The American's first UK visit
Aug 6th 2017, 3:35 am
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Re: The American's first UK visit
They were quite bemused by the much smaller vehicles that people drive and that we could spend much of the day in the car and only have travelled a couple of hundred miles.
I reckon that driving down proper Devon lanes in the fashion of the local I once was might have led to some brown trouser moments for the two lads.
Both are under 21 and over 18 so they made the most of imbibing whenever they could!
Aug 6th 2017, 6:21 pm
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Aug 6th 2017, 6:46 pm
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Cars parked half on pavements that were once nice little side streets and lanes
Aug 6th 2017, 7:19 pm
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And does it rain as much as they hear? ..... Yes and no - the total annual rain is about the same as here (in NC/ east coast), but it can rain all day and only total ΒΌ", and can do that half all the days in any one month at any time of year.
Aug 6th 2017, 7:29 pm
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Never thought of that, good way of looking at it!
Aug 12th 2017, 8:38 am
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Most Americans can't get their head around our history. To them, if it's 50 years old or more, it's 'historic'. My colleague lives in an 'old' house built in 1978!
The idea that buildings could be 1,000 years old or more is just alien to them.
She will probably also be shocked at how close things are (particularly coming from Texas).
The idea that buildings could be 1,000 years old or more is just alien to them.
She will probably also be shocked at how close things are (particularly coming from Texas).
May not be luxury but is history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_Caves
Aug 13th 2017, 4:08 am
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I found the case of the man buried in a bog in the UK about 2000 years ago (found in 1984) and the man found in (melted out of) an Alpine glacier from about 5000 years ago (found in 1991) to be more compelling than some bones, any bones, found in a cave.
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Aug 13th 2017, 4:40 am
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Aug 13th 2017, 4:54 am
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My wife's first visit to the UK almost ended in tragedy. She forgot that they drive on the left and just missed being run over by a double decker
Aug 13th 2017, 5:37 am
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Aug 13th 2017, 12:01 pm
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Until I had a visit from an American I never realized that my London Terraced house was historic...