Mummy in the foothills

Like you don't have enough on your plate. Stay dry and safe.

Cheers this hasn't turned into anything, in fact we were all having a moan about little annoying things just yesterday, nothing to do with religion. Don't get the hump. It changes hourly.

jasper123

That Hurricane Irene sounds like a whopper, I hope everyone that lives on the east coast or any of the states that are in its path stay safe
charleygirl your leaving tomorrow right? make sure you give your flight schedule to cheers so he can track your plane on its journey across the pond
Have a good comfortable flight and we will see you on the flip side,
Rodney.

Mummy in the foothills

I heard some airlines are already canceling flights, make sure to check on yours Charleygirl. You can fly out on time.

dontheturner

QUOTE: Here's the help you need:::Go to a made to measure Curtain shop, and buy proper Curtains!

For Little household steps, Argos or Asda, and

For ''old fashioned'' Light bulbs, They stock all sizes at B & Q. Regards Don

sallysimmons

Charleygirl, I can't believe this storm is arriving right when you are supposed to leave! I hope you are able to go as planned.

We're stocked up with water, baked beans and the most important food group - alcohol - and now we're just waiting. Yikes.

cheers

That reminds me, do the light bulbs in England still have the 'push in and twist' sockets. They scared me because the glass in the bulb could break and then you would have a hand full of blood.

Logically I think they do still have the prong type bulbs instead of the US screw types. I prefer the screw types.

Ad to my list. I like the term biscuits over cookies. I think I have seen them trying to use the cookies name on some biscuit products in some of the UK supermarkets.

J.J

Both prong type and screw type (different sizes of screw) are available in UK, much to my dismay of always getting the wrong type. Have to carry old bulb to shop now to make sure i get same match

I think biscuits are still called biscuits, (I'm on McVities Choc Digestives now) with cookies being used for more bigger, softer specialty items. Muffins have made their way here too, replacing fairy cakes with the larger version.

cheers

I have been made fun of in the US for being from England and eating tea and crumpets. The strange thing is I have never heard of crumpets in England but this maybe because of the part of England that I grew up in.
note:
I just did some research and I know what they are now but I'm sure we called them another name?

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

J.J

Pikelets maybe?, that's what we called them in Lincs.

cheers

When I look at a home for sale on Rightmove and I see one I like but then when I look at the inside pictures I see the bathroom needs updating and also the kitchen and I wonder how much I should allow for that expense?

I realize that it would vary but there should be a ballpark number?

DDL

I've learned something tonight: I thought everyone in England called them crumpets!

We love toasted crumpets - and only with butter on them, nothing else. Perfection on a plate together with a bracing cuppa.

Jerseygirl

In Yorkshire we called crumpets...piklets. I like mine grilled both sides...topped with White Cheshire Cheese and grilled till the cheese is golden brown.

A barm cake is a bread roll.

D.K.B.63

Sounds delicious i have one or two please.

sallysimmons

Yep, in Yorkshire too!

I wish I could still eat things like that without them going straight to my thighs *sigh*

jasper123

about the light bulb thing, I went to B&O a few months ago and I went to the lighting section to buy a small lamp for my bedside table, well if there were a Walmart here I would have just popped in and chose a suitable one and would have been out of there in 10 or 15 minutes, I spent one compleat hour looking at lamps, and after I chose a lamp I then had to go to the separate light bulb isle to try and select a light bulb to fit in the darn thing, this is where it got quite complicated, OMG there are a multitude of different kind of light bulbs here ----- some that screw in like in the states (nice and easy right) and they will fit in just about all lamps in U.S. right,
not so here ---- the lamp I bought dont take the screw in bulb, so then I look at all of the bulbs and then you read the box and it says this bulb will fit but is not safe to use in a lamp that has this or has that ---- way too complicated for me Im afraid, I ended up after one hour and a half in this store just completely bewildered and physically drained that I just put the lamp back on the shelf and just walked out the store and went home, ----- the very next day I am walking up the high street and I walk into one of our many thrift stores and there I find siting on the shelf the most perfect little lamp you ever did see, and I swear I saw it wink at me and say buy me buy me ----- with a bulb already in it ---- and it worked too,
so now all I need to do when it burns out is buy a bulb just like that one and yes they do sell that type still
And yes cheers your right the word cookies are starting to appear on certain types of biscuits over here, ---- since I have been away England has followed America in sooooo many things and especially food products like for instance years ago you would never hear chips being called french fries,

and you would never see so many different american type food products in supermarkets in the U.K. like ----- pre - packaged cole slaw/potato salad/ jars of mayonnaise/tarter sauce/tabasco type hot sauce/relish/hot dogs & buns/peanut butter/rotisserie cooked whole chickens going around before your eyes, tomato sauce is now called ketchup by most people, and BBQ'S, and just too many products to mention, sooo many,
Not quite sure when all this American influence ---- change came about but I bet it was about the time when all the U.S. fast food chains came to the U.K. like Mcdonald's/burger king/KFC/etc etc etc, when was that around the mid 1980's I think.
But unfortunately you still cant go into your local supermarket like morrisons or lidle and pick up your stationary or drugs, no pharmacy inside the store, or a toaster, or kitchen stuff like pots & pans ---- or some shoe polish, ------ but you CAN buy wine and booze in the supermarkets here in U.K. thats progress for ya
Take care pal,
Rodney.