Following on from people wanting to go back to the UK because they miss things. What is it about the UK that you definitely don't miss .....

One for me has to be all the dog poo and chewing gum on all the footpaths.

Yuck!

Traffic

I do hope we don't get all ethnic majority here again <_< they do seem to go on a bit. :rolleyes:
For me its...
Traffic
crowds
small expensive housing.
And owing the Tax man money every year.

Do you mean "here " in Oz ?? OR do you mean "here " in this post ?????
You racist Del Boy !!! :o

Beer in pubs is more expensive here than in Scotland, that wasn't the case when I last visited and I wasn't expecting it this time around. So I miss cheaper beer. Fingers.

:doh: you have to be so careful what you type here.
I meant in this thread on this forum NOT in Australia / Adelaide .
cor Blimey mate.

Am I racist?? Noooooooooooooooooo But...... :lol:

Ignorant people and unhelpful staff (esp in the shops)!!

Traffic is the big one for me

Weather is the 2nd biggest

Crowds and miserable people in cities (you know the ones who walk around looking like they are chewing a wasp!)

Doctor's receptionists who want to know the ins and outs of your problem before they make an appointment, as though they are suddenly qualified doctors :rolleyes: and are just plain rude and horrible to deal with.

School league tables and tests for the kids.

Not being able to plan a party in case the weather is so awful and half the people turn up just for a quick feed and a drink then bugger off down the pub just plain rude!

2 faced people who cant tell you the truth due to the stiff upper lip attitude.

Just to back up how lovely the doctors receptionist here are I just had call from ours whilst typing this to let me know they have come across something that might help with the kids immunisation records that I thought I might like :blink: totally out of the blue and unexpected but very helpful none the less.

I'll think of some more later :D

Sasha :)

I don't miss the bullies who made my daughters life difficult, she really is livin' and lovin' it in auzz at the mo.
Don't miss having to buy named clothing so that they both fit in, here no 1 cares what you wear as long as your comfortable in yourself.

Everyone has said what I was going to say :-)

Mrs Tyke just rang from the UK and boy she hates visiting the UK now!!!

Rude people and whingers

I had the same problem with my eldest lad and bullies and he is enjoying life here. Also most of what sasha has said esp the doctors receptionists :sign69: nosey gits. When they asked me what the problem was i just said OH didn't know we had a new doctor on the front desk :angry:

Debs xxx

traffic and fireworks.

FAMILY :ph43r:

I dont miss having to have the tumble dryer on virtually all year round, and following on from the bullying replies, it is great that my 6 year old son has no horrible comments from children and adults ref his red hair. He fits in so well over here and although we have only been here 10 months, he already speaks with an Ozzy accent to the extent that people who meet him assume he was born here!!!
Dont miss Emmerdale, Eastenders, Coronation St etc etc etc.....
Also dont miss the fact that ALL the teenagers in our local village were all taking Ketamine and whilst I know it happens here, I dont feel as though it is thrust in your face as much.

Mrs. Moomins

yeah i deffo agree with the drugs bit...there are junkies here, but not as many and they aint as in your face...i dont miss the sh*t weather and having to keep the central heating on pretty much all year
i dont miss living in that small of a town, that everyone knows your business before you do (when youve been drunk n out the nite before)
i dont miss chavs haha for all those whove been here ages its people that dress talk and act like d*cks just coz they think theyre cool and gangsta lol
i dont miss the amount of horseracing broadcasted on a saturday afternoon and morning on Channel 4
and i dont miss public transport on a sunday, when there was one bus every 90 mins
i do miss my soaps tho ahahaha

stinging nettles

oh you get stinging nettles here, where i work they'll give you a right wallop.
or so i'm told.
never seen doc leaves though.

The weather...don't think anyone else has mentioned that!

What's Ketamine?

dissociative anaesthetic, used in humans, but vets also use it a lot

Will NOT miss the bl**** neighbours on the other side of the wall!

I don't miss getting on a tube in London, wondering whether we're gonna get blown up. :angry:

The constant rain, high petrol prices, high (no ****) house prices, traffic and general cost of living relative to SA.

Saying that was in Sydney last weekend and it was like being in the UK at times. Was nice and green though.

Sitting in a traffic jam on a public holiday.

I will not miss

Chavs
Shart on pavements
Litter everywhere even in the bushes and undergrowth in the country side loads of it
Dull grey views
Gangs of all ages on what seems every street corner in city's and villages now
Angry stray dogs
Dumped and burnt out cars
Dirty smelly public transport
London
Traffic jams
M25
Heathrow airport what a dump that place is
Angel of the north
Glasgow
Falls road (NI)
News on tv nothing but doom and gloom
VAT


Stuart

Dull grey views, we are having a few of those at the moment. :(
But we dont mind so much as it brings some well needed rain with it as well. :sign60:

Whats wrong with Glasgow that it rates a special mention???

I just dont like Glasgow not the people just the place, been there worked there and dont like it .


Stuart

Haha..goes to show you everyone is different - I think its easily the best place in the UK - a wonderful place!

too right it is!

Just pity i didnt realise how good it was when i was living there lol ;)

K

I don't miss wasps!! :sign68:

But the traffic is still fairly crap.... and I still use the tumble drier! and I still pay tax!

daddy long legs!!!! I hate them as soon the light came on at the end of the summer they would be there.............yuck!

Traffic wardens, having an incinerator built round the corner and only having to pay £8.99 for a case of stella, that was murder!

I dont miss that "Constantly Rushing feeling", dont feel that here a lot more relaxed and chilled!!

You get them here as well you know.!!!!!!!!!! :o

daddy long legs!!!! I hate them as soon the light came on at the end of the summer they would be there.............yuck!

(sorry don't know how to quote)

yes but here they are spiders, not flying things and they do not just come out at night :( !!!!!!!
Have not been here long but don't miss anything at the moment :bouncy: maybe the novelty will wear off when the honeymoon period is over.

The Mother in Law............... :lol:

the flying daddy long legs are crane flys.

my most favourite of gangly clumsy flying things.
i miss them :(

After working all week to be greeted by a long cold wet weekend.

Slush

First trip back to the UK next July been away for 5 years, in that time the rise of the CHAV appears to have happened what ever that is.