I think America's about the last place I'd want to move to.
Far too big a culture shock.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:22, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

going from "some" to "none"?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)

I'm trying to work out if I'm being dense, here.

( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)

I got it, if that helps.
Clue- what are specially grown colonies of bacteria called?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I saw that, Bill Clay...

(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)

You saw nothing

( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:31, Reply)

I still don't get it.
OK, cultures of bacteria. I get that, but not the reference.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:39, Reply)

you said 'too big a culture shock'
and I said that the shock was going from some culture to no culture, or 'none'.

you addle-pated lackwit
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 15:04, Reply)

we're all very nice

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Pfft!
Some are nicer than others.
( girlinthehole, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)

With a few exceptions.
Fred Phelps, his family and congregation being a few prime examples.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)

I have found this
in all my travels to America.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:29, Reply)

it's because we no longer live under british rule, we've all mellowed out

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:31, Reply)

Sure the people are nice enough to Brits
most of the non-French sort of Johnnies are nice when they see their colonial overlords walking down the street, bow and scrape, bow and scrape.

It's the living there bit that I'm concerned about. Like health insurance. In Canada health insurance is $100 a month and they're half subsidised. America isn't.

Out of all the English speaking countries, they're easily the least English.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:32, Reply)

I imagine they're probably quite proud of that last point.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)

But all Americans are Scots/Irish and go on about it all the fucking time

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Oh my God, don't they just.
The worst for that are the Nova Scotians, though. Fucking hell.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

and that's not english, is it?

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

They probably are.
But it is true and would make it quite difficult for me to settle there.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)

well yeah, would an english person be proud to be an american? no, because he's not

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)

What?

( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:38, Reply)

It was supposed to say would an english person be proud to be an american

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:39, Reply)

The country being the least English out of allt he ex-colonies
would make it harder for me to settle there. Because it's the least familiar, both the people and the culture.

I wasn't making any reference to anything else.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:40, Reply)

fair enough
but for me, I wouldn't see the point in moving to a country that's just the same as mine
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:46, Reply)

I'd move to Canada.
It's foreign and that, but at the same time the people are similar in mindset to us enough that I wouldn't feel entirely alienated.

I've been to the States a few times and one of my best friends lives there now, but I couldn't. I can't find much in the way of common mental ground.
( Kroney, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 14:49, Reply)

yeah but there are canadians there

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)