dragonaxe
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duly marked in the register as present lol. Now, all thats left is to talk about the weather 
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How many Brits are here?
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Miss sofia
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I'll go and put the kettle on then....
dragonaxe
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OMG another cupper!? lol how was business today? Make any good sales?
Dave E
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It's always time for another cuppa!
There are quite a few but not so many that the quota has kicked in yet.
dragonaxe
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morning all. Nice to have FL back up and running. Yesterday was a LONG day without it! Cup of tea anyone?
dragonaxe
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Hey Lokar, how's things in Lund? I'm assuming it's quite a change from Wiltshire, lol
Old Paul
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I'm here, just pulling up a chair. Ex-London and now (well, for about twenty years) in the wilds of Sussex! Put the kettle on!
Oddly enough, warmer in summer (we're at the very southernmost point of Sweden though). Much colder during winter, of course.
The people are ruder here, which is a pity.
dragonaxe
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Hey Warden
Just looked at your link...those school visits are fantastic!! wish I'd had that kind of things when I was a kid. I hope they keep you busy
dragonaxe
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is it ruder, or just unconciously brusque? I've heard the nordic language, and therefore the culture, puts less emphasis on pleasantries than us in the UK
haha I don't really identify with being a 'Brit' I'm English
Ruder than londoners? Can't be true!!
Dav
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haha I don't really identify with being a 'Brit' I'm English
I would have to agree with that, I'm English first British second.
Well, the only pleasantry used in Sweden is an obsession with saying thanks (and they only say it at certain times - always after a meal, even if it was a microwave meal, but if you perform a nice gesture for someone, they won't respond).
Mostly though, properly rude. With queues (if a checkout is opened, people will fight and shove to get to the front - I saw an old lady knocked down once in the rush to save two minutes queueing), and it's even worse at a car boot. There's much more of an "I'm the most important, I don't care if what I do affects someone else" attitude than I'm used to. Once, I stood up on the bus to let a very pregnant lady have a seat, and she was so thankful and shocked. She said she uses the bus every day and she'd never had a seat offered before..
As for London - it might be worse, I don't know. I'm just comparing it to the good old west country.
haha I don't really identify with being a 'Brit' I'm English
I can't really figure out which I identify as more. I'm English through and through and identify as such, but I also love the union and am very proud of Britain as a whole. Then again, my identity doesn't matter in Sweden - English and British are interchangeable here.
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dragonaxe
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AntonAAK
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I don't really consider myself English or British. I'm a Londoner.
Not one of those rude ones though... ;-)
Not one of those rude ones though... ;-)
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Puzzicato
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Londoners are models of courtesy and grace compared to most Sydney-siders.
