http://www.british-expats.com/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:55 -0500 MyBB http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23376 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:11:22 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23376
I could not get hold of the last guys that arranged my old Sky Viewing
Card and a friend told me about SkyUK.tv. Anyway i emailed them and
they supplied me with a NEW White Card and cancelled my old contract
for me for free! i think it was 149 Pounds including shipping and the
card arrived a few days later.

Then i went to their website and activated my card and now I've got Sky again!
Just wanted to let you know that i would very much reccommend this company.

Always quick to reply to emails and did exactly what they said they would!

Happy Viewing Again!!:)
http://www.skyuk.tv]]>
I could not get hold of the last guys that arranged my old Sky Viewing
Card and a friend told me about SkyUK.tv. Anyway i emailed them and
they supplied me with a NEW White Card and cancelled my old contract
for me for free! i think it was 149 Pounds including shipping and the
card arrived a few days later.

Then i went to their website and activated my card and now I've got Sky again!
Just wanted to let you know that i would very much reccommend this company.

Always quick to reply to emails and did exactly what they said they would!

Happy Viewing Again!!:)
http://www.skyuk.tv]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23375 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:55:46 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23375




LONDON (Reuters) – British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.

Her agent Joan Reddin told newspapers Sugden died on Wednesday after a long illness. "She was a lovely, lovely person. She was a great professional," Reddin said.

With her hair highly coiffed and referring frequently to her "pussy," Sugden played the bossy Mrs Slocombe throughout the run of the BBC's innuendo-laden Are You Being Served? between 1972 and 1985.

Re-runs of the show in the United States in the 1990s gained her a new audience overseas.

"She was great fun, a very good actress, very versatile. She could play serious stuff and comedy," said Frank Thornton, who played opposite Sugden in the series as the stuffy floorwalker Captain Peacock.

"It was a very happy show to work on -- you can't play comedy with people you dislike," he told BBC television.

Mark Freeland, head of BBC comedy, said she was one of television's iconic funny women.

"Her daftly enormous purple rinse and never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase are the stuff of comedy legend," he said.

Sugden had also found success in the BBC TV comedy series "The Liver Birds" and played an occasional role as pub landlady Nellie Harvey in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street."

(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)]]>




LONDON (Reuters) – British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.

Her agent Joan Reddin told newspapers Sugden died on Wednesday after a long illness. "She was a lovely, lovely person. She was a great professional," Reddin said.

With her hair highly coiffed and referring frequently to her "pussy," Sugden played the bossy Mrs Slocombe throughout the run of the BBC's innuendo-laden Are You Being Served? between 1972 and 1985.

Re-runs of the show in the United States in the 1990s gained her a new audience overseas.

"She was great fun, a very good actress, very versatile. She could play serious stuff and comedy," said Frank Thornton, who played opposite Sugden in the series as the stuffy floorwalker Captain Peacock.

"It was a very happy show to work on -- you can't play comedy with people you dislike," he told BBC television.

Mark Freeland, head of BBC comedy, said she was one of television's iconic funny women.

"Her daftly enormous purple rinse and never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase are the stuff of comedy legend," he said.

Sugden had also found success in the BBC TV comedy series "The Liver Birds" and played an occasional role as pub landlady Nellie Harvey in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street."

(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23374 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:43:24 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23374 we hope to have a christmas theme. The DJ has been booked too.
the club will put on some finger food in the evening for free to anyone who turns up.
the day will kick off around 1pm with our first Scotland V England expat football match.
Everyone is welcome!

