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Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 9:24 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

They might be better than politics (though I have my doubts -- look at all the technological stagnation these days).

If you like the higher humanities, you should read some Aristotle-- he ranks...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 9:19 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

What -- just because the sciences study old processes, the sciences themselves are older?

And I would never say 'mate', since I'm not English. :sneaky:
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 9:12 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

Since politics predates science and engineering I'd have to dispute that...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 8:59 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

I think if you can't name the major parties (or Prime Minister) of the only English-speaking country that shares a land border with where you now live, then you're pretty ignorant. I would say the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 8:54 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

Exactly -- just how Americans think about the rest of the world!
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 2nd 2013, 8:45 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

I've noticed this, too: here's my theory. A good many 'Irish' people in the USA didn't come from Ireland themselves -- wasn't the last significant emigration in the 60s? So you are looking at people...
Forum: USA
May 15th 2013, 7:37 pm
Replies: 730
Views: 125,571
Posted By gradboy

Re: Uk passport renewal times in the USA

I'm getting a bit concerned - sent in my renewal request for my passport, and my card was debited on May 3. This is a fairly basic renewal of an unexpired 10 year passport. I spoke to the webchat...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 15th 2012, 2:31 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,889
Posted By gradboy

Re: Question for fellow Expats

I do share your views to some extent. However it's important to remember that a lot of the 'upgrades' that you are seeing to infrastructure and housing etc in the UK are the result of a decade's...
Forum: USA
Aug 30th 2012, 3:58 pm
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

Though unfortunately Britain's abolition of slavery in 1833 was rather selective...
Forum: USA
Aug 30th 2012, 3:40 am
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

You're right about China - though its current attitude towards Tibet might be called imperialism.
Forum: USA
Aug 29th 2012, 4:43 pm
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

I disagree, though it was always a bit blustery. When you could pretty neatly divide the world up into the democratic rich countries vs the socialist rich countries (plus the 3rd world), it was not a...
Forum: USA
Aug 29th 2012, 4:32 pm
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

It made sense up until the early 1990s, I think.
Forum: USA
Aug 29th 2012, 4:24 pm
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

I suppose one thing that slightly gets on my tits is the extent to which people overlook the fact that the US is, by most standards, an empire. I'm not talking about overseas colonies, but the...
Forum: USA
Aug 29th 2012, 2:50 am
Replies: 410
Views: 32,761
Posted By gradboy

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

I'm a fan of his in general, but Barack Obama is one of the worst offenders in this regard:



So having a multiethnic family spread across the world, and attending good universities is unique to...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2012, 1:53 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

No, but you lot were claiming that it was totally unheard of, except in archaic phrases.

And looking at the yorkshire post website *does* support my claim that it's widely used.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2012, 1:16 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

There's plenty more where that came from. From an article about some sport (http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/blog_on_the_ice_with_randy_dagenais_1_2336902):
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2012, 1:08 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

I've edited my previous post to link to some evidence - see for yourself.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2012, 1:00 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

Not sure about Ireland, but I have definitely heard it used in West Yorkshire.

Search for 'gotten' on the Yorkshire Post website, and you'll find loads of uses. For example:



Here...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 22nd 2012, 12:50 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

Gotten is fairly widely used in Yorkshire, not to mention Ireland.

Here's some evidence:
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 21st 2012, 4:11 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 6,281
Posted By gradboy

Re: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox

Don't be a snob. 'Gotten' is common in Northern England.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 12th 2012, 2:56 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

Haha I had a similar thing happen to me. In Tennessee I think, I went to a bar where the barman was English. I asked him about it, but I think I asked him to speak again so I wasn't imagining it. He...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 10th 2012, 11:04 pm
Replies: 8,893
Views: 557,883
Posted By gradboy

Re: Pet Peeves?

The fact that they are just being friendly makes it worse though!

It means you can't really tell them to **** off...

gradboy
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jul 26th 2011, 1:33 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,484
Posted By gradboy

Re: i-864 question (DCF Dublin)

Thanks!

The former - I have to return the plastic card with a form i-90. It costs $350 or so to file, but they tell me they waive the charge if it's due to their mistake (which it obviously is).
...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jul 26th 2011, 12:09 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,484
Posted By gradboy

Re: i-864 question (DCF Dublin)

Just an update,

Got my visa all fine and dandy, but the i-864 thing was a bit interesting. Even with proof of my wife's ongoing income, because she was domiciled outside of the US, they wouldn't...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
May 18th 2011, 4:31 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 31,163
Posted By gradboy

Re: caution and ACPO with No Live Trace

Sorry maybe I'm being slow - what did I miss?
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