Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills

I've taught my kids the correct way to eat too. table manners are important,

Originally Posted by Simon Legree

I was told that the reason that they eat that way dates back to the days of wagon trains and the Wild West.
Since there wasn't the luxury of such things as dining tables they ate sitting on the ground or standing up and holding the plate with one hand and the utensil in the other.
It sounds as logical as the reason why Brits drive on the "wrong" side of the road.

Originally Posted by islandwoman120

I have shared meals with Americans in the north (WI and MN) who have alternately licked their bowls (!), pushed food onto the fork with their fingers instead of using the knife, and - best of all - picked their teeth with the point of the knife (steak knife preferred). In public, or at home - made no difference. Top that!

Originally Posted by islandwoman120

Totally off topic - but I have no idea how to resolve this situation. In this little flat my clothes are stored in a portable wardrobe, made from polyester fabric. The label on it says not to wash, just wipe with a damp cloth. I did that, but still cannot remove the smell of the curry that the previous tenant cooked a lot of in this flat. I wondered why my jacket - in particular - smelled so awful, so I have been airing it instead of putting away in the wardrobe. But I have no place else to store my clothes at the moment. So - does anyone have a miracle curry smell remover that is not chemical? Help!

Originally Posted by aviva

You could buy a box of large-sized plastic trash bags, put the head of a hanger through each one, tape it closed around the top for reuse, put garment in, rubber band around the bottom. Might work?

Originally Posted by islandwoman120

Thanks - I ended up dismantling the fabric part and dumping outside for now. Using the frame as a drying rack! Clothes stored in kitchen cupboards and back in suitcases.

Originally Posted by Simon Legree

I was told that the reason that they eat that way dates back to the days of wagon trains and the Wild West.
Since there wasn't the luxury of such things as dining tables they ate sitting on the ground or standing up and holding the plate with one hand and the utensil in the other.
It sounds as logical as the reason why Brits drive on the "wrong" side of the road.

Originally Posted by Gabgoeshome

I can't remember ,are you heading for somewhere else soon ?

Originally Posted by jasper123

All those good books and poems people read these days are written on a computer, so yes I totally agree with you Sally, when your typing --- your words and Ideas and feelings and emotions are coming from our brain and all these Ideas are just flowing out and they have to be caught quick, dictation is the best into a recorder, but typing into a computer is a real close second, and I would definitely say that writing the words down with a pen or pencil would be a definite third in these days of so much wonderful technology,

changing the subject I walked back into Comet where I bought my laptop a couple of days ago and purchased a really nice printer/copier/scanner all in one, its made by HP and it only cost £32 including 20% VAT and that was not a sale price, so I love it,

And talking about that best selling book that Anna was going to write, Hmmmm has anyone seen it on the book shop shelves yet? ---- com on Anna we are all wondering how your doing its been a while since you posted, are you still in Malta or have you made it back to England yet, have you found that rich bloke yet?
Barbara in Sydney is still looking for her Millionaire dream man, she thought she found him too when John Travota flew in on his private Jet a few months ago --- but unfortunately he was taken :frown:

Originally Posted by Beedubya

Originally Posted by islandwoman120

No way! Just trying to make my one room living more comfortable.

Originally Posted by jasper123

In America I hated any kind of soap, in England however even though they are a little more natural and like everyday living then the superficial type of American day time soap where all the female stars look like a barbe doll with all the makeup & all plastered on, and all the males looking like a young Roger Moore in the Saint without a single strand of hair out of place,
Interesting though that all the soaps in US come on in the day time and all the soaps in UK come on in the night time,
But Im afraid most of the stars in the UK soaps wouldn't be able to get a Job on an American soap unless they had plastic surgery first, Ohhhhhh that was a terrible thing for me to say
But I read in the paper that Emerdale gets 17 million viewers every night so they must be doing something right, but I really do feel that most of the people over here who watch there soaps every night religously are addicted to them, you should see my Mum if she forgets the time and turns on the TV 5 minutes after the program has started she gets really irritable.

Originally Posted by jasper123

Denise I have always found it amusing on how all Americans hold there knife and fork, especially when they eat a steak or anything that they need to cut, they hold there fork in there left hand like a dagger (full fist grip and they stab the steak whilst cutting a portion off with the knife in there right hand ---- then for some reason they switch hands and the fork is now in there right hand with the piece of steak on it and the knife is laid down on the plate, then they chew & swallow, and then they transfer the fork from right to left and the whole thing is repeated --- for about a dozen times until the steak is finished,
Now to me that looks like a lot of darn work just to have dinner, ---- now as we all know the way the Brits eat is quite simple and to us of course the correct way to eat, ---- Fork in left hand and Knife in right hand, and thats where they stay until the meal is finished, ---- we dont put em down until were all done,
Take care me dear,
Rodney.
PS Denise dont think Im picking on you cause Im not, just pointing out the different traditions between the two countries.