Rake aboot 4,936 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Maybe it would be better to stay here and try and change it rather than pissing off and abandoning the country you say you love. Just a thought likes 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I am away from home more than Im at home working in Asia ...I had the chance to move to Oz last year and was going to up sticks and move to Vietnam earlier this year ...but got back to Scotland in feb I was out in the mud wild fowling then digging and hunting most of the week and I was sitting on the bank of the river salmon fishing the first day of the season on the 16th of Feb and had a look around and thought I couldnt leave this ....Ive got a great life here and its what you make of it 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marshman 7,758 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I've been up and down our country a few times and got to say I love it from Aberdeen to the south coast from Cork to Cromer yer we got problems but I don't get to wrapped up in the politics thing it's going down the pan stuff. If I do I just for a long walk with the dogs and all my problem disappear lol. Don't get me wrong I would like to try other countries but I know after a while if be wanting to come back home . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lamper121 239 Posted June 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 The expat lifestyle is certainly not for everyone that's for sure. But for sure if you can stick it then ( depending what industry you are in) there is a lot more opportunity to make a lot of cash fast which I think is why people do it. Anyway, thanks for all the comments, very interesting. I look forward to the day when i get back for good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buttons 140 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Lived and worked abroad for 12 years. And abroad is not what people make it I like my nice holidays but couldn't think of living any where else That's why this island is so productive and powerful every one wants to be here No cyclones earth quakes We moan about what ever the weather brings but it's my home and I love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,274 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Ive been away from England for 12 years, visited once for a week, stopping at my brothers and hated it couldnt wait to get back. Things like the consumerism, the rat race, living on top of each other reminded me why I always knew one day I would call somewhere else home. Life is what you make it + a little bit of luck, & home is where you make it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,325 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 It is difficult the expat life. I've had the opportunity to work in several countries, I stay in Spain for the convenience of proximity to Blighty for my kids, It cost me a relationship and a feckin high salary but I couldn't move too far. Could I live in UK now?? Not a sniff, full of feckin idiots, weak government and is heading so far down the shitter even my ex has agreed that Spain is the best for my daughter so all being well she'll join me here later this year. Blighty is heading to a very scary place imo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,274 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Tried messaging you Mushroom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ChrisJones 7,975 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Maybe it would be better to stay here and try and change it rather than pissing off and abandoning the country you say you love. Just a thought likes I'd consider moving home if they scrapped 21% VAT and 82% Fuel Tax. In the mean time I'll keep the money thanks... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,100 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I am away from home more than Im at home working in Asia ...I had the chance to move to Oz last year and was going to up sticks and move to Vietnam earlier this year ...but got back to Scotland in feb I was out in the mud wild fowling then digging and hunting most of the week and I was sitting on the bank of the river salmon fishing the first day of the season on the 16th of Feb and had a look around and thought I couldnt leave this ....Ive got a great life here and its what you make of it Agreed you have got about as good as any man could have it up your way mate, no rat race, people are f***ing normal to each other. I can see already I will have that here, it's a very different story where I was living. They are going to build another 20,000 houses in about 10 square miles over the next 10 years and there's only one lot of shit going to be moving in them. To many people, too many eyeballs and too many agencies looking to steal your money or nick you for something. If lived where you live, I wouldn't have moved either. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,566 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I've been up and down our country a few times and got to say I love it from Aberdeen to the south coast from Cork to Cromer yer we got problems but I don't get to wrapped up in the politics thing it's going down the pan stuff. If I do I just for a long walk with the dogs and all my problem disappear lol. Don't get me wrong I would like to try other countries but I know after a while if be wanting to come back home . What he said Ive been toying with the idea of a permanent move to Cyprus for some time now but im almost positive id end up regretting it.......despite all the temptations of sipping my Pimms in the sun.......i still cant turn my back on a frosty saturday morning down the cafe with the boys 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lanesra 3,994 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 My Son Spent Over 4yrs In America , Was Home For 5mths And Is Now Living In Melbourne Australia , He Was Offered A Football Deal On A Thursday & Was There By The Following Wednesday , I'm Like Gnasher Id Not Leave Home Love Our Seasons , Couldn't Think Off Nothing Worse Than Sun 24 / 7 12mth Off The Year !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 16,358 Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 This time last week I was hand railing myself along the cuillen ridge on Skye, with prehistoric peaks as far as the eye can see...some snow capped some In glorious colour.... On Sunday evening I was back on the suffolk delta, with my child , wife, and mother picking shells from a shingle beach to fill the little ones bucket....as the sun said its good byes, it broke over the long wood lines sunken in marshland, tall spires from chocolate box villages stood above them , long prairies stretched from them down to the coast and the sea darkened around our feet. Never forget there are still some parts of Britain , that are still great . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,100 Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 This time last week I was hand railing myself along the cuillen ridge on Skye, with prehistoric peaks as far as the eye can see...some snow capped some In glorious colour.... On Sunday evening I was back on the suffolk delta, with my child , wife, and mother picking shells from a shingle beach to fill the little ones bucket....as the sun said its good byes, it broke over the long wood lines sunken in marshland, tall spires from chocolate box villages stood above them , long prairies stretched from them down to the coast and the sea darkened around our feet. Never forget there are still some parts of Britain , that are still great . You would bring a tear to a glass eye.........if you wasn't such a f***ing great melt !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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