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Forum: USA

Jan 23rd 2011, 2:28 pm

Replies: 15

Shipping Car

Views: 1,388

Posted By MatK77

Re: Shipping Car

Ian's right, the rules governing bumper design are different here, and emissions laws - especially in California - are even more strict than in the UK (even the very newest diesels have trouble...

Forum: USA

Jan 19th 2011, 5:37 am

Replies: 39

Xmas UK Flights

Views: 3,000

Posted By MatK77

Re: Xmas UK Flights

Unfortunately not. There was talk (and press releases) of flights starting last year to NYC, but I'm not sure what became of that plan.

Forum: USA

Jan 19th 2011, 5:34 am

Replies: 39

Xmas UK Flights

Views: 3,000

Posted By MatK77

Re: Xmas UK Flights

My wife and I just made the Chicago-NCL trip from 12/23-1/7. We paid $740/PP after all taxes. I was watching prices all through November and they didn't drop below $850 until the 10th December. I...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jan 19th 2011, 5:20 am

Replies: 3,755

Tele

Views: 324,514

Posted By MatK77

Re: Tele

Argh...really? I've managed to be completely oblivious to the UK version up to now and have enjoyed the US show so far, but I've heard that they're almost carbon copies of the original. Do you...

Forum: USA

Jan 19th 2011, 4:43 am

Replies: 58

Pledge/Flag etiquette???

Views: 5,851

Posted By MatK77

Re: Pledge/Flag etiquette???

If he was wearing one of those fetchingly loud stars-and-stripes dress shirts, you might have grounds for appeal.

I can't say I subscribe to much flag worship - anybody's flag, that is - but I...

Forum: Marriage Based Visas

Jan 19th 2011, 2:23 am

Replies: 43

Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

Views: 3,595

Posted By MatK77

Re: Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes

I enjoyed it, but I do think he went for the easy targets.

Oh, I don't think that's necessarily true. The press like to rely on that old chestnut.

Forum: USA

Jan 19th 2011, 2:09 am

Replies: 30

Amazing photographs of Detroit's decline

Views: 2,993

Posted By MatK77

Re: Amazing photographs of Detroit's decline

That's unbelievably depressing, and terrifying.

Thanks for posting that, nettlebed. I've only experienced driving around the outskirts of the city, and I'd heard from a few people that the...

Forum: The Welcome Inn

Jan 19th 2011, 1:51 am

Replies: 3

Hi - Living in Georgia, USA

Views: 1,165

Posted By MatK77

Re: Hi - Living in Georgia, USA

Hi Newfarnley,

I've been in the US since '02, and I've been having the same nagging thoughts. I just found this site too, and you're spot on, it's nice to know that it's not an uncommon feeling....

Forum: The Welcome Inn

Jan 19th 2011, 1:45 am

Replies: 4

Hello out there...

Views: 521

Posted By MatK77

Re: Hello out there...

Hi BEVS,

I did run across this one (http://grahamettridge.blogspot.com/2009/03/traditional-english-steak-ale-pie.html) on my search. It looks like it'll do the job :D

Only problem is getting...

Forum: The Welcome Inn

Jan 19th 2011, 1:26 am

Replies: 4

Hello out there...

Views: 521

Posted By MatK77

Hello out there...

Hi everyone,

I somehow came across this gem of a site while looking for a decent steak & ale pie recipe. Thanks to what feels like an approaching Siberian weather system and a rapidly-depleted...

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