Today I'm angry about.....

[Bruce Rioja]

I arrived in Porto last night. Yesterday it was 28 degrees and bright sunshine. Today it is 15 degrees and rain. It will stay like that until the day after I leave, when it will again be 28 degrees and bright sunshine.

Then stay in and enjoy the freshest grilled sardines known to man and some wonderful Portuguese red wine, Fella. In the interests of balance, whilst I was getting ready this morning the central heating kicked in, for the second time this week!

[BWFC_Insane]

The Fat Lady isn't quite singing over my job contract yet, but the cow is clearing her throat and doing her scales.

Same boat as you fella.
I've been finishing here in "a couple of months time" for three years now. I've really not got long left now.

Four day week for the factory floor and enforced use of holidays for us (or four days unpaid leave if you've none left).

I await BWFC-I's helpful political point-scoring contribution

Blame Cameron, it makes the pain easier to take......



Likely that I'll be out of work within 6 months, the way things are going here. Too many contracts with public sector organisations being lost due to cuts and restructures. Can't sustain the workforce.

[Bruce Rioja]

The Fat Lady isn't quite singing over my job contract yet, but the cow is clearing her throat and doing her scales.

Same boat as you fella.
I've been finishing here in "a couple of months time" for three years now. I've really not got long left now.

Four day week for the factory floor and enforced use of holidays for us (or four days unpaid leave if you've none left).

I await BWFC-I's helpful political point-scoring contribution

Blame Cameron, it makes the pain easier to take......



Likely that I'll be out of work within 6 months, the way things are going here. Too many contracts with public sector organisations being lost due to cuts and restructures. Can't sustain the workforce.

It's the exchange rate that's fecking us over just now.

Not a good time.

[bobo the clown]

The story today about the theft, by 'metal thieves' it's assumed, of the memorial plaque to the 2 kids killed by IRA bombs in Warrington in 1993.

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The metal is estamated to have a worth of about £30 ..... & a value of £millions.

I simply can't get my head round what would make someone simply not give a shit. The scrappies also allow for this.

I could get very Hoboish about this one.

[Harry Genshaw]

Shops.

Yesterday afternoon my good lady decided we needed a side table before friends came round to watch the Chelsea game. We see one in a shop, just what we're looking for, right price etc - "We'll have that one please" - "We have none in stock at the moment but can order you one for June" comes the reply. "Well can we have that one?" to be told no because thats the one they use to sell the ones they don't currently have in stock!

End up going to the shop next door panic buying a flat pack one. After a frustrating 15 minutes getting all the pieces together, we both realised that half the pre manufactured bits don't fit properly and it's a crap table anyway. So today instead of pottering about in the garden I'll be pushing through the sunday shopping crowds trying to get my money back

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

See. We ordered white goods and a new bed on Friday (Friday is like Saturday here) for the new villa. They all get delivered on Wednesday and are built/fitted/installed as part of the service. Mind you, I'm never going shopping again on a Friday here. It is like pre-chrsitmas shopping and the January sales rolled into one - feckin mental

[bobo the clown]

See. We ordered white goods and a new bed on Friday (Friday is like Saturday here) for the new villa. They all get delivered on Wednesday and are built/fitted/installed as part of the service. Mind you, I'm never going shopping again on a Friday here. It is like pre-chrsitmas shopping and the January sales rolled into one - feckin mental

Yup.

Stay in drinking & get some pork spare-ribs delivered.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

See. We ordered white goods and a new bed on Friday (Friday is like Saturday here) for the new villa. They all get delivered on Wednesday and are built/fitted/installed as part of the service. Mind you, I'm never going shopping again on a Friday here. It is like pre-chrsitmas shopping and the January sales rolled into one - feckin mental

Yup.

Stay in drinking & get some pork spare-ribs delivered.

I might just do that next Friday

[bobo the clown]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

[thebish]

nearly got rammed off my motorbike yesterday by an elderly driver who simply pulled out in front of me as if I wasn't there... then when I gave him a loud toot on my horn and mouthed some mild expletives at the back of his hat - proceeded to cut me up a second time - having indicated right and pulled across the road - then decided he had changed his mind and so violently swerved left back onto the carriageway...

anyway...

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in here with a "welcome to Tel Aviv" stamp in my passport! Might be room for me to set something up here to cater for the expat pork needs

[Bruce Rioja]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in here with a "welcome to Tel Aviv" stamp in my passport! Might be room for me to set something up here to cater for the expat pork needs

Tip for should you ever need to go, AT. Israeli Passport Control will stamp it onto a separate piece of paper for you if you ask them nicely. We should really have a travel tips thread. Hmmmmmmmmm.

