You know your in the UK when .....
Nov 20th 2012, 11:41 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
I wasn't being sarcastic as it happens. More below.
FACT: Milder winters allow germs to thrive much better and longer. Another FACT: If you have a cold and it's 40 degrees, that does get a bit difficult.
I'm sorry old chum but you have such a shock waiting for you when you get here and find that your paradise suddenly isn't.
FWIW I like it here, I'm glad that I came and I will be staying. On balance, for me it's better than the U.K. but it is NOT undiluted paradise. Do you yet beleive that Perth can go down to 3 degrees in winter?
FACT: Milder winters allow germs to thrive much better and longer. Another FACT: If you have a cold and it's 40 degrees, that does get a bit difficult.
I'm sorry old chum but you have such a shock waiting for you when you get here and find that your paradise suddenly isn't.
FWIW I like it here, I'm glad that I came and I will be staying. On balance, for me it's better than the U.K. but it is NOT undiluted paradise. Do you yet beleive that Perth can go down to 3 degrees in winter?
Nov 20th 2012, 11:45 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Yes, and I hope it works out but all his posts paint this rosey picture. I'm not the only one on here to try to open his eyes. And I'm one of the "I love being in Oz" mob. But one has to be realistic. It can get cold in Perth. You get colds in Perth, after 3 months, heat can get boring. But there we are.
Nov 20th 2012, 11:47 am
#228
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
No one believes that people get colds and flu in warmer climates as much as they do here in freezing cold Blighty, we get them year round with the summers, if you can call them that, being warmish and then cold and miserable, I suppose someone will try to convince us that they do get it as much living in the sun, but I don't believe it for one minute.
....colds, coughs, flu symptoms, full-blown flu, all just as common here, all year round, even in the lovely stinking hot paradise of Queensland. But of course I'm just making this up, I've been living with my head in a bucket for the last 10 years and not been working in more germ-ridden offices than I could ever have imagined.If i could be bothered I could find two dozen old threads about it at least but i don't think you are worth the effort.
Nov 20th 2012, 11:58 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Yes, and I hope it works out but all his posts paint this rosey picture. I'm not the only one on here to try to open his eyes. And I'm one of the "I love being in Oz" mob. But one has to be realistic. It can get cold in Perth. You get colds in Perth, after 3 months, heat can get boring. But there we are.
Things are good for me in the UK, I'm sure it will be the same in Australia, i see the positives of being able to live in two of the best countries in the world, the UK as you know has been struggling for a few years now, whereas Australia has been booming, but i expect to carry on having a great life, if not i will come back, but I won't moan about it incessantly like some.
Nov 20th 2012, 12:01 pm
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Yes, and I hope it works out but all his posts paint this rosey picture. I'm not the only one on here to try to open his eyes. And I'm one of the "I love being in Oz" mob. But one has to be realistic. It can get cold in Perth. You get colds in Perth, after 3 months, heat can get boring. But there we are.
Nov 20th 2012, 11:29 pm
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Except when you are in Wales.........cross the border from England and suddenly you have a choice of two languages to guide you on your way...even the signs painted on the roads and on display in supermarkets are bilingual but less than a fifth of the locals are conversant with both languages and in some areas hardly any at all.
Nov 20th 2012, 11:32 pm
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
True in most cases but the stamps certainly don't come cheap and the Post Office is seeking permission to raise the postage rates yet again......
Nov 21st 2012, 7:40 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
FACT: Milder winters allow germs to thrive much better and longer. Another FACT: If you have a cold and it's 40 degrees, that does get a bit difficult.
I'm sorry old chum but you have such a shock waiting for you when you get here and find that your paradise suddenly isn't.
I'm sorry old chum but you have such a shock waiting for you when you get here and find that your paradise suddenly isn't.
Nov 21st 2012, 7:43 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Yes, and I hope it works out but all his posts paint this rosey picture. I'm not the only one on here to try to open his eyes. And I'm one of the "I love being in Oz" mob. But one has to be realistic. It can get cold in Perth. You get colds in Perth, after 3 months, heat can get boring. But there we are.
Nov 23rd 2012, 12:47 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
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A pub landlord sighs when you walk into his bar to give him some money.
A pub landlord sighs when you walk into his bar to give him some money.
Nov 26th 2012, 10:33 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
Except when you are in Wales.........cross the border from England and suddenly you have a choice of two languages to guide you on your way...even the signs painted on the roads and on display in supermarkets are bilingual but less than a fifth of the locals are conversant with both languages and in some areas hardly any at all.
Nov 26th 2012, 10:42 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
And yet how amazing is it that you can drop a letter in a box anywhere - even the most remote village - and know it will reach its destination the next day? Just because something has traditionally been ridiculously cheap doesn't mean it will -or should - continue that way. See America for what happens when the post office isn't allowed to raise rates. All the post boxes near my house were taken away over the course of a year and we had to walk at least a mile to post a letter despite living just a few miles from one of the world's biggest cities. And the service was notoriously unreliable with mail constantly going missing. I'm happy to pay a reasonable fee for the service that's provided here.
Nov 26th 2012, 10:58 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
And yet how amazing is it that you can drop a letter in a box anywhere - even the most remote village - and know it will reach its destination the next day? Just because something has traditionally been ridiculously cheap doesn't mean it will -or should - continue that way. See America for what happens when the post office isn't allowed to raise rates. All the post boxes near my house were taken away over the course of a year and we had to walk at least a mile to post a letter despite living just a few miles from one of the world's biggest cities. And the service was notoriously unreliable with mail constantly going missing. I'm happy to pay a reasonable fee for the service that's provided here.
Sep 25th 2013, 8:42 am
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Re: You know your in the UK when .....
The pavements are covered in dogshit !