Uncle Spielberg's France V England Observations

[London Calling]

we have tended to have our hols in towns/ cities, the restriction of not having a car.

like for like the areas I like to quote are cleaner, nicer, Stockholm harbour water meets our drinking water standards!

 

[simmo]

Very, very good post. I think people do think the worst because of what they read. Hoodies, overseas workers, etc, haven't had an effect on me. To be honest, being a countrysider they're never likely to, but the things that do affect my enjoyment of things are going down the pan.

Simple things like cutting the hedges, can't do that, it'll affect the wildlife. How convenient, we'll cut that back to once a year then. Collecting my bins every TWO weeks and dressing it up by saying we'll collect your recycling on the other weeks. Then not collecting hardly anything, only cans and paper, the things worth good money to them. Never picking up the litter that people think its ok to launch out of their car windows.. Letting the pikies take over a local field, telling the locals not to worry its all in hand, we'll deal with it. That was 6 months ago, today a 4th caravan has moved in and one of the caravans is having a rather nice patio laid. All the time the council tax goes up at a ridiculous rate along with taxes on everything else. Meanwhile, Greg 'how many more time can I get my picture in the local paper' Barker is pleased to let us all know he's claimed £21k of expenses in the first quarter.

As an example from reading the national papers at the moment, you would think that we virtually live in a lawless society with everyone carrying knives and stabbing each other.

Yet in sunny Sussex where I live. I know no-one whom has been knived, no-one whom has carried a knife, nor no-one whom is contemplating carrying a knife for security i.e. it has never even come up in a conversation with whom I have had with anyone and if it did I think I would laugh at them, rather than agreeing with them that they should do for security purposes.

Concerning children as well it is a similar thing, according to the papers they are moronic numbskills whom roam in gangs with hoods on making OAP's life hell and can't construct a co-herent sentence. Well just yesterday my 9 year old nephew recited me his 13 times table, which is something I never learnt at school.

I do know what you are saying about county council's and I do have a bit of a bug bear about my bins, but I can live with it. I am sure my uncle who lives in France whose wife can't get a job has his worries to.

 

[simmo]

Young Italian women always seem to be slim and gorgeous, but you only have to look at their mothers to know what's in store for them the day they hit 40.


I do agree with that statement, however, on the beach I tend to keep my eyes on women that are under that age.

 

[User removed 4]

Young Italian women always seem to be slim and gorgeous, but you only have to look at their mothers to know what's in store for them the day they hit 40.


If standard of the local totty was the benchmark for any country's liveability, I think I'd move to Denmark.

sophia loren , stefania sandrelli ??annabella sciorra(ok i know shes italian american)

 

[London Calling]

sophia loren , stefania sandrelli ??annabella sciorra(ok i know shes italian american)

the Barclays Tower by the way, I work loosely with the oLympic people

 

[User removed 4]

the Barclays Tower by the way, I work loosely with the oLympic people

same here , and i dont work for barclays, or the olympic people.

 

[Trufflehound]

sophia loren , stefania sandrelli ??annabella sciorra(ok i know shes italian american)

I did consider Sophia Loren when I was typing that. Just an exception to the general rule however.

There are probably one or two munters in Copenhagen as well, although in all my visits I'm yet to spot one...

 

[The Large One]

Uncle Spielberg - bringing the Daily Mail to the heart of NSC.

 

[Nibble]

I have to say in some situations US has a point. It is quite normal though to feel this when you return from an enjoyable trip. I felt the same on my return from Germany, epecially when I spent time in Berlin. Having said that I felt the same when I returned from the Lake District. You tend to see other places through rose tinted glasses when you have had a great time somewhere.

 

[The Large One]

I have to say in some situations US has a point. It is quite normal though to feel this when you return from an enjoyable trip. I felt the same on my return from Germany, epecially when I spent time in Berlin. Having said that I felt the same when I returned from the Lake District. You tend to see other places through rose tinted glasses when you have had a great time somewhere.

But that's different from saying it's utter shite here.

 

[Nibble]

But that's different from saying it's utter shite here.

Agreed.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I enjoy manythings about the UK. The countryside in summer being one however, I have noticed that in other European countries the governments seem to generally have more respect for it's citizens.

Welcome back old buddy

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

What complete and utter drivel. I admire my 17yo old son and his friends for their well adjusted and cosmopolitan view on life and how to enjoy themselves.

This sort of 'Daily Mail Reader Letters' comment reflects far more on the dismal lives that some benighted middle-aged people seem to live, than the fresh and optimistic view that most of the young people I come into contact seem to have.

Touche

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I must admit I am fast becoming a grumpy old man and my waistline is fast becoming an utter disgrace quite frankly

 

[Nibble]

Welcome back old buddy

Hi there.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

that may well be the case in sunny billingshurst, unfortunately not everyone enjoys the environment you live in, try some of the less affluent areas of the country and lets see how many " fresh and optimistic" views you come away with.

But in all fairness, Billingshurst is probably a fair comparison with US's French holiday idyll.

The doomsayers on this thread seem to me to be trying to compare lawless 'Daily Mail London ghettos', with the set of 'A Year In Provence' and coming to the conculsion that England has turn into a cesspit overnight.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Uncle Spielberg - bringing the Daily Mail to the heart of NSC.

Alan you are a beligerant old sod aren't you

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Hi there.

Has the Kate/Peter Gate blown over in my absence

 

[The Large One]

I must admit I am fast becoming a grumpy old man and my waistline is fast becoming an utter disgrace quite frankly

'Becoming...'?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Stones and Glass Houses Alan.