exile
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Post by exile on Mar 14, 2023 10:48:20 GMT 1
As I've always said when asked by rather indignant Brits as to why I consider myself an economic migrant We were able to buy enough land to build a house on and come out without a mortgage..something that would have been very difficult to do in the UK. We enjoy more space, a better quality of life and far less stress than we had in the UK..ie we moved here because we thought we could have a better life. The response is usually 'well you aren't dependent on the state' and that is true apart from the bonuses we get occasionally because we have a relatively low income.. but then neither are the vast majority of imigrants that move for economic reasons. While it won't have been part of the decision to move, you have also benefited by restricted increases in electricity prices - 15% versus around 100% - and "subsidised" fuel cost - 15c/l for a longer period than the 5p/l in the UK. |
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Post by pcpa on Mar 14, 2023 12:25:46 GMT 1
Yes that is a stark difference and also the lengths our government had to go to to achieve this, the renationalisation of EDF.
I feel for any inactifs that chose to return to the UK in recent years because they could not make a go of it in France.
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 14, 2023 16:23:56 GMT 1
Jack Dee’s comment on circumnavigation of the globe and great thinkers. ( he mentioned me) Attachment Deleted |
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Post by omegal on Mar 14, 2023 16:43:52 GMT 1
Ratking234 or BeagleBoy?
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 14, 2023 17:17:11 GMT 1
Second page; seven lines up  (and I am still on the ground) By some strange quirk of fate my oh is having problems with what is probably her third printer.. so much for paperless media, saving the ozone layer and the fecin Orangutans by not eating palm oil. |
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Post by Polarengineer on Mar 16, 2023 14:52:33 GMT 1
I always thought that small boats bill was the lad who looked after the yachties tender for a tanner when they came ashore to the pub.
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Aardvark
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Post by Aardvark on Mar 16, 2023 17:13:58 GMT 1
No. That ambitious Bill is the one that takes all the small boats back across the Channel to sell back to the trafficers.
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 17, 2023 12:18:38 GMT 1
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Post by Nifty on Mar 17, 2023 12:50:12 GMT 1
 More from Jack |
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(and I am still on the ground)
