Things you like about Britain
13 December 2004, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Abdabz
Free health service
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Quite possibly the quote of the century.
I think "included in the price" is the term you are after.
I agree with your other points - however you make reference to "things" and
"places". All of which I agree with you are nice.
13 December 2004, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk
Whenever I have been south of Bristol the heavens have opened on me, so I have just assumed that somebody important doesn't want me to see that part of the world
The overall experience of Wales (mainly the north, admittedly), like that of France, tends to be spoiled by the hostility of the local population
The overall experience of Wales (mainly the north, admittedly), like that of France, tends to be spoiled by the hostility of the local population
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13 December 2004, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by popeye
Have you ever considered moving away from the UK for a while? Seriously - it might give you a more positive outlook on the place.
I'll be back in the UK for a few days next month and it will congested, expensive, dirty and run down.
Things I like about the UK? Stuff I miss I suppose - the bacon, the sausages, the BBC... that's about it really.
13 December 2004, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by gareth123
I moved away from the UK in 2000. My opinion of the UK has gone downhill since then.
I'll be back in the UK for a few days next month and it will congested, expensive, dirty and run down.
Things I like about the UK? Stuff I miss I suppose - the bacon, the sausages, the BBC... that's about it really.
I'll be back in the UK for a few days next month and it will congested, expensive, dirty and run down.
Things I like about the UK? Stuff I miss I suppose - the bacon, the sausages, the BBC... that's about it really.
Rundown, another relevant word.
Where do you live now??
13 December 2004, 07:14 PM
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California.
Good fish and chips too. It's only really the fresh food stuff that bugs me because I can buy most other food things locally - jaffa ckes, branson pickle etc etc.
I'm going to take a train from Reading to Paddington next month. I haven't done this for a few years. It's going to be expensive, crowded (will I even get a seat?!), dirty (will the kebab wrappers from the night before still be on the floor?!), and no doubt it will be late too, so I'll be hanging around on a windswept platform freezing my nuts off. Yaaaay
Good country pub food too
Good fish and chips too. It's only really the fresh food stuff that bugs me because I can buy most other food things locally - jaffa ckes, branson pickle etc etc.
I'm going to take a train from Reading to Paddington next month. I haven't done this for a few years. It's going to be expensive, crowded (will I even get a seat?!), dirty (will the kebab wrappers from the night before still be on the floor?!), and no doubt it will be late too, so I'll be hanging around on a windswept platform freezing my nuts off. Yaaaay
Good country pub food too
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13 December 2004, 09:27 PM
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Exmoor national park is my favourite place, mental hills and twisties to die for 
Porlock hill
countisbury hill
the sandpiper inn
the staghunters inn
and generally the rest of exmoor national park, not a chav in sight unless you get a few stray from butlins minehead
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Porlock hill
countisbury hill
the sandpiper inn
the staghunters inn
and generally the rest of exmoor national park, not a chav in sight unless you get a few stray from butlins minehead
andy
14 December 2004, 01:53 AM
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Left the UK 5 years ago...came back for a visit recently and realised how much I missed:
Real pubs and pub gardens.
Good Indian take-aways.
The lack of venomous/nasty/biting things.
B roads.
Average road speeds on the motorways.
Real pubs and pub gardens.
Good Indian take-aways.
The lack of venomous/nasty/biting things.
B roads.
Average road speeds on the motorways.
14 December 2004, 02:52 AM
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Hmmm, I missed a couple...
NHS, the luxury of not having to worry about paying for treatment (in Japan you pay 30% of the costs, for big operations families and friends have to hold fundraising events
)
National speed limit of 60mph (away from the expressways, which have tolls, the limit is usually 50 or 60 kmh !)
Decent thick cut bacon (not the supermarket water injected stuff)
Bacon sandwiches
HP sauce
Bacon sandwiches with HP sauce
NHS, the luxury of not having to worry about paying for treatment (in Japan you pay 30% of the costs, for big operations families and friends have to hold fundraising events
)National speed limit of 60mph (away from the expressways, which have tolls, the limit is usually 50 or 60 kmh !)
Decent thick cut bacon (not the supermarket water injected stuff)
Bacon sandwiches
HP sauce
Bacon sandwiches with HP sauce
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14 December 2004, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_Japan
Hmmm,
Decent thick cut bacon (not the supermarket water injected stuff)
Bacon sandwiches
HP sauce
Bacon sandwiches with HP sauce
Decent thick cut bacon (not the supermarket water injected stuff)
Bacon sandwiches
HP sauce
Bacon sandwiches with HP sauce
14 December 2004, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by GC8
I detect a pattern. It must be nice to come home and have the choice of getting your fish cooked too!
The only thing I need to do is phone the food order through to my mum
14 December 2004, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
Tiptoeing on the PC line, it does irk me when "British" citizens who i KNOW can speak English, don't do so when conversing with each other. Small point maybe, but it does sadden me.
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