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It seems that over the last few weeks with some of the girls from ES going to live in Egypt that there are certain things that we can't live with out, those items that we can only get in our home country or you can get them in Egypt but they are so expensive.
So to all those that are living there or to the ones that are planning on living there....what items do you miss, what items would you bring with you.....you get the idea!
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What do I miss from home? Good question. I miss standing in a straight line and waiting my turn.
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thank you so much for this thread this will be so helpful isA. I am leaving on the 6th and I am having a horrible time trying to fathom fitting my whole life into two suitcases and a carryon.
Right now I am just bringing clothes, essentials for personal care, one painting that has sentimental value, a few family pics and momentos. As for starting my new life what I determined was most important to me to creating a "home" not jsut a house was a really nice quilt for us. I am sure you can get them there, and maybe the quality would be better, but it was the thing that really mattered to making it a "home " to me.
I would love to hear what everyone else misses so I can know what I am forgetting to bring LOL!
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I miss really stupid stuff. Libraries, Crab legs, Reese's, Walmart, Home Depot, certain cheeses, knowing where exactly to shop for what I want, knowing where to find a good mechanic, plumber, electrician, Being able to communicate easily, Driving rules.
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Borders, Barnes & Noble, Lowes, Home Depot, Panera Bread, FROZEN MARGARITAS, and I never thought I would say this, but.....WalMart. And parking lots. Driving.
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big chocolate bars, british electric plugs (i've nearly been blown up a few times), my music, ben and jerry's ice cream, cold weather, clean streets, cornish pasties!
nothing essential really..
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quote:Originally posted by linsey: big chocolate bars, british electric plugs (i've nearly been blown up a few times), my music, ben and jerry's ice cream, cold weather, clean streets, cornish pasties!
nothing essential really..
i have never eattin ben ans jerrys is it good?? i love peacn cluster...
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quote:Originally posted by linsey: big chocolate bars, british electric plugs (i've nearly been blown up a few times), my music, ben and jerry's ice cream, cold weather, clean streets, cornish pasties!
nothing essential really..
i have never eattin ben ans jerrys is it good?? i love peacn cluster...
oh my god.... ben and jerrys is better than... everything!!!!!! those two men deserve a knight hood!! my personal favorite flavour is phish food.... vanilla and chocolate ice cream with camel and marshmellow and chocolate pieces!!!!! lush!!!!
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everyone and his dog knows I miss Warburtons bread silly really coz I never ate a lot of bread when I was back in UK.
As jean says though, I miss knowing where to buy certain things like I still havent found where to buy lighter fuel for a gas or zippo lighter! I miss Asda, Sainsburys, Tesco, Greggs cheese and onion pasties, frozen meals Walkers crisps, dark chocolate, real stationery shops, magazines even though I rarely read them, I miss driving with ordered rules, I miss rain wind and snow, being cold and snuggling up, standing in a queue, I miss being able to communicate properly, conkers, acorns, parks, B & Q, thank God im going back in 2 weeks YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE
I had visited so many times before I moved I lost count, but I still missed bringing much of the stuff I miss having. You never know what it is until it pops in your head after being here a few months.
hope I can remember how to drive
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M & S prawn salad sandwiches, any sort of sandwich with real bread and real butter.....ahh Hovis nah dont like Hovis bread but Granary bread!!! Tiger Bread!!! French Bread. Muller fruit corners, Ambrosia rice pudding, eggs in a box, Caramac, Radio Times, Emmerdale, Corrie, variety of cheeses, Wotsits, yyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy im going home
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Nice thread Miss Sharm Can't bring most of this with me, but do miss these things alot.
The Cardinals and Bluejays. Watching squirrels trying to outmaneuver the "squirrel proof" birdfeeders. Going to the mailbox. Getting Birthday Cards in the mail. Insinkerator Built in icemaker in refrigerator. Fireworks at Disney and Eola Park Christmas Trees and yards/homes fully decorated at Christmas Saturday morning garage sales Rhubarb A garage equipped with all the DIY stuff Heath Bars Decent Chinese and Mexican Food Neighbors who speak English so I can understand what they are saying when they are fighting Posts: 3291 | From: I DO believe in Karma! | Registered: Apr 2002
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Branston pickle, marmite, cheddar cheese, clean streets, orderly traffic, not being stared at, good shop to buy CDs, Body Shop toiletries, non permanent hair dye, cheddars, twiglets, pasties, fish and chips, a good curry house.........bacon sandwiches, sausages....quiet , ...
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I dont and never will miss Big Issue sellers cheeky
I miss Sundays
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quote:Originally posted by Ayisha: oooooh fish and chips!!
I dont and never will miss Big Issue sellers cheeky
I miss Sundays
they dont have fish in egypt and potatoe chips??
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Er.. "Big shoes" = "big issue" - sounds the same the way they kinda say it
I was feeling a bit like there was something I was missing this week and I pinned it down to a long walk I used to do in Walthamstow where I lived - down by the reservoirs. I used to do it 3 or 4 times a month on weekends. So I guess what I miss is going for a long walk in a relatively peaceful green environment (but it was Walthamstow LOL so not the countryside ) without the heat hitting.
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quote:Originally posted by young at heart: Laura I can send you my garageful of DIY stuff if you like
Hehe I will start cleaning out the storage room now You're a doll YAH!
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Looks like a day trip to see if they have mastered the English art of junk food.
