Are you really a billy no mates?
Feb 6th 2006, 12:54 am
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Blondie22
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Are you really a billy no mates?
Hi all 
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell!
). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell!
). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
Feb 6th 2006, 12:55 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by blaze
Hi all
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell! ). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell!
). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
Feb 6th 2006, 12:57 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by blaze
Hi all
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell! ). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain ..............So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell!
). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain ..............So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?AWP, Rush, Gruff, Fatbrit, Thydney.
CB, CA, Sue (Willmore),
And about a dozen more!
Feb 6th 2006, 12:58 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by Elvira
AWP, Rush, Gruff, Fatbrit, Thydney.
CB, CA, Sue (Willmore),
And about a dozen more!
CB, CA, Sue (Willmore),
And about a dozen more!
Awwww thanks. Reciprocated.
Feb 6th 2006, 1:03 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by blaze
Hi all
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell! ). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
The phrase 'Billy no mates' has been used a lot on this forum as of late (possibly by me aswell!
). How many of you wonderful ex-pat brits out there truly feel that you have no good friends where you are currently living (or friends at all for that matter!) although you have exceptionally good friends living elsewhere, either back in Britain or somewhere else that you've lived. My childhood friends back in Britain will be my best friends for the rest of my life, I also have some really good friends that I've met over the years travelling with the military. However, when it comes to my current abode, bugger me if all the good people didn't scarper before we got here! So, work colleagues aside, how many of the people you know where you currently reside would you actually label 'friends'?
Feb 6th 2006, 1:05 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
In another thread I was saying how down I've been lately. On the day (today) that I've been at my lowest I've had nobody to turn/talk to
I do have a couple "friends" here, girls that I'll have lunch or go drinking with, however, they aren't "real friends" like the ones you can call and chat about crap to. When I was at home I was very close to a handful of friends, but we don't really talk anymore.
So maybe I'm a billy no real mates!!
I do have a couple "friends" here, girls that I'll have lunch or go drinking with, however, they aren't "real friends" like the ones you can call and chat about crap to. When I was at home I was very close to a handful of friends, but we don't really talk anymore.
So maybe I'm a billy no real mates!!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:05 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by rushman
Don't get me started, I hate it here but made a promise to give it a few years. I have never been so eager for time to pass before in my life. I am dying to move out of this town in back into civilisation.
So glad you could join us - I did fancy a 3-xxx. AWP already offered - no surprises there - but the centre-forward position is still open!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:05 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by Elvira
AWP, Rush, Gruff, Fatbrit, Thydney.
CB, CA, Sue (Willmore),
And about a dozen more!
CB, CA, Sue (Willmore),
And about a dozen more!
PS Dont answer by spouting aload of French tripe please
Feb 6th 2006, 1:06 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by rushman
Thank you for including me as one of your friends, does that make me any closer to getting into your pants.
PS Dont answer by spouting aload of French tripe please
PS Dont answer by spouting aload of French tripe please
May I refer the honourable member to one I P*sted earlier!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:08 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by Elvira
So glad you could join us - I did fancy a 3-xxx. AWP already offered - no surprises there - but the centre-forward position is still open!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:09 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
Awwww thanks. Reciprocated.
Feb 6th 2006, 1:09 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
'Friends' to 'friends getting into each others pants' in 8 posts, god you can tell where our minds are!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:11 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I think Elvira means WE'RE Billy no mates
Don't put words into my typewriter!
Elvira means what she says...
Feb 6th 2006, 1:12 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
Originally Posted by blaze
'Friends' to 'friends getting into each others pants' in 8 posts, god you can tell where our minds are!
Feb 6th 2006, 1:13 am
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Re: Are you really a billy no mates?
I have been very lucky since moving here, I have met a great friend who is also a Brit, it's kinda strange really but we share the same name and also have a daughter with the same name, she has become one of my closest friends and will remain one even if we move on. I also have a best friend from home who I have known for a long time who married one of my husbands friends while he was in the UK, they now live in Georgia and although I don't see her as often as I would like she still is one of my best mates. I have only made one very good American friend who lives nearby, she is very different from me but we "clicked" and she has been very very good to me. I'm not one to make "friends" (or should I say true friends) very easily but those I do have I hold dear.