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8 hours ago, Tulip1 said:

Have you seen the Vindaloo Two song with Will Mellor? It’s really good. 

no but someone told me they performed it Boxpark Wembley before one of the games.....I couldnt get in to Boxpark for any of the matches but we managed to get tickets for it for the final so hoping for a great build up to the game!

18 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

My son’s friend is going to the final.  He’s paid £1200 for the ticket!  Sounds such a lot but it will be such a memory.  You’d pay that for a holiday so why not if you can afford it I guess.

My sons mate is going to the final.  He’s paid £1200 for the ticket!

thats a lot.....I remember going to Euro 2000 in Charleroi and getting a ticket on the black market for the game against the Germans (we won 1-0) and paying £180 for it back then and thinking that it was a fortune to pay but well worth it after we won.....in contrast when you are a member of the supporters club and go to games at Wembley and around the World you get access to tickets at face value, I paid £70 (85 Euros) each for my 2 semi tickets.

3 hours ago, Paul1Perth said:

I'm pretty sure most still wanted to play for England but they never had a side that was good enough. There was always extra pressure on the few world class players England had. The others played like they didn't want the ball for fear of making a mistake.

The team they have now all seem to have confidence, want the ball and have confidence in the players round them.

Even the subs are raring to go when they get the chance. I feel a bit sorry for Jamie Vardy, when Leicester won the league he was probably the best striker in the country at the time, he's carried on scoring but doesn't seem to be part of the England picture. Oh well, the manager seems to have a plan and know which players he needs.

Should be a good final.

eh? never had a side good enough? from 2000 to about 2010 we had a team littered with world class players, scholes was picked out by Zidane as the best player he has played against, Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham, Cole, Ferdinand, Terry, Owen, Shearer, Rooney how long have you got.....youv'e been out out of the scene for way too long Paul to know much if anything about our England team.....having the players was never an issue.....in fact the problems back then were not only the rivalry between clubs but trying to fit all these world class players into one team.....Gareth has changed the whole feel.....there is a unity now that wasnt there 10 or 15 years ago.....no rivalry and I think this generation of young people have a different outlook to past generations and that rubs off on the pitch.....oppositions always new they could get under the skin of one or two of our players and get a reaction......that doesnt happen anymore.....Italians will be a whole different proposition and we will need to be at our absolute best and need a big big chunk of luck to come through it.....if we win you can dine out on your English heritage for a few years Paul.......................................................through gritted teeth

BBQ's are outdated....everyone is cooking pizza in their pizza ovens.....we got an Ooni pizza oven at the start of spring.....cooks a pizza in 60 seconds.....well thats what they say but if you budget for 2 mins you wont be far out.....they are excellent.....we hardly use the BBQ any more.....if I was you I would ditch it.....sell it.....we sold ours before we came home....TBH I was amazed we sold it.....it was a few years old and covered in grease but someone came along and gave us almost what we paid for it......If I was in the UK I would have probably thrown it in the bin.

the new song is "sweet caroline" V the Germans....I was in there somewhere behind the goal and last night against Denmark from my phone

On 03/07/2021 at 04:17, Marisawright said:

I never have but it’s extremely common especially after having a child. Suddenly you appreciate the importance of family, which you always took for granted before

We have many  members here who have gone home and are happily settled. The ones who are happiest with their decision seem to be the ones who didn’t go back to their old town but looked for somewhere else in the UK that offered the lifestyle they wanted.

After 3 years in Perth we returned to our "old town"......we found it to be exactly as we left it 3 years earlier.....the only thing that had changed was us.....we had realised that the lifestyle we actually wanted was right there in front of us the whole time.....its funny because you often don't realise what you had/have until you have lost it.....unlike the OP we never came back because of family....we just felt our lives were empty in Perth and we were going through the motions.....could have stayed for another 10 years but wisley chose to return and its not a decision we have ever regreted or even dwelled on.....To the OP.....dont be unhappy.....life is too short to be unhappy.....its a great time to return.....there is a good vibe in the country at the moment......its coming home!

On 13/01/2020 at 10:31, Display name said:

Hi

I really need some advice. My now husband and I moved over from the UK 8 years ago. We had never planned in staying so long but before we knew it we got married (back in the UK) and now have a baby. When my baby was just 2 weeks old, my father suddenly died and we were on a plane back with my tiny baby to attend his funeral. I came back saying that I would give it a year before making life changing decisions. I’ve done that now but I cannot settle. My head is always back home with the remainder of my family and now widowed mother. My husband gets annoyed as I’ve brought up moving back so much, and has agreed that we will go, but there is no solid plan in place and it makes us fight all the time. He says he wants to save more money but how much is enough? I’ve suffered losing one parent and making that journey we all dread having only given birth. I was broken and I need my family at home to heal and be happy. My husband will need to close his business that he built from scratch here and reminds me of that. I have lovely friends here that I would miss dearly and Australia has given us so much which I’ll always be grateful for. We have also worked our butts off here.  But what good is everything we have if we don’t have our family? I’m scared to have another baby because I could never go through what happened at the start of my sons life again. Pleas help or give any advice you can. I’m so confused and don’t know if I’m being selfish or if my thoughts are justified. Thank you.

