Originally posted by darmstadt
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostCos they think you are a cigarette smuggler.
Nothing like a bit of racial stereotyping....
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostSensible polices for a fairer society, why should the needs of the few out way the needs of the many.
I recall the passport business. I get the same treatment when from UK customs when returning from the Channel Islands.
Nothing like a bit of racial stereotyping....
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostYep, I remember a few years ago that they wanted to set up special 'camps' for AIDS sufferers and they used to check foreigners passports on the trains when they crossed the Bavarian state border. Very nice people
I recall the passport business. I get the same treatment when from UK customs when returning from the Channel Islands.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Postnice people then?
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Originally posted by original PM View Postwell maybe if you can only get a minimum wage job you shouldnot squirt out sprogs you cannot afford...
just sayin loike
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostAlthough Munich is quite nice, its still full of pig ******* right wing Bavarian *******
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
London is a supercity Munich isn't .
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.
Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.
Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.
London is a supercity Munich isn't so prices vary across London. In the £400K average price are places like Illford which bring the average down.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.
Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.
Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.
most London houses are being paid for out of paper profits or overseas cash. I'm hoping it crashes soon.
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£120k is not that much today. Problem is people are thinking in 1990 prices and getting giddy at the thought of so much money. But it's not really.
Today an average house in London is £400k. So 3.5 x £120k and still it's out of reach by 1990 standard of acceptable borrowing levels.
Still London is miles cheaper than Munich. A 3-bed flat near me is going for €2.4 million euro.
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