What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Mar 19th 2006, 11:10 pm
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by dbj1000
... you are sure you're a Brit, are you? 
There's plenty I'd leave behind in a heartbeat though. And most of it's the food! And the cold-callers. And the junk mail. And the credit "offers". And the whole credit system in general. And the banking system. And, and, and...
Chris.
Mar 19th 2006, 11:39 pm
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by Bodshal
I'd miss our house, which we had built last year, and the 11 acres of protected Pine barrens it's on (in?). We even have our own stream!
Oh, lastly, I'd miss how other Brit expats I meet here are generally really friendly and open when you discover them!
Chris.
Oh, lastly, I'd miss how other Brit expats I meet here are generally really friendly and open when you discover them!
Chris.
Mar 19th 2006, 11:43 pm
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
hiya and all very positive which is nice to read.....how long have you been here...just curious ...hmmm you sure don't sound like a brit to me
Mar 19th 2006, 11:56 pm
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
And Lowes
And Sears tool department while we're at it.
And Sears tool department while we're at it.
...I make him take his own van now....and just see him 'when he gets hungry!'....Sophia
Mar 20th 2006, 12:11 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
You're on the PC early, still running on UK time?
morning
, not really, the alarm goes off early on week days for hubs so i usually get moving also and make a cuppa and check emails then go shower etc....
Mar 20th 2006, 12:31 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
hiya and all very positive which is nice to read.....how long have you been here...just curious ...hmmm you sure don't sound like a brit to me
I guess I'm comparing the Brits I meet here to when I lived in central London. I'm not anywhere near a city now, which is nice, but there's also a couple of fellow Englishers around too.
Mar 20th 2006, 2:22 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
I'd miss
The good friends I've made here and my new family
My job, never had one I loved more (never had less vacation mind, but that for the list below)
Memphis Dry Ribs, Hush Puppies, Corn muffins, potato salad at Red Hot and Blue
Chili Dogs at Ben's Chili Bowl in DC
Hot Corned Beef sandwiches and Chicken Soup with Kreplach at Carnegie Deli NY
Great Sushi in DC, NY and Chicago
Giordano's pizza in Chicago
Minutemaid lemonade
Sunny DC days even if its cold the sun shines most days
Our apartment pool and roof sundeck
Shopping..period
Our huge apartment in Downtown DC
Media Mail
I wont miss
Right wing Christians or any self righteous Christians (they dont seem as extreme in the UK ???)
Many, but not all republican politicians
Too many frickin commercials for TV shows
Guns
The "mmmmmhmmmmm" you get as a response from people when you say "Thank you", it really sounds so rude!
10 days vacation!!! insane
Junk mail - Pleas to take out frickin loans - pre approved credit stuff.
The good friends I've made here and my new family
My job, never had one I loved more (never had less vacation mind, but that for the list below)
Memphis Dry Ribs, Hush Puppies, Corn muffins, potato salad at Red Hot and Blue
Chili Dogs at Ben's Chili Bowl in DC
Hot Corned Beef sandwiches and Chicken Soup with Kreplach at Carnegie Deli NY
Great Sushi in DC, NY and Chicago
Giordano's pizza in Chicago
Minutemaid lemonade
Sunny DC days even if its cold the sun shines most days
Our apartment pool and roof sundeck
Shopping..period
Our huge apartment in Downtown DC
Media Mail
I wont miss
Right wing Christians or any self righteous Christians (they dont seem as extreme in the UK ???)
Many, but not all republican politicians
Too many frickin commercials for TV shows
Guns
The "mmmmmhmmmmm" you get as a response from people when you say "Thank you", it really sounds so rude!
10 days vacation!!! insane
Junk mail - Pleas to take out frickin loans - pre approved credit stuff.
Mar 20th 2006, 2:46 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by blaze
We all have our favorite foods and restaurants in Britain that we just don't like being parted from living overseas (pie and chips anyone? 
). If you moved back to Britain what foods would you spend all your time craving from the USA that you can't find in Britain? (once you've caught up with eating all the things that you missed from home first!) I've thought long and hard about this and sadly my answer is "not very much!". There are restaurants that I enjoy, "Olive Garden", "Red Lobster" (sorry anyone that lives in Maine, Mass, Ca, or anywhere that you can get FRESH fish!!! but specific foods I can't think of any, I'm sure that there are some, lets see if anyone can jog my memory!
). If you moved back to Britain what foods would you spend all your time craving from the USA that you can't find in Britain? (once you've caught up with eating all the things that you missed from home first!) I've thought long and hard about this and sadly my answer is "not very much!". There are restaurants that I enjoy, "Olive Garden", "Red Lobster" (sorry anyone that lives in Maine, Mass, Ca, or anywhere that you can get FRESH fish!!! but specific foods I can't think of any, I'm sure that there are some, lets see if anyone can jog my memory! 
Mar 20th 2006, 3:46 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Well, seeing as I'm moving home in 21 days I've made a list-:
- Buffalo Wings.
- NyQuil.
- The current series of Lost.
- People who can drive in snow.
- Taco Bell.
- Pointing out to Americans how much better I am than them.
- Fuddruckers.
- Shitty Country music on the radio - which would include burly men weeping about not humping their best friends alpaca way back in good ole Kentucky.
- Free coffee everywhere from the diner to the Delta Sonic oil change.
- Retarded parents shitting themselves that their kids might see a nipple on tv before they're 25 years old.
- Being asked if I'm Australian/Canadian/James Bond/royalty/Sherlock Holmes.
- Frozen custard.
- Tim Hortons.
- Hearing how much of an athlete that 350 pound fat American football player is because he has been upright for 15 seconds.
- Winstons.
- The Outerbanks.
