Meanwhile In England

[Zico]

5 hours ago, gonzo said:

Id be off from this country to better lands in a heartbeat if I could.

I missed the boat years ago but Ill be telling my kids to get the fuck out of here as fast as they possibly can.

I believe they run daily

might only be one way though

[Ani]

35 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Anytime I have to call HMRC, I have a similar experience. It really is awful trying to speak to anybody there. I was on the phone to them for about 2 hours the other week......and that was after I'd been fucking around on the HMRC Gateway online platform for an hour or so

They are telling me they fucked up my return 3 years or so ago and I owe them money. I just want a breakdown of their calculations. First two I spoke to said it was an error at their end and I owe nothing. Now they are saying I do. Reverted to writing to them. 
You stories about £ms being lost to fraud , does not surprise me. 

[mickbrown]

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

My 18 year old lad says that all the time... for some reason it does my nut in.

 

Was the original title of oasis's first album😃

[mickbrown]

2 hours ago, London Wanderer said:

Bolty and Mick could apply for Race Around the World together 

Going in opposite directions maybe.

[tomski]

4 hours ago, Spider said:

Almost everyone I know who’s been to Oz on holiday has ended up going living there.

This is no exaggeration. It just seems to change people.

I can’t help feel you may have played your part in this. That’s a high percentage 100%

[Not in Crawley]

8 hours ago, gonzo said:

Id be off from this country to better lands in a heartbeat if I could.

I missed the boat years ago but Ill be telling my kids to get the fuck out of here as fast as they possibly can.

To be fair, if I lived in Blackpool I'd be saying the same thing 😉

[Ani]

2 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Going in opposite directions maybe.

More going round in circles 

[BobyBrno]

5 hours ago, mickbrown said:

I did three weeks in Melbourne and Sydney. It was ace.

Looked at working there but as I said before, the numbers didn't work.

Quite fancy retiring there. That definitely might be an option.

Obviously on the other side of the country from our resident koala botherer.

I love Sydney. Been to Melbourne as well. As for retiring there, if you could afford to retire and live in London then you’ll be fine. Spent a lot of time in Sydney. Property prices and the cost of living is higher than or similar to London. Outside of the metropolis, I’m not sure I’d want to live there. Don’t know about other parts of Oz. It’s a big country.

[gonzo]

1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said:

To be fair, if I lived in Blackpool I'd be saying the same thing 😉

Indeed

 

[Not in Crawley]

46 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Indeed

 

Although, we don't get many people walking Seagulls on a lease round our way. Beats half mast jeans and beenies 😄

[athywhite1958]

4 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Although, we don't get many people walking Seagulls on a lease round our way. Beats half mast jeans and beenies 😄

You can lease a seagull?

[mickbrown]

2 hours ago, Ani said:

More going round in circles 

😃 And that

[gonzo]

35 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Although, we don't get many people walking Seagulls on a lease round our way. Beats half mast jeans and beenies 😄

Nothing surprises me in this town mate

 

[gonzo]

Be an ace album cover that btw

[Spider]

Just now, gonzo said:

Be an ace album cover that btw

Morrisey has already claimed dibs 

[SatanGreavsie]

33 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Be an ace album cover that btw

It's the long awaited sequel to Abbey Road, with an elderly McCartney and Ringed-O

[SatanGreavsie]

Meanwhile, in England, not very far from me, two cunts have guaranteed their place in hell. That hell might be corporeal in the coming years, or spiritually eternal if there's an ounce of truth in any notions of such things. Either way, everything conceivable (and much that is not) should descend upon them... 

Finley Boden: Parents murdered baby placed back into their care - BBC News

[captainmed]

14 hours ago, gonzo said:

Id be off from this country to better lands in a heartbeat if I could.

I missed the boat years ago but Ill be telling my kids to get the fuck out of here as fast as they possibly can.

When my youngest has finished Uni in a couple of years we’ll be spending 9 months or so outside of the UK.

We’ll come back for our “summer” - June/July/August. 

I’m already spending 3/4 months a year away, so I’ve got a good feel for extended stays now.

The weather & culture amongst other things here just wear me down.

[Spider]

8 hours ago, captainmed said:

When my youngest has finished Uni in a couple of years we’ll be spending 9 months or so outside of the UK.

We’ll come back for our “summer” - June/July/August. 

I’m already spending 3/4 months a year away, so I’ve got a good feel for extended stays now.

The weather & culture amongst other things here just wear me down.

13 years is long enough to wear anyone down

[Farrelli]

13 hours ago, Spider said:

Morrisey has already claimed dibs 

He has. “Meat is murder but this is allowed”

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

13 years is long enough to wear anyone down

13 months of you moaning is enough to wear many down.

[Casino]

Truth hurts

[bolty58]

On 14/04/2023 at 16:55, Spider said:

I’d hate to think what you’d imagined 😄

some mates of mine are in Perth this week, and have had to shelter from a cyclone for the last two days, is it that bad? Saw on the news it was way north of you?

True mate - it's been a bad un. Where it made landfall in the Pilbara (2000kms north of here and a place I have spent much time in due to my heavy involvement with the iron ore industry), they recorded record wind speeds of 289km/h!!! Google 'damage to Pardoo Road House' if you want to see what sort of destructive power that has - even to steel framed buildings!

We have had some relatively minor 'backwash' down here with unseasonal autumn rains. It doesn't usually start raining here until mid June so your mates have my sympathy. Usually the best time of year to be here with seemingly endless mid 20's sunny days etc. so they have been really unlucky.

Would I be right in assuming that I may find them loitering around pie shops?

[bolty58]

On 14/04/2023 at 17:37, Ani said:

Did 3 weeks there and it is brilliant. Biggest issue was in Sydney young posh kids doing the backpacking thing on daddy's credit card. 
We just did Melbourne, Sydney and Barrier Reef. 
 

Bloke sat in plane next to me on way out was going seeing his daughter for 2 days ! Flying Thursday coming back Sunday ! 

Into every life a little rain must fall but sunshine surely follows. I don't usually want to see him quoted but the news that the condescending cunt will never darken these shores is a fillip greater than those Ronnie used to provide.

 

....and I think he would be aware that I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by bolty58

[bolty58]

On 14/04/2023 at 17:59, lobbypond said:

The Australians I've meet have mostly been sound and had a sense of humour.

Don't think I could handle the weather though I'd be moaning like fuck 🤣

It's only the hot summers mate. The rest of the year is fine. You learn to live with it as those in equatorial climes have had to do for pretty much all year round.

They do have a sense of humour but it can be a bit slapstick and/or American style. In my experience, Brits are usually far too quick witted for them - especially those from our neck of the woods.