Details:
The Venue:
Southport Warriors Football Club
Mualla Dve, Ashmore
PO Box 4115, Ashmore 4214
07/5539 6475



date and time: 4th of July 2009 - around 1pm

Below is a list of names who have decided they are going. it will give you an idea how big this is.
It is posted on at least 5 forums with members from forums going.
if you fancy a great day out you are more than welcome:D

soapy

Soapy and Pauline + son 25, daughter 19 and Jason
Dtox (The Dj) and a few mates from Surfers)
Bobby & Linda
Bernie and Mrs (if hes allowed)
Steve & Debs plus 2 teenagers
neil_coul
Andy, Marie & pea head
darren K
James,Lisa and girls 11,9 +small
Jockstar + Mrs Jockstar
Rob, Ann, Scott and Rhys.
donna, malky, Danielle & Louise
Jane & Alan
Wilson, Hannah and the 2 brats
Jonny Sally and Jack (5)
Paul & Annete
Owen & Carol
Mike, Louise and our three girls (9,11,11) + Andrew, Heidi, Lexie (6) Jasmine (11)
Michelle, John,(8) Tom (25), Shannon (16), Billy(11)
Sam & Stu
Karen and Mick
Julie and Wayne
Elaine and Jim and Nicole(7)
Sarah Steve with Kat(10) an Reece (8) and Richard an Maria with Gemma (17)
david 20 , hannah 20, charlie 1
Est and Sam
Andy +9 (yes NINE)
Sue ,Wilf and Danielle (14)
Alan kirsty and 2 little ones
Nick
dicko
gary
Russ
mark + 2
steve + 5
neil
speedy
Andy LAM
DarrenK
Quill
Josh
cammy
stevie
scotty
haggis
Chris
darren davies
Wilson
and families
mad susie with a few friends
Richard, Maria and Gemma
Longreach
Jo & Dave boy age 14 and a boy age 7, my cousin and his wife
April, Richard and family
Lesley and Steve
Libby, John and our kiddies Kyle 9 and Katie 5
Joe, Mark and Ej
Michelle, Stu and our two kids Jaimie (5) and Connor (2).
Glen Jane and their baby George who is 15 months
Sarah, Lee & gang
Phillis and Jo
Annie Mark and my son Dom (15)
Gemma and Neil. ]]> we hope to have a christmas theme. The DJ has been booked too.
the club will put on some finger food in the evening for free to anyone who turns up.
the day will kick off around 1pm with our first Scotland V England expat football match.
Everyone is welcome!

Details:
The Venue:
Southport Warriors Football Club
Mualla Dve, Ashmore
PO Box 4115, Ashmore 4214
07/5539 6475



date and time: 4th of July 2009 - around 1pm

Below is a list of names who have decided they are going. it will give you an idea how big this is.
It is posted on at least 5 forums with members from forums going.
if you fancy a great day out you are more than welcome:D

soapy

Soapy and Pauline + son 25, daughter 19 and Jason
Dtox (The Dj) and a few mates from Surfers)
Bobby & Linda
Bernie and Mrs (if hes allowed)
Steve & Debs plus 2 teenagers
neil_coul
Andy, Marie & pea head
darren K
James,Lisa and girls 11,9 +small
Jockstar + Mrs Jockstar
Rob, Ann, Scott and Rhys.
donna, malky, Danielle & Louise
Jane & Alan
Wilson, Hannah and the 2 brats
Jonny Sally and Jack (5)
Paul & Annete
Owen & Carol
Mike, Louise and our three girls (9,11,11) + Andrew, Heidi, Lexie (6) Jasmine (11)
Michelle, John,(8) Tom (25), Shannon (16), Billy(11)
Sam & Stu
Karen and Mick
Julie and Wayne
Elaine and Jim and Nicole(7)
Sarah Steve with Kat(10) an Reece (8) and Richard an Maria with Gemma (17)
david 20 , hannah 20, charlie 1
Est and Sam
Andy +9 (yes NINE)
Sue ,Wilf and Danielle (14)
Alan kirsty and 2 little ones
Nick
dicko
gary
Russ
mark + 2
steve + 5
neil
speedy
Andy LAM
DarrenK
Quill
Josh
cammy
stevie
scotty
haggis
Chris
darren davies
Wilson
and families
mad susie with a few friends
Richard, Maria and Gemma
Longreach
Jo & Dave boy age 14 and a boy age 7, my cousin and his wife
April, Richard and family
Lesley and Steve
Libby, John and our kiddies Kyle 9 and Katie 5
Joe, Mark and Ej
Michelle, Stu and our two kids Jaimie (5) and Connor (2).
Glen Jane and their baby George who is 15 months
Sarah, Lee & gang
Phillis and Jo
Annie Mark and my son Dom (15)
Gemma and Neil. ]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23373 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:25:47 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23373 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23372 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:46:11 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23372
Not sure if this is the right forum but I am hoping that someone may know the where British Passport Holder Stephen John Roberts, (formely of US/Singapore/Spain) operating in Real Estate Sector is now.

