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Started by Andrew Wells
Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:00
Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Andrew Wells
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:00
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Thanks to everyone who has replied to my earlier posts. The current position is that I have job interviews coming up in St Albans and Potters Bar, while my wife works in London. If I get the St A job, we will probably live in Luton; if I get the P Bar one, we will probably live in Stevenage. These seem to give the best compromise between house prices and commuting time. Any comments? Andrew -- Andrew Wells Replace nospam with my first name to reach me
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Martin Nike
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
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> > Any comments? > Yes. Stevenage is a hole.
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Andrew Wells
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
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Martin Nike wrote in message ... >Yes. Stevenage is a hole. In what way(s), please? Andrew -- Andrew Wells Replace nospam with my first name to reach me
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Martin Nike
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:00
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> Martin Nike wrote in message ... > >Yes. Stevenage is a hole. > > In what way(s), please? > Ok, the "old town" isn't bad, but there's not a lot there (Apart from a nice Chinese Restaurant). The rest seems to be a mess of roundabouts and housing estates. Typical of any new town. Redditch, Telford, Milton Keynes. Blugh.
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Pete Robinson
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00
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In article <8m76ac$8ud$1@uranium.btinternet.com>, Gem <Gems.G@nospam.btinternet.com> writes > >Andrew Wells wrote in message <8m49hi$5llr5$1@ID-23037.news.cis.dfn.de>... >>Martin Nike wrote in message ... >>>Yes. Stevenage is a hole. >> >>In what way(s), please? > > >Stevenage is one of those places which is not nice to live in but is good to >go to for fun. It has 2 bowling allies a big cinema and clubs that's it! > > London's only about 30 mins away ... Pete (who may be living in Stevenage in a month or so and is looking on the bright side ......)
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Telegraph
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:00
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:11:45 +0100, "Martin Nike" <silly@clara.net.NOSPAM> wrote: > >> Martin Nike wrote in message ... >> >Yes. Stevenage is a hole. >> >> In what way(s), please? >> > >Ok, the "old town" isn't bad, but there's not a lot >there (Apart from a nice Chinese Restaurant). > >The rest seems to be a mess of roundabouts and >housing estates. Typical of any new town. Redditch, >Telford, Milton Keynes. Blugh. Milton Keynes I can understand, but what exactly is wrong with Blugh?
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Gropius Riftwynde
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 00:00
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On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 17:42:16 GMT, telegraph@ukgoatway.net (Telegraph) wrote: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:11:45 +0100, "Martin Nike" ><silly@clara.net.NOSPAM> wrote: >>The rest seems to be a mess of roundabouts and >>housing estates. Typical of any new town. Redditch, >>Telford, Milton Keynes. Blugh. >Milton Keynes I can understand, but what exactly is wrong with Blugh? Blugh is situasted in the middle of a very large roundabout, and there is actually no way to get in to it. You can only go round it or away from it. GR
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Martin Nike
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
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> >The rest seems to be a mess of roundabouts and > >housing estates. Typical of any new town. Redditch, > >Telford, Milton Keynes. Blugh. > Milton Keynes I can understand, but what exactly is wrong with Blugh? Have you seen it? Looks like Doncaster on a rainy day.
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Martin Nike
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
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> Any comments on Hemel Hempstead as a place to live / commute to London and > St Albans? It depends what you want, doesn't it? Do you want good local shopping? Local leisure facilities? Nightlife? Selection of eating places? A clean, attractive environment? Things for the kids to do? Sense of community? Personally, I'd hate to be in your situation as from what I've seen there seems to be a huge band of commuter towns around London that seem to resemble endless sprawls of housing estates and retail parks... I have friends in Welwyn, which was designed late in the 19th century and seems to be OK and affordable. Very close to S.Albans.
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Martin Nike
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
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> Blugh is situasted in the middle of a very large roundabout, and there > is actually no way to get in to it. You can only go round it or away > from it. > Wrong. That Urgh! Blugh is the place stuck in the middle of Stourbridge ringroad. It's next to "whythefuckdidtheybuildthat"?
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: Andrew Wells
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 00:00
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Martin Nike wrote in message ... <snips> >Personally, I'd hate to be in your situation as from what I've seen there seems to be a >huge band of commuter towns around London that seem to resemble endless >sprawls of housing estates and retail parks... I have friends in Welwyn, which was >designed late in the 19th century and seems to be OK and affordable. Very close to >S.Albans. I know what you mean - *I* hate to be in my situation! However: - I have to find a new job, as my current one won't exist beyond the end of the year, and being only 34 I can't retire yet - employment opportunities for actuaries are scattered - my wife want to keep her current job, or at least a job in her current industry, which means working in London - having lived in a nice 3/4 bed semi, we really don't want to move to a much smaller house - among other things, it would mean disposing of many of our books! My interview in St Albans is today, and my interview in Potters Bar is tomorrow. Andrew -- Andrew Wells Replace nospam with my first name to reach me
Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: loobyloo
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:00
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Andrew Wells wrote:
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> Any comments on Hemel Hempstead as a place to live / commute to London and
> St Albans?
Until recently my brother lived in Berkamsted, about 4 miles north of
HH. It always seemed a nice little place with a nice high street and
lots of rinky-dink C18/19th cottages. Not sure about prices though -
afaikr 2-bed places were going for about 80, and I know you need more
bedrooms than that.
The best place to live though would be Tring, just to be able to live in
a town whose name sounds as if you're imitating the sound of a xylophone
or a bell.
Cliff
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Re: Hertfordshire Jobs
Author: loobyloo
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:00
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Andrew Wells wrote:
> - employment opportunities for actuaries are scattered
Oh shit, that means you know when I'm going to die.
> My interview in St Albans is today, and my interview in Potters Bar is
> tomorrow.
Good luck. I've got an interview on Monday (10.00am), so I'll send out
positive vibes to you if you do to me!
Cliff
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An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia
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