LIFE: 100 Days in America

So today I've been in America for 100 days. I know going by the poll [to the left] a lot of you are interested in comparisons between the two nations. So here is where we are starting. This is what one Yorkshire girl has learnt so far;

♥ All those people [I should state here work colleagues] that claimed they would keep in touch after I moved - didn't [bar one]. Some even claimed to be sending Christmas cards - there must be some black hole before the apartment door I'm unaware of.  But if you go way back with this blog you'll remember my work tales. I shouldn't be surprised.

♥ BBC America sucks, you'd think all we watched in the UK was Gordon Ramsey [yes for some reason all his channel four shows are on BBC America], The Tudors, Top Gear and Star Trek. The only semi decent program is the snap showing of BBC news but that is limited to being on between 5 to 7AM. Useful when you can't sleep, but little else. Radio is lacking too.

♥ There's drive thru ATM's and banking facilities, you can do everything from the comfort of your drivers seat.

♥ Weather forecasts are always in Fahrenheit which I'm not sure on, just that 32 is freezing. And here was me thinking that America was ahead of everyone else so why am I going back to using inches and Fahrenheit?

♥ American's love the British accent but they always double check your not Australian. Then they often mention the Queen - at points I feel like I need to be more brainy about the Queen and royalty in general and all the royal updates always get shown on the news.  

♥ After leaving a country that had a free health service that I never really used in all of 25 years but as soon as you land in a country were such free things don't exist; you need them! No matter how much people slate off the NHS you should feel lucky that you have a free at the point of service health center. Because I'm not yet on my boys insurance plan yet we had to pay $102/£65 just to be seen by a Dr.

♥ I don't understand American politics and why it has to be so involved with religion.

♥ Chips are fries, crisps are chips. Galaxy bars are Dove bars. Cheese in a can is wrong. You can buy tubs of 200 certain drugs including antihistamines and ibuprofen in one go. Naan bread is nigh on nonexistent and when you eat, all you need is a fork, I'm apparently posh because I additionally use a knife.

♥ Oh and things are just generally cheaper over here especially beauty things [I might comprise a whole post about this - interested?].

But is there anything about the UK I'm missing? Yes one thing ....

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I really miss Quavers! American crisps [or chips if we're using American terms] aren't the same. Walkers are even called Lays and that doesn't sound crispy! If anyone knows the whereabouts of anywhere that sells Quavers in America please let me know, I miss their cheesy curly niceness.

Any suggestions for any of the comparisons your interested in seeing?