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Forum: The Rovers Return
May 20th 2012, 7:51 am
Replies: 48
Views: 6,578
Posted By king kong

Re: Reality of the UK

i agree , perth isnt the crime free paradise some british programmes love to put about ..................... i guess we live in troubled times too economically and some of the people coming to...
Forum: The Rovers Return
May 20th 2012, 6:40 am
Replies: 48
Views: 6,578
Posted By king kong

Re: Reality of the UK

well after returning to the uk over two years ago , this article interested me and also some of the replies and the seeming denials and somehow that there is inferred racism when you actually see...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 16th 2012, 11:48 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,528
Posted By king kong

Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland

i stated british which at present includes norn iron too ,i wasnt refering to the english . The irish are far from hopeless , they are just as inexperienced as a fresh brit off the boat . The...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 13th 2012, 8:05 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,528
Posted By king kong

Re: 4 Corners programme on Ireland

after 20 years living in perth and working building battleaxe block developments all over perth i can understand the rather racial advert and i infact myself used to start irish but inevitable had to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 26th 2012, 3:36 am
Replies: 14
Views: 23,305
Posted By king kong

Re: Isle of Wight,Devon or Cornwall

head for dorset , devon and cornwall are a bit hard employment wise and the isle of wight although idylic would in my opinion be a big clanger as the work situation is dire and the ferry crossing is...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 26th 2012, 3:26 am
Replies: 8
Views: 940
Posted By king kong

Re: looking for builders

Go with applying in his own right , waste of time looking for a builder to sponser him .Its all sub-contract there and mostly done on price . You dont find the farmer giles type builders you get in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 28th 2012, 10:31 am
Replies: 18
Views: 3,198
Posted By king kong

Re: Scottish Independence - a new angle

As an englishman i must congratulate you on an excellent post , my opinion on scotland for what its worth is ''why not '' , they should have independance .
I think the union as it was say pre -EEC...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 19th 2012, 8:17 am
Replies: 3
Views: 832
Posted By king kong

Re: Pining for the Fjords ... ;)

i too had a major split after 25 years with my partner but my children were older and more independant but nevertheless the same sort of feelings came about , a sense of isolation , looking for...
Forum: Australia
Jan 19th 2012, 7:48 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,684
Posted By king kong

Re: Moving to Perth

my son is a roofing carpenter in perth ,he is always in work and the construction industry is relatively buoyant compared to the uk .
There isnt the work for second fix carpenters in perth due to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 17th 2012, 7:19 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,931
Posted By king kong

Re: Can you get a (low doc) mortgage easily in the UK any more?

self -cert mortgages i think are in the past in the uk , unless you have around 70 percent deposit ........................
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 1st 2012, 7:38 am
Replies: 121
Views: 13,150
Posted By king kong

Re: So I'm pretty sure that my marriage is over!

all i can say is if hes coming out with ''i got to find myself '' etce cte , i love you like a sister etc . he is messing about . I swallowed all that bull for 2 month off my ex wife ,she was a down...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 23rd 2011, 9:58 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 7,106
Posted By king kong

Re: It's been a while!!

hi ya chance , yea still in the uk ,travelled around a bit mainly due to work and had a 8 month spell working in belgium and 3 month in aussie but happily settled in the uk now . Good to see youve...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 20th 2011, 9:00 am
Replies: 35
Views: 7,106
Posted By king kong

Re: It's been a while!!

i remember you too tracey , it was about the same era . Glad to hear you are doing well , i have been back in dorset now for 2 years and no regrets ,work was an issue but for the peace of mind of...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 7th 2011, 7:36 am
Replies: 76
Views: 36,806
Posted By king kong

Re: Any regrets on moving back to the UK?

well done quoll , always remember your posts , :thumbsup:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 7th 2011, 7:31 am
Replies: 21
Views: 44,406
Posted By king kong

Re: Bournemouth - best areas to live

i moved back to dorset after 20 years in aussie too , only two issues i have an issue with and thats the weather and work ,other than that i dont think of aussie at all just go about my daily routine...
Forum: Goa
Aug 24th 2011, 12:15 pm
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

maybe your right , but i guess it shows good insight into the fact none of us have the answers to the issue and we have all jumped on the bandwagon of sarcastic remarks and snipes ,no differnt to...
Forum: Goa
Aug 23rd 2011, 6:40 pm
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

i agree tax is a bitter pill indeed for the better off and something they seem to be able to spend heaps of money trying to avoid .The scandinavian countrys are supposed to be one of the better...
Forum: Goa
Aug 23rd 2011, 9:39 am
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

greater division of wealth .create community feeling .better education inregards to trades early in senior school .bobbies on the beat . more youth centres .putting a lot lower cap on what government...
Forum: Goa
Aug 22nd 2011, 9:19 am
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

Dread ............no way i was talking down to you , what i wrote is fact . Thats what people lived like , my grandparents didnt get a toilet inside un till the 1970s . people were deported for...
Forum: Goa
Aug 22nd 2011, 7:39 am
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

And i guess living in a two up two down with 11 kids with no hot water and a toilet out the back shared by 6 houses ,just like my grand parents had . All the time the landed gentry and royalty are...
Forum: Goa
Aug 22nd 2011, 7:29 am
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

well said.sums the reality up of young ones in poor areas :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
Forum: Goa
Aug 21st 2011, 9:35 pm
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

Yea course i can remember being young and working for nothing as an apprentice bricklayer for poor money but i knew like my father said ,once you got a trade you can at least earn enough to support a...
Forum: Goa
Aug 21st 2011, 7:49 pm
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

The voice of reason ,someone who looks past their self interest and the need for rhe reinstallation of community .Margaret thatcher had many admirable strengths , but she did help create this self...
Forum: Goa
Aug 21st 2011, 12:24 am
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

Its coming thats for sure , the problem is the upper class and the wannbee middle class whites just have one answer and thats the big stick . This is 2011 not rampaging thru africa beating natives...
Forum: Goa
Aug 20th 2011, 11:41 pm
Replies: 467
Views: 32,635
Posted By king kong

Re: UK RIOTS

i knw i am , but a hundred years ago he would have been shot for treason or some trumped up charge . A member of the armed forces taking the queens shilling and all that .The fact is here some...
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