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    Talking London - Just As Crap As It Always Was

    ..... traffic, traffic lights every 50 metres, stupid cyclists and motorbikes, fumes, idiot pedestrians, excessive charges.

    I hadn't been to the center of London since the 80's, but had to go yesterday to take the wife to the Philippine embassy.

    5 Hours of driving there. Now I do 70-75mph, and I must have overtaken about 5 Audi's, and yet over 100 overtook me... that says a lot about Audi drivers

    I was expecting a difficult journey on the motorways, but they were pretty clear, and from the M25 to inner London it was empty as 11:30am

    Parking was easy, as I'd booked a spot in a car park next to the Ritz, for £22.50 for 24hrs, mind you, I am used to paying £0

    The Chinese buffet was crap as the food was cold, and I'm not sure they were happy with me telling them, and then telling a group of tourists outside not to bother going in

    We managed to do a flying visit of all the main attractions, so hopefully the other half will realise of great Las Vegas is when I take her in March.
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    You should try working there
    You get used to it


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    Quote Originally Posted by SimonH View Post

    You get used to it
    Not me! ... couldn't be arsed battling my way through hordes of commuters on the London Underground each and every working day.


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    londons ok for a break but its always nice leaving the place too


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    londons ok for a break but its always nice leaving the place too
    That's just how we feel too


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    After yesterday, I don't think I would go back unless I need to go to the embassy again. I've seen the tourists spots and that's enough for me. My legs and back are really hurting now and it's a great reminder..hahahahaha
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    sounds like you had a great time, cant be worse than lilipud

    could you not have got the train (even from Manchester or lilipud) i usually send the misses on the train, time it off peak i paid about £60 return !
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    I went last year for first time in 35 years,What a pile of crap!
    everywhere full of Foreigners,all the staff in the bars,piss crap beer,tube a nitemare.
    used to like it but it's just the capital of eurotrash now
    It still is the capital and ya have to go there but for me hopefully thats it now
    Oh and bloody asian taxi drivers telling me they never heard of tottenham court road

    As for liverpool-best city in England,brill shops (liverpool one amazing) fantastic pubs and you can even get away (well I did) saying 'alright there wack'-in scouse accent lol


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
    sounds like you had a great time, cant be worse than lilipud

    could you not have got the train (even from Manchester or lilipud) i usually send the misses on the train, time it off peak i paid about £60 return !
    Well when Keith quoted it, the cost would be around £120 for each of us (not sure from where though). Not worth it. We can use that money for our trip to the Philippines. We probably spent just £170 including diesel, parking and food for the trip (the car was full tank when we left and we still got around half of it when we got home ). We originally wanted to stay a couple of nights, stay at a hotel just outside London and then travel by train. He saw a hotel with free parking, breakfast and wifi at around £54/night. But when he's going to book it, the price doubled because it's the start of Wimbledon. So, we decided to do a daytrip instead.

    I like Liverpool . So far, our fave Chinese buffet is there, TSOS. The place needs a complete refurbish (old carpets, tables & chairs, etc.) but the food is great!
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    Funny, but I was going to post about London, after watching that 'Routemaster' programme again on the telly this evening.

    All I can say is...thank god I live where I do !

    What a ghastly city full of ghastly people (not all of course).

    Give me 'third world' Manila any day.


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    I have to go into London a couple of times a week, I think its ok - I used to live in central London for a couple of years before moving back out to Northants and whilst getting to work took just minutes I hated the noise and the police cars. Yes the cyclists are a PITA if I was driving but I just stuck my ipod on and got into my own groove..

    Nowadays I get in do my work and get out - its damn expensive for a pub but I am just glad I dont have to pay to get there (work expenses )!


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    I live in London and love it,warts an all. Its still a place where if your prepared to work you can make money, with good connections to most of the world.
    Unfortunately it also attracts the riff wrath of the world and moaning day trippers or ecky thump football fans. Its going to be expensive because of the crippling expenses businesses have to pay, but I went to Bruge in January, now that was expensive, and was glad to get home and enjoy a coffee served by some Polish Londoners.

    Cant imagine living anywhere else.
    What was the Audi counting about I have just been looking at an Q3


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    You may be biased.

    ...and you're welcome to the place.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    You may be biased.

    ...and you're welcome to the place.
    +1


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete/London View Post
    What was the Audi counting about I have just been looking at an Q3
    My mate has an Audi, but doesn't use it as it may get dirty

    I wasn't looking for them, but when I noticed the majority of Audi's were speeding it gave me something to do
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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    My mate has an Audi, but doesn't use it as it may get dirty

    I wasn't looking for them, but when I noticed the majority of Audi's were speeding it gave me something to do
    Oh I get it, playing I spy to ease the excitement of coming to London


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete/London View Post
    Oh I get it, playing I spy to ease the excitement of coming to London
    I think, 'take my mind off it' is the correct term
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    Glad to see the promo for Yorkshire, well needed to cover up for the mass murderers that seem to roam around there, give me safe old London anyday.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    You may be biased.
    ... maybe it's because he's a Londoner, that Pete loves London Town.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    ..... traffic, traffic lights every 50 metres, stupid cyclists and motorbikes, fumes, idiot pedestrians, excessive charges.

