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Has anyone every considered moving to Amersham?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tuumble said:
...not specifically Amersham but relocating generally.
Why are you where you are? Is it a family thing or a job? Was a lifestyle choice or for financial reasons? What's stopping you from moving in the UK to abroad?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
I was somewhere. Then I moved to the place I really wanted to be.
Then I had to move away again for money reasons, so I moved here. But hopefully next year I'll be moving back to the place I want to be again.
P.S. None of these places are Amersham.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tuumble said:
Quote: zooo @ May 8 2008, 1:41 PM BSTI was somewhere. Then I moved to the place I really wanted to be.
Then I had to move away again for money reasons, so I moved here. But hopefully next year I'll be moving back to the place I want to be again.
P.S. None of these places are Amersham.
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Can you name? Just curious how far people travel.
I've spent all my time in East Midlands/East Anglia and would like a few hills to fall down. Trouble is, my family aren't keen so I'm out voted.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, roscoff said:
I'd like to try London but have a house in the country as well. One out of two 'aint bad.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Oh I haven't travelled far. Went from Buckinghamshire -> London -> Somerset.
All Southish.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, EllieJP said:
I was brought up in Berkshire... near Newbury. Gorgeous little village, terrible for a teenager. Went to Uni in Northampton, loved the freedom. Then lived near Bedford for 5 months while I saved to go travelling. Then lived out of a rucksack for a year as I travlled the world. Am now in London. I want to live outside the UK for a year...maybe Holland or Germany. Learn a new language. But it all depends on the future of this job now.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Mine is a very similar story to zooo's.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Mainly because I keep Aaron locked in a small box under my bed.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tuumble said:
But why there? Convenience or choice or through some other set of circumstances?
My mum and dad still live in the same house they had built in 1960 and my mum was born across the road some 25 years earlier in house her parents had built. My dad had moved 7 miles to be there.
Apart from 2 years in Norwich I've spent nearly all my (nearly) 40 years within 10 miles of the spot I now sit.
Just fancy a change but there doesn't seem to be a great deal I can do about it if the family don't want to.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
You could get a place with a cellar.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, EllieJP said:
I moved due to uni, and work. In my line of work I have to be in London for me to get anywhere in the job.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: zooo @ May 8 2008, 1:50 PM BSTMainly because I keep Aaron locked in a small box under my bed.
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Quote: zooo @ May 8 2008, 1:51 PM BSTYou could get a place with a cellar.
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LOL.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Nigel Kelly said:
Quote: Tuumble @ May 8 2008, 1:39 PM BST...not specifically Amersham but relocating generally.
Why are you where you are? Is it a family thing or a job? Was a lifestyle choice or for financial reasons? What's stopping you from moving in the UK to abroad?
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I moved to abroad but she moved away as I was smelly.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Curt said:
The Toronto Story:
I've attempted to move to Toronto a few years back. I hated every minute of it. It was dirty, it was crowded, people were pushy and it smelled funny (although to be fair there had been a garbage removal strike that year..seriously that's not a joke there really was). Only good thing about Toronto were all the job interviews I got. Soooo many jobs...you think they could give up a few to us non-Torontonian Canadians...jerks.
The Calgary Alberta Story:
After high school I hate purchased a train ticket to travel across Canada (I live on the east coast of Canada) to live and work in Alberta but my traveling buddy chickened out the day off...and thus I chicken out since i had no one to travel with.
The Montreal Story:
I also really wanted to move to Montreal for a long time. My finacee tried finding a job over there even but she landed this great job she currently has so we didn't. I love Montreal it's a gorgeous city, fun friendly people with lots of stuff to do.
The UK Possibility:
Although there is a very good chance I may be moving to the UK for a year. I'll be finishing teacher's college next year, and your education system constantly advertises here in Canada for teachers to come and work in Britain. My fiancee can also request a transfer with the government to your country. I have some friends and family who have done it already and really enjoyed it. So who knows, there is a good chance I might be living across the pond next year. 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, M Lewis said:
Live close to wear i started my company in Henely-on-Thames. At the time we considered moving elsewhere (got offered places in Sydney or just outside NY) but in the end felt working for ourselves here was better - now we could sell up and go there but dont want to (kids here etc). Maybe when i'm older.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Curt @ May 8 2008, 2:57 PM BSTI'll be finishing teacher's college next year, and your education system constantly advertises here in Canada for teachers to come and work in Britain.
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I don't want to put you off coming to the greatest country on earth, but AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAH!
Quote: M Lewis @ May 8 2008, 3:07 PM BSTLive close to wear i started my company in Henely-on-Thames.
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Oo, what do you doooooooooo?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Tuumble said:
Quote: M Lewis @ May 8 2008, 3:07 PM BSTLive close to wear i...
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Is that 'clothes to wear' or 'close to where'?
Surprised Aaron didn't send you to the back of the class!
He's right though - what hell do you do?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Curt said:
Quote: Aaron @ May 8 2008, 3:16 PM BSTI don't want to put you off coming to the greatest country on earth, but AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAH!
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Wow...is it really that bad for teacher's over there? My friends and family members who did it said it was enjoyable. And because of your wonky school schedule there is a lot of time to tour other countries. None of them taught in London though, most were teachers in smaller cities and towns.
