making friends
Jul 3rd 2003, 12:57 pm
#31
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Joined: Mar 2003
Location: Cornelius NC
Posts: 150
Originally posted by MrsLondon
Jeez Mark, you are very bitter and twisted. Fine, take your big car and big house, I personally like my little flat and I wouldn't have a car if you paid me, I'd rather have culture, like eating with a knife and fork at the same time, and have castles on my doorstep.
Also I've news for you about those 'foreigners' you keep talking about. When you move to the US you will be the 'foreigner' (or 'alien' as they will lovingly term you).
And Btw I DO live in London, my council tax bill is in English only and so are all the notices in my doctors. At least we are not near to becoming a bilingual country like the US. In Boston all the subway signs are in Spanish too, and at least We have Easter and Christmas holidays, not 'Spring break' and 'Holidays.'
Jeez Mark, you are very bitter and twisted. Fine, take your big car and big house, I personally like my little flat and I wouldn't have a car if you paid me, I'd rather have culture, like eating with a knife and fork at the same time, and have castles on my doorstep.
Also I've news for you about those 'foreigners' you keep talking about. When you move to the US you will be the 'foreigner' (or 'alien' as they will lovingly term you).
And Btw I DO live in London, my council tax bill is in English only and so are all the notices in my doctors. At least we are not near to becoming a bilingual country like the US. In Boston all the subway signs are in Spanish too, and at least We have Easter and Christmas holidays, not 'Spring break' and 'Holidays.'
- boo hoo.
- Mark
Jul 3rd 2003, 1:07 pm
#32
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Joined: May 2002
Location: Living in Oblivion
Posts: 3,668
Re: making friends
STOP ****ING SHOUTING, WE ALL KNOW YOUR AN ASSHOLE SO YOU CAN STOP PROVING IT TO US NOW!
How dare you call me a nasty piece of work then write what you write. I am not cranky, it was an honest reply, if you can't take honesty then take that self inflated ego and live in the mountains you like so much.
You know nothing about me or my situation. There are no jobs here, I have applied for jobs at car rental places, lowes and all other places other than what my degree, I have even applied for Math Teachers positions so don't ****ing presume anything or when you get here you will be living in the mountains out of fear and not because you like them.
You don't get free healthcare or dental, you will be paying for it somewhere. I am amazed that you spent 10 years here yet seem to know so little about America.
Good Luck Sparky, your going to need it
Patrick
[QUOTE]Originally posted by mark19964
How dare you call me a nasty piece of work then write what you write. I am not cranky, it was an honest reply, if you can't take honesty then take that self inflated ego and live in the mountains you like so much.
You know nothing about me or my situation. There are no jobs here, I have applied for jobs at car rental places, lowes and all other places other than what my degree, I have even applied for Math Teachers positions so don't ****ing presume anything or when you get here you will be living in the mountains out of fear and not because you like them.
You don't get free healthcare or dental, you will be paying for it somewhere. I am amazed that you spent 10 years here yet seem to know so little about America.
Good Luck Sparky, your going to need it
Patrick
[QUOTE]Originally posted by mark19964
Originally posted by Patrick
NC is 5/8 the size of the UK and has 13 million residents, the UK has 65 million residents - if the UK built houses the size of NC there would be zero land. The UK is a tiny place with a huge population - of course property is going to be expensive and small, get a ****ing grip!
Luckily for you we don't pay any taxes in NC. We don't pay 7% sales tax, 30% income tax, 10% annual property tax (county to county variations), 1% annual property tax on cars, boats and jet skis. The good news is that NC is in financial trouble and won't introduce a lottery so you can guarentee these taxes are going up . "HEY 2 THINGS IN LIFE GUARENTEED TAXS AND DEATH"
Wait till you get here and see how corrupt the government is, what bunch of ****ing idiots they all are and if you where hiring you wouldn't put Bush in charge of the Fries at McDonalds - yet everyone thinks he is great and doing a great job. I don't understand it.
"PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS A LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND, RATHER THAN SPINS EVERYTHING IN LEGAL TERMS AND ACTUALLY ANSWERS THE QUESTION - FIND ME A POLITICIAN WHO ISNT CORRUPT AND ILL SHOW YOU ROCKING HORSE SHIT "
You really are in for a shock when you get here,
"NO IM NOT I USED TO LIVE THERE ALBEIT 10 YEARS AGO AND IN WA STATE"
you actually beleive the hype
"SORRY AS SPIKE LEE SAID - DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE - TOTALLY AGREE, BUT MY JOB PAYS $30,000 MORE THAN IN THE UK"
and like Darrenb and a bunch of others think the UK is shit
"WE'RE GETTING THERE - AS LABOUR SAY"
and moving to America is that answer to all there prayers.
"FOR MY FAMILY AND ME PERSONALLY YES - $30,000 MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND I GET FREE HEALTHCARE, DENTAL, VISION AS WELL"
Here's a Newsflash Sparky, its only geography - you will still be the same arsehole just in a new and warmer location.
"THATS FINE BY ME, IF THE CARS AND HOUSES ARE WHAT WE LIKE AND WANT, THE MOUNTAINS ARE THERE AND IVE GOT GREEN ACRAGE IN MY BACK YARD AND MORE SUNSHINE- BRING IT ON"
"PATRICK, STOP TAKING THE PROZAC AND TAKE SOME CHILL PILLS, BETTER STILL, STOP WAITING FOR THE RIGHT JOB AND SITTING HERE ALL DAY POSTING CRANKY REPLIES; GO GET ANY JOB AND FEEL BETTER FOR YOURSELF , SHIT ID SWEEP STREETS RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THAT ELUSIVE JOB OFFER - LIKE YOU SAID I.T. AINT GETTING BETTER OUT THERE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE PC'S WILL BE DOING YOUR JOB.
"I LOVE YOUR HUMOUR BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE A RIGHT NASTY PIECE OF WORK"
ALL THE BEST TO YOU ALL - MARK
NC is 5/8 the size of the UK and has 13 million residents, the UK has 65 million residents - if the UK built houses the size of NC there would be zero land. The UK is a tiny place with a huge population - of course property is going to be expensive and small, get a ****ing grip!
Luckily for you we don't pay any taxes in NC. We don't pay 7% sales tax, 30% income tax, 10% annual property tax (county to county variations), 1% annual property tax on cars, boats and jet skis. The good news is that NC is in financial trouble and won't introduce a lottery so you can guarentee these taxes are going up . "HEY 2 THINGS IN LIFE GUARENTEED TAXS AND DEATH"
Wait till you get here and see how corrupt the government is, what bunch of ****ing idiots they all are and if you where hiring you wouldn't put Bush in charge of the Fries at McDonalds - yet everyone thinks he is great and doing a great job. I don't understand it.
"PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS A LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND, RATHER THAN SPINS EVERYTHING IN LEGAL TERMS AND ACTUALLY ANSWERS THE QUESTION - FIND ME A POLITICIAN WHO ISNT CORRUPT AND ILL SHOW YOU ROCKING HORSE SHIT "
You really are in for a shock when you get here,
"NO IM NOT I USED TO LIVE THERE ALBEIT 10 YEARS AGO AND IN WA STATE"
you actually beleive the hype
"SORRY AS SPIKE LEE SAID - DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE - TOTALLY AGREE, BUT MY JOB PAYS $30,000 MORE THAN IN THE UK"
and like Darrenb and a bunch of others think the UK is shit
"WE'RE GETTING THERE - AS LABOUR SAY"
and moving to America is that answer to all there prayers.
"FOR MY FAMILY AND ME PERSONALLY YES - $30,000 MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND I GET FREE HEALTHCARE, DENTAL, VISION AS WELL"
Here's a Newsflash Sparky, its only geography - you will still be the same arsehole just in a new and warmer location.
"THATS FINE BY ME, IF THE CARS AND HOUSES ARE WHAT WE LIKE AND WANT, THE MOUNTAINS ARE THERE AND IVE GOT GREEN ACRAGE IN MY BACK YARD AND MORE SUNSHINE- BRING IT ON"
"PATRICK, STOP TAKING THE PROZAC AND TAKE SOME CHILL PILLS, BETTER STILL, STOP WAITING FOR THE RIGHT JOB AND SITTING HERE ALL DAY POSTING CRANKY REPLIES; GO GET ANY JOB AND FEEL BETTER FOR YOURSELF , SHIT ID SWEEP STREETS RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THAT ELUSIVE JOB OFFER - LIKE YOU SAID I.T. AINT GETTING BETTER OUT THERE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE PC'S WILL BE DOING YOUR JOB.
