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Search: Posts Made By: leviramsey
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Forum: USA
Jul 24th 2012, 5:45 am
Replies: 995
Views: 95,838
Posted By leviramsey

Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

If you're in Salem, Mass., you might just want to visit Bunghole Liquors (http://youtu.be/ASUecMKbfkQ).
Forum: USA
Jul 24th 2012, 5:13 am
Replies: 995
Views: 95,838
Posted By leviramsey

Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?

I remember driving through Fitchburg some years ago and spying the "English Social Club". I couldn't figure out if this was a response to a growing hispanic/latino population in northern Worcester...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Aug 27th 2011, 3:35 am
Replies: 8
Views: 868
Posted By leviramsey

Re: A famous Tom Lehrer song on BBC

Tom Lehrer on decimalisation on The Frost Report in 1966 (http://youtu.be/KIpr0s52yVk)
Forum: USA
Jan 14th 2011, 1:13 am
Replies: 46
Views: 5,020
Posted By leviramsey

Re: English premier league football

I would say DirecTV is probably the best option for the football.

If you go for Sports Pack (up to $12.99 extra, but cheaper if you already wanted HBO, Showtime, etc.) then you'll get Fox Soccer...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 3rd 2010, 2:58 am
Replies: 96
Views: 8,132
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Remind me why we moved to the states?!

Check out UK-Yankee and you'll find more than a few threads similar to this one...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 22nd 2010, 1:41 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,057
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Are you ready for some FOOTBALL.....

FSC also, IIRC, follow the home first convention in MLS games (while other MLS broadcasters follow the standard American visitors first style... it's one example of how MLS has one foot in the...
Forum: USA
May 10th 2009, 5:36 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,706
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Stephen Fry says he'd live in America "in a heartbeat" - supposedly

Fry visits a brothel in Nevada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGi431LjHB8)
Forum: USA
May 10th 2009, 5:13 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,144
Posted By leviramsey

Re: US vs Canada

I presume you've seen this, then:

Nine Nations of North America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Nations_of_North_America)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/9nations.png

...
Forum: USA
Dec 13th 2008, 1:30 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,689
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Property Tax - Do you pay it on rentals?

Has nothing to do with commonwealth status. Commonwealth in this context just means that when they were drafting the constitution for that particular state they got fancy and called it a...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 2nd 2008, 6:29 am
Replies: 241
Views: 7,695
Posted By leviramsey

Re: So, I'm new...

Greetings from one of the (the only?) states that will grant such a partnership (the full-on one, even)!
Forum: USA
Nov 25th 2008, 6:08 am
Replies: 44
Views: 1,915
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Adult Store Opening in Your Neighborhood- Concerned?

The holy-rollers tend to not be that social... I mean they never wave at each other when they go into the porn store...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 23rd 2008, 5:19 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,299
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Nine words women use

You need to understand Ladder Theory (http://www.laddertheory.com/)
Forum: USA
Nov 23rd 2008, 4:53 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,136
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Bank account nonesense

Fifth Third Bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Third_Bank)



One thing to remember is that there is not (yet) nationwide retail banking in the US (not even Bank of America has branches in...
Forum: USA
Nov 10th 2008, 1:06 am
Replies: 4,708
Views: 387,144
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Price of gas update...

The Pride stations in Springfield and Chicopee (Mass.) have broken the $2 barrier...
Forum: USA
Nov 1st 2008, 5:04 am
Replies: 4,708
Views: 387,144
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Price of gas update...

The stated excise rate is just part of it.

Some states charge sales tax on petrol, some don't.

E.g. wholesale price before state taxes on petrol is $1.80/gallon (figure plucked from thin air). ...
Forum: USA
Oct 20th 2008, 5:11 pm
Replies: 97
Views: 5,515
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Something I hate about the US.

That's the idea... it's a nice giveaway to the police unions to require that any work done on a public road has to have a police officer present to supervise (and get paid overtime).
Forum: USA
Oct 16th 2008, 4:50 am
Replies: 26
Views: 3,925
Posted By leviramsey

Re: My first Month in Boston.

I suggest that you buy this book (http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Drivers-Handbook-Streets-Almost/dp/0306813262)...

EDIT to add: and yes I have "Beaten the Guillotine" on Storrow Drive...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 15th 2008, 6:28 am
Replies: 83
Views: 5,458
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Backwards East Coast Liquor Laws!

Massachusetts basically follows the NJ-style law (which is to some extent more laissez-faire than most northeastern states).

On the off-licence (package store) front:

* Each town has a limited...
Forum: USA
Oct 15th 2008, 5:41 am
Replies: 26
Views: 3,925
Posted By leviramsey

Re: My first Month in Boston.

That's not the way it works in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The only difference between buying from a licensed dealer and a private party is that if bought from a dealer, the price paid is...
Forum: USA
Oct 15th 2008, 5:31 am
Replies: 26
Views: 3,925
Posted By leviramsey

Re: My first Month in Boston.

Admittedly, it's easier to do all that with your second car... you move the plates from car to car (as long as you keep renewing the registration every 2 years) and when you buy a replacement car,...
Forum: USA
Oct 13th 2008, 12:55 am
Replies: 535
Views: 59,749
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Culture shocks?

Given how the USD has been performing of late vs. nearly every other currency this side of the Swiss Franc (and pretty much every commodity), it's probably still true, if only by default.

Of...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 11th 2008, 3:55 am
Replies: 12
Views: 693
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Help us decide - NY or MA?

That far out from the city, I wouldn't necessarily call it viable, unless your job was actually in downtown Boston or something like that.

That said, Boston is one of the few American cities where...
Forum: USA
Oct 11th 2008, 3:36 am
Replies: 233
Views: 11,765
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Every one posts the negs, what the up's...

I would argue that it might make more sense to have the catastrophic, rare stuff covered by a compulsory government group insurance scheme. The insurance model works best for...
Forum: USA
Oct 10th 2008, 4:16 am
Replies: 45
Views: 2,712
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Can anyone tell me about CT?

The truest song ever written about Connecticut:
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 10th 2008, 4:08 am
Replies: 12
Views: 693
Posted By leviramsey

Re: Help us decide - NY or MA?

It's less than an hour and a quarter to drive from Plymouth to the Kingston commuter rail station and take the train to Boston.
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