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punky · 31-03-2004, 12:14

I never thought i'd ever be interested to read something from the Michael Moore School of Writing, but by heck that was good. (I suppose stating the truth and references helped)

The thing he says about the epilogues is true though. My family live in Florida (like him, they thought this country is a lost cause, and now enjoy a much better standard of life there), and because of this, I have spent large parts of my time there (Nowadays I go over there for 2.5 months at a time over xmas), and nearly always now, when I come back I feel like he does. I used to think, several years ago, when I moved, i'll miss blighty, but nowadays things are so bad, I honestly wonder if I would. Pool is a big hobby of mine and I go to the pool hall, chat to some mates and have a good time. Come back, to use a grotty table with cigarette burn holes and drink stains in them, and with other patrons so menacing, I daren't go near them, least of all talk to them in case they thought I was insulting their mother.

It had been decided long ago I was moving to Florida (wheels were set in motion when I was still a kid), but i've always thought i'd miss England, but now, more and more, i'm thinking now I wont.

Meeting mates in pubs in central London, and then eating at a nice restaurant in SoHo, is probably about the only thing I miss. Because you have to drive everywhere in Florida, it seriously hinders your ability to drink. I must of only got drunk twice in public in the last 2 years (When I turned 21).

Sure America has it's problems, what country doesn't, but by God this country is getting bad.

31-03-2004, 12:14	#26
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: Come to Britain! I never thought i'd ever be interested to read something from the Michael Moore School of Writing, but by heck that was good. (I suppose stating the truth and references helped) The thing he says about the epilogues is true though. My family live in Florida (like him, they thought this country is a lost cause, and now enjoy a much better standard of life there), and because of this, I have spent large parts of my time there (Nowadays I go over there for 2.5 months at a time over xmas), and nearly always now, when I come back I feel like he does. I used to think, several years ago, when I moved, i'll miss blighty, but nowadays things are so bad, I honestly wonder if I would. Pool is a big hobby of mine and I go to the pool hall, chat to some mates and have a good time. Come back, to use a grotty table with cigarette burn holes and drink stains in them, and with other patrons so menacing, I daren't go near them, least of all talk to them in case they thought I was insulting their mother. It had been decided long ago I was moving to Florida (wheels were set in motion when I was still a kid), but i've always thought i'd miss England, but now, more and more, i'm thinking now I wont. Meeting mates in pubs in central London, and then eating at a nice restaurant in SoHo, is probably about the only thing I miss. Because you have to drive everywhere in Florida, it seriously hinders your ability to drink. I must of only got drunk twice in public in the last 2 years (When I turned 21). Sure America has it's problems, what country doesn't, but by God this country is getting bad.