"I LOVE YOUR HUMOUR BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE A RIGHT NASTY PIECE OF WORK"
ALL THE BEST TO YOU ALL - MARK
Jul 3rd 2003, 1:16 pm
#33
Here and Loving it
Joined: Mar 2003
Location: Cornelius NC
Posts: 150
Thats MR Asshole to you,
I only presumed you had not tried for other positions, as the picture you have given on your various posts indicated in your own words "i only had 4 interviews" since you arrived in NC.
What am I a Fu****g mind reader now !!
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole
I only presumed you had not tried for other positions, as the picture you have given on your various posts indicated in your own words "i only had 4 interviews" since you arrived in NC.
What am I a Fu****g mind reader now !!
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole
Jul 3rd 2003, 1:27 pm
#34
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Joined: May 2002
Location: Living in Oblivion
Posts: 3,668
3 interviews actually, and yeah I live in an area with hardly any Hi tech business' I am just going to sit on my ass and wait for one of them to have an opening. There are no jobs here and they are not going to hire someone with an engineering degree to sweep the streets when they can get someone didn't graduate from high school. The chances are I will leave when something better comes along.
You really don't know how much your posting pissed people off do you. You have got all defensive after people have turned on you and are now trying brown nose people by telling them "at least they have a sense of humour".
In your words - Wake up and smell the coffee, now play nice and stop taking on everyone on the NG after you have upset them.
Your obviously not a mind reader because I can't see that you have ****ed yourself.
I am happy, I have done nothing but laugh as I have written these replies to you because you don't get it.
Patrick
You really don't know how much your posting pissed people off do you. You have got all defensive after people have turned on you and are now trying brown nose people by telling them "at least they have a sense of humour".
In your words - Wake up and smell the coffee, now play nice and stop taking on everyone on the NG after you have upset them.
Your obviously not a mind reader because I can't see that you have ****ed yourself.
I am happy, I have done nothing but laugh as I have written these replies to you because you don't get it.
Patrick
Originally posted by mark19964
Thats MR Asshole to you,
I only presumed you had not tried for other positions, as the picture you have given on your various posts indicated in your own words "i only had 4 interviews" since you arrived in NC.
What am I a Fu****g mind reader now !!
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole
Thats MR Asshole to you,
I only presumed you had not tried for other positions, as the picture you have given on your various posts indicated in your own words "i only had 4 interviews" since you arrived in NC.
What am I a Fu****g mind reader now !!
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole
Jul 3rd 2003, 1:48 pm
#35
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Joined: Mar 2003
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Re: making friends
Originally posted by 207lonsdale
Agreed! I really do not understand where people get this idea that care in old age should be provided free!
At present, if you have significant assets you can choose where you would like to spend your final years/days! Rather than a Nursing Home, you can choose to stay in your own home and pay for private nursing care. If you do not have assets, you are afforded little choice when it comes to care home options!!
Unfortunately, many people see it as their right that their parents wealth is for them to inherit! I see it that if you have assets then why not use them to pay for a better quality of life?
Agreed! I really do not understand where people get this idea that care in old age should be provided free!
At present, if you have significant assets you can choose where you would like to spend your final years/days! Rather than a Nursing Home, you can choose to stay in your own home and pay for private nursing care. If you do not have assets, you are afforded little choice when it comes to care home options!!
Unfortunately, many people see it as their right that their parents wealth is for them to inherit! I see it that if you have assets then why not use them to pay for a better quality of life?
There's still a state nursing home in Blackmill- near my mums...wouldn't ever want to end up in there though- not very nice. Listen to this one - my mother's next door neighbour has a heart condition and can't walk up the very steep hill (mountainside really) they live on. So she gets a new car every two years, taxed and maintained courtesy of the NHS... now that's the sort of thing that should be stopped. In the village there's assisted living flats for the elderly,,half of them empty. My mother could apply for one sell her house, pocket the money and have her rent paid if she wanted to. They also still have home help, nurses like the old district nurses, and attendance allowance can still be claimed for anyone looking after an aged relative or friend.
