TOP TEN THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ENGLAND

10. They have snails the size of your big toe ALL OVER the sidewalks, mostly at night.
9. Their computer keyboard is different.
8. They've never heard of American cheese.
7. They are VERY 'green' - big into recycling, turning off lights, etc.
6. There are on-off switches above each outlet, which accounts for why our (very small) stove wouldn't light, nor our oven. Our 'letting agent' found this very amusing;)
5. They don't think much of a five-year old kid snapping a mobile phone off it's display cord
and stuffing it down her pants. ("they don't work anyway," the clerk told me when I pointed at
the offending urchin, aghast.)
4. They say "HI-Yah!" in a sing-songy voice to say hello.
3. A box the size of a record-player (surely we remember those, yes?) is responsible for
heating an entire flat.
2. People will bend over backwards to help you out, especially if it means they can mention 'their' Queen somewhere in the conversation.
1. When they say it rains a lot in England, they weren't kidding!!!

***Thanks to all who have posted and sent emails. I promise to write/respond individually
as soon as we can convince British Telecom to come and hook us up.
We love and miss you all!
XO, Bev, Jer and kids