Over 40's Moving Back and Catching Up
Jun 16th 2011, 3:25 am
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Jun 16th 2011, 5:05 pm
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Whats going on in Vancouver, BC
Sears and Chapters stores were also looted, their glass fronts smashed. For many, the ugly chaos made the Cup loss an afterthought.
"What I've seen is a complete disgrace," said Beth Hope, 28, who is originally from England but has lived in Vancouver for two years. "I'm a Canucks fan, but my jersey's in my bag. I'm ashamed to be a fan right now."
Sears and Chapters stores were also looted, their glass fronts smashed. For many, the ugly chaos made the Cup loss an afterthought.
"What I've seen is a complete disgrace," said Beth Hope, 28, who is originally from England but has lived in Vancouver for two years. "I'm a Canucks fan, but my jersey's in my bag. I'm ashamed to be a fan right now."
Jun 16th 2011, 6:54 pm
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Whats going on in Vancouver, BC
Sears and Chapters stores were also looted, their glass fronts smashed. For many, the ugly chaos made the Cup loss an afterthought.
"What I've seen is a complete disgrace," said Beth Hope, 28, who is originally from England but has lived in Vancouver for two years. "I'm a Canucks fan, but my jersey's in my bag. I'm ashamed to be a fan right now."
Sears and Chapters stores were also looted, their glass fronts smashed. For many, the ugly chaos made the Cup loss an afterthought.
"What I've seen is a complete disgrace," said Beth Hope, 28, who is originally from England but has lived in Vancouver for two years. "I'm a Canucks fan, but my jersey's in my bag. I'm ashamed to be a fan right now."
This has all brought disgrace to a great city with great people and we are all ashamed to have had such a thing happen in our area. Be assured that this is not indicative of the people of Vancouver.
These people are already being identified by TV news footage, and camera shots. Vancouver hockey fans have started a blog where they are posting their cell phone videos to identify the guilty parties. I am sure that many of these people were from out of town and they will soon find themselves facing justice.
A dark day for Vancouver indeed.
Jun 16th 2011, 8:21 pm
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It is interesting that on the shoots that I see everyone is holding cameras up high like they are saluting. It will interesting how the courts will handle the guilty parties.
Jun 16th 2011, 11:22 pm
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Rodney its time for you to come and visit 'cause it up to 100 degree in Las Vegas and you can sweat, sweat, sweat and feel exhausted all day.
Jun 17th 2011, 5:28 pm
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When/if he becomes King, then the Duchy of Cornwall estate will be taken from him, along with the title Duke of Cornwall, and given to his eldest son, William. When William becomes King, the Duchy of Cornwall will be taken from him and given to his son. If there is no son, then the Duchy estate and all the money from it, returns to the crown until the next male heir to the throne (at the moment, as there is talk about making the eldest child the heir to the throne).
Jun 18th 2011, 12:07 am
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I'm a bit late catching up with this chat on Charlie, but it isn't his estate; the Duchy of Cornwall is crown property. It is given to the heir to the throne, as their income.
When/if he becomes King, then the Duchy of Cornwall estate will be taken from him, along with the title Duke of Cornwall, and given to his eldest son, William. When William becomes King, the Duchy of Cornwall will be taken from him and given to his son. If there is no son, then the Duchy estate and all the money from it, returns to the crown until the next male heir to the throne (at the moment, as there is talk about making the eldest child the heir to the throne).
When/if he becomes King, then the Duchy of Cornwall estate will be taken from him, along with the title Duke of Cornwall, and given to his eldest son, William. When William becomes King, the Duchy of Cornwall will be taken from him and given to his son. If there is no son, then the Duchy estate and all the money from it, returns to the crown until the next male heir to the throne (at the moment, as there is talk about making the eldest child the heir to the throne).
Jun 18th 2011, 1:20 am
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Fresh and Easy are owned by Tesco in the US, they are everywhere. Also all the concessions in national parks (Yellowstone, Yosimite, etc) in the US are owned by a UK company. Burger King is owned by a European Country now too, I cant remember which, so alot of the things we think of as US corporations are actually not anymore.
Jun 18th 2011, 10:15 am
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Jun 18th 2011, 10:41 am
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Today in Lovely old England its quite cold and windy out there, it rained a little today, yesterday was mostly all rain and black skies, so June so far has been like winter, April and May most days were like spring ----- lots of sun and nice warm temps,
Here it can be winter in the morning cold and windy and raining, and can turn to spring in the afternoon lovely blue skies and warm, and in the evening like Summer, the sky would be so clear and beautiful with stars so bright as far as the eye can see Hmmmmm
Jun 18th 2011, 12:30 pm
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Yes cheers I was thinking of jumping on a plane soon, I soooo miss those 112 in the shade temps month after month for about half the year, and I loved having to always have to wear a wide rimed hat so my head wouldn't boil, and I loved spending all that money on air conditioning ---- NOT!!!!!
