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United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

....... Fru lemon cheesecakes.....


Dammmmmnnnnnnn you!!!!!

And now I really really really really want to eat my way through the entire Fru/Gu range of deliciousness. I too had an entire cupboard full of those little ramekins!



What is a Fru Lemon Cheesecake I have never heard of that?
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 10:06:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

Ripples are made by Galaxy and are kinda like a flake but they have a chocolate coating over then, and Drifters are made by Nestle and are a wafer bar with caramel and chocolate covered and come in a two bar pack, but they are not like twix.

I like most of Mr Kipling cakes......hmmmmm


Weird; I never heard of either of those! I guess I didn't spend enough time in the candy aisle. I was more of a cake person; I probably had about 50 of those glass ramekins that you get when you buy Fru lemon cheesecakes. :blush: Now THOSE were TASTY. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I loved Mr Kipling lemon slices but I wasn't keen on the others; too sweet. They had these battenburg cakes out for Easter that looked so tasty but when I tasted them they were too sweet. My gfn stbx husband polished those off though. :lol:



I wasnt keen on Battenburg either, but I liked the French Fancies, Cherry Bakewells, Lemon Slices pretty much everything really I have a real sweet tooth so any cake is good in my book!!!

I have to admit I cant remember seeing Drifters too much in the UK but Ripples were very popular....just not big enough in my opinion, and they can certainly give the Cadbury Flake a run for their money!!!

OMG I can't wait to go to England in September!!!!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 10:03:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

Oh I have a craving for a large bag of Minstrals..... or a Ripple.... Going to ask Mum to bring some over next month when she comes to visit..... Now what can I eat to keep my craving at bay until then????

Kez



I saw Ripples at my local Food Basics over the weekend!!! I was almost drooling and couldnt decide between Ripple and Drifter.


What's Ripples? What's Drifter? :blink: :blink: I'm still looking for Mr Kipling's lemon slices. I really liked those! :crying:



Ripples are made by Galaxy and are kinda like a flake but they have a chocolate coating over then, and Drifters are made by Nestle and are a wafer bar with caramel and chocolate covered and come in a two bar pack, but they are not like twix.

I like most of Mr Kipling cakes......hmmmmm
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 09:56:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

Oh I have a craving for a large bag of Minstrals..... or a Ripple.... Going to ask Mum to bring some over next month when she comes to visit..... Now what can I eat to keep my craving at bay until then????

Kez



I saw Ripples at my local Food Basics over the weekend!!! I was almost drooling and couldnt decide between Ripple and Drifter.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 09:50:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course
It can be Galaxy, Nestle, Cadbury or Mars for me......none of the Hershey stuff thanks
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 12:57:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course
I had my first Drifter bar in years yesterday.....bought from Food Basics (who had a few other British items, Custard Powder, Rice Pudding, Salad Cream other chocolate etc).

Scruuummmy!!!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 12:15:00
United KingdomThe World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course

I would kill for a Hobnob right about now!

July 11, 2007
The World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course
By KIM SEVERSON
A TELEVISION news producer from Atlanta recently made a deal with her boss, who was traveling in London. The producer promised she would submit her script for an investigative story ahead of deadline in exchange for two British Kit Kats and a Curly Wurly bar.

The woman, who did not want her name revealed for fear of being teased endlessly by her colleagues, so loves her British chocolate that she takes an extra suitcase when she travels to London just to bring back a haul.

“Should I admit I am carrying two U.K. Kit Kats with me in my briefcase right now, just in case I get into a bind on my trip?” she e-mailed this reporter from the road.

At this point, it would be easy to take a long, clichéd side trip into a discussion of the relative inferiority of British food. But for the rarefied palate that can appreciate the soft, immediate pleasure of an inexpensive candy bar, it’s not difficult to give the edge to sweets from the realm of the queen.

That’s why Malcolm Smart takes his son, Rowan, for a stroll to Blue Apron in Park Slope, Brooklyn, twice a week for a proper British candy bar. Rowan is 6 years old, and tends toward the mint Aero bar.

Mr. Smart, who grew up in Birmingham, England, home of the chocolate manufacturer Cadbury-Schweppes, is a Flake man himself. The Cadbury Flake, a crumbly bar of compressed ribbons of chocolate, was invented in 1920. It is thrust into swirls of soft ice cream at parks all over London, creating a dessert called a 99.

Alan Palmer, who is an owner of Blue Apron, said the British candy bars have been strong sellers since he opened the shop five years ago.“Anybody who went to school there or had any kind of business or family connection over there is totally addicted to them,” he said.

