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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
 Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:23:46
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I currently live in Essex which, for anyone who doesn't live in England, is a horridly boring place to live. It's also full of Chavs and i just feel like it has nothing to offer me.
I've lived here all my live and now i'm working (as opposed to being a piss poor student) i feel that it's time for a change and i'm trying to decide where to move to. My boyfirend works in London but it's too expensive. I like the idea of Brighton but i'm undecided.
So help me out, think of somewhere i cool i could live.I'm open to all options.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:31:45
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Screw it, come to London. Its by far a better place to live.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:32:29
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DON'T move to Mississauga...
It's an evil, horrible, boring, snobby place.
I hate it...
He is in the music business, he is calling you DUDE! |
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KingOfSiam
- FB LinkMaster -
USA
460 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:37:44
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:38:17
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What are Chavs?
Barcelona rocks. As does Montreal. Me, I'd like to live in Massif Central.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:40:24
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
What are Chavs?
Barcelona rocks. As does Montreal. Me, I'd like to live in Massif Central.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank
Thank you for being the brave one and asking this question...
He is in the music business, he is calling you DUDE! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:40:27
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i like Los Angeles, but if i wasn't tied to being here with my career, i'd probably go back up to San Francisco. i love that city
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:44:23
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Santiago De Compostella or Santander. Or Porto in Portugal, tho you might want to run that one past Rita.
I also love Brussels but I bet all the Parisians on the forum would mock me for saying that. It's a sleepy little city, very pretty. It's not like Paris but has its own merits outside of Paris.
I also like Santa Fe, N.M. a lot but you'd have to put up with rich Texans and rich hippies if you lived there, not to mention rich pretentious artists.
Austin's also a fun town, though it's surrounded by Texas.
Have you ever been outside England?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:46:33
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Anywhere in Holland or Germany looks pretty good these days....
The Cult of Frank: It's not the coming of the aliens or anything... |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:47:47
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www.chavscum.com
I tell you what, I'd love to live in St Ives, Cornwall, but maybe thats just me.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:48:45
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Austin is cool. good call Kathryn.
i spent some time in Santa Fe recently. i think you hit the nail on the head. but it is a beautiful place. and the food there is incredible (not a whoooole lot of nightlife though)
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
Edited by - floop on 11/11/2004 10:53:37 |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:50:53
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:53:03
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Porto sucks! In Portugal, Viana do Castelo.
In Spain, some lost village in Huesca.
In Argentina, Bariloche.
In Cuba, Cienfuegos.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:55:02
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Cheesy, all I got was a bunch of pop-up windows. Can't you just help the North Americans and explain what Chavs are?
Floopie, I was a waitress in Austin back in the day and had me lots of fun. Great town for music, which, you're right, Santa Fe isn't.
Coldie, let's scout out our new home in Montreal later this month, babe! I already know of a street I like but it's waaaaay too expensive.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 10:58:50
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Sweet... can we share a bed?It get's soooo cold.
We can hit up Super sex every night...Good times.
He is in the music business, he is calling you DUDE! |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:05:36
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Did you say Super Sex? My friends and I once saw a terribly young hooker, who seemed very high on something, wobble a bunch and then fall off her stilettos flat on her face on the sidewalk in front of Club Super Sex!
Further down St. Catherine I once saw another hooker, a very old very ugly one, successfully pick up a john who had no legs and was in a wheelchair. I guess amputees need ill-gotten booty just like the rest of us.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:06:28
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Chav's are the new ruling class, Kathryn. I don't think you have them the same in America - they come in a variety of shapes and forms so its difficult to explain.
Things to look out for:
Extra bits on cars
Fake Burberry clothing, alternatively Hackett or Nickelson 'grafitti' look
Baseball caps
Pitbull terriers
Dance music
Pregnant 15 year olds
Cigarette, always a cigarette
Adidas flip-side trousers
Reebok Classics
Bow-legged gait
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:07:02
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I don't like Austin. It has good music and some good restaurants, but like most Texas towns it's dominated by sprawl. My sister lives there and I grew up a few hours from there, so I know the city a little. My impression is that the city is dominated by highways, off ramps, and fast food joints. The University of Texas is huge, but the city is too big to feel like a college town and the students are fairly conservative.
Plus, it seems like Austin always gets the benefit of being good relative to the rest of Texas. Maybe, if you have to live in Texas, then Austin is the best place to be, but that doesn't mean you want to live in Texas.
