Hello from the UK

I don't know if there are many users from the UK, but I just wanted to say hi and thanks for the tips & assistance i have received from this site. It is a well put together place that i tell anyone about if they are having problems with their PC, i am definately not an expert in PC's but it is easy to find help etc.....

Keep up the MajorGeeking, definately good stuff

 

Hey welcome to the site man!

Where abouts from the UK are you based?

 

Welcome to MGs, Steigers

 

Doh! Already managed to post a duplicate thread better see if i can delete that!

I am in Leicester, which is smack bang in the middle of the UK here.....

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=450000.958748148&Y=300000.430748525&width=500&height=300&gride=458898.958748148&gridn=304613.430748525&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=1&scale=2000000

Still the UK is tiny compared to you guys...

Cheers for the swift welcome people

 

I used to live in Coalville when I worked in Ibstock, so know Leicester well

Don't worry about the duplicate post....MGs' very efficient Admins will delete it for you

 

Wow, that's quite a coincidence. I note you are not living near Leicester now though! How long ago was it you lived here?

 

I live in Oregon in the US now. My Leicester days were back in the late 80's

 

It has changed a bit since then, one of them is...

3 bed semi-detached house in 1995 (oldest data i could find) was £50 000
3 bed semi-detached house today is £160 000

One thing that hasn't changed is the weather, mostly cold and grey!

 

....excluding tax and other fees that is

 

Yes, robbin' feckers

 

Welcome to Majorgeeks my freind.

A lot of us round here are from the UK , so if you want advise of where to buy parts etc , just ask around.

Hope you have a great time!

 

=O

Where did that come from? We have any idea who did it?

Background knowledge please people..

 

Halo...don't you think you are a little old to be going round grafitting bridges in Liverpool? It's not how I've come to epxect a mod to behave

 

Re: *cough* photoshopped *cough* damm frog in throat

Interesting technique to navigating Photoshop

*hands you cough drops*

 

Re: *cough* photoshopped *cough* damm frog in throat

way to go halo. welcome steigers. i'm an ex-pat aswell. from kent, but have family in melton mowbray. dont miss it !! welcome and much aloha to you.

 

Re: *cough* photoshopped *cough* damm frog in throat

Ohhhh you did have to go and say that Laurie! I had forgotten all about those...now I'm craving a real pork pie!!!

@Steigers...I only left the UK a year ago today(!!!!) so I still have my finger on the pulse somewhat as to the economics of the UK Could do with a few Midlands curries being shipped over though

 

I need that book, amazon do it?

 

Welcome to MajorGeeks from another UKer

 

Hello i'm from the UK Liverpool..good to meet you..

 

We're being overtaken by scousers in here

Three in a row...just like playing tic-tac-toe

 

But then I have to buy Photoshop CS2....and I don't have that. Or Photoshop at all. Obtaining an illegal copy would be wrong. I'll get parents to buy it and say I need it for my coursework hehe!

 

Welcome...hope you enjoy your stay!!

If you ever need a good laugh, hang out in the lounge!!!! As I'm sure you can tell just by the thread you started... there is some interesting humor around here, and this ain't even the half of it!!!!

Roger

 

*greetings* from another UK type person!

Uhm, yes. Do I need to tell you to join the folding team or can I trust you to read my signature?

 

Hello Steigers. I'm originally from Cornwall. In reference to the scouse remark, I believe I'm an Auggie. Correct me if I'm wrong Lev. Oh, also, everyone at this site is from the UK, except rogvalcox

 

Hey Steigers,

I've been around MG for a while, don't post that often. Originally from Wales, have been living in Leicester for the last 6 years or so.

You're right about the house prices, just bought our first one near Gypsy Lane

 

I have no idea sibeer, and a quick google turned nothing up either. I know if you are an auggie though, I am a grockel

 

I spelled it wrong. It's oggie which is a pasty (pass-tee).

"1800's: The pasty evolved to meet the needs of tin mining, a once great, but now sadly declined, Cornish industry. The pasty was a complete meal usually consisting of meat, potato, onion and swede, in a pastry casing, which made for a very practical hot meal in the hand. Mines often built large ovens on the surface to keep the pasties warm until it was time to eat. The shout 'Oggie, Oggie, Oggie' is said to originate from Cornish miners shouting in unison for their pasties (also known as oggies or tiddy oggies). The thick edges were originally for holding the pasty whilst eating, to avoid being poisoned by the arsenic sometimes found on their fingers. The pasty was sometimes divided inside into two sections so as to provide both a main course and dessert. The edges or corners were often saved for one of the mischievous 'Knockers' (ghosts) which were said to exist down the mines. Cornish housewives often marked initials on a corner to avoid confusion down the mine at lunchtime. A good pasty was thought to be strong enough to drop down a mine shaft."
http://www.propercornish.co.uk/pastyhistory.asp

 

Ahhh oggy!!! I know that I've been teaching our 19 yr old how to do the oggy oggy oggy chant at the ball games here. He thinks us Brits are wierd lol

I would love a real Cornish pasty about now Pasties are something entirely different over here lol

 

Eating my veggie Pastie right now as I type. MMM!

Oh, I'm another one, originally hailing from the U.K., LoL!

(I ended up 'down-under', in more ways than one! )

 

Wow, thanks for all the posts people - nice and friendly . Currently in a bit of PC trouble so off to fix.....

 

Too many freakin Brits on this board why dont they just go back to pinky sipping tea and eating english breakfasts after which they should get their teeth fixed

Steigers open a thread for your prob its what the forums here for

 

Thanks, no need as others have already done all the hard work for me, just need to look around.....