Tag Archives: america

Spring Cleaning

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Steve

We’ve got some furniture arriving from the USA in a week or so and so we’ve been working on making space in the house for it and also making sure that there is space to bring it into the house … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Steve

The weather was good with temperatures in the low 50’s °F – its often much colder at this time of year. There were going to be 13 of us for Thanksgiving Dinner and as we wanted enough left overs to … Continue reading →

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Maine – here we come again

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Steve

Well we’re off to Maine for nearly 3 weeks. We’ve got my step-daughters wedding to go to (I’m doing the photographs) and we want to spend time with Kathy’s mum and we want to go sightseeing. Kathy wants to go … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Steve

If there is one depressing thing about Thanksgiving it is what comes afterwards – yes that’s right: Christmas, or as they say in America “Holidays”. Now I know the UK is far from perfect but we don’t leap into the … Continue reading →

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More Cheesy thoughts

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Steve

This is a sort of a follow up to my previous entry about Cheese – specifically Americans and Cheese I was over in the US for the past couple of weeks and had the rather unfortunate experience of eating some … Continue reading →

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Mortgages

Posted on December 29, 2005 by Steve

If you have done 6 impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways Never, ever, ever try what we have just done. My previous Blog covered the problems with getting my wife’s name on the … Continue reading →

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Pickles

Posted on January 17, 2005 by Steve

I guess this is a follow on from my bit about the American fixation with cheese. Its the American fixation with pickles. Try to get a burger.. and if you are lucky enough to get one without cheese then its … Continue reading →

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…and another thing

Posted on December 31, 2004 by Steve

.. What is it with Americans and Cheese? Why do they smother everything in the damned stuff? I’m married to an American and she can’t answer the question. As you might have guessed I like cheese but NOT when its … Continue reading →

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