Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	Aunt Bessies Frozen Yorkshire Puds	QUOTE (Sister Fracas @ Jan 24 2008, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Aunt Bessie's yorkshire puddings - http://www.wisechoic...p?idCategory=21 $8.49 for pkg of 12 Item in stock http://www.buybritis...productid=19133 $6.25 for pkg of 12 That's my local British store , run by a lovely Welsh man! Went there for the first time on Saturday to get golden syrup and he gave me 10% off because it was my first time there	catrocks	Female	England	2008-02-05 14:49:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	I always order water with meals here because it's free which makes me happy	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-30 17:10:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 30 2008, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Jan 30 2008, 07:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they can't charge for tap water, as far as I know, but with the bottled stuff it's different (AFAIK) That's how I understand it as well But if you go to a restaurant in the UK and ask for water, they bring you bottled water. Here, you ask for water and they bring tap water. I don't think they can charge for tap water in the UK but you have to specify that you want tap water.... in my experience anyway. Just a difference of norms.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-30 08:53:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	QUOTE (TracyTN @ Jan 22 2008, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Chas CONSTANTLY has people thinking he's from Australia!! When I was living in Belgium I met a South African guy who'd lived in Australia for 5 years or something.... and his first question to me was "so, what part of Australia are you from". Me: the part that's in England?	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-28 15:15:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	I've tried to teach Ben how to talk in a British accent... but he sounds soooo much like ####### van ####### in Mary Poppins! My mother has tried to teach him how to say "Harry" properly but he still pronounces it "Hairy"	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-21 17:32:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	I always get people saying "oh you're from England.... it must be easy for you to adjust to life here then!" I wonder if it's actually more difficult, partly due to those who feel this way? I've not been here long, but some days I feel totally at home and other days I feel like I'm on another planet!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-17 09:47:00
United Kingdom	Easier for Brits to adjust?	I liked this post too QUOTE (Matt and Sarah @ Jan 2 2008, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What I think you will like: Everything is convenient - more brands to choose from at the supermarket (many have "international" aisles with British brands as well), you don't even have to get out of your car for the pharmacy, bank, dry cleaning and a coffee. I personally don't like that you can drive thru for almost everything.... I find it like the beginning of laziness or something but it's definitely different! QUOTE Our cars are automatic mostly, one less thing for you to worry about while you are learning how to drive on the wrong side of the road! This is just a personal preference, but I hate driving automatics. I was already comfortable driving on this side of the road though before I moved here, due to living in Belgium for 3 years. Autos are fine, again I find it the lazy way of driving tho! However I bet it would be great if you had never driven on this side of the road. QUOTE Service - you will get water, chips and salsa or bread as soon as you sit down at your table in a restaurant. They will keep coming back and ask if you want more tea/water/soda. I love this - this is DEFINITELY one of the great things about the US. I can't even believe they charge you for water in the UK... QUOTE What you won't like: You and your accent will be a novelty to everyone you meet, sometimes they will patronize you...."what do you mean you don't have BASEBALL in England? EVERYONE has baseball!" Americans like to assume that you have everything we have. Like Thanksgiving! Ben's grandmother can't believe we don't have Thanksgiving. QUOTE It can get HOT. I mean unimaginably HOT in the summer, depending on where you are at. And thank God for a/c!!! QUOTE Apart from that, she feels that everything is really a plus and is very much looking forward to her April journey to Dallas and our June 7 wedding! Good luck to you - April is getting close now!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-01-17 09:42:00
