meauxna

A La Perla girl, are you?

scrubbedexpat099

Sorry to hear this, hope things get better for you.

Octang Frye

Hmm, a nurse who likes to shop at VS. This thread just took a turn.

Get this girl a visa, stat!

Jerseygirl

Bob

OSJ rocks...well sometimes, when they have Twiglets for dirt cheap

It's a step up from Mardens though, just

Bob

Oh I don't know....humidity sucks and cost of flood insurance coverage soon puts the kibosh on things

meauxna

eh, horses for courses, right? I wouldn't live in that snow-infested corner of the country you call home.. don't know how you bear it!
I'll just sit here in my rain puddle.

Jerseygirl

Is there anywhere with year round sun, temps in the 80'F, no bugs or reptiles, but it must have a M&S, Cadbury's choc and UK TV?

meauxna

Only flippin' San Diego and Honolulu, and they don't have the requirements!

Manc

funny how no-one disputed my post, just attacked it for

a) me being manc and all else is invalid.
b) me being a northerner
c) why am I living here
d) blah blah blah


seriously, when I said "your turn" I really did mean for someone to have a contrarian opinion but a valid arguement.

Octang Frye

I'm serious. You slag the US off a lot, seemingly. So I'm wondering why you suffer? Why not go home?

Manc

am I slagging it off, or just telling exactly what it is?

I still am waiting to hear of this fantastic US lifestyle however.

Bob

True, snow sucks goat, but then humidity and heat is much worse...easier to wrap up warm than to cool down...I say that having moved into a place that clears the snow mind, it sucked a lot worse at the old place

Oh and seasons are lovely, it's all going golden around here right now

Octang Frye

Mine's pretty awesome.

I live in a great city. I can ski and snowboard at my leisure - some of the best skiing is 90 minutes up the road. I can mountain bike or road bike or hike in stunning scenery. I can white water raft with friends. I can enjoy one of the best Lindy Hop/Balboa scenes in the world.
I can kick back with a brew after doing a jaunt with my running club.
Or ride cruiser bicycles with 1,500 other costumed idiots.
I enjoy 300 days+ of sunshine a year. I am not treated like an infant by an oppressive and intrusive government. I can enjoy shooting with friends.
I am not surrounded by Debbie Downer cynics who think they're being ironic.
I don't have to live around petty, jealous and nosy people.

I don't have to endure processed, packaged pop music. I can enjoy real music, played by real musicians.
I enjoy the diversity of my friends; pilots, doctors, bike fabricators, postal workers, students, rockabillies, gays, straights, survivalists, leftwing wackos, vegans, property developers, burlesque dancers, transvestites, magazine publishers; whatever.

I can enjoy some excellent beer, have a campfire, talk and drink and eat in my car, take amazing roadtrips, see eagles, condors, rattlesnakes, Grand Canyons, whales, scorpions, tarantulas, Garden Districts, hunt an animal, watch MNF, play frisbee in the park, watch the ballet, see a broadway show, spend the weekend in Manhattan, ride a motorcycle without a helmet (I haven't done this yet), see exotic wildlife like bears, and mountain lions and coyotes, own whatever dog I want, coach a soccer team. I can drive what I want. Not recycle. See the Milky Way. Aspen trees. Sunsets. Purple mountain majesties. Parades. Restaurant samplers. Hallowe'en. AMC. No chavs, no getting beaten up or glassed on a night out. No pickpockets. No car crime. Night skiing. Lift kits. Snow tires. Scooters.

And Colorado girls...

GeoffM

Anyway... getting back on topic, do you (Flori73) have any particular specialisation in nursing that might stand you out from the crowd?