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Old Jul 12th 2012, 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by paranoidandroid
It seemed appropriate for the day, don't you think?

Lucky you, although the day would probably be more enjoyable spent in an Ulster pub, with a pint and a few mates.
Yes, runny eyes and a wee girl who its afraid of eye drops isn't exactly my ideal method if relaxation but at least it isn't work ...

I even got an hour of championship manager in this morning, too
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Old Jul 12th 2012, 9:11 pm
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You're not the only one in that particular club.
Wotcher, have you been working again?
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Old Jul 12th 2012, 9:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Wotcher, have you been working again?
Aren't bosses an awful thing? Everything is manic at the moment.
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Old Jul 13th 2012, 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
They do a half decent salt and vinegar, actually.
No, they don't, IMNSHO. It's like acid rain in your mouth after a few gob fulls...

Fresh n Easy do my fave salt n vinegar crisps... No acid rain in the mouth, no burning sensations that last way too long etc...
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Originally Posted by paranoidandroid
It seemed appropriate for the day, don't you think?

Lucky you, although the day would probably be more enjoyable spent in an Ulster pub, with a pint and a few mates.
One with a nice big window, so you can watch the marching & stone throwing in comfort, or has that largely stopped now? Or would it be a pub with small windows so you can avoid the marching, stone throwing etc and get stoned in your own way..?!
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Old Jul 13th 2012, 2:54 pm
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?
Originally Posted by HarryTheSpider
One with a nice big window, so you can watch the marching & stone throwing in comfort, or has that largely stopped now? Or would it be a pub with small windows so you can avoid the marching, stone throwing etc and get stoned in your own way..?!
Still going on, by the looks of it.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18823292
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Old Jul 13th 2012, 2:59 pm
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Still going on, by the looks of it.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18823292
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Still going on, by the looks of it.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18823292
Disappointing.
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Old Jul 14th 2012, 3:09 am
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well, when I think about fish and chips and buttered t-cake with a vanilla slice then nothing
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Old Jul 14th 2012, 3:58 am
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?
Originally Posted by brit0ninusa
well, when I think about fish and chips and buttered t-cake with a vanilla slice then nothing
Look at you with your fancy foreign scoff
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Old Jul 14th 2012, 4:04 pm
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that must be an early april fools prank, it can't be a french dish
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?
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Parades are retarded. They should just troll each other on the intarweb like grownups.
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Old Jul 24th 2012, 5:13 am
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Default Re: What's your favorite thing about the US?
Originally Posted by HumphreyC
I guess something else I like about the country (and again this won't apply everywhere) is the diversity of people. I live in a dumpy town off the beaten path and yet the ethnic diversity and the number of different restaurants (esp Asian food) is not far off what I used to have in my old neighborhood in London. Course some people round here think that's a very bad thing indeed but I beg to differ.
I remember driving through Fitchburg some years ago and spying the "English Social Club". I couldn't figure out if this was a response to a growing hispanic/latino population in northern Worcester County (English being used as a language identifier), whether it was a reaction to the other white ethnic social clubs one finds in New England mill towns (out here in the Valley, the Polish American Social Clubs are about the only ones that survive), or whether there were enough expats in Fitchburg and environs to have a club.
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Old Jul 24th 2012, 5:45 am
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Me neither. For that reason I haven't ventured to the bar by me called 'Liquor Hole'.

Have I unwittingly stumbled upon my second favourite thing after the airports? The unintentional double entendre ... ?
If you're in Salem, Mass., you might just want to visit Bunghole Liquors.
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Old Jul 24th 2012, 10:04 am
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Hunter Mountain resort in NY state)
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