I don't think you are being selfish at all......I think you are still suffering the loss of your father and it is this that is causing you to feel the way you do.....you have said you have good friends and a decent life in Australia.....for me you need to get some help with the grief of losing a close family member.....coming to terms with the loss might help the rest of your life fall back into place..... Goodluck.

On 06/02/2020 at 11:51, shy_guy said:

Hi All,

I'm a brit thinking about moving to Oz and I have a potential job opportunity at ANU. Unfortunately I get the impression Canberra is not that great a place to live, as it can be quite quiet, quite cliquey, and just generally difficult to make friends. Can people give me a low-down on life there - both the good and bad points!

To give a bit of background on me: I'm 38, I live in Reading (as a reference town) and if I pursued a job over there I would be moving on my own. I'm not a huge fan of massive cities, like London, but Reading is about as quiet as I can handle. Ideally I'd like to live somewhere on-par with say Bristol or Edinburgh. In terms of interests I enjoy the outdoors, and I'm a big fan of rock climbing, but I hear climbing is a bit limited there. My clubbing days are long gone too, and I prefer a chat with friends in the pub, cafe, or small house gatherings. I am a little shy, which I understand will make things difficult anywhere, but my impression is it's especially difficult to meet people in Canberra. It would be good to get a realistic expectation of life over there, the likelihood of building a good social life, etc...

Thanks in advance for any information offered!

If I were you I would do some research.....I live not far from Reading and if you think Reading is quiet I would say you will find Canberra to be very remote....isolated and extremely quiet. I Lived in Perth for 3 years.....it has a population of about 2 million.....I found it quiet and isolated.....Canberra has a population of about 400,000.....it is about 10k from one side to the other and not a lot more after that......There are lots of people on here that live in Canberra and can give you an idea of what life is like there......I can only compare our area (Berkshire) to Perth (which is bigger than Canberra).....Do your research.....go and visit if you can.....what a lot of people do not factor into their move is the isolation of a lot of Australian cities and Australia in general.....good luck!

do you deliver mate......?

20 hours ago, LincolnH said:

Hi, I've come on here to hopefully get advice from people who are feeling similar/experienced similar.

I travelled the world with 2 best mates ( both recently returned to U.K. After 6 years) and now live with my Australian fiancée in Melbourne.  We are currently building a house and talking about having children (exciting times).  But the more we talk about kids the more I feel like I belong in England .  I want my kids to grow up knowing there nephews aunties n uncle and feel I miss my family terribly. The first 4-5 years I never really felt homesick but the novelty seems to be wearing off abit now and I'm not sure what to do. My girlfriends sister lives in U.K. But her parents live North sydney so when we have kids we will literally have no family in Victoria atall where as in England we will have all my family and my gfs brother and sister live there.  My gfs dad is very homely and would never move from where he is/never been abroad and constantly moans about how his kids have moved away.  This is not fair on them as he is putting his happiness before there's but my gf feels so bad she starts crying about leaving him whenever we talk about moving to the UK.   She says she will but deep down I know she wants to stay here , it's exciting we are building our first house but in the back of my mind I wish it was in the UK not some suburb miles out of Melbourne with nothing more than a Coles/RSL and a red rooster.  I feel our life would be so much 'fuller' if we lived back in the UK. I just don't know what to do...

sorry for rambling 

Male, 33 years old 

There is your answer.....if thats how you genuinely feel then I would put a stop to the house building and the kiddie talk before its too late.

@M1cha3la for the cold have you ever considered a gas heater.....they are a little odd in WA in that they are on a long flexible hose so can be moved around.....most houses have a few bayonet connections dotted around to plug and unplug the heater....I think they are a few hundred each but worth the investment.....they kick out quite a bit of heat.

I can remember him coming from nowhere in one race during the 87 TDF.....he was dead on his feet and made a miraculous recovery to close the gap on his rival.

What was it he used to say......"in our house.....its the potatoes we eat"

5 hours ago, Phil & Vikki said:

Must admit that we hear this quite a bit these days, that the cost of living is forcing people to pack up and go back to the UK. These days, the whole idea of the work life balance seems to be more and more un-achievable for people. The sheer cost of house prices and general living is going up so much that the lion’s share of peoples wage is spent on just getting through. When it is like this you kind of think what is the point in chasing the dream that is getting further and further away? We are not in that position, but still want to move back to the UK. Our reasons are simply due to missing family members, the desire to be back in familiar surroundings and simply it turning from a dream into something well less than a dream. It is not a nightmare, but it is not the dream we thought it would be.

