it is ebay/gumtree/car boots that has killed of the supply of interesting bric-a-brak, but they sure are depressing now. They make Good Sammies look like Harrods.
People seem to smile more. No, seriously.
Been away 10yrs and only went back for the first time in 5yrs about 6 months ago.Found that i apprieciated the lakes district more than ever.People chat and smile in the street.Not too much dog poop to dodge in the streets !!!! and yes London was clean