I went to the office of his company Platinum Homes in Dubai the other day and it appears that they have relocated.

If anyone knows of his whereabouts please advise me.

Thanks

David]]>
Not sure if this is the right forum but I am hoping that someone may know the where British Passport Holder Stephen John Roberts, (formely of US/Singapore/Spain) operating in Real Estate Sector is now.

I went to the office of his company Platinum Homes in Dubai the other day and it appears that they have relocated.

If anyone knows of his whereabouts please advise me.

Thanks

David]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23371 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:21:58 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23371 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23370 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:38:52 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23370 One less pedophile in the world ..]]> One less pedophile in the world ..]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23369 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:56:08 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23369 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23368 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:29:08 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23368
And why we can't afford to believe them anymore

By Karen Cheney, July & August 2009 AARP Magazine

Americans spend more on health care every year than we do educating our children, building roads, even feeding ourselves—an estimated $2.6 trillion in 2009, or around $8,300 per person. Forty-five million Americans have no health insurance whatsoever. These staggering figures are at the heart of the current debate over health care reform: the need to control costs while providing coverage for all. As John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Health Care Group for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says, "There is enough evidence that it is now time to do something and to do the right thing." The key is to focus on the facts—and to dispel, once and for all, the myths that block our progress.

Myth 1: "Health reform won't benefit people like me, who have insurance."

Just because you have health insurance today doesn't mean you'll have it tomorrow. According to the National Coalition on Healthcare, nearly 266,000 companies dropped their employees' health care coverage from 2000 to 2005. "People with insurance have a tremendous stake, because their insurance is at risk," says Judy Feder, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. What's more, in recent years the average employee health insurance premium rose nearly eight times faster than income. "Everyone is paying for health increases in some way, and it's unsustainable for everyone," says Stephanie Cathcart, spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Reform will benefit everyone as long as it addresses costs."

Myth 2: "The boomers will bankrupt Medicare."

If you're looking to blame the rise in health care costs on an aging population, you'll have to look elsewhere. The growing ranks of the elderly are projected to account for just 0.4 percent of the future growth in health care costs, says Paul Ginsburg, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change. So why are health care costs skyrocketing? Ginsburg and others point to all those fancy medical technologies we now rely on (think MRIs and CT scans), as well as our fee-for-service payment system, in which doctors are paid by how many patients they see and how many treatments they prescribe, rather than by the quality of care they provide. Some experts say this fee-for-service payment system encourages overtreatment (see "Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?" from the July-August 2008 issue of AARP The Magazine).

Myth 3: "Reforming our health care system will cost us more."

Think of health care reform as if it's an Energy Star appliance. Yes, it costs more to replace your old energy-guzzling refrigerator with a new one, but over time the savings can be substantial. The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based foundation that supports research on health care practice and policy, estimates that health care reform will cost roughly $600 billion to implement but by 2020 could save us approximately $3 trillion.

Myth 4: "My access to quality health care will decline."

Just because you have access to lots of doctors who prescribe lots of treatments doesn't mean you're getting good care. In fact, researchers at Dartmouth College have found that patients who receive more care actually fare worse than those who receive less care. In one particularly egregious example, heart attack patients in Los Angeles spent more days in the hospital and underwent more tests and procedures than heart attack patients in Salt Lake City, yet the patients in L.A. died at a higher rate than those in Salt Lake City. (Medicare also paid $30,000 for the L.A. patients' care, versus $23,000 for the care of the patients with better outcomes in Salt Lake City.)

Myth 5: "I won't be able to visit my favorite doctor."

