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Post by johnofgwent on Mar 5, 2024 8:41:09 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp041d66914oWhere’s the HELL YEAH button. With all the usual caveats, living in the back of beyond where it’s a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI and the only internet is via satellite phone, sure its not for everyone but for three times my current salary i’ll start tomorrow. Always knew i should have done what three of my mates did and used my extreme success in my degree to start over as a medical student…… It’s probably only double what an urban GP gets, probably less than y dentist makes, and represents utter poverty for a vet, or a ‘ooman roights’ lawyer
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Post by borchester on Mar 5, 2024 16:41:14 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp041d66914oWhere’s the HELL YEAH button. With all the usual caveats, living in the back of beyond where it’s a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI and the only internet is via satellite phone, sure its not for everyone but for three times my current salary i’ll start tomorrow. Always knew i should have done what three of my mates did and used my extreme success in my degree to start over as a medical student…… It’s probably only double what an urban GP gets, probably less than y dentist makes, and represents utter poverty for a vet, or a ‘ooman roights’ lawyer
Dunno.
Do Waitrose deliver ? And are the gnats under control?
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Post by ratcliff on Mar 5, 2024 16:44:54 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp041d66914oWhere’s the HELL YEAH button. With all the usual caveats, living in the back of beyond where it’s a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI and the only internet is via satellite phone, sure its not for everyone but for three times my current salary i’ll start tomorrow. Always knew i should have done what three of my mates did and used my extreme success in my degree to start over as a medical student…… It’s probably only double what an urban GP gets, probably less than y dentist makes, and represents utter poverty for a vet, or a ‘ooman roights’ lawyer
Dunno.
Do Waitrose deliver ? And are the gnats under control?
Amazon probably do but grotty weather and midges and miserable winters Looks suited to the antisocial |
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Post by borchester on Mar 5, 2024 17:07:19 GMT
Dunno.
Do Waitrose deliver ? And are the gnats under control?
Amazon probably do but grotty weather and midges and miserable winters Looks suited to the antisocial And if you are a GP, most of the people you will meet will be sick.
And not wishing to cast asparagus, but it has to be said that the Scottish Islands are ridden with the Wee Frees, who really are fully paid up members of the fun prevention league.
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Post by om15 on Mar 5, 2024 17:43:34 GMT
And the unlucky GP will pay the special Scotch Income Tax in order to fund free things for the great unwashed and also camper vans for the junta. Not to mention wind, rain, dark winters, midges and no access to salads.
I wonder how much more they will have to offer to get anyone to go there, it makes Rwanda look like Shangri La.
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Post by Dogburger on Mar 7, 2024 7:27:10 GMT
And the unlucky GP will pay the special Scotch Income Tax in order to fund free things for the great unwashed and also camper vans for the junta. Not to mention wind, rain, dark winters, midges and no access to salads. I wonder how much more they will have to offer to get anyone to go there, it makes Rwanda look like Shangri La. Its possible the thought of the Shetlands might be a bigger deterrent to anyone getting in a dingy than the thought of Rwanda .In fact giving the Islanders £480 million instead of to France to do feck all sounds like a better plan They might then be able to up the money (free can of Deet thrown in ) for the GP that even JoG will find hard to turn down |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 7, 2024 18:30:59 GMT
..."a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI"... LOL superb.
