whats great about great britain?

i live in this so called great britain and i can't wait to leavethe country. i could go on and on about what makes me hate this country and i dunno where to start so here goes.

petrol....we pay the highest fuel tax anywhere. it costs about 80 pence a litre and about 60 pence of that is tax. insurance is bloody ridiculous. everyones making stupid claims against one another that premiums goes sky high for young drivers, i'm 23. if someone hits someone at the back at 5 mph, the person in front will probably sue that guy that hit him for thousands of pounds when in reality he never suffered any injuries. its silly. its pointless and just upsets everybody. if it was a serious accident then ok but littles one ain't worth it, you're the ones to blame for the rise in insurance costs. you moan about uninsured drivers but theres more now cos we can't afford it, thanks to these bogus claims.

the so called peoples goverment, who claim they are there for the people, spend all our hardearned money on the fucking shambles the dome, it was a failure from the start. the money they wasted on that could off bought us loads of hospitals, got the NHS back together, new schools and education, social care for the disabled, better public transport. did they do shit? they try eveything to get us off the roads and to use the badly run public transport, buses never on time, train delays akimbo, crashes galore, plane delays, i'd rather drive my car, more safer and i can get to my destination on time.

the police seem to spend all their time targeting innocent motorists. its more important to catch a speeding driver than it is to catch real crooks like muggers, rapists, theives and murderers. they're racists, there's always trouble between them and the ethnic minorities, ie riots. freedom, no such thing? everyones a criminal according to the filth.

the goverment is a soft touch. we are only a little country with overpopulated cities and yet they allow thousands of refugees in every week. i'm not being funny but we should kick them out, theres no room for them and its us having to foot the bill. they don't speak english, there's no chance of them working here so get rid of them. france is more than happy to help them get to britain.

northern ireland is another thing, nearly 30 years of innocent lives lost all because the ira want ireland united. northern ireland is not even part of britain so i say give it back, end of the violence. those in northern ireland who want to part of britain then move. if it stops the violence then do it. how many more people have to die.

i've been corresponding with friends in australia and i've always liked it there. so hopefully in the near future i shall pack up and head for down under. have a less stressful life, relax and chill, catch some waves, i'll be a happier person.

i didn't mean to offend anyone by writing this, just wanted a few things off my chest. hope you understand.

mickey

Sorry to hear all that dude. You have two options, try and change things so they dont suck so bad for you or get the hell out. Sounds like you're leaning for option two. I'd rule out Iraq and Afganistan for the time being. :D













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Try Canada :) - it's like a big version of Britain :D!

Britain's no different than anywhere else in the world. Everything sucks, it's just the degree of suckiness is less in some areas and greater in others.

As for big govt., they suck by nature.

great britten is bigger than britten....


LOVE THE SPELLING DO U NOT:finger: :finger:

I feel the same way, Mickey.

I plan to move to America rather than Oz. Oz is nice, though.

I always thought it was funny that Britain has the word Great in its title.

yeah i've been to England and i didn't really like it, always raining, and dark clouds..... i guess that's not that big a deal though :D

merc i'd say Canada is like a little brother of the U.S. it's nothing like britain, except for our government being more like the U.K.

If i were to move anywhere i'd move back to California, it was sweet there... plus the US isn't run by freakin liberals :D :D

mickey, I would highly recommend moving to Oz, 'cos i truely believe it's the best place in the world to live (yes, I am just a TINY bit biased :D )

We also have major refugee issues here as well. And just recently our tosser of a prime minister got re-elected :mad:

But it's mostly good :D

from all the places i've been, i would never want to move out of north america. I'm just used to the type of living here, suburbs, malls, etc. it's so much more cultural everywhere else :) everywhere else people keep the past, here everything seems pretty new

I lived most of my live in California and i miss it, i wanna move back there

if i could pick any place to go, i'd go back to California, i'd think about florida and hawaii though :D cause hawaii is just like the mainland just alot nicer :)

I'm like the exact opposite. I like all that culture and history, which the US sorely lacks. I think it's cool that some countries go back several centuries (or millennia). The closest we have is the east coast.

have you ever been to europe?

I just don't like it cause everything seems so old :) just my opinion though, i don't wanna offend anyone
like it's beautiful and all, i just wouldn't wanna live there

it's good as a vacation spot... or maybe having a second vacation home there... like maybe in italy or monaco

K, I see your point. But I'm just so blinded by the beauty. I just love all that old architecture.

have you been to europe?

Unfortunately, no. :( I wanna visit all those ancient buildings though. It's one of those life goals.

