Forum: USA
Sep 30th 2012, 1:05 am
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,521
Re: US Move; What Did you Miss?
Try the English Pork Pie Company in New York. They ship. I hate pork pies. But their beef and onion pies are the best I've ever had over here in the US, and are truly authentic. The only thing...
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Forum: USA
Nov 4th 2011, 7:07 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,973
Re: Looking to rent in East Bay, CA
Michelle - let us know if you would like to hook up sometime. We have been in the states for 16 years now, the last 10 in Dublin (just down the 680 from Walnut Creek).
We are both in our mid...
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Forum: USA
Jul 22nd 2010, 6:25 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,117
Re: Pleasanton CA
We live in Dublin, just across the freeway from Pleasanton. Highly recommend the Tri-Valley area. Pleasanton does have a small downtown but it is full of character. Dublin has an awful 70's era...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Oct 29th 2008, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 90
Views: 5,273
Re: Hello you lot!
Blimey! I went to school in Ivybridge. I actually lived closer to Plymstock than Ivybridge, but because I was in the South Hams, Ivybridge was the nearest comprehensive in the catchment area. I...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Sep 5th 2008, 12:44 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,713
Re: I don't want to be a ping-ponger
We have a house in the US and a house in the UK. The house in the UK is "empty" (i.e. not rented), so we use it as our accommodation on our trips back. We go back every year for 2 (occasionally 3)...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Jul 6th 2008, 5:44 am
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Replies: 422
Views: 24,810
Re: I Britain a Hellhole
Wow - me too! 1985 - 1989. I quite enjoyed it actually. Even the student house we rented that was infested with cat fleas was quite the experience!
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Jun 15th 2008, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,396
Re: Been back in UK for 6 weeks
Hi Stu,
Sounds like you are enjoying it over there. I am from Plymouth too - always nice to find another Plymothian. I grew up in Brixton and went to secondary school in Ivybridge, so I know it...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return
Oct 29th 2007, 7:36 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,003
Re: Thank you.....
Hi Birdy,
Just noticed you are another Devon-based person - there seem to be a few of us around.
I am heading back to Plymouth on Wednesday for my annual vacation. Meeting up with the wife and...
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Forum: USA
Jul 28th 2007, 7:00 am
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Replies: 89
Views: 1,841
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Forum: USA
May 27th 2007, 5:59 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,006
Re: Any Brits in North Carlolina?
I don't live in Charlotte, but I was there pretty much every week during the last quarter of 2006 - and I was there again for a week back in March this year.
If you want to try a Brit pub, I have...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
May 27th 2007, 5:38 am
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Replies: 103
Views: 3,618
Re: CAN I AFFORD A HOUSE IN UK?
Had a bit of a double-take when I saw Brixton mentioned - but upon reading the post it wasn't the Brixton I know.
The Brixton I grew up in is a small rural village in South Devon, about 10 miles...
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Forum: USA
Mar 22nd 2007, 7:28 pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,836
Re: Automatic or Manual (Stick Shift)
I'm a convert to automatics. Never really experienced them in the UK because they weren't widespread.
In slow moving traffic I often move the shifter from 'D' into '2' or '1', so that gets around...
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Forum: USA
Mar 22nd 2007, 6:25 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 661
Lost UK Passport - Advice Needed
I've lost or misplaced my UK passport. Unfortunately I don't have a record of issue/expiration date or the passport number. I can approximate the month of issue and I can work out the year.
I...
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Forum: USA
Feb 28th 2007, 12:02 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,586
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Forum: USA
Feb 21st 2007, 10:18 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 827
Re: H1-B Blues???
The salary they are offering for that part of the country is extremely good. Michigan is one of the cheaper places to live in the US. The one downside is that property values don't increase very...
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Forum: USA
Nov 18th 2006, 6:57 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,390
Re: 401k
Invest in an Exchange Traded Fund, one which tracks a popular index such as the S&P500 for example. That means you will you always match the market - never beat it, but never miss it either. The...
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Forum: USA
Nov 18th 2006, 6:25 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 897
Re: Driving to a STOP - America
I used to drive across the original Magic Roundabout, in Swindon, every day during the sandwich year of my degree back in 1987 - 88. Also my American neighbour, who originates from Chicago, knows...
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Forum: USA
Sep 27th 2006, 8:05 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,111
Re: Screen doors make me scream
We don't have a screen door on the front door, so that never stays open. But we do have a screen door on our patio door at the back - and thats a slidey model rather than a push-pull model, so we...
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Forum: USA
Sep 27th 2006, 7:56 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 373
Re: Income from UK based share sale
Depending on which part of HR Block prepared your tax return, I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them on this type of information.
If you went as a regular punter off the street, I would...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Aug 31st 2006, 2:41 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,256
Re: Considering moving back to England
I was born in Stoke (at the general hospital), and my parents lived in Leek. My family moved a lot when I was a nipper so I don't really remember the place too much. But my parents had/have very...
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Forum: USA
Aug 23rd 2006, 7:02 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 761
Re: New Cracker in 2006
Just finished watching the new episode. It has already been broadcast in Israel and Australia. Won't be broadcast in the UK until September or October. BBC America will show it at the end of...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Jun 8th 2006, 9:24 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 443
Re: Computer Question
Sorry - Canadians have their own proprietary version of electricity which is incompatible with the UK system (and most other places in the world).
:D
Just kidding. Yes, your computer will...
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Forum: USA
Jun 7th 2006, 8:17 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 750
Re: England on TV on Saturday?
The one consolation is that you would be able to watch it on HDTV (if you have the right equipment - which I do).
However, a last minute business trip has come up which means I fly to England on...
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Forum: USA
Jun 2nd 2006, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 216
Views: 5,430
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Forum: USA
Jun 2nd 2006, 7:47 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,482
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