Back in England, what did I miss?

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I returned from France today.... after a much needed break with good food, sun and sleep.

I shut myself away from TV, Phones and the internet (it was hard!)

What has happened over the passed week/2 weeks that you think I should care about? Any big news? Scandal? Threads worth reading on my day off tomorrow?


South France mini review

+ Great roads and easy driving
+ Food was superb
+ Very relaxed atmosphere
+ Everything is in slow motion
+ Good weather
+ Stunning girls!

- Language barrier (will be getting french lessons!), very little spoke english in the area
- Lack of decent music/shops
- Food was all pretty similar in the area (due to proximity to the sea)
- Expensive drinks and very little in a glass for my liking!

:D
 
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[TW]Fox;14583206 said:
I just got back from Australia today. England seems a bit fail in comparison :(
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Agreed...although the sun was out when I returned, which surprised me.

Pics or gtfo
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I cut myself off from phones etc, so didn't really spend much time taking photos of girls... I can assure you though, they were worth learning French for! :p
 
Ermm only biggish thing on the forum that I know about is a little accident someone had over in Motors.

Check the MM7 meet thread :p

Darryn if you are reading this I hope that you are feeling much better!!
 
[TW]Fox;14583206 said:
I just got back from Australia today. England seems a bit fail in comparison :(
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Where abouts did you go ? Still over here for another 7 months, although the first 5 have flown by. Dreading going back to UK.

Customer service amongst other things is far far better over here.:D
 
I got back from Cyprus on Sunday and I can for certain say that the whole of the UK is brown, sometimes solid, sometimes liquid which leaks from the butt cheeks.

Coming back from a holiday is so depressing but this one has been worse than before and I have 5 more weeks off work... it is still depressing! I think I need to seek help.
 
I'm never depressed to go back from a holiday to here, hopefully that will change when I go to an actually nice place like the US for or to Japan, but I really don't like going either to the south or the east of Europe.

I'm actually depressed on my holidays, I miss Dutch junkfood like Frikandels or fries with mayo ( hard to get mayo with fries in many countries, or special sauce is completely impossible to get ( mayo+ketchup or curry + onions) ) and even my favorite brands & tastes of crisps, lose my appetite, can't sleep due to the dry air ( hate the land/continental climate far prefer a sea climate ) sit somewhere bored all day and miss Dutch TV... By the time I'm back home I've usually lost 2kg's ( I'm already borderline underweight) due to not having my favorite junkfoods at the ready.

Hence I want to go to the US:
Nice understandable language ( Yes, I prefer Americanized English over British English)
Good (junk)food.
Nice cars.
Bigger is better mentality.


When I went to the south of France I was bored to hell there, nothing to do but lie on the beach and/or swim. Rubbish French music on the radio ( think they have a law or something about the percentage of english/french songs), too little snack/junkfoods, absolutely terrible language ( though I know a bit of it as I was brutally forced to learn it at school for a whole 4 years :mad:), and lack of educated people who speak English but full of cocky arrogant French. Can't ask **** anywhere in any shop or on the street without ''Je ne parle pas Anglais''. This terrible attitude starts in Wallonia in Belgium already, you know they understand Dutch&English but they are too much up their own *** to reply in Dutch but try to force you to speak French.

Yeah sorry I really dislike French language :).
 
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snowdog said:
Hence I want to go to the US:
Nice understandable language ( Yes, I prefer Americanized English over British English)
Good (junk)food.
Nice cars.
Bigger is better mentality.
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Americanized English is just wrong, silly boy.
Junk Food is crap, service is awful compared to the UK
Most American cars are crap
Bigger is better? Everything is cheap nasty and tacky,

I have been to the states loads and love it, but the reasons you chose are just wrong IMHO.

Oh and if you aint got satellite radio prepare for classic rock, country and ****ing gospel
 
Americanized English is just wrong, silly boy.
Junk Food is crap, service is awful compared to the UK
Most American cars are crap
Bigger is better? Everything is cheap nasty and tacky,

I have been to the states loads and love it, but the reasons you chose are just wrong IMHO.
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What service, all you do is pick the food up and pay for it :confused:. They have so much more though, Stuff like Hooters, Pizza hut ( never seen one here), White Castle, waffle house, Taco bell, etc...
Most American cars are win, far nicer than European cars. Pretty much on every picture I see in the US there's not one car I dislike the look of on it. Saloons are nice n big. There's lots of nice SUV's and Pickups and there are barely any rubbish Hatchbacks or other Euro mobiles.
Cheap nasty and tacky ? Explain...
 
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divaboy said:
Where abouts did you go ? Still over here for another 7 months, although the first 5 have flown by. Dreading going back to UK.

Customer service amongst other things is far far better over here.:D
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I drove from Melbourne to Cairns via Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. Was so great and absolutely love the place.
 
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