Uncle Spielberg's France V England Observations

[John Bumlick]

jesus. i didn't realize imdb rated countries as well.

 

[User removed 4]

I used to travel on the train a lot between Brussels and Paris in the days when French customs officials used to board the trains to carry out spot checks for contraband.

Without fail, EVERY single time they would "randomly select" ALL the non-white passengers for strip-searching, and I never saw a white person get challenged.

so what?

 

[Timbo]

I suppose each of us is different and if you are not happy with your lot then so be it. I am content with living in good old Sussex by the Sea.

Don't get me wrong I love most things about Sussex. Unfortunately I think in towns things are starting to get out of control and that is beginning to spread to the countryside. I live in a rural area outside of Battle and things are getting worse there.

My biggest concern is that it will never get better. Places are becoming lawless and kids do pretty much as they please now. The country is only going one way and without something drastic like getting the army back to start policing the streets how are things ever going to improve?

The government take more and more money from everyone and throws it at themselves and other ridiculous schemes while simple things like tidying the place up get forgotton. Last week my binmen turned up at 6.30, nobody had there bins out and now we've got to wait another two weeks to get them collected again. How can you leave food remains ond other stuff that goes off outside your back door for 4 weeks in the middle of summer? The Government take more money all the time and we get less and less in return. In France people don't sit back and shrug their shoulders while politicians take the piss out of them.

 

[London Calling]

never really rated french or english women?

but boy today, i saw the most beautiful and horny and styled woman in waitrose, canary wharf, everything was curvy, and perfect, she dressed brialliantly, a skimpy, light weight dress, cut to let those curves and long tenned legs flow out.

I can honestly say, I have never seen such a beautiful woman any where else. nearly forget to buy my vaseline!

 

[London Calling]

so what?

he's implying they are racist and putting their preducies b4 seeking out the bad guys

 

[London Calling]

Don't get me wrong I love most things about Sussex. Unfortunately I think in towns things are starting to get out of control and that is beginning to spread to the countryside. I live in a rural area outside of Battle and things are getting worse there.

My biggest concern is that it will never get better. Places are becoming lawless and kids do pretty much as they please now. The country is only going one way and without something drastic like getting the army back to start policing the streets how are things ever going to improve?

The government take more and more money from everyone and throws it at themselves and other ridiculous schemes while simple things like tidying the place up get forgotton. Last week my binmen turned up at 6.30, nobody had there bins out and now we've got to wait another two weeks to get them collected again. How can you leave food remains ond other stuff that goes off outside your back door for 4 weeks in the middle of summer? The Government take more money all the time and we get less and less in return. In France people don't sit back and shrug their shoulders while politicians take the piss out of them.

most french towns haver a better collection service, whilst we stayed in Annecy, the bins were collected every other day, streets cleaned daily.

 

[Cecil]

Many countries look great WHEN YOU'RE ON HOLIDAY.

Spot on ...

 

[User removed 4]

never really rated french or english women?

but boy today, i saw the most beautiful and horny and styled woman in waitrose, canary wharf, everything was curvy, and perfect, she dressed brialliantly, a skimpy, light weight dress, cut to let those curves and long tenned legs flow out.

I can honestly say, I have never seen such a beautiful woman any where else. nearly forget to buy my vaseline!

where do you work lc ? i work in canary wharf as well. and by the way , i know full well what he was implying im just sick ( as im sure regular NSCers will know) of this mustnt touch black people attitude.

 

[simmo]

Don't get me wrong I love most things about Sussex. Unfortunately I think in towns things are starting to get out of control and that is beginning to spread to the countryside. I live in a rural area outside of Battle and things are getting worse there.

My biggest concern is that it will never get better. Places are becoming lawless and kids do pretty much as they please now. The country is only going one way and without something drastic like getting the army back to start policing the streets how are things ever going to improve?

The government take more and more money from everyone and throws it at themselves and other ridiculous schemes while simple things like tidying the place up get forgotton. Last week my binmen turned up at 6.30, nobody had there bins out and now we've got to wait another two weeks to get them collected again. How can you leave food remains ond other stuff that goes off outside your back door for 4 weeks in the middle of summer? The Government take more money all the time and we get less and less in return. In France people don't sit back and shrug their shoulders while politicians take the piss out of them.

France is an extremely beautiful country, but I also think Sussex, where I live, is an extremely beautiful county. I actually think lots of countries in reality are like this when you get out of the built out areas (which is of course where you never go on holiday). Everything that people whine about problems with in England I have never really experienced. Never been attacked by hoodies, never lost my job to an overseas worker, I have always got enough money to live. I do wonder if people read things in the papers at times and literally think the country is on the brink of anarchy, rather than thinking is this actually effecting me.

My uncle whom lives in France says that the health service is much better than the English, but in then same breath he will say that his wife whom can speak 5 languages can't get a job. He lives in beautiful countryside, but then again so do I. He eats good food, but so do I (I can buy anything he eats in England), he will say his neighbours are fine, but then again so are mine.

There are pros and cons to everywhere, if you are not happy with your lot so be it, fortunately I do not have that problem.

PS I think that Italian looking women are the best looking in the world.

 

[Titanic]

I also think as a general rule the youth of this country have no respect for anyone or anything are often braindead and are very poorly educated.

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.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

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 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.

 

[Nibble]

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.

 

[Titanic]

...There are pros and cons to everywhere, if you are not happy with your lot so be it, fortunately I do not have that problem.

10.0

 

[Trufflehound]

PS I think that Italian looking women are the best looking in the world.

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.

 

[vegster]

My grandfather was an officer on HMS Scimitar that was "involved" in the Operation Tiger exercise at Slapton Sands (simulated Utah beach landing) in 1944.
He always said it was a big time Royal Navy cock-up - something about the Scimitar having returned to port without advising the US landing vessels which, being left unprotected, lead to some being torpedoed by the Germans. Didn't one of our ships also misdirect its' fire and shell the american troops as they landed, although the official story on this (according to him) is somewhat different?

I think the official line was that some E-Boats nipped in under cover of darkness and being so fast moving caused complete panic and that ended up with everyone shooting at each other. I think it comes under the auspices of " Fog of War"

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Denmark wouldn't be a bad choice. I'd plump for ICELAND. [Not BJORK one, not the KATONA one ]

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

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.

Spot on Chris.

 

[User removed 4]

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.

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.

 

[Titanic]

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.

Billingshurst has it's fair share of difficult kids... but to say 'as a general rule', in ANY part of the country, is insulting to the vast majority.

 

[Timbo]

France is an extremely beautiful country, but I also think Sussex, where I live, is an extremely beautiful county. I actually think lots of countries in reality are like this when you get out of the built out areas (which is of course where you never go on holiday). Everything that people whine about problems with in England I have never really experienced. Never been attacked by hoodies, never lost my job to an overseas worker, I have always got enough money to live. I do wonder if people read things in the papers at times and literally think the country is on the brink of anarchy, rather than thinking is this actually effecting me.

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.