Welcome DPD
I look forward to reading some interesting stories of life in the American helicopter Police Force from you, DPD so don't worry about understanding the weird way that we speak English. It is not just the different schooling, there is a lot of expressions, sayings and words that have changed with each generation. I used the phrase "He signed the pledge " which was a very common term, in my younger days for telling you that a person had sworn not to drink alcohol but it has passed out, completely, from common usage and so, baffled a different age group to my own. I won't go into the mistakes made by the British Cadets when first plunged into the American way of life.... there were so many and I am sure they have been told over and over again, So "Press on, regardless " which was a favourite term of "Get on with it " in our wartime days. Let's be hearing from you. Good luck, Regle