Strange things you're not used to

[Jeraly 4]

You could just buy some booze?

[TBoneTX 46,261]

You could just buy some booze?

No, man. Brittania rules the waves, si man, and Britannia's gross national product is supported by, or is, treacle, si man, and it should have booze in it, hic man.

Worked from 10 a.m. Wed. till 2:30 Thurs. cleaning the crib, oof man. Will fold final load of laundry, then head to airport. Once C. is ensconced here at the crib, she can do all of this, and I can resume being a Macho. (NOT, man.)

Back on here later tonightly, perhaps man.

[Jeraly 4]

Oh I hope everything goes ok at POE for you - let us know how you get on

Back on topic though - does anyone have a proper grill? Like in England where you open the oven door, select the grill option and then you have a grill pan and removable handle...? We don't have one and I don't know what equivalent there is without having yet another appliance to clutter up our tiny kitchen!!!

[TBoneTX 46,261]

Oh I hope everything goes ok at POE for you - let us know how you get on

POE successful, si man; see review under POE link, then "Houston."

Back on topic though - does anyone have a proper grill?

Why are you grilling us about this? Aren't we grilled enough at the consular interviews, si man? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Jeraly 4]

Oh glad it went so smoothly!! It must be sooooo good to be together at last after everything you have been through!!

So when's the big day?!

[TBoneTX 46,261]

Oh glad it went so smoothly!! It must be sooooo good to be together at last after everything you have been through!!

Thanks, & si man!

So when's the big day?!

Dunno, man; there's uncertainty regarding a "celebration." Apparently, her country's post-wedding culture is to have a smallish family-type dinner, whereas ours is usually to have a big bash, si man. Mama T-Bone & I think that SOMEthing should be done, but on what scale? To complicate matters, C. is leaving it completely up to us, whereas my entire training (and past experience) is that the bride decides everything and the husband is a useless, even irritating, appendage. Ergothuswithforthly, the three of us are essentially standing around and looking blankly at each other, duh man. Advice?

And, this fits into the "strange things you're not used to" topic, but from the USC's standpoint. Ironic, si man.

[Jeraly 4]

Hahaha - well it all depends on what you want - we had a small wedding in February with about 17 people and afterwards we went and had a nice meal on the patio of a cafe - it was really nice Then we had a big evening reception in the UK for all the friends and family

Maybe you can have your wedding, however you decide to do it, then have a small but nice meal (ours was a three course one) then in the evening you can go out together or stay in a nice hotel room for a night or two and chillout and enjoy just being together after such a horrendous journey!

[TBoneTX 46,261]

Maybe you can have your wedding, however you decide to do it, then have a small but nice meal (ours was a three course one) then in the evening you can go out together or stay in a nice hotel room for a night or two and chillout and enjoy just being together after such a horrendous journey!

Hmmm... si, man. Actually, she has a cold from too many going-away parties plus the airline trip, and I'm hawking loogies from too much vacuuming, cough man, and it's nearly St. Patrick's Day and I've done nothing to prepare. I should dress in a costume and go door-to-door begging for candy, si man. That's how close we are to having any plans for a wedding, aargh man.

Getting back on the topic (shudder, man), C. says over and over how glad she is that this is NOT her first time in the U.S. -- she knows the language, how things operate, etc. Some of her countrywomen who are here for the first time go through terrible culture-shock, the language barrier, missing their families, awful homesickness, etc., oof man. This subject has been thoroughly covered in other threads, but it's worth mentioning. Interestingly, there are few or no clothes-dryers in Ecuador (everyone hangs stuff on clotheslines even in the cold rainy cities, brrr man), no automatic dishwashers (the husbands there are Machos and do no housework, no man), and -- meaning that I could never move there -- there is almost NO cat food sold except in the huge hypermarkets, and even in the ONE pet store that I saw in the whole country, there wasn't any of the premium diet food, miu man. Oh -- and there aren't electronic litterboxes in Ecuador, either, no man!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

so glad things went well with the POE, T-Bone

Aly - no grill for us either

I miss it... we can use the 'broil' option on our oven, and it's better than nothing, but the only settings are 'hi' and 'lo', and it doesn't do that great a job

[Jeraly 4]

Ohh I am so glad that I am not the only one - we don't haver a broil option either though... I swear there must be ovens that have a grill - even if it is an eye-level one... I am thinking that when we buy our house I will hunt one down (when we can afford it!). It means waiting a while but at least there is a (grill) light at the end of the tunnel!!

In the meantime everything gets ovened which just isn't the same...

[itzmi 1]

One thing I really wish it is the same here in the US is the maternity leave in Canada. I'll probably stop working if I'll have another child.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I've never seen eye-level grills ANYWHERE other than the UK, Jeraly, so I wouldn't hold my breath hoping for that

[TBoneTX 46,261]

I've never seen eye-level grills ANYWHERE other than the UK, Jeraly, so I wouldn't hold my breath hoping for that

If nothing else, consider a George Foreman grill -- I don't have one, but they appear to be countertop-sized.

Sheeze -- 19 words without a punchline... I must be sick, si man.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

unfortunately, that's a completely different type of grill

the ones Jeraly's talking about are the ones (usually part of the oven in the UK and Australia) with an overhead element, that transmits heat downwards - I guess closer to the American toaster-oven than anything else I can think of straight off... they're mainly used for making grilled cheese

[Big Papa Zone 93]

so glad things went well with the POE, T-Bone

Aly - no grill for us either

I miss it... we can use the 'broil' option on our oven, and it's better than nothing, but the only settings are 'hi' and 'lo', and it doesn't do that great a job

'Er indoors has a "broil" option on her oven, and it works just like the "grill" option on the cookers here - life without a grill on your cooker would blow goats.