Honestly he used to live in the netherlands

Doing this stuff was much much more difficult over there

I mentioned you can apply for stuff and do tax etc over the internet

and he was just surprised

wow really is it that bad over there?

Exchanged his Driver's license for a UK one

Took 2 weeks

In the UK

It;s actually really quick

yeah, i know, i actually worked at a post office for a few years

He still has a phone contract in the netherlands

He had to give it to his sister

because he has to go to their physical office to cancel

He can;t just phone in

Yes

hahaha man, that's so backwards

Same with electricity etc apparantly

I honestly thought it was as easy as it is here

Apparently not

haha yeah, tell you one that really knocked all my brothers london friends for a loop

he actually did a rasmus year in France, and they all say "but if we left you couldn't do that?!?"

and he just replies with "the rasmus scheme isn't actually attached to the EU, so actually I still could have done it"

People also don;t realise how many "EU things" that are good we actually did first.

For example vaping regulations. The USA is having a bad time right now due to poor regulation

However, our regulations on what can be in them

cover all of the concerning chemicals

and go further than the EU did

In fact it goes as far as to outlaw anything found harmful to the respiratory system in vapour or liquid form

yeah, it's like they don't realize working rights pretty much developed in the UK then spread out from us.

I mean the regulation about 2ml tanks and 10ml bottles are stupid

just pointless

Since you just buy a larger glass for the tank

and short fill liquids

But the content regulation is solid

yeah, stuff like that happens sometimes, anyhow I have to be up early tomorrow so I'm gonna head off now, been nice chatting 🙂

Ok man cya, was good

https://twitter.com/MattCartoonist/status/1174359893576441856

whooop https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/1-uk-inflation-falls-lowest-094838921.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKfnsMFPxCSpmhgNZeakxb7qsEGar7i4BxdxgsypmTvadp3Fp8mhcL1aShIqZNErUxrk26UW10DnNInzxpqs0uRaOvvnokrfK0go8loFmQmoeCqvOvmqRw61eTb9eQ_KXUrgzLDte_LWtO5Ez8MU94j8xVdMw_-CcTJN4W0CMcg7

"The lower-than-forecast price rises come at a time when UK workers are enjoying their fastest pay rises in more than a decade, meaning more money in their pockets.

Chancellor Sajid Javid said: “Low inflation and high wage growth means people’s hard-earned cash is going further, helping them to provide for their families.”"

The inflation rate has fallen noticeably in August, to its lowest rate since late 2016,” Mike Hardie, head of inflation at the ONS, said. “This was driven mainly by a decrease in computer game prices, plus clothing prices rising by less than last year after the end of the summer sales.

lol that was 30secs ... no way.. https://twitter.com/benhabib6/status/1174298211957297152?s=20