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Post by eddy on Jan 26, 2004 12:54:09 GMT
England is bonk, our country is falling apart & this big freeze thats going to hit sounds pretty scary!  Where are you going to move to? I would love to go to either Japan or Austraillia - imagine being on some hot sunny beach arrr  |
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Post by JR on Jan 26, 2004 13:12:48 GMT
Pheonix Arizona.
Desert, cowgirls and cold beer.
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Post by IlfordDave1975 on Jan 26, 2004 13:26:40 GMT
sweden ;D
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Post by JR on Jan 26, 2004 13:28:45 GMT
Yeah but all the good stuff is on the top shelf What's Swedish for stepladders?  |
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Post by IlfordDave1975 on Jan 26, 2004 13:33:51 GMT
umm my translator says its stepladders...maybe they don'y have a word for it.
but step ladders is steg stege
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Jan 26, 2004 14:03:09 GMT
Well remember that if the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence
- it's because its a swamp!
Or if its hot - maybe browner not greener - with flies and disease and oh its too hot - what no aircon - or very high humidity - monsoons every afternoon and you can't breathe - what no aircon.
Oh and no jobs, no unemployment benefit or sick pay - poor housing, no medicare for poor people, no schools no roads etc etc
The grass is definitley greener in Ireland but it rains all the time
Fortunately here we have high employment, one of the highest living standards in the world, free medicare good schools, good housing, temperate climate
Oh and of course Stoke City - just down the road (for most of us) - off on a record breaking run on their way to the Premiership
But that 'place in the sun' does look inviting
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Jan 26, 2004 16:04:55 GMT
Australia
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 26, 2004 16:51:26 GMT
I can never understand why people who claim they would be happier elsewhere than the UK don't just emigrate. Ok, some could not afford to or don't have the skills or family connections to do it. But many of those who do, seem happier staying here and saying they wish they were elsewhere!  |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jan 26, 2004 17:21:08 GMT
Banff, Canada - mountains, wildlife, peace and quiet, Molsen. Or possibly propped up on the porch of a large house in Florida, sipping a JD, watching the sunset. ...(sighs)...God I need to win the Lottery.  |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 26, 2004 17:23:44 GMT
Yeh, Banff's good - if you can cope with the elk walking down the middle of the road as if they owned the place.  The hot tub on the roof of the "Inns of Banff" hotel holds some fond memories!  |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jan 26, 2004 17:29:37 GMT
Damn right about the f***ing elk - wandering in front of my hire care with their offspring! Who do they think they are?! Hot tubs - hmmm, too full of Russians when I was there for some reason. Staggered back to the Rocky Mountain Resort in the dark after a night out, looking over our shoulders for some of that wildlife all the time. |
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Jan 26, 2004 18:20:13 GMT
Fornside
Holidays in the sun have good memories for most of us - hence the huge numbers who head for the Med
However when were on holday we know we are coming back - to familiar places and friends/family - and this is still home
I have friends who have settled on the Costa del Sol who are constantly moaning about the place and weather.
Desperate to get UK TV because there is little or no social life (ie with friends). Living in a British getto with no contact with the locals. This may be just them but they don't paint a pleasant picture. In the area where they live there are almost no people under 50!!
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Post by wigginbird on Jan 26, 2004 18:44:19 GMT
I'm off to France on my retirement.......
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 26, 2004 18:59:41 GMT
WM and wigginb, I have no probs with anyone emigrating. As WM says, doing it without doing some proper research first is dangerous. In my own case I am only moving 400 miles north on retirement and staying in the same country but I still bought my retirement place 6 years ago to give me time to change my mind.
Maybe I am just cautious but in my case it paid off and I have no qualms.
No, my real problem continues to be with those who slag off our country without a) even trying to do anything to look into emigration or, b) trying to make this country better.
I can understand people hating the climate (even though I love it) but people who hate the UK economic conditions forget we live in the 4th/5th largest economy in the world - something to be rather proud of. Of course its always easy to live on a British income in a country with a cheaper cost of living but that's not a reason to slag off the uk.
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Post by IlfordDave1975 on Jan 27, 2004 7:00:34 GMT
speak for yourself wigginbird.....I won't be retireing there with you.....nice of you to tell me fecking french............. |
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