Why do people of Asian origin hardly ever go for walks in the countryside?
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Similarities between your Mrs and mine are quite strange, she was a teacher but has moved up now into Higher Education management, you sure we're not sharing the same woman
Also had a few problems with visa's but she's got contacts that sorted it out for us, still had a last minute dash to Birmingham to collect our passports on the way to Gatwick though, she and my son had to leave the country for a few days and re- enter because there's a 180 days rule even with work visas, some people that were from America and running a business out there overstayed, the husband forgot to renew, caused them loads of problems and ended up having to leave in a hurry, grab a bag and get out now or risk jail type of thing, not sure if they can even go back, they can be very officious about such matters.
It's best to get a specialist company to take care of it as like you experienced they can be a pita to sort, mine doesn't permit re- entry within 60 days of exit, so if there was an emergency I wouldn't have been able to go back in before that. but it's better than no visa.
Also had a few problems with visa's but she's got contacts that sorted it out for us, still had a last minute dash to Birmingham to collect our passports on the way to Gatwick though, she and my son had to leave the country for a few days and re- enter because there's a 180 days rule even with work visas, some people that were from America and running a business out there overstayed, the husband forgot to renew, caused them loads of problems and ended up having to leave in a hurry, grab a bag and get out now or risk jail type of thing, not sure if they can even go back, they can be very officious about such matters.
It's best to get a specialist company to take care of it as like you experienced they can be a pita to sort, mine doesn't permit re- entry within 60 days of exit, so if there was an emergency I wouldn't have been able to go back in before that. but it's better than no visa.
Haha ! Well my Mrs is now senior management so I think we are both being played
I see you worked at Raleigh ? Nottingham ? My old man worked there years ago ! Ha
We did get a company to take care of the application side of things but as time ran out we went to Birmingham ourself to try and sort out ! Oh well . Maybe someday will plan it again !
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Haha ! Well my Mrs is now senior management so I think we are both being played
I see you worked at Raleigh ? Nottingham ? My old man worked there years ago ! Ha
We did get a company to take care of the application side of things but as time ran out we went to Birmingham ourself to try and sort out ! Oh well . Maybe someday will plan it again !
I see you worked at Raleigh ? Nottingham ? My old man worked there years ago ! Ha
We did get a company to take care of the application side of things but as time ran out we went to Birmingham ourself to try and sort out ! Oh well . Maybe someday will plan it again !
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Yeah I was in Nottingham in the finishing shop, cycle assembler, I was called a 3 speed brake setter and gears, was good money at the time £120 if I did a saturday morning and we's just load the rail with bikes and doss about because we'd already done the saturday quota through out the week no wonder the place went down the pan, as soon as the time management bloke came along we'd turn the speed of the rail down and go slow to keep the quotas down typical British shop floor workers of the 80's we could have produced twice the amount of bikes that we did and still not been working too hard. Think they still make them in somewhere like India or china.
Haha , my birth place Nottingham ! I remember my dad saying it was easy got a new bike as a kid every year ! Was he pinching them ?
Can we not mention " India " please !
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My cousin worked on the loading bay in the same shop which is how I got the job as his aunt worked in admin, the guy's there would buy a bike and get a ticket to show security, now I don't know if the security were in on it, but lets just say several bikes would manage to get through before they took the ticket, one bloke went to jail over it as his flat was full of bikes, come christmas it was like open season.
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Well said, as I myself was about to raise this expat behaviour in comparison. This is the way it is, here on SN. A thread with simple curiosity about Asians would descend to bash Asians, just because they don't go for frikking walks FFS! 'This is England'-ers would do that at every opportunity. Don't let it get you down, though. Blacks and Chinese also get bashed here, so do women, gays, transgender/transsexuals and disabled. So, Asians aren't alone in that tbh.
My personal opinion is that any race should be open to criticism, and that it should be open to be discussed rather than pretending something isn't happening because of the colour of someone's skin. Treating people differently, whether on a positive as well as a negative spin is also racism.
Not that 'not going for walks' is exactly a criticism worth crying about.
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Although they seem to like cats ,maybe as they are an outside animal ?
Over in Cebu the rich people have dogs in 4 foot wide cages at entrances to their houses as a deterrent
A friend we visited told me the dog had been in the cage for five years and no exercise that's their culture so Who am into question it and say its cruel
Stray dogs sleep on the street and te kids kick them as they walk past
Chickens are bred for food and cockfighting which is their national sport and is an eye opener when you are invited and made to sit on the front row as a special 'Kano ' guest they want to to gamble as they are Hugh gamblers on cockfighting
Even the young kids are taught fighting spiders at 3/4/5 years old before they move into cockfighting
Maybe they don't like walking in the countryside as in Cebu there was just city's and squatter areas and Hugh density of people so they were never brought up to apreciate fresh air and views but give them shiny lights and shops and they are happy to look for bargains and of course barter
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I'm glad the topic has returned. Thanks to 'The Mods'.
I actually met a couple of Asian chaps in our village yesterday morning. Unfortunately for my original query, they were in their car and asked me the way to the local car boot sale (which, as I told them, had been cancelled due to the field being waterlogged).
