Things You Like And Dislike About Your Home Country

[cambridgefox]

24 minutes ago, Rogstanley said:

No you don’t. Full orange skies don’t just happen for no reason. 

Well perhaps not all the time.

Well I like them ,and the funny thing is I was talking about The countryside, but the first thing you noticed was the sunset,which you don’t like apparently!

[Nalis]

Since most people have said England where I currently live, I'm going to go where I am from.

 

Northern Ireland

 

Pros:

 

Underrated scenery - The Causeway Coast is stunning

Friendly hospitality

Good sense of humour and wit

Getting more for your money housing wise.

The pubs

 

Cons:

 

The weather - the ground is always wet meaning its either raining or it has been raining and its not warm enough to evaporate. Weather is so much better in England so quit complaining everyone 

Tribal politics

Small town mentality syndrome that exists in most of 'Norn Iron'

Some backwards views on life

[Guest MattP]

Crisp mornings like this, combine that with a walk onto the course at Cheltenham festival and it's heaven.

[lgfualol]

Englund

Likes: Countryside, TV series, music, films, not THAT cold in Winter, crisps, history, football, country pubs, NHS

Dislikes: Most bakeries are Greggs, litter, obsession with banter, obsession with celebrities, obsession with royal family, not THAT warm in Summer, ignorant people, shite internet speeds where I used to live, greasy diarrhoea inducing kebabs, all the politicians are nobs

 

Germany in Bavaria:

Likes: Bakeries, countryside and lakes are clean and you can swim in the water without getting a disease, fast internet speeds, clean streets, 30 degrees most days in the Summer, pizza and kebab are better quality, cheaper and more reliable public transport, DAZN, better roads, more work holidays and bank holidays (about 14) a year, bank holidays are often on a Thursday so you can have a long weekend, finishing at lunchtime on a friday is the norm 

Dislikes: Most traditional food, mental drivers, Winters are horrible, everyone smokes, supermarkets are a bit shit, German TV, Netflix selection, German folk culture

Edited 26 January 2018 by lgfualol

[cambridgefox]

Likes

 

sun sets

 

 

and sun rises!

[Strokes]

1 minute ago, cambridgefox said:

Likes

 

sun sets

 

 

and sun rises!

Pretty rare though mate.

[Milo]

England (south east)

 

Dislikes

 

weather

pop culture

scroungers

tax system

tv

traffic

public transport

nanny state

house prices

 

Likes

 

football

school system

opportunities

NHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

The diversity of the landscape. So many beautiful places.

[cambridgefox]

On 26/01/2018 at 06:21, Rogstanley said:

No you don’t. Full orange skies don’t just happen for no reason. 

Within a day!

[SpacedX]

 

On 26/01/2018 at 06:24, Rogstanley said:

Nah. They’re alright but there’s nowt special about them.

I have been fortunate enough to travel widely yet some of the most vivid sunsets I've seen have been in the UK where I've spent the most time of my life. They can be beautiful or unremarkable due to a range of geographical and atmospheric phenomena. It much depends upon the prevailing conditions at the time. There is a common misconception that tropospheric aerosols when present in abundance in the lower atmosphere as they often are over urban and continental areas can cause brilliant sunsets, but in fact they do not enhance sky colours they usually subdue them. Clean air is, actually the main ingredient common to brightly coloured sunrises and sunsets. Particles are good Rayleigh scatterers when they are very small compared to the wavelength of pollution droplets such as those found in urban smog or summertime haze which are on the order of .5 to 1 um in diameter. Particles this large are not good Rayleigh scatterers as they are comparable in size to the wavelength of visible light. If the particles are of uniform size, they might impart a reddish or bluish cast to the sky. Because pollution aerosols normally exist in a wide range of sizes, however, the overall scattering they produce is not strongly wavelength-dependent. As a result, hazy daytime skies, instead of being bright blue, appear grayish or even white. Similarly, the vibrant oranges and reds of "clean" sunsets give way to pale yellows and pinks when dust and haze fill the air. Also, airborne pollutants do more than soften sky colours where they can enhance the attenuation of both direct and scattered light, especially when the sun is low in the sky. This reduces the total amount of light that reaches the ground, robbing sunrises and sunsets of brilliance and intensity. Thus, twilight colours at the surface on dusty or hazy days tend to be muted and subdued, even though purer oranges and reds persist in the cleaner air aloft. 

