Gone for 2 years, coming back for month, What to expect?
It's just over 2 years ago that I left the UK for a new life in Spain and I have learnt more about myself in those 2 years than in the previous 34. I'm coming back for a month from mid December as I have spent the last 2 Christmas here away from my wifes family and our friends and am very interested to see what has changed in those 2 years.
Prime ministers, wheelie bins and probably the yoof culture but anything else to be aware of I wonder....? R |
< takes out popcorn >
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From 2 years ago? Absolutely nothing. Wheelie bins and "yoofs" have existed far longer than that.
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New roundabout at the end of my road :thumb:
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Nothing new happened in the last 2 years that you wouldnt already know about tbh. Apart from Petrols more expensive ;)
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Originally Posted by SiPie
(Post 7429509)
New roundabout at the end of my road :thumb:
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The cock thats in charge of the country is an even bigger cock than all the previous ones..
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depends where you are going ,
lots of new roads , buildings . lots of old buildings pulled down . . oh and army check points every 30 miles up the motor way to check your not speeding .. foreign cars get allowed straight through though might have made that last bit up |
Scoobs are now un-cool ;) :lol1:
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Originally Posted by scoobychick
(Post 7429537)
Scoobs are now un-cool ;) :lol1:
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Everyone has their own flying car, entire meals come in pill form, and the country is run by DAMN DIRTY APES.
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Originally Posted by PeteBrant
(Post 7429569)
and the country is run by DAMN DIRTY APES.
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Hell on wheels!
Les |
If you're from Spain you'll be put in a detention centre for the first two weeks before being deported :D
Oh and the weather's got even worse :) |
Originally Posted by David Lock
(Post 7429739)
Oh and the weather's got even worse :) :D |
Originally Posted by negri
(Post 7429525)
foreign cars get allowed straight through though
phew thats alright then :D |
So what's all this with green bins and brown bins??
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Originally Posted by RussBoy
(Post 7429917)
So what's all this with green bins and brown bins??
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly :thumb: |
I got a black one for general waste, food etc. Grey one for recyclables and Green for garden rubbish
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Originally Posted by Tam the bam
(Post 7429924)
I got a grey bin for general crap, a blue one for paper, tins etc and a brown one for garden waste, weeds, grass clippings, broken wheelbarrows etc.
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly :thumb: |
you will be fast tracked through customs, have preferential benefits with regards housing, education, medical health care, probably even get free dental treatment. The air is a lot fresher, the only thing is apparently there are lots of metal cylindrical things around. Sorry got that last bit wrong its poles :lol1:
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My mothers just about to do the opposite to you.
Shes bought in Spain and off until the new year. Bro lives in Gibraltar with his family so shes off to do the grandmother bit :) |
Originally Posted by jaytc2003
(Post 7429941)
you will be fast tracked through customs, have preferential benefits with regards housing, education, medical health care, probably even get free dental treatment. The air is a lot fresher, the only thing is apparently there are lots of metal cylindrical things around. Sorry got that last bit wrong its poles :lol1:
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Originally Posted by EddScott
(Post 7429942)
My mothers just about to do the opposite to you.
Shes bought in Spain and off until the new year. Bro lives in Gibraltar with his family so shes off to do the grandmother bit :) |
What to expect?
A chorus of people you know back here saying: "You're not very brown are you?" Oh, and the seasonal flu! ;) :D |
Originally Posted by RussBoy
(Post 7429949)
That'll be our biggest shock - wearing coats and scarves again...I actually miss the frosts!
We're the same though. Wife just wrote an article for her expat women's mag that said how we drove a couple of hours north to see the beautiful autumn colours that we were missing so much. Editor replied and said "I used to fly to Switzerland to see them!" :eek: |
Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
(Post 7430013)
Granada? :)
We're the same though. Wife just wrote an article for her expat women's mag that said how we drove a couple of hours north to see the beautiful autumn colours that we were missing so much. Editor replied and said "I used to fly to Switzerland to see them!" :eek: |
Originally Posted by New_scooby_04
(Post 7429985)
What to expect?
A chorus of people you know back here saying: "You're not very brown are you?" Oh, and the seasonal flu! ;) :D ....I spend at least an hour in front of the TV at night as well ;) R |
Wife was in London last weekend, she said exactly the same - "so nice to have cold weather at Christmas time". We've said it for years.
I think it's true to say the last time I touched snow on the ground (as opposed to wet flurries or seeing it briefly out of the window while transiting in Frankfurt) was six years ago :cry: I love snow :( |
none here now ...
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