Mention health reform and immediately people worry that they will have fewer options—in doctors, treatments, and diagnostic testing. The concern comes largely during discussions of comparative effectiveness research (CER): research on which treatments work and which don't. But 18 organizations in a broad coalition, including AARP, NFIB, Consumers Union, and Families USA, support CER—and believe that far from limiting choices, it will instead prevent errors and give physicians the information they need to practice better medicine. A good example: Doctors routinely prescribe newer and more expensive medications for high blood pressure when studies show that older medications work just as well, if not better. "There is a tremendous value in new technology, but in our health care system we don't weigh whether these treatments work," says Feder. "Expensive treatments replace less expensive ones for no reason."

Myth 6: "The uninsured actually do have access to good care—in the emergency room."

It's true that the United States has an open-door policy for those who seek emergency care, but "emergency room care doesn't help you get the right information to prevent a condition or give you help managing it," says Maria Ghazal, director of public policy for Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs at major U.S. companies. Forty-one percent of the uninsured have no access to preventive care, so when they do go to the ER, "they are most likely going in at a time when their illness has progressed significantly and costs more to treat," says Lumpkin. Hospitals have no way to recoup the costs of treating the uninsured, so they naturally pass on some of those costs to their insured patients.

Myth 7: "We can't afford to tackle this problem now."

We may be in the middle of a recession, but as Robert Zirkelbach, spokesperson for America's Health Insurance Plans, says, "the most expensive thing we can do is nothing at all." If we do nothing, the Congressional Budget Office projects that our annual health costs will soar to about $13,000 per person in 2017, while the number of uninsured will climb to 54 million by 2019. Already more than half of Americans say they have cut back on health care in the past year due to cost concerns. Roughly one in four of us say we put off care we needed, and one in five of us didn't fill a prescription. Clearly, the urgency is greater now than ever before.

Myth 8: "We'll end up with socialized medicine."

Some experts favor a single-payer system similar to Medicare or the health program offered to federal-government employees. Yet all the proposals being discussed today would build on our current system, Feder says—which means that private insurers and the government are both likely to play roles. Says Lumpkin: "There are many ways to solve our health care problem, but we will come up with a uniquely American solution, and that solution will be a mixed public and private solution."

Karen Cheney is a Philadelphia-based writer who specializes in money and health care issues.

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/8_my ... eform.html

_______________]]>
And why we can't afford to believe them anymore

By Karen Cheney, July & August 2009 AARP Magazine

Americans spend more on health care every year than we do educating our children, building roads, even feeding ourselves—an estimated $2.6 trillion in 2009, or around $8,300 per person. Forty-five million Americans have no health insurance whatsoever. These staggering figures are at the heart of the current debate over health care reform: the need to control costs while providing coverage for all. As John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Health Care Group for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says, "There is enough evidence that it is now time to do something and to do the right thing." The key is to focus on the facts—and to dispel, once and for all, the myths that block our progress.

Myth 1: "Health reform won't benefit people like me, who have insurance."

Just because you have health insurance today doesn't mean you'll have it tomorrow. According to the National Coalition on Healthcare, nearly 266,000 companies dropped their employees' health care coverage from 2000 to 2005. "People with insurance have a tremendous stake, because their insurance is at risk," says Judy Feder, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. What's more, in recent years the average employee health insurance premium rose nearly eight times faster than income. "Everyone is paying for health increases in some way, and it's unsustainable for everyone," says Stephanie Cathcart, spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Reform will benefit everyone as long as it addresses costs."

Myth 2: "The boomers will bankrupt Medicare."

If you're looking to blame the rise in health care costs on an aging population, you'll have to look elsewhere. The growing ranks of the elderly are projected to account for just 0.4 percent of the future growth in health care costs, says Paul Ginsburg, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change. So why are health care costs skyrocketing? Ginsburg and others point to all those fancy medical technologies we now rely on (think MRIs and CT scans), as well as our fee-for-service payment system, in which doctors are paid by how many patients they see and how many treatments they prescribe, rather than by the quality of care they provide. Some experts say this fee-for-service payment system encourages overtreatment (see "Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?" from the July-August 2008 issue of AARP The Magazine).

Myth 3: "Reforming our health care system will cost us more."

