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What do you miss about home?

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    #62
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Playboy wrote: »
    I'd like to try a night out in one of these regional towns that you see on those police shows. It looks like pure carnage that you just dont get in London. Did Newcastle but it was a Monday night.. still was impressed with the nightlife (not sure impressed is the right word lol). Liverpool was pretty good also.. Edinburgh I found to be a little more reserved like London. Cardiff is off the scale.

    nah, you don't want to do that. i work in rochester, which is one of the towns that used to be always on street wars on sky 1 (the other was the reading and slough area). after the Christmas party one year, the vote was to go to one of the crappest clubs in the area, called the Casino Rooms. no casino type stuff but the only kind of risk there is will you wake up on monday with a rash and an itchy crotch.
    luckily i wasn't allowed in because i wasn't wearing shoes.
    the wildlife in the queue was very unusual though..


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    #63
    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Playboy wrote: »
    Even second generation Irish over here just seem to 'go for it' more on nights out.
    Yeah ....

    The whole "if you're going to go out, then you absolutely have to get as off your face as you possibly can and spend the entirety of the following day comotosed" is definitely not something I will ever miss about Ireland (or anywhere else for that matter).

    I was on a bus home a few weeks ago and had the pleasure of witnessing a couple of Irish lads, absolutely wasted, trying to chat up female passengers. Needless to say they were told to **** off on more than one occasion, so they vented their frustration by announcing to anyone who would listen that, apparently, the English don't know how to party and have a good time - it was a Friday night and apparently we all should have been locked.

    The time was approximately 18:30.

    Cringe.


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    #64
    Fysh
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    All depends what you're looking for - sounds like the problem you lot have is not knowing how to find out where the really crappy meat-market clubs are. Whereas three years of university here and accompanying student nights have taught me to fear those sorts of places... (there are only so many times you can see one of your friends puke their guts up and then promptly lob the gob at someone before you start to worry that it's a contagious behavioural pattern).

    Find out where students in your area like to go, they won't steer you wrong. (Failing that, keep an eye out for places with names like DTMs).


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    #65
    Playboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    djpbarry wrote: »
    Yeah ....



    I was on a bus home a few weeks ago and had the pleasure of witnessing a couple of Irish lads, absolutely wasted, trying to chat up female passengers. Needless to say they were told to **** off on more than one occasion, so they vented their frustration by announcing to anyone who would listen that, apparently, the English don't know how to party and have a good time - it was a Friday night and apparently we all should have been locked.

    The time was approximately 18:30.

    Cringe.

    Ouch... not exactly doing themselves or other Irish peoples reputation any favours


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    #66
    Playboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    nah, you don't want to do that. i work in rochester, which is one of the towns that used to be always on street wars on sky 1 (the other was the reading and slough area). after the Christmas party one year, the vote was to go to one of the crappest clubs in the area, called the Casino Rooms. no casino type stuff but the only kind of risk there is will you wake up on monday with a rash and an itchy crotch.
    luckily i wasn't allowed in because i wasn't wearing shoes.
    the wildlife in the queue was very unusual though..

    I think I'd like to see it just out of curiosity... kind of like a nature documentary if you know what I mean!


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    #67
    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Playboy wrote: »
    I think I'd like to see it just out of curiosity... kind of like a nature documentary if you know what I mean!
    Go out in Newcastle on a Friday or Saturday night.

    I guarantee you will, at the very least, lose a limb.


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    #68
    Playboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    djpbarry wrote: »
    Go out in Newcastle on a Friday or Saturday night.

    I guarantee you will, at the very least, lose a limb.

    lol that sounds like a challenge I may have to take you up on!


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    #69
    Fysh
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    Playboy wrote: »
    lol that sounds like a challenge I may have to take you up on!

    *cough*

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    Edited to add: Warned is probably too harsh a term. What I was trying to get at is, don't go blaming us if you go on the piss in Newcastle and then your mickey falls off ;)


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    #70
    jonnyfingers
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    Just to clarify the craic I missed was the laugh you have with fellow Irish, not the drunkenness. It's the banter, the back and forth, the quick wit and general messing between the group that a lot of my friends seem to be great at.


