Broadband

[Job]

Whats the pipe for Freddys?

 

[Moriath]

Whereas in the UK the summers are wonderful, there's zero traffic and the winters are toasty warm.

They just had -19C in january in romania and regularly over 35 C in the summer. Too extreme for me on both ends. And the taxis are a night mare as they mostly dont run their aircon to save fuel so you sit in traffic and boil in the summer.

They have rounded up most of the stray dogs from the city i hink they euthenased them mostly. The history is interesting and all. But i prefer it in the spring or autumn.

 

[Moriath]

There's also lots of Romanians there.

*shudders*

Most of the people i know there are really nice and friendly.

 

[Job]

Romania, went there 33 years ago.

 

[Shagrat]

Romania, went there 33 years ago.

oh well that's it then, opinion set in concrete... I mean it is not like places change over time or anything is it.

I stay away from that there London place, what with everyone throwing their shit out the windows and press gangs likely to drag me into the English navy at the drop of a hat......

 

[Job]

Hold your horses, Romania has turned it around 5000%, it was soooo fucking bad back then I'm sure you wouldn't believe the stories.
There were literally armed guards on every street corner, tourism was arranged by the military, when we got off the plane we had to walk past Mig fighters, there was a machine gun tower with the guy holding the weapon, the soldier got out his gun and pointed it to the ceiling because we weren' t getting in line.
The day we arrived the entire country was under curfew, so every Romanian had to be indoors after 7pm, there was nothing..nothing to buy, the supermarkets were empty except for tomatoes and a few tinned goods, there were no cameras, chemists, no painkillers, no sanitary towels for women, there were government agents standing all over the place, it was a real life Berlin style movie.
Champagne cost us 12p a bottle, there were fancy shops , but only tourists were allowed in them, the locals peered in at radios and chocolate like us looking at Ferraris.
Some of the brits brought over balloons and polaroid cameras, the staff would bring in their families for a picture.
Obviously it was a stunning country, it was just going through the worst austerity imaginable and really brought home to me how bad things can get, part of the reason I am so anti EU dictatorship, in the middle of all that the government lackeys were driving around in BMWs.

 

[old.Osy]

Hold your horses, Romania has turned it around 5000%, it was soooo fucking bad back then I'm sure you wouldn't believe the stories.
There were literally armed guards on every street corner, tourism was arranged by the military, when we got off the plane we had to walk past Mig fighters, there was a machine gun tower with the guy holding the weapon, the soldier got out his gun and pointed it to the ceiling because we weren' t getting in line.
The day we arrived the entire country was under curfew, so every Romanian had to be indoors after 7pm, there was nothing..nothing to buy, the supermarkets were empty except for tomatoes and a few tinned goods, there were no cameras, chemists, no painkillers, no sanitary towels for women, there were government agents standing all over the place, it was a real life Berlin style movie.
Champagne cost us 12p a bottle, there were fancy shops , but only tourists were allowed in them, the locals peered in at radios and chocolate like us looking at Ferraris.
Some of the brits brought over balloons and polaroid cameras, the staff would bring in their families for a picture.
Obviously it was a stunning country, it was just going through the worst austerity imaginable and really brought home to me how bad things can get, part of the reason I am so anti EU dictatorship, in the middle of all that the government lackeys were driving around in BMWs.

You're off your rocker mate. I actually live here, and have been ever since. You're forcing a relation between this "EU dictatorship" and Romania's status 33 years ago - you what?

There's a stable economy, unemployment is low and i'm actually happy here. Sure, there are things to improve, such as corruption levels and the pseudo-socialist / ex-commie government.

Visit us today, and you'll find a country where everyone under 35 speaks english or another foreign language, where safety on the streets no matter the hour trumps ANY other european city and where people look towards the EU, not against. The EU helped build what we have today.

 

[Job]

I fluckin said it has turned around, but thats how bad it can get, and tbh going from there to now in 30 years is amazing and I always pull people up who say Romanians are lazy, they are not in the slightest, they berated us fir being lazy and spoilt.
I always keep an eye on Romanias fortunes, it's good to see how much stringing a dictator up and getting on with it can do

 

[Embattle]

There was me wondering if i accidentally clicked the EU thread

 

[DaGaffer]

I fluckin said it has turned around, but thats how bad it can get, and tbh going from there to now in 30 years is amazing and I always pull people up who say Romanians are lazy, they are not in the slightest, they berated us fir being lazy and spoilt.
I always keep an eye on Romanias fortunes, it's good to see how much stringing a dictator up and joining the EU can do

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[Raven]

Romanians on the whole are OK, the contractors I have had the misfortune to work with are proper useless though, don't bring any tools so "borrow" them and they do the job so badly you have to get some Poles in to sort out the mess.

 

[Job]

Yes, the EU kick started the Romanian economy, but it little more than drug dealers offering you a free first fix.
They have just stolen your sovereignty and all you have now is a new, slow burn dictatorship, it's all wonderful now, but they control you, and the second there is a glitch it's Greece for you, Romania is just another land grab for Federal Europe and in 30 years you will realise what you have done.

 

[Job]

There was me wondering if i accidentally clicked the EU thread

Yeah, wsnt me though, Romania deserves the best broadband cos they've had fukall for decades.
The UK has the problem of constantly upgrading.

 

[TdC]

Fixed

He'll never admit that though. I mean, in the first place, rational thought would need to be involved and that's a deff no-no

 

[BloodOmen]

ooo

BT fined record £42m for late installations - BBC News

sounds interesting

"Earlier this month, BT agreed to Ofcom's demands for it to legally separate Openreach from its main business.

Under the changes, Openreach will become a distinct company with its own staff, management and strategy "to serve all of its customers equally"."

 

[Job]

The pseudo separation of openreach and BT was hysterical at the time, they actually put up false walls through the middle of open plan offices, made the staff have separate dining areas..youd have two people who had worked closely for decades and overnight they werent allowed to give each other any help over private companies.
Everyone went along with it for about a month.