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19.07.2011, 21:13
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | Start going to FC Basel games... | | | | | | Quote: | |  | | | hmmm an incurable stage. | | | | | Oh dear.... At this stage even the best of us can't help you..
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19.07.2011, 21:27
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | hmmm an incurable stage. | | | | | incurable maybe, but known as integration+assimilation, and so highly praiseworthy | This user would like to thank Wollishofener for this useful post: | | 
19.07.2011, 22:21
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | Is that weird? Sounds pretty normal to me  | | | | | I guess the degree of weirdness depends on whether the OP is Dutch or just likes watching Dutch TV.
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19.07.2011, 22:30
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | I guess the degree of weirdness depends on whether the OP is Dutch or just likes watching Dutch TV. | | | | | weirdest I saw was polish TV: broadcasting foreign movies almost dubbed on the fly with just one male voice and the original audio track in background.
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19.07.2011, 22:30
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | Oh dear.... At this stage even the best of us can't help you.. | | | | | I have resigned myself to being beyond help. On the other hand my dialect is improving.
Now I just have to establish whether 120k CHF is enough to live on.
Excuse me I have to go and pick up my new micro scooter.
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19.07.2011, 22:33
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | incurable maybe, but known as integration+assimilation, and so highly praiseworthy  | | | | | ultimate integration would be participating to the hooliganism after the chanting in the stadium.
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19.07.2011, 22:39
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| | Re: Weird things expats do
Whinge about KFC and potato chips. To be fair, we Yanks complain about BBQ and Mexican food.
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19.07.2011, 23:42
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Prior to kids, I'd rotate between walking around town, just to see what I can find, and yearning for a comfort food I can't find! I've moved too much. In some ways its awesome.. but I always miss something/someone not near.
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20.07.2011, 00:50
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | ultimate integration would be participating to the hooliganism after the chanting in the stadium. | | | | | ignoring the hooliganism means jumping ahead to a higher lever of assimilation and integration | 
20.07.2011, 00:53
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| | Re: Weird things expats do
Watching home evening news online..After watching local news.
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20.07.2011, 00:57
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If I watch Swiss TV now, does that mean I'll be watching British TV when I move to Switzerland? Fernweh / Heimweh and the whole 'the grass is always greener on the other side' thing. | 
20.07.2011, 01:01
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Naw, you will watch it all, just become more selective...that is if you really like news. Being in touch with state of affairs back home makes me understand what my close ones are going through, being in touch here makes living here much more logical.
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20.07.2011, 01:27
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20.07.2011, 02:12
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | If I watch Swiss TV now, does that mean I'll be watching British TV when I move to Switzerland? Fernweh / Heimweh and the whole 'the grass is always greener on the other side' thing.  | | | | | Beside the point that you WILL be watching British TV when being overhere, when in in the German speaking majority part you most of all will be watching German (various channels) TV and when in the Romandie you will most of all be watching French TV channels
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20.07.2011, 02:47
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | Beside the point that you WILL be watching British TV when being overhere, when in in the German speaking majority part you most of all will be watching German (various channels) TV and when in the Romandie you will most of all be watching French TV channels | | | | | You mean this is how the locals do it? Don't forget, we are all from different parts here, and I am in Suisse Romandie and end up watching TV from all over in these modern internetz timez... You can watch whatever from where ever, same goes for radio, you aren't dependent anymore on the local few channels and French ones, I still do like them, la tele and Mont Blanc.
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20.07.2011, 03:13
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I go on Facebook, says hi to my friends, and note how rotten the weather is in New England again. Then I walk down to Lac Leman, order a renverse and enjoy another gorgeous day in CH. | This user would like to thank Scarsdale for this useful post: | | 
20.07.2011, 03:36
| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | I go on Facebook, says hi to my friends, and note how rotten the weather is in New England again. Then I walk down to Lac Leman, order a renverse and enjoy another gorgeous day in CH. | | | | | I get more sun here (Upstate NY) than I did in CH. I am praying for rain- we should have rain on Thursday high of 36C heat, index will be much higher due to humidity, wind 5mph. London is subject to bad weather. I always look at British weather to cheer me up!
Living abroad temporarily is fine, I explore. When stuck in a rut or bored I sing very loudly.
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20.07.2011, 07:39
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | I have resigned myself to being beyond help. On the other hand my dialect is improving.
Now I just have to establish whether 120k CHF is enough to live on.
Excuse me I have to go and pick up my new micro scooter. | | | | | In your red trouser? | Quote: | |  | | | I go around piss of my neighborers ,and then it feels just like home in Switzerland    | | | | | This must be a tough task to achieve.
Wait..... You are on the english side, aren't you?
Ok forget what I said... | This user would like to thank Nil for this useful post: | | 
20.07.2011, 08:30
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | weirdest I saw was polish TV: broadcasting foreign movies almost dubbed on the fly with just one male voice and the original audio track in background. | | | | | When you've been in Russia for a while, you learn to ignore the Russian dubover and listen to the reduced volume original track that they are talking over. If you're married, you've had a lot of practice at this.
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20.07.2011, 08:39
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| | Re: Weird things expats do | Quote: | |  | | | I guess the degree of weirdness depends on whether the OP is Dutch or just likes watching Dutch TV. | | | | | The only TV I saw in Holland was of, shall we say, an acquired taste?
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