United Kingdom	Stupid Lawyers !!!!	Yeah we had a similar thing with our lawyer. They didn't just give us the forms to fill out ourselves that they could check after, they gave us some stupid questionnaire and then proceeded to make stupid mistakes throughout the actual form. They wrote one of my previous addresses with Belgium as the CITY and Germany (?) as the country... I mean come on! Where did Germany come from?? We'd paid upfront for them to help us through both K1 and AOS, but I have to say they weren't as much help as they said they'd be.... our lawyer promised to help me with getting my SSN and my driver's license, and when I sent him an email saying can I get these now I have my EAD his response was 'sure, take your EAD card'... a monkey could have told me that! As a result, I will NOT be using a lawyer for removal of conditions in 2 years. Unluckily for me, I didn't find this website until after we were already married Anyways I'm sure if you just correct the mistake yourself it won't cause any problems. Tell your lawyer they made a mistake and make sure you check everything they fill out extremely thoroughly, because this probably won't be the last mistake they make	catrocks	Female	England	2008-02-21 14:38:00
United Kingdom	Survived first year.	Mmm blank stares are fun. A couple of years ago when I was visiting my H, I was at the airport and somehow got talking to this businessman dude. We were talking for like 10 mins about different random things when he says to me... "you know, you speak very good English!" I was a bit shocked so I just thanked him. Then he asked where I was from. When I replied "England" he suddenly looked shocked, made excuses and left. It was hilarious. Same thing happened to my dad when he was visiting his wife's family in Texas - some lady told him "you speak English real good" to which he replied "why thank you, I've been practising"	catrocks	Female	England	2007-12-03 22:18:00
United Kingdom	Can we vote???	Oooh thank you, I assumed we could but didn't know how ETA: I just checked the links, it says I have to get another British person living overseas to witness me signing the form..... but I don't know anyone in this area! So, we'll see Edited by catrocks, 25 February 2008 - 05:26 PM.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-02-25 17:23:00
United Kingdom	Can we vote???	While I was talking to my hubby today about politics and stuff, I had a thought. Are we UK citizens who are permanent residents of the US allowed to vote in the UK elections? Even though we are no longer UK residents? If so, how do we register for a postal vote? Anyone have any idea?	catrocks	Female	England	2008-02-24 23:07:00
United Kingdom	2 Different Interview Dates in London	That's so strange! I would call the embassy, they were pretty helpful when I had to call them about something. Congrats on your two interview dates!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-02-29 08:55:00
United Kingdom	Traveling to US, question about "proving ties"	Every visa waiver is valid for 3 months. I have entered the US about 5 times with one and never had any problems, and I've never had to show a return ticket so I don't see why they would say "well since your ticket says you're leaving December 18th you're forbidden to stay longer" since you're allowed to stay for up to 90 days. I visited my H once when we were going through the K1 process, and I was never informed that I should bring things to show ties to the UK. I remember that the officer asked what the purpose of my visit was and I said "to see my boyfriend". Well I guess the officer saw my engagement ring and asked how long we'd been engaged and when we were getting married etc, to which I told him we'd get married when I had my K1. I remember when I'd been admitted to the country and walked away from the officer, he said (nastily!) "JUST DON'T STAY HERE ILLEGALLY'. Which bugged me but what are you gonna do! Anyway, bottom line, he never asked me to prove anything (though in hindsight, I should have brought a letter from my university or something to prove that I had ties). I wouldn't worry too much about it, the visa waiver is very easy - she won't even have to fill anything out until she's on the plane, and then it's just minimal info.	catrocks	Female	England	2007-12-03 22:11:00
United Kingdom	Welsh day trips?	Cheddar Gorge and Wooky Hole are my favourite places in England, I would go there! My family is from north Wales, I've only been to south Wales once and we went to St David's.... I would recommend going there, it's sooooo cute but it might be a bit far for a day trip, not sure. Tenby is a great place to visit too. If you ever get a chance to go to north Wales it's way better - Betws-y-Coed and Beddgellert are my favourite places.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-03-11 07:46:00
United Kingdom	Tesco's Fresh and Easy Stores	They don't have easter eggs here! I'm going to have to celebrate easter with peeps! Which is great but I miss my smarties easter egg There's a English section in Meijer here but it's no good. It has beans but that's about the only good thing. I didn't know they had tescos here.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-03-17 08:23:00
United Kingdom	After 16 months looking	Ohhh I'm jealous! Congrats on your find though - we've found nothing thats come close so far here!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-03-24 20:49:00
