British Expats - Search Results
British Expats

Go Back  British Expats > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

Register
FAQ
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
 
Page 1 of 10
1
2
3
4
5
Last »
Search: Posts Made By: AndrewR
Showing results 1 to 25 of 241
Search took 0.47 seconds.
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2004, 3:14 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 518
Posted By AndrewR

navel gazing, canadian style...

Is anyone else feeling a little bit bemused/amused about all the attention that Conan O'Brien is attracting in T.O just because he's coming up to film his show there for a few days?
Now I have...
Forum: Canada
Feb 7th 2004, 12:25 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,139
Posted By AndrewR

Re: whos applied for citizenship

Yeah the voting thing is a fair point.
Not sure its gonna make much difference though....I reckon we're set fair for, oooh, probably another four decades of liberal rule....:eek: :D
Forum: Canada
Feb 7th 2004, 12:13 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,139
Posted By AndrewR

Re: whos applied for citizenship

Short summary...
Have lived in canada about five years now. Married to a canadian. Quite like living here. Will move back to the UK within a coupe of years. Have no plans to apply for citizenship....
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2004, 11:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 395
Posted By AndrewR

ah, that old story again...

ah, that old story again...
Forum: Canada
Jan 23rd 2004, 11:42 pm
Replies: 117
Views: 7,397
Posted By AndrewR

If I lived in a grotty part of the UK possibly...

If I lived in a grotty part of the UK possibly I'd be worried about crime...I'm fortunate that i've never have, and crime has never been something that I've particularly worried about. If I lived in...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2004, 11:27 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 395
Posted By AndrewR

By my reckoning, australia runs the largest...

By my reckoning, australia runs the largest deficit on its current account in the industrialised world, proportionate to the size of its economy.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/0/18625402.pdf
Forum: Canada
Jan 22nd 2004, 5:45 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,775
Posted By AndrewR

The current generation of reality TV shows may or...

The current generation of reality TV shows may or may not be dreadful (delete to taste) but its probably worth remembering that all these shows got shown on canadian TV (CTV, global et al) and often...
Forum: Canada
Jan 22nd 2004, 5:23 pm
Replies: 117
Views: 7,397
Posted By AndrewR

Re: Moving back to Britain

probably have more of a response if you posted in the 'moving back to the UK' section...:)
Forum: Canada
Jan 21st 2004, 4:12 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,927
Posted By AndrewR

Just for reference, these are the stats for the...

Just for reference, these are the stats for the last available year (figures from the OECD).
http://www.bast.de/htdocs/fachthemen/irtad//english/we2.html

You'll notice that in both the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 21st 2004, 3:33 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,927
Posted By AndrewR

Road rage or bad driving?

Given that, according to the stats, you are more than 50% more likely to be involved in a car accident when driving in canada than in the UK, the question has to be asked...are canadians worse...
Forum: Canada
Jan 19th 2004, 6:55 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 882
Posted By AndrewR

Hmmm. Perhaps. Unfortunately as usual the...

Hmmm. Perhaps. Unfortunately as usual the rhetoric doesn't match the reality. Jack Granatstein, the noted historian, gave a lecture recently in which he bemoaned the fact that 'the idea of national...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 18th 2003, 8:19 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 609
Posted By AndrewR

Re: moving to scotland for the first time

Best of luck with the move back. I'm in BC too (vancouver), been here getting on for five years now. My (canadian) wife and I are looking at moving back in the next couple of years...actually one of...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 18th 2003, 8:14 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 27,747
Posted By AndrewR

Yes, I can tell....;)

Yes, I can tell....;)
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 18th 2003, 7:32 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 27,747
Posted By AndrewR

[/QUOTE] Again, actually not. You...

[/QUOTE]


Again, actually not. You obviously didn't read the web page I posted as you didn't want to let any inconvenient facts get in your way. So I'll repeat it for you....the figures are...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Dec 18th 2003, 7:26 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 366
Posted By AndrewR

Re: E-2 VISA to Arizona.

Just an idea, but you might want to try posting this in the 'moving to the USA' section...probably get a better response.
Forum: Australia
Dec 16th 2003, 5:02 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 3,902
Posted By AndrewR

Actually merged with Glaxo back in the 90's, then...

Actually merged with Glaxo back in the 90's, then merged again a few years ago with smithklinebeecham to form GlaxoSmithKline, the second biggest drugs company in the world, headquartered in the UK....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 16th 2003, 3:20 pm
Replies: 121
Views: 10,479
Posted By AndrewR

Rich, I've just read this thread. Hope everything...

Rich, I've just read this thread. Hope everything works out for you mate. Ignore some of the sh*t stirrers you get around here, they're just trying to wind you up. One of the downsides to the...
Forum: Australia
Dec 15th 2003, 11:00 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 3,902
Posted By AndrewR

Isn't this part of the 'creative destruction' of...

Isn't this part of the 'creative destruction' of capitalism? The UK economy isn't perfect, but its not doing that badly either. Over the last twenty years its managed to move from 'traditional'...
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2003, 5:33 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 992
Posted By AndrewR

Ahhhh!....so you have been to vancouver too!;)

Ahhhh!....so you have been to vancouver too!;)
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2003, 4:21 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 992
Posted By AndrewR

Sounds like Vancouver! Actually an essential...

Sounds like Vancouver! Actually an essential part of the vancouver experience is that sometime around say, late march early april there'll be a spot on the local news reports contrasting a bit of...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 15th 2003, 3:29 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 27,747
Posted By AndrewR

Actually not old son. The gov. obviously try and...

Actually not old son. The gov. obviously try and manipulate the figures for their own end, but overall crime has actually decreased slightly over the last couple of years. Strange but true! (again...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 15th 2003, 4:37 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,079
Posted By AndrewR

Proud to come from such an open country

One small example I read in an article the other day...
The Patel brothers, Bhikhu and Vijay arrived in Britain from Kenya and endured great hardship after their fathers death. They managed to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 15th 2003, 4:19 am
Replies: 83
Views: 10,185
Posted By AndrewR

Re: UK

Illegals and asylum seekers come to the UK because it has the strongest economy in europe (of the larger countries at least) and therefore gives them the greatest chance of getting a job. Britian is...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 15th 2003, 4:11 am
Replies: 184
Views: 27,747
Posted By AndrewR

I don't know about anybody else, but I for one...

I don't know about anybody else, but I for one have been tremendously impressed by the strength of bryank's intellectual arguments.
Actually your stats are wrong. Overall crime last year was...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 22nd 2003, 2:48 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,383
Posted By AndrewR

Yeah the Malverns are a great area...(relatively)...

Yeah the Malverns are a great area...(relatively) unknown as well, compared to some other area's. Two and a half hours on the train to London, and lots of other nice areas within striking...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 241
 
Page 1 of 10
1
2
3
4
5
Last »


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.