Just for a moment I hoped they were about to ask where they could go for a walk locally!
Thinking on earlier replies, the car boot is held in several local fields on an alternating basis. All are quite exposed, so people 'not wanting to get cold' perhaps doesn't completely answer my question.
I actually met a couple of Asian chaps in our village yesterday morning. Unfortunately for my original query, they were in their car and asked me the way to the local car boot sale (which, as I told them, had been cancelled due to the field being waterlogged).
Just for a moment I hoped they were about to ask where they could go for a walk locally!
Thinking on earlier replies, the car boot is held in several local fields on an alternating basis. All are quite exposed, so people 'not wanting to get cold' perhaps doesn't completely answer my question.
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My Asian misses has no interest in walking in the lake district or seaside despite living close by in Cumbria
She like all Asians we know would rather trail around shops looking for cheap tat and bargains and trying to find places that sell things as cheap as primark
Take her to black pool and she loves it all the sovernere shops and car boot sales But a walk in the countryside would bore her to tears
Same when ever we go on holiday
New York /Singapore /Niagro falls / Sydney and all the other nice places she trailed around shops instead of the actual tourist places
She like all Asians we know would rather trail around shops looking for cheap tat and bargains and trying to find places that sell things as cheap as primark
Take her to black pool and she loves it all the sovernere shops and car boot sales But a walk in the countryside would bore her to tears
Same when ever we go on holiday
New York /Singapore /Niagro falls / Sydney and all the other nice places she trailed around shops instead of the actual tourist places
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I'm glad the topic has returned. Thanks to 'The Mods'.
I actually met a couple of Asian chaps in our village yesterday morning. Unfortunately for my original query, they were in their car and asked me the way to the local car boot sale (which, as I told them, had been cancelled due to the field being waterlogged).
Just for a moment I hoped they were about to ask where they could go for a walk locally!
Thinking on earlier replies, the car boot is held in several local fields on an alternating basis. All are quite exposed, so people 'not wanting to get cold' perhaps doesn't completely answer my question.
I actually met a couple of Asian chaps in our village yesterday morning. Unfortunately for my original query, they were in their car and asked me the way to the local car boot sale (which, as I told them, had been cancelled due to the field being waterlogged).
Just for a moment I hoped they were about to ask where they could go for a walk locally!
Thinking on earlier replies, the car boot is held in several local fields on an alternating basis. All are quite exposed, so people 'not wanting to get cold' perhaps doesn't completely answer my question.
So, perhaps money making or bargain hunting could have been the motivating factors for those Asian chaps, giving them all the needed warmth to combat cold temperature at the outdoor Car Boot sale. Just the idea of strolling about in the countryside without making any money with that could be quite demotivating to them?
You only saw two chaps. It's worth doing a mass survey among the Asian communities tbh. Advertise among the Asians three things. One, will they come out to buy your tat and sell their tat in a freezing Car Boot sale? Two, will they come out walking with you, your family and your dog for a mile or two? Three, will they walk on fire, if you pay them a decent sum of money? Let's see what the majority says.
Personally, I'll do the option two, but not the option one and three. I'll also bring some onion bhajis and samosas for a picnic while we're out, and of course, whole of my family along, to keep your family company.
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Well,today (when it is a more appropriate time to get up lol) Im off to Dovedale for a very long walk!
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It is a fair enough question, I think understanding comes from asking questions, I have noticed the same, go for a walking and it is generally middle class white people in stout shoes and Berghaus Jackets, rarely see anyone of any other description.
With Asians I was thinking it just isn't part of what they do, a lot tend to run their own businesses, my eldest lad works for an Indian guy who owns a shop, not sure if he walks, never asked but I cant imagine he does with the hours he puts in, also a lot of Asian ladies tend to wear traditional clothes, perhaps they arent that practical for walking in ?
As a rule, Asians dont seem to have dogs, have asked my Pakistani mate at work and he agrees very few Asians in the UK have Dogs, no particular religous reason, but they don't have the exposure so it isnt on their radar, he was not averse to getting one, my wifes Asian mate and her son are really weird abotu our dog, they have to have him locked out of the room they are in
With Asians I was thinking it just isn't part of what they do, a lot tend to run their own businesses, my eldest lad works for an Indian guy who owns a shop, not sure if he walks, never asked but I cant imagine he does with the hours he puts in, also a lot of Asian ladies tend to wear traditional clothes, perhaps they arent that practical for walking in ?
As a rule, Asians dont seem to have dogs, have asked my Pakistani mate at work and he agrees very few Asians in the UK have Dogs, no particular religous reason, but they don't have the exposure so it isnt on their radar, he was not averse to getting one, my wifes Asian mate and her son are really weird abotu our dog, they have to have him locked out of the room they are in
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It is a fair enough question, I think understanding comes from asking questions, I have noticed the same, go for a walking and it is generally middle class white people in stout shoes and Berghaus Jackets, rarely see anyone of any other description.
