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Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« on: July 27, 2017, 12:14:30 PM »
Official tour of duty started December 1, 2016. *1st thing to get used to is the backward (to Americans) dating they do: 1st of December 2016....makes no sense.

I'm the Director of International Claims for a global company. Live (by mistake) in Harrow but have a nice 9th floor PH right by the tube (train) station.

Looking to see if anyone:
*knows of "American hangouts" - socialize, shop, etc.
*What are the nice/decent areas to live in West London?
*Are there any 'single' family home areas? Everything looks like a duplex
« Last Edit: July 27, 2017, 12:37:10 PM by Wm21 »
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Re: 6 months of 24 month sentence served. U.S. to U.K -- MISS HOME!!!!
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 12:29:47 PM »
Official tour of duty started December 1, 2016. *1st thing to get used to is the backward (to Americans) dating they do: 1st of December 2016....makes no sense.

I'm the Director of International Claims for a global company. Live (by mistake) in Harrow but have a nice 9th floor PH right by the tube (train) station.

Looking to see if anyone knows of "American hangouts" - socialize, shop, ANYTHING, lol.

Hi Wm21, welcome!   ;D  A lot of our members live in London or thereabouts, you'll be overrun with suggestions before you even know it!  ;D


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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2017, 01:01:14 PM »
Hey WM21, this is all the hang out you need.  Open 24 hours. 
I honestly can't think of a place that Americans go to hang out with each other in real life.  Not sure I'd want to be there anyway with the current terrorist scares going on. 

I live in Twickenham , next to Richmond and it is a lovely leafy suburb with a great riverside.  Richmond is more posh, both are less city like and have a great riverside.  There's plenty of single houses if you've got the cash.  Mick Jagger could be your neighbor on Richmond hill. 


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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2017, 01:08:25 PM »
Hi...thanks. I actually went to a pub in Richmond. Met up with a co-worker who lives in Reading. I'll definitely have to get to Twickenham (heard of it) and Richmond again and just walk around I suppose. Harrow is very convenient location-wise but I spend little to no time there.

Thanks again for the info!
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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2017, 01:29:49 PM »
Where in Florida are you from?


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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2017, 01:39:49 PM »
Lived in Fort Myers/Naples area, Tampa, Orlando and was in Dade/Broward area last 10 years....
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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2017, 01:45:48 PM »
Lived in Fort Myers/Naples area, Tampa, Orlando and was in Dade/Broward area last 10 years....

I'm Clearwater, Orlando, Winter Park, and Melbourne.  I've got the center of the state covered!   ;)


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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2017, 01:50:35 PM »
Love Clearwater...used to hang out on Clearwater Beach all the time. Ate my way to the beach on Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.  :o

Miss Orlando/Kissimmee...worked in Winter Park too....A law firm near I-4
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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2017, 01:19:10 PM »
Welcome to the forums! 

As a side note to the whole backwards date thing, it's not all that weird.  Americans do it all the time with the 4th of July.

Anyway, are you enjoying the UK to date?


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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2017, 06:20:15 PM »
I'm Clearwater, Orlando, Winter Park, and Melbourne.  I've got the center of the state covered!   ;)
Cocoa and Merritt Island here.

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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2017, 09:05:35 AM »
Welcome to the forums! 

As a side note to the whole backwards date thing, it's not all that weird.  Americans do it all the time with the 4th of July.

Anyway, are you enjoying the UK to date?

So far so good. I run my company's European operation so I travel to other countries quite a bit but when I'm here....it's a nice place to be temporarily!
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Re: Hello to you!! Been here 6 months (Florida to U.K)
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2017, 09:06:45 AM »
Cocoa and Merritt Island here.

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Love those two places as well!!  :)
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