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Jan 25th 2013, 4:16 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Cardienscarf

When you find cream in your fridge that you had at Thanksgiving and don't even worry about it being off in January.

It never lasts that long in our fridge ...

Jan 25th 2013, 4:20 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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It never lasts that long in our fridge ...

Try hiding it behind the vegetables

Jan 25th 2013, 4:23 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Try hiding it behind the vegetables

Vegetables!

Feb 5th 2013, 3:10 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

.... you wonder why you can't spend US dollars in stores when you visit the UK?

Feb 5th 2013, 3:17 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

.... you wonder why you can't spend US dollars in stores when you visit the UK?

A few years ago I was behind an Irish customer in Asda (in Scotland) whose credit card was declined. He didn't have enough sterling cash to cover his purchase, so tried offering some Euros ... no luck there, of course. (I understand a few tourist-type places in England do, usually at lousy rates of interest, but in Scotland, hundreds of miles from the nearest Eurozone country?!)

I seem to remember Canadian shops near the border often take USD, for obvious reasons. Not great exchange rates though...

Feb 5th 2013, 3:20 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

... you were barely middle-aged when you came here and now you are beginning to realise unless you do something pretty soon you'll die here.

And not just because of the poor quality bacon and dreadful tea.

Feb 5th 2013, 3:42 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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What a truly terrifying thought

Feb 5th 2013, 4:08 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

.... you wonder why you can't spend US dollars in stores when you visit the UK?

Feb 5th 2013, 4:43 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

.... you wonder why you can't spend US dollars in stores when you visit the UK?

... you forget you already posted the same message nearly an hour earlier?

Feb 5th 2013, 4:58 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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... you forget you already posted the same message nearly an hour earlier?

Feb 5th 2013, 5:01 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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... you forget you already posted the same message nearly an hour earlier?

He's still arguing with the shopkeeper.

Feb 5th 2013, 5:02 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by robin1234

....... And not just because of the poor quality bacon and dreadful tea.

.... you don't expect bacon to include any actual meat, just a few protein fibres holding strips of fat together.

Last edited by Pulaski; Feb 5th 2013 at 5:06 pm.

Feb 5th 2013, 5:04 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Sally Redux

He's still arguing with the shopkeeper.

"Argue"? Me?

..... You must have mistaken me for that other Pulaski!

Feb 5th 2013, 6:22 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

"Argue"? Me?

..... You must have mistaken me for that other Pulaski!

Ahh.. Mr. Pulaski .. so you do at least recognise that there are two of you? At last, we make some progress..

Feb 5th 2013, 6:25 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by robin1234

Ahh.. Mr. Pulaski .. so you do at least recognise that there are two of you? At last, we make some progress..

One is Mr., the other is Dr.?