Grass always greener?

Affable

What with the EU and everything, we have this wonderful diverse continent to move around in. Grass is always greener somewhere else it seems. Language makes places more inaccessable/interesting also.

Do you fancy moving around , if so where to?

AlmightyCushion

Affable wrote: »

Grass is always greener somewhere else it seems.

I don't know. My lawn is pretty damn green.

tribulus

Holland, funny accents, tall women and it's very flat.

Steve

So learn the language.....

I'd love to move to Austria, I think it's a great place (feck off with cellar comments).

Affable

stevec wrote: »

So learn the language.....

I'd love to move to Austria, I think it's a great place (feck off with cellar comments).

I quite fancy France or Sweden.

Texas Red

Nothing could be greener than the Emerald Isle . You ought to see where I live .

So yeah , I'd move to Kerry .

Affable

Texas Red wrote: »

Nothing could be greener than the Emerland Isle . You ought to see where I live .

So yeah , I'd move to Kerry .

What's wrong with Texas?

Rb

I'll probably emigrate what with the upcoming recession and the fact that it's near impossible to buy a house here at the moment.

Where to? Dunno yet, would like to give the states a go for a while but Canada seems like just as good/maybe even better idea and it's easier to get into.
Maybe somewhere more sunny though but whatever, we'll see when the time comes.

Texas Red

Affable wrote: »

What's wrong with Texas?

Don't get me wrong , I love Texas , despite the heat ....but I couldn't pass up the chance to live in Ireland .

Like my Dad always said , " There are two kingdoms , the Kingdom of God , and the Kingdom of Kerry " .

DEmeant0r

rb_ie wrote: »

I'll probably emigrate what with the upcoming recession and the fact that it's near impossible to buy a house here at the moment.

Where to? Dunno yet, would like to give the states a go for a while but Canada seems like just as good/maybe even better idea and it's easier to get into.
Maybe somewhere more sunny though but whatever, we'll see when the time comes.

Oh come on! We all know poker players don't need the sun anyways!

Steve

Texas Red wrote: »

Nothing could be greener than the Emerald Isle . You ought to see where I live .

So yeah , I'd move to Kerry .

I have a mate, north of Dallas, and he bought what can only be described as a castle with a swimming pool for the same price as a semi-d here.... don't do it.

DEmeant0r

Kerry gets slagged/ripped the piss a lot over here, so i'd be weary if I were you...

Affable

stevec wrote: »

I have a mate, north of Dallas, and he bought what can only be described as a castle with a swimming pool for the same price as a semi-d here.... don't do it.

That's a pragmatic view I suppose. But to some people material wealth is not all.

Steve

Affable wrote: »

That's a pragmatic view I suppose. But to some people material wealth is not all.

I was looking at it from a quality of life point of view.

It's hard to explain to anyone who lives outside of IRL and UK why we live in houses that are physically attached to a neighbour - noise etc.. they all balk at the idea.

Texas Red

Yeah , real estate is very reasonable here , there is no state income tax , and unemployment is low , so Texas is a great place to live . If you don't mind baking at 100 degrees all summer long .

I don't know about the inner workings of Irish political correctness , so you guys and gals will have to work with me a little .

My fathers family is from Kerry , they immigrated to America in 1847 , so I'll have to go down fighting on that one , lol .

Steve

lesson 1 : whats 100 degrees in real terms? - we left that imperal stuff behind a long time ago:)

Edit:
sorry, not having a go at you; 37deg = 100F
We also use km and kmh, metres, and spell colour differently. We also drive on the wrong side of the road:D

Capt'n Midnight

why is the sky blue ?
A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.

why is the grass further away greener ?
Light has to travel further, so more scattering by air molecules. More light from the blue end of the spectrum and less from the red/yellow end, the overall effect is to make the grass look greener.

What about Kentucky bluegrass ?
Kentucky is farr away.

Capt'n Midnight

Texas Red wrote:

so Texas is a great place to live . If you don't mind baking at 100 degrees all summer long .

If we meet aliens then they are likely to use / appreciate a Celsius temperature scale, though not necissiarly using base 10 for the number of degrees. Water being an important substance.
And of course they will use an absolute scale (too?)

The chances of them using Farenheit are about nil.
What practical meaning does that temperature scale have ?

The zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride.
.. used horse blood to calibrate his scale, as the normal body temperature of horses is 100 °F


And besides human blood temperature initially at 96°F now it's 98.2°F
When I was younger it was 98.4°F - and google gives 16,000 hits for both 98.x's

bangersandmash

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

why is the sky blue ?
A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight.

why is the grass further away greener ?
Light has to travel further, so more scattering by air molecules. More light from the blue end of the spectrum and less from the red/yellow end, the overall effect is to make the grass look greener.

