If you guys can provide me with a point of reference (for all the north, south, east, west references), that would lessen the mounting confusion. I'm assuming London is the center?

I'm doing a "motorcycle search" actually. I ended up with about GBP180 and GBP50 monthly for a 600cc Yamaha R6. I'll be trying a car tomorrow, but ATM I'd like a bike more and I figure it'll be easier to get. When I do bring my family over, I'm betting I'll still be using the bike to work with the car for family use. Anyway, since I'll be looking at a car, any make or model you guys can suggest? A small, economical, 4-door car would be nice. I'd like to put my family in a big, gas guzzling SUV, but I'm realistic.

Oh, and BTW, how do you do the GBP sign? I'm getting tired of typing GBP all the time, but the symbol isn't on my keyboard, is it?

I had a Peugeut 306 for several years and was very happy with it. At the moment I'm driving a Renault Clio and it's a good car. As a former VW employee I should probably suggest a VW Polo In the end its all about finding a second hand car that has a good price and was looked after well and has a low milage, the brand doesn't really matter IMO.

I made a tasty curry last night. Ill post some pictures later, mmmmm rubber pants on standby, my co-workers are dead the office smells baaaaad. Thank god we finish in 15mins.

shift 3 on uk keyboard
££££££££££££££££££££

Nah, it's this symbol ##### for me.

Try ALT-GR + 3 maybe? Thats what it is for me.

Else hold down ALT, and hit 0163 on the numeric keypad, then release.

Øystein

What's "GR"? ALT+0163 works for me though.

Your right ALT key, here it's labeled ALT GR. It's the key used to get the secondary characters on your keyboard, if you have any. Generally chars labeled on the righthand/lower side of the key, instead of lefthand/upper side.

Like on norwegian keyboards for instance, ALT GR+2 is @, +3 is £, +4 is $, +E is €.

Øystein

Hmmm... I've been looking around the net for houses, for when I bring my family over. Mainly looking at 2-3 bedroom detached houses (don't want my gaming to annoy the neighbors!), but noticed these don't come furnished. So... where to go to buy furnitures?

I was told there's a good second-hand market for furniture, but are first-hand furnitures (I'm thinking IKEA?) that expensive?

no, London is classed as South East.
get a map of the UK up & you'll see it's bottom right hand which is the South East.

the thing to watch out for is that the English don't take into the account the top ~40% of the UK that is Scotland or indeed also Northern Ireland ...
So for example Newcastle is the North East to them when in fact all of England is South for me.
Birmingham is the West Midlands, Manchester is the North West etc.

people from around Middlesborough (which I guess includes Stockton) are called Smoggies.


don't know that I would really want to be riding a bike in the Winter but at least you'll have plenty of time before themn to decide.


I would have thought that furnished lets were available.