United Kingdom	Heathrow to Gatwick	Just to add something here, hubby once had to do this in the opposite - so he landed in Gatwick and had to take the bus to Heathrow for his connecting flight. He had NO problems. At Gatwick you don't have to walk miles to get to the bus like in Heathrow. Gatwick is just a much better and more organized airport. Hubby says he even had time for a beer while waiting for his connecting flight in Heathrow. Someone suggested getting a taxi the first journey, and the bus on the way back - I would second that. I know it would be expensive but after the cr@p we went through I'd rather pay the money and not have to wait 5 hours for a 30 minute flight. I don't know where the taxis go from in Heathrow, but the traffic wasn't the issue for us - it was the distance we had to walk and the time we had to wait to get the bus that made us miss the flight. So if there are taxis waiting right outside the terminal where your friend lands it should be much quicker and easier than trying to navigate Heathrow.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-11 13:16:00
United Kingdom	Heathrow to Gatwick	Oh God I did this once.... never again. It seems to be ok going from Gatwick to Heathrow but going the other way sucks because Heathrow is such a *$%@!@# airport. We did the National Express route, we had to walk about 45 mins through heathrow to get to the terminal and then queue for 20 mins to get tickets. By the time we got to Gatwick we were too late to board our flight to Manchester (COME ON!!! it's a 30 minute flight!!!) and we had to wait 5 hours for another. All this on top of jet lag meant two very unhappy bunnies. Needless to say, we hit the bar. If it's in her budget I'd say get a taxi. The Heathrow express sucks. Or try to reschedule so there is more than 3 hours in between flights. 3 hours is not enough time.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-11 09:41:00
United Kingdom	Which of these kids shows do you remember watching?	Rainbow was the bomb. Rod, Jane and Freddy.... need I say more?	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-17 15:25:00
United Kingdom	London Embassy Review	Congrats Aly! Must be a huge weight lifted Loved the review, I could see it as well from remembering my own experience! Edited by catrocks, 10 April 2008 - 07:48 AM.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-10 07:47:00
United Kingdom	1st time international traveler	Better you fly to Gatwick than Heathrow! I always take sandwiches on the plane with me as I undoubtedly get very bored and it uses up 10 mins to eat them! Don't bring any drinks though as you can't take them thru security. You can buy water once you're through security, and you'll need it because planes have NO humidity so you get dehydrated very easily. If you have an MP3 player, put a lot of music on it, otherwise you'll get bored of listening to the same thing over and over. Don't worry though, the worst thing about the flight is its length - it seems to go even longer when you know your sweetie is at the end of it! Have a safe flight	catrocks	Female	England	2008-03-24 20:48:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (illumine @ Apr 28 2008, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (catrocks @ Apr 28 2008, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (illumine @ Apr 28 2008, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (catrocks @ Apr 28 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Thomas F @ Apr 26 2008, 03:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is marmite that syrupy stuff in the green can i see in Tesco here? i asked my fellow shoppers what that was and all i got were blank stares!!! What is that stuff??? Golden syrup? http://en.wikipedia....ki/Golden_syrup Does anyone else desperately miss Branston's Pickle????? If I could wish for only one product that would be it..... and some proper cheese to make a sandwich! You can get Branston at Jungle Jim's in Cincy. Good English cheddar is at Trader Joe's. Thanks but I know. But I try to ration myself because it's pretty expensive at those places. I know where to get those things, it's just that I can't really afford to buy it often! We have British stores in Dayton which are closer than Jungle Jims where I try to get that stuff.... I always find I have to plan an entire afternoon at Jungle Jims because I have to go to the French, Indian, German and general cheese sections as well as the British one! I know but JJ's is AWESOME. I miss it. It's the most awesome place ever!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-29 08:17:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (illumine @ Apr 28 2008, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (catrocks @ Apr 28 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Thomas F @ Apr 26 2008, 03:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is marmite that syrupy stuff in the green can i see in Tesco here? i asked my fellow shoppers what that was and all i got were blank stares!!! What is that stuff??? Golden syrup? http://en.wikipedia....ki/Golden_syrup Does anyone else desperately miss Branston's Pickle????? If I could wish for only one product that would be it..... and some proper cheese to make a sandwich! You can get Branston at Jungle Jim's in Cincy. Good English cheddar is at Trader Joe's. Thanks but I know. But I try to ration myself because it's pretty expensive at those places. I know where to get those things, it's just that I can't really afford to buy it often! We have British stores in Dayton which are closer than Jungle Jims where I try to get that stuff.... I always find I have to plan an entire afternoon at Jungle Jims because I have to go to the French, Indian, German and general cheese sections as well as the British one! Edited by catrocks, 28 April 2008 - 09:07 PM.