Dan725

You are not kidding there, by far the worst standard of driving I've seen pretty much anywhere. I feel safer in Mediterranean countries with all the lunatics racing ferarris up and down mountain passes on motorbikes than I do here. I think the traffic laws have got a lot to answer for as well personally.

Stupid 4 way stops, where plenty of local people don't know whose turn it is, stupid "overtake in any lane laws" - I thought it would be great - but after you come up time and time again to a load of cars going the exact same speed in all lanes thus blocking the road, you don't realise how much worse it really is, not to mention the daily amount of near side swiping incidents it causes; rude and obnoxious drivers, always seems to be someone jumping in front of you, cutting you off, never letting you in etc! Stupid speed limits in places, stupid "boy racers" whose idea of a race is to accelerate from 40 mph to 100mph then slow down (how gay is that!). Stupid "openings in the middle of a 6-8 lane road" - everyone gets stuck in the middle of the road trying to go every which way - stupid laws where motorbikes are not allowed to filter through traffic (no point in having a bike here!) the list goes on!

Stupid I tell, just stupid!

anotherlimey

Perhaps that is food related.

I miss decent Indian food too, but I have recipies on file

Bob

I also miss Caffreys and Tangle Foot, don't miss the cost though, and local micro brews here are good though, but still miss them...oh and cordial drinks...

BritGuyTN

Dave (I presume) - what part of TN are you living in?

Tone

Bloody 'ell....just arm yourself with a Panzerfaust

Eskimo

lol - I never knew what the whole aisle of plungers was for in Home Depot until we had guests from the UK - you know how it is when you've been on a plane for 11 hours :scared:

TN-Dave

I'm in eAst TN..... K-Town to be precise - how about you ?....

Dan725

Lol , one of them would come in handy driving between Tampa and Orlando

Tone

Wouldn't wish that on anyone....

tinaflorida

I4... the biggest car park in the state.

BritGuyTN

NashVegas

was in the home of big orange at the weekend, unfortunately picking uo the flu in the process

are you at school there or did you manage to find a job?

anyway - more on topic -

I miss fresh ready meals from m & s and sainsburys
cheese with flavour
proper bacon and sausage
decent chocco - even the godiva stuff that is $3 a bar tastes crap


i don't miss

high petrol prices
high cost of housing

ScyLarc

I miss:

Bread that doesn't taste sweet
Walkers crisps
Toilet doors that fit properly and don't have gaps around the edges!
Fairy Liquid - made the mistake of asking for that our first week here....very amusing response from the kid at the till
Short TV adverts
Sausages
My Mum



I don't miss:

Traffic Jams
Expensive Houses

Suffolk Bumpkin

Know what you mean. I've become an expert at unplugging bogs with a big plunger. Big jobbies or no.

I miss;

rolling English countryside.
sheep
English bitter......boohoo
Nights out down the cosy pub with my brother and sis in law
little english villages every few miles
warm weather (i'm in NH.....the snow in winter is enough to drive me round the U bend)

Things I like about the US;

The Science Channel!!....and the History Channel....you just dont get that sort of quality TV regularly in the UK.
My wife


btw - anyone come across 'lounge pants' yet? Seen 'em for sale at Wally world. They're just boxer shorts really....so guys can wear them and feel sophisticated about sitting around the house in their underpants.

Toot!

AlisonPA

The countryside where we are in Pennsylvania is very much like the English countryside - no sheep though but lots of cows and their calves in the fields. I miss the spring flowers in everyone's gardens - the yards here are so big and mostly unfenced - I miss a nice little fenced garden.

BTW, I used to get the Science and History channel in the UK - SKY TV had all the same channels we get here on cable.

dragonfly

We are in eastern PA not far from New Jersey