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    #71
    Fysh
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    jonnyfingers wrote: »
    Just to clarify the craic I missed was the laugh you have with fellow Irish, not the drunkenness. It's the banter, the back and forth, the quick wit and general messing between the group that a lot of my friends seem to be great at.

    You can get that with a lot of English folk, but it varies a fair bit. I know it can be hard to make new friends and establish a new social circle with the same sort of dynamic in somewhere the size of London, though the best thing to do if you haven't had any luck yet is keep trying - and come along to the Beers with us. We're great. Yep, all of us. And hilarious too, did I mention that? ;)


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    #72
    Playboy
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    Fysh wrote: »

    *cough*

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    (not exactly a real disclaimer but nonetheless You Have Been Warned...)

    Edited to add: Warned is probably too harsh a term. What I was trying to get at is, don't go blaming us if you go on the piss in Newcastle and then your mickey falls off ;)

    I've been knocking around long enough to survive intact I think. Your concern is appreciated though :D


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    #73
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Fysh wrote: »
    You can get that with a lot of English folk, but it varies a fair bit. I know it can be hard to make new friends and establish a new social circle with the same sort of dynamic in somewhere the size of London, though the best thing to do if you haven't had any luck yet is keep trying - and come along to the Beers with us. We're great. Yep, all of us. And hilarious too, did I mention that? ;)

    i'd imagine, going from the other thread, that woking would be even harder. i'm in a similar kinda town, but i fell on my feet when i came over here, with plenty of people from my class and the years above in uni all living in the same area.
    some of them were playing football with the locals which opened up more circles, but to be honest, i'd always gravitate back to who i know best on a night out. there's just something about the southern temperament on a night out that i can't put my finger on. the northerners seem to be a hell of a lot more amiable from the get go.
    boards night out is a good place to start though.


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    #74
    blondie83
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    I miss being able to walk home after a night out in town. Had to get a taxi the other night and was mad expensive! Aside from that I miss my family and friends back home...and decent crisps :-)


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    #75
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,459 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Taxis here are absolutely scandalous. I used to live in Oxford and a simple 10 minute drive home would cost well over a tenner compated to 20 minutes in Dublin for just under a tenner.
    Just moved to Manchester and having trouble meeting people and making friends. I do miss that atmosphere of "craic" that you just don't get over here.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #76
    Dr.Sanchez
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    exiledelbows wrote: »
    Bar staff who can remember more than one order, Lock-ins.

    Funny you mention this. As someone who's worked in a bar since I was fifteen, I've found myself working in a pub here in London to fund myself throughout university here.

    It's actually shocking the retards I've had to work with...


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    #77
    djpbarry
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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Taxis here are absolutely scandalous. I used to live in Oxford and a simple 10 minute drive home would cost well over a tenner compated to 20 minutes in Dublin for just under a tenner.
    There's absolutely no way you'll get a 20 minute taxi ride in Dublin for €10. It would be closer to €20.
    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Just moved to Manchester and having trouble meeting people and making friends. I do miss that atmosphere of "craic" that you just don't get over here.
    If you can't find craic in Manchester then you're definitely not looking in the right places! Manchester is a fantastic town - I'd quite happily live there.


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    #78
    Fysh
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    There's absolutely no way you'll get a 20 minute taxi ride in Dublin for €10. It would be closer to €20.

    I was thinking the same - when I lived in Cork a 20-minute taxi spin out to my aunt's place would be guaranteed at least €15, usually more like €20. Can't believe Dublin would be cheaper.


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    #79
    fluke
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    Dr.Sanchez wrote: »
    Funny you mention this. As someone who's worked in a bar since I was fifteen, I've found myself working in a pub here in London to fund myself throughout university here.

    It's actually shocking the retards I've had to work with...

    Bartards.


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    #80
    ancapailldorcha
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    There's absolutely no way you'll get a 20 minute taxi ride in Dublin for €10. It would be closer to €20.
    It was some time ago if that makes a difference but I never went over a tenner.
    djpbarry wrote: »
    If you can't find craic in Manchester then you're definitely not looking in the right places! Manchester is a fantastic town - I'd quite happily live there.

