10-15-2002, 08:33 PM | #41 |
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After I'm finished my education, whenever that is (I don't know how many degrees I'm taking in how many different fields before I decide to stop and actually work) I've narrowed it down to Boston, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay area.
Advantages: - I'll be by the sea - Pretty cities (hey, that rhymes... sort of) - No more thirty-below winters Disadvantages: - I can't read Fahrenheit... - I have a very limited grasp of that weird Imperial system (Not that it'll apply to me) - I'll need to learn how your whole government system works I'd move to England, but they get most movies later than North America. For me, that's a major consideration.
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10-15-2002, 08:40 PM | #42 |
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As a Massachusetts resident, Iron Parrot, I would not advise living in Boston. There's a citywide construction project that's been going on for year and years (and will continue to go on for years and years) called the Big Dig. It's made transportation very difficult, so much is being torn up, while so many other things are going up that can't be used yet (Lenny P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge ). It's an overbloated, over budget, over schedule project that causes a great deal of frustration and problems for Boston residents.
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10-15-2002, 11:52 PM | #43 |
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I love to travel, but I'm partial to Wisconsin, USA (mostly because this is where I was born & raised). Of course I'm living in the city right now studying in college, but I love the countryside. If you look you can find just the right balance where you can go out and be with nature, yet there is enough cities and towns nearby that have anything you need. The climate is variable, too, so it's not really hot or really cold all year round.
That is not to say that I wouldn't live somewhere else if the right opportunity arose. The North Pacific and New England areas have always appealed to me as nice places to live. I would settle for anywhere out in the country where life is slowed down and peaceful. |
10-16-2002, 05:23 AM | #44 | |
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10-16-2002, 06:38 AM | #45 |
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I am jealous of those people (I know a few of them) who can straddle continents, living in, say Edinburgh April-Sept and Sydney Oct-Mar. The UK/Australia combo is ideal coz they drive on the correct side of the road, speak the right language (with some fantastic embellishments like "fair dinkum") and they have drive-through off licences.
However, I know I'd miss the relentless drizzle of a Scottish winter. Like Billy Connolly said "there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes". For the way of life, culture, food and people, though, Italy has it over everyone else. It's taken them 2500 years but they seem to have arrived at just the right approach to life. They take care over their food but aren't up themselves about it. They ignore customers in restaurants to watch the football on the telly, which is right and proper. They have a four-hour lunch break and they sing opera at midnight in the squares Here in the UK (especially SE England) they still have delusions of grandeur from the empire. This can be quaint at times, but also a bit annoying. You can walk on roads which have been in continuous use for 5,000 years, though, which is cool. |
10-16-2002, 06:41 AM | #46 |
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England would the perfect country if we could just detach scotland and move it to the middle of the meditarian and we didnt work so much
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10-16-2002, 08:04 AM | #47 | |
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if i couldnt live in Aust. i would probly live in England or NZ. there are a few downsides to australia rugby, seafood and a little insignificant state called South Australia |
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10-16-2002, 08:27 AM | #48 |
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australias also got rex hunt
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10-16-2002, 09:38 AM | #49 |
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Italy is beautiful - I went to Lake Garda in the spring (has anyone been to Venice?)
As I said, I want to live in England, and Oxfordshire is my English county of choice.
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10-16-2002, 04:18 PM | #50 |
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I would like to stay on Israel, just in another place here... maybe Eilat? though my town is quiet, and I like the place, generally. I would like, too, to live in England (London) or USA. I don't care where exactly (in the US) - I wasn't there yet.
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10-16-2002, 10:03 PM | #51 |
Elven Warrior
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Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?
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10-16-2002, 10:23 PM | #52 |
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Dinkum means "okay/fine/etc". So by saying fair dinkum, you're basically saying "she's alright, mate." I think.
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10-17-2002, 06:20 AM | #53 |
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nah fair dimkums like 'you serious???' now we have another way of saying 'shes allright mate' and its 'YOU LITTLE RIPPER!!!'
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10-17-2002, 06:23 AM | #54 |
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Hey Millaine the aussie slang dictionary must be wrong then.
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10-17-2002, 06:50 AM | #55 | |
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Ripper is a more recent phrase, used, I believe, by the younger generation. |
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10-17-2002, 07:29 AM | #56 |
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i cant believe someone owns that dictionary. I cant even believe that dictionary exists.
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10-17-2002, 07:33 AM | #57 |
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Just on the location topic, are me and millane the only ones who know each other face to face by the way.
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10-17-2002, 03:36 PM | #58 |
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No. I know 2 people by face but I am not sure they know who i am! I haven't told them i go on Entmoot yet so they may hav know idea or they may hav known for months. i havn't a clue!!!
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10-17-2002, 10:45 PM | #59 |
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is this some type of secret or u just havnt got around to telling them yet.
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10-17-2002, 10:47 PM | #60 |
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I would live in the Shire! O what you mean a really real place. Ho hum, the real earth is so boring, I suppose I should like to live in Washington, USA
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