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Thanks Eric. I'll get my wife to check it out. She works in reference at the library. I would expect U.S govt websites IRS etc. might have something on this. Yes my wife is a U.S. citizen and in the event of my death things should go straight to her. I still have my Canadian passport and you can hold dual U.S./Canadian citizenship. I would never renounce my Canadian citizenship, I think too much of it. I understand if you were born in the U.K. of British parents you can always apply for a British passport. So I guess you never really lose your British citizenship either no matter where

News to me on the Social security issue. When did that change? Apart from that no regrets about leaving the U.K. Not much I even miss anymore. It was another time in another century. Dave

Didn't know this about the taxable situation re. none citizens. Does that apply even if your half of the estate is left to your wife? Which it normally is anyway in law unless you have a will stating otherwise. Of course I don't plan on dying here anyway if I can help it. :-) Dave

One additional thought. Limey referred to married couples maybe having difficulties in emigration rather than single folks. That is very true both need to really want to move or there could be problems later. I was fortunate, my wife wanted to emigrate just as much as I did. She also worked there as a secretary for a time and really enjoyed that ppart of it too. I did hear of folks who got homesick and went back to the U.K. After a while they remembered why they left in the first place and came back! That can get very expensive. I would advise anyone who comes to be prepared to give it

Some good responses. As previously noted I would not deliberately encourage someone to emigrate because it is a major decision with some potentially major financial risks. I found real culture shock even though English is the spoken language. Don't worry about French, Mick. It is the majority language in Quebec and you do need to be bi-lingual for any government job. The rest of the provinces are majority English speaking. You find French on the cornflakes boxes along with English but that is o-k. As an electrician I struggled at first. Had to do a proficiency test before getting a lic

Came across this online this afternoon. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...o-emigrate.html You might want to read the article. I would never encourage anyone to emigrate as I would feel really bad if they made the move and hated it but I was curious as to everyone's feelings about moving on. I have not lived in the U.K. since 1970 when I moved to Canada but I never regretted the move in spite of 30 below in some of those Alberta winters. What do you think? Dave

Sincere condolences to all of Ann's family and friends. Dave

Wow! Didn't even know they had a balcony. Often wondered what happened to all the old projectors out of those places. Could hardly have been sold for home use. I assume they were just sent out for scrap. Dave

That's it Bamber. The entrance was just behind the vehicle in your photo. The place sure looks run down now, looked a lot better in the late 50s when I went there. Can't remember how many it might have seated but certainly not many. Dave

It was down a road just to the left of the Midland Station. Across the road from it was a garage. It was sort of hole in the wall type of place hardly visible from Victoria road but only a stonesthrow from it. If I remember rightly it became a warehouse of some type. Dave

I can't remember whether I'm Dave or Loppylugs some days, never mind the Regal/Rialto. flyswat They tell me it has something to do with getting older. Some days it gets downright scary!!!! Dave or was that Loppylugs???

Hi Beefy Hate to contradict but as far as I know that was never the "Rialto" in my day unless they changed the name after I left for a colder climate. Always knew it as the "REGAL." It was not particularly regal inside and I suspect they used candles for projector lamps as the picture was often quite iffy. I bet those Pentecostals have sure livened the old place up. Now the "RITZ" that was another story. Best cinema outside of Nottingham as far as I know. Sorry it has gone. I have good memories of it. Took my new girlfriend there on our first date. She eventually became my wife. I a

It was the "Regal" Beefy. Dave

Welcome Ian. Glad to hear of someone else who remembers Pete's. Good suggestion about the Hi Fi forum Mick. Went to that Hi-fi show in Harrogate in the late 60s had a great time. Dave

Misuse of the word "Like." As in. "He was like, so mad." Dave

Thanks Craig. It sounded like the name for a space alien or a social disease!!! I guess when we approach these levels we are starting to hit the law of diminishing returns. I'm not sure at my age that I would really be able to hear much difference in the system which is only as good as its weakest link anyway. I had noticed that there are some pretty high end turntables out there again also that for may purists the tube/valve amp is coming back into style but certainly at prices that I can't really afford. So I suppose what was old is now new again. Dave

Hi Gadge Welcome to the site. Never was familiar with the surplus shop on Arkwright street. May have been after my time. Dave

That was all part of the attraction of the hobby to me Mick. Coaxing the last ounce of sound out of those stubborn grooves. Each audio fix bringing nirvana until the next innovation came down the pipe. CDs sound good and I have bought many over the years but there is just something sterile about sticking the shiny plastic disc into a slot and pushing the buttons for whatever track you want. Convenient, yes. Satisfying, to me, somehow no. I guess us dinosaurs never change that's why we are going extinct. !inthebin! Dave

Works great Craig! Still use the thing! Could very well be blasphemous but nobody told me. !jumping! I still have the Super Lintons. Poor old ears probably wouldn't notice a lot of difference if I mortgaged the dog for a new pair of speakers. My kids will probably give them away after I have gone or more likely get a few bucks for 'em on Ebay. Now will somebody please tell me what the heck is a Theta Dac????? Dave

Still Biting eh Craig? I still have those old Wharfedales. They still sound as good as the day I bought e'm to me. Still have the Thorens TD 150 too with a Shure V15 III. Those old LPs still sound a lot better than these brittle CD's to me anyway. I currently have a Rotel amp that can run in stereo or bridged mono to double the output. I am currently using it in bridged mono to drive a subwoofer. Very satisfying floor shaking bass. Guess I'm stuck in a timewarp. no2 My late wife never could quite understand the desire to constantly upgrade. Said it sounded fine to her when I still h

He deserved to do well he was a really nice guy. Gave us Secondary school kids a break on price. Dave

Got my first bike at Reeds many moons ago. Mr. Reed was running it then in a tiny store at the end of Curzon Street. If he's still around he must be getting a bit long in the tooth now like the rest of us. Dave

Could that be Higginbothams Mick? Dave

Wow! talk about change. Hard to believe old JP Clark's store is now an Italian Restaurant. Not that there is anything wring with an Italian restaurant. I can just imagine old JP rolling in his grave over that one. Just SO different. When I started work there he had quite a big TV showroom as well as doing electrical contracting. My grandmother bought her first tv from them in 52. There used to be a butcher's shop on the end of the building when he closed Joe bought the store, knocked a doorway through, and turned it into a gift shop. He seemed to do quite well with it too. What major

Good to hear from y'all. There were at least three sources of pretty bad smells as I remember. The sewage farm at Stoke. The maggot factory, although never noticed that one too bad. In the fall the sugar beet factory. Not exactly a bad smell just sort of sickly sweet I guess. Me mam always used to say it was going to rain when that smell came and it usually did. West wind I suppose. Netherfield was once a pretty good industrial center. Bournes factory, Staffords the Printers, and the loco were some the major employers. Last time I was there Bournes had gone, replaced by houses and