Is the UK worth the change in life style and uprooting from America?

Exactly.I meant to say cheek.Not sure why I typed chin.Maybe it was late.

Well! You could have saved us all two days of intense head-scratching! 

Do you mean chin scratching? 

Do you mean chin scratching? 

Do you mean chin scratching? 

That too!

LOL!  I got a tellin' for supposedly not reading the post correctly, when it turns out it wasn't written correctly?!    That's good! 

Anyway, the cheek air-kiss is pretty universal, isn't it?  Nothing odd or 'metropolitan' about it.  I don't really do it myself, but squillions of others do.  I shake hands if I am meeting you for the first time, and if you're a friend, I usually give you a quick hug, without the cheek kiss.

Do you mean chin scratching? 

You cheeky devil, or should I say chinny devil.

My lady and I have been talking the last few days and she has commited to moving any where in the Uk that makes me feel more at home. Her idea not mine. I can feel the pressure building.Gonna have to make a decision after xmas. Right now I'm trying to recover from Tropical storm Sandy.Flooding every where in these parts. Hurricanes are not suppose to occur in the northeast in october.

I refer to going to Hampstead heath Clapham as going "up North"

Are many of you living overseas voting in the Presidential election? Its going to be a close election. I've already voted early and hopefull for the best result.

Are many of you living overseas voting in the Presidential election? Its going to be a close election. I've already voted early and hopefull for the best result.

I voted by absentee ballot. This is my second major election abroad and its scary to think of the outcome. I dont like either candidate, but voted the least of the two evils.

I did vote green for a state senator, which I'm proud of and hope they get in!

I also hae to vote soon in the UK, which I'm not fully read up on, but know that in my area its not something we really want to vote on (the PCC votes)

Are many of you living overseas voting in the Presidential election? Its going to be a close election. I've already voted early and hopefull for the best result.

Many of us have, and there's even a thread about it:

http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=77103.0

I think living in the UK might be a better experience politically. What i mean is that elections possibly might not have the same impact on the direction that nation could take.In America the act of voting could decide if a retired person has to deal with a social safety-net that is cut by 30%. I pay attention to uk politics but not living there, there is no way I can fully understand what all takes place between the various parties.But I hightly doubt either of Britain's main parties would want to get rid of the welfare system in order to give even larger tax breaks to the rich. I also doubt that issues such as ethnic voter suppression is a real problem in the Uk. Sadly it is in America.

Well, I think you would be surprised.

Well, I think you would be surprised.

Please tell more in detail !!

Well, considering that one of the biggest things the current government has done is make huge cuts to the benefits system...