no green card lotto in UK..Why?
Nov 27th 2018, 4:10 pm
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no green card lotto in UK..Why?
Anyone know why the uk are excluded from the green card lottery?
Nov 27th 2018, 4:15 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
...please ignore, google has answered my question lol
Nov 27th 2018, 5:03 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
Technically it’s only Great Britain for historical reasons. The whole saga is actually very interesting.
Nov 27th 2018, 8:53 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
u wot m8?
Translation: There is nothing great about Britain any more, friend.
The grass is always greener. There are some great things about the US and lots of really silly, terrible things. It's a mixed bag.
I'm sure there are still some great things about the UK. I wish I could just pop into a Tesco and do all my shopping at once,
and not have to go Sprouts, then Vitamin Cottage, then Whole Foods, then King Soopers. I must've made ten trips to those bloomin' stores over Thanksgiving.
Anyway, you have a cool username.
Translation: There is nothing great about Britain any more, friend.
The grass is always greener. There are some great things about the US and lots of really silly, terrible things. It's a mixed bag.
I'm sure there are still some great things about the UK. I wish I could just pop into a Tesco and do all my shopping at once,
and not have to go Sprouts, then Vitamin Cottage, then Whole Foods, then King Soopers. I must've made ten trips to those bloomin' stores over Thanksgiving.
Anyway, you have a cool username.
Last edited by Octang Frye; Nov 27th 2018 at 9:00 pm.
Nov 27th 2018, 9:00 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
u wot m8?
Translation: There is nothing great about Britain any more, friend.
The grass is always greener. There are some great things about the US and some really silly, terrible things. It's a mixed bag.
I'm sure there are still some great things about the UK. I wish I could just pop into a Tesco and do all my shopping at once,
and not have to go Sprouts, Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods, King Soopers.
Translation: There is nothing great about Britain any more, friend.
The grass is always greener. There are some great things about the US and some really silly, terrible things. It's a mixed bag.
I'm sure there are still some great things about the UK. I wish I could just pop into a Tesco and do all my shopping at once,
and not have to go Sprouts, Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods, King Soopers.
Nov 27th 2018, 9:08 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
(I still go there after the Times put up a pay-wall many years ago.) Getting away from all that can do wonders. 'Recently had my cell phone half-inched. Took almost a month to sort out a replacement. It was actually quite nice.
Just telling you my experiences, though; a geographical relocation doesn't fix your mindset. I had depression one time and moved across the country - thinking that would solve my problem. It didn't. I was just depressed somewhere else.
Don't give up on your dreams; make it a long term plan and consider somewhere easier to make that first step. The only thing about being an ex-pat is that once you are, you can never really go "home" again. Home will be forever changed and not what you thought it was. It's a blessing and a curse.
Nov 27th 2018, 9:49 pm
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I totally understand the feeling; getting worn down by the status quo. The weather really can affect you. Reading the doom and gloom and resentment and jealousy and sniping in the Daily Mail.
(I still go there after the Times put up a pay-wall many years ago.) Getting away from all that can do wonders. 'Recently had my cell phone half-inched. Took almost a month to sort out a replacement. It was actually quite nice.
Just telling you my experiences, though; a geographical relocation doesn't fix your mindset. I had depression one time and moved across the country - thinking that would solve my problem. It didn't. I was just depressed somewhere else.
Don't give up on your dreams; make it a long term plan and consider somewhere easier to make that first step. The only thing about being an ex-pat is that once you are, you can never really go "home" again. Home will be forever changed and not what you thought it was. It's a blessing and a curse.
(I still go there after the Times put up a pay-wall many years ago.) Getting away from all that can do wonders. 'Recently had my cell phone half-inched. Took almost a month to sort out a replacement. It was actually quite nice.
Just telling you my experiences, though; a geographical relocation doesn't fix your mindset. I had depression one time and moved across the country - thinking that would solve my problem. It didn't. I was just depressed somewhere else.
Don't give up on your dreams; make it a long term plan and consider somewhere easier to make that first step. The only thing about being an ex-pat is that once you are, you can never really go "home" again. Home will be forever changed and not what you thought it was. It's a blessing and a curse.
Nov 27th 2018, 9:58 pm
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
That itch is what makes some of us adventurers and explorers. We want to see what's over that hill. Take my wife... please.
No, seriously, my wife is a great explorer. Whenever we go somewhere, she has to go into every room, especially the ones that say Authorised Personnel Only.
It stresses me out. We have to hide in the trees at the Botanical Gardens when the Lothlorien Elves (security guards) are turfing people out, so we can be locked in an explore the gardens in the dark.
That itch reminds be of the George Bernard Shaw quote: The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. And Donald Trump.
No, seriously, my wife is a great explorer. Whenever we go somewhere, she has to go into every room, especially the ones that say Authorised Personnel Only.
It stresses me out. We have to hide in the trees at the Botanical Gardens when the Lothlorien Elves (security guards) are turfing people out, so we can be locked in an explore the gardens in the dark.
That itch reminds be of the George Bernard Shaw quote: The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. And Donald Trump.
Nov 28th 2018, 2:04 am
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Re: no green card lotto in UK..Why?
It is you , not u
It is mate , not m8 for instance.
No criticism intended here . Just a heads up.
Thanks