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-28 21:04:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (Thomas F @ Apr 26 2008, 03:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is marmite that syrupy stuff in the green can i see in Tesco here? i asked my fellow shoppers what that was and all i got were blank stares!!! What is that stuff??? Golden syrup? http://en.wikipedia....ki/Golden_syrup Does anyone else desperately miss Branston's Pickle????? If I could wish for only one product that would be it..... and some proper cheese to make a sandwich!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-28 14:55:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	How about Climax (PA) F**king (Austria) Duke of Hereford's Knob (Wales?) Knockemstiff (OH) Condom (France)	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-15 10:39:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	I always wondered if there was actually anyone with the name Mike Hunt - too funny! Drew Peacock is an awesome name. Seriously, do people not think before they name their kids?	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-14 16:59:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	We got our kettle at Target. I was surprised, it's actually not bad. The one we had before it was also from Target but if you wanted to make more than 2 cups of tea you'd have to boil it twice because it was so small!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-11 09:46:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (toshtishtash @ Apr 10 2008, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hah! This reminds me of when I went to a gas station once to get some cigarettes... The 'young' girl behind the counter asked me for id... I gave her my passport. She looked at it for about 5 minutes every which way she could think of and gave it back saying... No, sorry... This isn't English... She WOULD NOT serve me cigarettes because my ENGLISH passport was not English! This is slightly OT but my friend is from Michigan and still has her Michigan license. We went out a while ago to the bar we always go to and they had a new door man on that night. Well, he saw her license and wouldn't let her in! He'd never seen a Michigan license before and thought it was fake! She was like.... Michigan is the next state to Ohio! There are tons of people from Michigan here. He had to go check with his supervisor and we waited 5 mins to be let in on her "fake" license. I was glad I had my Ohio license and not my UK one!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-10 15:34:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (Krikit @ Apr 10 2008, 07:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (catrocks @ Apr 9 2008, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Lisax @ Apr 9 2008, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> my remedy spray them with the window washer fluid, that gets some people to slow down! Yep, that works! The other trick (this only works on a single lane road) is that when they get right up your ####### like that, you slow waaaaaaaaaaay down. Say, from 40 (speed limit is 35) to 25 or 30. It makes them back off, plus it's funny at the same time Just a word of caution against doing things like this. In the US they will shoot you when they have road rage. It happens a lot. DON'T play games with US drivers. I'm serious. I know.... it's just funny. I never do it with the obvious road rage people, I just let them pass me and move on. It's usually the stupid people on their cellphones and not paying attention, or old people. And I wouldn't do that in certain areas!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-10 07:50:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (Crisscat @ Apr 9 2008, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ............how about.............when you get asked at a local Walmart............why are you acting like you are from England by putting on that accent??? and when my husband said Im not putting it on......I really am from England.........the cashier argued with him and said no your not your just putting on that accent and its not a very good one LMAO OMG........my hubby was soooo mad That's why I don't shop at Walmart if I can help it QUOTE (Krikit @ Apr 10 2008, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (TracyTN @ Apr 10 2008, 08:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (colinjess @ Apr 9 2008, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ..... when you ask for lemonade and get squash lemonade is fizzy i tell you Lemonade is fizzy???? Lemonade in the UK is something like Sprite or 7-Up or Sierra Mist here. But better. I miss British lemonade.