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Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 12th 2021, 6:45 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,835
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: First time homeowner!

I'm a fan of forming a long term plan for the home, that way you can figure out how to group work together. We have a multi year plan that features one major project a year, e.g. 2018 was about...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 26th 2020, 7:47 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

I have 455hp in my Camaro, and yeah, the only place I really fully open the throttle is at the track, on the public road there really aren't safe, sensible opportunities to do so. Mind you, it also...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 12th 2020, 11:52 pm
Replies: 1,814
Views: 151,157
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Planespotting II

The fact that you can be sat in a bar having a beer, having checked into your hotel, inside 30 mins of getting to the gate is not something I would like to see change. It's one of my favorite...
Forum: USA
Jun 11th 2020, 5:43 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,519
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Best US Mobile Network for calling UK

I use Skype for UK calls. I have a subscription that's $2.99 a month for unlimited landline UK calls and works well. For years it's been fine both using WiFi and also on cellular data from my iPhone.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 27th 2020, 8:41 pm
Replies: 1,018
Views: 1,220,644
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Traveling cheaply and well using miles and points

I read this article this morning, https://thepointsguy.com/news/use-miles-before-airline-bankruptcy/. At the time it was still possible to do non-flight redemptions with Virgin Atlantic miles, poor...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 10th 2020, 5:33 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,345
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: WAZE

I can't remember where it is in the app because I did it years ago, but you can pick and chose which alerts you get. "Vehicle stopped on side of the road" is close to pointless in my view, if it is a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 9th 2020, 5:17 pm
Replies: 1,814
Views: 151,157
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Planespotting II

I fly them each week, my flight SEA-SFO tomorrow AM normally has a 90-95% load factor, from what I can see right now there aren't even enough MVPs to fill first class, rows and rows empty on the seat...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 27th 2019, 2:24 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

On that point, the dealer might try to roll in Gap Insurance into the deal, which covers you against negative equity in the car in case of an insurance loss. Don't get that as you won't need it and...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 10th 2019, 3:02 pm
Replies: 1,814
Views: 151,157
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Planespotting II

I love Alaska, have always found they handle issues well, and base in Seattle they have more directs than any other airline out of SeaTac.

I was flying to SLC one Sunday last year and our flight...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 6th 2019, 3:50 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,179
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Lounge access JFK

I'm not so sure, I don't know 100% but I've flown through airports and 1 of myself or my wife have used security in a different terminal so we can have dinner together before getting on different...
Forum: USA
Jun 3rd 2019, 8:07 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,558
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Washington State

The Brits in Seattle meet-up group has some good folks in it. We don't go to many events but we are a fan of their Pub Quizzes, they do a range of stuff, it's not just a pub orientated group.
Forum: The Trailer Park
May 6th 2019, 4:47 pm
Replies: 1,814
Views: 151,157
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Planespotting II

I'm also surprised at this, if I'm making a 4+ night trip, or need to take my suit or something I'll use my roll aboard, but less than that I have a small duffle that if needed I could get under the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 18th 2019, 5:51 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

Good advice, Have a 7 year old BMW, I've had it for 4 years. I joke that each time now it gets serviced if it comes out costing less than $2k I'm winning, and so far I've been winning but know that...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 17th 2019, 10:05 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

Not over here, there is a 4-cylinder that will be available in Europe that has a manual but we're not getting in.

I like having a auto in my daily, but manual in my weekend car. I know I'm slower...
Forum: USA
Jan 3rd 2019, 12:45 am
Replies: 47
Views: 6,782
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Anyone in, near, or once passed through Seattle?

We moved to Seattle nearly 2 years ago from San Francisco. For my career (tech) I wanted to stay on the West Coast but SF wasn't for us. Net net it's one of the best decisions we have ever made and...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 6th 2018, 7:35 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

I think you're right. Thanks all for the responses, I thought this approach sounded odd. I'm visiting the dealer this afternoon, could be a quick discussion if they don't want to move on this point.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 5th 2018, 7:07 pm
Replies: 8,082
Views: 560,903
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Let's talk about cars

I'm thinking of buying a Camaro and considering actually buying new rather than used which is my normal route. If I'm going to buy new I'll custom order as I want it to be the exact spec I want and...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2018, 9:47 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,852
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: The scourge of unwanted phone calls

One of the side effects of moving across the country, from Boston to Seattle, and not changing my mobile number is that it makes it easy to screen the majority of spam calls. As they try to use a...
Forum: USA
Jun 11th 2018, 4:12 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 939
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: World Cup - Boston

Last World Cup there was a large group that went to The Greatest Bar in the North End. I would join the Boston Brits group on Facebook to see what's going on. Could have changed am I'm not in Boston...
Forum: USA
Oct 18th 2017, 4:57 pm
Replies: 109
Views: 11,134
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Car Finance

When I bought my last car I happened to be in California and waiting for the legal presence check to pass before I got my actual proper license. I had moved from MA and once I had taken the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Aug 19th 2017, 4:13 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,027
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Laptops on planes ...

Flew SFO to LHR Thursday, no extra restrictions, just like flying domestic.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 17th 2017, 10:58 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,878
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Spotting British people

Yes, I was thinking this the other week. I'm not sure I could do this when I first arrived here in the US 5 years ago but now I see people, think their British and then I hear them speak to confirm...
Forum: USA
Jul 13th 2017, 1:42 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,882
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Job hunting etiquette thread

When I come to make an offer to someone, I usually ignore whatever salary expectation we might have talked about early in the process, I want to re-validate and see what they want now they want the...
Forum: USA
Oct 12th 2016, 2:42 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,749
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Airport Security

It's down to luck how busy immigration will be at SFO. Sometimes there is only 1 flight which has arrived, but there could be two who came in right before you making immigration busy.

On the plus...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 28th 2016, 6:47 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 4,534
Posted By DexterBerkeley

Re: Kettles never last

Same issue here, I think we're on our 3rd and it's not quite been 4 years since we arrived here.
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