Think of health care reform as if it's an Energy Star appliance. Yes, it costs more to replace your old energy-guzzling refrigerator with a new one, but over time the savings can be substantial. The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based foundation that supports research on health care practice and policy, estimates that health care reform will cost roughly $600 billion to implement but by 2020 could save us approximately $3 trillion.

Myth 4: "My access to quality health care will decline."

Just because you have access to lots of doctors who prescribe lots of treatments doesn't mean you're getting good care. In fact, researchers at Dartmouth College have found that patients who receive more care actually fare worse than those who receive less care. In one particularly egregious example, heart attack patients in Los Angeles spent more days in the hospital and underwent more tests and procedures than heart attack patients in Salt Lake City, yet the patients in L.A. died at a higher rate than those in Salt Lake City. (Medicare also paid $30,000 for the L.A. patients' care, versus $23,000 for the care of the patients with better outcomes in Salt Lake City.)

Myth 5: "I won't be able to visit my favorite doctor."

Mention health reform and immediately people worry that they will have fewer options—in doctors, treatments, and diagnostic testing. The concern comes largely during discussions of comparative effectiveness research (CER): research on which treatments work and which don't. But 18 organizations in a broad coalition, including AARP, NFIB, Consumers Union, and Families USA, support CER—and believe that far from limiting choices, it will instead prevent errors and give physicians the information they need to practice better medicine. A good example: Doctors routinely prescribe newer and more expensive medications for high blood pressure when studies show that older medications work just as well, if not better. "There is a tremendous value in new technology, but in our health care system we don't weigh whether these treatments work," says Feder. "Expensive treatments replace less expensive ones for no reason."

Myth 6: "The uninsured actually do have access to good care—in the emergency room."

It's true that the United States has an open-door policy for those who seek emergency care, but "emergency room care doesn't help you get the right information to prevent a condition or give you help managing it," says Maria Ghazal, director of public policy for Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs at major U.S. companies. Forty-one percent of the uninsured have no access to preventive care, so when they do go to the ER, "they are most likely going in at a time when their illness has progressed significantly and costs more to treat," says Lumpkin. Hospitals have no way to recoup the costs of treating the uninsured, so they naturally pass on some of those costs to their insured patients.

Myth 7: "We can't afford to tackle this problem now."

We may be in the middle of a recession, but as Robert Zirkelbach, spokesperson for America's Health Insurance Plans, says, "the most expensive thing we can do is nothing at all." If we do nothing, the Congressional Budget Office projects that our annual health costs will soar to about $13,000 per person in 2017, while the number of uninsured will climb to 54 million by 2019. Already more than half of Americans say they have cut back on health care in the past year due to cost concerns. Roughly one in four of us say we put off care we needed, and one in five of us didn't fill a prescription. Clearly, the urgency is greater now than ever before.

Myth 8: "We'll end up with socialized medicine."

Some experts favor a single-payer system similar to Medicare or the health program offered to federal-government employees. Yet all the proposals being discussed today would build on our current system, Feder says—which means that private insurers and the government are both likely to play roles. Says Lumpkin: "There are many ways to solve our health care problem, but we will come up with a uniquely American solution, and that solution will be a mixed public and private solution."

Karen Cheney is a Philadelphia-based writer who specializes in money and health care issues.

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/8_my ... eform.html

_______________]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23367 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:54:41 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23367
Thanks in advance!]]>
Thanks in advance!]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23366 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:25:03 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23366


dont even open it






Dear Sir/ madan

Am Mr. Chang Lu from wuhan-China the regional manager of one of the HSBC Bank in China, Wuhan branch, I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as regional manger of HSBC it is my duty to send auditing report to our bank head office in the capital city Beijing at the end of each business year. On the course of last year (2008) business report. I discover that my branch in which I am the manager made excess gain of Five million, three hundred thousand united state dollars (US$5,300,000.00) which our bank head office is not aware of and will never be aware of.

Further more in my private investigation before contacting you I discovered that this money supposed to belong to a Late Russia business man over a decade and left china Long time ago, the fund was placed in what we called Escrow Account, an account without any beneficiary information. Therefore as an official in our bank I can not directly have access to this money.