- Fishing and accidentally catching sharks.
- Canada.
- 4 seasons.
- Chocolate covered pretzels - and I don't even like pretzels.
- Free internet hook-up.
- Absurdly graphic pornography on DirecTV.
- You guys.
- Buffalo Wings.
- NyQuil.
- The current series of Lost.
- People who can drive in snow.
- Taco Bell.
- Pointing out to Americans how much better I am than them.
- Fuddruckers.
- Shitty Country music on the radio - which would include burly men weeping about not humping their best friends alpaca way back in good ole Kentucky.
- Free coffee everywhere from the diner to the Delta Sonic oil change.
- Retarded parents shitting themselves that their kids might see a nipple on tv before they're 25 years old.
- Being asked if I'm Australian/Canadian/James Bond/royalty/Sherlock Holmes.
- Frozen custard.
- Tim Hortons.
- Hearing how much of an athlete that 350 pound fat American football player is because he has been upright for 15 seconds.
- Winstons.
- The Outerbanks.
- Fishing and accidentally catching sharks.
- Canada.
- 4 seasons.
- Chocolate covered pretzels - and I don't even like pretzels.
- Free internet hook-up.
- Absurdly graphic pornography on DirecTV.
- You guys.
Mar 20th 2006, 3:50 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by Sophia_S
...and Menards DIY super store (at least here in Illinois) I think there's a time warp as my husband walks through the door!,he can 'just pop in there for one thing ,I'll only be a minute!...' and the season has changed by the time the store spits him back out with a cart full! ...I make him take his own van now....and just see him 'when he gets hungry!'....Sophia
...I make him take his own van now....and just see him 'when he gets hungry!'....Sophia
Mar 20th 2006, 4:23 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Collection of mail from my mailbox. Now that's neat.
Wonder why no one mentioned the drive through banking/chemists? Seems to be on everyone's list whenever this thread is posted
Mar 20th 2006, 4:40 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by cuckoofrommars
Well, seeing as I'm moving home in 21 days I've made a list-:
- Buffalo Wings.
- NyQuil.
- The current series of Lost.
- People who can drive in snow.
- Taco Bell.
- Pointing out to Americans how much better I am than them.
- Fuddruckers.
- Shitty Country music on the radio - which would include burly men weeping about not humping their best friends alpaca way back in good ole Kentucky.
- Free coffee everywhere from the diner to the Delta Sonic oil change.
- Retarded parents shitting themselves that their kids might see a nipple on tv before they're 25 years old.
- Being asked if I'm Australian/Canadian/James Bond/royalty/Sherlock Holmes.
- Frozen custard.
- Tim Hortons.
- Hearing how much of an athlete that 350 pound fat American football player is because he has been upright for 15 seconds.
- Winstons.
- The Outerbanks.
- Fishing and accidentally catching sharks.
- Canada.
- 4 seasons.
- Chocolate covered pretzels - and I don't even like pretzels.
- Free internet hook-up.
- Absurdly graphic pornography on DirecTV.
- You guys.
- Buffalo Wings.
- NyQuil.
- The current series of Lost.
- People who can drive in snow.
- Taco Bell.
- Pointing out to Americans how much better I am than them.
- Fuddruckers.
- Shitty Country music on the radio - which would include burly men weeping about not humping their best friends alpaca way back in good ole Kentucky.
- Free coffee everywhere from the diner to the Delta Sonic oil change.
- Retarded parents shitting themselves that their kids might see a nipple on tv before they're 25 years old.
- Being asked if I'm Australian/Canadian/James Bond/royalty/Sherlock Holmes.
- Frozen custard.
- Tim Hortons.
- Hearing how much of an athlete that 350 pound fat American football player is because he has been upright for 15 seconds.
- Winstons.
- The Outerbanks.
- Fishing and accidentally catching sharks.
- Canada.
- 4 seasons.
- Chocolate covered pretzels - and I don't even like pretzels.
- Free internet hook-up.
- Absurdly graphic pornography on DirecTV.
- You guys.
Mar 20th 2006, 5:41 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
I'd miss turns on red light...
Almost affordable lobster...it's pretty expensive this year because of last years mess.
In Maine, Freeport, and only 5% sales tax.
Fresh Blueberries
Glaceau Vitaminwater...it's fab, and that Jones Soda ain't bad.
Decent, free Maple Syrup.
I'm sure there are other things, but can't think of anything right now...
Almost affordable lobster...it's pretty expensive this year because of last years mess.
In Maine, Freeport, and only 5% sales tax.
Fresh Blueberries
Glaceau Vitaminwater...it's fab, and that Jones Soda ain't bad.
Decent, free Maple Syrup.
I'm sure there are other things, but can't think of anything right now...
Mar 20th 2006, 6:49 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Sorry, forgot Menards, used to go to there when we lived in Illinois, I always thought there was something a bit Hillbillyish about them, maybe it was the musac they played? Or maybe it was the dedicated trailer parts department
Mar 20th 2006, 8:04 am
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Re: What would you miss from the good 'ole US of A?
Originally Posted by woodsey
are you mental????? get yourself to the New Penny in Milan, then talk to me about pizza..it should be thin and have nothing on it but tomato and cheese..
as for food here, I would miss absolutely nothing, if I knew I wasn't going to get caught I think I would set fire to restaurants such as the Olive Garden before I left, absolute puke on a plate..
get yourself to the New Penny in Milan, then talk to me about pizza..it should be thin and have nothing on it but tomato and cheese..as for food here, I would miss absolutely nothing, if I knew I wasn't going to get caught I think I would set fire to restaurants such as the Olive Garden before I left, absolute puke on a plate..
Each to there own I guess, but for me it has to be deep pan everytime!
