Originally Posted by Leslie66

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by montgomail

In fact, I might just get a couple of the more able to sign up to BE and seek you out. I could make it fit the scheme of work: under global communication or summat.

Originally Posted by Leslie66

Well, let's hope they don't take 10 minutes to get to their chair.

Originally Posted by Longy

From my experience in business the UK is seen as the country. Most companies we deal with use the ISO country codes and the United Kingdom is what is used there. I guess because of the confusion with Unknown the country code is GB.

Due to this I always put in United Kingdom (in full) on forms. My green card says that. However I am not sure what would have happened if I put UK down.

Originally Posted by Boiler

UK includes the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills

We put UK down on the forms needed for doing the electronic fingerprints done, Dh's came back and it had read as Ukraine as place of birth. Mine said England, it was a toss up depending on who was entering the information. Both of us were not from England or Ukraine, but both born in Wales.
There you go Thydney I don't wind up too easy.

Originally Posted by tamms_1965

Yes, I know. But it's not the name of a single country was my point. I was being nasty.

Originally Posted by englishinfl

So you've been to London once? I'm impressed, you're obviously well travelled eh?

Originally Posted by Thydney

Thats because you know your place and are willing to aspire to being English

Originally Posted by tamms_1965

Why is that funny? Just because once was enough for me...and a few more times to the northern parts of that fine land known as Great Britain...doesn't mean anything. Frankly, the only reason I go there is to visit DH's family. We take all of our real vacations in the States now per HIS request. This country is so large with so many places to see, it's crazy not to explore them. Being well-traveled isn't the same as well-read or being educated. I know quite a few "thick" people that have been all over the world but couldn't manage to get through anything/understand more difficult than the The Daily Mail or a football program.

Originally Posted by englishinfl

Are you suggesting that the average Daily Mail reader or football supporter is thick? Tch, tch, naughty naughty, I doubt they would agree with you, and honestly that could be construed to be an uneducated or naieve type of comment that someone might make if they didn't know much about either of those two particular things.
Anyway, in your previous message I thought you said you had disengaged from this?? In that case, I'm back to the topic.
My apologies to the OP for getting involved in the thread-jacking.

Originally Posted by englishinfl

... and to rip off the dumb american tourists, just like the street vendor burger sellers do in London. Uh huh I actually know americans that spent 5 pounds on a burger from a street vendor near Buck house when they could have gone to MC D's or BK and bought them for a pound.
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I only ever hear complaints about French rudeness from americans, wonder why that is...

Originally Posted by englishinfl

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Broad statement? I wouldn't say so, I think it's probably exactly what the people that can rip them off think about them, don't you?
So you've been to London once? I'm impressed, you're obviously well travelled eh? Amazing that you didn't see many americans in London, because whenever I'm there the place is crawling with them. Walk around any tourist spots or up Oxford street and there they are.
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I don't know anyone that's been here on vacation from the UK that's been ripped off by street sellers selling a one dollar burger for a five, but I'm sure it happens, maybe I just mix with the wrong people, you know... the more savvy ones?

Originally Posted by montgomail

And of course we are always desperate to recruit Additional Support Workers, should you ever be looking in this part of the world.