I work near Oxford Circus, and don't find Americans worse than any other tourist here. Actually, I think the worst are the English who are in town now for their Christmas shopping. I was, however, asked when the show starts at the circus once by a nice middle-aged American lady who was appropriately embarrassed once I explained what the circus was.

Try a Budweiser here, too. They're the real thing, not the Anheiser Busch dog's piss. Try a cider or a scrumpy as well. You'll weep for what could have been next time you have a "bud" or a Strongbow.

If you fancy trying local brews, you can buy the Campaign for Real Ale's Good Beer Guide: http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=192602 . They sell it in book, ebook, and GPS POI file formats. Also look for the casque mark sign on pub entrances. They identify pubs that sell proper cask ales, and have proper cellaring and handling conditions. http://www.cask-marque.co.uk/

Regarding your power adaptor, any Maplins, Dixon's, Currys will sell North American to British adaptors. If you're flying through Heathrow T3, there's a last-chance duty free after baggage claim that sells them for £5. Muji sells a good, cheap all-countries adaptor as well, but its heavy and big.

Seconded. I'd suggest Larn, I think its the most accessible of the bunch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larn

No, definitely not-- there's no immediate business justification for it yet.

Spoken like someone who's employer doesn't use Exchange Server. I can't wait to ditch Entourage. Right now my mail solution is a horrible mess of Outlook Web Access in a Fluid SSB with MacBiff, Entourage and Outlook 2007 in a Windows XP VM. If I didn't have to have several VMs running at once, I'd just make do with the OL2007+XP things, as Entourage is just that bad.

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