Have you ever thought about moving to a foreign country? What were your reasons?

The second guy is full of it, there are zero similarities between the NY accents (plural) and South London (which is also not an accent per se, almost every street in London has its own dialect - just ask Professor Higgins). If I had to pick a foreign influence, it's more Irish than English.

Also Italian. The vast majority of Caucasian New Yorkers are of Italian, Irish, and eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent.

That’s the case with my cousin and my uncle-in-law with the sexes reversed.  I’m curious, how did she describe her dad?  In the case with my family members, the moms drove away their sons by being domineering and overbearing.  Was it the same or something else for your cousin?

The ex-wife of my uncle-in-law who moved to Germany moved to the United States.  They got divorced because he was an American who wanted to be a European and she was a European who wanted to be an American.

This post was edited by Livvie at May 7, 2023 7:44 PM MDT

I think you should stay put in San Diego.  I just bought a unit in a high-rise condo in Tijuana.  The condo’s right on the border and I’m on the top floor.  My unit faces north.  I also have a high-powered telescope on my balcony.  I have a really great view from up here.

Hey, you’ve been in and out of your garage twice in the last fifteen minutes.  What’s in that garbage bag?  It looks like it’s kind of heavy.


This post was edited by Livvie at May 7, 2023 8:46 PM MDT

 

  Those are all the rejected sandwiches that were found to have been tainted with Vegemite, guacamole, or mayonnaise. Saboteurs have infiltrated my domain. Grrrrrrr. 

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This post was edited by Randy D at February 20, 2023 10:04 AM MST

You should really do composting.  It’s better for the environment.  Just burying them in that pit in your backyard’s not going to do any good.

 

  Hey! You’re not supposed to be watching me! Grrrrrrrr. 

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An ocean adventure sounds like fun, even if it’s on a rusty old boat.  I’ve never been to British Columbia (would like to), but it makes me dream about sailing in the ocean just off the coast while listening to 80s music.  That’s because even though I live in South Dakota, the radio I have on my kitchen counter picked up a radio station from there once.  It was Ocean 98.5 and they played 80s music. This post was edited by Livvie at February 20, 2023 9:26 AM MST

I think it would be cool to visit Martin-de-Viviès which is located on Île Amsterdam.  It’s part of France but it’s not what most people think of as France.  It’s actually an overseas territory in the Indian Ocean.  What makes it interesting is that it’s one of only three places on land that are on the opposite side of the world to the contiguous United States.  Île Amsterdam is opposite of Prowers County, Colorado.  Nearby Île Saint-Paul (uninhabited) is opposite of Cheyenne County, Colorado.

Cool.  :)

I am, too, I guess.

(I mean I'm basically happy where I live,  -- didn't mean to say that I, too, am happy that you're living where you are, ha.)

That’s okay.  Do you have Tim Hortons where you live?  If you do, all you have to do is stay put.  You’re just going to find yourself living in Canada when you wake up one morning.  Planting Tim Hortons franchises is how the Canadians claim territory.  I just thought you should know that in case you weren’t already aware of it.

 

There are three Tim Horton's within ten minutes from my house. This post was edited by Element 99 at December 22, 2023 8:16 AM MST