Pulaski

.... you only check the domestic UK news on bbc.com (or your favorite newspaper's web site) occasionally and miss the news on the complete redesign of British coinage.

GeoffM

Not heard of that one. Bread and butter, yes. Over here crackers seem to be the norm.

"Yes, I would love to have three tiny crackers with my soup please"

jemima55

Bit dated but.........
You start trying to imagine Newt Gingrich as the leader of the free world!

lansbury

you say alphabetized instead of alphabetical order.

Speedwell

I was in the US too long 30 years ago, then, when he was my district's Congressional representative and people were already talking about his possible future career. It was not a happy thought for me

Desdemona

And we do have a subscription to the "Daily Express" on my iPad, my fave British newspaper

jemima55

You start to fantasise about what you could do to get deported.........

Pulaski

..... you start to worry that anything you've done since you arrived could get you deported.

Nutek

Thats closer to it.

HarryTheSpider

..... you start to worry that anything you've done since you arrived should get you deported.

Otherwise you're just not doing it right...

jemima55

You seriously consider offering a swap with Abu Hamsa (yes, I know they've already got him).

vikingsail

... you start to wonder just which are the NRO, CIA, INS, Homeland Security or FBI profiles/bloggers on BE! You know they are out there!!

jemima55

The thrill of jaywalking wears off!

robin1234

.. folks die and you say they "passed on" or they "passed," instead of saying they dropped dead or kicked the bucket.

GeoffM

...You no longer swear under your breath when a jaywalker steps out in front of your car and just consider it perfectly normal.