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Forum: USA
Apr 29th 2005, 9:13 pm
Replies: 127
Views: 6,507
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Where are you from, where are you now...

Very close, in US distance, have to say that the people are very friendly even those whose political views (about 90% of the population here) are opposed to mine.
And I read your comment about the...
Forum: USA
Apr 28th 2005, 5:01 pm
Replies: 127
Views: 6,507
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Where are you from, where are you now...

Bomarkrn in NE London,
Uni in Leeds
10 years in Israel
18 years in the US
now in Shreveport Louisiana,
we love it here and while I too get PGTips on the net I still fail to understand
why folks...
Forum: USA
Mar 10th 2005, 6:27 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,140
Posted By markwplatt

Re: university costs

I have a kid at in-state school, the fees etc are about $4000 a year with accomodation food etc around $7000, our state has a free fee program for good students so we get more or less free tuition...
Forum: USA
Jan 21st 2005, 7:50 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 2,952
Posted By markwplatt

Re: VoIP update

I have had Lingo for three months and have found them very receptive. I emailed them about my number transfer and they got back within an hour and also replied when my FAXED "?" forms arrived at...
Forum: USA
Nov 3rd 2004, 4:56 pm
Replies: 125
Views: 5,782
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Election Results Shell Shock!?!

I didnt vote for the guy, but considering leaving the country because of the election of this president seems a bit drastic doesn,t it.
Certainly the idea of a democracy does mean accepting the...
Forum: USA
Nov 3rd 2004, 4:53 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 860
Posted By markwplatt

Re: kids and driving

dont you think that this depends on the kid. My first got his licence on his 16th birthday and has been driving for 3 years now. It is a remarkable help when the kid can get to school on his own and...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Oct 28th 2004, 4:50 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 8,346
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Radiologist credentials UK vs. USA

Not sure I understand, a diagnostic radiologist here is an MD with probably 6 years postgrad residency and fellowship training in radiology and then diagnostic radiology.

In our med center this is...
Forum: USA
Oct 21st 2004, 1:26 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,356
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Netflix

We are getting through about 10 a month still a bargain, they take about 4-5 days for the round trip which is fair I suppose.
Lots of material otherwise unavailable in the local video emporium....
Forum: USA
Oct 1st 2004, 1:29 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 618
Posted By markwplatt

Re: telephone calls

Lingo.com has a VOIP solution that gives unlimited in the USA and western europe for 19.99 a month for ten bucks more you can get a london number so those in the UK can call you from that.
Forum: USA
Aug 30th 2004, 5:04 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 763
Posted By markwplatt

Re: Placing kids in school

OK my experience has been with a private school and a public HS in the south and from a variety of kids visiting froom the UK...As the post above says, it all evens out in the end, our UK friends are...
Forum: USA
Jun 21st 2004, 5:14 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,572
Posted By markwplatt

85 IQ???

The reported 85 IQ average is a hoax started to show that more intelligent people voted for Gore (I know I did).
The south is indeed a difficult place top live, and its true you do have to search...
Forum: USA
Jun 10th 2004, 1:04 pm
Replies: 138
Views: 8,008
Posted By markwplatt

Social mobility

I admit that the US has social stratification... OKmy guess is that there is no society without it on earth. As for the Black president thing, well a woman president (51% of the population) would be...
Forum: USA
Jun 9th 2004, 7:00 pm
Replies: 138
Views: 8,008
Posted By markwplatt

There seems to be a misconception that in the UK...

There seems to be a misconception that in the UK you have "free" health care, it is simply deducted at source though I have no clue how much you pay.
Here I pay $300 a month (pre-tax) for a family...
Forum: USA
Jun 7th 2004, 7:15 pm
Replies: 138
Views: 8,008
Posted By markwplatt

Just my 2p worth, don't compare LA to England,...

Just my 2p worth, don't compare LA to England, compare LA to living in London. I live in the South (Louisiana) a LARGE house is around 100,000 pounds I have a 8 min commute to work and a pool in the...
Forum: USA
Mar 4th 2004, 5:15 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,125
Posted By markwplatt

banning chess- Not a US idea

This idea was raised first by one of the left leaning london boroughs, they wanted to ban chess from the schools as it was pitching black against white... that was several years ago.
not just...
Forum: USA
Nov 18th 2003, 4:12 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 36,733
Posted By markwplatt

Data in theGuardian

surf over to http://education.guardian.co.uk/worldclass/0,14048,1083330,00.html

there is a whole section on the quality of British Universities, makes interesting reading,. Comments from many...
Forum: USA
Nov 17th 2003, 6:38 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 36,733
Posted By markwplatt

degree equivalents

Again, the same thread, "my degree is so much better than yours".
The real answer is that there is no direct comparison. A degree from Yale is a much better than the University of North London and...
Forum: USA
Nov 3rd 2003, 8:12 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,135
Posted By markwplatt

not true here

I work for a large "charity" hospital in Louisiana we treat everyone and worry about money later. The state picks up the tab for the uninsured, this is not true, however, for many states.
We also...
Forum: USA
Sep 18th 2003, 7:36 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,201
Posted By markwplatt

heath care

We pay 350$ a month for a whole family but I believe that is subsidised by my employer, they are supposed to match it but who knows how much they really put in. Great level of care. But a new system...
Forum: USA
Aug 22nd 2003, 1:28 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,633
Posted By markwplatt

Re: A lvels and US college

So let me see, the first two years at lets say Yale or Harvard or UVA are equivilent to GCSE at an english secondary school and the second two years at Brown or UCLA etc bring you up to A level...
Forum: USA
Aug 21st 2003, 6:19 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,633
Posted By markwplatt

A lvels and US college

As I have an 17 year old applying to US colleges right now I am up with this stuff.
There are a wide range of things taken into ccount in getting in to a US college. Your GPA (which as far as I know...
Forum: USA
Jul 28th 2003, 7:02 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,125
Posted By markwplatt

differences in education

I am clearly biased here as a professor at a US Medical school, but as I have a degree from Leeds I can put my 2 c/p in.
Your comparisons are based on sweeping generalizations..A degree in the US...
Forum: USA
Jul 17th 2003, 2:27 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 4,723
Posted By markwplatt

living in the south

Having been in the DEEP south for teh past six years I have to agree that there is too much empahsis on the coasts.
Yes we are far less cosmopolitan but we do have ballet opera etc.
In addition the...
Forum: USA
Jul 15th 2003, 5:10 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 863
Posted By markwplatt

my experience

This may be out of date but when I got my H1 we were living in New Mexico and it was permissable to go to Juarez in Mexico (just across the border from el-paso and go to the consulate there, my wife...
Forum: USA
May 14th 2003, 3:31 pm
Replies: 88
Views: 4,214
Posted By markwplatt

Get real....

Cant help but agree....live in the USA, when our friends from London come all they do is shop...OLD NAVY day and night... most of the clothes you buy anywhere these days are manufactured in the far...
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