Mr. Smart, who has lived in the United States for 25 years, learned early on in his life here that British and American chocolate bars are different, even if they share a name and a look.

“One day I was eating a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk and I thought, this has absolutely no flavor,” he said. “I looked at the label and saw it was made by Hershey. I was outraged.”

Cadbury Dairy Milk is the iconic British candy bar, the one most likely to be tucked into the suitcase of a Yankee tourist looking for an inexpensive souvenir. Versions are filled with caramel, whipped fondant, whole nuts or pellets of shortbread cookie.

It’s a different bar from the Cadbury bar available in the United States. According to the label, a British Cadbury Dairy Milk bar contains milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat and emulsifiers. The version made by the Hershey Company, which holds the license from Cadbury-Schweppes to produce the candy in the United States under the British company’s direction, starts its ingredient list with sugar. It lists lactose and the emulsifier soy lecithin, which keeps the cocoa butter from separating from the cocoa. The American product also lists “natural and artificial flavorings.”

Tony Bilsborough, a spokesman for Cadbury-Schweppes in Britain, said his company ships its specially formulated chocolate crumb — a mash of dried milk and chocolate to which cocoa butter will be added later — to Hershey, Pa. What happens next accounts for the differences.

“I imagine it’s down to the final processing and the blending,” he said. After consulting with chocolate manufacturers in each country, Cadbury tries to replicate the taste people grew up with, he said. In the United States, that means a bar that is more akin to a Hershey bar, which to many British palates tastes sour.

Kirk Seville, a spokesman for the Hershey Company, declined to explain the manufacturing process, saying the company preferred not to take part in a discussion about the manufacturing differences between a British and an American Cadbury bar.

For people here with a taste for British candy, no explanation is necessary. Their opinions are already formed.

“Hershey’s tastes like ear wax,” said Kevin Ellis, an Alaskan-born designer with Adobe Systems in San Francisco. Mr. Ellis, who says Canadian and British chocolate bars are comparable, anticipates with delight the boxes of imported chocolate bars his wife's family sends.

The appeal of British chocolate is powerful. When the Ellis family moved not long ago to another Bay Area house, a burly man from Birmingham who was helping to haul the sofa spied a box.

“Do you mind if I have a Curly Wurly?” he asked with the tenderness of a hopeful child.

The Curly Wurly, a thick strip of braided caramel covered in chocolate, is a sibling to the discontinued Marathon bar, which any American who was in high school when Jimmy Carter was president will remember fondly.

The Curly Wurly is not as popular in Britain as the Crunchie. With its crisp honeycomb interior, it’s what a Butterfinger might be if it went to finishing school and married up.

But neither rivals the Mars bar, the prom queen of British candy bars. About three million of them are made daily in Slough, just west of London. It’s like a less sweet version of the American Milky Way, rather than the almond-stuffed American Mars bar. The smart set in London melts it over ice cream for a fast dinner party dessert. Mars bars are also fried in the same sort of batter used to coat cod.

And then there is the television producer’s beloved Kit Kat, invented in York, England, in the early 1930s and available in versions that match the tastes of, variously, Japanese, Germans, Australians, Canadians and Americans.

Nicky Perry has sold chocolate bars from her home country for more than a decade at her store, Tea and Sympathy, in Greenwich Village.

Her theory is that the bars from the United Kingdom are made from a better recipe, containing fewer stabilizers. They melt more quickly than a Hershey bar, which is why she cuts back on the amount she stocks in summer.

“I can’t afford to keep the A.C. on all night or a chocolate bar would cost $10, wouldn’t it?” she said.

At the London Food Company in Montclair, N.J., about 17 percent of the store’s sales are British chocolate bars, said Samantha Codling, the owner.

Ms. Codling, who is from Essex, offers a range of Cadbury Milk bars, including the mint crisp, whole nut and Turkish delight with rose jelly. The British Smartie, which resembles an M & M but has a thicker shell, and the Malteser malt ball, also sell well.

“All the ex-pats definitely know the difference already and the Americans soon figure it out,” she said.

Bryn Dyment, a Web developer in the Bay Area who grew up in Canada, said he was shocked when his parents took him to a candy counter in the United States. He found out that not every child in the world was eating the same chocolate bars he was.

It wasn’t until he moved to the United States as an adult that he realized just how vast that divide is.

