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Rod, about 6 months ago you wrote that in order to use your computer you had to sit on a suitcase in the hallway so as to be close to the power or computer connection. Is that still the way it is?

Did the Yanks leave Portsmouth yet? Its amazing to me that a ship with so many crew on board can swell the population of a city so much. I wonder if they were required to wear civilian clothes on the city streets?

Cheers mate

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Cheers Im here waiting on chit chat ---- where are you old bean?

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Portsmouth is the City with the highest number of emigrants, in the UK.

So you know.

I think that is amazing because they are still a very small percentage of the population compared with what a city in the US would be.

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Oh THERE U ARE, NO I got a power outlet put into the wall right under the phone so the modem sits side by side with phone, the outlet cost me £70 Yeah I know that was rather expensive and same thing would have cost me about $40 in U.S. but when we are living here we have to constantly remind ourselves that we are not in the States anymore and we have to try and not convert the sterling price of something to U.S. Dollars ---- Im still doing it 6 months later, that is the hardest thing to quit doing I think. --- everything I buy ---- say its a nice big whole chicken for £4 at the co - op the little cash reregisternside my head goes Hmmmm thats around $6.
Yes cheers I did read that they were required to wear civillian cloathes on the street so as not to upset the poor local lads he he he he

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Hmmmm are u sure mate? seems odd, they probably mean percentage wise per capita.

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So did you see any or are they in another part of town. They are easy to spot because of their haircuts and "go Raiders" jackets:D ...and dollar bills falling out of their pockets.

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Well there ships the aircraft carrier AND THE DESTOYER sailed into Portsmouth at the gun warf area of portsmouth which is about 3 miles from where live but I did take a bus down there yesterday but I must have been too early so I came back home cause it was not a nice day --- very windy and chilly and cloudy, today the same, so here in the south the weather is changing for a few days.

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See Wikipedia-Portsmouth-demographics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth

^ BBC South Today 11/4/08

Portsmouth is the City with the highest number of emigrants, in the UK, particularly the most skilled.[50] According to 2007 estimates, the ethnic breakdown of Portsmouth's population is as follows: 86.4% White British, 3.8% Other White, 1.7% Chinese, 1.6% Indian, 1.3% Mixed-Race, 1.2% Bangladeshi, 1.0% Other ethnic group, 0.9% Black African, 0.7% White Irish, 0.6% Other South Asian, 0.4% Pakistani, 0.3% Black Caribbean and 0.1% Other Black.[51]

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Yes like I said cheers ---- they are saying percentage wise per capita, its not saying that there are more immigrants living in Portsmouth then any other English city, it is just saying percentage wise of the population of Portsmouth ---- we have the highest percentage thats all!!!!

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Can I immigrate on my Canadian passport? My UK one has expired and I don't really want to send it to Washington DC for renewal.

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What do you mean emigrate? If your British you are allowed back to UK to live permanently, you can enter on your canadian passport but if you do that you will get a stamp in your passport dated so you will only be able to stay in UK temporarily,
You better just get your UK passport renewed before you leave unless you want to give yourself unnecessary problems.
By the way when are you going home for good?

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Well I wonder if there is anyone that has already taken the plunge and are already over here in UK,
Its about steaks, I have bought steaks 3 times so far from three different places ---- last one was lidle ---- anyway each time I cook it in the pan it comes out as tough as leather, the one I cooked today was sold as a top sirloin, now we all know in America that top sirloin steak is so tender when fried,
This one bought over here was absolutely full of gristle and the little meat that you could actually kind of chew OMG it takes about 100 chews to just chew a little piece of meat, tough like leather,
Any comments from anyone about British Steak meat would be welcome.
Rodney.

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The UK steak cuts are named in a different manner. I found out the hard way just as you have. The best I can say is don't buy supermarket meat, but go to a reputable butchers shop. I have given up on supermarket meat, and only buy from the local butcher if I want meat. They understand the different names and can advise you correctly.

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Jasper, I know what you mean about steaks. Meat in general. Whole different language

I've found the best one for frying is rump steak. A butcher recommended that to me. It varies, but most of the time it's as good as sirloin in North America. Had a nice piece last night.

Sirloin here, which was strip loin over there, is never good. I don't know why as it's the same cut, but it's always chewy.

But meat is cheaper in North America. Course it's probably packed with hormones and other bulk-up chemicals, which isn't good for us, but it can be awfully tasty.

OTOH, lamb is great over here, and doesn't cost a fortune.

Islandwoman, I do shop at a local butcher, but the two best rump steaks I've had have been from supermarkets. One was ASDA, the other Sainsbury's. Don't know why -- unless the animals were pumped full of the above chemicals!

Bev

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The cuts are different Rodney.
Scroll down on here it has the cow and the cuts explained for UK and US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef It looks like the US sirloin is UK Rump steak.