Cool! That sounds like fun!! And yummy!! But I REALLY want Robin to serenade you with Charlene's, "I've Never Been to Me"!!!

g'morning everyone.

Question: I am editing my policy paper right now. I have had a lot of useful feedback so far on it, and am incorporating much of it. I have one problem though: one of my editors is suggesting changing "amongst" to "among" and "enquiry" to "inquiry". I have no issue changing to American spelling, but the words I have used are both variants used in America. Should I change them? To me, it's like altering my writing voice, not just changing the spelling.

Did your editor give a reason why he thought it would be better to change the words? I would state that it would feel like it would be changing your voice.

Speaking of happy news...Nicky is thrilled that the Fox Soccer Channel came with the standard cable package. He can now keep up with Sky Sports News!

She told me I could take the suggestions or leave them. I'm using about 80% of them. I'm certain if I tell her it would affect the paper's tone she would be happy. And, it also helps that she's one of my pals! You're right -- I should just talk to her.

I've always though "amongst" is a Britishism. Is it used here? People definitely pointed it out as such when I returned.

I think so. Same with whilst.

When I worked for this one ad firm in NYC, our UK design team used enquiry on our site & everyone was like, NO, definitely not that spelling. Americans do not use it.

The intended audience of the document is not just Americans -- in fact, I think most of the people who will read it are in the UK and the Netherlands. I don't know -- it just doesn't sound right to me to say "among". If it really is an issue for the lead faculty member (who is also the hardest ### in the research center) then I'll change it.

I don't want to sound twee! But I also want to sound like myself.

By the way, if I NEVER see this policy briefing again in my life I will die a happy woman.

I packed a suitcase this morning

g'morning all. and tough call on that one, maven. is your editor american?

Morning! She's a naturalized (see I used the z!) American citizen from Serbia. I will bend to the will of the University on this one -- they have particular usage they insist upon, like it's always "U.S." not "US", for example.

I think I need to just lump it on this one and go for the Americanisms -- after all, I'm not going to read this steaming pile again in my life.

well the wedding was yesterday and it went so well. The weather was AMAZING. Everything went so well. Only issue was that Nick's hands had swollen in the heat and I couldn't get his ring over his knuckle but other than that couldn't have asked for a more special day. I'll get some pics soon.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Looking forward to seeing the pics.

Gratzies again Debz! I can't wait to see piccies either! Can't wait til I get out there and can call you and have a good natter - you can find my new address and phone number on facebook if you want to call but I won't be there til 1st July really

Congrats Debz! Woo hoo! Can't wait to see those piccies...

Congrats Debz!

Congratulations! Did you have your wedding in the church or in the railroad town? I hope to take Nicky out there this fall, but of course there is always the excitement of Harold Warp's Pioneer Village to compete with Stuhr!

I'm glad the weather turned out ok as my MoH (who is from Kearney) nearly had her dad's home blown away by a tornado on Thursday night. Jeez I miss the weather back home...

g'morning everyone. and i had a feeling that was the case, maven.

COGRATULATIONS hun.... Looking forward to seeing the pics!

Congratulations Debz!!! These big events are almost always easier to appreciate in retrospect since you're too nervous and anxious and busy beforehand to be able to relax and enjoy. Glad it was a good day for you both!

Hi hi hi, to everyone, congrats to Debz. Been away in Ireland, and didn't have as much internet, and now got a new boss at work, so have to do some work these days. So hi hi hi, and hope you're all well, and will get to the wiki soon, and should have a moving date soon too. And also hihihi.

How many are you taking with?

I wonder what Nicky has been doing for knickers since his last trip here. I went through his drawer and he had at least a dozen pairs....

Speaking of which, he finally ordered his kilt for the wedding yesterday. I imagine that he wouldn't need the knickers for that so much!

Congrats Debz!

Poiteen - I think you should tell the new boss you need to post on VJ. If he/she says no tell them to quit messing with your life.

Well I'm taking three - Jeremy is coming over and bringing a spare empty case so we have two each but three will be filled with my things

good morning uk!

Morning!

