What is good about being in the UK?

gumishu:

you really must be joking pal :) our rent for a 60 m flat is 30 quid a month (this is a railroad colony in the forest) - can you get anything near that in Britain - I should mention that 120 quid a week in London for a 30 m flat is not that expensive - there was quite recently an add here of a little flat (a studio) in a standalone house in Gdynia (Orłowo) for 500zl - this is not that exceptional actually (I lived in one such place in Gdynia once for the same money) - it is of course relative thing - affordability of these is very different with Polish and British wages

RevokeLisbon	Oct 18, 09, 00:32 / #
Seanus: Now you're talkin :) No, no S&V here, even though English week starts in LIDL's tomorrow. The Poles are not big on crisps. Order these online. Like crack cocaine these boyos, will be itching for more. http://www.foodireland.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_ Code=w560221&Category_Code=chips&Product_Count=39

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Edited by: Moderator Oct 18, 09, 00:35 / #
Very tempting indeed! Could all posters remain on topic please.

RevokeLisbon	Oct 18, 09, 00:55 / #
Seanus: Could all posters remain on topic please. Sorry.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Edited by: Moderator Oct 18, 09, 01:00 / #
How is crisps off-topic? It's sth I really like about the UK. It's a general discussion on crisps and on a minor tangent at most. Shawny talked about diversity and different directions before and he was right. So, please point me to where I went off-topic. Not necessarily you Seanus but the topic is "What is good about being in the UK?". We understand about topics going in different directions but this is turning into one about crisps, not the original point of the thread. It's just heading off topic. Thanks.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Edited by: Seanus Oct 18, 09, 01:52 / #
'A couple of my Polish friends have said food' (PD, post 9) 'My friend said food was one of the good things in the UK' (PD, post 15) It is about what Polish people think after all ;) ;) Crisps are an institution in the UK. We have a major crisps culture and, for me, is a good thing about being in the UK. PD, no offence if it is you moderating, but absence makes the heart (taste buds, lol) grow fonder. There is a lot to discuss and other posters were keen too. Don't laugh but people build careers around crisps, it's a big industry in the UK. I enjoyed good crisps and love talking about them. There is no rule as to how long to stay on one topic. There IS a rule about religion not being part of it but there are numerous threads on it. OK, let's say Scotland. For me: 1) Forest walks and the fresh air there 2) The range of international cuisine 3) Pub lunches 4) Cycling routes 5) The interesting range of accents 6) Golf 7) Watching local footie games 8) Some aspects of multiculturalism

OsiedleRuda	Edited by: OsiedleRuda Oct 18, 09, 02:01 / #
RevokeLisbon: RL, now. How come you get your "Lisbon", but beckski can't get her capital "B", and I can't get my "underscore" back? :D derek trotter: and.....there are virtually no Poles from UK/IRL here any clues why? I think the fact that we're not allowed to post in Polish may have something to do with it; this is not an issue on proper Polish forums of course. Moderator: Not necessarily you Seanus but the topic is "What is good about being in the UK?". We understand about topics going in different directions but this is turning into one about crisps, not the original point of the thread. It's just heading off topic. Thanks. Fish and chips English women Cheaper housing (yes, really) Better wages Better prospects/more choice of work Better roads Better hospitals Better coffee Monty Python Snowdonia Irn Bru Dandelion & Burdock Haggis Pie, mash and eels with liquor The Peak District Sarf Laandaan! brap! :) The Trafford Centre More flights to better places My mum lives here Everyone speaks English AND Polish (well, sort of ; ) ) Crisps Crisps Crisps The security staff at Heathrow happy now? :p Seanus: Don't laugh but people build careers around crisps, it's a big industry in the UK. I enjoyed good crisps and love talking about them. There's a big crisps factory just down the road from me :) and yes, you are right - it's a big part of UK culture. Maybe Yanks just don't like crisps? ok so I lied about this bit :D

