As much as I like to complain about the lack of choice here where we live, we can drive into Glasgow and buy peanut or coconut mochi and pancit noodles. It’s not that bad, really. It’s mostly the convenience factor that’s lacking. If we lived in London, I wouldn’t have near as much to bitch [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Another (UK) Food Post
Posted in American in the UK, Expat, Food on October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chivalry Not Dead … but should be?
Posted in American in the UK, Expat, Life on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had a dead car sitting in the driveway for over a week. Initial hunches pointed to the battery. Called my father for some advice, as I do in these situations.
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Having replaced a battery before, I took it upon myself to go ahead and get under the hood (bonnet) and do the same with this [...]
Facebook. Oh god.
Posted in Dork Stuff, Internet on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not sure why I did it. Well, I do, really.
I’m a thoroughly, 100% bonafide nosy person. But my alternate, legitimate excuse is: you can share pictures with people easily.
Finally, I succumbed to Facebook. Well, for at least half a year now.
Internetsing™ has been my thing since oh, 1994 maybe? 9600 baud modems, no wait… [...]
British Culinary Quirks
Posted in American in the UK, Expat, Food, Food and Drink on October 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to update my POS list but being a lazy arse, I’ll just make a more general post regarding my findings in the realm of British cuisine.
My husband is a Brit; we live in Scotland. I’m, by no means, an expert but I’ve ran across some little nuances from my experiences that set [...]