I'm full of cold

Totally off topic, but I was jogging this weekend and I passed a jewish gentleman wearing a sports yamulke...it was made out of mesh material. I had no idea they made those...very cool!

Haha, that's awesome!

Good afternoon. What a miserable day it is here...non-stop rain.

I love the complete randomness of the things people share in this thread! Its awesome!!

Sports yamulke! Awesome.

My policy paper is going to the printer right now -- got the sign off yesterday. I am a happy bunny. And it's my birthday this week -- friends and family are going to take me out for dinner at a cheese restaurant. Yes, a cheese restaurant! It is sooooo scrummy. Here's the website: http://www.caseusnewhaven.com/ It's also a cheese shop as well.

Yay! Happy week everyone!

A cheese restaurant??!?! *faints* *goes to book a ticket to New Haven*

I spent last night drinking pitchers of beer with my fellow Westside Detroiters watching our beloved Wings choke in triple overtime. We almost had it in the bag (and the Stanley Cup being polished in the dressing room), but with only 40 seconds to go Pittsburgh equalized. Oh well, I guess I have another excuse to drink beer during the week.

A cheese restaurant???

I have to go to New Haven!

not to mention the moule frites & hangar steak frites.....

I'm drooling.

I want to love cheese, but too much dairy makes me so uncomfortable and bloated!

However...I think I can afford to have a little cheddar on my vegetable mash tonight. Mm, cheesy mash!

Don't forget the shop too. It is filled with cheeses from all over -- plenty of English, Welsh and Irish cheeses (didn't see any Scots varieties), French a-plenty (lots of the stinky gooey stuff I love), Spanish, Italian, American artisanal, etc etc. And then preserves, and mustards, and lovely breads and crackers, and all these nummy saucissons and salamis and other sausage type products.

They also do home tastings! My supervisor had a cheese tasting night a few months ago. The Caseus folks came out to his house with all these cheeses; my supervisor provided the wine. I am seriously going to miss this place. I am partial to the French Onion soup and the frites are totally amazing.

Robin -- don't I remember hearing you say you and your husband had this idea for a cheese delivery service on a motorbike? It had a really funny/punny name...

Cheesey Rider!

I have the same problem, but you can get these chewable tablets from Walgreens called lac-taid. You chew one right before you eat dairy and it helps keep you from bloating.

I just emailed all the foodies I work with the link...we're all drooling over the cheese restaurant!

I love it!

I also love this from the Caseus website:

OUR GOAL IS TO PAMPER YOU WHILE EATING AT CASEUS. ANY REQUEST WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

If I lived in LA I'd order cheese from you! I love that name!!

Mmmmmm ..... cheese. OMG, those menu items look gorgeous! *drool*



You're still in the UK, right? See your doctor and get a prescription for lactose tablets. They work great. Oh, and the older the cheese, the less lactose there is, so if you don't have any tablets.... go for the old!

yay it's hump day!

Haha, that's awesome!


Ooh, thank you to you and Krikit for the tips! I'll probably look out for those tablets when I move to the US. I've also just thought that another option is to try more sheep and goats cheeses.


Now that's what you want to hear!

FINALLY caught up with this thread! I had about eight pages to read, but given that I've changed my settings so there's something like 700 posts per page that's saying something

just wanted to note that I have stumbled upon a British section in every supermarket I've been in so far (Kroger, HEB and Randalls) and every one of them has had Heinz baked beans
two out of the three have also had Ribena... I've seen McVities of various varieties as well

otherwise, hello Charles x 9, for all the mornings I've missed

and I LOVE the idea of the FAQ linking in to the wiki entries

That is true with goat/sheep cheeses....I don't have the problems with them as I do with other dairy products. I am not sure why but ice cream is the worst for me. Last night I had a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich (only 140 calories in one) w/o taking the lactaid and I was miserable all night

Aha!! Welcome back StP!!

welcome back

Yay! Welcome back, StP!

Horrible weather here today. Rained all morning, now mild and dark and humid. Yuck. But... tomorrow is my birthday!

Must.stay.out.of.political.threads.

I thought you were going to swear off them!