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Must admit I nearly bought a Daily Express for 10LE a couple of days ago - it would be nice to get a normal, typical British fascist daily red top for a change instead of the worthy Al Ahram Weekly!
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Probably - some urchin tried to flog me a copy of a 3 days old Daily Mail for 60LE in Luxor once!
Advocate - can you bring me some British newspapers please - a couple of Grauniads, Sunday Times - especially the Money Pages Posts: 5593 | From: Egypt | Registered: Dec 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Ayisha: oooooh fish and chips!!
I dont and never will miss Big Issue sellers cheeky
I miss Sundays
they dont have fish in egypt and potatoe chips??
yes they do, but not Cod and not malt vinegar
what does malt viniger have to do with fish and chips?
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quote:Originally posted by Ayisha: oooooh fish and chips!!
I dont and never will miss Big Issue sellers cheeky
I miss Sundays
they dont have fish in egypt and potatoe chips??
yes they do, but not Cod and not malt vinegar
what does malt viniger have to do with fish and chips?
Malt A cheaper alternative, called "non-brewed condiment," is a solution of 4-8% acetic acid colored with caramel (usually E150). There is also around 1-3% citric acid present. Non-brewed condiment is more popular in the North of England, and gained popularity with the rise of the Temperance movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VinegarPosts: 91 | Registered: Aug 2008
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nothing better on your fish and chips than malt vinegar! with mushy peas of course Posts: 15090 | From: http://www.egyptalk.com/forum/ | Registered: Jul 2004
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more....... Pickles, and believe it or not...I miss JUNK mail...lol. Hell, I would just love to get ANY damn mail here. and yeah...Big sized shoes. and I LOVE Ben and Jerry's Phish Food, and 2nd fave is NY Super Fudge Chunk...boo hoooo. and another stupid thing - Land O Lakes, American cheese (looking for Tina)..lol. and LAURA>>..laughing like hell at your final one bout understanding what the neighbors are arguing about...lol. Drives me bonkers, that I cannot understand them!
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Oh the list is too long. All cheeses Marmite Marks and spencers,( all in it) Fish and chips the good pubs and sunday lunch. Pies, chick and mushroon, beef and onion, cheese and onion. Cold weather, changing of the seasons, the smells. Clean and green. being alone when i want, walking in the country. Feeling free. Wearing wht i like and feeling comfortable. not being stared at. Walking with my head high, not looking at the floor. swimming in costume. going out and having fun. bad weather, thunder and rain in the night feeling cosey.
quote:Originally posted by jean_bean: more....... Pickles, and believe it or not...I miss JUNK mail...lol. Hell, I would just love to get ANY damn mail here. and yeah...Big sized shoes. and I LOVE Ben and Jerry's Phish Food, and 2nd fave is NY Super Fudge Chunk...boo hoooo. and another stupid thing - Land O Lakes, American cheese (looking for Tina)..lol. and LAURA>>..laughing like hell at your final one bout understanding what the neighbors are arguing about...lol. Drives me bonkers, that I cannot understand them!
oooo yea white american cheese.... not the yellow.. and i still dont undertsnad the fish and chips thing with the viniger.. i know what viniger is yall but y with fish and tater chips?
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cajun food good chocolate trees being able to cross the road, without changing my underwear not having grass to mow Jiff peanut butter craft supplies Toll House chocolate chips Barnes and Noble
Laura, most of the neighbors fights are about sex and money Posts: 143 | From: Alexandria, Egypt | Registered: Apr 2002
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I never got the Fish and Chips thing. It's just fish and chips next to it, what's the big deal? Then again I know that many expats don't get the Egyptian obsession with "fool," so it's cool Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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quote:Originally posted by lynn: After 20 years here, I still miss.....
cajun food good chocolate trees being able to cross the road, without changing my underwear not having grass to mow Jiff peanut butter craft supplies Toll House chocolate chips Barnes and Noble
Laura, most of the neighbors fights are about sex and money
im with ya on the cajun food i miss it sooo much... and im only a day away...
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quote:Originally posted by Shanta Qadeema: Probably - some urchin tried to flog me a copy of a 3 days old Daily Mail for 60LE in Luxor once!
Advocate - can you bring me some British newspapers please - a couple of Grauniads, Sunday Times - especially the Money Pages
....not a problem, though will probably the Mail cos that's what I read
I will have the most recent Sunday Mail with me that's the day I fly and they have alot of financial stuff in that. Posts: 1917 | From: WALES | Registered: Apr 2007
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Lynn, I definitely need to get busy on learning arabic then!
JeanBean, I need big shoes too! That's why I asked cheeky about her BIG SHOE issues...lol Have you found any shops other than Professor's that sell them?
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quote:Originally posted by tina kamal: and i still dont undertsnad the fish and chips thing with the viniger.. i know what viniger is yall but y with fish and tater chips?
It's a British thing Tina and even better if they are wrapped in newspaper Posts: 1244 | From: we come in peace | Registered: Nov 2006
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i miss sitting on the beach where i used to live, having fish and chips and a pea fritta with salt and vinegar wrapped in paper eating it with a wooden fork!!!
I'm drooling!!
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does anyone miss anything non perishable or environmental?
ie what you forgot to BRING? housewares, comforts? necessities that cant be gotten there (aside from big shoes apparently? by big do you mean wide? or larger sizes and if so what qualifies as large?)
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