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cheekytao

Home? Again

Jul 11, 2007 03:46

Arrived back yesterday from a trip of a lifetime. Left final hotel about 9.30am Monday US time and got home about 15.00 UK time tuesday so about 24 hours travelling. Hence I am up at 3.00 this morning having gone to bed aout 7.00 last night ( Read more... )

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mxmagarita July 11 2007, 03:25:57 UTC

welcome back, is good to read you had a great time! :)

cheekytao July 11 2007, 15:54:09 UTC

Thank you :-)

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cheekytao July 11 2007, 15:57:21 UTC

I guess thats the thing, you drive by because its not of interest to you. People come to UK and love all the little towns and its 'Englishness' whereas to us its just another town.

The food was good and the people very friendly and it was nice to see parts that tourists didnt get to see.

I looked at the house, it is lovely and as you say a good price, less than half of what you would pay here for an equivalent house.

Welcome to America... nighthawkal July 11 2007, 04:55:47 UTC

People in Europe or England write time in 24 hour format like 15.00 rather than 3:00 pm like we do? And what's up with the . over the :

You pretty much saw the south east minus Florida and Texas. SO you liked it here? I should've warned you that some of these small counties, especially in the South, have weird alcohol rules. If you're outside of the Southeast, probably more out west, I don't think that's as much of an issue, but I'm not completely sure. I think some of the southern counties may not sell alcohol at all while some of them may not allow it sold on Sunday. I think that I'm in a place that's pretty progressive when it comes to that so I don't even think about things like that.

Now what did you like about the small towns over the big cities? just wondering.

Where in the United States are you thinking of moving too?

Re: Welcome to America... cheekytao July 11 2007, 16:06:42 UTC

I think most people still write 3:00pm rather than 24 hour clock. I just find it easier in 24hr clock. As for the . not : - it was just lazyness on my part ( ... )

Re: Welcome to America... nighthawkal July 12 2007, 03:24:02 UTC

I know what you're saying about the 24 hour clock. I'm good at just memorizing what everything + or - 12 is, but a lot of people are bad at that and it makes them mad if they see a clock of mine with 24 hour time. As for the . over the :, I was wondering if it was a European thing b/c I've heard that a lot of Europeans write phone numbers ###.###.#### with dots rather than dashes ###-###-#### like we do.

People in the South, for the most part, are pretty accomodating and friendly, but you do have your rude rednecks here and there. I think I know what you're saying about small towns here. A lot of them have a certain charm about them.

One thing I would warn you about living on the east coast is that there is the risk of hurricanes and we're in an active cycle. Buuuuut, for some reason, it doesn't seem like the Georgia coast or the Jacksonville area of Florida really gets hurricanes, or at least not direct hits. Good luck on deciding where you're going to live.