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Forum: USA
Nov 18th 2004, 4:50 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 995
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Flights on Continental anyone?

Thanks for all the advice everyone - it is going to save me $150...well actually it's saving my dad money since I talked him into buying it since it's from ebookers.com and 1. the payment's in...
Forum: USA
Nov 16th 2004, 3:54 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 995
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Flights on Continental anyone?

Cheers Manc,

I'm not a fan of Newark either, having had a horrible experience trying to get there which involved broken ticket machines at the train station, breaking down on the interstate,...
Forum: USA
Nov 16th 2004, 3:40 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 995
Posted By lau3rie

Flights on Continental anyone?

Hey guys,
just wondering if anyone had any sage words on Continental Airlines. I'm heading UKwards for the holidays and the cheapest flights I can find are with continental (Newark to B'ham). I've...
Forum: USA
Nov 3rd 2004, 7:39 am
Replies: 125
Views: 5,782
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Election Results Shell Shock!?!

urgh...i'm sitting here at 3:38 am thinking "why don't i just go home?"
and not just because I have a paper due in 3 hours!
i just don't understand it...
Forum: USA
Apr 25th 2004, 6:33 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,152
Posted By lau3rie

best thing about TJs is the chocolate....imported...

best thing about TJs is the chocolate....imported and deliciously wonderful :)
also the organic hummous is the only hummous I've found in the states that tastes like hummous (in supermarkets anyway.)
Forum: USA
Apr 21st 2004, 1:13 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,004
Posted By lau3rie

nav - just give it a rest. a bloody rest at...

nav - just give it a rest.
a bloody rest at that.
Forum: USA
Apr 21st 2004, 1:11 pm
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

nav - I had a go at explaining this before and so...

nav - I had a go at explaining this before and so did CitySimon: There are good reasons why you run into a lot of comments on this forum that you perceive as Anti-American. Check the domain name for...
Forum: USA
Apr 12th 2004, 8:13 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 577
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Easter Eggs

Aaargggggghhh!
Stay away from the Whoppers - they are without doubt the foulest chocolate creation I've ever had the misfortune to taste. They seem to be pretty universally despised by Americans...
Forum: USA
Apr 10th 2004, 3:49 pm
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

dunno...Harry just seemed to be more within my...

dunno...Harry just seemed to be more within my reach. besides, I like the idea of being corrupting influence on innocent young boys.
hah!
Forum: USA
Apr 10th 2004, 3:08 am
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

ooh that's a good one :D personally I like...

ooh that's a good one :D

personally I like to tell everyone who asks if I've met the Queen all about my torrid affair with Prince Harry;)
Forum: USA
Apr 10th 2004, 2:48 am
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

oh now nav...it seems to me that the OP was...

oh now nav...it seems to me that the OP was trying to make a comment on your personal and specific interpretation of race rather than a general comment.

and what have you got against all these...
Forum: USA
Apr 7th 2004, 12:02 am
Replies: 112
Views: 6,637
Posted By lau3rie

Re: UK Foods at regular stores

mm...tate and lyle - I've been so disappointed with American brands that I had to get my Mum to bring a tin over for me! Unfortunately my pancake consumption is now through the roof...:rolleyes:
Forum: USA
Apr 6th 2004, 11:49 pm
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

I'd hazard a guess that maybe the attitude has...

I'd hazard a guess that maybe the attitude has more to do with being in the entertainment biz than anything else!

Also, at risk of sounding superior or like I have something to prove, it's more...
Forum: USA
Mar 10th 2004, 6:04 pm
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

to make things more complicated here some of the...

to make things more complicated here some of the philly kids favour "wooder"
I remember trying to get bottled water at my college dining hall, and the serving ladies being continually baffled:
"you...
Forum: USA
Mar 10th 2004, 5:24 pm
Replies: 268
Views: 18,748
Posted By lau3rie

I love to dazzle my friends and acquaintances...

I love to dazzle my friends and acquaintances with my dulcet brummie tones. Luckily for them i've learned to talk "proper" and ask for wadder with my meal and baysil in my tomayto soup. Otherwise I'm...
Forum: USA
Mar 10th 2004, 5:19 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 971
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Will I get a driving ban ?

i do act like a road user....I happily ride 4 blocks out of my way to make sure I'm not heading the wrong way down one-ways, and if I have to get up on the pavement I get off my bike and walk. And I...
Forum: USA
Mar 6th 2004, 3:00 am
Replies: 13
Views: 971
Posted By lau3rie

haha, ok, maybe you can be considered as a decent...

haha, ok, maybe you can be considered as a decent human after all :p
i just get very sick of rich ivy league kids flashing up their giant SUVs in the bike line, or hailing homicidal taxi drivers...
Forum: USA
Mar 5th 2004, 7:00 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 671
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Telephone call

have you tried looking for shady newsagents that sell international phonecards?
We have a weird old man in a booth on the edge of campus who sells hundreds of different kinds, they worked out for me...
Forum: USA
Mar 5th 2004, 6:55 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,603
Posted By lau3rie

Re: The moron sinks to new depths

for all that this is a questionable and moronic tactic, i think the response to it has been worse...one article I read quoted someone as saying that "I would rather vote for Saddam Hussein now."...
Forum: USA
Mar 5th 2004, 6:52 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 971
Posted By lau3rie

Re: Will I get a driving ban ?

shame on you for riding in the bike line!
if you do get banned maybe you should start riding a push bike and see what it's like from the perspective of the hapless cyclist...

:scared:
Forum: USA
Mar 5th 2004, 6:44 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,599
Posted By lau3rie

god...american malted milk balls (of the whopper...

god...american malted milk balls (of the whopper variety) are vile! I had my first experience with them in San Fran, on my way home from Oz (where they sell real Maltesers)...it's making me shudder...
Forum: USA
Feb 25th 2004, 5:26 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,174
Posted By lau3rie

Oh I <3 airborne...not sure if it's the placebo...

Oh I <3 airborne...not sure if it's the placebo effect but I haven't had a bad case of plane-itis since I found out about (and started using) it.

Also, if it's too expensive or you can't find it,...
Forum: USA
Feb 25th 2004, 5:20 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,513
Posted By lau3rie

aww...now let me be pedantic! to be perfectly...

aww...now let me be pedantic!
to be perfectly honest, I'm not really sure of the requirements and restrictions, but I had a romantic notion (from films etc) that you weren't supposed to fly during...
Forum: USA
Feb 24th 2004, 3:34 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,513
Posted By lau3rie

Not to be pedantic, but surely you wouldn't by...

Not to be pedantic, but surely you wouldn't by flying anywhere in the third trimester?
Forum: USA
Feb 24th 2004, 3:29 am
Replies: 38
Views: 2,517
Posted By lau3rie

If you're suffering severe Paxo deprivation then...

If you're suffering severe Paxo deprivation then you can watch the grainy webstream version of Newsnight on the BBC website - I'm certainly guilty of doing that in the past...
oh such guilty...
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