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We went to the Farmer´s Market today and there was a guy with Karaoke there That was pretty funny Most of the people were too slow reading their lines so they were like a step behind the music most of the time

g'morning everyone.

Hi everyone. I just wanted to wish everyone in the UK a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend and I hope whatever your plans are that the weather is good for you. To all of you in the US ...Have a great Memorial Day Weekend.

Haha, I hadn't thought of that...oh my, she'd have to wear something huuuuge! Now, where was that photo of the bride whose dress was so large she had difficulty fitting into the car - I imagine it'd have to look something like that!

Thank you, Kathy - I hope you have a very good weekend, too!

Since we're talking wedding dresses, I'd like to offer an option for the brides to be. Since you're all in an international relationship, whether a US or UK citizen, this dress is a great way to show loyalty to the US!!





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Well we're going to go for the apartment in Palm Springs... hoping the tornadoes have stopped by the time I move out! Tornadoes in Riverside... who woulda thunk it?!

That is quite the Patriotic dress. Maybe nice for a July 4th wedding?

I seriously cannot imagine ANY time when it would be appropriate to don that dress!!!

Julez -- you crack me up.

Has anyone ever checked out uglydress.com? Hours of enjoyment await... The classic must be the Pregnant Prom Dress.

I particularly love the "Tattoos and Skanks" section!!!

That would be what Stephen Colbert's wife would have worn to their wedding :-p

Before you know it, American flag lapel pins won't be enough to show you are patriotic! Now you'll have to have your wedding dress look like it was made by Betsey Ross!

Btw...as proud to be American as I am, in my experience most of the people I see who wear and US flag paraphenilia (ie jackets, t-shirts, do'rags) are kind of white trash-y. Not always, but it tends to be that way...try walking into a Wal-Mart on a weekend afternoon and see if you agree!

Note that there is even a patriotic prom dress! Do people seriously wear this stuff?

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Well, the one thing I can say for the patriotic wedding dress is that it is a flattering cut!

And thank you for directing to my attention to uglydress.com - I'd seen that site before, but not before it was redesigned/updated! I love rediscovering old, amusing sites.

I'm sure no one here watches the country music network but I was flipping last night and came across this show:

http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/my-big-rednec...ng/series.jhtml

The one I saw there was pig wrestling where guests had a competition to put a t-shirt on a pig. The mind. It boggles.

Guys - if we were to have four stickied threads, which would you choose?

Am trying to figure out how to get the shipping thread stickied but four sticky threads is the max it seems! Ideas folks?

Only the OP can make the thread sticky. Unless you are admin.

Thanks for the insight. I am actually liaising with admin and was just trying to gauge opinion.

So thoughts?

Hmm, could two threads be combined? Say, how to move your pets to the US and shipping in general?

If we were to drop one, I'd choose the medical thread as we don't have a similar stickied interview thread, and the OP is quite old.

One of my faves -- I have it on my Tivo! I love the camo-theme weddings, and the one where the woman posed naked on a horse for some cheesecake photos for her groom.

I dunno - I think that shipping and pets need to be separate but that is just mho

I know what you mean about the medical sticky though - but it is still useful and used - would be nice for an interview one as well but guess people put reviews on their timelines anyway

Of course Poiteen has offered *coughs* to make a new wiki page about the passport thread so maybe that could go?

well i've said it on the other thread but I think that the passport info might be better as a wiki entry (does anyone use the wiki?)

but that said, I always looks straight at the main threads, it always takes me ages to notice new posts in the stickied threads. Maybe it's just me

It's not just you; I spent ages wondering why a two-year-old thread was still stickied before I noticed people had replied recently to it!

I'm not implying in any way that animals or material goods are comparable - not at all! Was just thinking what could be combined. Although thinking about it, a general 'FAQ' sticky that combines information that is unlikely to change anytime soon - such as, a how-to on how to renew your passport, where to download the new police certificate application form, and a link to the list of required vaccinations on the USCIS page might be best? I am happy to make a new thread. I know I come here for information first rather than the wiki.

IMO, the biggest questions in the UK forum since I've been here (2 years) - in this order:

medical
police certs
interview
banking
shipping

Poiteen - I do that too - but I have started looking at them more and I think there are people that do use them and that it would be nicer for them to have current info on regularly mentioned topics - shipping will change, as will rules and regs on pets and medical reviews are always happening so to me it seems the other two stickies are the way forward in terms of... Spring cleaning

Clearly I am missing out! I might have to start watching. I like watching Platinum Weddings on WE - it's like, how much money do you have to spend to make what would ostensibly be a classy wedding and make it completely tacky. A girl I work with was featured on it - hilarious.