So my aim of contacting you is to seek for your partnership to assist me receive this money with your bank account and get 30% of the total fund as commission for your sympathetic and co-operation. Lastly, it is strictly bank to bank transaction without traveling to any where all I need from you is to stand claim as the depositor and title holder of this money who made the deposit with my branch where am the manager so that our head office can release the money to your bank account.

I will be very grateful if you accept to team up with me.
Regards,
Mr. Chang Lu
Email: chang_fax@yahoo.co.jp]]>


dont even open it






Dear Sir/ madan

Am Mr. Chang Lu from wuhan-China the regional manager of one of the HSBC Bank in China, Wuhan branch, I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as regional manger of HSBC it is my duty to send auditing report to our bank head office in the capital city Beijing at the end of each business year. On the course of last year (2008) business report. I discover that my branch in which I am the manager made excess gain of Five million, three hundred thousand united state dollars (US$5,300,000.00) which our bank head office is not aware of and will never be aware of.

Further more in my private investigation before contacting you I discovered that this money supposed to belong to a Late Russia business man over a decade and left china Long time ago, the fund was placed in what we called Escrow Account, an account without any beneficiary information. Therefore as an official in our bank I can not directly have access to this money.

So my aim of contacting you is to seek for your partnership to assist me receive this money with your bank account and get 30% of the total fund as commission for your sympathetic and co-operation. Lastly, it is strictly bank to bank transaction without traveling to any where all I need from you is to stand claim as the depositor and title holder of this money who made the deposit with my branch where am the manager so that our head office can release the money to your bank account.

I will be very grateful if you accept to team up with me.
Regards,
Mr. Chang Lu
Email: chang_fax@yahoo.co.jp]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23365 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:48:42 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23365 I look at life as a British Expatriate,things i like and things I miss.It may interest you,if you plan a trip to FiNLAND OR ARE MOVING OVERSEAS YOURSELF:P,........Regards Greg]]> I look at life as a British Expatriate,things i like and things I miss.It may interest you,if you plan a trip to FiNLAND OR ARE MOVING OVERSEAS YOURSELF:P,........Regards Greg]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23364 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:59 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23364
New to these boards.

Been in the USA for 8 years now, live in the warmth of Northern California where I started, then moved to Sioux Falls foir a few months (too bloody cold there) and then to SE Kansas and now back in Cali.

Spent 25 years in the Army, then worked for Lloyds Bank for 10 years and then came over here where I work in the wine compliance arena.

Played a lot of sport in my younger days, Rugby, Football, Cricket, Cross Country and was a qualified gymnastics coach.

I am now at the age when even a round of golf buggers me up :lol:

I ride a Harley and can't think of a better way to see the USA than on one and in the wind.]]>
New to these boards.

Been in the USA for 8 years now, live in the warmth of Northern California where I started, then moved to Sioux Falls foir a few months (too bloody cold there) and then to SE Kansas and now back in Cali.

Spent 25 years in the Army, then worked for Lloyds Bank for 10 years and then came over here where I work in the wine compliance arena.

Played a lot of sport in my younger days, Rugby, Football, Cricket, Cross Country and was a qualified gymnastics coach.

I am now at the age when even a round of golf buggers me up :lol:

I ride a Harley and can't think of a better way to see the USA than on one and in the wind.]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23363 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:58:04 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23363 Here's a link to the recipe. I omit the salt and use a local chopped red or green jalapeno harissa, the imports are way to salty.
Thank the gods these freeze, I've seen an entire batch "accidentally" disappear in one sitting, they're so more-ish, and they're Moroccan. :wink:

http://moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessert..._spicy.htm]]> Here's a link to the recipe. I omit the salt and use a local chopped red or green jalapeno harissa, the imports are way to salty.
Thank the gods these freeze, I've seen an entire batch "accidentally" disappear in one sitting, they're so more-ish, and they're Moroccan. :wink:

http://moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessert..._spicy.htm]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23362 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:46:08 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23362
My electronics are the very basic, TV (LCD) with DVR and DVD player, Radio/ CD/Cassette unit, portable battery radio (20 years old) and a regular phone.

