Oldham is not a dump :o

I kinda like this place you know......no matter where i go, when i come back oldham...it feels good. the people are jus nicer i guess, i dont like manchester people that much

and it is kinda pleasant, a lot of regeneration work, a lot of plans for oldham. Werneth is better than coppice, you gotta admit Admin/Seraph, its got Sabri Stores

paintballing in oldham? ur jokin ryt?

p.s. in the 16 years we have had our shop, Alhamdulillah there hasnt been any trouble....in the 16 years living in this area of oldham, again no trouble, no problems, no breaks in. Zilch. Alhamdulillah, thanks to Allah swt of course

its not a ghetto, people jus think it is and make it out to be one

Maybe this is a generalisation based on personal experience, but one thing that’s always impressed me about British Culture is the willingness to help others.

I have no problem with asking someone for directions when I’m lost, I’ve always found that people are more than willing to help…..once when I had newly passed I got stuck in a bay and couldn’t get out, I gave my keys to a total stranger who drove the car out of the tight spot for me….today I was having problems opening my tank at the petrol station and someone helped me out.

And when it comes to the elderly, disabled people and kids…people really go out of their way to help them out.

more of british culture

"cheers mate"

"a'ight love"

"bloody hell"

downing a pint down at their local and neevr missing an episode of eastender

and always moaning about the traffic or the weather

"MuslimSisLilSis" wrote:

more of british culture

"cheers mate"

"a'ight love"

"bloody hell"

downing a pint down at their local and neevr missing an episode of eastender

and always moaning about the traffic or the weather

Pimms cocktails

Non-aggressive, stressed officials

Croquet

Affairs

Belisha beacons

Portakabins

alright love...that reminds me of the other day. It was a Pakistani taxi driver he said thank you lub. I was kinder shocked, didn't sound right coming from him loooooool. I was thinking lub you should be calling me sister

lol ive been called 'darlin' a number of time.... still seems strange everytime i hear it.

"yashmaki" wrote:

alright love...that reminds me of the other day. It was a Pakistani taxi driver he said thank you lub. I was kinder shocked, didn't sound right coming from him loooooool.

I've also heard that. Maybe he was trying to 'integrate' with British culture. I also think it's an asian thing that some can't pronounce the 'V' properly so they say bideo instead of video. Did you say anything back when he said that?

"yashmaki" wrote:

I was thinking lub you should be calling me sister

Mother more like :twisted:

cheeky so n' so lol! He was an old man, i'm not that old he should say sister or Madam, i like polite forms of address . When I was in the US everyone addressed me as Ma'am in retail outlets, i admit i loved it lol. Customer services over here..yeah wht u want? ok fanks :roll:

No i never replied, pretended i never heard it said thanx and bye!

"yashmaki" wrote:

When I was in the US everyone addressed me as Ma'am in retail outlets, i admit i loved it lol.

No-one has ever called me Sir

Ma'am does sound a bit like mum init....

:x yeah if you have a yorkshire accent!