 

The colours you perceive on the light's path before it got to you, how the object you are viewing reflects that light, and what your eyes are sensitive to. Absolutes don't really exist in colour perception however disquieting it may seem - it is often as much a matter of relative perspective as it is atmospheric chemistry. at sunset, the light takes a much longer path through the atmosphere to your eye than it did at noon, when the sun was right overhead. And that is enough to make a big difference as far as our human eyes are concerned. It means that much of the blue has scattered out long before the light reaches us. There are then a myriad of variables which can influence the resulting colour of a sunset irrespective of whether you are in Leicester or Lahore. 

 

The most beautiful sunsets that I can recall were as a child in both Leicester and London following the eruption of Mt.St Helens and later Pinatubo in 1992. Stratospheric particles are derived mainly from volcanic eruptions and exist as thin veils of dust or sulphuric acid droplets at altitudes of 12 to 18 miles. These aerosols usually are invisible during the day because they are obscured by the scattered sunlight (blue sky) of the troposphere. About 15 minutes after sunset, however, with the troposhere in shadow and the stratosphere still illuminated by sunlight passing through the lower atmosphere to the west, these high-level clouds come into view. Since their colours achieve greatest intensity after the sun has set at the surface, volcanic twilights have become known as "afterglows.". Turner's vivid sunsets were captured after the eruption of Tambora in 1815. 

 

[Rogstanley]

1 hour ago, cambridgefox said:

Within a day!

Totally different to the full orange sky of the other pictures

 

Don’t take photos while driving just to prove a point on a forum you madman

[Rogstanley]

5 minutes ago, Line-X said:

 

I have been fortunate enough to travel widely yet some of the most vivid sunsets I've seen have been in the UK where I've spent the most time of my life. They can be beautiful or unremarkable due to a range of geographical and atmospheric phenomena. It much depends upon the prevailing conditions at the time. There is a common misconception that tropospheric aerosols when present in abundance in the lower atmosphere as they often are over urban and continental areas can cause brilliant sunsets, but in fact they do not enhance sky colours they usually subdue them. Clean air is, actually the main ingredient common to brightly coloured sunrises and sunsets. Particles are good Rayleigh scatterers when they are very small compared to the wavelength of pollution droplets such as those found in urban smog or summertime haze which are on the order of .5 to 1 um in diameter. Particles this large are not good Rayleigh scatterers as they are comparable in size to the wavelength of visible light. If the particles are of uniform size, they might impart a reddish or bluish cast to the sky. Because pollution aerosols normally exist in a wide range of sizes, however, the overall scattering they produce is not strongly wavelength-dependent. As a result, hazy daytime skies, instead of being bright blue, appear grayish or even white. Similarly, the vibrant oranges and reds of "clean" sunsets give way to pale yellows and pinks when dust and haze fill the air. Also, airborne pollutants do more than soften sky colours where they can enhance the attenuation of both direct and scattered light, especially when the sun is low in the sky. This reduces the total amount of light that reaches the ground, robbing sunrises and sunsets of brilliance and intensity. Thus, twilight colours at the surface on dusty or hazy days tend to be muted and subdued, even though purer oranges and reds persist in the cleaner air aloft. 

 

The colours you perceive on the light's path before it got to you, how the object you are viewing reflects that light, and what your eyes are sensitive to. Absolutes don't really exist in colour perception however disquieting it may seem - it is often as much a matter of relative perspective as it is atmospheric chemistry. at sunset, the light takes a much longer path through the atmosphere to your eye than it did at noon, when the sun was right overhead. And that is enough to make a big difference as far as our human eyes are concerned. It means that much of the blue has scattered out long before the light reaches us. There are then a myriad of variables which can influence the resulting colour of a sunset irrespective of whether you are in Leicester or Lahore. 

 

The most beautiful sunsets that I can recall were as a child in both Leicester and London following the eruption of Mt.St Helens and later Pinatubo in 1992. Stratospheric particles are derived mainly from volcanic eruptions and exist as thin veils of dust or sulphuric acid droplets at altitudes of 12 to 18 miles. These aerosols usually are invisible during the day because they are obscured by the scattered sunlight (blue sky) of the troposphere. About 15 minutes after sunset, however, with the troposhere in shadow and the stratosphere still illuminated by sunlight passing through the lower atmosphere to the west, these high-level clouds come into view. Since their colours achieve greatest intensity after the sun has set at the surface, volcanic twilights have become known as "afterglows.". Turner's vivid sunsets were captured after the eruption of Tambora in 1815. 

