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On 25/10/2011 5:18 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I'd love to not have to live with my mum any more. It's just that I
>> > actually like MK. I have actual friends here, I love my dance school,
>> > and to be honest, every other city I've seen is just old and run-down.
> Indeed that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
> history.
Or an advantage if you are that way inclined. I lived in a new town for
four years. To me it was soulless and boring beyond belief, I was even
glad to move to Aberdeen. It is just a point of view.
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Stephen
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On 25/10/2011 5:01 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/24/2011 1:55, Stephen wrote:
>> cost about GBP 50 per day.
>
> WTF? My drive is 75 miles, and it costs about $25 round trip counting
> tolls. And public transit is 3x as much in England?
>
>
That was costed for public transport. I reckon that to drive would take
about 2.5 ~ 3 hours be charges £8 for the congestion charge and about
£30 for parking. The average price of petrol in my area is £1.358 which
is about $8.21 per US Gallon. Two months ago in NM I was paying $3.60
per US Gallon
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 25 Oct 2011 13:18:04
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>>>> and to be honest, every other city I've seen is just old and run-down.
>> Indeed that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
>> history.
>
> Or an advantage if you are that way inclined. I lived in a new town for
> four years. To me it was soulless and boring beyond belief, I was even
> glad to move to Aberdeen. It is just a point of view.
Yeah, I've heard a lot of people say that MK is a "box city" with no
soul. But every other city I've ever seen just look old and run-down.
I'm used to things being shiny and new...
Interestingly, I've never met anybody who doesn't live in MK who has a
single good word to say about it. Everybody has either never heard of
it, or they hate it. I have no idea why.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 25 Oct 2011 13:59:11
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:53:45 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/10/2011 5:18 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> I'd love to not have to live with my mum any more. It's just that I
>>> > actually like MK. I have actual friends here, I love my dance
>>> > school, and to be honest, every other city I've seen is just old
>>> > and run-down.
>> Indeed that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
>> history.
>
>
> Or an advantage if you are that way inclined. I lived in a new town for
> four years. To me it was soulless and boring beyond belief, I was even
> glad to move to Aberdeen. It is just a point of view.
Well, that's why I said "problem" instead of *problem*. ;)
I tend to agree, I like having older buildings around. However, having
lived in a somewhat older house (by US standards), I think the decision
to go for something more modern in the next place (a flat, no less) is
right for us. :)
Jim
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On 25/10/2011 6:59 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Indeed that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
>>> history.
>>
>> Or an advantage if you are that way inclined. I lived in a new town for
>> four years. To me it was soulless and boring beyond belief, I was even
>> glad to move to Aberdeen. It is just a point of view.
> Well, that's why I said "problem" instead of *problem*. ;)
Tell an old man what the difference is between
"problem" instead of *problem* ?
>
> I tend to agree, I like having older buildings around. However, having
> lived in a somewhat older house (by US standards), I think the decision
> to go for something more modern in the next place (a flat, no less) is
> right for us. :)
>
I like living in flats, I've never lived in a house with a garden.
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Stephen
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 25 Oct 2011 17:13:35
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On 25/10/2011 05:00 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/24/2011 0:58, Invisible wrote:
>>>> Why did you even apply?!" I'd feel like I wasted everybody's time.
>>>
>>> What if they said "We'll give you $150,000 more each year to move to
>>> London"?
>>
>> That's almost a hundred grand in UK currency. Nobody earns that much.
>
> I earn more, and I'm at the low end of the scale for what I do. No, you
> probably won't earn that much because you don't have the experience, but
> maybe you'll get something more significant than what you have now.
I'm sure very few places pay *less* than what I'm earning now. Back when
I was actually having agents contact me, I was asking for roughly twice
what I currently earn - and nobody seemed that surprised by such a
figure. But ten times? That seems a stretch.
>> AFAIK, London is their only UK presence. (Although obviously they
>> themselves would have a better idea than I do.)
>
> Indeed. There are lots of companies that have offices where you wouldn't
> have thought they have an office. Like, the office I'm in now. They
> don't really advertise where they have offices.
Korg's UK headquarters are just down the road from me, in fact.
It's a 1-room office. I've been there.
>> And it's not that I don't ever want to come to London, just that I don't
>> want to do so with any great frequency. Once per month wouldn't be so
>> bad. Once per day would be.
>
> How far away is it? Get a place in London, come home on the weekends, or
> for dancing.
I'm not sure how far it is to central London. I know that my
grandparents live just on the outskirts. It's 40 miles in distance, and
yet it takes between 1.5 and 2 hours to drive there. (!!) I also know
that a train trip is about an hour. (Once you've waited an hour for a
train to actually show up...)
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 25 Oct 2011 18:44:17
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:58:41 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/10/2011 6:59 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>>> Indeed that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
>>>> history.
>>>
>>> Or an advantage if you are that way inclined. I lived in a new town
>>> for four years. To me it was soulless and boring beyond belief, I was
>>> even glad to move to Aberdeen. It is just a point of view.
>> Well, that's why I said "problem" instead of *problem*. ;)
>
> Tell an old man what the difference is between
>
> "problem" instead of *problem* ?
"problem" is with 'air quotes'. *problem* is emphasized. I guess what
I'm trying to convey is that the two statements:
Indeed, that's a "problem" with living in a country that has a long
history.
Indeed, that's a problem with living in a country that has a long history.
The first uses "problem" in a non-literal sense, almost an ironic sense.
As if to say "some might think it's a problem, but I don't consider it
so".
Clearer? ;)
>> I tend to agree, I like having older buildings around. However, having
>> lived in a somewhat older house (by US standards), I think the decision
>> to go for something more modern in the next place (a flat, no less) is
>> right for us. :)
>>
>>
> I like living in flats, I've never lived in a house with a garden.
It's a lot of work. :)
Jim
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On 25/10/2011 11:44 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> "problem" is with 'air quotes'.*problem* is emphasized.
Just checking that the language hasn't changed again. :-)
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 26 Oct 2011 13:32:39
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:12:07 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/10/2011 11:44 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> "problem" is with 'air quotes'.*problem* is emphasized.
> Just checking that the language hasn't changed again. :-)
We need an 'inotify' for the langauge, don't we? ;)
Jim
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the world as we know it?
Date: 26 Oct 2011 16:40:36
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On 10/25/2011 10:17, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> But every other city I've ever seen just look old and run-down.
Move to the west coast of the USA. "Hey, we have this really old cathedral.
It was built even before WWII, can you believe it?" ;-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
People tell me I am the counter-example.
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