What about Kentucky bluegrass ?
Kentucky is farr away.

What is a good source of Omega 3 & Omega 6?

c - 13

Well considering where i'm living is a desert, yeah, i'd say the grass is pretty green in other places. Wouldnt be too hard considering theres very little of it here.

MooseJam

I'd fancy a move to Spain, come visit Polarisworld at no expense

Sherifu

Affable wrote: »

Do you fancy moving around , if so where to?

Yes, i'd love to...oh wait

KnifeWRENCH

I go Russia. It friendly and good.

Collie D

square_igloo wrote: »

I go Russia. It friendly and good.

Really? I've heard nothing but bad reports. In fairness, this is just Moscow but friends who've visited have told me of marauding skinheads, corrupt cops and most of the women they met were hookers..I kow it's a generalisation but not my cup of tea. Apparently, everyone is just out to see what they can get from you.

dewsbury

stevec wrote: »

It's hard to explain to anyone who lives outside of IRL and UK why we live in houses that are physically attached to a neighbour - noise etc.. they all balk at the idea.

Are you implying that it is only in IRL & UK that people live in semi-d's or apartments....

Surely most cities in the world live in this manner.

dewsbury

A word of caution...

It's always nice to ponder about the greener grass.

However, there are very few countries that speak English and most of these require residency visas.

My point is ... have you ever tried living long-term in a country where you do not speak the primary language. I suspect that it can be quite lonely and restricting.

It is all very fine to say that you can learn the language but it is very difficult to become fluent in a language unless you learn it from a very young age.

i71jskz5xu42pb

stevec wrote: »

I have a mate, north of Dallas, and he bought what can only be described as a castle with a swimming pool for the same price as a semi-d here

If you've ever spent any time in Dallas you'd realise why this is not a good thing. Soulless is too kind a word for the place.

Steve

dewsbury wrote: »

Are you implying that it is only in IRL & UK that people live in semi-d's or apartments....

Surely most cities in the world live in this manner.

I was referring to houses - apartments are apartments no matter where they are.

From personal experience travelling around the world, I would say that semi-d's or terraces in suburbia are more prevalent here and in the UK.

Steve

Sandra Tight Saboteur wrote: »

If you've ever spent any time in Dallas you'd realise why this is not a good thing. Soulless is too kind a word for the place.

Only spent a couple of weeks there - it's a lot friendlier than states farther north - I actually liked it.

Having said that, its pretty much the same scenery as anywhere else in the states only hotter.

Dennis the Stone

Zimbabwe is lovely in October

Texas Red

stevec wrote: »

lesson 1 : whats 100 degrees in real terms? - we left that imperal stuff behind a long time ago:)

Edit:
sorry, not having a go at you; 37deg = 100F
We also use km and kmh, metres, and spell colour differently. We also drive on the wrong side of the road:D

The differences are amazing .

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

If we meet aliens then they are likely to use / appreciate a Celsius temperature scale, though not necissiarly using base 10 for the number of degrees. Water being an important substance.
And of course they will use an absolute scale (too?)

The chances of them using Farenheit are about nil.
What practical meaning does that temperature scale have ?

None that I can possibly see .

Kinda maykes u oneder watt dey teech in Amerycan skoolz , donnit ?

Sandra Tight Saboteur wrote: »

If you've ever spent any time in Dallas you'd realise why this is not a good thing. Soulless is too kind a word for the place.

I grew up in the suburbs surrounding Dallas , it was O.K.

But yeah , it can be a tough place , especially for a stranger .

Capt'n Midnight

bangersandmash wrote: »

What is a good source of Omega 3 & Omega 6?

BRAAAAINS! BRAAAAINS!

Faith

I'd live in California, specifically Santa Barbara (but I'd happily consider other areas between there and San Francisco). I've always dreamt about living there, and having done it for 3 months last summer, it lived up to all my expectations, and more. I just adore it.

Not LA though. That place is nasty.

zuutroy

I've had enough of the supposed green grass...people in other countries are weird...would like to return to the dull grass of home!

Tigrrrr

Im thinking of moving to South Africa, I just can't see myself living in Europe for any reasonable length of time!

rb_ie wrote: »

I'll probably emigrate what with the upcoming recession

and then, there's the certain fact that the sky is falling of course...

i71jskz5xu42pb

Tigrrrr wrote: »

Im thinking of moving to South Africa

Are you nuts? Anybody that can get out of SA is pretty much leaving. For good reasons.