I Miss Potato bread and soda bread

proper bacon with tails on

Pasty baps

Proper sausages

Cheddar cheese

Crunchy nut cornflakes

Wotsits and skips!

 

This post was edited by irishangel at September 14, 2011 10:31:39 PM CEST

pepec said:

irishangel said:

Boxy

? Not even the internet makes me understand what that means. 

 

haha it means you are a box nation. you like everything in "boxes" the same, predictable, certain rules for certain situations, anything outside the box is just not comprehendible :)

competition said:

Hi Expaticans in the Netherlands,

 

Let's "gossip" a bit about the Dutch! What do you think about the following 3 questions?

 

* Key issues that you are irritated in the Netherlands?

* Typical Dutch stereotypes?

* Dating the Dutch?

 

 

1 - "Ik Kan het niet" Bollocks, of course you can, it just takes something called effort

2 - Germanic, Boxy, tight

3 - Yes please!! no complaints with my dutchie even on the romance front (but saying that i have nothing to compare to as he is the only dutchie i have dated!)

This post was edited by irishangel at September 13, 2011 6:40:04 PM CEST

not to mention mortgage laws have changed here. interest only mortgages are only available with a 50% deposit. If the OP intends to move to another country within 3-4 years, it really isnt worth their time to buy a place in AMS. on average, for a 250k house you would pay approx 1200-1500eur a month in mortgage. yes there are certain tax breaks blah blah blah but add on the buying fees, selling fees, maintenance costs etc it really doesnt make sense. Yes some think renting is putting money in someone else's pockets BUt something goes wrong? Landlord obliged to repair. As stated by she-who-knows-it-all , dutch laws tend to favour the renter so you are in a strong position and the biggest bonus is freedom. Want to move? give your notice and go. Want to sell? Stick your house on the market and wait for 18months plus to sell. House prices in the Netherlands, as other coutries - are stagnating. But the dutch tend not to sell cheap and would rather keep their house on the market for 2 years than drop the price. Would the OP be willing to sell at a loss? If he/she works in finance im guessing no.

I have to admit this is also one of my pet peeves and (as much as it pains me :P ) I agree with Stone. My normal solution is to tap the said queue jumper on the shoulder and remind him/her that i was infact the next in line in a polite yet slightly sarcastic manner. It usually is enough (in helmond anyway) to embarrass them. I did, in Eindhoven one day, get so pissed off by one woman's attitude however that I followed her and deliberately queue jumped her every chance i got, if only to ask a particularly stupid question to the attending cashier/sales clerk. Not big, not clever but worth every smug bit of satisfaction received by every irritated grunt, snort and angry dutch speel from her lips..

This post was edited by irishangel at August 1, 2011 7:15:10 AM CEST