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Old Nov 5th 2013 | 3:33 am
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Oh god, you're not from Larne, are you ... ?
No, Spud country (Comber)
 
Old Nov 5th 2013 | 3:35 am
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No, Spud country (Comber)
Couldn't resist the joke! My uncle lives in Comber, nice wee town.
 
Old Nov 5th 2013 | 3:38 am
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Great town indeed.
 
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Great town indeed.
How long have you been out here?
 
Old Nov 5th 2013 | 4:52 am
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How long have you been out here?
2 and a half years
 
Old Nov 5th 2013 | 5:37 am
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Originally Posted by Ulsterman in Texas
2 and a half years
Cool. I've been here just over eight myself, also moved for marriage. I have been feeling more and more the same about a return to NI as you posted about earler. I used to want to go back desperately then I started to realise I probably wouldn't even fit in back there anymore.
 
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Cool. I've been here just over eight myself, also moved for marriage. I have been feeling more and more the same about a return to NI as you posted about earler. I used to want to go back desperately then I started to realise I probably wouldn't even fit in back there anymore.
Don't get me wrong there are certain days of the year that I feel terribly homesick (normally around mid July ) but on the whole apart from wanting the odd fish supper or a gravy chip or a pasty I feel that the US is my home.
 
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Don't get me wrong there are certain days of the year that I feel terribly homesick (normally around mid July ) but on the whole apart from wanting the odd fish supper or a gravy chip or a pasty I feel that the US is my home.
At least we still get one day off work in July out here

I do miss the food as well, mostly a fry or chippy food. I can get by though, I have a decent Indian nearby, a few Brit stores if I want some back bacon or bangers. I have, though, discovered how much I love Mexican food since moving here, which is plentiful. That, and the Chinese takeaway in town is the dog's bollocks as well ...
 

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