Would you leave the uk ?

[iworkwhippets 13,170]

2 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

Well my gaff is up for sale , be the first time on the market for over 50 years, not sure what I’m going to do , may build a small place on my ground , then look about abroad as a bolt hole, Penang in Malaysia is nice but Europe probably be more convenient as I can get home quickly if needed. Don’t effing know tbf, kids tie you down if not I’d of sold up and gone years ago. 

Try telling ya kids that FFS , 

[Qbgrey 4,290]

7 hours ago, Greyman said:

Take them all with you that’s what I do 

That would be great but ones just bought a house near London and earns good money . Middle ones just left uni looking for a decent job. My lad 16 yrs old is trying to get into plumbing. I’d be bankrupt with that following me ffs , they can eat some expensive food the buggers

[Greyman 31,923]

Tell me about it me and my misses cook for five most days but they do occasionally return the favour lol have two daughters two grandkids and a son complete with husbands and partners within 100 yards of me 

[WILF 50,436]

18 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

That would be great but ones just bought a house near London and earns good money . Middle ones just left uni looking for a decent job. My lad 16 yrs old is trying to get into plumbing. I’d be bankrupt with that following me ffs , they can eat some expensive food the buggers

I think that’s a conundrum many of us face when thinking about moving and it’s one I have considered a bit for a while.

The conclusion I have come to is this, I’d encourage mine to think differently about work and I’ve already chatted to my oldest boy about it because he is thinking of some type of construction apprenticeship.

What I’ve said to mine is, you just commute or find a way to work online  !……see, in Britain you have to work every hour god sends to pay every other c**t.

So for an example, you say your lad wants to be a plumber ?……he could book jobs online, have a van and tools in a lock up somewhere and just fly over, graft solid for 2 weeks and then have two weeks off with enough money to live like a king in some of these other country’s. 
There’s a lad up the road to me, he is a lagger, he gets a contract on price, flys over, knocks his pan in for however long it takes them flys home and waits for some other price job to come along. 
 

Earn good money and live a life at the same time.

It’s just ideas so I’m not being smart, it’s just how I have figured it when thinking about it mate. 

Edited 7 hours ago by WILF

[Qbgrey 4,290]

2 hours ago, WILF said:

I think that’s a conundrum many of us face when thinking about moving and it’s one I have considered a bit for a while.

The conclusion I have come to is this, I’d encourage mine to think differently about work and I’ve already chatted to my oldest boy about it because he is thinking of some type of construction apprenticeship.

What I’ve said to mine is, you just commute or find a way to work online  !……see, in Britain you have to work every hour god sends to pay every other c**t.

So for an example, you say your lad wants to be a plumber ?……he could book jobs online, have a van and tools in a lock up somewhere and just fly over, graft solid for 2 weeks and then have two weeks off with enough money to live like a king in some of these other country’s. 
There’s a lad up the road to me, he is a lagger, he gets a contract on price, flys over, knocks his pan in for however long it takes them flys home and waits for some other price job to come along. 
 

Earn good money and live a life at the same time.

It’s just ideas so I’m not being smart, it’s just how I have figured it when thinking about it mate. 

Yes that’s the way forward , enjoy life a bit.i have dropped everything before , I was 22 when I left uk for Asia . Stayed 10 years then came home.i need to get rid of some shit I’ve got far too much stuff around me and need to  live a simpler life. 

[NEWKID 28,763]

16 hours ago, Greyman said:

Tell me about it me and my misses cook for five most days but they do occasionally return the favour lol have two daughters two grandkids and a son complete with husbands and partners within 100 yards of me 

Our commune is similar mate, even the lad renting a cottage off me has become a surrogate son, my Mrs can't help mothering people lol..