In US you'd better have assets to retire with (people start retirement funds when they start work), otherwise you are in deep doodoo. There's a pension crisis here too- and the full age for retirement (if you were born after 1959) is 67...that'll go up to 70 soon though, I'm sure. The government rewards you with extra benefits if you work till 70 and don't claim your Social Security till then. If you retire before 67 and claim your benefits, they reduce your benefits permanently. Social security will run out unless the government does something- haven't done much yet! And many people have lost their individual retirement funds ..Enron, Worldcom, etc etc. Not good at all here for pensioners.
Jul 3rd 2003, 2:02 pm
#36
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Location: Hades (yorkshire)
Posts: 114
Originally posted by MrsLondon
And Btw I DO live in London, my council tax bill is in English only and so are all the notices in my doctors. At least we are not near to becoming a bilingual country like the US. In Boston all the subway signs are in Spanish too, and at least We have Easter and Christmas holidays, not 'Spring break' and 'Holidays.'
And Btw I DO live in London, my council tax bill is in English only and so are all the notices in my doctors. At least we are not near to becoming a bilingual country like the US. In Boston all the subway signs are in Spanish too, and at least We have Easter and Christmas holidays, not 'Spring break' and 'Holidays.'
Those are just names. They mean nothing really. There is a tremendous lack religious belief in the UK. Notice I said belief not church goers...
Did you know that there are 10 times more pubs in the UK than religious buildings (including empty ones). I'm not trying to antagonize you. This is just the sad truth.
Most of the children's programming in the UK now caters to a more indian flavour. You will see a show called Tikkabilla my kids love it. It celebrates the indian way of life in an off hand fashion. We all love our indian food and proberly could not due without our curry night. That's life - I'm not against indians.
To everybody out there:
All countries change and you just have to accept it. Find somewhere you are happy and try you darnedest to get there and make a go of it. You know in your heart whats important to you - so follow the rules and go for it.
But please respect others opinions....
Fried
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Jul 3rd 2003, 2:04 pm
#37
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Joined: May 2002
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Originally posted by mark19964
Thats MR Asshole to you,
Thats MR Asshole to you,
Patrick
Thats mr to you - yeah right like you deserve an ounce of respect or recognition for your attitude and social bearing! Whos going to hire you - you cant handle this laid back environment.
Jul 3rd 2003, 2:10 pm
#38
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Location: North Carolina
Posts: 11,061
Re: making friends
Originally posted by mark19964
I was looking for a reason to why we let the biggest empire in history go down the pan, We all missed England - what utter tosh.
But Ranjini is right we do have those little houses, mine is 800 sq ft roughly and just sold for $360,000.
I was looking for a reason to why we let the biggest empire in history go down the pan, We all missed England - what utter tosh.
But Ranjini is right we do have those little houses, mine is 800 sq ft roughly and just sold for $360,000.
My advise is stop bloody day dreaming the lot of you about olde england - its gone and going fast, no culture being taught unless of course you foreign, no history in schools, because it might upset the ethnics, foreigners etc.
<<snip>>
And before all the Labour lovies in Florida start writing back there usual mantra, can I just say "Hypocrites" the lot of you.
Your all bloody sunshine socialists, living in the biggest capitalist market on the planet.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention all those who think free healthcare is still going to be here in the UK, wake up and smell the coffee.
The government ( Labour )have admitted that if you have the ability to pay they are begining to look at this option for the future, they have finally admitted that they cant run the NHS in its exisiting set up in todays market or in the future. One way or another you will end up paying somehow.
Your all bloody sunshine socialists, living in the biggest capitalist market on the planet.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention all those who think free healthcare is still going to be here in the UK, wake up and smell the coffee.
The government ( Labour )have admitted that if you have the ability to pay they are begining to look at this option for the future, they have finally admitted that they cant run the NHS in its exisiting set up in todays market or in the future. One way or another you will end up paying somehow.
<<snip>>
Also dont forget when you retire here and end up in an old peoples "private" care home ( there are no state ones anymore ) they will take your little cosy home and sell it from under you to pay for your care. I know your thinking thats ok we'll sign it over to the children - sorry, tax office has just closed that loophole too.
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Jul 3rd 2003, 2:40 pm
#39
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Location: Derry, NH Via Salem, NH via Ma, NC, ex Manchester, UK.
Posts: 670
Hmmm..... not many people 'making friends' in this thread! 
Jul 3rd 2003, 2:54 pm
#40
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Location: Plymouth Devon UK
Posts: 45
hmm..
