> Yes London is much nicer in the suburbs then Paris. I visited a cousin (twice removed or half, never quite figured which) a few times, in Kentishtown area… very nice.
Camden and Kentish Town are not exactly suburbs, it's Zone 2 in London. But I know what you mean — not the «central centre». By suburbs we here mean Greater London — which is Home Counties. Greater London is magnificent, the houses there are much richer than the ones in inner London and sometimes (not always) — cheaper. London became too expensive for what it is really. Camden, Kentish Town, Islington — it's Zone 2 in North and North West London, houses cost approx the same on average as in our borough — Wandsworth, which is SW London, Zone 2. Our borough is just greener, whereas Camden is a bit more «urbanesque». Both Camden and Wandsworth used to be common middle class London boroughs, it is just that nowadays the price of property in London has rocketed so sky high, that not a lot of people can afford to buy ,so lots of upper middle class families live here now. Who would have thought that Kate Middleton and Wills would choose to school their son at Thomas's — which is of course a great private school — literally a few minutes from where we live, but by far not the best in London. But they want to be part of the English community and this is where the English community now hangs around. As far as Paris — there are of course fantastic areas in Paris to live in — like Monmantre, Saint Germaine, etc. And they also do have fantastic suburbs — I mean — suburbs — like Charenton-le-Pont, Bois de Vincennes area, etc. The difference between London and Paris is «in between». In London — they always tried to avoid creating «ghetto areas», the policy of least class segregation has always been pursed. For example, in Belgravia, where Paul McCartney lives, there is a row of houses for asylum seekers from some Bangladesh (Victorian houses, just belonging to the Council, who rents out such housing cheaply to the disadvantaged), whereas in Paris — the rich areas and the ghettos are quite defined and one can feel the contrast quite sharply whilst driving through. That is why in Paris they still have a lot of racism and animosity, whereas in London — people blend in much more and feel much more accepted — regardless of the background. London is more cosmopolitan and more creative and has even overtaken Paris as the fashion and trend capital of the world. I mean — somebody stop me — I love London perhaps too much .
> I think Sybil mentioned you work in an office, so you will appreciate this story from my work yesterday. > > We have approximately 20,000 employees in three sites and someone inadvertently sent an email asking a simple question, where is my paper that I ordered, to a mailing list of just over 1,000 people….instead of a single person in purchasing. > > I'm looking on my phone and my email app badge count is going higher and higher, I can see it clicking up with each new email. People are using reply-all to this poor person why she used the email list and to stop….but they are using reply-all, generated thousands of emails each. Then others start reply-all to tell them to stop replying to all. thousands more emails. > > Finally the IT network guys broadcast a email, but to everyone… not just the email list….so more people start replying to all to say I have no idea what you are talking about. Ten of thousands more emails. > > I've never laughed so hard in my life. >
> It finally started to cool down after a couple of hours (I'm sure because the network emails server where toast) and then suddenly out of no where someone writes….hey it’s getting lonely here, send me more emails (an Irish wag with a great sense of humour) …. and it starts all over again with some getting the joke but most not. > > Made a very boring Thursday and a lot more fun.
That's really funny. It is like the «law of diminishing returns of needed information» as far as the «globality» of modern communication culture is concerned (group emails, chats, What's app) coupled with everyone's desire to be utterly helpful. BlueJay (BlueJay) писал (а) в ответ на :
> Our school terms are much simpler and really show we were a farm economy for a long time…. school starts in September and ends in May (college and university) or June for lower grades. Some schools might break it up into two semesters, mostly high school and above. That’s it, no one likes it but no one every really tries to change it either. >
I think everywhere in the world schools break up when summer starts, but not in Britain. To add insult to injury, different schools break up for a summer break at slightly different times — some mid July, some — end July, but all in all the summer holidays (not half terms in between) are 6 weeks, not 3 months. Maybe that is why there are so many desperate tracks written here by the musicians about schools breaking up for summer at long last
21:19 11.05.2018
петух Педро (KC77) писал (а) в ответ на :
> педруха старается, сдерживает себя, пишет относительно себя старого корректно и без ошибок…
Меня же долго не было, а ты мне рассказываешь про дела мне неведанные?
21:29 11.05.2018
эдельвейс
> Меня же долго не было, а ты мне рассказываешь про дела мне неведанные?
да тыщу раз говорил, беседуйте с людьми, от того что вы немтыри, от того все проблемы…
ну поржали бы оба, в какой то теме проходя проходя, ну вот к примеру ты там гдет на днях про гей парады например чет написал, я осадил полушутя, ты сча про гей парады наверное писать не будешь, ну иль более тщательно выбирая слова, так тут тоже самое….
ты да я, поржали над постом, да лупи потом что хошь в замечания, ибо вопрос снят в принципе, так не- исподтишка, тупо, неправильно…
а потом- какие юзеры у нас плохие, опять чем-то недовольные, вот же падлы, мы тут стараемся, а они нас не ценят нихрена…
я… не... даже не так…
Я- вижу группу совсем иного уровня, прежде всего уровня, недопускающего, предотвращающего конфликты, а не уровня их героически решающего…
раз промолчал, два промолчал, три промолчал, да скока вашу мать можно то тупить?…
21:32 11.05.2018
о, даже пост не пост удалили…
ну молодцы, чё…
видать редактировать, тем самым предотвращать, недопускать- это сложно и неведомо…
а нахрена на самом деле, мы тут что, в детском саду чтоль…
21:36 11.05.2018
петух Педро (KC77) писал (а) в ответ на :
> а нахрена на самом деле, мы тут что, в детском саду чтоль…
21:41 11.05.2018
ладно, фигня всё это, на самом деле, пятница и все дела…
ваще, пора почитать, из чего коктейли молотова состоят, вдруг то знать не пригодится никогда…
21:44 11.05.2018
опять же как…
как описывать этот ад этой страны- без эмоции, экспрессии, а значит мата, и в несколько фривольной форме, я хрен знает…
копипастить чтоль начать первый канал…
там вроде спокойно пока всё… на украине тока с сша тучи ходят хмуро..
21:48 11.05.2018
Redhead (Expat) писал (а) в ответ на :
> I love London
21:49 11.05.2018
улыбашка то к наташке, то к рэдхэд пристает…
ник трахман- ты задумайся всеж над сменой, педруха плохого не присоветует…
21:53 11.05.2018
петух Педро (KC77) писал (а) в ответ на :
> педруха плохого не присоветует
Восток дело тонкое, Педруха…
21:56 11.05.2018
Улыбашка
> Восток дело тонкое, Педруха…
расскажи историю из детства лучше какую нибудь, уверен, ты в том детстве, пережил несколько волнительных моментов…
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