[bobo the clown]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in here with a "welcome to Tel Aviv" stamp in my passport! Might be room for me to set something up here to cater for the expat pork needs

Tip for should you ever need to go, AT. Israeli Passport Control will stamp it onto a separate piece of paper for you if you ask them nicely. We should really have a travel tips thread. Hmmmmmmmmm.

... & have a verification letter, in Hebrew, from a credible Company, which says "this is a fine chap & he's been here quite often & is really a bit of a love when you get to know him".

THEN you show that at security & they fast track you so you get through in about 10 minutes while all the others queue for about 90mins.

Just ensure that someone else confirms the letter says something positive rather than "I'd keep my eye on this tosser".

[Montreal Wanderer]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in here with a "welcome to Tel Aviv" stamp in my passport! Might be room for me to set something up here to cater for the expat pork needs

Tip for should you ever need to go, AT. Israeli Passport Control will stamp it onto a separate piece of paper for you if you ask them nicely. We should really have a travel tips thread. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Cuba does the same in case you go to America - don't even have to ask nicely.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I know a very good restaurant in Tel Aviv (yes, I know it's not exactly a day-trip) which sells pork & shell-fish. Just for the craic.

AND provide dairy & meat at the same venue.

Bless 'em.

Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure if I'd be allowed back in here with a "welcome to Tel Aviv" stamp in my passport! Might be room for me to set something up here to cater for the expat pork needs

Tip for should you ever need to go, AT. Israeli Passport Control will stamp it onto a separate piece of paper for you if you ask them nicely. We should really have a travel tips thread. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Top tip Bruce. Thanks for that. My missus will be pleased as she wants to go to Israel at some point....

[thebish]

the people who put the count in escape to the country...

my missus has taken to having it on in the kitchen while she eats her lunch... every one of them throws up the same repetitious bag of bollox - and today it makes me cross!

1. firstly where the tossing toss did people this stupid get £850,000 to spend on a house?

2. we want a triple garage for our fleet of gas-guzzling monster-cars.... oh - but that cottage is by a road - and we can hear traffic!!

3. ooh - a balcony - i can just imagine us on a warm evening outside with a glass of wine... no you chuffing won't - you'll be slumped on the settee watching Emmerdale with a microwaved ready-meal.

4. we want to live in a village with a real community feel... oh - but this house has neighbours - we'd be overlooked - they'd make some noises...

5. there's a river/canal nearby - or there's a pond = all our grandchildren would drown if they came to visit.

6. beams - beams - beams - we love beams and traditional features - wood burning stoves - beams - old stone floors... PISS OFF!!!

7. ooh - it has an Aga/Rayburn - heart of the house!! - no it fecking isn't - it's an oil-filled pain in the arse!!!

8. we want a real old style cottagey feel.... oh - but this house has low ceilings and its dark and you'd hit your head on the beams...

9. there are two of us. we need 5 bedrooms, two living rooms a separate dining room and a conservatory - oh - and 20acres of manicured garden, oh - and a huge feck-off kitchen.



arrgghhhhhhh!!!

[bobo the clown]

Ah, Bish. Not just me then !!

28yr old, worked 4 months in the city & want's to sell up & own Wiltshire and paint.

Fckg fck off.

[BWFC_Insane]

Bish has hit a nail on a head there.

That program is only topped by the stupidity of people on those ones where they decide they want to live abroad and get to look round properties abroad, or try it out.

Usually the whole 'oooo we went to Spain once on holiday and just loved it, we are so sick of Britain and we want to move out'.

Then after a week ' we didn't realise that we'd have to learn some rudimentary form of Spanish. Roger is really struggling to get plumbing work when all he can say is 'dos beers please' loudly. We also didn't realise that we'd miss the family and friends we've left behind. And we've also just figured out that we will still have to work to make money here just as before, we thought in Spain it was all siestas and shit'.

They're back home within a fortnight!

[TANGODANCER]

Ants. One day of sunshine and the little bxstards are everywhere right now.

[Annoyed Grunt]

"And when exactly would you like delivery Mr Grunt"
"Erm, Wednesday, please"
"Ok, that's all confirmed for Wednesday 23rd May"

"Sorry, but you were out when we tried to deliver your item"

nice people!!!