Oh thank you!

I refer you to Donald Pleasence's Lonely Water

There is the adder, Britain's only venomous snake! But you will almost never see it in your garden.

There are wild big cats and wild boars in the UK (though neither to date have caused any fatal attacks on people).

No snakes in Ireland at all. Saint Patty chased them out.

You have to go to some pretty remote locations these days to find Grizzly or Polar bears, which can kill you. Or gators, which are only in Florida. There are more black bears in rural area, but they are smaller and less aggressive and won't hurt you unless you are stupid enough to try and feed them. There are some rattlesnakes and cotton mouths around, but generally not in cities. This is a story from West Virginia. A guy saw hi drug dealer to whom he owed money, which he did not have, The man spotted him and said "Hey, I'm a born again Christian now. I don't do or sell drugs anymore. And I'll forgive you the dept if you got to church with me. This seemed like a good deal. So he got into the man's truck and rode to the church. Things were fin for a while. There was a lively church service with the preacher shouting, music playing, and children and adults in cheap suits dancing in the Isles. Then. Somebody took out a sack, reached into it, and started pulling out live rattlesnakes and throwing them into the congregation. People were praying and catching the snakes, and then throwing them to the next person. The guy got up, and waked toward the door. He whispered to his former drug dealer, and he passed him, "I'm leaving now. Don't worry. I'll get you the money." So if you are going to visit or move to the US ,you might want to try and avoid churches like that if you don't like rattlesnakes.

Yes the exchange rate hasn’t always been this favorable- I check it at least once a week 😄

There’s no argument on health care costs… such a change to not worry about what the bill will be!

@@HipOverFifty But I'told that the national health system is failing now, and it is impossible to get appointments when you need them. Am I wrong?

@@milascave2 I'm not sure if we should blame the media or the NHS for this perception! Yes I think there are long wait times in some areas for appointments of all kinds, however it varies by location. I've not had any trouble getting routine appts.

In the Uk l had mine for free. The NHS is in need of vast improvement but l am glad l have no expense to pay for medical bills. I recently had a ultra sound done for free aswell.

​@@HipOverFiftyl think the NHS has been woefully under funded by the Tory government. It retained staff better and was much better under the last labour government. Expect vast improvement under the next labour government to come. Available to the rich and poor that is what l call health equality.

Interesting!

Welcome aboard!

Don't bother we don't need you. We already have to many Freeloaders.

Thanks for the thumbs up!

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Don’t know where you would get that idea. It’s definitely a very broad range of cultures here and classes. Lots of people live here that don’t have more than that!

@@HipOverFifty I mean as far as moving there or somehow the process of getting dual citizenship. I'm sure either way is very expensive to do for a lot of people.

Your welcome anytime cousin, we're friendlier than anything you might read or hear. Sent from (a very rainy atm ) Wigan in the Northwest of England. The UK is much much more than London and the Southeast, and far cheaper to live. Hope you get what your looking for.

I to dislike the mega and the MAGA. But there are folks on your side of the pond who are just as crazy right wing as those folks.

Most Maga people I have meet while traveling in the US are just ordinary Joes that want a fair shake. The real problem in the USA and at home are the Alt Left crazies,probably you are one of them. There is no right wing Nazis in the UK. Its just left wing rhetoric to wind the very young and impressionist youth up. Most I talk to don't really know what they are talking about,just regurtitate things they have been force fed by College teachers and Social Media. One told me she got her News from instagam and Twitter. Sheesh!!!