Missing the UK

by DiscoSandy 18 Replies latest jw friends

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  DiscoSandy

  Hi all - I've only posted here a couple of times - I'll post my story at some point. I know quite a few people on this site are from the UK. I (and my husband / 3 kids) lived in the UK from 2000 - 2002 and returned back to our home in Minnesota 4 months ago. I was getting a little misty eyed this morning thinking about jolly good England ! Here are some of the things I miss the most (not necessarily in order of importance):

  1) a good curry

  2) Eastenders

  3) pub lunches (ESPECIALLY drinking a pint at lunch !)

  4) saying "bloody" this and "bloody" that

  5) being called "lovey"

  6) walking in the countryside (I'm a rambler at heart)

  7) picking up a paper from the local newsagent

  8) a proper pot of tea

  9) a good dose of sarcasm

  10) okay, I admit it, Graham Norton

  I could go on and on. Cheers to my fellow x JWs in the UK ! I'm hoping to travel back to England for a short visit this summer. Maybe I'll be able to meet up with one of you then ?

  P.S. I do NOT miss taking the tube during rush hour (I'm only 4'10" so I usually had my head in someone's armpit ! And I also do NOT miss the price of petrol !)

  Cheers !

  Sandy
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  frogit

  Hello Sandy

  Just to make jealous Im going out for a Indian Curry tonight with friends, should be good

  frogit

  Edited by - frogit on 11 January 2003 12:25:53
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  Wolfgirl

  I really miss England as well. It's always felt like home. At least we get Sky down here.
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  bay64me

  It's bloody freezing here at the moment!
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  Brummie

  ) a good curry

  2) Eastenders

  3) pub lunches (ESPECIALLY drinking a pint at lunch !)

  4) saying "bloody" this and "bloody" that

  5) being called "lovey"

  6) walking in the countryside (I'm a rambler at heart)

  7) picking up a paper from the local newsagent

  8) a proper pot of tea

  9) a good dose of sarcasm

  10) okay, I admit it, Graham Norton

  Hey luvy, you have soooo got the English lifestyle right down to a teabag.

  9) a good dose of sarcasm

  That justs about sums up the best in us.

  So what you yearning for the most - PGtips? or bloody Typhoo?

  Brummie
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  Brummie

  bloody double posted

  Edited by - brummie on 11 January 2003 15:50:36
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  Simon

  Hi Sandy!

  You must have been 'darn saarf' if you were going on the tube. You shoul dhave come up north in the grime and cobblestreets where we could have taught you the correct way to eat curry:

  Curry half'n'half (chips, rice and curry ... mmnnn)

  I'm amazed anyone would miss this sceptered sceptic isle.
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  Matty

  Chips and curry sauce mmmmmm! It's what makes Britain Great!!!
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  ignored_one

  I'm making a curry tonight as it happens.

  Ignored One.
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  expatbrit

  Yeah I get homesick sometimes. Usually around March/April when I know England is enjoying its beautiful Springtime, and I still have two months of Winter to go.

  On the upside as a now veteran expat, I've managed to root out places where I can get good curry and a lot of my favourite goodies from back home. Except lard. Haven't been able to find a decent slab of lard.

  And it's really amazing how quickly North Americans shed their prejudices about English food when confronted with a nice high fat pudding with custard, clotted cream and a glass of sherry.

  Expatbrit