Halie
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by Halie on Sept 22, 2008 23:19:50 GMT -5
One thing I also like about London is that it feels safe. Obviously, as in every city, there are unsafe sections and nobody's truly safe anywhere, but it's reassuring. Plus outside of the city, it feels a little like home (which is New England for me... a bit of a shock coming from Southern California, where everything is brown, water is scarce and the most history and culture comes from the strip mall down the street).
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Sept 23, 2008 4:50:09 GMT -5
Tutu's with leather jackets. sorry.. lol! I've never been to UK and I'd love to visit it.
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charmed4evr
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by charmed4evr on Oct 9, 2008 14:09:52 GMT -5
I live in Britain too, though im proberly not the best person to ask about food shopping and petrol prices and things like that as im still a teenager and cant even drive yet. I definatly think the prices over here are more expensive because if you compare the prices on some of the stores that they have in the US and the UK the ones here are amost always twice the price. As someone else said the weather here is awful all we get is rain, occasionally a bit of snow in January and some sun in April but that's about it. I don't think there would be many culture changes though I think people tend to dress pretty simular here and people tend to act the same as they do in the US.
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Post by Melissa G. on Oct 13, 2008 9:19:32 GMT -5
Okay, I have another question.
In the US, we have social security numbers. Is there anything like that in Britain?
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Bad Kitty
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by Bad Kitty on Oct 15, 2008 15:22:56 GMT -5
Okay, I have another question. In the US, we have social security numbers. Is there anything like that in Britain? Everyone born in the UK has a National Insurance number. You usually get it sent to you in the form of a plastic card (like a credit card) when you turn 16. It says it's "not proof of identity" but it kind of is.. you need to have a national insurance number for tax purposes or to claim benefits if you become unemployed or get sick and can't work, etc. I think immigrants and foreign nationals who want to live/work in the UK have to apply for a national insurance number through the Department of Work and Pensions (I'm not sure on that, probably best to ask at your nearest UK Embassy.. I know there's one in DC, one in New York and one in Boston.. not sure where else. There are probably quite a few!)
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Juliet
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.?Victor Hugo
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Post by Juliet on Oct 29, 2008 15:24:20 GMT -5
Okay, I have another question. In the US, we have social security numbers. Is there anything like that in Britain? Everyone born in the UK has a National Insurance number. You usually get it sent to you in the form of a plastic card (like a credit card) when you turn 16. It says it's "not proof of identity" but it kind of is.. you need to have a national insurance number for tax purposes or to claim benefits if you become unemployed or get sick and can't work, etc. I think immigrants and foreign nationals who want to live/work in the UK have to apply for a national insurance number through the Department of Work and Pensions (I'm not sure on that, probably best to ask at your nearest UK Embassy.. I know there's one in DC, one in New York and one in Boston.. not sure where else. There are probably quite a few!) It's exactly like that Bad Kitty, I lived, studied and worked in the U.K. for a while and I applied for a national insurance number, I still have it !
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