woodsey

bring a plunger, American plumbing is shit..

Englishmum

Where are they buying it from? I love the Original Mint Source shampoos and conditioners. The last time I was in the UK I couldn't find it in Superdrug, Boots or Tesco's and ran out of time to look elsewhere. My husband goes to London on average once every 6-8 weeks but he never looks too hard LOL!

AdobePinon

Hehe! (What're you saying?)

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Based on my experience of emigrating to the US, foods can be shipped as long as they meet FDA regulations. i.e. no meat or meat derivative products, the products must be sealed and in their original packaging, no fresh produce (fruit, veg, etc.).

As for toiletries, I brought unopened, sealed items inc. perfumes. All such items were noted in the inventory for shipping.




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You can buy plungers in the US! Maybe you're saying that British plungers are better than American plungers...

Back to the original Q: if you use TCP, bring that with you. There's nothing quite as effective in the US.




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smeg

Tescos every time, they have never mentioned having any problems getting it.

The company also ships internationally, but I've never done it. They won't ship the shave gel, which is another product of theirs I love though.

woodsey

sorry for the confusion, I know you can buy them here, Lowes has 2 aisles just full of plungers but I would recommend bringing one in your suitcase 'cos you'll need one after spending several hours on a plane, if you know what I mean.. We didn't realise it was such a common thing for the toilets to block, spent a fortune on calling out a plumber everytime as everytime we've had visitors within a few hours of arrival, the bathrooms have flooded from the toilets blocking, I'm having them replaced with the American Standard Champion Flusher toilets, supposedly never meant to block but we'll see..

Englishmum

Thanks! I've just realised that it's the Tesco Metro stores which I've been going to, maybe it's only the larger stores which stock it.

To the O/P:

Imperial Leather soap is nice to have....I've not found any soaps here that compare.

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It's my USC spouse that ever blocked toilets in my household. I never have....




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TouristTrap

Great idea IMO!! Wish they'd done this overseas years ago

Absolutely! My dear mama was here for two months a few years ago, and was absolutely horrified at the selection available in this department.

Great advice, I pop into my local Indian grocer to buy it all the time..nothing like it here.

And THANK GOD FOR THAT!!.... Pure fruit juice is so much better for you

Y'all forgot the Bird's custard powder. Can't find anything like it here (unless you hit the expat stores) My hubby's first 'food' query was for trifle, and I walked up and down the aisles looking for pouring custard with no luck. Thankfully, Albertson's started selling Birds a few months later.

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Alternatively, if you're comfortable with the internet, you can always get Delia's recipes from her website. Also, you can find many British recipes (sometimes with American measurements) off the web too.



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scrubbedexpat099

Sort of related, today's local rag, just what were they thinking of, how much negative publicity has this caused:

Auto contest winner refuses prize

Dealership says Saturn sedan worth $1,000 to $2,000

By Christine Reid, Camera Staff Writer
April 26, 2005

He thought he had won a car, but instead, Daniel Barbiere says, he was handed the keys to a lemon.

The Milliken man got a call last weekend from Champion Ford telling him he was a winner after he entered a drawing during the grand opening of Boulder's newest car dealership.

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Barbiere got a babysitter for his 11-month-old child, and he, his wife and his father-in-law headed back to the car lot at 3200 28th St. to pick up the prize.

There he saw what he described as a 1993 Saturn SL1, with 125,000 miles on the odometer, four bald tires, a cracked windshield and four different shades of paint covering its body.

"The first thing I thought was I was ashamed of myself to think it would be more than that," Barbiere said. "I should have known."

Champion General Manager Steve Valasquez said the dealership, formerly John Elway Ford, offered to put new tires on the Saturn, but Barbiere still refused to take it. Velasquez said the value of the car was between $1,000 and $2,000.

"The car runs fine. He just didn't like the vehicle," Valasquez said. "We gave away a Windstar, and the guy was happier than heck."

Barbiere said he was informed that he would have to pay $495 for dealer handling fees and taxes. He said the sales manager told him nothing was wrong with the car, but Barbiere disagreed.

"You'd have to give it away. You couldn't sell that car," Barbiere said. "It was a hazard."

The manager also told him he could use the car as a $2,000 trade in for any car on the lot.

Matt O'Mara, Champion spokesman, said the dealership is willing to do whatever it can to make Barbiere happy.

"They pride themselves on customer service, and the last thing they want is for people not to feel happy or feel they were treated unfairly," O'Mara said.

Bob

another thing, bring your puter if you want, don't bother with monitor unless it's special...but do bring your keyboard...the US keyboard is a pain, doesn't have £ and € also a lot of the keys are in different places like @#[]!"%&* etc...well it might not bother you, but it bugged the out of me, mainly because I touch type and using the US one would always knacker up emails and stuff *l*

emmals

wouldn't have thought of that......just presumed we wouldn't be able to take it with us.......surely the monitor would be different vaultage?

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Just my 5 cents.

You're in the US now and in the US workplace you'll find people use US keyboards. We brought over our UK keyboard but binned it some time ago because we considered it pointless using/keeping one.

As long as you can spell in both British English and American English, you'll be OK.



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