STEED's gonna go nuts!

[mr chris]

Hi steed this may sound funny but i joined the Army to get out of the uk. Werid i know. But it means i can stay out here in Germany as lons as i like or i could get posted to other places like Canada and Cyprus to name a but a few. My reasons for getting out of the UK are that i was getting very fed up with the way things were going in the uk. my wife and i due are first child in feb and the is no way on earth i want her brought up in the uk It has such a violent society these days.
People who i went to school with who had already had a family were finding it nieh on impossible to get a roof over there heads. There are people i know of that work there hands to the bone week after week day after day but still cant get a house for them and there familys. It justs makes you sick when you watch the tv and see people that have not even been born in the country coming over and getting all of the above put on a plate for them. Dont get me wrong i have no problem with people coming to the uk to work and pay taxes like the rest of us. I just dispize that our goverment seem to put on a plate for these people that want to play the system. what a large section of people that have lived there all there life cant get even though they work there asses to the bone.
About 4 years ago i went travelling around the southern hemisphere i was shocked to see what a great way a life they had. I though to myself right this is where i want to be soon as possible.
Dont get me wrong im proud to be English but i just am very sad with where my country has gone.

[STEED]

Thanks mr chris.

I love my country but I do not like the way it's going, I am one of the those who is fighting against the database state and making my M.P work for me. That's what they are there for, not the other way around. As for life here well it's not what it used to be, that's for sure. The state is slowly edging to wards the age of Big Brother and that I will not stand for, freedom and democracy is what I believe in.

Sooner or later the bubble will burst over the law or tax take your pick. As long as there are people like me who question what's going on in a sea of sheep who have thrown the towel in and don't care, there is still some hope.

[mr chris]

I SAULTE YOU STEED
If only our country had more people that thought and fought like yourself we would not be in the mess we are in now.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by mr chris

I SAULTE YOU STEED
If only our country had more people that thought and fought like yourself we would not be in the mess we are in now.

Thank You.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by mr chris

Hi steed this may sound funny but i joined the Army to get out of the uk. Werid i know. But it means i can stay out here in Germany as lons as i like or i could get posted to other places like Canada and Cyprus to name a but a few. My reasons for getting out of the UK are that i was getting very fed up with the way things were going in the uk. my wife and i due are first child in feb and the is no way on earth i want her brought up in the uk It has such a violent society these days.
People who i went to school with who had already had a family were finding it nieh on impossible to get a roof over there heads. There are people i know of that work there hands to the bone week after week day after day but still cant get a house for them and there familys. It justs makes you sick when you watch the tv and see people that have not even been born in the country coming over and getting all of the above put on a plate for them. Dont get me wrong i have no problem with people coming to the uk to work and pay taxes like the rest of us. I just dispize that our goverment seem to put on a plate for these people that want to play the system. what a large section of people that have lived there all there life cant get even though they work there asses to the bone.
About 4 years ago i went travelling around the southern hemisphere i was shocked to see what a great way a life they had. I though to myself right this is where i want to be soon as possible.
Dont get me wrong im proud to be English but i just am very sad with where my country has gone.

Where did you go in the southern hemisphere?? Australia, New Zealand, South America, a Pacific Island nation, Africa???

My Brother in law is English, He moved here to Australia at the begining of this year. He misses some things about England (can't blame hime for that, but if England wins the ashes again this summer, we will never here the end of it!), but he says the standard of living is higher and the climate is better. There are some things that Australia isn't as good as England (road manners, pub lunches, roads and so on..) but he loves it all the same.

I have great respect for people who leave a country that they have lived in and move to the other side of the globe to live. I have traveled overseas, and it's made me appeciate what I have have here, and a greater understanding of other people and cultures.

[mr chris]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Where did you go in the southern hemisphere?? Australia, New Zealand, South America, a Pacific Island nation, Africa???

My Brother in law is English, He moved here to Australia at the begining of this year. He misses some things about England (can't blame hime for that, but if England wins the ashes again this summer, we will never here the end of it!), but he says the standard of living is higher and the climate is better. There are some things that Australia isn't as good as England (road manners, pub lunches, roads and so on..) but he loves it all the same.

I have great respect for people who leave a country that they have lived in and move to the other side of the globe to live. I have traveled overseas, and it's made me appeciate what I have have here, and a greater understanding of other people and cultures.

Hey bookworm_020
i spent just over 6 months in Australia, i traveled all over both coasts and in outback as well. I really felt at home there which was really werid but it just felt liked this where i belonged. Funny i know I just love sports and most ozzies i met were sports mad so i fitted in really well. I still watch the NRL every weekend or here when its in season. I have many friends that i met while was out there so the pull to come back is very big.
I also spent just over 4 months In New Zealand, I really like NZ as well i have never seen such amazing countryside in all mylife till i went to NZ.
I also went to Fiji and Bali. I am in the britsh army at the moment but have started to find out if it is possible to transfer to the Australian Army. I have been told that this is possible and should not be much off a problem so hopefuly in the next year or two me and the wife and my soon to be born little Girl will be heading Down under to stay forever
I just want to live in a country that i feel has a great standard of living and a good climate and people are encouraged to be the best they can,
I just would not want to bring my daughter in europe and never in a milion years would i wish to bring her up in the UK.
I will not miss much from the uk apart from my Mum and Dad and friends but they can always vist.