Almost done with USA
Aug 26th 2010, 12:59 am
#76
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Re: Almost done with USA
My mother was put on 'the pathway' twice earlier this year. The first time she improved...the second time she was put into a morphine induced coma. She died 7 days later...she was almost 90. She wasn't terminally ill but after the death of my father 12 months previously...had more or less given up on life.
Aug 26th 2010, 1:23 am
#77
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Re: Almost done with USA
This happened to my mother too back in October. It was at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. The doctor took me into the hall and talked about the 'pathway to death'. All food and drink were stopped. My mum died a few days later. My dad died ten months earlier in a hospice.
Aug 26th 2010, 4:06 pm
#78
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Re: Almost done with USA
Is it me or is the USA turning into a country of idiotic bigots? Right after various bloggers and politicians whipped up outrage at the "Ground Zero Mosque", I now read that 18% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim (it's 34% amongst Republicans). I don't know if I can live here anymore, it's just getting too surreal and scary.
I can never be truly a part of the popular thinking in the US, but all that means is that I am a minority - not just ethnically, but culture-wise.
There are plenty of Americans who are against bigotry and executions etc and people who are used to European culture should ally themselves with those kind of people in the US
There are also practical advantages to the US (although that can change) and so we must suffer some disadvantages in order to gain the advantages.
I like to listen to the BBC online but I don't have to stay a foreigner here as there are plenty of enlightened Americans too - they just need to be sought out a bit harder than in Europe.
Aug 27th 2010, 8:30 am
#79
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Re: Almost done with USA
Nun
Please go back home. With your condescending attitude, I doubt few Americans would want you here. I'm sure I don't want you here. You're just reinforcing the image of Brits as stuck-up whining prats. Go home and give the rest of us a break.
Please go back home. With your condescending attitude, I doubt few Americans would want you here. I'm sure I don't want you here. You're just reinforcing the image of Brits as stuck-up whining prats. Go home and give the rest of us a break.
Aug 27th 2010, 10:43 am
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Re: Almost done with USA
Aug 27th 2010, 11:38 am
#81
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Re: Almost done with USA
might be an idea to take some breaths and test the waters before diving straight in with an aggressive first post.
Aug 27th 2010, 7:50 pm
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Re: Almost done with USA
This Sunday evening coming sees the very last showing of TV's long running Last of the Summer Wine which over time has featured some well known actors and actors, many of whom are no longer with us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sds9TFBT9e4
Aug 27th 2010, 8:04 pm
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Re: Almost done with USA
Aug 27th 2010, 9:00 pm
#85
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Re: Almost done with USA
Tip top theme tune though.
