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Making right hand turns at red traffic lights ...

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hahahahahah:thumbsup:
Right on red is my favorite traffic law. Where I come from, all traffic lights have arrows. I got honked at quite a bit before I understood the right-on-red law.

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:rofl: As long as theres not a speed camera.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=620634&page=2 Post 21 :rolleyes:

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I agree. A "lawn" is just grass. That's what I call it when I tell hubby he needs to "mow the lawn."

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:rofl:well, one should stop before doing a right on red. :rofl:

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:p One did not have time, even the Officer I spoke to after I got the citation, said the lights change so quickly they catch a lot of people :ohmy:...should of put my foot down harder lol

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Hummingbirds and huge butterflies :D

I have a few that have just arrived in the garden, I need to get some pots of plants on the deck that they like, all their favourites are out in the garden.

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That reminds me -- Mark likes the fireflies, which apparently don't exist in the UK. On nice, warm summer night, it's beautiful to walk outside and see all the fireflies glowing and flickering "on and off"! :)

~ Jenney

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We love them too, but for some strange reason they are not in our garden, we've seen them nearby at friends houses though.

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For me personally here in Edinburgh Broadband £14.45 per month with no restrictions whatsoever 24.7 Orange

I really don't know of anybody who is on dial up...not even my mates up in the wilds of north Perthshire or in wee Rhynie in the wilds of Aberdeenshire.

No fireflies that I know of but down in the south of England there are glow-worms you can see in the dark......maybe the same kind of wee beasties.

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actually they do - but the only place I've personally seen them is in Thetford Forest in Norfolk

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

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When talking about 'broadband access' these days, I think it warrants qualification ... what type. I know my "cellular data card" (internet access over the cellular network) from Verizon calls itself 'broadband', but at 300-500 kbps (if I'm lucky) is peanuts compared to Cable or even DSL. I'm getting 14 Mbps on my home Cable modem connection.

I'm not saying the cellular data cards aren't an improvement over dialup, but - I would not call it 'broadband' personally! I think most Americans have either Cable modem or DSL access at home, and use cellular cards while on the road; I think a lot of folks in UK have 'only' the cellular cards, and they are counted as users of 'broadband' service ...

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according to the link I posted above, the average UK broadband speed is 3.6Mbps, with 60% of UK internet users getting 2Mbps or faster as of six months ago

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I can give my wife the house of her dreams without having to work 200 hours a week to afford it.

I can own two cars and not worry about MOT's and not being able to afford to fuel them both.

I only have to cut my grass 7 months of the year. The rest of the time I can't see it for snow....which means I get to play with my snow-blower, the deadliest (and most fun) machine I have used since leaving the military.

I have a much wider variety of wildlife to avoid hitting whilst driving to work at night.

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:ohmy: