Guest Guest66881 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 What I don't miss is having the Lead from my roof ripped off every month, my gas meter stolen, my garage doors spray painted, my cars wing mirrors kicked off weekly usually after a Saturday night, passing my wife in the hallway as i arrived from a 12 hour shift, and she left for one, so we could afford the house we lived in in the shithole street cos that's all we could afford on 2 wages. sorry rant over !!! I do miss the closeness to Europe for Holidays though :cute: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 What I don't miss is having the Lead from my roof ripped off every month, my gas meter stolen, my garage doors spray painted, my cars wing mirrors kicked off weekly usually after a Saturday night, passing my wife in the hallway as i arrived from a 12 hour shift, and she left for one, so we could afford the house we lived in in the shithole street cos that's all we could afford on 2 wages. sorry rant over !!! I do miss the closeness to Europe for Holidays though :cute: Bloody hell....where did you used to live?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Bloody hell....where did you used to live?!? Bolton :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Bolton :confused: Cant comment on the North, grew up near cambridge in the south east and it sounds worlds apart from Bolton. Glad you have the better life here in Aus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Bolton :confused: Sounded like Blackpool mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Sounded like Blackpool mate. Only 40 mins down the road buddy, wonder how many Northerners go back compared to Southerners could be a census on the cards :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 If it's not bolted down it's not in Bolton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 If it's not bolted down it's not in Bolton. If its Bolted down and attached to a main gas supply its still not in Bolton :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I have to agree with original poster - As a non dog owner I do love the fact that people pick up after their pooch much more here. And that dogs are largely contained in those nasty dog exercise prisons. In fact two of my favourite things about Oz are relative lack of dog poo and the fact that there is usually a good supply of public loos in the town centres. Not enough to outweigh all the other stuff though..... Gosh, I find the Cambridgeshire dog owners are far better at poop scooping than the Canberra ones! Much less doggie doo here! Maybe that's just Canberra's public service mentality though - the gov should clean up my mess! LOL (and mow my grass!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy1982 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Gosh, I find the Cambridgeshire dog owners are far better at poop scooping than the Canberra ones! Much less doggie doo here! Maybe that's just Canberra's public service mentality though - the gov should clean up my mess! LOL (and mow my grass!!!!) Must admit Quoll I never saw much dog poo back in suffolk either but see a lot here. We never had a dog in the UK and still dont have one here but I think the fact I notice more here could be because we go out dog walking with friends who have a dog...so maybe we go to more doggy areas. Hope you are enjoying suffolk during the summer...im yet to find a better place in all my travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpodom Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Must admit Quoll I never saw much dog poo back in suffolk either but see a lot here. We never had a dog in the UK and still dont have one here but I think the fact I notice more here could be because we go out dog walking with friends who have a dog...so maybe we go to more doggy areas. Hope you are enjoying suffolk during the summer...im yet to find a better place in all my travels! There seems to be a common denominator here: dog $hit related cognitive dissonance. From a personal POV, as someone who stepped in the stuff and spread it all around the carpet at work today, I can confirm that dogs $hit just as much a problem in Geelong as anywhere I've been in Britain, except for maybe anywhere north of Watford Gap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I've got a vague feeling that blokes in the 19th century used to get paid to pick dog sh*t up, which was then used for some process? (Was it called 'Pure' perhaps?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 [h=1]Quite Likely the Worst Job Ever[/h][h=2]A British journalist provides us with a window into the lives of the men who made their living from combing for treasures in London's sewers[/h] By @smithsonianMag on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 There seems to be a common denominator here: dog $hit related cognitive dissonance. From a personal POV, as someone who stepped in the stuff and spread it all around the carpet at work today, I can confirm that dogs $hit just as much a problem in Geelong as anywhere I've been in Britain, except for maybe anywhere north of Watford Gap My poor DH needed to do a regular Poo Patrol on our block in ACT! We do seem to cop quite a few dead birds where we are now though - the other day a bloke rang the bell to tell us there was a dead pigeon on our nature strip - he was quite bemused when DH went out, picked it up and started a conversation about the merits of putting dead pigeons in the compost heap. I think the poor lad was a transplanted townie who had no idea that in a car vs bird altercation the car will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Sounded like Blackpool mate. Blackpool is hell, I went there last year, never ever been so depressed in my whole life. It's grim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortlepuss Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Only 40 mins down the road buddy, wonder how many Northerners go back compared to Southerners could be a census on the cards :wink: Oh dear! My only experience of living 'oop North' was university at York. Oh and childhood trips to Worksop to see the rellies, but not strictly north I guess. Maybe Northerners just whinge more than Southerners? ...To get the conversation back to defecation - Us Southern Softies are as happy as a pig in poo..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Oh dear! My only experience of living 'oop North' was university at York. Oh and childhood trips to Worksop to see the rellies, but not strictly north I guess. Maybe Northerners just whinge more than Southerners? ...To get the conversation back to defecation - Us Southern Softies are as happy as a pig in poo..... Like isid a census need doing on returnees but from what I have seen on here most of the whingers are South of the M42 :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Oh dear! My only experience of living 'oop North' was university at York. Oh and childhood trips to Worksop to see the rellies, but not strictly north I guess. Maybe Northerners just whinge more than Southerners? ...To get the conversation back to defecation - Us Southern Softies are as happy as a pig in poo..... Like I Said a census needs doing on returnees, but from what I have seen on here most of the whingers are South of the M42 :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 M42? Is that the new word for 'Hadrian's Wall!?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchaman Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 M42? Is that the new word for 'Hadrian's Wall!?' Ha ha More south of Worcester me thinks :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2542 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Bolton :confused: Can understand why you wanted to leave there, lol. I came from Wigan and have zero desire to ever go back (well apart from to see family that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 LOL. I have heard it said a few times on the forum over the years, that Northerners make a go of things here and settle easier than Southerners, the reason 'apparantly' is because the North is so grim with crap weather and no-one wants to be there anyway,,lol Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Can understand why you wanted to leave there, lol. I came from Wigan and have zero desire to ever go back (well apart from to see family that is). Nowt wrong with Bolton mate, they breed us tough and we learn early never to fall at the first hurdle,, umm, maybe thats our secret to success during migration,lol.. We did have a member once who did return and she later said as soon as she arrived at the Train station, she knew she had made a mistake,lol Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 LOL. I have heard it said a few times on the forum over the years, that Northerners make a go of things here and settle easier than Southerners, the reason 'apparantly' is because the North is so grim with crap weather and no-one wants to be there anyway,,lol Cal x I think it's more to do with Southerners being feeble pansies not used to a bit of hard yakka.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think it's more to do with Southerners being feeble pansies not used to a bit of hard yakka.. LOL. I was going to write that,lol, you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy braver than me!! lmao Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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