Good words for Britain
Discussion
As an aussie who chose to live in the UK, the reaction is usually "are you mad or what?", there are not many who understand me leaving sunny Oz for here.
To affirm my choice, how about some positives for living in Britain ? (no comparisons with Oz and please lets not mention the cricket, thx)
To affirm my choice, how about some positives for living in Britain ? (no comparisons with Oz and please lets not mention the cricket, thx)
The national sense of humour. Generally good standard of living. The NHS. Reasonable cheap 2nd hand market for cars (if you don't believe me check out the australian autotrader style site).
Real Ale. The music industry. Quite a few things, but I expect to get flamed for all of the above, so flameproof pants going on now!
Real Ale. The music industry. Quite a few things, but I expect to get flamed for all of the above, so flameproof pants going on now!
d though.The weather - keeps this land green and pleasant.
The beer - local breweries producing some fine ales.
Clubs/societies - if you are enthusiastic about something you can nearly always find others with the same interests local to you.
Caterham Cars (oh ok, and the other kit car makers).
The connectivity - both virtual (decent broadband available nearly everywhere) and real (flights to anywhere).
The beer - local breweries producing some fine ales.
Clubs/societies - if you are enthusiastic about something you can nearly always find others with the same interests local to you.
Caterham Cars (oh ok, and the other kit car makers).
The connectivity - both virtual (decent broadband available nearly everywhere) and real (flights to anywhere).
Britain is one of the very few places in the world that has a mostly-acceptable climate. We do get snow and heat (not at the same time, before anyone comments) but neither as extreme nor as long-lasting as most other places.
Britain is also one of the few places that doesn't have wildlife that tries to kill you. We don't have bears, lions, hippos, things with rabies or 1000000000000000 different varieties of sneaky and lethal arthropod. The worst we've got is one kind of poisonous snake, most people go through their entire lives without seeing one, and it isn't really all that poisonous anyway.
Britain is also one of the few places that doesn't have wildlife that tries to kill you. We don't have bears, lions, hippos, things with rabies or 1000000000000000 different varieties of sneaky and lethal arthropod. The worst we've got is one kind of poisonous snake, most people go through their entire lives without seeing one, and it isn't really all that poisonous anyway.
Think i may have gotten away with it too.
You can generally enjoy driving in Britain
Some places, like much of Scotland and some of Wales, the roads are good enough to make a petrolhead swoon with pleasure
A mate of mine went to Oz with his family
Took his very quick Midget too
Although he loves the place and the lifestyle, he is not a great fan of the BiB down under
Speed limit restrictions are far nastier there he says
edit for the usual dumb spollink mastokes
Some places, like much of Scotland and some of Wales, the roads are good enough to make a petrolhead swoon with pleasure
A mate of mine went to Oz with his family
Took his very quick Midget too
Although he loves the place and the lifestyle, he is not a great fan of the BiB down under
Speed limit restrictions are far nastier there he says
edit for the usual dumb spollink mastokes
Edited by perdu on Sunday 9th January 21:59
randomwalk said:
As an aussie who chose to live in the UK, the reaction is usually "are you mad or what?", there are not many who understand me leaving sunny Oz for here.
To affirm my choice, how about some positives for living in Britain ? (no comparisons with Oz and please lets not mention the cricket, thx)
The ONS reckons there are 120,000 of you lot living here - must be something good about it! To affirm my choice, how about some positives for living in Britain ? (no comparisons with Oz and please lets not mention the cricket, thx)
Mind you, most of the people who bad mouth this country have never lived anywhere else and base everything on a fortnights holiday
The ability to get a proper cup of tea.
Sausages.
Real ale.
Marmite.
Bacon.
Pasties.
The NHS.
Worcester sauce.
Formalised rubbish collections.
Drinkable tap water.
But chiefly it's a propper cuppa with a pasty. just not achievable anywhere else.
edited cos i is a dullard
Sausages.
Real ale.
Marmite.
Bacon.
Pasties.
The NHS.
Worcester sauce.
Formalised rubbish collections.
Drinkable tap water.
But chiefly it's a propper cuppa with a pasty. just not achievable anywhere else.
edited cos i is a dullard
Edited by scdan4 on Sunday 9th January 22:07
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