“You get in these religious arguments with people,” he said. “I haven’t met a Canadian who likes a Hershey bar, but Americans think you’re crazy when you say that, because they think everyone loves a Hershey bar.”

http://www.nytimes.c...amp;oref=slogin



Nothing new there then....but thanks at least that makes it official!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 11:59:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

Gosh - that is very scary! Particularly with rabies here in the US.

I HATE skunks. Had one spray UNDER my house a few months after I moved in. Ever since, I laugh with glee when I see one smashed on the side of the road (which is SO unlike me, I'm such a huge animal lover!).



Awww I saw 3 skunks playing in the grass at the mall a couple of weeks ago. They are cute until they spray.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 10:04:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

Thanks, broma! I'm getting there. My shoulder is achy and I have one hell of bruise on my arm, but nothing's broken, thank goodness. I'm keeping myself doped up on paracetamol with codeine (ahhhhhh, can feel nothing below my neck!). I was glad my mom was with me -- nothing like having your mother take care of you when you are sh!t scared and crying! :blush:



I hear ya.....moms are good for that....I miss mine!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 10:46:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

Actually, the guy did use a cart. He lost control of the package while he was lifting it onto the conveyor belt. Why he didn't just leave it on the cart to be scanned there I do not know...

Believe me, I have no interest in suing IKEA. It would be really hard to prove how they breached either their duty of care or any health and safety rules, and they went a long way in making sure I was fine afterwards. It was just an accident, pretty unforeseeable. My sister-in-law told me that while I was off being treated, the guy nearly whacked his wife with another package, so the guy is clumsy as well as rude!



I hope you are feeling better!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 10:06:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

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Yeah, yeah, any excuse, I know. :blush:


Grrrr...IKEA! I was injured at the Wembley store on Saturday -- I was waiting with my sister-in-law to pay for a chest of drawers, when the azzhole in front of me DROPPED a 8-foot long box containing a solid wood upright on my shoulder and elbow. I went into shock and started crying as my arm puffed up to twice its size, and the jerk didn't even say he was sorry, just said "Calm down!" in an exasperated tone, like I was inconveniencing HIM by crying. :angry:

The IKEA first aiders were tops. They took me to one side and gave me a chair to sit in, and iced my arm. One of the security staff spoke to the cashier for her take on things, and she backed up my version of events. She had the security staff follow the guy out into the car park where, I was told, "he was given a very stern talking to"!!! :lol:

My arm and shoulder still hurt like hell, and I have a big bruise, but the way I was treated by IKEA went a long way to making me feel better quickly.


I wouldn't have been satisfied with a stern talking-to. Sue sue sue! If you're leaving the UK anyway why not get a nice chunk of compensation on the way out? If you can't beat the system might as well join it.


That is not the way the system works in the UK......its the USA that has a sue, sue, sue mentality. Besides who is exactly is she going to sue Ikea or the guy that actually dropped his box?? Personal sueings are difficult to achieve in the UK and it was hardly Ikea's fault that a customer did not use a cart!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 07:58:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

I'm fed up because I have a cold. My husband also keeps e-mailing me and telling me how much he misses and loves me. Heh.



Tell him he knows the solution... ;)

Ok my turn to winge....


Its too hot and humid here....

I am at work and I want to be home....

My hubby has to wait all over the weekend for news of a job......

I need more money.......


He's seeing a theRAPIST today. I dunno what he's expecting a therapist to tell him. :rolleyes:


Thats too funny look at your post it almost reads like he is seeing the RAPIST today....lol

Seriously, I expect the therapist will tell him to take these pills and come back and see me in a month!!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-13 15:11:00
United KingdomFriday whinge from the maven

I'm fed up because I have a cold. My husband also keeps e-mailing me and telling me how much he misses and loves me. Heh.



Tell him he knows the solution... ;)

Ok my turn to winge....


Its too hot and humid here....

I am at work and I want to be home....

My hubby has to wait all over the weekend for news of a job......

I need more money.......

Edited by broma25, 13 July 2007 - 12:19 PM.

broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-13 12:20:00
United KingdomBad Credit in the UK?

I agree, running away from UK debts IS irresponsible, but then accruing those debts in the first place, knowing full well
I couldnt REALLY afford the repayments was irresponsible.

At the time, as a single mum, it seemed the only way to be able to feed and house my daughter and I.
So then maybe continuing the pregnancy was irresponsible, knowing that I wasn't in a position to raise a child financially.