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 [Suspended]	Edited by: delphiandomine Oct 18, 09, 02:25 / #
Seanus: 3) Pub lunches I miss pub lunches that turn into 'christ, i've been here since lunchtime, might as well get some dinner in and just one more beer....i swear' occasions. Archie Simpsons was somewhat terrible for that happening to you :( Poland badly needs the concept of 'cheap pub that sells food and where you have lunch and end up going home ruined at 7pm' :D

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 02:30 / #
Archie Simpsons had that quality to it, that you didn't want to leave. The same as Ma Camerons.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09	Oct 18, 09, 12:46 / #
OsiedleRuda: Cheaper housing (yes, really) you really must be joking pal :) our rent for a 60 m flat is 30 quid a month (this is a railroad colony in the forest) - can you get anything near that in Britain - I should mention that 120 quid a week in London for a 30 m flat is not that expensive - there was quite recently an add here of a little flat (a studio) in a standalone house in Gdynia (Orłowo) for 500zl - this is not that exceptional actually (I lived in one such place in Gdynia once for the same money) - it is of course relative thing - affordability of these is very different with Polish and British wages

LeftyThreads: 19 Posts: 160 Joined: Jul 23, 09	Oct 18, 09, 12:51 / #
gumishu: gumishu Have you lived outside of cities in the UK? because the rental prices are extremely different.

LeftyThreads: 19 Posts: 160 Joined: Jul 23, 09	Oct 18, 09, 12:57 / #
gumishu: well I still don't find 300 quid a month very cheap Lefty (Leicester area countryside back in 2003) £300 for a flat? Monthly? That's a brilliant deal! I think you might be getting mixed up mate.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 14:24 / #
I miss the range of chocolate available. Don't worry, Mods, I'll confine it to getting a reminder from others here. The great bars I miss: Twirl Crunchie Dairy Milk (maybe my favourite) Yorkie Cadbury's Caramel :) :) Boost Dime Bars Fudge Not all the best chocolate is in bar form either.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08	Oct 18, 09, 14:52 / #
Seanus: What are those stick-like crisps called, S&V things? KP Sticks? chip sticks. Still some great old style pubs with great beer. Went in one yesterday afternoon Irish owned and run great guinness and one guy on a keyboard and another guy on a guitar singing away, it could have almostbeen RLs local. Cream eggs, mcvities jaffa cakes.

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07	Oct 18, 09, 14:55 / #
time means: chip sticks. Yum Yum :D I have to say they are in my top 5 along with Prawn flavoured Seabrooks, Walkers cheese & onion and Walkers Worcershire Sauce...Golden Wonder cheese & onion

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09	Oct 18, 09, 12:54 / #
well I still don't find 300 quid a month very cheap Lefty (Leicester area countryside back in 2003)

OsiedleRuda	Edited by: OsiedleRuda Oct 18, 09, 13:30 / #
gumishu: you really must be joking pal :) our rent for a 60 m flat is 30 quid a month (this is a railroad colony in the forest) - can you get anything near that in Britain - I should mention that 120 quid a week in London for a 30 m flat is not that expensive - there was quite recently an add here of a little flat (a studio) in a standalone house in Gdynia (Orłowo) for 500zl - this is not that exceptional actually (I lived in one such place in Gdynia once for the same money) - it is of course relative thing - affordability of these is very different with Polish and British wages And that's what I was talking about. How can anyone justify these 1500-2000 PLN/month rents for tiny 30m2 flats in Poland, when wages don't even cover the rent? Whereas I'm about to move into a 2 bedroom house (approx 80m2) here in England, in a good area within a city a bit larger than Gdansk. The rent will be about 2000PLN/month and 70% of my net salary will be left over after rent. Find me an 80m2 flat in Poland, less than 6km from the centre of a major city, which costs 300-400PLN/month, and we can start calling Poland "cheap" again ;) Lefty: £300 for a flat? Monthly? That's a brilliant deal! I think you might be getting mixed up mate. Maybe he isn't? I still lived in the Midlands (Birmingham) in 2003, and I was paying £550 a month for an enormous three-bedroom flat in one of the best areas of town, and I imagine that Leicester was significantly cheaper.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09	Oct 18, 09, 14:03 / #
OsiedleRuda: Find me an 80m2 flat in Poland, less than 6km from the centre of a major city, which costs 300-400PLN/month, and we can start calling Poland "cheap" again ;) you know - construction materials and energy prices are not very different in Poland and in Britain - there has been shortage of flats in Poland for years on end (only now the supply comes anything near the demand - the affordability was the reason then as it is still important now) - there has been credit availability issue over the years here also - it is not that long that credit is pretty easily available (well was before the credit crunch - but I don't know the realities in this field now)

