Post # 32

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Bee Keeper
How exciting Hedgie! It’s awesome that we have so many UK Bees to give you tips and advice!
Post # 33

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Bumble bee
@zippylef: But not just wait – in a polite and orderly fashion. No pushing in/skipping the queue or everyone will frown and tut and tell you to get out.
Post # 35

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Honey bee
@peacheslea: That is my prospect for a legal future? Screw that! He can move and I will stay here! And having my puppy quarentined for that long would devistate me… She is just a baby! And MY baby! And not bring over the hedgies? Deal breaker. I would be more okay not bringing over the turtles but only because their set-up would be a PITA. Gah… I am feeling less and less confident about this job offer…
Post # 36

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Buzzing bee
If you can try to find another country, than do so. Lol! UK can be a great experience for a little while. If you can’t find anything anywhere else, THEN go.
Post # 37

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Bumble bee
@peacheslea: What? Of course hedgehogs are native here! You don’t get them in pet stores because they’re wild – everywhere! You mainly see them run over on roads.
Post # 38

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Bumble Beekeeper
@Mrs Hedgehog: After January, they are actually changing the quarantine law. It’s only going to be a month instead of 6.
Post # 39

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Bumble bee
@peacheslea: Hedgies are definitely not native to this country,
not to start a debate but … i think you should tell that to the British Hedgehog Presevation Society, a registered UK Charity dedicated to helping & protecting hedgehogs native to the UK (Erinaceus europaeus).
Post # 40

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Bumble bee
@LGenz: That may be but Americans are notorious for trying to skip queues. Which may be why the above preconception about Americans being annoying was mentioned.
I should emphasise that when we go on about queues, we are openly mocking ourselves. It’s one of those things that we laugh at because it’s very English – drinking tea, talking about the weather and taking queues seriously.
Post # 41

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Blushing bee
@Mrs Hedgehog: I know what you mean. I had to leave my doggie behind with my parents and it seriously broke my heart (he was more of a family pet, but I was super attached to him). I always tell my husband that if I ever leave him, it will be for my dog!
I would check the rules out again though – since it’s been 2 years since I officially moved over. I knew a girl who was able to bring her guide dog over without the quarantine rules applying, but I’m not sure what hoops she had to jump through to get it 🙁
Annnnnd they don’t have chipmunks in the wild – only as pets! This whole country has got it around the wrong way 😉
Post # 42

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Honey bee
@VickyAurea: Hey! We wait in lines! I hate it but I do it in a patient and respectful manner. And that is the kind of generalizations I am afraid of! Just because I am American doesn’t mean I am incapable of waiting in a darn line. But atleast I am learning the “language” already. I swear, I never realized how different American and UK english was until I met a guy who had just moved here from Wales… I felt so bad because I couldn’t understand half of what he was saying!
Post # 43

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Bumble bee
most people cant understand the welsh;)
Post # 44

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@VickyAurea: Maybe its because I work in NYC but when you skip a line here several people yell “THERES A LINE, GET TO THE BACK” or “THERES A F*CKING LINE BUDDY”
Post # 45

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Blushing bee
@stokieGal: sorry all – my DH has told me he’s never heard of hedgehogs, so I just assumed this country didn’t have them. Shame you don’t keep them as pets – they are super sweet! I’ve never seen one in the wild before
Post # 46

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Honey bee
@VickyAurea: Well, ours are African Pygmy Hedgehogs. We have native hedgehogs here too but my guys are considered exotic because of their breed.