I recently joined this group with the idea of learning how to retire in the UK. Are there any impediments or is just a matter of filing out some papers. I'm...
I requsted to UNSUBSCRIBE from this forum and am still getting digests. HELP!!!! Thanks, AJ ___________________________________________________________ Want...
Hi Derek: The visitors' visas to the UK are incredibly long compared to most other places, 6 months. Is that your definition of a "long extended stay", or do...
It's 2 years before you have to have passed the test and apply for "Indefinite Leave to Remain" - and pay, pay, pay. They just doubled the fees last April to...
Great information, thanks for the two responses so far. It took the the new Jane Eyre (2006), to spin my head around and re-think GB or the UK. I think...
My husband and I currently live in Texas. We may be relocating to Glasgow for my husband's work. We are currently waiting for an offer but are not sure what...
In general, British pounds spend like dollars. That is, if you wanted to buy lunch for say ten dollars, it would cost ten pounds. Problem arises when you...
john wilkerson
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Nov 11, 2007 1:24 am
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Hi. I just moved to Glasgow about 8 weeks ago, via the Isle of Man, but from Connecticut originally. I have found that the salaries are lower here than in...
Hey, Ellen! While you lived in the IOM, did you ever meet Steve and Kathy Harrison? I just met them this last weekend, and they're old friends of my...
... Harrison? I just met them this ... played Irish trad music when ... the IOM for a visit. I'm ... Hi,my name is Suzanne, and I'd like to introduce myself....
Hi Suzanne: Welcome to the group. I think the answer to your subject line is "yes", but a yes that has to be explained. I tend to trust people, online or...
Hi Zina, No, afraid I never met Steve and Kathy Harrison. Asked my husband too, who'd lived there for 18 years, but he said the names didn't ring a bell....
Oooh, I'll tell Steve you liked his museums. :) He's the director of Manx National Heritage. Other museums have been headhunting him for years, but he's ...
I just remembered that I know a man (actually worked with his little boy, Dillon, at school also) who works for the museums. His surname would be Cowey. And,...
... It is! When I first got involved in Irish traditional music, it used to nonpluss me a bit that when you first met and seriously chatted (as opposed to just...
Hello, It has been a little while since I've come on here. My husband & I are hoping to move to the UK during 2008. We have quite a bit to get together, pets,...
Hi Ginelle, Scotland seems to be the place for charities. They are everywhere, and I've seen loads of jobs, specifically for fundraisers listed on the...
May I ask what part of Scotland are you in? How did you come to move to Scotland? ... everywhere, and I've seen loads of jobs, specifically for fundraisers ...
I'm in the Glasgow area and I'm here (long way around) because I married a Glasweegian. We were living on the Isle of Man before this, so I've been in the UK...
Damn. Ellen, even though I know you're in Glasgow, I always connect you with the IOM, and I was just in Glasgow for the weekend. DAMN. We could have met for...
yes, my husband is British so that would be how I would come over. Glasgow huh? Has it taken you long to get the accent there? I know I've been to the north of...
Ginelle, I moved to Northern England (Leeds) 2 months ago. I moved here solo with my company on a 2yr assignment so I got thrown alone right into the culture...
Hello Ginelle, I just read your post and thought I'd drop you a line. I met my husband online and moved from South Africa to the US to be with him seven years...
Hi Jon, Coincidentally, my mother-in-law lives in Leeds as well as a friend of my husband (who is coming over this Christmas with his family). May I ask what...
Hello Ellen, I just read your post and thought I'd drop you a line. I met my husband online and moved from South Africa to the US to be with him seven years...
Though I appreciate the invite, my husband & I have never been in LDR. We met here in the states and hope to move together (more or less as he will probably go...
Wasn't the weather lovely in Glasgow last weekend, Zina? You'll have to visit again when things improve. Too bad we didn't make plans. I ended up at a new...
Brrr, one of those days was COLD! :) Wasn't too tragic the rest of the time, tho -- and anyway, we were playing at sessions the rest of the time, so we had ...
Thought I should share this link with you all, it's the first high quality social networking site for expats I've come across, far superior to anything else...
I'm back. Been reading the little digests that have been coming out - very interesting and learning a lot. We did it - got married November 10th last year. It...
