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Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 31st 2012, 4:51 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,908
Posted By Gannett

Re: UKCs: What was your first job stateside?

Good question! I'd like to say I spent 9am-5pm every day looking for work, but after a couple of months of not getting any replies the work search just came in fits and starts.

I had myself a nice...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 29th 2012, 4:08 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,908
Posted By Gannett

Re: UKCs: What was your first job stateside?

I came to Northern California on a K-1 in January 2008 and got my work authorisation in May 2008. I eventually got a low-end administrative job with a tiny non-profit in October 2009. The position...
Forum: USA
Sep 8th 2011, 7:26 pm
Replies: 189
Views: 18,141
Posted By Gannett

Re: The nostalgic food cravings of Brits

Pork pies. Went back to the UK in March and my brother, who's a butcher, had made gala pie, pork pie with a boiled egg in the middle. I couldn't get enough of the stuff. If I could have stuffed my...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 23rd 2011, 11:56 pm
Replies: 345
Views: 30,554
Posted By Gannett

Re: American words you HAVE adopted

Been here three and a half years now, and find I'm picking up Americanisms just to be understood and be polite.

The ones I like to use are 'cell' rather than 'mobile', 'to kick back'. And 'Beer...
Forum: USA
Aug 18th 2011, 7:30 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,669
Posted By Gannett

Re: increased costs with HIFX transfers

I'm using Post Office International Transfers as well. Despite all the hoops I'm having to jump through to actually get the funds to them (online banking with Barclays lets you do bugger all, having...
Forum: USA
Mar 17th 2011, 12:54 am
Replies: 12
Views: 10,409
Posted By Gannett

Transferring inheritance from the UK

I've had a look through previous posts but can't find any info similar to my position.

I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 4th 2011, 7:26 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 4,162
Posted By Gannett

Albas Oil

A nice easy one. Is there an equivalent of Albas Oil available in the US? I would get my family to send it to me, but I can see that little bottle shattering and me receiving a very smelly, greasy...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 10th 2010, 8:09 pm
Replies: 143
Views: 9,955
Posted By Gannett

Re: First altercation with a neighbor over noise

Really feel for you, neighbourhood noise is very stressful.

I used to live in a ground-floor flat in England, with a flat above, and another flat up in the very top of the house. The people...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 28th 2010, 7:27 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,246
Posted By Gannett

Re: Bedbug Registry

Thanks for the info, I will definitely check it out next time we're off travelling.

My take, though, is that this whole bedbug thing is a media storm in a teacup; a handful of incidents from...
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2010, 7:36 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,543
Posted By Gannett

Smile Re: Back in the USA, suitcase contents!

Excellent, made my day! We're off to Blighty in December for Christmas, and plan on taking the extra case to fill with crap (thanks for the heads-up about 30 GBP charge on Virgin...I think it will...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 12th 2010, 7:56 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,853
Posted By Gannett

Re: Narrowboat Holiday

Love narrow-boats. I did a lovely narrow boat holiday about 10 years ago. I went with a university friend and his best mate, whose family owned an old narrowboat - diesel engine, but no...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 8th 2010, 8:50 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,077
Posted By Gannett

Re: Dollar set for sharp decline, Goldman forecasts

Just a tiny drop can make all the difference. A few years ago, when the rate was $2.01 to the Pound, I tried to transfer a large amount to the States. The transfer failed, and I did it again,...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 8th 2010, 8:22 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,059
Posted By Gannett

Re: Come Dine With Me

My wife and I love this. You get some real characters. Sometimes the names of the dishes are more entertaining than the dishes themselves.

We love Dave Lamb's commentary, not sure how much he...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 1st 2010, 7:30 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 647
Posted By Gannett

Re: Tv ads/trailers not maddening?

We just hit the mute button, it's easier to ignore the screen then. Also, I notice that all the channels don't sync their ads like in the UK, you can turn over to another channel and see a bit of...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Sep 28th 2010, 7:25 pm
Replies: 316
Views: 26,407
Posted By Gannett

Re: forgetting how i used to pronounce words....

I've only been here barely 3 years, and when I speak to my relatives back in the UK they always comment that I haven't lost my accent yet.

When I came here I vowed I would adopt American...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 30th 2010, 3:04 am
Replies: 9
Views: 883
Posted By Gannett

Re: google phone now?

I've tried Google Voice, my thoughts:

Pros:
Like the personal number approach.
Able to make cheap (2c a minute) international calls from my mobile, great if I'm not at home near the landline....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 4th 2010, 3:38 am
Replies: 40
Views: 2,837
Posted By Gannett

Re: Jet Lag...what do you do??

I wish I could do that when I visit the UK. I usually stay with my mother, and when I'm falling asleep in the chair at 8pm she gets all worried and asks if there's anything the matter, etc. I...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 16th 2010, 1:57 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gannett

Re: The First Leadership Debate

Listened to this during my lunch hour at work on Radio 5. I came away after about 45 minutes with the impression that Cameron was shallow, Brown sounded desperate and defensive, and Nick Clegg,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 28th 2010, 10:00 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 3,449
Posted By Gannett

Re: Nostalgic Brit Movies

Ah for the days when BBC 2 showed these cheesy black-n-white British films in the early evening!

Depends on what you're looking for in a film. For me it's simply seeing stuff like cars, street...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2010, 4:24 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,571
Posted By Gannett

Re: Region-free/deregioned DVD player recommendations?

Another happy Philips DVP-5140 owner here, had it for 2 years, looks good on our 50" plasma.

As for standalone hard disk recorders, I was wondering about that too. Back in the UK I had 2 LG DVD...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 23rd 2010, 4:09 am
Replies: 55
Views: 3,707
Posted By Gannett

Re: for those of you with vonage

This sounds very familiar. I thought I was the only one who this happened to.

As for Vonage, we've had it since October, the $24.99 (but actually pay $30) so I'm wondering why people are being...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 12th 2010, 2:56 am
Replies: 122
Views: 12,662
Posted By Gannett

Re: I remember when.................

I'm loving this thread!

I remember when...

...you rented your TV and video.

...the pay phones went push-button, and they blocked up the 5p slot.

...you walked the streets and saw Hillman...
Forum: USA
Mar 4th 2010, 3:30 am
Replies: 155
Views: 12,830
Posted By Gannett

Re: US beers you recommend.

Here in Northern California there are a good many good micro-brews out there, but I agree, some are a little too much.

My favourites change from time to time, but the ones I keep going back to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 25th 2009, 9:30 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 4,410
Posted By Gannett

Re: What Gifts did you get!

Another lucky Branston Pickle recipient here, two 720g jars! Plus a ton of real Cadbury's chocolate and two tins of Ambrosia Devon Custard to go over the mini Christmas puddings my niece sent me. ...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 17th 2009, 3:56 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,053
Posted By Gannett

Re: The Equalizer / Wicker Man has passed away

Yes, sad to hear this. I've just finished watching both series of 1990, a political thriller he did for BBC2 in the 70s. Also watched The Wicker Man recently, very creepy (and as an aside,...
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