    I must be looking in the wrong places then. I've only been out a few times and I've not lived in a huge amount of places but it's the bleakest and most miserable place I've ever lived in.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #81
    dd972
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    What !! Get down the Circus Tavern in town and have some craic, or The Lass O'Gowrie or Odd Bar in The Northern Quarter, the list of cracking pubs and bars is endless, I'm guessing maybe you haven't been there long enough to make a few contacts.

    I find Mancunians far more affable and friendly than poser Dubs and the misery guts who inhabit Englands south east.


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    #82
    afatbollix
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    To the people on about Taxis a page back. If you have a smart phone download the parker app or any other mini cab apps.

    I had a taxi last week. The drive took over a hour from North London to near Heathrow. It would of taken 2 hours on public transport! It cost £50 divided by 4 of us = not bad.

    Black cabs are a joke... Mini cabs are what you want!


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    #83
    djpbarry
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    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    ...it's the bleakest and most miserable place I've ever lived in.
    :eek:

    Honestly, you are the first person I have ever encountered who doesn't like Manchester. The Northern Quarter has already been mentioned above (could not possibly be described as either bleak or miserable), the nightlife in Manchester city centre is legendary and there are plenty of good, friendly boozers if a quiet pint is more what you're after.

    Please do not leave Manchester without giving it a proper go.


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    #84
    hytrogen
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    I miss the cost of living, going to random gigs, & like OP garlic cheesy chips out on a major bender!
    Also to an extent the rugby tribalism of the d4tress!
    That said I do appreciate the choice of beers on offer in the pubs, way way better valued Indian restaurants & the way they keep their public spaces & amenities here.
    You get your bucks worth paying your council taxes here than back home that's for sure!


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    #85
    djpbarry
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    hytrogen wrote: »
    You get your bucks worth paying your council taxes here than back home that's for sure!
    There is no council tax in Ireland?


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    #86
    dd972
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    :eek:

    Honestly, you are the first person I have ever encountered who doesn't like Manchester. The Northern Quarter has already been mentioned above (could not possibly be described as either bleak or miserable), the nightlife in Manchester city centre is legendary and there are plenty of good, friendly boozers if a quiet pint is more what you're after.

    Please do not leave Manchester without giving it a proper go.

    Maybe the lad should spend some time in Luton or Slough, then he'd know what bleak and miserable is !


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    #87
    hytrogen
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    There is no council tax in Ireland?
    True, well what I refer to was that household tax that was brought in combined with all the other taxes one would pay combined for district improvements in services & amenities etc. back home


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    #88
    djpbarry
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    hytrogen wrote: »
    True, well what I refer to was that household tax that was brought in combined with all the other taxes one would pay combined for district improvements in services & amenities etc. back home
    I don't want to drag the thread off-topic, but rest assured, you're paying much more tax in the UK than you ever did in Ireland.


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    #89
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    djpbarry wrote: »
    I don't want to drag the thread off-topic, but rest assured, you're paying much more tax in the UK than you ever did in Ireland.

    i suppose i can't really miss it, since it's just been brought in at home, but i'd love a 100yoyo household charge myself!!


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    #90
    Fysh
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    djpbarry wrote: »
    I don't want to drag the thread off-topic, but rest assured, you're paying much more tax in the UK than you ever did in Ireland.

    Yeah, but you also get better services (and a wider range of them); at least, that's been my experience. I wouldn't be in a hurry to put myself in the care of the HSE over the NHS, for example, and for a comparable cost of TV licence I'll take the Beeb's offerings over RTE any day of the year. And that's before you talk about recycling, libraries and other local services (currently all being slashed because the Toffs Tories don't have any truck with such nonsense :()


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    #91
    djpbarry
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    Fysh wrote: »
    Yeah, but you also get better services...
    Sure, but the point is the quality of services is going to be roughly proportional to tax paid (inefficiencies notwithstanding). We have more local services in the UK because we pay more for them.
    Fysh wrote: »
    I wouldn't be in a hurry to put myself in the care of the HSE over the NHS...
    I don’t know about that – I find there are pros and cons to both. OECD metrics show them to be comparable.
    Fysh wrote: »
    ...and for a comparable cost of TV licence I'll take the Beeb's offerings over RTE any day of the year.
    I won’t argue with that, even though the quality of BBC’s programming seems to be sliding over the last few years.

    I do wish RTE would take all that money they spend on Champions League and Premiership football and invest it in their own programming.


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