It very rarely is........

also meant to say re the scenary.....their decent on the Col de la croix de fer takes in some unbelievable scenery.....narrow roads carved in the rock face with views reaching for miles down the valley towards St Jean de Maurienne.....quite stunning....I can remember them through the sweat and tears on my ascent

yes amazing strength and determination......Ive ridden plenty of those climbs over the years and can say from first hand experience how brutal they can be.....stage 17 looks especially tough.....I rode the col de la croix de fer (iron cross) last year from the route they are decending and its a toughie in 30 + blazing sunshine.....but just does not get near the Telegraph and the Galibier......have ridden them also 2 or 3 times and they are very tough.....especially the last 8km on the Galibier.....will also be watching the whole race.

9 hours ago, jgt said:

Hi there anything from 12 to 20 dollars in town !! ?

Bl##dy hell.....so that's about £7 to £11.50 a pint

So if I was to go into town it would cost about 20 quid for a pint an a glass of wine.....is the cost of living really that high?

On 27/06/2017 at 19:53, jgt said:

Hi there not been on for some time ,i have got back in the UK after having worked my nuts off in Perth for 4 years.i simply cannot afford it any more.  I achieved getting my Building Diploma, does anyone know if this is transferable in the UK .    PS isnt beer cheap here wohooooo

welcome back by the way.....I remember you posting before and during your move....what did you make of it out there and was cost of living the only reason you returned?

On 27/06/2017 at 19:53, jgt said:

Hi there not been on for some time ,i have got back in the UK after having worked my nuts off in Perth for 4 years.i simply cannot afford it any more.  I achieved getting my Building Diploma, does anyone know if this is transferable in the UK .    PS isnt beer cheap here wohooooo

when I left in 2007 we was paying over $10 a pint.....that was in a local cricket club.....how much is a pint now?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/23/think-leave-david-dimbleby-ejects-corbynista-audience-member/

Watched this last night......this bloke was a pain in the ar#e.....he would not shut up and everyone new at the time he was a pro Corbyn supporter.....Momentum???.....who knows.....judging by their normal tactics you would have to guess he probably is......If Corbyn gets power his government will be dictated by Len Mccluskey and Momentum......they will be like kids in the candy store and they will rip this country apart.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/15/john-mcdonnell-calls-one-million-protesters-take-streets-bid/

This is the sort of politics and politicians we will be dealing with......back to the dark ages......

It would appear that "momentum" are hijacking these tragic events and using them to boost comrade Corbyn......the storming of Kensington council offices and the protests currently taking place seem to be being fuelled by the socialist hardliners that carried Corbyn through the recent election......naughty using a tragedy like this to make political gain.

On 2017-4-1 at 20:40, Martinbjulieb said:

Hello from England!!

After completion we had a holiday rental for a week in order to tie up loose ends and to ensure I had sold my car. Ironically my car sold straight away so we actually did not need that long! 

STILL waiting for my deposit back from the holiday rental. Not a very nice place to be honest and the owner is now as scarce as hen's teeth!! Funnily enough though she was very attentive during the booking process!! Believe she has been mentioned on here before

 

Where was your holiday rental and who was the owner? Just curious as our paths may have also crossed in the past.

We put our house on the market in April, we had about 6 couples around to look in 6 weeks, no offers and little interest.....which is surprising because it is in a popular road....after speaking to estate agents it appears the housing market is dead at the moment......Brexit.....General Election etc etc......I dont know what area the property is in but I am guessing they would be mad to play hard ball with a potential cash sale.....you are in the position of power here......not them.....sit tight and keep your options open.

listening to some members of the Residents Association on BBC.....they claim to have been complaining about safety issues for some time.....fire escapes.....lighting in case of fire etc etc.....a petition was signed by 90% of the blocks residence and handed to the local authority who read it and then dismissed it out of hand.....this is serious sh#t....I think there will be a lot of people within the local authority and private companies paid to do the renovations checking the PI.

The stay put advise has to be reviewed.....that is crazy....especially as the fire crews hoses only reach the 12th floor! WTF happens to those above? Stay put!

The fire crews are helpless......they dont even have hoses or ladders long enough or a means to get higher than the 7th or 8th floor with their water.....surly there has to be another way of trying to fight the fire.

my god this is absolutely shocking!

cannot believe that this can happen in London in 2017.

Getting sick to the back teeth of the bloody news coverage just going over the same things again and again and asking the survivors the most ridiculous questions.