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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Tomorrow I move to London, something I hoped I'd never have to do. It's a big step for me.

This has been a purely financial decision. I make a decent amount of money, more than most state school teachers - and, converted into dollars, more than one figure I saw for the average US family income. But the commuting costs me �300 a month ($500?) and it's too much. I'll save most of that by living in Finsbury Park. Yup, it's cheaper to live in London.

Actually, I tell a lie when I say it's purely financial. I don't know anyone where I live. Most people who commute have families, and the non-family types are generally way younger than me, and morons besides. I figure I must be able to find someone I have something in common with in a city of 8 million people.

But the fact remains: I don't WANT to live in London. They're all drones! You ever try to hurry on the Underground? You can't! They all walk at the same pace, heads down, in step sometimes! Whatever's been done to them, I don't want it to happen to me. Suffice to say I'll be drinking a lot of bottled water.

So now I sit surrounded by all my worldly possessions, wondering how I can have so much yet also have so little to show for all my years of life. . . I won't be sleeping much tonight.

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Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :

I would wish you a happy move, but that seems a bit futile...

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Josh: I think they're getting to know each other a bit too well, if you catch my drift.
Me: Oh, I agree. I think they're spending too much time together, that is of course, if you catch my drift.
Asher: I think he's *ucking her, and he's cheating on his wife, and he's risking his marriage, and if his wife finds out about it she'll leave him and take their son, and his life will be ruined. If you catch my drift...

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

May you have loads of pleasantly eccentric (but not annoying) neighbors who will act as matchmakers.

Skilled ones.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

I'll warm up your house for you, Lee....

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A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu' scosse.
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Posted by JEM on :

Welcome to the big city. Honestly it's not as bad as you might think. Yes the Underground is hoplessly overcrowded (I once saw somebody physically lifted off their feet and carried off a train by a surge of commuters all trying to exit at once). You have to walk head down at the same pace, its the only way of fighting through the mob. Otherwise its anybody's guess where you could end up.

Best of luck

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

The underground is a bit strange, but it does seem to me to be quicker than most other forms of transport. I've been on the underground several times when I've had interviews in London, and a tube has arrived straight away - no waiting. Try saying that about a bus. It's a little annoying with the Circle Line closed, but still okay.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll get used to it and find that you'll enjoy yourself there. London is daunting to most people I speak to about the subject, but it's really ok. I only wish I could find a job so I could move out of my parents again. (11 months jobsearching and still counting) *sighs*

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Good luck, Lee.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Go getum Tiger!!!!!

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

cheers!

[have you notified London that you're on the way?]

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

I'm there now. Only I'm back at my parents NOW to drop off all the stuff from my old flat that I didn't want to take up there or didn't need. . . I will maybe get round to setting up the computer by TrekSunday.

So far it's not too bad.

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- Professor Frink

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

"Go gettum Tiger!"?

Good grief.

Still Lee, now that you're in London, you can walk around saying 'James Bond was filmed here ya'know'

And depending on the neighbourhood Lee's living in, it might not be that likely that he'll matchmake with neighbours. Hell, in Walthamstow, neither of my neightbours can speak English. And they play very loud 'ethnic' music (or whatever) at 2 in the morning.

I mean, who gets kept up by Sitar's jangling?

So Lee, it oculd be worse. You could be living in Walthy. Or be 20 next month.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

In the hopes of alarming foreign posters, it does seem the UK posse is congrgating in the south of England. I'll be at Reading in October and as a friend of mine is in London I'll be nipping in at weekends every so often. I may even look you guys up!

(Lee and co. cower behind the sofa)

There is no need for apprehension...
I intend no harm. No - harm - (crazy twitch)

Now if you'll excuse me, I see my Iconian portal from the rim is about to vanish...

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Liam, what kind of place do you live in again?

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[This message has been edited by Daryus Aden (edited August 16, 1999).]

Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Monty, Monty, He's so FOXY! *LOL*

Well, if Monty gets to meet Lee before I do, i'm going to be very upset. So someone better give me a plane ticket to London RIGHT NOW.
I mean.. after all.... who better to break in the bedroom in his new place than me?

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

}B)

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"Wait a minute - this isn't the Monsterometer, it's the Frog Exaggerator!"

- Professor Frink