Mail deriding the UK again!
Oct 25th 2005, 6:11 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Dimsie
Britain has so much to be proud of. I never fully realised it myself until I came here!
Oct 25th 2005, 6:14 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Bob
often the case that once you lose it, you start to appreciate it a lot more...
Oct 25th 2005, 6:19 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Chorlton
I know I won't be saying it about Texas some day
you tend to forget what it was you hated so much about the place... 
oh yeah no green areas
Oct 25th 2005, 6:28 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
That has to be the most depressing piece of p*sh that I've ever read (and I'm not a guardian-reading mail basher either).
As for quotes like the following, do me a favour...
yada yada yada
$90k a year for a nurse who earned £700 a month in the UK - I think that she must have started working in a "gentleman's club" after hours to make up the difference as well.
Also, if everyone in the UK had to pay £150 a month for healthcare the NHS might be able to bring itself up off its knees, and as for the no VAT unless the daft cow lives in Delaware doesn't she pay Sales Tax.
To be honest I'm sure surrey if glad to see the back of her.
As for quotes like the following, do me a favour...
yada yada yada
$90k a year for a nurse who earned £700 a month in the UK - I think that she must have started working in a "gentleman's club" after hours to make up the difference as well.
Also, if everyone in the UK had to pay £150 a month for healthcare the NHS might be able to bring itself up off its knees, and as for the no VAT unless the daft cow lives in Delaware doesn't she pay Sales Tax.
To be honest I'm sure surrey if glad to see the back of her.
Last edited by elfman; Oct 25th 2005 at 7:15 pm.
Oct 25th 2005, 6:36 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by elfman
As for moaning about the TV license: if you view it as a subscription to the BBC it looks like bloody good value - it amazes how people who moan about the license fee are usually perfectly happy to fork out $100 a month for cable TV and the advert laden dross that constitutes most of its content.
Oct 25th 2005, 7:34 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Agreed - 100 squiddlies a year to have 4 or 5 channels free from commercials every 9 minutes seems like a bargain to me. Oh, and channels that show educational and interesting tv as well - could well be the bargain of the century.
Oct 25th 2005, 7:37 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Bob
considering over here, you probably only end up watching only about 5 of the channels on a regular basis *l*
you're right! old habits die hard
Oct 25th 2005, 8:32 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Bob
considering over here, you probably only end up watching only about 5 of the channels on a regular basis *l*
I just wish I could find 5 channels I like out of the 70-80 we have
Oct 25th 2005, 8:42 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by psb182
I just wish I could find 5 channels I like out of the 70-80 we have
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPN Classic
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Net.
sorted.
Oct 25th 2005, 8:48 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Manc
I can
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPN Classic
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Net.
sorted.
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPN Classic
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Net.
sorted.
Oct 25th 2005, 8:50 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by lionheart
You forgot Setanta, I just finished watching Liverpool V Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup............. my lips are sealed.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...09#post2919209
Oct 25th 2005, 8:57 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Manc
no worries, this twat let the cat of the bag anyways.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...09#post2919209
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...09#post2919209
Oct 25th 2005, 9:01 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Bob
often the case that once you lose it, you start to appreciate it a lot more...
The Daily Mail seems to have a strange grip on people's minds in Britain and it's amazing their constant misrepresentation of facts goes unpunished.
they always have someone talking about "poll tax" don't they?
Oct 25th 2005, 9:05 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by lionheart
That's what you get for having a job......... seriously, I hate it when someone does that, especially when you have spent the day avoiding soccer sites and UK news sites when you are taping the game.
"Hey honey, hell of a comeback by the scousers"
women.
Oct 25th 2005, 9:06 pm
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Re: Mail deriding the UK again!
Originally Posted by Manc
I can
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPN Classic
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Net.
sorted.
ESPN
ESPN 2
ESPN Classic
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Net.
sorted.
but there have been some cracking drama's on lately, so the channels haven't been all poo...well between the evening shows they have been I guess, but don't normally watch the tele during the day.