Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by nettlebed
(Post 8806535)
You're from Flatcapshire^W Yorkshire. Your opinion on Stockport doesn't count...
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 8808007)
I am not from W Yorks :frown: and I used to live in the Stockport area. :p
Apparently, the biggest tourist attraction in Stockport are the Air Raid Shelters. According to the promotional materials, "Did you know . . . that the shelters also had 16-seater toilets! Did you know . . . everyone had to possess a gas mask and carry it with them wherever they went." I just mention the toilets to tie in with another interesting discussion currently in progress. |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 8808047)
I've never been to Stockport, but look forward to visiting sometime. My father's family moved there from Middlesbrough in about 1914. I've never been to Middlesbrough, either; would a move from Middlesbrough to Stockport be considered going up in the world, or down?
Apparently, the biggest tourist attraction in Stockport are the Air Raid Shelters. According to the promotional materials, "Did you know . . . that the shelters also had 16-seater toilets! Did you know . . . everyone had to possess a gas mask and carry it with them wherever they went." I just mention the toilets to tie in with another interesting discussion currently in progress. |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by cindyabs
(Post 8808118)
Well crudely speaking a 16 seater toilet would certainly involve the use of gas masks.........
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by nettlebed
(Post 8808205)
I'd give it ten minutes, if I were you...
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 8808047)
I've never been to Stockport, but look forward to visiting sometime. My father's family moved there from Middlesbrough in about 1914. I've never been to Middlesbrough, either; would a move from Middlesbrough to Stockport be considered going up in the world, or down?
Apparently, the biggest tourist attraction in Stockport are the Air Raid Shelters. According to the promotional materials, "Did you know . . . that the shelters also had 16-seater toilets! Did you know . . . everyone had to possess a gas mask and carry it with them wherever they went." I just mention the toilets to tie in with another interesting discussion currently in progress. |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by cindyabs
(Post 8808118)
Well crudely speaking a 16 seater toilet would certainly involve the use of gas masks.........
In future I'll confine myself to the following concepts; Bacon Battle of Bunker Hill American Driving Tests WWII Beer Cheese Weather |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 8796884)
Car insurance, homeowners insurance, property taxes ... all significantly cheaper in the UK compared to the US (for most consumers, depending on circumstances.)
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by PaulK
(Post 8811134)
Respectfully disagree, especially on the car insurance thing. I am still mystified at how low the auto rates are here.
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Englishtart
(Post 8811278)
:blink::confused:
Maybe if you went to ABC insurance and got the bare minimum, with exchange rate you just might see it.....:confused: |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
(Post 8811290)
I'm thinking there's something he knows that we don't. And I'd love to know. :D
Maybe if you went to ABC insurance and got the bare minimum, with exchange rate you just might see it.....:confused: |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Englishtart
(Post 8811882)
Well, we are both USC's, been here for a while, no claims (apart from hail damage) and for two cars we still pay $80 a month, that's pretty cheap, but when you take that over the year and add in that it cost us over $400 to get them registered (for a year) and I am thinking it is cheaper in the UK?:confused:
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Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 8802734)
Are the general public really noticing any increase to their taxes in their day to day lives? No, they aren't.
And even if taxes are raised, what is the problem with that? |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Hiro11
(Post 8819114)
Are you insane?
I agree with him here that raising taxes would be beneficial (well taxes for rich people anyway, not taxes on people like me obviously). |
Re: RECENT TRIP TO ENGLAND
Originally Posted by Englishtart
(Post 8796616)
What I meant by 'OTT customer service' here, is that when I first arrived in the US, it was annoying that I couldn't just walk into a store and look around, without some commission paid salesperson stalking me! I guess you get used too it, but I still don't like it.
And another thing, when paying at the register at Walmart, I don't need to be asked if I found everything okay (which is obviously just the latest bullet point in the Shopkeeping for Dummies handbook). The answer is: (a) if I hadn't found everything okay I wouldn't be at the checkout because I'd still be looking for it, and (b) I don't believe for a moment that Walmart has a robust and effective process for a checkout person to resolve a complex product-location issue, so let's just spare me the bother of saying "yes, I found everything okay", okay? |
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