Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
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?
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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.
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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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
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
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
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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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
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 ...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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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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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]
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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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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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
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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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
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.
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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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.
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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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
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.
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.