jtcedinburgh said:
I will gladly pay for a one way plane ticket and the limo to the airport for any US citizen on this forum who thinks they would be better off spending the rest of their lives living amongst the EuroTrash in their socialist paradise, and will leave this country permanently. Any takers? Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?
I'd rather live here (not socialist in the strictest sense, though I can see where your ill-informed viewpoint is coming from) than in the US, though - too many redneck gun-totin' small-minded types for my liking... and at least we don't have a clueless chimp running our country*... makes you wonder about the mentality of a country that would vote for such a regime...
* we do, however, have a weak-willed, ineffective PM who really wants to be the clueless chimp's best friend... so, maybe we're no better off that way.
Anyway, let's bury this one! Miaow!
Back on-topic - the reality of the situation over here is that we are a much older country than the US, and our housing stock is in many cases hundreds of years old. As we have a heritage of which we are proud, and one we wish to protect, we don't demolish older buildings but 'make good'. Sadly, old-fashioned building construction (using stone and brick) is generally not as efficient as more modern materials, but we stick by it because it has character, longevity and because we have seen the fads come and go and realise that older property is the sound investment. As a nation of home-owners (by preference people tend to buy rather than rent) the values of our homes is important as it is not so easy to simply build new housing for sensible money.
Electricity is around 10p/KWh, which at the moment is ~$0.20, but that includes a 5% tax. Gas is harder to calculate and I'd have to go check.
Memo to our friend across the pond (jtcedinburgh),
Mike was wrong to use the word "Euro trash" however, I also don't think it's appropriate that you refer to us as a country of:
"too many redneck gun-totin' small-minded types for my liking... and at least we don't have a clueless chimp running our country*... makes you wonder about the mentality of a country that would vote for such a regime...
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Let's see:
1) we "small-minded types" are ONLY the most prosperous country in the world.....
2) we "small-minded types" ONLY file for and receive more patents than any other country in the world..... : ;-P
3) we "small-minded types" are ONLY home to where more people want to emigrate to than any other country in the world........ :lol:
4) we "small-minded types" are ONLY home to a country (unlike Europe) where the "rags to riches" dream is still possible.....
5) we "red neck gun-toters" are the only thing other than our military that would prevent any other country from trying to occupy the United States.....can't say the same for Europe (especially Britain) where they won't let law-abiding citizens even have guns for self-protection and where, if your home is invaded by gun-totting criminals, that if you Brits don't offer the criminal element "biscuits and tea" or if you "dare to defend yourself", your perverse justice system punishes the homeowner for "daring to defend himself"..........and that, my friend, makes ME (as you said) "wonder about the mentality of a country that would vote for such a regime... :coolgrin:
Also, that "clueless chimp" you refer to has more backbone and integrity that almost any previous president we've ever had AND he comes from a long line of other US Presidents, a couple of whom I recall, bailed Europe out of WW-I AND WW-II...... :ahhh:
And lastly, you apparently didn't learn anything from WW-I and WW-II as our (as you said) "clueless chimp" and your (as you said) "weak-willed, ineffective PM who really wants to be the clueless chimp's best friend" now both take necessary action to stave off WW-III, the war of ideology with Islam, yet you can't see this. Well, there we have it again, the US and Blair are working on saving Europe from having to even fight another war as most Europeans just "sit this one out"........
Shame on you for not remembering the famous quote from (of all people) BRITISH author, George Orwell who said: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" Those "rough men" Orwell speaks of are (as you said) the "chimp and his sidekick"...... >:-(
But, as you also said, "Anyway, let's bury this one! Miaow!"....LOL
PS have been to Britain and, in spite of the above, very much liked the country, its people and their culture!
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