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Forum: USA
Jun 17th 2008, 10:43 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,615
Posted By superpat

Re: Boy Scouts in the USA

Thanks all for the responses - helps to put my mind at rest a bit! Our boy just finished kindergarten, so he can join cubs when he starts first grade after the summer. We'll see where his classmates...
Forum: USA
Jun 17th 2008, 4:28 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,615
Posted By superpat

Question Boy Scouts in the USA

Our oldest boy is 6 and we're starting to think about Cub Scouts. I'm a little wary, as the Boy Scouts of America seem quite different to the Scouts in the UK - browsing around a bit online reveals...
Forum: USA
Aug 4th 2006, 7:16 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,762
Posted By superpat

Re: Computers - Blighty to USA

The power supply might have a switch on the back to switch between 110V and 220V (or maybe 120V/240V). If it doesn't, it is almost certainly a 'switching' power supply, which will adapt to whichever...
Forum: USA
Jul 11th 2006, 6:04 am
Replies: 0
Views: 481
Posted By superpat

Calling British Mums in the San Jose, CA area

My wife, Karen, is part of an informal group of (mostly) British mums with young children in the San Jose/Los Gatos/Campbell area. The mums and kids meet each Thursday lunchtime, rotating round the...
Forum: USA
Jul 11th 2006, 3:26 am
Replies: 34
Views: 9,919
Posted By superpat

Re: Moving to San Jose, California

Well, I don't know about you, but I get an email when someone PMs me, regardless of how long it's been since I was on BE........ sigh :rolleyes:
Forum: USA
Jul 11th 2006, 3:24 am
Replies: 34
Views: 9,919
Posted By superpat

Re: Moving to San Jose, California

Andrew ('RockBank') was on a 1 year work assignment, so, yes, it was the original plan.
Forum: USA
Jul 10th 2006, 7:59 am
Replies: 34
Views: 9,919
Posted By superpat

Re: Moving to San Jose, California

Done.

Cheers, :beer:

Pat
Forum: USA
Jul 10th 2006, 7:57 am
Replies: 34
Views: 9,919
Posted By superpat

Re: Moving to San Jose, California

Heh, just for the record, RockBank moved to San Jose in Jan 2005 (iirc), worked here for a year and moved back at the start of 2006. Nice chap, nice family. Shame to see them return to blighty,...
Forum: USA
May 21st 2006, 3:48 am
Replies: 59
Views: 3,548
Posted By superpat

Re: Why is McDonalds so popular in the USA?!

Ah - the 'Bender (http://www.dietfacts.com/html/items/8457.htm)' ;) Never ordered one, never seen anyone else order one. I reckon each 'restaurant' had one or two, just in case, that sat in the...
Forum: USA
Sep 10th 2005, 5:58 am
Replies: 86
Views: 3,907
Posted By superpat

Re: American Beer

Our local BevMo (http://www.bevmo.com) stocks this (http://www.arrogantbastard.com/). REALLY hoppy, but very drinkable...

Gotta love the merchandise...
Forum: USA
Mar 29th 2005, 5:55 am
Replies: 121
Views: 4,631
Posted By superpat

Re: Should forgeiners be made to learn basic English?

I did a bit of Russian at university - I can still read cyrillic, but I can't remember much more than please, thankyou, exit and 'That's the Smirnoff's house'. They offered it as an option to Maths...
Forum: USA
Mar 29th 2005, 5:41 am
Replies: 42
Views: 1,910
Posted By superpat

Re: Automatic transmission or stick shift

I have a stick, 'er indoors has an auto. I commute 20-30 minutes to work, mostly outside the rush hour, mostly on the freeway; she does the daycare run and trips to the mall - mostly surface streets,...
Forum: USA
Mar 23rd 2005, 6:02 am
Replies: 69
Views: 20,605
Posted By superpat

Re: US Holiday Entitlement

I guess I work for a pretty atypical employer - a fairly enlightened, Californian, hi-tech firm:

21 days vacs after 7 years service
Time betwen Xmas and New Year is paid holiday (in addition to...
Forum: USA
Mar 4th 2005, 10:12 pm
Replies: 133
Views: 5,488
Posted By superpat

Re: The luck has finally run out

Have you been reading "The Power of Positive Thinking", Bob? ;)

Pat
Forum: USA
Mar 4th 2005, 6:40 am
Replies: 133
Views: 5,488
Posted By superpat

Re: The luck has finally run out

Hi Rince,

Sorry to hear about all this. You might want to try LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/) - it's a (mostly) techie networking site where you publish your profile (=resume), maintain a list...
Forum: USA
Feb 28th 2005, 4:34 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,754
Posted By superpat

Re: End of the road for "Little Chef"

Damn! I was going to post the 'Little Thief' thing...

Pat
Forum: USA
Feb 22nd 2005, 6:04 am
Replies: 10
Views: 557
Posted By superpat

Re: Anniversary: Death of Malcolm X

Apparently Malcolm X was a burglar before he became an activist - Bruce Schneier quotes an interesting piece of security advice from him in Beyond Fear...
Forum: USA
Feb 8th 2005, 5:13 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,136
Posted By superpat

Re: MSN Messenger vs Yahoo Messenger

Yup - it just seems completely non-functional this morning. I can sign into Hotmail, but Messenger seems to be dead.
I have accounts on MSN, Yahoo, AIM and Jabber (all through the same client - GAIM...
Forum: USA
Feb 5th 2005, 4:43 am
Replies: 93
Views: 4,637
Posted By superpat

Re: Buying a House

Me too. We regularly have the 'real estate is too expensive, where could you move to' conversation at work. It always circles back to the fact that nowhere else in the US has the tech jobs,...
Forum: USA
Jan 30th 2005, 4:26 am
Replies: 9
Views: 734
Posted By superpat

Re: Important Question!!!!

One suggestion (this is not intended as legal advice, no warranty express or implied, your mileage may vary) - go through immigration separately. You go through as a USC visiting her family. He goes...
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2005, 3:20 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,126
Posted By superpat

Re: Transferring funds from UK to US

I used BACS to transfer the currency from my UK account to XE, then wire from XE to my US account. It took the regular 3 days for the first bit, then I had the money in my US account the next day -...
Forum: USA
Jan 25th 2005, 5:02 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,126
Posted By superpat

Re: Transferring funds from UK to US

I used XE successfully recently. Got a great rate - planning to use them again when we sell our UK house.

Cheers,

Pat
Forum: USA
Jan 25th 2005, 4:52 am
Replies: 67
Views: 2,716
Posted By superpat

Re: Butchering the English language

Entertaining book on this subject - Made in America (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380713810) by Bill Bryson - an informal history of the English language in America.

Cheers,
...
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2005, 2:55 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 7,131
Posted By superpat

Re: Buying a house in the US

'Cover My Ass' reports??? ;)

Cheers,

Pat
Forum: USA
Jan 22nd 2005, 2:50 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,461
Posted By superpat

Re: What's your Experience~The Immigrant Getting a Job!

maps.yahoo.com is your friend...
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