Dr Finlay! Showing your age there JoG. But yes, I'd go, that would suit me. Some years ago a council in the Shetlands or Hebrides, somewhere up there anyway, due to the dwindling population were advertising for people to relocate there. I wasn't absolutely sold on the idea but I was fairly keen to investigate further, unfortunately Mrs R was having none of it. As far as she was concerned it looked cold. So that was the end of that.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Mar 7, 2024 20:32:00 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp041d66914oWhere’s the HELL YEAH button. With all the usual caveats, living in the back of beyond where it’s a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI and the only internet is via satellite phone, sure its not for everyone but for three times my current salary i’ll start tomorrow. Always knew i should have done what three of my mates did and used my extreme success in my degree to start over as a medical student…… It’s probably only double what an urban GP gets, probably less than y dentist makes, and represents utter poverty for a vet, or a ‘ooman roights’ lawyer The sort of person who would like to live in a place like that is the sort who dislike most people. |
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Post by johnofgwent on Mar 7, 2024 22:06:41 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp041d66914oWhere’s the HELL YEAH button. With all the usual caveats, living in the back of beyond where it’s a six week trek by dog sled to the nearest ALDI and the only internet is via satellite phone, sure its not for everyone but for three times my current salary i’ll start tomorrow. Always knew i should have done what three of my mates did and used my extreme success in my degree to start over as a medical student…… It’s probably only double what an urban GP gets, probably less than y dentist makes, and represents utter poverty for a vet, or a ‘ooman roights’ lawyer The sort of person who would like to live in a place like that is the sort who dislike most people. Not sure about that Baron There’s a difference between utter isolation and a small community. I once applied to do a six month stint for the antarctic survey as a database admin, it’s not hugely different from being stuck on a frigate for several months. I was rejected but did not find out why until many years later, my eyesight then required spectacles so strong breakage would be too great a liability so that was that. A shame because my original training in molecular biology might have also come in handy. I’m sure you’ve seen those ‘could you live here, with no internet, blah blah for a week, collect half a million for it and not go mad’ posts. My grand daughter would probably go mad. I doubt i would. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Mar 7, 2024 22:20:55 GMT
The sort of person who would like to live in a place like that is the sort who dislike most people. Not sure about that Baron There’s a difference between utter isolation and a small community. I once applied to do a six month stint for the antarctic survey as a database admin, it’s not hugely different from being stuck on a frigate for several months. I was rejected but did not find out why until many years later, my eyesight then required spectacles so strong breakage would be too great a liability so that was that. A shame because my original training in molecular biology might have also come in handy. I’m sure you’ve seen those ‘could you live here, with no internet, blah blah for a week, collect half a million for it and not go mad’ posts. My grand daughter would probably go mad. I doubt i would. Actually there are loads of villages around here where it feels like a ghost village. The houses are big and look good but you would get bored out of your skull. You never see anyone around in these place. My guess is they are in their 90s in wheelchairs or something. Anyway, around here we have a few people with children and I feel that livens the place up. Children have loads of energy and are too young to be fully brainwashed yet. The jobs though seem to be in cities like Bristol, and that place is an utter shithole. You would pay not to be there. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 8, 2024 0:09:13 GMT
Not sure about that Baron There’s a difference between utter isolation and a small community. I once applied to do a six month stint for the antarctic survey as a database admin, it’s not hugely different from being stuck on a frigate for several months. I was rejected but did not find out why until many years later, my eyesight then required spectacles so strong breakage would be too great a liability so that was that. A shame because my original training in molecular biology might have also come in handy. I’m sure you’ve seen those ‘could you live here, with no internet, blah blah for a week, collect half a million for it and not go mad’ posts. My grand daughter would probably go mad. I doubt i would. Actually there are loads of villages around here where it feels like a ghost village. The houses are big and look good but you would get bored out of your skull. You never see anyone around in these place. My guess is they are in their 90s in wheelchairs or something. Anyway, around here we have a few people with children and I feel that livens the place up. Children have loads of energy and are too young to be fully brainwashed yet. The jobs though seem to be in cities like Bristol, and that place is an utter shithole. You would pay not to be there. I like children, small children. The problem is, they grow up and become teenagers. Since it's quiet... When we go shopping I always, OK usually, have a tube or bag of sweets in my pocket. Wine gums, jelly babies that sort of thing and you would be surprised how often sweets come in handy, btw, get your mind out of the gutter lol. When a toddler or infant is tantrumming and screaming his head off you would be surprised how effectively a stranger offering him a sweet stops the tantrumming, after asking the parent first obviously. If the parent had offered the sweet the intransigent child would have probably thrown it and continued to tantrum, but a new face, a new voice, that completely changes the dynamic. And it works. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Mar 8, 2024 0:25:25 GMT
