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Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 2nd 2015, 5:36 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 5,085
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Is UK TV possible with sattelite?

Paying $40 starter rate for around 25-30mbps cable internet here in Michigan. Dreading the increased rate this autumn. Service is plenty for any streaming, we regularly watch live streaming TV.
Forum: Meet-ups
Apr 2nd 2015, 4:13 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 639
Posted By E17Avenue

Grand Rapids MI - May 30 2015 - Midtown Madness

http://britishexpats.com/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=613&day=2015-5-30&c=1

Join us if you can!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 2nd 2015, 3:18 am
Replies: 40
Views: 5,085
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Is UK TV possible with sattelite?

I love the look of the services like UKTV Everywhere, but for now I am content with paying $5/month for UnoTelly (a smart DNS service) so I can watch BBC iPlayer on my WDTV Live box, and any other UK...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Apr 1st 2015, 5:38 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Michigan has been keeping a secret...

Umm... you can crash on our couch? Bring an air mattress?

They brew a wee heavy here that's so good they sell it in Scotland.

We have sharp cheddar so sharp it'll cut yer tongue out.

Tempted...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 7th 2015, 12:41 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,545
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Michigan has been keeping a secret...

We also have a pasty baker:
http://www.grampaspastys.com/
Based in Kalamazoo, they also sell at Fulton St market in Grand Rapids.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2014, 3:47 am
Replies: 563
Views: 22,781
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: World Cup - Warning, Spoilers may be here!

That was amazing. A couple of thousand people packed a downtown park here in Grand Rapids to watch the US game.

Not the best panorama I've ever put together (not assisted by my camera).
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jun 9th 2014, 8:27 pm
Replies: 563
Views: 22,781
Posted By E17Avenue

re: World Cup - Warning, Spoilers may be here!

There are plenty of people excited about the World Cup in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and in many other cities I would imagine.
...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 9th 2014, 8:18 pm
Replies: 147
Views: 13,341
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: World Cup 2014 - Who will win?

Sorry we asked..... :blink:
Forum: Meet-ups
Dec 17th 2013, 7:51 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,286
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Brits in West Michigan / Grand Rapids?

It's what we have been discovering for the last few years since moving to GR. It's a city that has reinvented itself over the past 10-15 years.
Forum: Meet-ups
Dec 12th 2013, 9:54 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,286
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Brits in West Michigan / Grand Rapids?

Sounds good to me! We'll sort something out for January or so. Let's also have a think on this thread about where to meet. I like the idea of the great GR breweries, such as Vivant, GRBC, Founders,...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 12th 2013, 3:23 am
Replies: 73
Views: 10,231
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Trader Joe's, Aldi and Lidl Food Stores in the USA

Living two-three hours from a Trader Joe's we have never experienced one. We looked for one in Chicago yesterday while on a short trip, and we are hooked. Aldi's cool, but Trader Joe's is...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 8th 2013, 11:08 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 526
Posted By E17Avenue

Watching football in Grand Rapids MI

There's a football friendly restaurant in Grand Rapids called SpeakEZ Lounge. It's just a half a mile north of downtown. It's heavily Premier League, and they also follow the US national team...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 8th 2013, 10:48 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 6,104
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Food snob

So is going to the doctor's. And as far as affording it, it's a question of making choices. We don't have a $200/month triple play cable bill. We don't have a car. We have a PAYG mobile phone. Not...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 8th 2013, 10:45 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 6,104
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Food snob

We can't keep chickens in the City of GR (local ordinance) but don't need to, the farm fresh eggs we get are sometimes laid that very day (sometimes they're still warm!)

I actually used to have...
Forum: USA
Dec 8th 2013, 10:04 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,024
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Chicago Ventra

I'll give them credit where credit is due, their Facebook people responded today, a Sunday, and told me where the info is hidden. There's one line on the fares page way at the bottom saying you can...
Forum: USA
Dec 8th 2013, 9:51 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,041
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Beer!

GRBC has its 1st anniversary event on Saturday, could be busy, but there will be some specials. We'll be there early.

I'd recommend Founders, GRBC and Vivant as the top 3, with Harmony and Mitten...
Forum: USA
Dec 8th 2013, 9:44 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,041
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Beer!

Vivant started the can thing here in GR, and have been followed by Vandermill cider, and Founders has now canned one of theirs. Vivant is a LEED certified brewery so I imagine there is an...
Forum: USA
Dec 8th 2013, 4:07 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,024
Posted By E17Avenue

Chicago Ventra

What the **** is that? OK, it's like London's Oyster. But it's nigh-on COMPULSORY!

We visit Chicago maybe once a year, it's a short bus or train ride from West Michigan. We always got the day...
Forum: USA
Dec 7th 2013, 10:23 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 2,041
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Beer!

This post is primarily in response to Ash and anyone else close enough to GR to enjoy.



Founders is really nice since they rebuilt it last summer. There are now 3 bars, the main one, the old...
Forum: USA
Dec 7th 2013, 5:25 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,041
Posted By E17Avenue

Beer!

That got your attention didn't it.

Who else knows the joke "what's American beer and making love in a boat have in common? Both f***ing close to water!"

But have you had any of the craft brews...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 7th 2013, 5:19 am
Replies: 100
Views: 6,104
Posted By E17Avenue

Food snob

Anyone else here a food snob? How long did it take you to become one? Do you feel you wouldn't have cared so much if you'd stayed at home? For me, the absolute tripe they put into processed foods...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 7th 2013, 5:10 am
Replies: 73
Views: 10,231
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Trader Joe's, Aldi and Lidl Food Stores in the USA

Love Aldi. We don't have Trader Joes near us, nearest is in Detroit or Chicago about 2 or 3 hours away. I remember cheering - after doing a double take - after seeing an Aldi pop up in Muskegon of...
Forum: USA
Dec 7th 2013, 4:56 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,696
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Claiming unemployment

I seem to remember reading too that claims for social assistance are permitted after a certain period, possibly 5 years of residence? But yeah, Unemployment is not social assistance as already stated.
Forum: Meet-ups
Dec 7th 2013, 2:18 am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,286
Posted By E17Avenue

Brits in West Michigan / Grand Rapids?

Found a couple of old (closed) threads with people in the GR area, hoping to revive something here. I've not been on this forum for a long while. I moved here in 1999, spent a while in Muskegon and...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 14th 2010, 12:49 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,092
Posted By E17Avenue

Re: Good mobile phone service

Now, where you say they are locked for one provider, does that still mean I can swap the SIM for one from T-Mobile UK?

Apart from that, it looks like I will be picking up a ho-phone....
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