tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7046717663555661872..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: We speak the same languageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-32290576838439866402019-10-20T04:37:28.722-07:002019-10-20T04:37:28.722-07:00I suppose that English is the most commonly used a...I suppose that English is the most commonly used and taught language in Europe. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12089124199520506882019-10-19T22:32:48.160-07:002019-10-19T22:32:48.160-07:00I talk to them almost every day. They show me phot...I talk to them almost every day. They show me photographs on their phones. Yes. I drew a map of the country for the Moldovan girl on the plane who was working in Corby. She showed me places she had been on her phone and wanted to know other places. Yes. The Moldovan girl said she had worked in Italy too but England was best because she learned English in school. Her brother is in Germany working but cannot speak German. They both plan to return to Moldova when they have saved enough money. I have many who share stories like this with me on the train. I talk to them and they enjoy sharing.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-72597686161011294882019-10-19T17:52:37.779-07:002019-10-19T17:52:37.779-07:00Do you think you understand it?Do you think you understand it?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-39653523009823067662019-10-19T17:51:30.888-07:002019-10-19T17:51:30.888-07:00We will probably leave before your president is fo...We will probably leave before your president is forced to. That is a big problem for us. I long for the days of Obama already.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-38944665497913523792019-10-19T17:29:30.134-07:002019-10-19T17:29:30.134-07:00What will we have first, your leaving, or our pres...What will we have first, your leaving, or our president's. It doesn't matter. Too many children have smashed the crockery and gone home.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-66665083423713906762019-10-19T16:23:57.683-07:002019-10-19T16:23:57.683-07:00You might be surprised.You might be surprised.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73018288031723470622019-10-19T14:48:21.183-07:002019-10-19T14:48:21.183-07:00It's going to go on and on and on and on and o...It's going to go on and on and on and on and on for years and years. Fed up with it all now? This is only the beginning. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-7239976126585941822019-10-19T12:59:36.940-07:002019-10-19T12:59:36.940-07:00Yes, I think it good and to understand it Yes, I think it good and to understand it Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80862833820317914702019-10-19T12:46:52.206-07:002019-10-19T12:46:52.206-07:00Good for them. We need that sort of work ethic. Good for them. We need that sort of work ethic. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33720044508449055742019-10-19T09:28:18.913-07:002019-10-19T09:28:18.913-07:00Many come intentionally for short periods for fund...Many come intentionally for short periods for funding projects at home, like building or restoring a property, and work for a period until the project is finished, sending the money home each month. I met a Polish care worker here who was funding a house build outside Warsaw and intending leaving as soon as the house was finished. They sleep 4 to a room in lodgings here, sometimes 8, four on day shift, 4 on night shift. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-81559182727576575002019-10-19T06:14:42.587-07:002019-10-19T06:14:42.587-07:00I haven't noticed an exodus here as yet. In fa...I haven't noticed an exodus here as yet. In fact, two young Albanian men have just set up a barber shop recently and are looking quite perky. A lot of Poles left about a year or two ago because the economy was improving in their country. I hope they stay, because all the ones I know are very helpful and polite, as well as being good at the jobs that our young people do not seem to be interested in.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12416045977839793992019-10-19T06:04:59.163-07:002019-10-19T06:04:59.163-07:00During this past week I have started to feel some ...During this past week I have started to feel some of the effects of Brexit.<br />The Romanian men who have been making an excellent job of cleaning the inside and outside of my car have closed up shop and vanished.<br />I can't get an appointment with my Optician, Muhammad, as he too has vanished, and there appears to be no one to replace him.<br />I expected a van collection from the local charity, Emmaus to collect some bar stools from me, and no one turned up because they too have gone back to their own country. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com