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and I have what is affectionately known as the "Humboldt Crud" ---everyone calls it that- lovely im sure!!!!!!

Cough - cold - sore throat ----ive had what seems like 1 million vaccinations to get here - how can I catch the lurgy?????

Other than that I met a British bloke in Eureka Natural foods who's been here for 14 years ---It was like he was my long lost brother ---odd or very odd??

And lastly Im becoming American because I ask where the restroom is without cringing and use Zee when spelling my surname instead of Zed cos I cant bear the blank looks anymore

Oh and I have a cell phone - blimey im loosing my identity --get me back to blighty quick!!!!!

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Gratz! Just coming up to 6 months in, myself, and slowly getting used to some of the changes even now! (I mean, when eating out, why are there so many options?! Just give me what was on the menu!)

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.... and don't forget it's now your 'last name' not your 'surname' ....

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thanks! didnt know this! No wonder noone can understand me!

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The dreaded lurgy is floating round here too. Get well soon, it usually goes away as the sun heats up :thumbup:
Congrats on finding a long lost rellie

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Thank you - you mean it DOES get warm in Humboldt??? :rofl: Worse than bogner regis on a bad day :frown:

The guy i met was just a random londoner who has lived here for 14 years but if felt like he was my long lost brother as its been 4 weeks since ive come across a fellow brit - someone who doesnt need a translation of my accent :rofl:

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I'm used to it by now, but when my parents come over, you've never seen 2 blanker stares in your life when the waitress starts throwing about 400 different options at them... on the side, salad with that, sweetened or unsweetened, no sprite so is sierra nevada ok, etc, etc

I usually step in and answer all the questions like they're little kids :lol:

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I still nod my head and say yes like a special kid...and the wife rescues me :lol:

Amusingly enough, didn't seem to have as many problems eating out while living up in Maine though, maybe it's the pace of life :D

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:lol: I do that too, I used to leave them order and just translate for the waitress, but it's quicker if I just order for everyone, like a mother hen :o

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It must heat up some, so all those pot plants can thrive. :embarrassed_smile:

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Too true. I have to do the same. Translate etc. My mom calls a baked potato a "jacket" potato.

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What kind of toast?

Usual reply:

Sliced :)

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:D:D ditto....although my Mum gets very annoyed when I order for her and Dad, but it's the only way to get out of of the restaurant this side of Christmas....add to it the fact that we, living in Texas, eat at a lot of Mexican restaurants, with all the different ways you can order a tortilla they're lost!

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From my mum: "I ordered chicken steak, this is beef".
Me: "You ordered a chicken fried steak, it's beef but fried like chicken"

Luckily she likes beef, although she prefers is cooked until it has lost all flavour.

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:lol: Sierra Nevada is the beer. :D


Them's the joys of travel. We just had the same experience going from Oregon to Arizona. No idea what they were talking about half the time.

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Welcome to my world - its like someone has picked me up and dropped me on the planet Zog! Why Oh Why didnt any of you tell me it would be like this??? Oh yes I forgot you indeed did - Why Oh why then didnt I listen !!! :rofl:

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When you go to a different country..uhh things are different. If they werent you may as well have stayed where you where!! If you wanted it to be like England you should have stayed in England.:blink:

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Bognor Regis has been basking in sunshine today with 18C in the shade and with a balmy breeze wafting in off the English Channel....and set to warm up a wee bit more over the weekend. It has been a remarkably dry spring so far in most of England, Wales and eastern Scotland - very, very little rain since mid February and with four public holidays in the UK due within ten days from next Friday, Good Friday - including the day of the you know what wedding - it looks like the fair weather will prevail throughout due to high pressure over this Blessed Plot. :thumbup:

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:lol: That one got me the first time I ordered it, I never said anything I figured it out on my own, it's now one of my favorites. :thumbup:

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thank you for your words of wisdom........I never said i wanted it to BE like England just that the culture shock is much greater once one is living here than when one is just visiting......

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I'll never forget ordering eggs for the first time....

Waitress........ How do you want your eggs.

Me................ Cooked ?

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Well there's a nice welcome :frown:

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:rofl:

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[QUOTE=hobbes79no sprite so is sierra nevada ok, etc, etc
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Offer you a beer when they're out of soda.......my kind of restauant:D

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hi Coastie -thats just what I thought :rofl::rofl::rofl: Unless one actually lives in humboldt one wont know quite what a culture shock it is and nothing on earth can prepare you for it

Not saying I dont like it or anything like that its just so very different!!

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I think you will grow to love it, and if you travel or live in many other parts of the US you will love it even more , enjoy ! :)

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Thank you so much - off to the big city of LA tom for a few days!! Shops here I come!!!

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Well we could say we told you so .............. but I don't think it really hits home until you are here and experiencing it. No amount of forewarning can help you FEEL what it's like - I suppose all it does it help it feel less uncomfortable/strange as you know others felt exactly the same way!

Enjoy LA! I miss LA and California sooooooooooo much:(

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thanks Mandy ---it is some comfort to know that others go thro this (not all I know but quite a lot I think from my reading here) Enjoy your trip back to blighty ---have a wonderful time and update us of your adventures!

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I haven't come across this, is it regional?

OP, I am on my 3rd cold since moving here 12 months ago. I keep thinking the next one won't be so bad (adapting the different germs etc), but no, this one still has me feeling like crap :(

I think you know that most things will be different, but you still come across random surprises :lol:

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LOVE this! My step-son (who is English) was asked this same question last summer by the waitress.

Waitress: "You can have eggs any way you like, how would you like them?"

Step-Son: "Any way you like."

My husband and I just chuckled :)

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chicken fried steak? It's southern...it'd be good if it weren't for the vomit looking white gravy that usually gets poured on top..

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Sorry for intruding but what is Chicken fried Steak? How is chicken fried differently from steak normally? :confused: I mean, I fry steak or I fry chicken but they both tend to happen the same way:unsure:

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Google and Wikipedia are your friends -- here is a description.

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I am reminded of the classic "My name is Joe" commercial from even further north than you. :D

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Think weiner schnitzel, but instead of pork, it's fried breaded steak, like they do for chicken.

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Poooof! Gud mornin guvner!

Now you dont really mean that surely?....lol

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:rofl:

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This is great!! :eek:

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When I first came over Canada had a tourism campaign which stated "America Borders on the Magnificent", I thought it was great.