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Title: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: TomMo on June 27, 2012, 05:45:53 PM
Which of you regular contributors are from the U.K.? Just curious. Also too lazy to look it up.
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Toejam on June 28, 2012, 07:08:39 AM
I am. Why?
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: peterbell1 on June 28, 2012, 01:54:47 PM
Me too.
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Bobber on July 02, 2012, 09:06:50 AM
Maybe you should look it up.
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on July 02, 2012, 05:32:55 PM
I'm from England
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on July 02, 2012, 11:16:51 PM
I'm from England

me too
I left 25 years ago
but i still miss.......pubs, football and the lovely British countryside, oh and BBC radio..........but not the lousy weather, or the sheer awkwardness and high cost of living there.

Its a lot better nowadays though, I can read all the UK newspapers on line and all prem footie games are on live
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Yeshelloitsmehereagain on July 09, 2012, 10:44:42 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on August 03, 2012, 08:14:16 AM
me too
I left 25 years ago
but i still miss.......pubs, football and the lovely British countryside, oh and BBC radio..........but not the lousy weather, or the sheer awkwardness and high cost of living there.

Its a lot better nowadays though, I can read all the UK newspapers on line and all prem footie games are on live

I could never leave my beloved England
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Dmitry on August 03, 2012, 08:39:51 AM
I left 25 years ago

Why you left, Kev?
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 08:52:48 AM
Why you left, Kev?

I lived in Los Angeles for 2 years Dmitry (1982)  in a place called Laguna Beach, I got used to the climate and beaches but after my work contract ran out the Americans would not let me stay even though my employer wanted to keep me, so instead of returning to cold wet miserable England I ended up in tropical Queensland Australia, which also has great hot weather and great beaches, they gave me a permanent residence visa and now I am a citizen of Australia :)
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on August 03, 2012, 09:06:54 AM
I lived in Los Angeles for 2 years Dmitry (1982)  in a place called Laguna Beach, I got used to the climate and beaches but after my work contract ran out the Americans would not let me stay even though my employer wanted to keep me, so instead of returning to cold wet miserable England I ended up in tropical Queensland Australia, which also has great hot weather and great beaches, they gave me a permanent residence visa and now I am a citizen of Australia :)

So are you Australian now or still English??
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Dmitry on August 03, 2012, 09:29:03 AM
I lived in Los Angeles for 2 years Dmitry (1982)  in a place called Laguna Beach, I got used to the climate and beaches but after my work contract ran out the Americans would not let me stay even though my employer wanted to keep me, so instead of returning to cold wet miserable England I ended up in tropical Queensland Australia, which also has great hot weather and great beaches, they gave me a permanent residence visa and now I am a citizen of Australia :)

I wanted to move to Australia too, but my wife says it is a world away. And I still afraid Australia is too hot for me.
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 12:00:25 PM
So are you Australian now or still English??

I have both English & Australian passports, I will live the rest of my life in Australia, I love it so much here, but I could never give up being British, fortunately I (and my family) was allowed dual nationality
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 12:03:33 PM
I wanted to move to Australia too, but my wife says it is a world away. And I still afraid Australia is too hot for me.

It is a long way away D but air travel is pretty cheap nowadays, regarding the heat, Oz is as big as the USA, you can live in a hot or cool climate, my son is skiing right now in the Victorian Alps, Tasmania is quite cold most of the year and of course with an Aussie visa you can live in New Zealand if you like it colder
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on August 03, 2012, 12:06:10 PM
I have both English & Australian passports, I will live the rest of my life in Australia, I love it so much here, but I could never give up being British, fortunately I (and my family) was allowed dual nationality

Interesting you say British,i always say i'm English in fact on forms,electoral forms etc i cross out British and put English
Does that make sense or am i being petty?
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 12:32:22 PM
Interesting you say British,i always say i'm English in fact on forms,electoral forms etc i cross out British and put English
Does that make sense or am i being petty?

I dont know if your being petty, I guess its up to you really, I just regard myself as British ie from Great Britain
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on August 03, 2012, 12:35:27 PM
I dont know if your being petty, I guess its up to you really, I just regard myself as British ie from Great Britain

I see,I regard myself as English as in from England
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 01:27:46 PM
I see,I regard myself as English as in from England

Its an interesting question and Ive thought about it......I think its an individual thing, My Mothers family was Irish and My fathers ancestry is Scottish and as a English Northerner I feel more affinity with Scotland & Ireland than I do with Southern England so I regard myself as British, the official name for our country is The United Kingdom Of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, England is only a part of that
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 03, 2012, 03:51:32 PM
...and now I am a citizen of Australia :)

Doesn't the blood rush to your head, sir?




 ;D
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: ringo71 on August 03, 2012, 04:59:05 PM
Interesting to get your thoughts nimrod,I still consider myself English though.
We are both right I suppose
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 03, 2012, 05:36:41 PM
HMS Pinafore - He is an englishman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY4So237Ql4#)
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Hombre_de_ningun_lugar on August 03, 2012, 06:00:11 PM
Doesn't the blood rush to your head, sir?


Why?

(http://www.ikarakorum.com/images/Productes/978-1-904-89274-8.jpg)
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: nimrod on August 03, 2012, 11:27:01 PM
Interesting to get your thoughts nimrod,I still consider myself English though.
We are both right I suppose

Ive thought more about this ringo71......I am both English & British, being English makes me British because England is part of the country called united kingdom of great britain & northern ireland
If ever the 4 countries separate , then I will be English I suppose
Title: Re: U.K. Forum Members
Post by: Toejam on August 04, 2012, 07:22:21 AM
Its an interesting question and Ive thought about it......I think its an individual thing, My Mothers family was Irish and My fathers ancestry is Scottish

Everyone's ancestry pre-dates the existence of countries. I always think there's something significant in that that we miss.