I never used the Wiki because it wasn't available when we were filing but I've just had a look and I think it's great. The problem with the pinned threads (and this was my issue when I was filing), is that the information contained therein is disorganized and often hard to follow. Plus, some of the pinned threads are way too long to go through and find the information you are looking for. (pardon the bad grammar). Just my 2p.

Yeah, I'm another Platinum Weddings fan, sorry to say. In a similar vein, I loved that Manhattan Housewives show, and just found out that my friend is friends with that Alex on the show -- the tall, skinny blonde. Apparently she's very nice in real life, but the syrupy stuff with her husband is for real. Yuck.

I'll have to check with my friend to see if she can send me an updated link as those are the photos she took.

Must...stop...posting... but!

I have developed an itinerary for our road trip to LA in 5 weeks! It goes like this:

June 27 -- New Haven, CT - Hagerstown, MD
June 28 -- Hagerstown - Knoxville, TN
June 29 -- Knoxville - Meridian, MS
June 30 -- Meridian - New Orleans (shorter trip so we can spend more time there!)
July 1 -- New Orleans - Galveston, TX (slightly out of the way to see my uncle Mike)
July 2 -- Galveston - Sonora, TX
July 3 -- Sonora - El Paso (grandma's there)
July 4 -- Another day in El Paso
July 5 -- El Paso - Tucson, AZ
July 6 -- Tucson - Palm Springs, CA (hi Jeraly!)
July 7 -- Palm Springs - Hollywood Econo Lodge!

Woo hoo! And subject to approval by the boy, of course.

Maybe a thread called UK FAQ, with links to wiki pages containing all the relavent info about the above? So it's easy to find, but can be put in a clear format and interlinked too




wow, just wow

I have not watched the Manhattan housewives yet but the OC housewives is a definite favorite even though the OH gets visibly agitated when its on.

For dev and others who haven't seen, but may be interested:

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Please note that these are just random pics taken by a friend, so there are some which are quite unflattering!! But, we enjoyed our day very much!

That sounds great. Have you got the ipod loaded up with appropriate road trip tunage?

We're working on the road trip tunes! Knowing Bruce, there will be a LOT of Gordon Lightfoot, the Band and Phil Ochs. Knowing me, there will be mucho 80s tunes, the Smiths and any oldies station I can tune in.

when we did out road trip the best investment we made was a year National parks pass. It lets a car and all it's occupants in, and some give you a discount on accomodation. All those national parks are some of my favourite memories of that summer.

your first 2 days, are covering serious distances!!!

That looks really fun, maven! I'd love to do a roadtrip like that but never with my children, so its not likely to happen!!

Ohhhh Maven I am sooo jealous!!!! But you will *have* to pop in when you hit Palm Springs!! We're going to go for that apartment - lemme break-in to Jeremy's e-mail so I can snag the piccies he took It looks kinda dark because there is no electricity at the moment but it looks really clean, if a tad small and is about a mile from main street

Anyway - due to random file upload size restrictions, I have created a spangly new link to the piccies for you to peruse

Yeah - it is a bit of a jaunt, that first few days Like when we drove from Sedona to LA in a day... that was fun the Mojave gets boring after a while

And we got the National Park pass as well! We are so going to do that again sometime

I vote we have a VJ Road Trip - that would be awesome We can like hire RVs or something

Yeah, we really wanted to cover no more than 400 miles a day, so some of the cities in the east are fudges at best. I also wanted to spend two days in El Paso to see my aged but sprightly 94-year-old grandmother -- she's never met Bruce, and I think it would be cool to be with family on the 4th. It will be Bruce's first Independence Day!

Does the guy pictured in the back garden come with the place?

I think he might be a gnome...

Of course - we should ask for a discount as he has no hat - dollar store it is then!

Also, my other road trip advice is not to book accomodation in advance. It's more fun that way!!!

I'd be sure to download city-appropriate tunes for when you arrive in certain towns. I'm thinking stuff like House of the Rising Sun for New Orleans and Galveston by Jimmy Webb and El Paso by the Grateful Dead. It's got to be done!

Also, LOVE the close up of the toilet.

Good you got the apartment all sorted. I hope it has reliable air conditioning!

Yep, we have AAA so we'll just call them up as we get close and have them help us arrange. The only ones pre-booked are Hagerstown and of course, the Econo Lodge.



Great idea!