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Discussion in 'News from the UK, Europe and the rest of the World' started by Anon220806, Sep 19, 2020.

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  1. CatchFriday
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    CatchFriday British Expat living in Alicante, Spain

    The blank comment was posted in error oss - I was not aware that I had made any comment. I have now updated the thread.
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    CatchFriday, Dec 5, 2020
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  2. Druk1
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    Druk1 Well-Known Member

    Druk1, Dec 19, 2020
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  3. CatchFriday
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    CatchFriday British Expat living in Alicante, Spain

    Home in the UK last Monday we arrived to ten days quarantine and tier 4 beckons tomorrow
    CatchFriday, Dec 20, 2020
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  4. Jim
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    Jim Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Enjoy, I have no intention of going back to the UK. Happy to stay here with the noise and typhoons.
    Jim, Dec 20, 2020
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  5. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    Larry lived with his wife in Spain Jim, he's returned from there.
    oss, Dec 20, 2020
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  6. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    This week a local Lithuanian family who had settled here for a number of years have uprooted to settle in Germany. One of the children was in my daughters class. They were good friends and had been in each other’s houses. The parents were nice people and worked in a local factory that supplied meat products to some famous brands.

    I don’t know the reason why they uprooted but cannot help thinking that Brexit had some impact.
    Anon220806, Dec 20, 2020
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  7. Druk1
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    Druk1 Well-Known Member

    It would be interesting to see genuine figures of how many Europeans have left the UK in the last year because we voted to leave.
    Druk1, Dec 20, 2020
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  8. Anon220806
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    Indeed. This family didn’t need to leave the U.K. . But chose to. They are not the first I have come across to elect to return to Europe even though they could have stayed beyond 31st December.
    Anon220806, Dec 20, 2020
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  9. Druk1
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    Druk1 Well-Known Member

    Exercising their FOM rights I guess.
    Druk1, Dec 20, 2020
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  10. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    One of the other lads on my team has often said that if conditions get excessively onerous in the UK as a result of BREXIT he will just leave and go home to Ireland, and he still has the CTA to rely on to stay here, but these people like him and his wife feel the animosity they feel unwelcome because half the country sees them as unwelcome, I would be deeply upset to lose this lad from my team, he's bright, very likable and works hard.

    So a lot are leaving, and no doubt a large number in that half of the UK population I mentioned will be saying good riddance further validating their feelings.
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    oss, Dec 20, 2020
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  11. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    Anon220806, Dec 22, 2020
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  12. Jim
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    Jim Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    Fur Elise, My favorite Beethoven's piece.
    Jim, Dec 23, 2020
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  13. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    I have seen this before and always enjoy watching it.
    Mattecube, Dec 23, 2020
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  14. Anon220806
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    Anon220806 Well-Known Member

    I enjoy a bit of Ludwig Van. Unfortunately the rest of my immediate family don’t share my liking for classical music. :D
    Anon220806, Dec 23, 2020
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  15. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I think that people enjoy classical music or at least orchestral music far more than they realise, it is such a large part of the soundtrack to TV and Film and often makes or breaks a movie, it's an integral part of the experience and has been for a long time now.
    oss, Dec 23, 2020
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  16. Druk1
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    Druk1 Well-Known Member

    Wasn't he deaf when he wrote that?
    Druk1, Dec 23, 2020
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  17. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    This is class
    Mattecube, Dec 23, 2020
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  18. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    ravels bolero

    first time i heard it was in walt disneys film fantasia--the water sketch. anyone remember it ? i was a kid.

    years later--it was on a dansette record player. me--a teenager--she--a few years older--her mum was at work. that girl stripped to the music, happy days.
    bigmac, Dec 23, 2020
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  19. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    You have had an interesting life Malcolm :)
    oss, Dec 23, 2020
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  20. oss
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    oss Somewhere Staff Member

    I think you might be referencing "Rite of Spring", Ravel's Bolero was in Allegro non Troppo, the 1970s Italian parody of Fantasia.
    oss, Dec 23, 2020
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