05 Nov 2016 22:47:40
So eds 2, I gather from previous posts you hail from the good ol' US of A. Spent a great honeymoon there just a month or so ago, what a fantastic place. Do you still vote? Any thoughts on how you see the election going?!

{Ed002's Note - I am from the US but have spent more time living in Europe than the US having left their 35 years ago. I get a postal vote but suspect this will be the final one. Hilary Clinton will very likely win but I would prefer neither option And Hunter Thompson would never have blown his head off if he knew this election campaign was coming.

The US is a very large country so varies considerably. Where did you visit?}

1.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 08:28:59
Flew to San Francisco and drove down the coast so stopped off at Monterey, pismo beech, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Laguna beech, San Diego, Palm Springs and Las Vegas. California is so different it's like a country in itself isn't it. I guess Hillary would be a less turbulent option for everyone, what do the fbi do if she's elected and they've found evidence to prosecute?! I guess that's not for these pages though!

2.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 09:34:16
Ed002,

I know I'm way off football topic here but since there is a mini discussion regerding the US. A question if I may

Is it true that US citizens now living and working outside of the States are subject to taxation from the US government, even though they maybe have a small business in their UK for instance and paying the UK inland revenue?

{Ed002's Note - Expats need to file a US return like all US citizens and income not taxed elsewhere is then subject to the IRS determining what tax needs to be paid. What doesn't happen is double taxation unless the expat is living somewhere which is tax exempt. There is a provision that means that claims could potentially be made against someone paying tax at a lower rate than the US, but US tax code allows many deductions which can be beneficial. The rules then make provision for tohose who have given up their residency. My situation is rather more complicated after all of this time as I have tax obligations in more than one country.}

3.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 09:44:09
Killary to start world war 3, or Flump to set the Western world back by 30 years of social advancement's?

Glad I'm not an American in this election!

{Ed002's Note - The whole thing has been a very embarrassing joke. Hunter would have had a blast with this.}

4.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 11:50:49
I am visiting California in April and I can't wait. I lived in Wisconsin for around about a year and man it was freezing and boring because I was in the middle of nowhere, and we think we have winters bad! so yeah I expect Cali to be quite the opposite lol.

{Ed002's Note - (a) It depends where in California you are going - it varies considerably across the state. (b) Wisconsin has few redeeming factors. They do weird things with cheese which is worrying. (3) Cali is in Columbia. Never call California Cali, and never call San Francisco San Fran. But enjoy,}

5.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 12:19:02
How come it might be your last time voting ed is it because you've lived abroad so long.

{Ed002's Note - No they don't have those sorts of limitations, in fact they have very few limitations, but by the time of the next US election I may have given up my citizenship.}

6.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 12:29:32
I'll be there for 3 weeks, so I plan on getting around a bit but will be in San Diego, I have no idea what to expect it was m wife's idea so I went along with it because alwas wanted to visit California. Thanks for the tips btw! - Yeah Wisconsin seems to be obsessed with cheese, it's an odd place and when I was there they seemed to be years behind with everything, I almost felt like a hillbilly.

{Ed002's Note - San Diego is in the very south and the Old Town is lively in the evening. If it is still there, take your wife to Croce's (as in Jim Croce - it is owned by his wife) in the evening for a meal and a little live jazz. Go and find a concert by my long-time buddy Greg Douglass who lives a little north of San Diego. If you have a car drive up and around the surreal Salton Sea and Palm Springs is with striking distance and still a pretty regular haunt for me. Some of the coastal towns to the North are OKish.}

7.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 12:41:02
If you give up US citizenship will you have one of the new United Kingdom blue passports when they come out or will be European (French) or simply a man of the world?

{Ed002's Note - It would have to be a UK passport (regardless of whatever colour they end up being).}

8.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 12:58:28
Then welcome aboard Ed002 we are pleased as punch to have you join us.

9.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 12:59:40
Thanks ed2, that sounds right up my street.

10.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 13:10:01
Would have loved to bump into you in Palm Springs ed, perhaps I did and I never knew! Our time there was so topsy turvy with the weather, it was strange. Beautiful in frisco, raining in San Diego and Palm Springs! Still, a hell of a great place, you'll have a blast 16. Make sure to have a pint of 805 when you're there too, delicious beer.

{Ed002's Note - Another bit of advice is never call The City Frisco.}

11.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 13:15:29
Admittedly had no idea who Thompson was until about 3 minutes ago. Have to say he has an interesting funeral ceremony. But, this dude was friends with johnny depp, and john Kerry; he can't be that politically astute. He didn't like Nixon, who I knew nothing about. But a lot of people didn't like Reagan, then he was elected and a lot of people changed their minds. I don't see that happening after this election though!

{Ed002's Note - You probably need to raed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or watch Gonzo.

Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner. I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours, and mine is breakfast. In Hong Kong, Dallas or at home — and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies, a Spanish omelet or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert… Right, and there should also be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty-four hours and at least one source of good music… All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked.
-- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson}

12.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 13:40:39
Duly noted ed.

13.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 14:06:43
i didn't realise that was a quote till the end was picturing ed scranning a 3 course breakfast topped off with a flake haha.

14.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 16:56:22
Brilliant, i love that.

15.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 16:15:39
Ed are you secretly Hunter S Thompson? After selling the movie rights for Fear and Loathing and the Rum Diary did you fake your death to live out the rest of your days peacefully as the editor of a football rumours site after becoming disillusioned with America? Please say that's true.

{Ed002's Note - Sadly Hunter has gone - but I did know him way back in the day.}

16.) 06 Nov 2016
06 Nov 2016 21:55:49
Just got to throw it out there Wisconsin is only boring ifn you're some kinda city folk that doesn't know where to go and how to camp. And yes we do have sex with cheese.

17.) 07 Nov 2016
07 Nov 2016 12:44:40
May win most gullible poster of the year here ed but did you actually know him? Ever get down to bat country?

{Ed002's Note - I knew Hunter very well in the late 70s and until I left the US in 1981. After that he used to write occasionally and I saw him a few times between then and hius death 25 years later.

Barstow has no redeeming factors but I hear they have a restaurant.}