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>Going to volunteer with special needs people in your southweaterly region.

Fair fucks to ya.

>Tipping practices

It's at your discretion. For taxis, breakfast and lunch; I usually just round the bill off and leave the change. If I'm eating out at night, I'd add 10% to the bill. Staff should be getting paid at least €8.65 which is minimum wage here, so less reliant on tips compared to the US.

>what to do

Have a look at /r/irishtourism there is a wealth of information there.

>what to avoid

Entering into discussion about the current situation in Gaza. Apart from that, just be you.

>Other than replacing all of my cables with your weird plug

Get yourself one of these bad boys ya mad thing. No need to be replacing all your plugs.

>I am still incredibly surprised by the fact that Irish is a language. I assumed English was basically the only language youse guys have.

Outside of pockets(Gaelteacht areas), it pretty much is for the majority of the population. Sign up for some Irish classes if you're interested. It's a beautiful language and a good way of meeting new people.

Enjoy your time here.

1. London is expensive. Go to rightmove.co.uk for all your house searching needs, including to look up property prices. I'll say it again, London is expensive. Central London is like Manhatten, New York for property prices. Unless your wife is to be staggeringly well paid, you'll need to get a place outside the city for anything even remotely liveable at a price that doesn't make your testicles climb back inside you.
   
   A quick look at Richmond shows studio flats starting at £800-900 per month. One bedroom flats starting at £1,100.
   
   
2. Monster, Indeed and Reed are the best websites. Cold calling can't hurt, although many companies have HR goons that want you to go through a certain process that usually starts with an advert in one of those sites. Nobody's going to freak out at you for ringing them up though.
   
   
3. Our Netflix sucks, you can google ways around the regional block to get US Netflux like everyone else does. We have satellite and cable TV that'll give you most shows popular in the US. Sky is basically Fox's UK division, so you'll get anything Fox has (Simpsons and the like). You'll also get the BBC which means a tonne of great content. You do have to pay for a TV licence here though.
   
   You won't get corn dogs, our chocolate is sweeter, there are specialist shops you can buy US snacks if you're desperate.
   
   
4. Not any huge lifestyle changes. We have smaller houses, smaller cars (the island is quite crowded), no guns (including police, although in London with the terror threats you'll likely see anti terror police armed to the teeth). One thing that's a bit of a culture shock is because there's no guns, there's more petty aggression from youths and the like.
   
   Our portion sizes are much smaller. Food and petrol are more expensive. Pubs are an important part of UK culture, we tend to drink more and more often than Americans (or anywhere except Russia, really). Our beers are great.
   
   
5. your mileage may vary, but most Brits have a kind of double face. We can be ranting about hating Americans, then when we meet one we're thrilled. If you can separate the impersonal views of Americans with the personal like of individual Americans, you'll be fine. Don't be surprised to hear someone slagging off Americans before apologising and explaining the don't mean you of course.
   
   
6. use google to look up the best company to deliver "cable" or internet. Sky does great packages which will give you everything. BT and virgin will gives you a more stripped down cable, but good Internet. We don't have the weird regional monopolies the US has, it's the free market here so look for the cheapest and best deal.
   
   
7. you need an adaptor for our 3 pin sockets. Our plugs are the best in the world, but no other country uses them for reasons we find mystifying.
   
   
8. a lot of us are asking the same question about football. You can always fake it.

If your laptop can accept 240v, you can plug your computer in with a socket converter like this. I would not recommend plugging a US adapter into a UK socket without a socket converter.

If your computer does not accept 240V and only accepts 120V, you won't be able to plug in your computer to that socket without a voltage converter, like one seen here.

The 12 pounds or so it would cost you to get both items is probably a lot less expensive than replacing your laptop, so I'd consider going this route before damaging your computer.

Just buy something like this. Doesn't need to be MFLB-specific.

You don't need a different charger, you'll just need an adapter so you can plug it in. Something like one of these.

European sockets run at 230V while US ones run at 110V, so for some types of appliances there can be problems. But things like laptop chargers are made for the international market anyway, so they almost always just work.

>Get yourself one of these bad boys ya mad thing. No need to be replacing all your plugs.

I fucking hate adaptors (not to mention that Israeli plugs are not like American) so I'll probably spend the extra don'tknowwhat and get a new USB charger and laptop cable. Not a big deal.

Seriously what the fuck is up with those plugs? The world has pretty much agreed on flat or round, maybe have the ground look different, and UK and Ireland are like ''Fuck it, rectangles. And the ground is on top. That's how we roll''

The charger is multi-voltage so just get a UK -> US adaptor plug.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/US-UK-Plug-Travel-Adaptor/dp/B0006OFKNC

It seems you just need an adapter for your laptop. Most laptop power supplies can take "100-240v", however, to be on the safe side check the power supply on your laptop and make sure you see "100-240v".

Regarding an adapter, in North America there is very little demand. However, in the UK power adapters are quite easy to find since most visitors to the UK have your problem.

You can easily get an adapter off amazon.co.uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/US-UK-Plug-Travel-Adaptor/dp/B0006OFKNC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1313651025&sr=1-1

You may want to consider getting an European adapter for your travels too.