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'A place in Slovakia'.....buying a chateau
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 04:18 |
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I have watched a few episodes of the BBC production which is about an English couple who want to buy a chateau in Slovakia. I thought it was fiction but it seems that it follows this real life couple and the trials & tribulations they face in their quest to live in a chateau. WHY would anyone want go through all this just to move out of England? |
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Ann | Report | 23 Apr 2006 06:45 |
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Cheaper property???? |
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Guinevere | Report | 23 Apr 2006 07:14 |
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Some people make a lot of money in the UK and want to live somewhere where they won't have to pay so much tax. Gwynne |
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Researching: |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 10:03 |
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Let me get this right......they move to a foreign country where they can't speak the language, the place is a dive which needs major renovations, there's no hospital, doctor, shopping center for miles, none of their friends or rels, and most of their furniture has gone missing.................just so they can get out of paying extra TAX!. They must have more money than sense. Trifley |
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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ | Report | 23 Apr 2006 10:29 |
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The answer is simple Trifley.............us Brits are all barking mad! LOL |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 10:51 |
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No wonder there are a lot of poms here in Oz. Trifley |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 10:56 |
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England is only a small place (compared with Oz) someone on these boards must have seen this programme or know the people. Trifley |
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Jude2 aka Flakey | Report | 23 Apr 2006 10:58 |
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Ship loads of peeps who turned this wonderful country into what it is today. After spending the past week in London I can understand why they never wanted to leave once they arrived here |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:00 |
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I can understand coming to Oz....... but Slovakia? |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:03 |
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Hi Lyn Yes I ride my royal barge up & down the canals of the Gold Coast. The programme has been on channel 2 (ABC) at 6:30pm on a Friday. It's a hoot. |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:04 |
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Hi Didder You can come whenever you want. If you are ever in Queensland I'll give you a ride on my royal barge. |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:15 |
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Lyn.........what's the IOW? |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:23 |
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I think I might decree that the royal barge is a country and everyone from GR can be a citizen. Only people, tho' who don't like 'Neighbours' I can't stand that show! |
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Unknown | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:27 |
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I hate neigbours - but loved Prisoner C block H ;o)) |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:27 |
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Ahhh, now I know what you mean. I don't think we have an Isle of Wight unless you mean that cute little bump of land down the bottom, called Tasmania? |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:29 |
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Sorry Kim. Forgot about that one. Didn't like that either. I guess your not a candidate for Royal Barge citizenship. |
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Unknown | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:30 |
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Oi Trifely, get back to the barge with those strawbies. And include H&A in your neighbours statement |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 11:32 |
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Hi Rebs...........what are you doing here? I thought you'd still be scoffing fush & chups? |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 12:18 |
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Come on! There must be some of our pommie friends who have seen this show. PLEASE......tell me how it ends so I don't have to watch it any more. |
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Trifley | Report | 23 Apr 2006 12:25 |
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Soooooo.............poms only go somewhere if it doesn't cost them much? |
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