- Joined
- 16 Feb 08
- Moves
- 121323
@relentless-red saidAnd yet your experience was and is what you feel is representative of UK? Oh no, I’m sorry you were “being polite”... it was/is what you think is representative of “southerners”.
@divegeester
To be honest the car was just passing through. It was heading to the west.
What a sad parochial little man you are.
- Joined
- 16 Feb 08
- Moves
- 121323
The post that was quoted here has been removedSo...you were in a car going round a roundabout 40 odd years ago and you can remember what a bloke looked like who shouted at you from the pavement... I see.
It’s interesting to see you talk like this. Firstly and quite obviously because you are making it up, lying. And secondly because you were eventually heading back up to 1970s Liverpool, that bastion of social inclusivity...not! The historically record high rates of crime, high rates of alcoholism, high rates of spousal abuse and domestic violence, high rates of child abuse, famous for its political corruption.
And yet here you are, in this actually quite good, thread where you are invited to talk about what reminds you of YOUR country, and all you can do is, through some cheap snide, slag off another UK town that isn’t Liverpool.
22 May 21
@torunn saidDown here the most well-off guys split the bill. The poor ones eat and drink for free. The reason is income differences around here are pretty big
Swedes are known for splitting restaurants bills - each person pays for what she has had to eat and drink instead of just dividing the amount among them. And we don't tip much.
- Joined
- 10 Jan 08
- Moves
- 19223
22 May 21
@divegeester saidI see you haven't arrived at Heathrow recently, queues for everyone.
You know when you’ve arrived in the UK, at Heathrow, when one of the worlds busiest airports has the longest queues at border control for non UK residents. It’s a great place to visit and to come and work in.
- Joined
- 16 Feb 08
- Moves
- 121323
@trev33 saidNo I have travelled recently, and yes I am aware. I was being very general, in terms of time. When I was travelling a lot I was always impressed by the length of the non resident/non EU queue.
I see you haven't arrived at Heathrow recently, queues for everyone.
The UK is a good place to live, work and visit.
- Joined
- 10 Jan 08
- Moves
- 19223
22 May 21
@divegeester saidThey're long though because they're slow at checking documents, was the same going into Dublin when I travelled with my Colombian ex... million and 3 questions, same at the moment for everyone, a check after the flight and then the regular border control. Mental.
No I have travelled recently, and yes I am aware. I was being very general, in terms of time. When I was travelling a lot I was always impressed by the length of the non resident/non EU queue.
The UK is a good place to live, work and visit.
22 May 21
@trev33 saidRestaurant bills? The funniest thing I ever witnessed was when I first met my friend’s friend. After our meal my friend and I each worked out what we needed to pay then added our share of a tip. Her friend however merely counted up the pile of cash we’d put on the table, subtracted that from the total bill and just paid the difference.
What about Swedish dating, split the bill again? I used to watch Friends, remember an episode when the 6 of them went out but 3 of them didn't have much money so when the 3 with money said they were going to split the bill 6 ways the 3 without money complained.
For us it really depends on who you're with, If I'm out with friends we usually just pay for what we've had, fami ...[text shortened]... re likely to pay the bill, nuts to that, for me it should be turn about. It's not the 1970s anymore.
We were 😮😮 speechless ..... the friend was a computer programming student and got clean away with it!
- Joined
- 14 Mar 04
- Moves
- 187711
23 May 21
@divegeester saidHaving passports from the two countries you are travelling to and from gets rid of the lines.
You know when you’ve arrived in the UK, at Heathrow, when one of the worlds busiest airports has the longest queues at border control for non UK residents. It’s a great place to visit and to come and work in.
- Joined
- 14 Mar 04
- Moves
- 187711
23 May 21
@drewnogal saidWith a “minor” in accounting, no doubt.
Restaurant bills? The funniest thing I ever witnessed was when I first met my friend’s friend. After our meal my friend and I each worked out what we needed to pay then added our share of a tip. Her friend however merely counted up the pile of cash we’d put on the table, subtracted that from the total bill and just paid the difference.
We were 😮😮 speechless ..... the friend was a computer programming student and got clean away with it!
