London Embassy Graduates Thread

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I hope he arrives safely, Estella.

On Wednesday we finally went and managed to get a joint bank account, so hopefully I'll be able to get my money transfered across soon. Which will be nice, I'll have access to moneyu from ATMs again, without getting charged extortionate fees everytime I withdraw cash.

[Estella76 0]

Thanks Huffy! I hope he gets here safely too and that I can pick him up once he does and not be snowed in!!

Actually you don't even need a joint bank account to get your money into the account, so you should have no problem with the transfer. Just supplying your UK bank with the name, address, and routing number of your US bank should do the trick. I had Adam wire his money into my account and they just charged us fees on both sides. I think it turned out to be less than 1% of what he transferred, which is much better than those weird ATM fees they charge. I know when I was in England my bank charged a 3% fee just to use a foreign ATM and then another $3 just for fun on top of that. It's such a ripoff! And the wire transfer took 24 hours, it was great!!

Of course now I have all of Adam's money and his name isn't even connected to my account

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Sounds pretty good then. I was going to go through my old work place, who have a private clients division to see if I could get a better rate with them. I'll have to email and see what they can do for me (I worked in foreign exchange),

[Estella76 0]

Sounds pretty good then. I was going to go through my old work place, who have a private clients division to see if I could get a better rate with them. I'll have to email and see what they can do for me (I worked in foreign exchange),

Then you should have NO problem

[FormerBrit 0]

Good luck for Sunday Estella

It's darn cold here in the Appalachians too, we are expecting tons of snow over the weekend, so we went out to dinner and did our errands this evening before it gets here!

[Estella76 0]

I just went to the 24 hour supermarket at midnight and it was packed! I guess people are getting the pre-snow panic! I am just praying that it's not as bad as they say so I can go pick up my love on Sunday!!! Otherwise I don't know how he'll get to me!! Okay can't worry about it until that happens

[falcozappa 0]

Wouldn't you say however that there are some people from Scotland, No. Ireland, and maybe even Wales who adamantly refuse to categorize themselves as British because they don't want to be considered as subjects of the queen? I know that's besides the point of the technical correctness...just babbling here...

I know what you mean. but you've neglected to mention the English people that don't fancy being considered to be subjects of the queen too. Is this incompatible with feeling "British"?

[rebeccajo 14]

I just went to the 24 hour supermarket at midnight and it was packed! I guess people are getting the pre-snow panic! I am just praying that it's not as bad as they say so I can go pick up my love on Sunday!!! Otherwise I don't know how he'll get to me!! Okay can't worry about it until that happens

*looks out the window and gives evil eye witch glare on snow*

[Estella76 0]

I tried the evil eye witch glare and yet it backfired. There are two feet of snow outside my door and since I live in a basement apartment I am now in my own personal igloo.

Have been tracking the flight and poor Adam seems to be diverted to Canada!!! Oh blah!!

[rebeccajo 14]

I tried the evil eye witch glare and yet it backfired. There are two feet of snow outside my door and since I live in a basement apartment I am now in my own personal igloo.

Have been tracking the flight and poor Adam seems to be diverted to Canada!!! Oh blah!!

Oh #######! What happens now?

[Estella76 0]

They keep them there in a "holding pen" (since they can't clear Canadian customs) until they can get the flight off the ground and into Newark. I just know this because of my mom working for the airlines, I haven't heard from him, but didn't expect to in this case.

The Continental site says that the flight is on the runway about to take off to Newark, though newark is still closed.

Anyway i might go dig my car out just to be productive. It is covered entirely!! This is awesome but just a bad day for this to be happening in my life

[rebeccajo 14]

They keep them there in a "holding pen" (since they can't clear Canadian customs) until they can get the flight off the ground and into Newark. I just know this because of my mom working for the airlines, I haven't heard from him, but didn't expect to in this case.

The Continental site says that the flight is on the runway about to take off to Newark, though newark is still closed.

Anyway i might go dig my car out just to be productive. It is covered entirely!! This is awesome but just a bad day for this to be happening in my life

*puts on mucklucks and grumbles while handing Estella snowshovel*

[Estella76 0]

So after all the K1 hell I have now been defeated by a blizzard.

It appears that Adam's flight has finally taken off from Montreal and is scheduled into newark in 2 hours. I know Im crazy but Newark is far from me and I cant leave him waiting there with no where to go after being stuck in planes and airports all day. I'm going to try to get off my backroad and to the highway which is only four blocks away then see if I can cross 2 bridges to get to him.

Please wish me luck, as I will need all the good karma on my side tonight!!!

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

*crosses her fingers* Best of luck Marie, I hope you manage to pick up Adam safely. Don't rush, Adam would rather have you there inone piece, I'm certain.

[FormerBrit 0]

Oh gosh Estella, I hope everything went well for you and you got there safely The weather has been so bad this weekend, it is such awful luck for you. Take care and we look forward to hearing how it went...