Actually there are loads of villages around here where it feels like a ghost village. The houses are big and look good but you would get bored out of your skull. You never see anyone around in these place. My guess is they are in their 90s in wheelchairs or something. Anyway, around here we have a few people with children and I feel that livens the place up. Children have loads of energy and are too young to be fully brainwashed yet. The jobs though seem to be in cities like Bristol, and that place is an utter shithole. You would pay not to be there. I like children, small children. The problem is, they grow up and become teenagers. Since it's quiet... When we go shopping I always, OK usually, have a tube or bag of sweets in my pocket. Wine gums, jelly babies that sort of thing and you would be surprised how often sweets come in handy, btw, get your mind out of the gutter lol. When a toddler or infant is tantrumming and screaming his head off you would be surprised how effectively a stranger offering him a sweet stops the tantrumming, after asking the parent first obviously. If the parent had offered the sweet the intransigent child would have probably thrown it and continued to tantrum, but a new face, a new voice, that completely changes the dynamic. And it works. The children all seem happy around here. I get them walking along past the bottom of my garden and pick up bits of conversation. You very rarely get any bad tempers and the same with the teenagers. The times I've had conversations with them they are super polite and respectful. I know this is not normal, but my little patch here is something else. Many years ago I used to go around this town probably more like your commanding officer telling the dozy cows to get their shit together. Years later it does appear the town has changed for the better. I seem to have landed in the more classy part of town. The council estate is way up in the hills out of the way. That's sensible town planning I guess as they can be a bit of a nightmare. We do get the odd Japanese tourist wandering along plus a few of the Europeans, like German, Italian, Spanish. This also adds a bit of variety. They come for the country walks and to see the traditional Christian medieval architecture. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 8, 2024 0:37:54 GMT
The children all seem happy around here. I get them walking along past the bottom of my garden and pick up bits of conversation. You very rarely get any bad tempers and the same with the teenagers. The times I've had conversations with them they are super polite and respectful. I know this is not normal, but my little patch here is something else. Many years ago I used to go around this town probably more like your commanding officer telling the dozy cows to get their shit together. Years later it does appear the town has changed for the better. I seem to have landed in the more classy part of town. The council estate is way up in the hills out of the way. That's sensible town planning I guess as they can be a bit of a nightmare. We do get the odd Japanese tourist wandering along plus a few of the Europeans, like German, Italian, Spanish. This also adds a bit of variety. They come for the country walks and to see the traditional Christian medieval architecture. We very rarely see children around here it's, how should I word it, a quiet mature neighborhood. I don't dislike children but the only children we ever see are in town and that suits us just fine. |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Mar 8, 2024 0:53:14 GMT
The children all seem happy around here. I get them walking along past the bottom of my garden and pick up bits of conversation. You very rarely get any bad tempers and the same with the teenagers. The times I've had conversations with them they are super polite and respectful. I know this is not normal, but my little patch here is something else. Many years ago I used to go around this town probably more like your commanding officer telling the dozy cows to get their shit together. Years later it does appear the town has changed for the better. I seem to have landed in the more classy part of town. The council estate is way up in the hills out of the way. That's sensible town planning I guess as they can be a bit of a nightmare. We do get the odd Japanese tourist wandering along plus a few of the Europeans, like German, Italian, Spanish. This also adds a bit of variety. They come for the country walks and to see the traditional Christian medieval architecture. We very rarely see children around here it's, how should I word it, a quiet mature neighborhood. I don't dislike children but the only children we ever see are in town and that suits us just fine. Well I think the problem with that is you don't get the real community experience. Over where I live there are people of all ages so it feels natural. We have a local park as well where the teenagers party on a weekend evening. I'm glad they do because they would end up right stunted and boring bastards if they only ever sat and watched a screen. It's just what i did as a teenager, instead we had a common where we met the girls who came back from the girls high school each day. It's all part of the English tradition, and I'm glad it survives. In fact come to think of it I've been pretty lucky with the places I've lived in. Over in Manchester we had a founder of the band 808 State and New Order also lived locally. Remember Blue Monday? |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 8, 2024 1:15:13 GMT
We very rarely see children around here it's, how should I word it, a quiet mature neighborhood. I don't dislike children but the only children we ever see are in town and that suits us just fine. Well I think the problem with that is you don't get the real community experience. Over where I live there are people of all ages so it feels natural. We have a local park as well where the teenagers party on a weekend evening. I'm glad they do because they would end up right stunted and boring bastards if they only ever sat and watched a screen. It's just what i did as a teenager, instead we had a common where we met the girls who came back from the girls high school each day. It's all part of the English tradition, and I'm glad it survives. In fact come to think of it I've been pretty lucky with the places I've lived in. Over in Manchester we had a founder of the band 808 State and New Order also lived locally. Remember Blue Monday? No you missunderstand. We didn't choose this neighborhood accidentally. We moved here a few years ago because we had had enough of the 'community experience'. It was great when we were younger, but as I passed 50 I started to think of the future because lets face it, no ones getting any younger. We moved to a bungalow so no stairs, in a quiet neighborhood. And we have like minded neighbours. Is it perfect, I dunno about perfect, but we have no complaints. |
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