Hell, Im damn irresponsible, but wouldnt change a thing.
Hopefully, Ill be able to repay the vermin who target the financially disadvantaged, but Im not really going to lose any sleep over it.

x


[Insert round of applause here]

(F)



Ditto,

I was a single mum too, with no maintenace from ex. I worked bloody hard as a teacher to support my two boys and paid all my bills, loan installments etc . Now if I had been given that damn EAD a year and a half ago I would be still able to keep paying them off now. Well I'm paying 10 pounds here and there on debts (which my boyfriend gives me) and thats all I can do.



At least you are making the effort!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-18 14:58:00
United KingdomBad Credit in the UK?

Also, if your spouse has good credit, then start linking your name to all of their accounts. It will quickly rub off on you and any reason for possible secondary UK checks should not be necessary. I would imagine in they are only checking the UK because there is no US credit history.


My cousin had a mortgage applicant with A+ credit sitting in front of him who'd only been in the USA for one year so he checked his credit in the UK and found that the guy had abandoned debt over there. He denied the loan. I guess the moral is...if you have bad credit in the UK, don't ask for a loan from my cousin. :lol:


So if this DOES happen to you, then just apply somewhere else. It sounds extremely rare that lenders are checking the UK at all. And I would assume you would have to give them full UK details (address, etc) as there is no other way to track applicants. You could withdraw your application at that time and apply somewhere else before the check is done.


Sure, you could; but my cousin lives in an immigrant-heavy city and he gets tired of them defaulting on loans so he is doing credit checks in an applicant's native country more and more often. He told me that immigrants are much much more likely to default on a loan than a native-born US citizen. He can't be the only loan officer doing business this way.

I would assume that in the future, your credit rating in your native country will be a bigger issue.


I cant wait for everyone to start doing credit checks in the native country, it would certainly help me. I have excellent credit in the UK and it would be great if it could be used to assess creditworthyness in the US. In the age of technology I fail to see why it is not done more frequently.


Me either! My credit in the UK is spotless; my credit in the US has suffered since I've been gone so long. It doesn't happen to every American who moves away but it happened to me. I know a few others it has happened to as well. It's definitely something to consider for Americans considering moving away temporarily.



It seems whichever way you do it you cant win!!!! Perhaps its a warning for international marriages...lol
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-09 10:45:00
United KingdomBad Credit in the UK?

Also, if your spouse has good credit, then start linking your name to all of their accounts. It will quickly rub off on you and any reason for possible secondary UK checks should not be necessary. I would imagine in they are only checking the UK because there is no US credit history.


My cousin had a mortgage applicant with A+ credit sitting in front of him who'd only been in the USA for one year so he checked his credit in the UK and found that the guy had abandoned debt over there. He denied the loan. I guess the moral is...if you have bad credit in the UK, don't ask for a loan from my cousin. :lol:


So if this DOES happen to you, then just apply somewhere else. It sounds extremely rare that lenders are checking the UK at all. And I would assume you would have to give them full UK details (address, etc) as there is no other way to track applicants. You could withdraw your application at that time and apply somewhere else before the check is done.


Sure, you could; but my cousin lives in an immigrant-heavy city and he gets tired of them defaulting on loans so he is doing credit checks in an applicant's native country more and more often. He told me that immigrants are much much more likely to default on a loan than a native-born US citizen. He can't be the only loan officer doing business this way.

I would assume that in the future, your credit rating in your native country will be a bigger issue.


I cant wait for everyone to start doing credit checks in the native country, it would certainly help me. I have excellent credit in the UK and it would be great if it could be used to assess creditworthyness in the US. In the age of technology I fail to see why it is not done more frequently.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-09 09:58:00
United KingdomBad Credit in the UK?

Is the plan to walk away from them or are you paying them from the US??


I knew that question would be asked!


Meanwhile, a US credit check is based on the person's ss#. Anything not linked to that number would not, theoretically, factor in.



I think its a valid question, debt is debt no matter which country its from and as such I believe should be paid. I have debts in the UK myself but I am taking care of them from the US and yes its a struggle, but I believe its necessary as I may at some point go back to the UK and don't want my credit damaged.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-09 09:36:00
United KingdomBad Credit in the UK?

Hya to everyone!

Well, after arriving in the US about a month ago and marrying n the 24th June, both me and my hubby now are getting things together to file AOS/EAD, (still waiting for marriage cert)
Ive contacted a few banks as we need to go ahead and open a joint bank account, and am wondering whether anybody here knows how, bad (ok..awful) credit history in te UK will affect me here.
I have numerous unpaid loans on that side of the pond and am curious as to how credit checks will be made when I apply for an account here.
Obviously, me and credit dont get on well, so its not a case of us wanting loans or credit cards, just a regular account with debit card...

thanks in advance for any info and good luck to everyone

x Chloe


Is the plan to walk away from them or are you paying them from the US??
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-09 07:43:00
United KingdomOh, the sadness
Nice Car!!


