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Many congrats Craig. I think Sharky and Roff have cover most things, so I'll simply say welcome to the UK!

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Driver8

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Yes, welcome, hope you've got deep pockets!

If ever you find yourself near the South Coast, drop Driver8 or myself a message and we may be able to meet for a beer!

Stef

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Shark,
Thanks for the tips and the language lesson. I especially enjoyed learning what "baby gravy" is. I'll try to memorize a few of the better terms for those blokes at Cambridge. I would certainly love to tour England while I'm there, but I'm afraid I won't have much free time. However, I do love my scotch and am going to force myself to get up to Scotland.

Driver and Stefan,
Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm very much looking forward to getting outside of my sheltered country for a while.

-Craig

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

Following on from sharky's thread, also remember that a thong is not what you wear on your feet (flip-flops). I made that mistake

Congratulations. I would've liked to have gone to Cambridge (or Oxford, or Trinity) but didn't really try (and probably couldn't have I'm sure either). Friends did though.

No advice to provide either except to only take what you really need; pack light and put the rest in storage until you come home! Nothing electric will work in the UK anyway without a converter which will make things easier.

Good luck.

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"Ingrid Bergman"

Congrats!! I'm currently doing my MBA at Columbia, but I was seriously considering a move to the UK among my options. I'm sure everything will work out great! What areas specifically are you trying to do post-MBA in VC?

Oh yeah, and in the UK, if somebody is a dope it means they are stupid and sick means ill, twisted, disturbed!

In England we don't wear our pants in public, we keep them covered by our trousers.

The part of a car at the back is called the boot, a trunk is something an elephant has.

The bit of the front is known as the bonnet, not hood, a hood is the part of your coat that keeps your barnet dry.

In England a fanny pack is known as a bum bag, because here a fanny is the female bit at the front, but never buy one, they are so 80's (Bum bags that is, not those front bits)!

Here it's petrol not gas, gas is something we cook beefburgers with (not hamburgers) and sausages (not franks or hot dogs) or to grill bacon (that's proper bacon, not that thin crispy stuff or Canadian bacon).

Here it's chips not fries (proper home made thick cut twice cooked, not McDonalds style), potato chips are called crisps.

If you cut your finger you'll want a plaster, not a Band-Aid (they were an 80's charity pop group thingy).

We only have 3 flavours of M&M's - Chocolate, Crispy and Peanut (Note: We also correctly add a U to certain words).

Shopping Centres, not Shopping Malls.

But most importantly, remember, we drive on the correct side of the road as my Australian friends will also testify!

Welcome to rip off Britain, give me any other country any day of the week (OK, maybe just anywhere on an 7 hour plus flight!)

Stef

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Congrats to you as well for getting into Columbia; that's not an easy task I want to specifically focus in the life science sector, which is the sector I currently work in. I have an extreme passion for biotechnology and the promise it holds for us . . . but I digress.

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

Stefan, thanks for the further vocabulary clarification. I was familiar with some of the differences, but definitely not all. Everything I know I've learned from Top Gear, so my British vocab is mostly related to cars (boots, bonnets and such). I actually drove from London to Cambridge to Oxford to London while I was there. It was extremely strange and uncomfortable driving on the wrong . . . err, "other" side of the road. The weirdest part was changing gears with my left hand. I also noted there was a severe lack of speed limit signs and people on the highway weren't of much help, as there was a 20 mph disparity among the speed of the cars. Overall, it was good fun, though.

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000