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To Be Slightly Smug That I Live in Belfast

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Tee2072 · 08/01/2010 14:22

and therefore have had one day of not that much snow?

No panic buying here. No lack of grit (isn't grit just dirt and some salt? How hard could it be to get more?!?!). No school closures.

Just very very cold and very very sunny.

I know its a stupid thing to be smug about, but we are usually the ginger haired step children of the UK, so its nice to not be having a tough time right now.

Oh and we have juicy scandal with First Minister's Wife, MP Iris Robinson, and her now 21 (19 during the affair) year old lover...

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fin54 · 09/01/2010 09:51

Bangor in County Down is lovely just now, all wintery and snowy and I just love living here as I used to live in Glasgow and prefer here any day.

cocolepew · 09/01/2010 09:54

Bangor is never lovely

Can you tell I live in Ards?

skidoodle · 09/01/2010 09:59

This thread is worth it for the title alone.

I had to rub my eyes a few times to make sure I was seeing it right.

I'm with you on the snow thing (not in Belfast itself, but nearby and weather conditions similar), but you're really stretching with the Iris thing. It makes me want to vomit every time I think of it.

expatinscotland · 09/01/2010 10:00

Being smug is an entirely unpleasant trait, wherever one is.

Still no snow here. Might do, though, it's very cloudy.

And these weans are going to drive me potty.

Original poster
Tee2072 · 09/01/2010 10:01

You should know Expat.

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skidoodle · 09/01/2010 10:04

Normally I'd agree with you expat but I think there is something heroic about being smug about living in Belfast.

I might try to cultivate it over the next few months. It will be my maternity leave project.

I'm being more realistic this time about what can be achieved.

expatinscotland · 09/01/2010 10:05

LOL. I've been on this board about 5 years adn the last thing most who know me from here would describe me as is smug.

But keep going!

I'm bored.

expatinscotland · 09/01/2010 10:06

LOL, ski!

Maternity leave AND cooped up in the house with a dire winter.

On you go! Start a blog on here.

It will rival Custy's.

paulaplumpbottom · 09/01/2010 10:37

We were out for a early snowy morning walk at Lady Dixon (decided to avoid Lockeepers Inn and the Shaws Bridge Tow Path because of the gawkers)and it was beautiful. Felt a bit smug

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Tee2072 · 09/01/2010 12:13

Well, snow has stopped now, but bits on the roads and pavements. It is so quiet in City Centre. DH and I have never seen the shops so dead on a Saturday morning.

paulaplumpbottom probably good plan to avoid the Inn!!

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paulaplumpbottom · 09/01/2010 15:02

They are predicting heavy snow all day on Monday

fin54 · 09/01/2010 15:46

The best thing that came out of Ards was the Bangor bus

petisa · 09/01/2010 16:00

sounds lovely paula, i'd love to go to lady dixon's on my visit home but my friend's v v pregnant so she'll be the one calling the shots! love the towpath too, happy student memories of summer walks there.

if v v pregnant doesn't fancy going out (and who could blame her) i'll be filling my face with toasted buttered malt loaf, soda farls, potato bread, wheaten bread and toasted Nutty Krust. So bread, bread and more bread then! Can't wait!

petisa · 09/01/2010 16:01

tsk - if v v pregnant friend

UndomesticHousewife · 09/01/2010 16:33

petisa - now I want some toasted potato bread with loads of butter and cheese!!!

And Tee, be as smug as you like Belfast, and NI, is lovely.

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Tee2072 · 09/01/2010 17:02

I am not really smug at all. But I can be if you want me to be!

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paulaplumpbottom · 09/01/2010 17:10

I could never move back to the States now. I couldn't live without wheaton with slices of cheddar

KimiLovesHerFamily · 09/01/2010 17:25

The ginger haired step children of the UK
ROFLMAS.

Well somebody has to do it

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Tee2072 · 09/01/2010 18:41

I could never move back to the States because their government is even more messed up than NI's!!!

What part of the States are you from Paula? I grew up in CT but lived all over the place and was in San Francisco Bay Area before I moved to Belfast just over 6 years ago to be with my DH who I met on the internet.

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cocolepew · 09/01/2010 18:57

Fin!

paulaplumpbottom · 09/01/2010 20:01

I'm from Florida I have lived in the UK for 10 years and in NI for 8

claudialyman · 09/01/2010 22:02

feck it am very homesick for belfast now

petisa · 09/01/2010 22:10

mmmmm cheddar and wheaten bread, mmmm potato bread and melted cheese, oh the agony of anticipation!

Also guffawed at ginger-haired step children.

I do love my home country and everything but I can't quite believe you'd both rather be in NI than in Florida and San Franciso

I'd looove to have lots of money and time to travel leisurely around California... (in my dreams, with no toddler)

fattybumbum · 09/01/2010 22:15

Wah! I want soda farls and veda toast NOW! Oh and maybe some Tayto crisps and BROWN lemonade (English DH finds this concept most amusing!)
Maybe there should be a separate thread for homesick Norn Irish people abroad.

stleger · 09/01/2010 22:29

Is the Lagan really frozen?