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I'll be wandering all over the city looking at flats next week. I'm staying in Shawlands, so I have my eye on The Roll Shop or Watsons Bakery for breakfast.

On Monday I have two viewings near the Botanic Garden, so for lunch, if it's not raining, I'd like a handheld/takeout option to eat as I wander through the garden or sit somewhere.

If it's raining, somewhere inside.

I've watched the youtubes, but most of them focus on breakfast and dinner in the West End.

I’m moving to Glasgow next week, trying to figure out which bank to go with. I need something set up on day 1 to give work.

HSBC UK app failed me from the US, and there seems to be limited options to sort it out from here. There appears to be one branch in Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling, Edinburgh, so I should be able to do it in town.

Do I care about a physical branch? I like having a person to talk to if needed, but maybe not necessary.

Starling and Monzo are the highest rated digital banks, Revolut advertises multicurrency (not sure how much that matters with Wise available?).

We’ve had Chase rewards credit cards forever, not sure if it makes any sense to get a Chase UK bank account. I see they have an office in Glasgow, not quickly finding if they have a retail branch.

Trying to find a flat in Glasgow, a big part of the search is distance to school.

The first school I reached out to seemed to indicate I have to give them a permanent home address before they can even tell me if they can place my kids.

Is it reasonable to ask "If I rent this flat, which is a 4 minute walk from here, can I expect to get places for my kids here?"

Assuming I can even find multiple flats to choose from in different catchments, one that's going to push me to a school 30 minutes away would have a significant impact on the decision.

I realize this may need to be in person, maybe I quit emailing and just walk up once I'm in town.

Moving from Texas to Scotland in a couple weeks, trying to make sure I don’t miss anything with this transfer.

I have a tmo account with a physical sim.

End goal (correct me) is to get the US number ported to google voice for future 2fa calls (not texts in most cases?).

I think this will also allow me to keep it connected to whatsapp, and with whatsapp rolling out usernames, new UK and other international contacts that message my username won’t see any difference between the US number and a UK number in whatsapp. I realize some of this is still TBD.

What I’m still working on is, how do I have data to run the google voice through before I get to the UK and set up an esim with data?

If I port to GV now, I have no US data plan. If I manage to get a UK plan from the US, I’ll be roaming. I think I need to do this a week before I leave, in case it takes that long to go through.

Entering my kids info for a family visa, from the US.

She was out of the country at the time. I entered that trip, tried to enter the return date in the future. I remember it gave an error, but I didn't realize I'd changed it to the current date.

The application has been submitted and paid.

Is this worth canceling and resubmitting? If I go that route, do I/can I also cancel the VFS appointment, assuming it's linked to the specific application? I'm not seeing a refund for the priority service on the VFS site.

Or is this just something to include a note in our document upload?

I'll probably end up calling the paid number.

Edit: I see several older posts saying not a big deal, since the trip was mentioned and not to a red flag location. I'll probably just include the note in our uploads.

I realize the first part is almost as vague as "how long is a piece of string", potentially vastly different plan to plan, employee to employee.

I've only ever worked in the US for US companies, about to move to Scotland.

I have an offer that includes Single private medical, which I assume means employee only.

In the US, health insurance is life and death. People lose money on daycare, give up quality of life, etc, in return for health insurance.

How much salary is family vs single worth? My family will need some specialists, so we'll definitely be going to some private providers. I know care in general is less costly that in the US.

How much more does it cost the employer? I'm seeing Single in the £60-150 range, family in the £100-250/month range.

Assuming I'm not already at the top of the salary range, is this a reasonable thing to ask for, and worth asking? Or is it a huge cost to the employer and I don't really need it anyway?

In the US, there are very few cars available for under $5k, let alone $2k. Most of them have salvage titles, similar to your Category S (we let basically anything back on the road, no MOT levels of scrutiny).

I see plenty of Civics and other reasonably well reviewed, generally reliable cars, under £2500.

I'll be in Scotland, mostly looking at cars in the North of England. I know rust will be a concern.

I'm capable of most general repairs, but I won't have my garage and full tool set and welder like I used to have in the US. Private seller would be preferable, even if it means a flight or a train to get there.

Assuming they have a few months MOT remaining, and that they can reasonably be expected to pass again, what's the catch? In the US, it would be worth buying just to drive for 6 months and scrap.

Is it more difficult/expensive to scrap a car that's failed? I can generally expect to get $500+ for any car in any condition.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202606123242037

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202607224405805

We've submitted my wife's application, now working on the kids, and both are coming up 0 for the IHS surcharge.

Is this correct for the moment, and it will be assessed later?

Wife paid hers with the application.

Happy to post to ukvisa and crosspost back, but there have been some cranky people over there recently.

I'm working on visa applications for my kids. First parent is the one also applying. Mom's info. Fine.

Then it asks about the accompanying parent's sponsor. Dad (me). Also fine.

