Materialistic things you miss from your home country

Woodchip

It's all about the bikes

Aug 28, 2004

14,460

Shaky Town, NZ

• Jul 3, 2014

• #1

This thread is really only for those that have moved to a different country to post the physical things they miss the most. Friends/family are a given so this is just a materialistic thread.

Just watched this video and realised how much I miss this place

 

thisistips

New member

Oct 17, 2010

607

Away away away

• Jul 3, 2014

• #2

Not sure they are that materialistic, but there's some obvious ones...

Harveys - and other good British beers
A flinglish
Getting a taxi that doesn't cost the earth
Marmite
Being able to have an in-depth conversation with someone in a shop in English

 

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Harry H

Comfortably numb.

Aug 11, 2010

978

• Jul 3, 2014

• #3

I've been in Spain now for eleven years.
I haven't been back to the UK once.
I have worked since I got here,I have learned the language,I love the lifestyle.
I really don't miss anything really.
Sorry.

 

banjo

GOSBTS

Oct 25, 2011

13,244

Deep south

• Jul 3, 2014

• #4

thisistips said:

Not sure they are that materialistic, but there's some obvious ones...

Harveys - and other good British beers
A flinglish
Getting a taxi that doesn't cost the earth
Marmite
Being able to have an in-depth conversation with someone in a shop in English

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Marmite on toast.

 

Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!

Sep 21, 2011

5,476

Auch

• Jul 3, 2014

• #5

Shredded Wheat

 

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy

Oct 14, 2003

11,712

Chandler, AZ

• Jul 3, 2014

• #6

Caramac bars
Scones
Treacle pudding

 

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Ex-Staffs Gull

New member

Jul 5, 2003

1,687

Adelaide, SA

• Jul 3, 2014

• #7

Alcohol in supermarkets
Lots of different towns within an easy drive
Cheap airfares to mainland europe
Albion
World sporting events on while I am supposed to be awake
English countryside
All the different dialects.

None of these would bring me back but there is a long list of things I miss.

 

BadFish

Huge Member

Oct 19, 2003

17,102

• Jul 3, 2014

• #8

Fry Ups
English Countryside
English Sense of Humour
Football at a sensible time of the day.

 

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian

Nov 7, 2003

33,534

East Wales

• Jul 3, 2014

• #9

Only one thing. The sea.

 

Woodchip

It's all about the bikes

Aug 28, 2004

14,460

Shaky Town, NZ

• Jul 4, 2014

• Thread starter
• #10

MacKenzie said:

Only one thing. The sea.

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Where the heck are you then? Mid West US?

 

Mental Lental

Well-known member

Jul 5, 2003

2,273

Shiki-shi, Saitama

• Jul 4, 2014

• #11

Non-processed cheese.
Brown bread.
Salt and Vinegar crisps.
Pub gardens.
Cricket.
Cornish pasties.
Pork pies.
Vindaloo.
Lamb.
Lamb Vindaloo.
Watchable TV.

 

Stat Brother

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NSC Patron

Jul 11, 2003

73,661

West west west Sussex

• Jul 4, 2014

• #12

[MENTION=2878]Woodchip[/MENTION] only posting sparsely on 'geeks'

 

Jbanged

New member

Jan 16, 2013

1,209

Barcelona

• Jul 4, 2014

• #13

Variety of flavoured crisps.
Tv, the stuff they put on here is crap.
Beer, Estrella is also crap.

There are lots of little things that I miss and get annoyed about here. However, in general I'm very happy here. If I want to come back for a few days it doesn't hurt my bank account.

 

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dougdeep

New member

May 9, 2004

37,732

SUNNY SEAFORD

• Jul 4, 2014

• #14

I'm sure that Woodchip misses Seaford and all the wonderful people that live here.

 

Trufflehound

Re-enfranchised

Aug 5, 2003

14,105

The democratic and free EU

• Jul 4, 2014

• #15

Fish & chips
Cornish pasties
Britsh country pubs (got some great bars here, but the Dutch haven't really grasped the country pub concept).

That's about it.

Would have added (some) British beer to that, but my local offy stocks Thornbridge and The Kernel, and my local brewpub in town stocks Thornbridge. So I'm happy...

 

DarrenFreemansPerm

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Sep 28, 2010

17,334

Shoreham

• Jul 4, 2014

• #16

Having spent the majority of my adult life living in France I must say I miss quite a few things, mainly the Winter resorts and gorgeous hot summers.

 

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n0-sIs

Banned

Jul 1, 2014

41

• Jul 4, 2014

• #17

beer gardens with something for the kids to play on. decent cheese. but not one thing more.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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NSC Patron

Jul 11, 2003

59,480

The Fatherland

• Jul 4, 2014

• #18

Mainly food. Bacon, full English, British Indian restaurants. The UK is quite an exciting place for food at present.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003

59,480

The Fatherland

• Jul 4, 2014

• #19

Jbanged said:

Variety of flavoured crisps.
Tv, the stuff they put on here is crap.
Beer, Estrella is also crap.
There are lots of little things that I miss and get annoyed about here. However, in general I'm very happy here. If I want to come back for a few days it doesn't hurt my bank account.

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There is a craft beer in Barca. Maybe give that a go?

 

Bakero

Languidly clinical

Oct 9, 2010

13,754

Almería

• Jul 4, 2014

• #20

Proper bacon, proper beer, proper Indian food. Variety of restaurants in general.