Adjusting to a new life in the UK from the US

lara said:
oh oh, i must share. I read that, as soon as possible after a bite, put coconut oil on the bite. I had a bite after i read that and applied the coconut oil immediately. It stopped itching after about one minute and the next morning the bite had disappeared. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not but it wouldn't hurt to try that!! It's natural too!
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ameriscot said:
i'll try it. I've got a bottle of coconut oil i brought home from thailand. I've used anti-itch creams but they don't help, so it doesn't hurt to try something else
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Have you had an opportunity to use the coconut oil yet? Any results?

 

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A very interesting thread Annie, you have confirmed a lot of my ideas about the US and the life there.
Some years ago I did spend a month touring the the West coast mainly California with some Nevada and Arizona. Loved the scenery and the people and could have imagined living there for a short time.
I have never had a desire to live permanently there though, and because as you mention the proliferation of guns, and as I see it the mainly right wing self motivated political system, I wouldn't fit in anyway, I am more a socialist at heart, and guns are a complete anathema to me.

You mention the NHS a lot and I would agree it’s a good basis for a sharing caring society, sadly in this age of greed we have moved into, it is under constant threat, especially from our currently right wing government, which has self interest in privatising it.

Since turning 70 I have become more aware of my complete lack of patriotism/nationalism and don't feel particularly British at all, simply a citizen of the world who happens to be living on this particular island, the flag here is pretty, but that's all I feel a need to be patriotic about. lol
I am now completely at home wherever I am, the 4 plus months I spend in Russia, I feel I am a local, and am accepted in that vein, the same in other countries I visit.

I did consider living abroad some 20 years ago mainly for a better climate, but it never happened for various reasons. I sort of feel I could live anywhere now and do spend some 6 months each year away from the UK, but because of family and being comfortable here see no reason to permanently move away.

You seem to have made a perfect transition to living here Annie, absorbing our way of doing things and fully integrating into the country, I guess that may be unusual and is perhaps because of your very adaptive personality? It does show others how it can be done though, if they are willing to integrate.
 

Merlin, I have quite a few replies but going to Glasgow now and too much to type on phone. I will say that I LOVE Scotland even with the climate. I guess I am adaptable as I did very well in Uganda for 2 years as well.
 
merlin said:
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A very interesting thread Annie, you have confirmed a lot of my ideas about the US and the life there.
Some years ago I did spend a month touring the the West coast mainly California with some Nevada and Arizona. Loved the scenery and the people and could have imagined living there for a short time.
I have never had a desire to live permanently there though, and because as you mention the proliferation of guns, and as I see it the mainly right wing self motivated political system, I wouldn't fit in anyway, I am more a socialist at heart, and guns are a complete anathema to me.

You mention the NHS a lot and I would agree it’s a good basis for a sharing caring society, sadly in this age of greed we have moved into, it is under constant threat, especially from our currently right wing government, which has self interest in privatising it.

Since turning 70 I have become more aware of my complete lack of patriotism/nationalism and don't feel particularly British at all, simply a citizen of the world who happens to be living on this particular island, the flag here is pretty, but that's all I feel a need to be patriotic about. lol
I am now completely at home wherever I am, the 4 plus months I spend in Russia, I feel I am a local, and am accepted in that vein, the same in other countries I visit.

I did consider living abroad some 20 years ago mainly for a better climate, but it never happened for various reasons. I sort of feel I could live anywhere now and do spend some 6 months each year away from the UK, but because of family and being comfortable here see no reason to permanently move away.

You seem to have made a perfect transition to living here Annie, absorbing our way of doing things and fully integrating into the country, I guess that may be unusual and is perhaps because of your very adaptive personality? It does show others how it can be done though, if they are willing to integrate.
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I feel very patriotic in regards to Scotland. I almost feel Scottish. Someone asked me once that if the US played against Scotland in the World Cup, who would I want to win. The answer is Scotland. The reasons being Scotland hasn't been in the World Cup for many years, and the US has. But Scots love football and most Americans don't care.

I worry that something might happen to the NHS, but I'm not sure if London decides what happens to the Scottish NHS since they are separate?

Agree about guns, right wingers and also fundamentalist christians. All seem to be increasing very fast! I too am a socialist at heart - a dirty word in the US.

My favourite part of the US is the central and northern California coast and the charming wee towns. I won't be living there again though. My sister and other family find it difficult to believe that I feel home is here, not there, and that if I became widowed I would stay in Scotland.

And we spend at least 3 months out of the UK every year. This coming year it will be more than 4 months.
 
Thank you Young Lady,

This thread has kept me entertained for a while, I don't often stray
from one or two other forums here, but today I wandered and I am
very pleased that I did.

You have painted a very lovely and sometimes amusing picture of the
country of my birth, unfortunately like Hollydolly, I no longer live in it,
in fact I have lived longer out of Scotland that I ever lived in it, I haven't
lost my Scottish accent though, nor my patriotism for the country.

I had to smile at your explanation of the Scottish accent and your efforts
to get to grips with it.

I am going to put a short YouTube video here that I hope will amuse you,
it concerns the Scottish accent, you probably have seen it before, but I
think that it is (beside being true), very funny.

I will look in here again in the future.

Here

Mike.
 
Aye, I've seen the lift one! Funny! I love Still Game!!!
 

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