dontheturner

Folks should worry! - I married a ''foreigner'', and I love her to bits.. Unfortunately my one lot of neighbours, now look the other way when they see either of us outside!

cheers

Their loss

Mallory

Four cottages! Are you inviting all of us?

Irish Guinness

I think 4cottages is the name of the company that hires out accomadation..I THINK !!

cheers

How about 1 cottage for each week. Four weeks = four cottages.

We just got the tickets for Downton Abbey this morning. The tickets sell out fast.

cheers

Don't forget it is Shrove Tuesday on the 12th of February.

I love those pancakes (crepes)

happyglow

Ugh, I'm with you, have the same problem especially with one family member. I find it REALLY offensive, comments I wouldn't even repeat as quotes, but their minds are so closed there is no point trying to change them. I just end up getting upset so like you I just get out as fast as possible.

happyglow

Mmm crepes... I like them french style, paper thin, fresh from the griddle and filled with something gorgeous like gooey cheese

Elvira

You need to look at the N-400 instructions - I believe the 5-year 'eligibility to naturalize clock' resets if you've been out of the country for a a while (I'm not sure if it's 6 months or 12).

trottytrue

dontheturner.....They don't know what they are missing put it down to their ignorance. I hope your beautiful wife realizes that we are not all like that. Just the idiots....

Jasper...Thankyou I am still a little sad I dont think that will ever change but I will just do what I have always done one day at a time......

J.JsOH..That road can have a lot of bumps and turns in it but its how you travel it that counts and I am trying to glide over the bumps

lf1..If I have helped guide one person home or made someone reconsider the move abroad before really thinking about then I will be happy. We have all come along way on here.

Cheers... I love my pancakes with lemon juice and sugar I cant wait to make them. My Mother made the best. I can see them now with a dish of lemons on the table and caster sugar........

trottytrue

mummy in the foothills.......Its funny but I was fine till I had to tell my sister that I was not coming home I had a hard time not bursting into tears I did not want to upset her. I feel like a failure at times but I know for now its the right thing to do. I know that I have let some down, I have had friends sending me brochures and papers so I could look and houses and I feel so bad. I was just so close. The hardest will be taking our belongings out of international storage and today I found the file with all the information for my OH visa. I could not bring myself to chuck it so I just filed it.

Between two worlds......Yes we dont live far from Portsmouth. In fact I was in the centre tonight. We live in North Hampton its just down the road. I went to an art show with a friend I met at the cancer art class. If nothing else the awful decease opened up new avenues to me. We now meet at one of the girls homes once a week for our own art class. Sad to say most of them are non-curable. But you wouldnt know it. So brave. You just carry on. One is Greek one is German one is from Japan and another is an American and off course me I am English right to my bones.. No oath can change that.

curlytops... Thankyou for your kind wishes. I have met such great people on here some have become good friends. There are more that one who battles with the difficulties of going home its not always so easy as most of us know and some of those who get home but leave family behind are always pulled in two directions..

Mummy in the foothills

Trotty, you can still visit your sister, if your Dh isn't up for it, then maybe he can take a break alone or at your daughters while you visit.
It is sad that you looked forward to it so much, but you have to do what is right for you and yours, timing is everything and it's not right at the moment for you.
Maybe plan an annual trip gives you something to look forward to and a chance to see your sister.
I bet you'll be glad to unpack the boxes and see all the things you have around you again.

dontheturner

[QUOTE=trottytrue;10520246]dontheturner.....They don't know what they are missing put it down to their ignorance. I hope your beautiful wife realizes that we are not all like that. Just the idiots....
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Hi again Avril, I am so sad, that I may not meet you - but hey, you are remaining so cheerful.- So good luck, and we are all gunning for you.
All these ignorant ones, just make Tippawan laugh - she thinks it so funny.
The very nature of Thai people (ladies in particular) is, they are so ''non-confrontational'' they never argue or fall out with you.

The result is, you are just wasting your breath, in trying! That is why, they are so loveable.

Take Care. Don

jasper123

Yesterday one of the segments on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 was they were discussing Romanian workers in the U.K. a lot of employers called in, they were Farmers, Factory owners, etc etc and they said that most of there work force were Rumanians, they said that the majority are such hard workers and that they will work any hours, the farmers said that sometimes we work 8 hours a day but sometimes we have to work 12 hours or more, they said that most English people are not prepared to work unsociable hours, and most dont want to do that kind of work period,

and they all said that they do put an ad in the paper when they are hiring and english people do apply and get the Job ---- but most only last a day or two and find the work is just too hard for them, or they dont like the hours,
and some showed up for the interview thinking the Job was just part time, and when the were told it is full time they said that they will not work over 16 hours a week otherwise they will loose there government benefits

Absolutely Unbelievable!!! but thats the kind of mentality that breeds in a lot of people in the U.K. unfortunately one really cant expect much else, as most of these British people have been living in a Nanny State there whole lives,

So anyway they all said that they do prefer Romanian workers, they never complain about anything and they show up to work, and thats what they do!!!
You know I never heard of that term (unsociable hours) until I came back to England, never heard of it in America!!!!

cheers

Some have mentioned about foreigners in the UK and last night on NBC they had a long segment on Islamic Sharia Law that is practiced in the UK. They said it would become more widespread. What do you think?

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/201...Great-Britain/