englishinfl

They might be out there, but honestly I meet so few English people over here where I am, that I'm convinced that I'm living in a parallel USA. Maybe I just don't go to the right places.

Glad you found something to interest you though, everyone needs something after a while.

Jaxbar

There are currently 502 meetup groups in the Tampa area, some look really interesting.
http://www.meetup.com/cities/us/fl/tampa/groups/

The people in my bookclub are all Amercians. I don't care where people are from, just happy to meet people who are free thinking and intellligent.

fatbrit

Precisely! In fact, if you had a friend in London and then met someone from Bradford, it's probably worth asking if they knew them.

another bloody yank

Stranger things have happened!

tinaflorida

Where are you in the Bay area? Just curious.

englishinfl

Thanks for the link
I agree about the intelligent and freethinking, to me it would always be nicer if the new people weren't american. No offence intended to any of the american people, but I see enough of them in everyday life
I'll check the link out and let you know how I get on.

englishinfl

Outside Zephyrhills abut 15 minutes from Wesley Chapel actually I say Tampa Bay area because if I'd put that, nobody outside the immediate area would have a clue where I meant.
I see by your icon that you're a bucs fan eh? Terrible result for them yesterday. tch tch.

tinaflorida

Yes, it wasn't a good start to the season! Hopefully they'll do better next weekend at home to Atlanta.

I'm in Wesley Chapel, close to 56.

Ray

I'm North of you ..we don't like visitors...
they eat my imports

englishinfl

No, wasn't good for them! Have to say though, I'm not really a Bucs fan, but only really got into the NFL stuff a couple of seasons ago.
I went and watched a HS game last week, that's always good fun (and cheap entertainment) for a couple of hours on a friday night. Our home side lost.

I know the area very well over there where you are. I've travelled along all those roads a lot since I've been here.
I Was in Remingtons on 54 near 75 a couple of weeks back, if you've never been, I'll tell you now that I had the worst piece of rib-eye steak in there that I've had in 5 years. Awful. The sad thing was that the people I was with had been there before and it was the second time that they had a bad experience there.
The Shanghai Express past the interstate on 54 "kicks @ss" as they say here. Nothing to look at from the outside, or inside either, but cheap cheap food, and good too.

englishinfl

lol, ok, to whatever THAT is supposed to mean