London - on the way out?

HelpWhereIcan

chewmylegoff wrote: »

how did you get out of the servants' quarters?

who said I'd got out?

turns to the other inbred retards

"does this mean he actually understands our backwards drawl? Tha wus reet bill - ee is an ingorant fooker!!!"

"by the way once we've kicked is ead in I bagsy fost on tha sister - tha's way too selfish wen it cums t 'er"

chewmylegoff

HelpWhereIcan wrote: »

who said I'd got out?

turns to the other inbred retards

"does this mean he actually understands our backwards drawl? Tha wus reet bill - ee is an ingorant fooker!!!"

"by the way once we've kicked is ead in I bagsy fost on tha sister - tha's way too selfish wen it cums t 'er"

if thee'd seen 'er, thee'd think twice before bagsying!

Sir_Humphrey

Personally, I prefer London's faults to the faults of being the sticks. At least in London, small minded bigotry can be avoided by not taking taxi cabs (mostly).

People often look miserable commuting. This is also true in Paris with their tip-top Metro. Perhaps people would expect people in Dentist's Surgeries to look happy too? I am much happier using the train into London than having to use the M62 every morning.

Horses for courses.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

chewmylegoff wrote: »

if you will seek out the worst places in town, you only have yourself to blame. it sounds like you insist on frequenting the west end. you can find awful bars in any town or city you please.

I dunno, all those awful bars (eg that horrendous looking one in Leicester Sq) serve as useful holding pens for tourists and those coming in from Essex for a night out. Locals can find a different cosy boozer or live music venue every night for ten years without having to frequent the joke bars.

IMO, a Saturday night out in a provincial town is a far nastier experience than most of London. In the kind of tinpot places which just have a big Lloyds bar and a single nightclub (with a one word name like "Lust" or "Grope") where people only go out once a week at most, they seem far more determined to drink themselves into a fight or an STD. I can't recall any brawls in London bars/clubs in the 7 years I've been here, and regularly get public transport home on my own in various states of inebriation and have never felt unsafe.

Generali

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

Personally, I prefer London's faults to the faults of being the sticks. At least in London, small minded bigotry can be avoided by not taking taxi cabs (mostly).

People often look miserable commuting. This is also true in Paris with their tip-top Metro. Perhaps people would expect people in Dentist's Surgeries to look happy too? I am much happier using the train into London than having to use the M62 every morning.

Horses for courses.

The Metro isn't all that during rush hour. Where the UK has creaking signalling, Paris has the unions.

The first new word I learned when I arrived in Paris was grève. It means strike. There is often a line or two on strike which mean the others are like the Northern line on a hot June day only full of French people.

Driving to work is ok. Cycling is better.

Sir_Humphrey

Generali wrote: »

The Metro isn't all that during rush hour. Where the UK has creaking signalling, Paris has the unions.

The first new word I learned when I arrived in Paris was grève. It means strike. There is often a line or two on strike which mean the others are like the Northern line on a hot June day only full of French people.

Driving to work is ok. Cycling is better.

The other term is mouvement sociale. We have quite a few strikes on the Tube too. The Metro isn't perfect, but it is better than most of the tube.

Generali

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

The other term is mouvement sociale. We have quite a few strikes on the Tube too. The Metro isn't perfect, but it is better than most of the tube.

Most of the time you're right. It's not always as good as English people make out though.

The funniest thing is the Sydney railway system. People moan on and on about how dreadful it is, basically because a few people from the inner suburbs have to stand up in the morning (not a la sardine like on English trains) and because the train has to stop for a bit if someone has a heart attack or something.

HelpWhereIcan

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

In the kind of tinpot places which just have a big Lloyds bar and a single nightclub (with a one word name like "Lust" or "Grope") where people only go out once a week at most, they seem far more determined to drink themselves into a fight or an STD.

oh, for half a chance!;)

but then again it always strikes me how everyone in every London bar and club I have been to is there for the sophisticated conversation.

Such a shame for Londoners that when visiting the costas they get tarred with the same Booze Britain brush when it's all the inbred peasants in the provinces. :beer: (couldn't find a smiley that had two philosophers putting the worlds to rights over a glass of kirsch)

chewmylegoff

HelpWhereIcan wrote: »

but then again it always strikes me how everyone in every London bar and club I have been to is there for the sophisticated conversation.

jesus, where have you been going? i haven't been in the presence of a three syllable word in 12 years, let alone a sophisiticated conversation.


...wait a minute. make that four syllable.

b0rker

Tell you what.

Sell your one bedroom flat in London for £150,000.

Come to Inverness and buy a 3 bedroom house in a beautiful country location for less than that.

Keep house prices 'high' in Inverness so that I won't be facing negative equity in 6 months.

Go on, you know you want to!