Congratulations on the sale.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-18 08:59:00
United KingdomOh, the sadness

I feel so sad...our beautiful Morris Minor, George, is now on the block. Yes, we listed him on ebay and as of right now someone has bid the reserve so he is going! He was the first car I ever owned so I am so, so sad. :cry:

If anyone wants to have a look at the gorgeous George before he passes out of our lives, I have the same handle on ebay. He looks soooo handsome in the pics! I know, I know, he is paying the bulk of our shipping fees but can I just mourn here? He rocked as a great little car, and was so cheap to run, especially as he was taxfree and benefited from cheap parking rates as a resident since his motor is tiny. Oh, George, I hardly knew ye! :crying:



Wow your first car....why arent you bringing him with you???
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-17 18:09:00
United Kingdom2 interviews...probably 2 offers.
Fingers crossed for ya!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-18 15:30:00
United KingdomWohoo! + Doh = Monday
I would just send the envelope and keep a tight hold of the precious visa and passport!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 11:51:00
United KingdomWohoo! + Doh = Monday
Congratulations, at least he now has his visa.....small technicality to the MBE (now not a mystery) resealed.

Better to be waiting for the envelope than the visa...huh?
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-16 11:24:00
United KingdomSome uncomfortable truths

we have excellent healthcare


I am (very genuinely) glad if you've had good experiences with the NHS.


Unfortunatly I did not. I had to wait up to 2 weeks for an appointment for a GP, my grandmother got told she had cancer when she didn't, my grandfather had to wait over a month for an "emergancy" appointment for what was thought to be a cancerous mole, Warrington hospital almost killed my mother through neglect when they failed to give her an important drug they knew she needed, got a call at 4am telling us to come...plus we have had nothing but grief with two of the consultants, they are very arrogant (when mum said she was feeling down because of her lack of normal life she was told "just be glad you don't have cancer").

Then there's my own care, it took me years to get diagnosed with Endo after being told I can't have it, it's very unlikely I have it, don't worry about it unless you want kids e.t.c ... I do recognise that's a bit different as some things are hard to diagnose but still.

In the mean time I move to the US and although I had to wait a few hours I got to see a GP on a SATURDAY, on the same day that I decided something needed to be done. And the place was clean! And the doctor was friendly!

Some of the medicine and care is over priced, and I hear it's going to get worse but if I can be treated like a human being and not a statistic and not have to worry about picking something UP from the hospital then maybe it is worth it.

By the way, not getting at the OP or anyone else on the thread, but it's a subject I am very passionate about (lots of things I didn't bother to mention too).



We are all here to give our own opinions and experiences.....no need to feel bad....sorry though that you had so much ####### to contend with from the NHS. It was always good to me, but then again I was never really sick.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-20 18:08:00
United KingdomSome uncomfortable truths
I did a comparison of my wages here and my wages in the UK.

Earnings for earnings I pay the same taxes here as I did in the UK, included in my US taxes are what I pay for medical here (wage deduction).

I am still left with a defecit of $700 per month AND I have to pay Co-pays and a 3 tier prescription plan. There is also the BS about pre-authorization certificates for certain medicine. It took a whole week for my Dr's office here to tell my husband that he cannot have the medicine he was prescribed in the emergency room.

I think both systems have their faults, but I now have a problem with my foot and lord only knows when I will have the money to get that looked at.....I am also 2 months late in having a follow up mammogram as they wanted me to have a repeat at 6 months (again no $$). At least in the UK my appointments may be a way off but they would come around eventually.

At this rate I will have to wait until my next bonus check in April 2008.

Welcome to America........
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-20 16:52:00
United KingdomSome uncomfortable truths

Wow, whatever happened to patriotism?
no offense, but I worked in Upper Holloway Jobcentre for 5 years and believe me, Beirut looks appealing in comparison.