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-10 07:34:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (Lisax @ Apr 9 2008, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> my remedy spray them with the window washer fluid, that gets some people to slow down! Yep, that works! The other trick (this only works on a single lane road) is that when they get right up your ####### like that, you slow waaaaaaaaaaay down. Say, from 40 (speed limit is 35) to 25 or 30. It makes them back off, plus it's funny at the same time	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-09 14:30:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	......... you no longer understand half the jokes on top gear, and they cut them off mid sentence for commercials! ......... people think ####### van ####### has an incredible Cockney accent in Mary Poppins Edited by catrocks, 08 April 2008 - 07:26 AM.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-08 07:25:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	QUOTE (TracyTN @ Apr 7 2008, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Ian + Anne @ Apr 6 2008, 06:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ..... you can not find an electrical screw driver in the hardware stores ! (all they sell are test probes, ####### !) ..... you have a tail gater ..... they tend to sit on your rear as if they are looking through the contents in the back of the car...... ####### .... sometimes I feel like stopping the car in the middle of the road and walking to the back and opening the boot and asking the driver if s/he wants anything from it ! Glad to hear this isn't just a Tennessee thing!! It drives me CRAZY!!!!!! It's an Ohio thing...... and a Michigan thing..... and a Utah thing..... oh and Idaho, Kentucky.... pretty much everywhere I've been here! I understand it better now that I've taken the driving test and realized that a monkey could pass it.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-07 09:23:00
United Kingdom	You know you're living in America and not the UK when...	..... you see a commercial for medication for genital herpes at 5pm ..... you're repeatedly asked to spell any word with an 'r' in it ..... when you order water in a restaurant you never know what you'll end up with!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-07 07:55:00
United Kingdom	Heinz Baked Beans	Our old Kroger had the international section. It was great. Unfortunately we've moved and our Kroger now is kind of ghetto. Still, we only moved 10 miles Oh and Target is just awesome. I love Target. I try not to go to Walmart because it creeps me out. Hubby bought a mullet wig around Halloween time and wore it to Walmart (complete with mirrored aviators) and seriously, no one gave him a second glance! It was a perm mullet wig..... he looked like a reject from some hair metal/ glam rock band - but that's what most people look like in Walmart.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-23 08:47:00
United Kingdom	Heinz Baked Beans	I don't think the Bush's beans taste similar, but I've only tasted the brown sugar and bacon flavor. They are nice but not Heinz. A good alternative to Heinz beans here are vegetarian beans - we get the Kroger own brand but I'm sure they have them in other brands - not exactly the same but they are in tomato sauce so they're pretty similar. We get Heinz beans from Meijer. They are so expensive. Good luck in your search	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-22 07:29:00
United Kingdom	Homesickness	I'm sorry you're homesick Kat. People here tend to assume that it's easier to assimilate to life in the US when you're coming from the UK, as they are such "similar" countries. Honestly, I found it easier to assimilate when I lived in Belgium and didn't speak the language! It takes time. It would be good if you could meet up with some other Brits, that has helped me a lot. Try to make the most of living here - like other people have said it's never going to be the same as your life in the UK was, but that doesn't mean that it can't be good. Volunteer, go to meetup groups, get a dog (or borrow someone's) and go to the dog park. I've heard that it takes 3 years to totally assimilate to life in a new country.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-05-20 08:40:00
United Kingdom	Wedding Cakes	The tartan one is beautiful! Looks yummy too The people who made our wedding cake also made these ones: Sand castle very bright! Gorillas! This is ours, it was incredible	catrocks	Female	England	2008-04-03 12:26:00
United Kingdom	It's finally here....	Congratulations! I hope you had a safe flight and a wonderful reunion!	catrocks	Female	England	2008-06-24 15:43:00
United Kingdom	Why USA and not UK?	QUOTE (britty @ May 22 2008, 06:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Although I am closer to my family in the UK, we made the decision to live in the US mainly due to my husband's work. I was also so tired of watching the UK go "to the dogs" with all the immigration problems, taxes, and left wing spineless government that would have me support all the freeloaders and leeches. Haha so you decided to move to the US which has... immigration problems, unemployment problems, is going into a recession and is in the middle of a political debate where it looks like we're screwed whatever happens.... Seriously though, I was kind of sick of all that stuff in the UK too, but remember that the US is certainly not without its problems.	catrocks	Female	England	2008-05-22 08:27:00