What brought you to the USA?
Feb 11th 2006, 11:54 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by rushman
"Twicks"??? "TWICKS"???? Sure sign off a yuppy is abreviating a perfectly good town name into something barely recognisable. Honestly Sarah, stop pretending I know you really lived on the Ivy Bridge Estate 
Feb 11th 2006, 11:55 am
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by rushman
"Twicks"??? "TWICKS"???? Sure sign off a yuppy is abreviating a perfectly good town name into something barely recognisable. Honestly Sarah, stop pretending I know you really lived on the Ivy Bridge Estate
Actually I lived in Isleworth above a 24 hour bakery in a flat that constantly smelled of yeast, with 3 other girls.
Feb 11th 2006, 12:00 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Sarah
Actually I lived in Isleworth above a 24 hour bakery in a flat that constantly smelled of yeast, with 3 other girls.
Anywhere near "The George"?
Feb 11th 2006, 12:00 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Sarah
Actually I lived in Isleworth above a 24 hour bakery in a flat that constantly smelled of yeast, with 3 other girls.
Feb 11th 2006, 12:01 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
It's like calling Streatham...St. Reatham
Feb 11th 2006, 12:01 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
It's like calling Streatham...St. Reatham
My mate used to pronounce Penge as Pon-jay to make it sound more posh.
Feb 11th 2006, 12:02 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by rushman
Anywhere near "The George"?
Can't have been too far, Isleworth isn't that big. We were above Mr Bun The Bakers on St Johns Rd about 2 miles from Hounslow
Feb 11th 2006, 12:09 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Sarah
Can't have been too far, Isleworth isn't that big. We were above Mr Bun The Bakers on St Johns Rd about 2 miles from Hounslow
Feb 11th 2006, 12:18 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by rushman
Mmmm now there's lovely thought
Feb 11th 2006, 12:25 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
lol not a pretty sight
Feb 11th 2006, 12:34 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Eskimo
hey USB , California service center is really shifting the GC applications at the moment- ours took 5 months end to end ! my son had to have another medical, we only returned the RFE on 3rd Feb and had a GC in our hands for him yesterday - god knows whats going on 
Me, I came over here because I found a great company to work for, and they offered me an excellent job. Nearly three years on we're happy here with all the nice things that a good job brings (see Woodsey's post) and have no intention of going home. However, I'm still on an H1-B, and with my Labor Certification in limbo because of the priority date fiasco, I'm having to apply for a National Interest Waiver if I we hope to have a GC anytime soon! Either that works or we'll all be uprooted and returned unwillingly to the UK in three years! :scared:
Feb 11th 2006, 12:45 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
I wasn't head hunted......I was head hounded by my USC wife and kids for 2 years prior. Been here 2 years and hate it. However, I'm not sure if I hate the US or I hate this US small town. I want to move somewhere theres a light on after 9pm and I don't feel like a feak for being up at midnight. I want to go to nice restaurants again, then a decent bar and have a few beers without some beered up logger wanting a fight with the only foreigner in town (brave 
).
I am a city boy and I know I can't do this small town USA thing for the rest of my life. I drive 150 miles a day to go and work for someone else (haven't done that since I was 25).
To cap it all I live next door to my MIL.
The wife's happy, the kids are happy, I'm happy that they're happy but this isn't me.
). I am a city boy and I know I can't do this small town USA thing for the rest of my life. I drive 150 miles a day to go and work for someone else (haven't done that since I was 25).
To cap it all I live next door to my MIL.
The wife's happy, the kids are happy, I'm happy that they're happy but this isn't me.
Feb 11th 2006, 12:49 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
It's like calling Streatham...St. Reatham
WOW that sounds posh!! I went to school in St. Reatham, sounds so much better than "Stretam". lololol
Feb 11th 2006, 12:51 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by Lynne
WOW that sounds posh!! I went to school in St. Reatham, sounds so much better than "Stretam". lololol
Feb 11th 2006, 12:56 pm
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Re: What brought you to the USA?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I'm not going to ask if you've been in the Greyhound then Lynne
Yep, we used to go in there after skating at ice rink. I wonder if the pub is still there.