England is a beautiful country with such diversity, we have excellent healthcare, welfare for those who need it and
everything one could possibly want.
It annoys me that, I pay the same tax in the US, yet if my daughter needs an ambulance, Ill get billed $600.
So we are forced to pay insurance as well as taxes, that sucks.
I love my husband and I love where we live, but I find it hard that things I have taken for granted, just aren't available
in the US yet.
I hope that the US follows Britains lead, as far as Healthcare and Welfare goes and Britain follows the US' lead in
Immigration issues.
guess, Im alone here...right?

x


I agree with you Chloe. The healthcare drives me nuts here. Yes we have insurance, but alas I cannot always afford the Co pays so hence I dont get treatment when I need it.......and that sucks!!!!!!!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-20 15:28:00
United KingdomProper Back Bacon
Try looking for Irish Bacon, I can get this in my local McCaffreys. However last time I went they had none.... :crying: :crying:


I guess the local americans have got a taste for it.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-20 10:56:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?

Neal is from Wallington, South London. A craphole if there ever was one. :lol:


Wythenshawe, Manchester is right up there :) It is where the "The Royal Family" are from.



excellent show!!!


The daft thing is , the "Royal Family" as in the prog are nearly all Scousers!!!!!

We are from St Helens in Merseyside, although I still dispute that, it should still be in good old Lancashire. I am originally from Manchester, lived in Aldershot for many years, Malta for two,Newcastle for two, got divorced, met Alan and lived in St Helens for approx 28 years, the best rugby town of all, (Broma, don't you dare say Wigan are the best !!!)no doubt someone will come on and say otherwise :whistle:
V :wacko: al


I wont say that Val, I have heard that Wigan have really gone downhill and that the Saints are doing really well. So gooooo Saints.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-21 06:11:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?

We'll I'm from Bolton in Manchester, gonna be going to Irving in Texas when it all happens



I used to work in Bolton - GUS on Thynne Street


No way GUS has closed now its just being done up for something else at the moment

Eric



Believe me...there were plenty of times back then that I wished it would close... :whistle:
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-01 18:17:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?

We'll I'm from Bolton in Manchester, gonna be going to Irving in Texas when it all happens



I used to work in Bolton - GUS on Thynne Street


I was born in Liverpool and have lived near chorley, Lancashire for most of my life. The local paper did this - I promise I didnt say the cheesy bits!


http://www.chorley-g...ticleid=2985270



Nice story.....eccleston not that far from me...Wigan
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-01 13:26:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?

We'll I'm from Bolton in Manchester, gonna be going to Irving in Texas when it all happens



I used to work in Bolton - GUS on Thynne Street
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-01 10:20:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?

Neal is from Wallington, South London. A craphole if there ever was one. :lol:


Wythenshawe, Manchester is right up there :) It is where the "The Royal Family" are from.



excellent show!!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-06-28 21:38:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you or your SO from?
Wigan Lancashire
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-06-28 12:55:00
United KingdomSomeone, please buy our house!

Congratulations and hope it all goes smoothly too for ya - I am geting a bit anxious - ok i accepted my offer last friday and its only Thursday morning now but I havent heard anythign back from my estate agents - I have never sold a house before so I dont know if this is to be expected, I am not sure what happens next and how long it will take. My estate agents told me to normally takes 6 - 8 weeks for completiong but I should have heard something by now, shouldn't I?


Not necessarily. Have you hired a solicitor yet for conveyancing? If you haven't done that then do it now and they'll have to get started on title searches which can take a bit of time. You usually don't have to pay anything up front; they take their fees from the profit from the sale of your house.

Also, make sure that you have received written confirmation of the offer from your estate agent. If you haven't, then call them and pester them for it.



Very good advice, I would not sign anything until you have a written offer which should include the price.
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-26 08:06:00
United KingdomSomeone, please buy our house!

Converse, I wish you the best of luck. 4 grand apart is heartbreaking.



Its a good figure to push for though as after all it is $8,000
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-24 05:36:00
United KingdomTravel Insurance
Thanks I will check with my insurance carrier.

What about travel insurance anyone get that when they go back home??
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-08-26 14:48:00
United KingdomTravel Insurance
For all those who have travelled back to the UK for a vacation, are we still covered under the NHS if we need to see a doctor or go to the Emergency Room.

Did you buy travel insurance to cover health and/or baggage.

If so where did you buy it?

Thanks folks
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-08-25 22:18:00
United KingdomFuture Income?
You will need to arrange for a co-sponsor!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-08-26 08:58:00
United KingdomNational Insurance Deductions
unfortunately there is no way that you can stop your NI contributions, and even if you never make a claim on them if you are out of the country.....rest assured the money you put in will be used by someone else so at least its not wasted!!
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-08-29 18:39:00
United KingdomNeed some advice...
www.uk-yankee.com

Lots of people here to give you lots of information
broma25FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-09-24 16:49:00