 

I think the last paragraph gives it away. The best sunsets you can recall were as a child. The best summers I can recall were as a child - they were always long and sunny. The best snowfall I can recall was as a child - we spent days sledging and building snowmen that stayed in the garden all winter long. In reality in both cases it was probably a few days of sun and snow and then back to the drudgery. Likewise your childhood sunsets probably weren’t as impressive as your recollection.

[SpacedX]

9 minutes ago, Rogstanley said:

I think the last paragraph gives it away. The best sunsets you can recall were as a child. The best summers I can recall were as a child - they were always long and sunny. The best snowfall I can recall was as a child - we spent days sledging and building snowmen that stayed in the garden all winter long. In reality in both cases it was probably a few days of sun and snow and then back to the drudgery. Likewise your childhood sunsets probably weren’t as impressive as your recollection.

You miss my point - or rather you look to contrive one. The best sunsets that I can recall were as a child simply because when Mt.St Helens erupted I was a child at the time (actually in my early teens). I also mentioned Pinatubo  - I was in my mid twenties. This is not a matter of subjective perception or fanciful recollection, they are on record. 

 

I regularly enjoy the spectacular sunsets in the UK as just I have in many other parts of the world. And as I also explained, if the atmospheric conditions are conducive, then they can be "special" - again just as they can be in other parts or the world. In a sense every sunset is "special" however underwhelming it may seem in that is is framed around a multiplicity of unique conditions. Perhaps I look for different things? A fascination with sunsets as a child more than likely governed by decision to study applied meteorology and climatology - and I'm delighted to testify that as an adult, I'm still just as captured by the "special" sunsets I see in the UK.  

[cambridgefox]

52 minutes ago, Rogstanley said:

Totally different to the full orange sky of the other pictures

 

Don’t take photos while driving just to prove a point on a forum you madman

Daughter driving.Only past her test last week so needed a distraction!!!!

The full orange was a minute later!!

 

 

[ozleicester]

Australia.

LIKE...

The (mostly) egalitarian society

Weather

space

Beaches

Health System

Multiculturalism

Fresh food

 

Dislike

Distance from everywhere

The rise of hate and inequality

No LCFC!!

The refusal to properly acknowledge the original inhabitants.

Our flag

 

 

 

 

[SpacedX]

2 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Australia.

LIKE...

The (mostly) egalitarian society

Weather

space

Beaches

Health System

Multiculturalism

Fresh food

 

Dislike

Distance from everywhere

The rise of hate and inequality

No LCFC!!

The refusal to properly acknowledge the original inhabitants.

Our flag

 

 

 

 

Likes: "The (mostly) egalitarian society" "Multiculturalism"

 

Dislikes: "The rise of hate and inequality"

 

 

[bovril]

Other places I've lived:

 

Italy:

pros

Weather

Art and architecture 

Ability to enjoy life

Pizzerias 

 

cons

Very conservative and incredibly sexist

Arrogance

Poor variety of food

 

 

 

Balkans

pros

Food

Wild nature

Very beautiful women

Not so commercial

Fast internet

 

cons

Racism / stupid nationalism

Pessimism and stuborness

Shit roads

Edited 27 January 2018 by bovril

[simFox]

England

 

Likes:

Premier league

NHS

Countryside

Summertime - long summer days

 

Dislikes:

Cameras - big brother

Winter nights/short days

Self entitled, snowflake millennials

 

[Tommy G]

England

 

Like

Football & sports coverage

Pubs 

Countryside

Christmas

Democratic structure 

 

Dislike

Miserable weather 70% of the time

Celebrity culture 

Traffic

 

[cambridgefox]

Oh look what I saw on my dog walk?

[Buce]

38 minutes ago, cambridgefox said:

Oh look what I saw on my dog walk?

 

Yeah, those Snapchat filters are amazing, Cambridge...

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Dislike 

everyone who seems to be in a rush, impatient and obnoxious people.

 

 

[Fox92]

On 1/30/2018 at 11:24, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Dislike 

everyone who seems to be in a rush, impatient and obnoxious people.

 

 

Me too. Hate going to London everybody just seems to push past you.

[bovril]

4 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Me too. Hate going to London everybody just seems to push past you.

Oh god youre the tw*t dawdling on the tube I have to push past every morning aren't you...

[Stadt]

Overbearing politeness is sometimes alright but I couldn't bring myself to cut in ahead of everybody in the queue at the security check in Luton airport at 6:20 despite my flight leaving at 6:35