Why did you decide to live in America?
Mar 19th 2007, 12:45 pm
#211
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
LOL We had a huge white possum in our back last month. I didn't know what the heck it was! It was starving, hunting for food in the snow so DH gave it some bread. Funny to see it playing dead!
Going to the Pittsburgh Home & Garden show today, should be gone already, was just catching up here.
Jumping Doris - don't suppose you went to the show, did you?
Going to the Pittsburgh Home & Garden show today, should be gone already, was just catching up here.
Jumping Doris - don't suppose you went to the show, did you?
Mar 19th 2007, 1:32 pm
#212
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I too like America!
Mar 19th 2007, 1:36 pm
#213
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Drive-thru bank...
Drive-thru food..
Drive-thru drugs... (pharmacy)...
Drive-in movies...
Welcome to America, check your legs at the border
Mar 19th 2007, 2:49 pm
#215
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
"New York is such a convenient city — everything is a five-minute walk or a 15-minute taxi ride away. And far cheaper than London. Ready-cooked meals arrive in five minutes; dry-cleaners collect and deliver your clothes the same day. Hairdressers come to your house. Computer technicians swing by to fix your e-mail. The pharmacies deliver cough drops for my children; and my new best friend Charles, the chief sales assistant at Ralph Lauren, sometimes drops off sale-reduced sweaters for me to try on at home if he thinks that I’m too busy to visit the store, which is all of two blocks away."
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Mar 19th 2007, 2:50 pm
#216
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I felt at home in the UK but that didn't mean I liked every aspect of life there.
Not liking absolutely everything doesn't make me a cynical, British pessimist.
Mar 19th 2007, 4:32 pm
#217
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
it's people to a certain extent when I'm feeling miserable. But I think that's human nature. I have also on occasion defended America and the people to some of my family when I think they've been generalising about it/them, because I'm married to a septic and my kids are half septic too so they can't all be bad.
Mar 19th 2007, 7:28 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I feel the same way as Doris. I'm guilty of running down or blaming the US and
it's people to a certain extent when I'm feeling miserable. But I think that's human nature. I have also on occasion defended America and the people to some of my family when I think they've been generalising about it/them, because I'm married to a septic and my kids are half septic too so they can't all be bad.
it's people to a certain extent when I'm feeling miserable. But I think that's human nature. I have also on occasion defended America and the people to some of my family when I think they've been generalising about it/them, because I'm married to a septic and my kids are half septic too so they can't all be bad.
........."septic" is just fun to say.
Mar 19th 2007, 8:24 pm
#219
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
I feel the same way as Doris. I'm guilty of running down or blaming the US and
it's people to a certain extent when I'm feeling miserable. But I think that's human nature. I have also on occasion defended America and the people to some of my family when I think they've been generalising about it/them, because I'm married to a septic and my kids are half septic too so they can't all be bad.
it's people to a certain extent when I'm feeling miserable. But I think that's human nature. I have also on occasion defended America and the people to some of my family when I think they've been generalising about it/them, because I'm married to a septic and my kids are half septic too so they can't all be bad.
It's a bit like having a smelly, old aunt....we can moan about her but no-one else can.
Mar 19th 2007, 8:52 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
My sister in law has only ever been in NYC when she's been here before. Imagine her surprise at seeing Drive-thru pharmacies, drive-thru banks, drive-thru cleaners, when she was here two weeks ago? 
There are many things which piss me off tremendously, but that I know I'll probably miss. Drive-thrus being one of them
There are many things which piss me off tremendously, but that I know I'll probably miss. Drive-thrus being one of them
Mar 19th 2007, 9:36 pm
#221
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Mar 19th 2007, 9:41 pm
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
There are many things which piss me off tremendously, but that I know I'll probably miss. Drive-thrus being one of them [/QUOTE]
Drive-thrus are great!
I love how unlittered the roads are here but I hate how dirty lots of fast-food restaurants are. I hate that cheese seems to be a main ingredient of most meals, like pasta sauce for example, it doesn't need bloody cheese in it! But I love that I can look at my bedroom window at mountains! I love the fact that I can go to the local supermarket in old jeans and a jummy and no one stares at me, but I miss the sense of fashion that British women have. I miss English country gardens, but love having a garden tractor to cut the grass. I really miss a good curry and a nice pint of Strongbow and being able to walk to a local pub. I like how Americans are often really interested in what I have to say because I'm English but I don't like being stared at like an alien because I'm a bit different. I miss the cheeky sense of humour that Brits have but this site has been useful for catching up with that. Its great to have stuff out in your garden and it doesn't get nicked or chucked through your window. Oohh and I miss my mum and sis too, better not forget them!
[/QUOTE]Drive-thrus are great!
I love how unlittered the roads are here but I hate how dirty lots of fast-food restaurants are. I hate that cheese seems to be a main ingredient of most meals, like pasta sauce for example, it doesn't need bloody cheese in it! But I love that I can look at my bedroom window at mountains! I love the fact that I can go to the local supermarket in old jeans and a jummy and no one stares at me, but I miss the sense of fashion that British women have. I miss English country gardens, but love having a garden tractor to cut the grass. I really miss a good curry and a nice pint of Strongbow and being able to walk to a local pub. I like how Americans are often really interested in what I have to say because I'm English but I don't like being stared at like an alien because I'm a bit different. I miss the cheeky sense of humour that Brits have but this site has been useful for catching up with that. Its great to have stuff out in your garden and it doesn't get nicked or chucked through your window. Oohh and I miss my mum and sis too, better not forget them!
Mar 20th 2007, 2:03 am
#224
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Well it pretty much came down to my American wife "not being ready" to move to the UK. Almost 10 years on and she still isnt.
Have to admit that this place is getting to feel more and more like home now. Perhaps that was her strategy.
Have to admit that this place is getting to feel more and more like home now. Perhaps that was her strategy.
Mar 20th 2007, 5:20 am
#225
CA to TX to Jamaica
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Re: Why did you decide to live in America?
Car pool lanes!!!
Overtaking on both sides. Took awhile to get used to but now I love it.
The weather. I'm sitting on the patio in a t-shirt and shorts while my friends in England are scraping ice off the car in the morning.
The beach. It's beautiful. I love to go there just to look at it.
Barbeques by the pool.
Friendly people. I've made friends here far more easily than in England. And because of my accent people are more inclined to approach me and want to chat.
The 'can do' attitude.
Great customer service.
Eating breakfast out and actually enjoying the food.
Being able to go to a bookstore at midnight and have a coffee and a slice of cake while I'm there.
The size and the diversity of the country and the travel opportunities that affords.
Cheaper electrical goods.
Having a child that loves sushi and always wants to eat at Souplantation, "because the salad selection is so good!"
Overtaking on both sides. Took awhile to get used to but now I love it.
The weather. I'm sitting on the patio in a t-shirt and shorts while my friends in England are scraping ice off the car in the morning.
The beach. It's beautiful. I love to go there just to look at it.
Barbeques by the pool.
Friendly people. I've made friends here far more easily than in England. And because of my accent people are more inclined to approach me and want to chat.
The 'can do' attitude.
Great customer service.
Eating breakfast out and actually enjoying the food.
Being able to go to a bookstore at midnight and have a coffee and a slice of cake while I'm there.
The size and the diversity of the country and the travel opportunities that affords.
Cheaper electrical goods.
Having a child that loves sushi and always wants to eat at Souplantation, "because the salad selection is so good!"