For US towns, I vote for Boulder or somewhere on the Northwest Pacific coast. Also, northern Arizona (maybe Flagstaff) seems like a nice area that hasn't yet been overrun like California. I loved the three summers I spent in Alaska (around the Kenai Peninsula) but the winters would probably be too much to take. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:12:53
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
Chav's are the new ruling class, Kathryn. I don't think you have them the same in America - they come in a variety of shapes and forms so its difficult to explain.
Things to look out for:
Extra bits on cars
Fake Burberry clothing, alternatively Hackett or Nickelson 'grafitti' look
Baseball caps
Pitbull terriers
Dance music
Pregnant 15 year olds
Cigarette, always a cigarette
Adidas flip-side trousers
Reebok Classics
Bow-legged gait
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..."
Honey, we invented that crap in America. Gracie, definitely don't come Stateside if you don't want butt-smoking pregnant 15-year-olds wearing logo-covered trendy clothing and driving stupid cars.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:23:40
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They are called either Tools... or Sheep...
He is in the music business, he is calling you DUDE! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:26:17
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Ah, Kathryn. I am certain that you have nothing like a British chav.
Look at me, getting all proud.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:40:00
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Oh but we do, we do. It's another lovely American export to the world -- the
upwardly-mobile moronic underclass with its fake Burbury and the white-person-rocking-the-ghetto-look and its baseball caps. I mean, jeez, where do you think baseball caps come from?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:45:06
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Damn you. I know I'm right. I work on Holloway Road gosh darn it, its Charver Central.
Its just not the same filth, my dear.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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greg
- FB Fan -
Canada
159 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 11:58:43
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Lets see...
Pacific Ocean, 10 minutes away in any direction.
Mountain Ranges visible from anywhere, climbing,hiking kayaking diving.
What else? Temperate rain forest. Humpback whales, Orcas (including two new borns in the local pods)and all manner of marine mammals,
excellent pacific and national parks, crazy surfing in Tofino.
One billion flowers in the spring(apparently someone counted them).
Amazing restaurants, wonderful pubs,micro-breweries,a beautiful urban center and harbour. Just about any activity you can think of. Two major metropolitan centers less than an two hour drive.
Yep. I live in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Did I mention that as far as Canada goes it rarely, if ever snows here?
www.bettieserveert.com |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 13:01:50
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somewhere warmer than England.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Fuck, what a trip!" |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 13:31:50
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Cape Town.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 13:59:58
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Kalamazoo, Michigan. That's where I am. It's the place to be.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
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4894 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:11:47
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I'm trying to decide where to move after this course, I liked the look of Edinburgh but now they've banned smoking in pubs they can fuck right off
Frank Black ate my hamster |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:17:45
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The Azores. Trust me.
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I go to bakeries all day long
There's a lack of sweetness in my life
People in love are stupid and gross. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:19:20
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Das ist Berlin, Berlin, die ewig junge Stadt.
Das ist Berlin, die Stadt, die meine Liebe hat.
Genau inmitten von der Welt
Hat sie der Herrgott hingestellt.
Du mein Berlin, Berlin, du Perle an der Spree.
Wer dich erst kennt, Berlin,
Der sagt dir nicht ADIEU.
Denn deinem Zauber kann man niemals mehr entfliehn:
Dir, mein Berlin, Berlin, Berliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!
Also, I've never been to Tokyo but it is on my list of places to live.
--
Moving from the clown to the jester will mean moving from similar to same, from alike to identical, from comparable to analogous. Though applied differently, the colours used on one can be used on another, and a couple of changes of costume will rapidly transform the jester into a clown and the clown into a jester. Strictly speaking, they almost duplicate each other as regards clothes and function, the only difference between them, from a social point of view, is that clowns do not usually visit the palaces of kings. |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:27:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
Cape Town.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..."
Good choice - but no - and I mean absolutely no decent bands ever play Cape Town.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Fuck, what a trip!" |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:31:42
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Ag man, I could cope. I would live near Boulders Beach maybe, or Hout Bay.
Alternatively, somewhere like Blythedale or Ballito on the East Coast.
Mmmmmm....
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
4209 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 14:34:39
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Big Sur
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but, rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming "Fuck, what a trip!" |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 18:22:23
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I love Big Sur (esp. Post Ranch) but, lordy, there is nothing to do there
(beyond the la la la, I am on vacation, I am getting a massage stuff). What do you do at Big Sur after four days?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 18:28:30
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
What do you do at Big Sur after four days?
drop a lot of acid
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 18:29:37
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and, make sure you visit the Henry Miller Library (his old house)
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Cool places to live