Rob.. thats exactly what I thought as well.....
so.. are you making the most of our fine British Food before you pack up and leave for the USA???
i've actually decided to make bangers and mash for tea tonight..
i've got months ahead of me so i'm going to enjoy it whilst I can...
the downside fo this is that of course I will be the size of a house by the time I get to the USA....
*spreads more "proper" butter on a slice of Hovis...
Bee
UK to USA
so.. are you making the most of our fine British Food before you pack up and leave for the USA???
i've actually decided to make bangers and mash for tea tonight..
i've got months ahead of me so i'm going to enjoy it whilst I can...
the downside fo this is that of course I will be the size of a house by the time I get to the USA....
*spreads more "proper" butter on a slice of Hovis...
Bee
UK to USA
Jul 3rd 2003, 3:00 pm
#41
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Re: hmm..
Originally posted by bizzie@herdesk
Rob.. thats exactly what I thought as well.....
so.. are you making the most of our fine British Food before you pack up and leave for the USA???
i've actually decided to make bangers and mash for tea tonight..
i've got months ahead of me so i'm going to enjoy it whilst I can...
the downside fo this is that of course I will be the size of a house by the time I get to the USA....
*spreads more "proper" butter on a slice of Hovis...
Bee
UK to USA
Rob.. thats exactly what I thought as well.....
so.. are you making the most of our fine British Food before you pack up and leave for the USA???
i've actually decided to make bangers and mash for tea tonight..
i've got months ahead of me so i'm going to enjoy it whilst I can...
the downside fo this is that of course I will be the size of a house by the time I get to the USA....
*spreads more "proper" butter on a slice of Hovis...
Bee
UK to USA
At the moment I'm literally pigging out on bacon, gammon, sausages, flavoured crisps and anything I can think of that I won't be able to get in the US!
I've already bought Marmite (much to the horror of my wife), Coleman's mustard, Galaxy chocolate, yorkshire pudding mix and bacon flavoured crisps to take with me.
Jul 3rd 2003, 3:03 pm
#42
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Re: hmm..
Originally posted by RoB1833
At the moment I'm literally pigging out on bacon, gammon, sausages, flavoured crisps and anything I can think of that I won't be able to get in the US!
I've already bought Marmite (much to the horror of my wife), Coleman's mustard, Galaxy chocolate, yorkshire pudding mix and bacon flavoured crisps to take with me.
At the moment I'm literally pigging out on bacon, gammon, sausages, flavoured crisps and anything I can think of that I won't be able to get in the US!
I've already bought Marmite (much to the horror of my wife), Coleman's mustard, Galaxy chocolate, yorkshire pudding mix and bacon flavoured crisps to take with me.
We are planning a move overseas and I am already thinking of what foods I can take. bye bye chippys
Jul 3rd 2003, 3:12 pm
#43
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Location: Plymouth Devon UK
Posts: 45
ugh...
:scared: i forgot about the lack of marmite...
*makes mental note...
i've actually got boxes of cornflour too.. you can't make stew without oxo cubes and cornflour...
yorkshire pudding mix???? lol.. wont eggs and flour do then ???
Bee
UK to USA
*makes mental note...
i've actually got boxes of cornflour too.. you can't make stew without oxo cubes and cornflour...
yorkshire pudding mix???? lol.. wont eggs and flour do then ???
Bee
UK to USA
Jul 3rd 2003, 3:22 pm
#44
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Re: ugh...
Originally posted by bizzie@herdesk
:scared: i forgot about the lack of marmite...
*makes mental note...
i've actually got boxes of cornflour too.. you can't make stew without oxo cubes and cornflour...
yorkshire pudding mix???? lol.. wont eggs and flour do then ???
Bee
UK to USA
:scared: i forgot about the lack of marmite...
*makes mental note...
i've actually got boxes of cornflour too.. you can't make stew without oxo cubes and cornflour...
yorkshire pudding mix???? lol.. wont eggs and flour do then ???
Bee
UK to USA
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Jul 3rd 2003, 3:23 pm
#45
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Originally posted by mark19964
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole
If you cant take constructive argument, dont go blow a gasket through your own failings in life.
Better still I'll buy you a big box of matches, when I get over there so you can light those vaporous gases and blow you self back across the pond you miserable wretch.
Yours MR asshole