Originally Posted by anotherlimey (Post 4978604)

I'll be honest, I've not been to the country part; I've been to Newark and surrounding areas, then down to AC, and all the bits in-between.

Originally Posted by elfman (Post 4978608)

That's like saying the whole of East Anglia is an armpit on the basis of a drive from Dagenham to Southend.
(except that Southend's nicer than AC)

Originally Posted by elfman (Post 4978608)

That's like saying the whole of East Anglia is an armpit on the basis of a drive from Dagenham to Southend.
(except that Southend's nicer than AC)

Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4978550)

We moved 20 months ago and our movers got a list of allowed foods from customs or some gvt dept. That was because I wanted to bring all my dad's malt whiskey but thats another story.
We could bring all the things we wanted to...trays of tinned stuff, tbags, spices, biscuits, boxes of Walkers crisps, chocolate, all the usual. The only thing they hesitated over was rice and flour but we brought them anyway.

Originally Posted by Irn-bru (Post 4978629)

There was a thread on this a while ago, as I initially thought it was just my moving company, but others had said the law had changed. The moving company had said the law had just changed.
Whatever, I'd advise the original poster to check with her moving company re food as obviously there are some that won't allow you (whatever the new law is).

Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4978856)

We had a photocopy of the official list because I was so enraged about the alcohol issue. I did end up speaking to someone in US customs because of the whole thing and that was in Sept 2005.
It may have changed since though.

Originally Posted by Irn-bru (Post 4978879)

That was our same time line. I didn't think of checking beforehand as it was OK before.(brought baked beans etc last time I came out) But as it was moving day and he flatly refused citing new laws I had no idea then if it was true or not. Even if they are not worth while anyone checking their moving companies to see if there would be a problem.

Because he saw I was so disappointed re food/tinned he actually packaged my whiskey and alcohol in the books. :lol:

Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4981571)

The packers offered to hide the booze but we just didn't dare. It was sad because there was about 30 litres of malt whiskey which my dad had collected over the years. It was his passion and I felt I was sort of leaving him behind. We gave it all away except one bottle.

Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4981571)

The packers offered to hide the booze but we just didn't dare. It was sad because there was about 30 litres of malt whiskey which my dad had collected over the years. It was his passion and I felt I was sort of leaving him behind. We gave it all away except one bottle.

Originally Posted by Braintreegirl (Post 4974829)

Hi everyone,

Me, my husband and two kids, (10 and 13) are moving to Montville, New Jersey at the beginning of August. We wondered if you folks would mind helping us with a few pointers which you have probably heard a hundred times before!

Firstly, do we need to take a driving test? How long after we have been in the country? Is this written or physical? How do we put in to take it?

Does anyone know how we transfer our credit rating in Britain across to the states?

Our son has a Wii console - can he use this in the states and are the games compatible over there? Ditto the games with his PSP, X-Box?

Did anybody take electrical goods with them and buy transformers? Did this work out OK?

We have a sound surround - will this work in the US?

Are you able to take your credit cards with you and just notify them of a change of address or do you have to try to get new credit cards?

If anybody can think of any other useful bits of advice for us at this stage we would be so grateful as everything seems a bit overwhelming at the moment and just having someone to ask is such a big help - thank you.

Originally Posted by pickledpossum (Post 4983250)

We have never been to NJ and therefore have been doing research on the net and are focusing on the Milford County area.

Originally Posted by elfman (Post 4983262)

Where? There's no Milford County in NJ

Originally Posted by pickledpossum (Post 4983284)

Sorry - Milburn:blink: ie Short Hills etc ... nursing hangover today, so not quite on the ball yet:unsure:

Originally Posted by elfman (Post 4983291)

oooh nice
Englishmum lives in Short Hills, I believe.

Originally Posted by Adnams (Post 4983170)

Thats a real shame. You should have packed all your "smalls" yourself claiming modesty and hidden them in there. Mind you you'd need a lot of smalls for 30 bottles of whiskey.
Does anyones stuff ever really get opened?