Today in Lovely old England its quite cold and windy out there, it rained a little today, yesterday was mostly all rain and black skies, so June so far has been like winter, April and May most days were like spring ----- lots of sun and nice warm temps,
Here it can be winter in the morning cold and windy and raining, and can turn to spring in the afternoon lovely blue skies and warm, and in the evening like Summer, the sky would be so clear and beautiful with stars so bright as far as the eye can see Hmmmmm
Today in Lovely old England its quite cold and windy out there, it rained a little today, yesterday was mostly all rain and black skies, so June so far has been like winter, April and May most days were like spring ----- lots of sun and nice warm temps,
Here it can be winter in the morning cold and windy and raining, and can turn to spring in the afternoon lovely blue skies and warm, and in the evening like Summer, the sky would be so clear and beautiful with stars so bright as far as the eye can see Hmmmmm
OK pure it on!
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Jun 18th 2011, 2:10 pm
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Yes cheers I was thinking of jumping on a plane soon, I soooo miss those 112 in the shade temps month after month for about half the year, and I loved having to always have to wear a wide rimed hat so my head wouldn't boil, and I loved spending all that money on air conditioning ---- NOT!!!!!
Today in Lovely old England its quite cold and windy out there, it rained a little today, yesterday was mostly all rain and black skies, so June so far has been like winter, April and May most days were like spring ----- lots of sun and nice warm temps,
Here it can be winter in the morning cold and windy and raining, and can turn to spring in the afternoon lovely blue skies and warm, and in the evening like Summer, the sky would be so clear and beautiful with stars so bright as far as the eye can see Hmmmmm
Today in Lovely old England its quite cold and windy out there, it rained a little today, yesterday was mostly all rain and black skies, so June so far has been like winter, April and May most days were like spring ----- lots of sun and nice warm temps,
Here it can be winter in the morning cold and windy and raining, and can turn to spring in the afternoon lovely blue skies and warm, and in the evening like Summer, the sky would be so clear and beautiful with stars so bright as far as the eye can see Hmmmmm
Jun 18th 2011, 4:33 pm
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OK lets talk turkey ----- I arrived on December 1st and gatwick was closed due to the worst snow storm in 100 years so plane was diverted to Heathrow, back home with my Mum stranded and not being able to leave the house for 6 days cause the snow was so deep up to way past your belly button
Then the sun came out and it took a day but it melted away all the snow, it got warmer but still cold, January & February was cold & windy at times, rain from time to time, around 1 to 5 degrees centigrade most days, March was cold and windy ----but then came the shocker April and may came along and most days the temps were around 75 and very sunny, but thats where I am down South in Portsmouth, people on here who returned to up north like Barb said those months were quite cold and miserable and rainy though.
Now were in June and oh boy its real cold, and rained just about every day.
Rodney.
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Jun 18th 2011, 5:38 pm
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To be serious, if that is possible for me, I think I will end up doing that and that is moving over to Hereford and then if I miss the states I will fly back for a month or for how ever long it would take to get it out of my system and then back to Hereford.
Is it possible that we all want to move somewhere for a fresh start?
I look at my overhead/bills and think I would not have these if I was in the UK but we all know I would just replace them with some UK style bills.
I remember being in Southend, Essex in 1962 and walking out on the beach with a friends dog and thinking this is the place but I knew I needed to get back stateside to get a higher education (oh, and a wife) which I did. My point is I loved it there. Nothing like it here. I do like being able to buy things here in the US though.
US=things-flexibility-wonderful people. UK= scenery-wonderful people
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Jun 18th 2011, 9:07 pm
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HELLO Angie and welcome to our little thread, how long have ya been lurking on here for ---- time to come in and have a nice cup of tea and chocolate digestive biscuit with us and a nice chat,
OK lets talk turkey ----- I arrived on December 1st and gatwick was closed due to the worst snow storm in 100 years so plane was diverted to Heathrow, back home with my Mum stranded and not being able to leave the house for 6 days cause the snow was so deep up to way past your belly button
Then the sun came out and it took a day but it melted away all the snow, it got warmer but still cold, January & February was cold & windy at times, rain from time to time, around 1 to 5 degrees centigrade most days, March was cold and windy ----but then came the shocker April and may came along and most days the temps were around 75 and very sunny, but thats where I am down South in Portsmouth, people on here who returned to up north like Barb said those months were quite cold and miserable and rainy though.
Now were in June and oh boy its real cold, and rained just about every day.
Rodney.
OK lets talk turkey ----- I arrived on December 1st and gatwick was closed due to the worst snow storm in 100 years so plane was diverted to Heathrow, back home with my Mum stranded and not being able to leave the house for 6 days cause the snow was so deep up to way past your belly button
Then the sun came out and it took a day but it melted away all the snow, it got warmer but still cold, January & February was cold & windy at times, rain from time to time, around 1 to 5 degrees centigrade most days, March was cold and windy ----but then came the shocker April and may came along and most days the temps were around 75 and very sunny, but thats where I am down South in Portsmouth, people on here who returned to up north like Barb said those months were quite cold and miserable and rainy though.
Now were in June and oh boy its real cold, and rained just about every day.
Rodney.