At least Europe has well-paved roads!:smoker:

Originally posted by Chris
At least Europe has well-paved roads!:smoker:

haha, you're jokin right??
the roads here are a 100 times better.... i guess it depends on the country but almost every place i've been the roads weren't nearly as good as the ones here

in lots of big cities they don't even have paved roads they're set with stone, i don't know what it's called.. but not paved. That's looks a bit nicer but it's not good to drive a Ferrari on them :)

I have just heard that most of the roads there are better than they are here (especially the autobahn, but that goes without saying:D )

i bet the autobahn is... but the majority of the roads in europe are total shit.
The roads here are ALOT better

The roads in Europe ARE better than Canadian and US roads, but you should still consider yourself lucky that you don't have to drive on NZ's volcano chipped roads, one time I got up to 200 kph, but instantly slowed down due to the unbearable tyre squeal

North Americas roads are glass smooth compared to most in Europe.

America has the best natural scenery and modern cities, Europe is good if you like old buildings. Although I find American history far more interesting than European. So much happened in America over the past 200 years (especially the past 100).
America has so much variation. You have the south with beautiful colonial houses, and cities like New Orleans with rich musical history. Then there are the nothern cities with buildings easily as grand as those in Europe - often more so.

Then there are the mountain ranges. Europe has nice mountains but they don't really vary in style. America has so many distinctive ranges such as the San Juan range in CO and the Sierras in CA and NV.
Nothing compares to the autumn colours that you see in New England and West Virginia.

Then you have the most spectacular views in the world at places such as Yosemite and the Grand Canyon.
There are a huge variety of canyons, all distinct from the others. Bryce, Paria, Zion, etc.
Oh and I always forget Monument Valley.

America has culture. Its called western culture. Jazz, Blues, rock, funk, house, pretty much every form of modern music is American. America influences the way the civilized world dresses, the films we watch. Its not all McDonalds and cocacola.

Be happy, you live in the best country in the world.

Winston, it continues to astound me how you're not our president yet. Or atleast a famous movie star:D

Originally posted by Lizard King
North Americas roads are glass smooth compared to most in Europe.

America has the best natural scenery and modern cities, Europe is good if you like old buildings. Although I find American history far more interesting than European. So much happened in America over the past 200 years (especially the past 100).
America has so much variation. You have the south with beautiful colonial houses, and cities like New Orleans with rich musical history. Then there are the nothern cities with buildings easily as grand as those in Europe - often more so.

Then there are the mountain ranges. Europe has nice mountains but they don't really vary in style. America has so many distinctive ranges such as the San Juan range in CO and the Sierras in CA and NV.
Nothing compares to the autumn colours that you see in New England and West Virginia.

Then you have the most spectacular views in the world at places such as Yosemite and the Grand Canyon.
There are a huge variety of canyons, all distinct from the others. Bryce, Paria, Zion, etc.
Oh and I always forget Monument Valley.

America has culture. Its called western culture. Jazz, Blues, rock, funk, house, pretty much every form of modern music is American. America influences the way the civilized world dresses, the films we watch. Its not all McDonalds and cocacola.

Be happy, you live in the best country in the world.

that's what i've been tryin to say :) the roads here are alot better than the majority of european roads

thanks for straightening out the story lizard! :)

I guess I'll have to go to Europe to find out for sure.

But this kinda re-inforces the idea that you love what you cant/dont have.

its funny, all these damm refugees trying to get in and little me crying to get out the damm place. i will, my time will come. gonna get me a place on the beach in the south west of oz, inbetween melbourne and sydney so i got the best of both but not actually in the cities. the sun, the beach, the waves, the babes, the v8's. gonna get me a black 1973 ford falcon xb and do it up like mad max, and i'll have a 1969 camaro z28 pro street car, oh, and i'll take a ford escort rs turbo series 1 when i go as well!:p

in the next couple of years i will be saving up to take a working holiday in oz so i can experience a year there, meet people, do some work, (i'm a panelbeater) see if i can really picture myself there. :D

it's not always grey and raining. we've had some blinding weather in september, october and this month. not bad for autumm coming to winter. i've been able to go about in a t shirt and feel warm. (apart from today, rain!):(

must get round to respraying my car!:(

Originally posted by mentalmickey
its funny, all these damm refugees trying to get in and little me crying to get out the damm place.
Yeah, I know how you feel. I see people here suggesting moving to the States, but I can't wait to get out myself! I guess the grass is always greener, eh? Australia doesn't seem a bad place--but so did Britain. I wouldn't mind Canada either. I guess it's the politics that ruins it, huh, like the US's current political climate reeks (sic) of McCarthyism.

OT: Btw, is oz slang for Australia? Aussies and Kiwis--I swear, I'm getting an education on the colloquial English down there.

:(

Sorry, I just cry when I hear someone say they can't wait to leave the US.