Then it asks for other parent, specifies

>Provide details about your other parent. Do not provide details about a parent who you have already given details about

Uhhh... me again, but it seems contradictory.

I'm going with it, because in the first case I'm Mom's sponsor, in the second I'm Father.

Am I overthinking this, and it's as intended? Or do I need to somehow back out one of the entries? There's no "Already entered Other Parent as sponsor" button that I can see.

Guys.

U/Ok-Intention7506 blocked me.

This may be the first time I’ve cared.

I was enjoying watching whatever that was unfold.

Now I have to go back and forth to anonymous to stay informed.

What do, internet?

Also, iphone 13 pro is still a perfectly functional device. I have 74% battery health, so I know it will either spicy pillow or slip quietly into the next life this year, but it’s served me well. I’m not saying goodbye yet.

Edit: I’m a dual citizen, US/UK. Right to work, sponsorship, relocation are not required.

Thanks for the help so far.

I'm sure I have some of the wording wrong, trying to understand how easy it is to move professional jobs in a short time.

I have an opportunity to transfer US to UK with my company. One way they may get me over would be for me to quit the US company and hire on with the UK company (I’m a dual citizen). I'm generally fine with the terms of this offer, but I'm not aware of labor laws that might impact my giving notice and leaving after only a few weeks. Desk would be in Wales, home office in England, if that matters.

There's also a possibility of a similar job in Scotland.

Neither of these are firm offers yet. I'm not sure yet which I'd prefer. Neither are offering relocation or otherwise making an investment that would tie me to them for a period.

So, if I start a job in Wales, then the next week, Scotland calls with an offer, am I stuck with a 3 month notice period or something else that would make the move difficult?

Coming from the US, Texas, non-union, I can walk away from a job today, and be working or the competition tomorrow. Our two week notice is courtesy only in almost all cases.

I’m an American/UK dual citizen, currently in the US, worked in Spain, France, Morocco, Texas, Louisiana.

I have a few questionable leads, but I’m looking for a more active recruiter/placement company/talent management company. Willing to pay for the service, but I’m not sure who’s legit and who’s just taking my money and offering live laugh love quotes.

I’ve primarily worked EPC scheduling, turnaround and capital projects, and projects construction management. Current job construction manager is similar role to a project manager at a lot of places.

I’ve talked to MGroup and Murphy, and I have calls with Hays and Ineos next week, but I’d really like to have someone there who knows the industry and the wording better than I do - a Bid Schedule in the US is a Tender Programme in the UK. A recruiter dropped me for no planning experience when I have 19 years across 6 clients scheduling.

So, is there a service worth paying for, or do I just keep leaning on friends and family and stalking recruiters across linkedin and facebook and hassle them on whatever platform I can get through?

Not a “please find me a job” post, please let me know if this isn’t allowed.

I have a job transfer mostly lined up, but it keeps getting delayed. Just in case it falls through, I’ve been casually applying, but ramping it up now.

Most applications ask for an address. That’s fine, I’ve got family I can use their address. Many ask if I’m willing to relocate, so applying to Scotland from a London address shouldn’t be an immediate delete.

A lot also ask for a phone number. This is a bit trickier, I don’t think I want my elderly aunts taking calls, if I get that far. Is it worth setting up a UK number? Or is it not such a red flag putting a US number in? CV calls out whatsapp/facetime over this number, but quite possible they aren’t getting that far.

I’m also fully aware I’m looking at a major pay cut. When I have no insider advice on a role, so far I’ve been putting half my US salary. When it also asks for current, maybe better to put something closer to what I’m expecting?

Stalking recruiters is certainly helpful, but some places they hide pretty well.

Any other advice?

Any recommendations on an upholstery shop for a headliner? 2014 Audi A4, prefer southeast/Clear Lake/La Porte/Deer Park/Pasadena area.

I can pull it and clean it, assuming that saves money and time, just want someone to foam and fabric. I’ve messed them up before.

Anyone have anywhere to recommend, prefer Southeast side/Clear Lake/Pasadena etc?

Happy to pull it my self and drop off, but I want someone else to do the foam and fabric.

I mostly play offline, backing up mornings and evenings and any time I’m going to do something dumb.

This weekend I passed my world around a few different devices, as usual, put it up on my realm, played with some friends.

Getting ready for the week, I went to grab the latest version, and it’s half the size. 60mb. My world is 140mb. I was trimming some edges last week. I know what it should be. Checked Unmined, yup, the main areas I’ve been playing the last 5 years, a big blank stripe wiped out down the middle.

So I’ll be going back to Friday evening. I’m losing maybe an hour on my megabuild dig, and some exploring with friends. No biggie.

Back up your world. Cloud, hard drive, phone, server, flash drive in your safe deposit box, CDR and mail it to your self.

Put your archive somewhere you can’t accidentally delete it.

Zip your worlds so they aren’t showing up on your playable worlds.

Whatever you do, do it more often.