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Jun 29th 2022, 3:17 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Indeed. And then there’s the fact that as you get older, a lot of your social contact is probably going to be with older people who by nature tend to be conservative.
Feb 25th 2022, 3:27 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Thanks for clarifying Dougal.
Can't be easy making a move like that in your mid-80s. You're there now, though, so I hope you can make the best of it and find new friends in your local area.
Best of...
Feb 25th 2022, 4:07 am
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Sorry Dougal but I am no clearer as to why you felt you had to leave Spain. You lived there for decades so surely you could easily have applied for a residency card under the Withdrawal Agreement? ...
Feb 23rd 2022, 3:28 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Hi Dougal.

I'm resident in France, specifically Strasbourg. I really like it here and have had no trouble staying on after Brexit. Just as you were resident in Spain for a long time, so too I've...
Feb 21st 2022, 4:55 am
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Chortle, chortle.
I am genuinely curious to know where this place is. Maybe he took a wrong turn en route to Southsea and ended up in South Side Chicago.
Feb 20th 2022, 2:48 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

I quite like it. He’s in expostulating mode.
Feb 19th 2022, 5:48 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Incidentally, where is this hellhole on the south coast where you can’t go out at night for fear of being stabbed? Portsmouth? Brighton? Surely not BUDLEIGH SALTERTON. We’re all agog.
Feb 19th 2022, 5:41 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

You’re a very exasperating man, Dougal. Half of me wants to slap you and the other half wants to take you to my bosom and make you a cup of tea.
Feb 19th 2022, 8:06 am
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Poor Dougal. I hope he perks up soon.
Feb 18th 2022, 5:56 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

“Being at home from dusk to dawn as if you venture out on foot during these times you could invite a passer-by to stab,kick or use some other form of sport on your person.”

Dougal, where on earth...
Feb 18th 2022, 4:14 am
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Thank you BristolUK. So all is not lost then.
I think Dougal is still cogitating.
Feb 17th 2022, 4:44 pm
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

In the interests of balance, Dougal, can you name 3 things that you like about being back in the UK?
Feb 17th 2022, 5:10 am
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Posted By Helen1964

Re: Dougal03's views on UK after returning

Quite apart from covid, I’m surprised the NHS hasn’t collapsed completely from the strain of caring for curmudgeonly old codgers who haven’t paid tax in the UK for decades and then have the gall to...
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