jobyone1

Yes sir.. much better this week. No real reason.. must have been your words of wisdom

gardnma

You are welcome. "wise" is not something I think I need just yet though....

"....I'm thirty-seven. I'm not old...!" (Python quote #4,862)

Tbag

when we moved 4 years ago to NC we got satellite because it had BBC America.
I was shocked to see how old some of the shows were (Benny hill )
"are you being served" and the constant bloody Cash in the Attic!

I rarely watch it now........really just Gordon Ramsey's kitchen nightmares and other random stuff.

The phases are true......although I find that when things are not going well in life here or if there is some major stress going on ............that's when I fantasise that the UK is perfect and wish I was there, when in reality I know it's not true.
It's a comfort thing for me.

Tbag

Welcome from me too

The friends thing is a tough one. When we visit UK it is hard enough to spend time around family members that you don't often see, because if you are not in constant touch you don't relate to there everyday life anymore. They aren't living the life you left behind 15 years ago so you have less in common.
Most of my UK based friends I hardly catch up with when I go back because there usually isn't time and some just have gone on with there lives and you are no longer a part of it.
It's weird I have 4 really close friends from home, they live in Thailand, Australia, Wales (Australian cit) and Canada I hardly EVER see them, every few years and these are the ones I have constant contact with, probably because we are all in the same situation.

suzimc

I have good days and bad days here in the US. The difficulty for me is that I've never been material person. The things I treasure most in life are family, and time spent with good friends. So it's often tough to justify leaving all that behind for a bigger house, faster car, and more money in the bank. Sure, I love the food here, the weather, the outdoors lifestyle and my luxuries...but some days I'd trade it all to be back in the local 'hole in the wall' with my mates, enjoying that comforting smell of stale beer and urine in a true British pub.
Spoken from my own heart!

Of course, when I have those bad days and I tell the friends back home that I miss them and am having second thoughts, I get the old "You're *****ing mad...I wouldn't give up life in America to come back to this sh*tty country". Then I remember how lucky I am and rejuvenate my love for the US.
Yup, our friends tend to say that too, but, while they're telling you how crazy you would be to come back, how many of them would actually be brave enough to make the move themselves if they were pushed to it?

I often tell people that if I could group up my friends and relatives into a big box and ship them over here, life would be perfect.
I do too, but in reality who knows maybe they'd drive me nuts! They'd have to live the same sort of distances from me that they lived in the UK!

So basically, I run hot and cold. Some days I long for the comforts of home and a pan of my old mam's Irish stew while watching the match, other days I find myself sitting out by the pool, enjoying the sun and BBQing a steak..and wouldn't trade it for the world.
Here here!

jobyone1

Yer younger than me! :scared:

Anyway, wisdom doesn't necessarily have anything to do with age.....

gardnma

Actually, 37 breezed by last year. Waited ages to be able to quote that line.

What are you up to today me dear?

jobyone1

Well actually... my husband is pampering me... we are dumping (er, I mean giving) our little nubbin to Grandma for the whole day and we are going tanning and bike-riding, pedicure... dinner and the flicks!

Not bad eh!!

You?

gardnma

Well, its 800 degrees out there and so muggy you need a snorkle. The kids really need to get out of the house so I'm sending them to the neighbors for a bit whilst I do my laundry chores (I get the domestic stuff on the week-end as the Mrs. sleeps).
Probably surf this forum for another 1/2 hour then go to a museum and shops with laural and hardy!

You can get a tan in Indiana?

CasG

Glad to see you don't exaggarate at all

gardnma

Actually, its about 90 degrees with high humidity.
I really do the laundry. Had a bit of OJT.....

Thought you'd be sacked out Cas, I can never get the hang of the Oz-US time change...

CasG

All I know is that it is now 3.36pm EST.

So......it is late here - 1.36am ...just watching the Tour de France .....then will be in my bed .....4kms to go.

CasG

Finished...goodnight

gardnma

Tra, bed bugs an' all that.

jobyone1

It's 85 degrees right now.. expecting 95 today and humidity of six hundred thousand or something.

We have really nice seasons here... very much the definition of each season, lots of sun in summer.. lots of snow in winter etc... If there were any beaches around, life would be wonderful.

Gotta go... hubby is about to start my day of pampering.. have fun with the laundry!