US schools and the Pledge
Apr 11th 2007, 12:43 am
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Apr 11th 2007, 12:46 am
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yes it was funny.
Apr 11th 2007, 12:48 am
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Re: US schools and the Pledge
Trust me to miss something SO funny! 
Apr 11th 2007, 12:48 am
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Re: US schools and the Pledge
He is - his name is Petey - we got him from the local shelter a couple of years ago. He had been rejected twice - too rambunctious, but he's settled down now.
So I'm not hijacking the thread - thoughts on the subject -
The OP said in one of her early posts "But then being on top of each other as a family of five living in really cramped quarters is tough". So there are mixed feelings there.
But to love England is not all about the good things; it includes taking the two up two down terrace too if that is all you can afford. Many big families have been happily raised in those over the years. Better a happy family in a small house than in a large US house if the family would be miserable.
(If Mama ain't happy, then nobody happy).
I'm not sure either that financially the family would be better off in the US.
Figure in the orthodontics, potential unreimbursed healthcare events, college costs much higher etc. I don't know any middle class families here with one wage earner who could save enough to one day go to the UK and buy a nice family home round London.
So I'm not hijacking the thread - thoughts on the subject -
The OP said in one of her early posts "But then being on top of each other as a family of five living in really cramped quarters is tough". So there are mixed feelings there.
But to love England is not all about the good things; it includes taking the two up two down terrace too if that is all you can afford. Many big families have been happily raised in those over the years. Better a happy family in a small house than in a large US house if the family would be miserable.
(If Mama ain't happy, then nobody happy).
I'm not sure either that financially the family would be better off in the US.
Figure in the orthodontics, potential unreimbursed healthcare events, college costs much higher etc. I don't know any middle class families here with one wage earner who could save enough to one day go to the UK and buy a nice family home round London.
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Apr 11th 2007, 1:00 am
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Re: US schools and the Pledge
American Staffordshire Terrier is what the shelter people thought. He doesn't have any papers. When we take him out people always ask "What kind of dog is that?" or else "Is that a pit bull?" But he's too big for that. Underneath he is very spotty. Perhaps some dalmation in his background somewhere.
PS Britvic I liked your tin with the hat for Christmas.
PS Britvic I liked your tin with the hat for Christmas.
Apr 11th 2007, 1:12 am
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Apr 11th 2007, 3:05 am
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Re: US schools and the Pledge
Oh bwahahahhahah!! That is funny!!!.....
Apr 11th 2007, 4:59 am
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Wooohooo..... Love how these threads divert to different topics. Now that I am back in my comfy chair sorting out the issues of the world, I will open another door and question why a US citizen would be so hell bent in trying to stop the family from returning. Could it be............would it be.........a very dark and dingy skeleton rattling in the proverbial cupboard that may come out to play should they move back? Dum de de dum??????
Love how these threads divert to different topics. Now that I am back in my comfy chair sorting out the issues of the world, I will open another door and question why a US citizen would be so hell bent in trying to stop the family from returning. Could it be............would it be.........a very dark and dingy skeleton rattling in the proverbial cupboard that may come out to play should they move back? Dum de de dum??????