    I hadn't been to the center of London since the 80's, but had to go yesterday to take the wife to the Philippine embassy.

    5 Hours of driving there. Now I do 70-75mph, and I must have overtaken about 5 Audi's, and yet over 100 overtook me... that says a lot about Audi drivers

    I was expecting a difficult journey on the motorways, but they were pretty clear, and from the M25 to inner London it was empty as 11:30am

    Parking was easy, as I'd booked a spot in a car park next to the Ritz, for £22.50 for 24hrs, mind you, I am used to paying £0

    The Chinese buffet was crap as the food was cold, and I'm not sure they were happy with me telling them, and then telling a group of tourists outside not to bother going in

    We managed to do a flying visit of all the main attractions, so hopefully the other half will realise of great Las Vegas is when I take her in March.
    Thats a bit of a strong statement, perhaps you didn't want to go there in the first place. I was a teenager in London in the 60's and believe me it was a great city and still is. Ok it may be expensive but there's plenty to do there and lots of "good" places to eat. As for the pedestrians, cyclists, motor bikes, and fumes, come to Davao City and then compare with London. When you return from Las Vegas I'm sure your opinion will change.


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    I can merely quote the words of Samuel Johnson

    "Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
    No man is an island, but Barry is


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    Other than going directly to/from Stamford Bridge I avoid the rip off, scum infested "multicultural" dung heap London has sadly become.


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    Quote Originally Posted by keith britten View Post
    Thats a bit of a strong statement, perhaps you didn't want to go there in the first place. I was a teenager in London in the 60's and believe me it was a great city and still is. Ok it may be expensive but there's plenty to do there and lots of "good" places to eat. As for the pedestrians, cyclists, motor bikes, and fumes, come to Davao City and then compare with London. When you return from Las Vegas I'm sure your opinion will change.
    Well said Keith, maybe we ran around the same places in the 60s.
    I would vote for a Londoner discount card for all the inconveniences we have to put up with from the visitors and charge them to visit all the attractions.


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    I lived there in the early 70s....much nicer place then, I would agree.


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    Dont worry about it Pete..They are sad and bitter Northerners!!
    Not to mention the bloody Scousers.. All they do is come down South and moan!!

    In your Liverpool slums
    You look in a dustbin for something to eat
    You find a dead rat and you think it's a treat
    In your Liverpool slums

    In your Liverpool slums
    Your mum's on the game and your dad's in the nick
    You can't get a job 'cause your too ....... thick
    In your Liverpool slums.

    In your Liverpool slums
    You wear a shell suit and have got curly hair
    All of your kids are in council care
    In your Liverpool slums

    In your Liverpool slums
    There's piss on the pavement and .... on the path
    You finger your grandma and think it's a laugh
    In your Liverpool slums.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Other than going directly to/from Stamford Bridge I avoid the rip off, scum infested "multicultural" dung heap London has sadly become.
    What a sad way to look at London.

    London is the way it is because of MPs from all over the country making crap decisions.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    Dont worry about it Pete..They are sad and bitter Northerners!!
    Not to mention the bloody Scousers.. All they do is come down South and moan!!

    In your Liverpool slums
    You look in a dustbin for something to eat
    You find a dead rat and you think it's a treat
    In your Liverpool slums

    In your Liverpool slums
    Your mum's on the game and your dad's in the nick
    You can't get a job 'cause your too ....... thick
    In your Liverpool slums.

    In your Liverpool slums
    You wear a shell suit and have got curly hair
    All of your kids are in council care
    In your Liverpool slums

    In your Liverpool slums
    There's piss on the pavement and .... on the path
    You finger your grandma and think it's a laugh
    In your Liverpool slums.

    My Dad was a scouser Fred, moved down to London just before WW2 and brought his Dad and Sister down shortly after. Would never live anywhere else after that.


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    All you cockneys, you sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, eat jellied eels, bang on about how good Millwall FC is and put "blimey guv" into every sentence.

    You should come oop north, put on a flat cap and clogs, buy a whippet, stick a ferret down your trousers and get a plate of tripe down you


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    I tried going up tut norf once.............. but it was shut.
    All the moaning northern gits were clogging up the roads in the beautiful south saying how great it is up norf. If it's that great orf back up there and leave our gold paved roads alone


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