yep it's not the Blight I grew up in for sure..but where is? The cost of living is an absolaute joke here but doesn't everyone around the world say the same? Petrol is: £1.10 per litre. About $10 per gallon (am i right?) Aerage house oputside London is about £220,000 = $400,000 and that is pretty smal lcompared to the U.S.A. At least we have great free medical care. Don'e the USA people pay a lot for this? I am sure if you compare USA to the UK we are about the same. Problems in the UK: Terrible weather. Oh well not kuch the Government can do about this. Cramped: 62 million on this island and going to increasnde to 70 million over the next 30 years. We are far too soft on foreigners coming in. Some parts on London/Midlands/Northwest are like little: India/Pakistan/Poland. And they are get benefits right away. High tax high cost of living. You need £50,000 a year to get bye nowadays. Everything has doubled in the past 5 years. Far too soft on crime. Kids swear at teachers/police and know there's not a thing that wil lbe done about it. Peoplke murder children and get 6 years. Our prisions are full. Oh well...... I won't be here forever.
What a brilliant first post on ET. Why dont you share the news with your friends if you have any. I am certain the anon contributers of ET couldnt give a flying f### who you are or where you are going. Ps I am no longer shopping at Tesco's it going to the dogs I am instead only using Waitrose.
They stock the Waitrose line in the Dubai supermarket Spinneys, "oh look a nice sunny beach from my office window, now where did that tax bill go? Oh that's that's right they don't do tax here" They do do inflation at 22% so can't win em all but 7 quid to fill up my car kind of makes up for it. 5 yrs in London was enough for me
£7?!!... costs me almost £60 to fill my tank!! Then again, went to Dubai a few months ago and couldn't help feeling it was just a hot, dusty, concrete playground, sprawling with cranes and construction sites, even on the beach! No history, no culture, just a commercial explosion! Have heard a lot of Dubai ex-pats talking about Qattar... In any case, think I'm gonna stick with Waitrose for the time being...
Don't knock the U.K. too much. Any nation that can produce Monty Python, Top Gear, Johnny Rotten, Benny Hill, James Bond, Mr. Bean and Samuel Smith's (NOT Sam Adam's which is American and not even close) Old Brewery Pale Ale is a nation that can't be that bad.
Agreed, I do miss a decent pint. mmmm Fullers Honeydew <img src="http://www.buyorganics.co.uk/ThumbnailGenerator/Default.aspx?File=a5fc86aaa4004ffd81db9195013013b4.jpg&width=300&height=300">"Brewed with Organic target hops and pure honey. The hops lend a lively and slightly bitter edge whilst the honey adds a smooth and well round slightly sweet flavour. Still very clean and refreshing."