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Forum: USA
Oct 15th 2021, 7:21 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,698
Posted By rallybug

Re: How to travel to UK with no USA passport

Passport Service received my application on July 29th, I received my passport on Tuesday (October 12). Still waiting on the return of the Certificate of Naturalization under separate cover.
Jan 26th 2015, 2:47 pm
Replies: 260
Views: 17,977
Posted By rallybug

Re: Oh Noes! Chocolate wars...

I think that, probably, the big mistake was by Cadbury in the first place - the license to make the chocolate should've stipulated that the same recipe be used.

For example, Dairy Milk:

UK...
Dec 19th 2014, 9:07 pm
Replies: 297
Views: 18,329
Posted By rallybug

Re: Chip + PIN in the US! I used it!

My shiny new WF credit card has a chip - haven't used it as such, and they are very old-fashioned in one way from a UK viewpoint: "Here's your PIN, you can't change it without ordering a new one."
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Dec 2nd 2013, 11:41 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 2,880
Posted By rallybug

Re: Black Friday deals - what's everyone bought?

Nothing in the stores - we didn't leave the house. Online, we bought a couple Christmas presents for Mrs Rallybug's friends & family, a number of blu-rays and DVDs and a few more bits and pieces for...
Forum: USA
May 28th 2013, 2:53 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 10,755
Posted By rallybug

Re: Move to California from London

At my new rate, I'll be paying $257 a month in Utah, so just over $3000 a year.

Covered California (http://www.coveredca.com/), the new health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act...
Forum: USA
May 28th 2013, 2:42 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,990
Posted By rallybug

Re: What I should do about my mobile phone

Verizon, Sprint and their subsidiary companies/companies that ally with them, have historically used CDMA as their technology of choice, which does not use a SIM card. As the underlying technology is...
Forum: USA
May 28th 2013, 1:34 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,520
Posted By rallybug

Re: Laws I wish were enforced

I thought that was illegal in general in the US anyway, going by the ones that I know :rofl:
May 24th 2013, 4:13 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 777
Posted By rallybug

Re: english to english

Worthy can be used as an adjective or a noun, so it doesn't necessarily have to be worthy of anything, just worthy :)
Forum: USA
May 15th 2013, 7:26 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 9,927
Posted By rallybug

Re: Driving in Los Angeles, CA

Or, to put it another way, you would've thought that the developers would've tested it against whichever criteria they made it available for... :rofl:

Pet peeve for me as an MSDN-company tester -...
Forum: USA
May 10th 2013, 4:40 pm
Replies: 292
Views: 33,460
Posted By rallybug

Re: Hola or Hasta la vista San Francisco!!

My poor little brain still occasionally has issues with pedestrians having a 'WALK' light at the same time that cars have a green light to go for the same patch of road - just seems anathema to me,...
Forum: USA
May 10th 2013, 4:19 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,845
Posted By rallybug

Re: British dishes

Golden Syrup FTW!
Forum: USA
May 10th 2013, 4:18 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,845
Posted By rallybug

Re: British dishes

According to my (American) wife, a tablespoon is what we would call a dessert spoon, rather than the large item of cutlery (sorry, flatware :lol:) that we call a tablespoon...
Forum: USA
May 9th 2013, 3:57 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,845
Posted By rallybug

Re: British dishes

Ah, Hugh Double-Barrelled - River Cottage etc were good shows.

One of our wedding gifts when I arrived in the US was the Joseph Joseph electronic scale - measures dry and liquids :) I have a Jamie...
Forum: USA
May 9th 2013, 1:39 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,845
Posted By rallybug

Re: British dishes

Gah, why do so many savoury items have to contain corn syrup over here! :thumbdown:

Around here, the only butchers are in the grocery stores, but I should try our local "top-end" grocery store...
May 8th 2013, 11:45 pm
Replies: 352
Views: 88,887
Posted By rallybug

Re: UK is way cheaper than the USA

Working for the lower wages is, just like a lot of the USA, anathema to the millenials etc, partly I would imagine because those low wages would not afford anyone to live anywhere apart from at home...
May 8th 2013, 9:26 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,476
Posted By rallybug

Re: The American Dream

From all the WTF comments I overheard from the electricians, a fair bit :lol:
May 8th 2013, 8:45 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 5,476
Posted By rallybug

Re: The American Dream

We gained a small chest freezer last year from Gin's grandma, and that got added to the old side-by-side that Gin got, I think, from her brother when he moved into an apartment. We're thinking about...
Forum: USA
May 8th 2013, 8:31 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 3,476
Posted By rallybug

Re: Summer school holidays and camps

Can you do a version for adults, please? :lol:
Forum: USA
May 8th 2013, 8:25 pm
Replies: 104
Views: 12,948
Posted By rallybug

Re: British Cadbury's Chocolate in the US

A day? slow eater! My Buttons egg was gone in under 10 minutes, Buttons included :lol: I do so love Buttons and Wispas, especially the giant Buttons in the £2 for 155g/5.5oz pack - yum! :eek:
Forum: USA
May 8th 2013, 7:37 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,228
Posted By rallybug

Re: Secured Credit Card from US Bank

I got a normal unsecured credit card from Capital One - granted, it only came with a $500 limit (since upgraded to $750), but using that up to 75% and paying off each month, led to a card from WF...
Forum: USA
May 1st 2013, 6:23 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,730
Posted By rallybug

Re: Post Office - International Payments

I've been using it for the past two years or so, no problems whatsoever - funds leave the UK and arrive in my Wells Fargo account (as a pending transaction) on the same day. Any charges that occur...
Forum: USA
Apr 11th 2013, 3:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 994
Posted By rallybug

Re: DWP (electric) vs New SS Number

Similar here for our gas - we got my name added as the primary on the gas bill before I moved over (and before I had an SSN). Questar hit us with a deposit, and then when I provided my SSN, they put...
Forum: USA
Apr 11th 2013, 1:26 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 3,855
Posted By rallybug

Re: Homesick!

Everyone reacts differently, I've found, and not always at similar times. I take it that you didn't have the same reactions when you lived in other countries?

I've been here 20 months now, had one...
Forum: USA
Apr 10th 2013, 6:56 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 994
Posted By rallybug

Re: DWP (electric) vs New SS Number

I had a similar problem on trying to be added to my wife's account at RC Willey (local furniture store chain) - they wouldn't accept my number as entered, so I had to take my SS card down. Before...
Apr 10th 2013, 5:53 pm
Replies: 205
Views: 16,204
Posted By rallybug

Re: Green Fingers?

We do (here (http://extension.usu.edu/davis/htm/horticulture/vegetable-planting-times/)), but as our last frost date is down as April 17, we're still just within range for planting the early, hardier...
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