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Old Oct 28th 2011, 9:54 am
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Nandos Perinnaise is good
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Nandos Perinnaise is good
Esp with a blackbird,i took a lovely girl to nandos,she was from Sierra leone.
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Old Oct 28th 2011, 10:15 am
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Esp with a blackbird,i took a lovely girl to nandos,she was from Sierra leone.
As I said, be careful what you wish for
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Originally Posted by paulry
As I said, be careful what you wish for
She married a bloke from Cork
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Old Oct 28th 2011, 10:21 am
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She married a bloke from Cork
And you didn't try to stopper?
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Originally Posted by paulry
And you didn't try to stopper?
She told me she loved cork,i didn't know she was dyslexic
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She told me she loved cork,i didn't know she was dyslexic
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last time i went back to the UK I found the whole motorway 'flash your lights to let someone through' and the 'flick your hazards/indicators to say thanks' quite quirkly, but ultimately very polite and agreeable.
I generally felt I was less concerned about the other driver's pulling off some crazy manoevers to get past..
Sorry I know this post is a bit old now, but I too miss the lack of headlight flashing to say "you come first mate" or the hazard light double flashing to say "thank you" afterwards, it just makes everything a bit more pleasant!
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Originally Posted by sammax
Sorry I know this post is a bit old now, but I too miss the lack of headlight flashing to say "you come first mate" or the hazard light double flashing to say "thank you" afterwards, it just makes everything a bit more pleasant!
Oh yes and that thank you wave.
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We get that here.
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We get that here.
Not seen it once here.
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Originally Posted by paulry
Not seen it once here.
We get it here and I just assume they are British
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Old Oct 28th 2011, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by northernbird
We get it here and I just assume they are British
Either that or a cultured native
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Originally Posted by paulry
Either that or a cultured native
It's Perth I assume no such thing!!
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Originally Posted by northernbird
It's Perth I assume no such thing!!
Fair comment, must've been a pom
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