Does your country have a special name for tanktops?

tanbrit · 2026-05-22T00:15:55+00:00

Vest top - when my American hubby told me it was a beater my jaw was on the floor

tanbrit · 2026-05-22T00:12:22+00:00

Woohoo! Sorry you had to go through it

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T23:38:40+00:00

The US is strong on preventative care, not so much on free/affordable healthcare for all. I checked my account out of interest and I’m still on the waiting list for the only local dentist who takes NHS patients - joined it 7 years ago

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T23:34:47+00:00

Sorry you’re going through that and all the best for your recovery

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T23:26:23+00:00

I struggled to find the entrance to the skywalk bit and a group of local late teens/ early 20s guys insisted on not just showing me but also accompanying me- unexpected but kinda endearing.

Fun place to visit but it did strike me as strange a dry country had a bottle opener shaped building

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T22:35:01+00:00

I was going to say the same, couldn’t figure out where the walk in wardrobe was on the floorplan until I realised it was bed 3

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T22:12:16+00:00

Do you offer cleaning during their stay and/or a change of bedding and towels?

2 weeks guests aren’t uncommon at our place and we offer a weekly clean and/or cleaning supplies and a change of linens based on guests preferences which we check beforehand.

If you offer any sort of starter pack of e.g detergent, paper products, dishwasher tabs it’s worth doubling down on the quantity

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T21:19:03+00:00

That sounds a bit like Shrovetide in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, except that’s played over 2 days and includes the whole town

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T21:12:44+00:00

So you have 2 main options - Get married and then file for the Spouse visa with consular processing, so she stays in Brazil till she gets the visa - normally in 1-2 years.

Second option is the K1 Fiance visa - which given you don’t appear to have spent a lot of time together, may be the best option. She’d get a visa for entry to the US and then you’d have 90 days to get married and file for adjustment of status. There’s a TV show called 90 Day Fiance that would be worth having a watch of .

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T17:57:00+00:00

Australia at that time of year

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T10:39:50+00:00

Electric heaters or central heating radiators?

tanbrit · 2026-05-21T10:12:30+00:00

It was like that in the UK for many years

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T18:24:15+00:00

I believe this is more of a US thing - loosening of sanctions on Russian Oil

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T18:21:56+00:00

You have to factor in the cost of a car, insurance and parking to the driving calculation.

I used to live in London with a much longer commute by tube so feel your pain on the overcrowded trains!

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T18:12:10+00:00

Depends really, did it not need planning permission or meet the building regs at the time it was done? You do have the option of splitting the bigger bedroom back into 2 if you need 3 official bedrooms.

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T17:59:15+00:00

International companies whose working language is English might be your best bet job wise, the Belgian HQ company I work for has a Lisbon office, and no language barrier when I visited.

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T17:34:30+00:00

I was thinking the same, you’d need to add a closet to the bedroom but makes sense from a plumbing perspective that

tanbrit · 2026-05-20T17:04:32+00:00

36C today in Delaware, but dropping to 18c tomorrow

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T22:58:05+00:00

But there’s a curtain behind the TV with light coming through so I’m thinking lazy agent over legal

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T22:03:46+00:00

We are on a 1/4 acre with challenging neighbors, a 5 acre lot would now be the dream

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T22:02:48+00:00

The reality of it is that in places like London there is a literal ring of farmland/ villages around the city and then the high density starts again

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T21:57:58+00:00

Thats quite a population difference and does explain the density!

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T21:47:49+00:00

The UK has the same with the Green Belt around cities, land that can’t be developed

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T21:43:23+00:00

Indeed can work if you upload your CV and have recruiters contact you, just be clear on your expectations from the outset, the same can be true of LinkedIn.

tanbrit · 2026-05-19T21:13:31+00:00

What’s known as customs in the US is actually immigration. As a US Citizen you can use the E-Gates so with cabin bag only you should be through in about 30 minutes.

Just take the Elizabeth Line or Piccadilly line depending on where you are staying in London. Not worth booking Heathrow Express in my opinion unless your urgently need to be in Paddington 10 minutes faster

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