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which is best, living outside or inside the uk ?

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    #51
    Originally posted by themistry View Post
    Thanks man,

    what a PITA

    Appreciate your help
    TM
    No probs, you might also want to try here, they're really quite helpful and don't flame newbie questions
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      #52
      DA,

      I have to apologise, got a lot of work on at the moment, one of the tasks is to upgrade a .Net system which somebody else just hardware migrated and handed to me and nothing is working on it

      but it pays the bills dunnit and if it was easy every man and his dimprawn would be doing it

      needless to say nothing mean't towards you

      all the best

      Milan.

      ps. remember folks, ignore anything Franko says

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        #53
        Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
        I went for a contract in Siberia once and then I saw the datacenter on TV and promptly turned it down. It was in the middle of nowhere, not even a town, just miles and miles of tundra. A friend worked in one of these places once with some Russians and said they're a bit strange, especially when it came to farting. Brits tend to find it a bit funny and will pop one off now and then at work. The Russians would go outside in the minus weather. I personally would rather tulip my pants then go outside in that weather...
        Guess that also explains the phrase "going for a tinkle", if it's a guy - By the time their wee hits the ground it's frozen solid and makes a tinkling noise like broken glass.

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          #54
          Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
          DA,

          I have to apologise, got a lot of work on at the moment, one of the tasks is to upgrade a .Net system which somebody else just hardware migrated and handed to me and nothing is working on it

          but it pays the bills dunnit and if it was easy every man and his dimprawn would be doing it

          needless to say nothing mean't towards you

          all the best

          Milan.

          ps. remember folks, ignore anything Franko says
          Thank you Milan. If you need a cheap Latvian to help you out let me know
          Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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            #55
            Originally posted by Marina View Post
            Guess that also explains the phrase "going for a tinkle", if it's a guy - By the time their wee hits the ground it's frozen solid and makes a tinkling noise like broken glass.
            Wrong, it's just more polite than saying "Going for a piss!".

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              #56
              Originally posted by Marina View Post
              Guess that also explains the phrase "going for a tinkle", if it's a guy - By the time their wee hits the ground it's frozen solid and makes a tinkling noise like broken glass.
              It does not make a tinkling noise if it hits Wilmslow's shoe.

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                #57
                Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                Wrong, it's just more polite than saying "Going for a piss!".
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkle

                HTH

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                  ps. remember folks, ignore anything Franko says


                  Why you never speak about the countries you live or you want to live in and you just pick up on poor ol' lil' England?

                  For example,I have heard that the rate crime in CZ is one of the highest in the world, by the way.
                  I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                    #59
                    I'm in Sydney

                    2 month winter..! Then it's sunny again..Say no more..

                    You will earn a lot less than in the UK - that's ok for a year but after several years this starts to annoy you. If I was doing it again i'd stay in London another 10 years, apply for PR from the UK and come here cashed up - because it's very hard to get ahead here financially. The best parts of Oz are in Queensland - but all the IT work is in Sydney - if I was cashed up i'd be up North where the sun shines all year round.

                    The working culture in Sydney is the same, or worse than London - long hours, but less pay.

                    Once you've been round Oz you will have to spend a lot of money for a decent holiday. It's all the same, mile after mile after mile.

                    Rent is very pricey here because there is an influx of immigrants and no building going on.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
                      Most revealing
                      I love London...and would love to live down there. Wife hates it (she's a bit racist). But if I could sell my first born to get a house...I'd definitly go.
                      McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
                      Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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