Re: Expat List Rye, N.Y.

2010-09-27 Thread Geoff Miller
According to the 2000 census the median income for a household in Rye, NH was $63,152, and the median income for a family was $74,956. Either lots of people have not cottoned on to the house cleaning gravy train or maybe people just work part time? On 27 September 2010 16:00, wab3

Re: Expat List moped in London

2010-06-02 Thread Geoff Miller
You do need a license to ride a moped in the UK. In fact UK drivers with a driving license issued after 2001 now have to pass a separate motorcycle exam to ride a moped without L plates, but overseas visitors are still permitted to drive a moped on a normal license. 2010/6/1 Anna Sahakyan

Re: Expat List Help needed- reliable taxi company needed!

2010-03-16 Thread Geoff Miller
I have always found Gorodskoi reliable and good value, and they always have english speaking operators - 5000500 Geoff On 15 March 2010 15:09, Claudia Mueller claudia.muel...@yahoo.com wrote: Good morning eveybody I am looking for a reliable taxi company for an airport Domodedovo-city center

Re: RE: Expat List Final proof re. Embassygate......

2009-12-21 Thread Geoff Miller
I emailed the embassy last week about it but have had no response, and also no response from an email I sent to TMI Consultancy On 21 Dec 2009 09:21, Carly Grainger carly_grain...@hotmail.com wrote: Fellow listers, I've just emailed the embassy, explained whats been going on this week on

Re: Expat List British citizens in Russia

2009-12-20 Thread Geoff Miller
to have to check this out now - if it's fake, I'm going to look a bit of a plonker! Regards, Nick From: Geoff Miller topdec...@googlemail.com To: The Moscow Expat List expat@lists.ru Sent: Thu, 17 December, 2009 17:07:57 Subject: Re: Expat List British

Re: Expat List British citizens in Russia

2009-12-18 Thread Geoff Miller
It has led a whole bunch of us to investigate the TMI Consultancy site - perhaps that was the cunning plan all along, they wanted to improve their internet traffic! At the very least it has flagged up the British Embassy's LOCATE programme to those not previously registered, and of course for

Re: Expat List CAUTION regarding Au pair needed urgently..

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Miller
and if you Google the email address given, you come up with the same ad on aupairsite.com - supposedly for an au pair in London!! 2009/11/30 Mr. T. Alk mrt...@mail.ru It's a scam for sure. The only question is what they are really after - money or young women. Google, for example: have a

Expat List Kittens for New Year

2009-11-26 Thread Geoff Miller
Our cat spent the summer with my girlfriend's grandmother in the countryside outside of Moscow. Being a beautiful cat it didn't take her long to attract attention, and she had a litter of kittens mid-summer. The kittens were so well-behaved and so very cute that we kept two of them. Unfortunately

Re: Expat List listing- Scrabble

2009-11-03 Thread Geoff Miller
As someone who is a native Engllish speaker and loves Scrabble I would never dream of joining a group the was asking for high-scoring players as I would not want to spend an evening arguing over whether some obscure three letter Urdu word is allowable. 2009/11/2 Emin Aliev eminal...@yahoo.com

Expat List Taxis

2009-08-13 Thread Geoff Miller
Does anyone have any recommendations for a reliable, efficient taxi service? I frequently catch overnight flights back from London and the taxi service I use have some drivers that refuse to pay for the airport car park and instead hang around the airport periphery until they are rung to say that

Re: Expat List iPhone 3gS

2009-07-15 Thread Geoff Miller
I was told earlier in the week in a shop that they go on sale at the end of this week. 2009/7/14 Nikolaus Twickel niktw...@googlemail.com I was at a few Moscow shops recently and saw that they offer last year’s iPhone 3g almost everywhere but could not find any 3g S. An internet search was

Re: Expat List Book Project: The Country of Miracles

2009-06-18 Thread Geoff Miller
Waldemar You should set it up as a blog and open it to contributions from the expat community..I've thought about setting something like this up several times over the past couple of years but never got round to it I don't think you'd be short of content! Geoff 2009/6/18 wwalch -

Re: Expat List Serviced apartment follow up request

2009-05-01 Thread Geoff Miller
I used City Realty about eighteen months ago and they were very helpful. The apratments were reasonable quality but not phenomenal, but then again I was booking fairly last minute and in those days rented apartments were hard to come by! It terms of service I would definitely recommend, in terms

Re: Expat List Russian visa service in London?

2009-04-18 Thread Geoff Miller
I find Russia House helpful and efficient. On 4/17/09, Jeffrey Forbes jeff...@comcom.cz wrote: Can anyone recommend an agency that can arrange a visa for Russia for someone in London? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Jeffrey ___ F O R B E S I N S T

Re: Expat List Virtual Phone Number (Moscow/London) DID/DDI

2009-02-18 Thread Geoff Miller
I have used a UK Skype number for a couple of years whilst travelling, and for the past year whilst in Moscow. I have only ever had a problem with quality when I've had a slow speed connection, generally I find it works as a very convenient solution - especially as it can be forwarded to mobile.