I did buy a "pay as you go" cell phone 5 years ago (emergency use) but stopped using it 2 years ago, still stuck away in some drawer.

Never liked these gadjets that require you to stick things in your ears.

How about you?]]>
My electronics are the very basic, TV (LCD) with DVR and DVD player, Radio/ CD/Cassette unit, portable battery radio (20 years old) and a regular phone.

I did buy a "pay as you go" cell phone 5 years ago (emergency use) but stopped using it 2 years ago, still stuck away in some drawer.

Never liked these gadjets that require you to stick things in your ears.

How about you?]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23361 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:45:29 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23361
I've been an expat for quite a few yrs now, although i was born and raised in the UK. I'm originally from Birmingham and have just moved from Alaska to Alabama. I'm hoping to hear from other expats here in Alabama.

Kelly]]>
I've been an expat for quite a few yrs now, although i was born and raised in the UK. I'm originally from Birmingham and have just moved from Alaska to Alabama. I'm hoping to hear from other expats here in Alabama.

Kelly]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23360 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:33:42 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23360
clint eastwoods latest masterpeice ( has he ever made a bad movie ? )

Deep emotional story about a bigoted korean war vet who has just lost his wife is faced with problems when *those* people move into into HIS nieghbourhood .

see this movie if only for the CLASSIC clint when as a snarling dirty harry type he comes face to face with the local thugs .
Supporting acting a bit week and not much charactor development but the movie is well worth seeing for Eastwood alone he desearves another oscar for this reported to be his last movie at age 78 his talent* acting & directing* still holds him way above most of the spoilt self serving cretons that confess to be actors . he will be hard to replace .


available on netflix .....]]>
clint eastwoods latest masterpeice ( has he ever made a bad movie ? )

Deep emotional story about a bigoted korean war vet who has just lost his wife is faced with problems when *those* people move into into HIS nieghbourhood .

see this movie if only for the CLASSIC clint when as a snarling dirty harry type he comes face to face with the local thugs .
Supporting acting a bit week and not much charactor development but the movie is well worth seeing for Eastwood alone he desearves another oscar for this reported to be his last movie at age 78 his talent* acting & directing* still holds him way above most of the spoilt self serving cretons that confess to be actors . he will be hard to replace .


available on netflix .....]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23359 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:17:34 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23359 SOMETHING OLD
Its about time they enshrined somebody who REALLY had talent .



The Beatles News



Late George Harrison gets Hollywood star
AP, Apr 14, 2009 2:00 pm PDT
Hundreds of fans and friends including Paul McCartney have turned out to see a posthumous star for George Harrison unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The late Beatle's star was unveiled Tuesday in front of the Capitol Records building as McCartney, one of only two surviving members of the band, looked on. McCartney also offered a shout-out to hundreds of raucous fans, thanking them for showing up.

Also present were Harrison's widow Olivia, his son Dhani, musicians Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne and actor Tom Hanks.

Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 at age 58.
Old news but worth recycling .]]> SOMETHING OLD
Its about time they enshrined somebody who REALLY had talent .



The Beatles News



Late George Harrison gets Hollywood star
AP, Apr 14, 2009 2:00 pm PDT
Hundreds of fans and friends including Paul McCartney have turned out to see a posthumous star for George Harrison unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The late Beatle's star was unveiled Tuesday in front of the Capitol Records building as McCartney, one of only two surviving members of the band, looked on. McCartney also offered a shout-out to hundreds of raucous fans, thanking them for showing up.

Also present were Harrison's widow Olivia, his son Dhani, musicians Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne and actor Tom Hanks.

Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 at age 58.
Old news but worth recycling .]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23358 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:04:47 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23358 Now I shall go for citizenship.
I love the pace govs work at. All hurry up and wait.:roll:]]> Now I shall go for citizenship.
I love the pace govs work at. All hurry up and wait.:roll:]]> http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23357 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:32:34 -0500 http://www.british-expats.com/showthread.php?tid=23357