Of course, in the UK you also get child benefit of £20.70 per week for your first child and £13.70 per week for each subsequent child.
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Really enjoyed my trip to Chicago. Haven’t done doubleheaders in years!
I finally decided on a destination last night: Oahu! My sister and I will be there for five days starting July 16.
This is going to be my first vacation in the Hawaiian Islands. When I was flying back home from Asia to California 20+ years ago, my plane touched down in Honolulu for a few hours. That was it.
This is going to be my first vacation in the Hawaiian Islands. When I was flying back home from Asia to California 20+ years ago, my plane touched down in Honolulu for a few hours. That was it.
Ernie Banks always used to say "Let's play two!" Now I know why...doubleheaders are a lot of fun.
And while I'm not a Cubs fan, I freaking loved Wrigley Field. I liked it a LOT better than the stadium where the White Sox play (which, although nice, is basically just surrounded by parking lots, and has none of the history, ambience, or neighborhood of Wrigley). Although at the Sox games I saw, they had PEROGIES
...I did enjoy Chicago for reasons other than baseball, of course. LOVED the deep dish pizza
and had a good time hanging out at the Billy Goat Tavern.Unfortunately the weather was none too great...that's why we had those doubleheaders in the first place - two of the games I saw got postponed to the next day, because of rain. Made for a rather surreal experience when I went up in the Sears Tower and looked out the observation deck - all I could see was a white void (because of the fog). For a minute there I thought I was in the Matrix.
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Can anyone offer any advice on what clothes to wear in Hawaii in mid-July? I'm mostly a T-shirt and jeans guy, and I'm not much of a beach person. I'll spend most of the time sightseeing, shopping, and dining.
I'm mostly a T-shirt and jeans guy, and I'm not much of a beach person. I'll spend most of the time sightseeing, shopping, and dining.
Um...something fire-resistant.
Serious answer--Judging from the weather reports, it looks like a pretty dry month right now--so very warm and not that much rain.
Serious answer--Judging from the weather reports, it looks like a pretty dry month right now--so very warm and not that much rain.
T-shirt and jeans should be fine. I spent 10 years of my life there.Can anyone offer any advice on what clothes to wear in Hawaii in mid-July?
Can anyone offer any advice on what clothes to wear in Hawaii in mid-July?
Hawaii is something very far away from me. Next vacation is also very far away from me. I won't get to travel a lot and I will have to pick my destinations very carefully.
When we all went down to Mexico for my brother's wedding, we stayed at a resort (Riviera Maya). I'm just a big-city vacationer and have little experience with beaches - I didn't have any swim gear or anything like that - so I wore my street clothes when we went to the beach one time. My sister-in-law cracked up at that.
When we all went down to Mexico for my brother's wedding, we stayed at a resort (Riviera Maya). I'm just a big-city vacationer and have little experience with beaches - I didn't have any swim gear or anything like that - so I wore my street clothes when we went to the beach one time. My sister-in-law cracked up at that.
I don't know if you ever were to an Italian beach. The biggest guys wear the tiniest speedos. No bathing shorts. Too much stuff.... Europeans amuse themselves when they see Americans jumping into the sea fully dressed.......
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