With Asians I was thinking it just isn't part of what they do, a lot tend to run their own businesses, my eldest lad works for an Indian guy who owns a shop, not sure if he walks, never asked but I cant imagine he does with the hours he puts in, also a lot of Asian ladies tend to wear traditional clothes, perhaps they arent that practical for walking in ?
As a rule, Asians dont seem to have dogs, have asked my Pakistani mate at work and he agrees very few Asians in the UK have Dogs, no particular religous reason, but they don't have the exposure so it isnt on their radar, he was not averse to getting one, my wifes Asian mate and her son are really weird abotu our dog, they have to have him locked out of the room they are in
With Asians I was thinking it just isn't part of what they do, a lot tend to run their own businesses, my eldest lad works for an Indian guy who owns a shop, not sure if he walks, never asked but I cant imagine he does with the hours he puts in, also a lot of Asian ladies tend to wear traditional clothes, perhaps they arent that practical for walking in ?
As a rule, Asians dont seem to have dogs, have asked my Pakistani mate at work and he agrees very few Asians in the UK have Dogs, no particular religous reason, but they don't have the exposure so it isnt on their radar, he was not averse to getting one, my wifes Asian mate and her son are really weird abotu our dog, they have to have him locked out of the room they are in
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Went for a walk on Monday with the kids and bearing this thread in mind I was on the look out.
Was in the Surrey Hills (taking in Box Hill), but they offered great views because it was clear. Granted this is not the most spectacular scenery you can get elsewhere, but with it only being a few miles away for lots of people I don't think that is any reason to say there is no great outdoor spaces.
So I'm on that look out for non White British middleclass (this is Surrey don't you know). There were lots of non European accents. Some of the parents are clearly a bit awkward, but others are regular outdoorsy people, but the kids love being out what ever the colour regardless of the parents - that much is obvious.
Was in the Surrey Hills (taking in Box Hill), but they offered great views because it was clear. Granted this is not the most spectacular scenery you can get elsewhere, but with it only being a few miles away for lots of people I don't think that is any reason to say there is no great outdoor spaces.
So I'm on that look out for non White British middleclass (this is Surrey don't you know). There were lots of non European accents. Some of the parents are clearly a bit awkward, but others are regular outdoorsy people, but the kids love being out what ever the colour regardless of the parents - that much is obvious.
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I don't care who I encounter or I must, while on my walk; except ferocious dogs. To my pleasure, I saw a lovely, unleashed lab yesterday on my walk. He was all black and shiney. Quite fat in his tummy, and so humble! My imaginary dog ignored him, but I said hello to him and his owners. Very heart-melting creature he was!
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I don't care who I encounter or I must, while on my walk; except ferocious dogs. To my pleasure, I saw a lovely, unleashed lab yesterday on my walk. He was all black and shiney. Quite fat in his tummy, and so humble! My imaginary dog ignored him, but I said hello to him and his owners. Very heart-melting creature he was!
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Goes to show that Asians have no excuse, really. They can go for a walk just by imagining that they have a dog that needs a walk.
A neighbour friend takes her little fancy dog for a little fancy walk. What's the point in that, as them two go around the block and come back in like, 15 minutes. On contrary, son's dog would walk miles without any stopping! My imaginary dog would walk with me for miles, without me having to pick up his poo at any point. I'm the winner here.
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My misses was brought up in a poor neighbourhood and they had a dog
Which disspaeared one day
A few days later they found out
One if the neighbours had ate it as they had no money for food
I've seen. Dogs woth their legs bound on market stalls waiting for restaurant owners to snap them up
A couple of quid each was the prices
It's thier culture just as we would eat beef and lamb
Which disspaeared one day
A few days later they found out
One if the neighbours had ate it as they had no money for food
I've seen. Dogs woth their legs bound on market stalls waiting for restaurant owners to snap them up
A couple of quid each was the prices
It's thier culture just as we would eat beef and lamb
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Last time I went to the park with my son I met some wierd angry bloke who was punching himself in the face.
I wish we were allowed to carry small firearms so any wierd ****** punching himself in the face can be shot as a warning.
I wish we were allowed to carry small firearms so any wierd ****** punching himself in the face can be shot as a warning.
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I do like dogs and would like to have one however I cannot commit enough time and love to the animal at this stage in life so I have decided against it for the time being.
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More than anything else, what makes me wonder is why people spoil beautiful countryside with their litter! It's not nice. Not that I go for a walk to spot the rubbish (like our F1 spots the Asians on his walk for his hobby ), but it's so wrong to throw your rubbish around like that. Dog poo leavers are also very wrong for not clearing their pet's poo off the paths.
I couldn't get the picture of some random unpicked dog poo, for I would have looked like a right weirdo to other walkers, for doing that. But I did capture the images of some random rubbish on my country walk.
Terrible.
All junk food eating, beer drinking, litter spreading walkers should be fined.
I couldn't get the picture of some random unpicked dog poo, for I would have looked like a right weirdo to other walkers, for doing that. But I did capture the images of some random rubbish on my country walk.
Terrible.
All junk food eating, beer drinking, litter spreading walkers should be fined.
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