NC Penguin

Speak for yourself!


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Sally

Sp4nk yourself!

NC Penguin

I'm curious as to why you think a British HNC is below a US degree. An HNC may be just below a US associate's degree IMHO.


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Elvira

Why would I want to do that if I can get someone... - oh never mind

Ray

And how many are there in your house now???? ...

Joe Feise

chriscja wrote on 02/09/07 13:52:

>> I hear it's gotten really bad with immigrants?
>
> Yea quite bad the whole of Kent especially where I am is full of Eastern
> Europeans who dont speak a word of English.


And you really think that's so different here?
There are areas in this country where people don't speak English, either.
Let's see, here in SoCal we have lots of people who speak Spanish, in particular
the South-American variant, only. We have little Saigon, where you won't find
any English shop signs, either, we have Koreatown, with the same thing. One of
my Korean friends once invited us to a Korean BBQ (very good, btw) in Koreatown,
and she had to translate between us white guys and the waitress...
And then there are the Brits and Aussies with their funny accents ;-)
Living in the US is quite a different thing than being on vacation in Florida...

-Joe

Joe Feise

TruBrit wrote on 02/09/07 14:15:

>> Why do people think the crime rate is lower here ..it far exceeds the
>> UK ..
>> and we all have guns ..
>
> it's the land of the free raymundo, streets paved with gold and all
> that, they don't worry or think about the crime here for some
> bizarre reason.

They didn't see that during their vacation in Daytona Beach...
They seem to think that Baywatch depicts real life ;-) Scantily-clad women
everywhere ;-)

Leeds_Lass

Sally hi!

Chris you'd do well down here in good ol' Alabama, USA. There's plenty of young ladies here who can't get loans or buy cars unless they have a male co-signer, I'm sure you'd be in much demand!

celine_uk

if your think moving aborad is going to solve your problems than think again, you complain about immigrants, how do you think you'll feel when your an immigrant in some else's country, just move to another part of England if u need a job

HappyHammer

How can this add value to the poor sods plight to get Stateside - you're no True Brit - you've been Texanized...

HappyHammer

[QUOTE=chriscja;4383717]Wow small world... im in Thanet as well unfortunately

and I'm from Folkestone.... Every year I go back to my old stomping ground ..... every year I get more depressed - I think it went downhill when all the ruffians took over the town in the mid to late 80's when contract companies came in to build the Channel Tunnel. But I digress.

Another option is to work for an international company. I know someone who worked in London for Reuters. Then he applied for a job over in the States and they transferred him - took care of everything.

gruffbrown

I used to do really odd things in Cheriton, but I digress as well

scrubbedexpat099

Quite a few Anericans in Surrey, Chobham and surrounding area. There is an American School there.

I remember cycling from London to Dover and we went up the hill just outside Folkestone, not nice.

Saw Venus at the weekend, very good - North Kent featured. Including a Pub I have been in.

Englishmum

[QUOTE=HappyHammer;4408749] Do you know my husband then?

HappyHammer

[QUOTE=Englishmum;4409087] Don't think so - my mate at Reuters -
a. he's shacking up with an American girl
b. he's not married ---------- at least that's what he told me.