I have to admit that moving back to the UK after having lived in the USA for the last fifteen years is a bit of a reverse culture shock for me in many ways.   Fifteen years is long enough to get past most of the pangs of missing things from where you came and also [...]

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I started my new job today, and all went very well.  I am hoping this is the right job to see me through until retirement. The day started with my getting up before Debbie, which is unusual since we have been getting up based on when she needed to go to work. As I didn’t [...]

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