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Forum: USA
Jul 26th 2021, 5:17 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,146
Posted By johnwoo

Re: What do you know?!

I've been here over 50 years and never met any negativity over my accent or my nationality, of course only having lived in Washington State and California, every other person is from another country....
Jul 5th 2021, 1:25 am
Replies: 46
Views: 3,096
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Shortage of workers

They deserve it, whereas the average low paid worker deserves nothing. "Bloody Marvelous"
19th century economics. half a million homeless in the USA, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Jul 4th 2021, 8:09 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 3,096
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Shortage of workers

In the 50s and most of the 60s very few people in the UK had university degrees. I worked in the drawing office of a large engineering company and no one had a degree.
A HNC was the good to have but...
Forum: USA
May 20th 2021, 3:42 am
Replies: 29
Views: 4,208
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Reflections after 20 years in the US

I've spent most of my life in the US,I will have been here 54 years this year, I've never had any great longing to go back to the UK, or romantic notions of how much better it would have been if I...
May 11th 2021, 8:31 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 506
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Black Marketeers WW2

The Black market in Britain continued well after the end of WW2,
My Mother was getting sugar from our local Butcher, until he got nicked. I think he got some jail time, the Butcher shop never...
May 9th 2021, 10:29 pm
Replies: 592
Views: 87,353
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Cannabis

Meanwhile.
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Forum: Canniversary
Apr 24th 2021, 10:31 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 8,397
Posted By johnwoo

Re: 40 Years

Works for me, Married to the same woman for 60 years in September. We've been together even longer.
Apr 20th 2021, 4:37 am
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

My wife and I got our pfizer shots at John Muir Hosp, Walnut Creek Feb & March. No lines no wait time.
Apr 18th 2021, 11:00 pm
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

Which shows why it's important to get vaccinated. Many diseases have been virtually eliminated because of vaccines. I had one of the early polio vaccines in my teens.

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Apr 13th 2021, 12:21 am
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

Yeah when I turn my head a certain way, I hear Radio Luxembourg. I always wondered why that was.
Apr 12th 2021, 9:07 pm
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

The vaccine scarring on my arm is a result of a vaccination I had as a small child circa 1940, still vsible today. A smallpox vaccine I believe?
Not a microchip for sure.
Apr 10th 2021, 9:07 pm
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

How many posting here have served in the Armed Forces. I remember getting about six shots one after the other, sometimes two at the same time.
No question about of being squeamish about getting...
Apr 1st 2021, 1:51 am
Replies: 482
Views: 39,610
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Covid-19 Vaccination -- Have You Gotten It?

I had no after effects for 1ST or 2nd, my wife had a sore arm after the 1st, none after the 2nd.
My son has had covid-19, he felt rough for about a week but wasn't admitted to hospital. Four others...
Forum: USA
Mar 28th 2021, 9:21 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,205
Posted By johnwoo

Re: filing UK pension in US

From what has been reported, the bourgeoisie are less likely to be audited than the proletariat. There aren't enough tax collectors with the expertise to audit complex tax returns.
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Forum: USA
Mar 28th 2021, 1:34 am
Replies: 21
Views: 4,205
Posted By johnwoo

Re: filing UK pension in US

What I never understood, there is no statements from the UK similar to a W4. Other bank records?. How does the IRS verify what one claims to be the amount.
Sep 9th 2020, 6:55 pm
Replies: 142
Views: 12,275
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Fires in California

You've captured the scene very well.
Sep 9th 2020, 6:00 pm
Replies: 142
Views: 12,275
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Fires in California

We are feeling the effects of the fire in the SF Bay area, the smoke has blotted out the sky giving an surreal orange haze and twilight conditions. A thin layer of ash settled on everything outside....
Sep 9th 2020, 5:24 am
Replies: 7
Views: 961
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Reliable VPN UK TV

Express VPN not working. Customer service.
reply


"I'm sorry for the trouble. BBC iPlayer is known to block VPN providers from time to time. We are aware of the current problem and our...
Sep 4th 2020, 10:57 pm
Replies: 5,842
Views: 393,070
Posted By johnwoo

Re: 2020 Election

The serious stuff dilutes the serious stuff. One f-----g thing after another.
Forum: USA
Sep 3rd 2020, 3:12 am
Replies: 131
Views: 15,917
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Wanting to move to California - what can I do there?

I'd would have thought housing in Monterey would be comparable to the Bay Area. Carmel way higher.
Forum: USA
Sep 2nd 2020, 7:37 pm
Replies: 131
Views: 15,917
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Wanting to move to California - what can I do there?

Unfortunately that is all very true, California has become difficult if one is a low income earner. The Hi Tech industries have been a mixed blessing. High income workers have driven up home prices,...
Sep 2nd 2020, 6:41 pm
Replies: 5,842
Views: 393,070
Posted By johnwoo

Re: 2020 Election

It is mail in ballot if you do mail it in.
Aug 31st 2020, 8:01 pm
Replies: 5,842
Views: 393,070
Posted By johnwoo

Re: 2020 Election

How to prevent armed Militia on our streets.


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"Throughout the...
Aug 31st 2020, 7:47 pm
Replies: 5,842
Views: 393,070
Posted By johnwoo

Re: 2020 Election

I know that one. Donald Trump.
Aug 31st 2020, 7:44 pm
Replies: 8,076
Views: 554,716
Posted By johnwoo

Re: Let's talk about cars

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Scene on the Street. Danville Ca
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