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08	Oct 18, 09, 14:58 / #
time means: RLs local. Is RN now RL? ShelleyS: Yum Yum :D Wotsits as well great for hangovers :-)

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07	Edited by: ShelleyS Oct 18, 09, 15:02 / #
time means: Wotsits as well great for hangovers :-) That is my hangover cure...bag of wotsits and a can of giner ale - aparently its the E numbers in the watsits..only thing I dont like about them is how they turn your fingers orange! I like being able to drink tap water (in the north that is). I like the wide range of choice of restaurants. I like the fact Ive gots lakes and moutains within an hours drive. I like our twee little tea shops I like our countryside I like our wide range of foods in supermarkets. English Men.

derek trotterThreads: 12 Posts: 252 Joined: Apr 10, 09	Edited by: Moderator Oct 18, 09, 16:06 / #
most of these welfare allowances and other state benefits are making people lazy .it makes me sick, some Poles most probably losers who want to live in ghettos would go for it, no any person with self respect and a future in Poland would even consider to live on benefits alienated from hostile local community in environment where in every media you can watch, hear or read news giving bad names about Poles or better ( to **** off us probably ) - Eastern Europeans - but rarely taking responsibility for words and too lazy to publicize valid stats and avoid like a focker disease subjects about other non white people What is good being in the UK? is this question asked to Poles who live in UK, Brits from UK or British living in Poland and missing tacos and other stuff? why my post was sent to off topic and you keep other meaningless posts about crisps? crisps culture heh? Why don't you write what you "like" about the UK instead of writing what you hate? It might stop your post going to off-topic

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 16:10 / #
Meaningless posts about crisps? Poles propose, we discuss. You just moan and that's not good. So, the good things in the UK are?

derek trotterThreads: 12 Posts: 252 Joined: Apr 10, 09	Oct 18, 09, 16:17 / #
this is probably not the best question to me to be asked Then this thread is not for you, is it? :)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 16:19 / #
Well, kindly get off the thread and let others willingly contribute in a constructive fashion. The main good thing about the UK is the choice of international brands. Streets ahead of Poland in this regard.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 17:08 / #
Ales are another good thing about the UK. Scotland has some good ones but the English perhaps have better ones.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08	Oct 18, 09, 17:16 / #
Seanus: Ales are another good thing about the UK. Very true loads of good ales out there at the moment.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 17:20 / #
The ones from Faversham, Kent, are really top drawer. They go down a treat at Xmas with the whole shebang.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08	Oct 18, 09, 17:25 / #
Seanus: The ones from Faversham, Kent Yes the shepard neame brewery, very good beer. I also like most of the Black sheep brewery ales (no pun intended) :-)

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08	Oct 18, 09, 17:26 / #
Lefty: What is good about being in the UK? i guess ill never find out and im not sad at all about it

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 18, 09, 17:27 / #
I think that's it, tm

OsiedleRuda	Oct 18, 09, 17:28 / #
time means: Very true loads of good ales out there at the moment. considering the number of Polis women now in the UK, there's probably plenty of good Alas as well <gets coat> :)