Or...is there something else you're not telling me.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Teachers get majorly fucked over. Poor wages, longer hours than people imagine, huge stress levels, and kids who increasingly know their rights and push to the limit, knowing that the teachers can't do anything. For starters.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Curt said:
Perhaps you just need some Austrian teachers
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Graham Bandage said:
I only ever knew one person from Amersham. She was gorgeous, a former gymnast and a proper raver (in both senses, as she took a lot of ecstasy and was wildly promiscuous). If they're all like that, then you're laughing.
On reflection, this probably won't wash with Mrs Tuumble.
And no, I didn't.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, M Lewis said:
Quote: Tuumble @ May 8 2008, 3:22 PM BST
He's right though - what hell do you do?
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I provide investment advice for people placing money in trust (in a nutshell)
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Curt @ May 8 2008, 4:04 PM BSTPerhaps you just need some Austrian teachers
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Hahah, amazing movie!
Quote: M Lewis @ May 8 2008, 4:25 PM BSTI provide investment advice for people placing money in trust (in a nutshell)
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Ah, good place to be based then!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Graham Bandage said:
Quote: Aaron @ May 8 2008, 5:01 PM BSTAh, good place to be based then!
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What, in a nutshell? How big are nuts in the south?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Well mine are rather large. Hence the astonishing virility which allows me to merely think of a woman in order to impregnate her.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Graham Bandage said:
That's a shame. Up north we have to have sex to accomplish that, and we've all grown to like it. Perhaps it's an acquired taste.
Do you have to wear special trousers? Like chaps?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
I didn't say that that was the only method available, did I?
And no; I just tie them to my legs.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
That is a really horrible image.
Please provide something with which I can cleanse my retinas!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Hahah, sorry, oh Great One!
Erm.
David Tennant's well-defined, naked, lightly oiled torso?
Rubbing against yours?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
christ almighty.
Job done. And then some.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, steve by any other name said:
I have lived in Northamptonshire all my life. I grew up on the warwickshire border but, in '88, got a job in Northampton itself that paid enought for me to get my own place. Not in Northampton, unfortunately, but in one of the Eastern towns of the county. But I managed to move 30 miles from my parents and 5 miles nearer to work in one go. Not bad.
I now live in a village just outside and it's pretty (ish), quiet, good pub food, near to a forest for walks etc and only and hour (from the station) to London for meetings with production companies.
We've lived here for over 8 years which means it's the second longest I've lived anywhere, just overtaking my batchelor pad, and we're really settled.
My wife, however, has just sneaked upstairs to do a pregnancy test which may mean we're on the move again, as all of our 3 bedrooms are full. A tense few minutes awaits, I feel.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Oooh!
Tell us what happens after she does her pee pee.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charley said:
I would live in Amsterdam!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Well fuck off then.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charley said:
Sadly I now realise the thread title is Amersham!
I would rather live in a bee hive fankoo!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Quote: Charley @ May 8 2008, 8:24 PM BSTSadly I now realise the thread title is Amersham!
I would rather live in a bee hive fankoo!
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You stupid woman!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Are you being Rene?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Why - have you got an upset tummy?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Oh. My. God.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
He just hit a new low.
I didn't think it possible.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Quote: Aaron @ May 8 2008, 10:50 PM BSTHe just hit a new low.
I didn't think it possible.
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Thank you.
I knew you wouldn't be disappointed.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Ray Dawson said:
Quote: David Chapman @ May 8 2008, 8:32 PM BSTWhy - have you got an upset tummy?
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That's quick Dave
too quick for some 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, roscoff said:
Quote: Aaron @ May 8 2008, 10:50 PM BSTHe just hit a new low.
I didn't think it possible.
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I warned you. Nobody listened. Now you're all going to wake up in the middle of the night screaming 'My dog's got no nose' and singing old time music hall. Serves you right.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ian_w said:
Quote: Curt @ May 8 2008, 2:57 PM BST
The UK Possibility:
Although there is a very good chance I may be moving to the UK for a year. I'll be finishing teacher's college next year, and your education system constantly advertises here in Canada for teachers to come and work in Britain. My fiancee can also request a transfer with the government to your country. I have some friends and family who have done it already and really enjoyed it. So who knows, there is a good chance I might be living across the pond next year.
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Bloody hell Curt we can swap houses for a year if you want
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, roscoff said:
Is the UK ready for the Curtmonster though?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ian_w said:
Quote: Charley @ May 8 2008, 8:24 PM BSTSadly I now realise the thread title is Amersham!
I would rather live in a bee hive fankoo!
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I thought it said Amsterdam at first too. I would spend all day getting stoned in cafes.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Curt said:
Quote: ian_w @ May 9 2008, 2:06 PM BSTBloody hell Curt we can swap houses for a year if you want
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That would be cool man. Although it would be a sublet as I rent. Although you would be living in Ottawa. Beautiful but a little dull if you're not into outdoorsy stuff.
Quote: roscoff @ May 9 2008, 2:14 PM BSTIs the UK ready for the Curtmonster though?
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Curt Smash!
I would turn green and rip off my shirt but I wouldn't get any bigger and I just whine for a bit that I was cold without a shirt. The Incredible Sulk.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, ian_w said:
Quote: Curt @ May 9 2008, 3:24 PM BSTThat would be cool man. Although it would be a sublet as I rent. Although you would be living in Ottawa. Beautiful but a little dull if you're not into outdoorsy stuff.
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It's a deal then
As for my area, I can't comment on the schools (closer than binocular distance) but you will be very impressed with our NHS. Here's a scene from a local accident:
