Re: No Chooks For Xmas ;-(

Hi,

Oddly enough my trail is nearly the same.
I was raised in Aberdeenshire and then moved near Sheffield.
But never in the country.

Well the things i like are :-
Complete lack of crime
Clean
Fresh Air
Chickens!
Empty roads (with pot holes)
No speed cameras!

Don't likes are:-
Can't by (insert anything other than spuds) anywhere.
Everything costs 30% more than the UK price
The wages are roughly 30% LESS than the UK wages (so that doesn't help)
Racist people
Small minded , blinkered views of the people here.
Complete lack of awareness of the outside world.
Oh and none of the good catholic irish girls will entertain an
English bloke for a second so would be single for next 40 years if i stayed
:-)
Irish TV is DIRE, thank god for Sky.

Guess there are more dislikes than likes but i could put up with some of
them.
The fact there is virtually no crime is worth staying.
A recent newpaper headline here was "Man charged with shouting at woman."
And thats a lgit headline. They are always the same kind of thing.
Its 100% employment almost too which means everyone is too busy to comit any
crime.

I have worked everywhere from Texas to Totness but no one will give me a job
here so i have
to assume its not my problem.

Right on with the packing, nearly done.

Mark.


" Jill" <newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43a7463d$0$27174$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Mark wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for that.
> > I HATE the city, i love the country.
> > I feel much better here. I am gutted to leave.
>
> What is it you want - what did you love - what did you hate?
>
> > I went to Scotland before i came here and got the
> > same reception.
>
> ??
>
> > Maybe i should work on my accent.
>
> I am the only one in my ancestry to be born south of Sheffield - my family
> are entirely Yorkshire, Lancashire! and Aberdeenshire.
> But I grew up in a very small village which was still feudal - as I grew
up
> it got infiltrated from the nearest city via new motorways [50 miles
away] -
> it taught me a lot about the dynamics of small village politics from a
VERY
> early age. And how difficult it is to understand!
> These days many parts of Soctland and Ireland are very bad for this.
>
> > It wouldn't have been as bad if i wasn't raised in Scotland !
> > But i am an IT project manager, no call for them here.
>
> hmmm - sorry I am not sure what one of those does!!!
> but I do know that there are parts of the Highlands-- not Argyll !!! where
> the IT investment has been very important
> but this is businesses who can be anywhere and the folks do not mind
> travelling south regularly and, if necesary at a drop of a hat
>
> > Only people here that make money are A.Irish and B.Builders/Farmers.
>
> No farmers I know of unless they are selling building land !!!!
>
> > The anti-social welcome is the main reason why i am going.
> > I don't mind being poor so long as i have food and heat.
> > But i can't spend another year in isolation.
>
> Crumbs - that does sound harsh - its certainly not what I have heard
> experienced in Ireland nor in Scotland
>
> > I hvan't eaten fast food for nearly 2 years.
>
> --- urm -- ah yes - when I was down in Paisley supporting Mum for her hip
> operation in the middle of the summer and the lovely restaurant close to
B&B
> was full -- really crap but really scrummy at the time !!
>
> > I haven't seen a McDonalds since i drove thru wales on the way here.
> > Will be nice to be able to buy lawn mowers at 3am again tho.
>
> WHAT !!!!!!
> okay WHO even thinks - lets the thought cross their grey cells - triggers
> their synapses - with the idea of BUYING A LAWN MOWER in December let
alone
> at 3 AM in DECEMBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> <very big grin>
>
>
> >
> > Oh well end of a dream
>
> maybe - maybe not - maybe you just need to ease yourself more gently
through
> different stages where your skills and character will be better
appreciated
>
> I sure as heck would not fit in ANY city - how ever much they paid !!!
> I might get by but I would NEVER fit in
> Fitting into the country is easier -- but it is not EASY
>
> I hope you not give in on your dream
>
> And certainly living in London does not exclude many parts of your dream
> including keeping chickens -- I never fail to be surprised at the
> destinations of the poultry houses, books, and incubators I sell
>
> Good luck in 2006 and live your dream whatever it is
>
> --
>
> regards
> Jill Bowis
>
> Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
> Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
> Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
> Working Holidays in Scotland
> http://www.kintaline.co.uk
>
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > " Jill" <newsNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:43a71ca5$0$63086$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Mark wrote:
> >>> Well i have finally given up on country living...
> >>> Reality is there ain't no money here so i am going back to London
> >>> and my chooks have to go.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >> What a shame you have not found what you were looking for in a
> >> different environment
> >>
> >> To choose to be in the country is to choose to do without a LOT -- a
> >> LOT - and I will say it again - a LOT.
> >> There is a good reason why many businesses in the country do not pay
> >> tax - it costs to live in the country, you don't earn the same, the
> >> expectations are different and just about everything seems to
> >> conspire to works against you at times
> >> The cost / benefit analysis is very different from an equivalent
> >> business in the city - and that coveres the business and the family
> >> values :~))
> >>
> >> Choosing a completely different country to do it in is even more of
> >> a shock
> >>
> >> I was putting together some contact details for poultry folks withon
> >> 100 miles of you that I could find to help you
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I have not had them long but i will realy miss them.
> >>> They were all i had in this bleak unfriendly country.
> >>
> >> Oh - that sounds so sad
> >>
> >>> I feel like i have betrayed them.
> >>> I know they don't know that, they're a bunch of mouldy-bread sluts.
> >>
> >> Hey -- they are better than that !! <very big grin>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Oh well..
> >>>
> >>> Maybe one day i will try again.
> >>
> >> There are lots of places you can go to for courses and working
> >> holidays around country to learn more and do experience the life in
> >> short bursts. Don't give up - but enjoy your new life back in the
> >> city -- maybe that is where you are happiest
> >> Someone has to be <even bigger grin>
> >>
> >> HAve a HAPPY Yuletide season
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> regards
> >> Jill Bowis
> >>
> >> Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
> >> Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
> >> Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
> >> Working Holidays in Scotland
> >> http://www.kintaline.co.uk
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Signing off
> >>>
> >>> Mark.
>
>


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