Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Wintersong
Doesn't that have the same stigma attached to it as going to Poundstretcher in the UK?
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by basementwaj
how much were things in there then?
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
cor poundstretcher......that's going back a bit..yeah the stores are great...everything is a dollar you'll spend $40 easy
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Originally Posted by Partystar
Really cheap, a couple of quid, but it all depended on what you were buying, it's not quite like a dollar store.
poundland is still a store that my gran buys my chritmas pressies from!
gotta love those shoe polishing kits, year old chocolates, clothes pegs, tuppaware, durasmell batteries (i before e) and lanx deoderant!
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Originally Posted by Partystar
We were poor, I had huge boobs as a kid & my mum would sometimes buy me a bra, if I was lucky, from Poundstretchers, I still remember picking one out!!! Man it sucked being poor.
nothing wrong with poundstretchers or 99c only stores.....expensive crap ...cheap crap when Jan 1st comes around it's all crap
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Originally Posted by basementwaj
you have far too much time on your hands!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
I dont know what all the stress is personally. Once again Christmas will pass me by with barely a whisper. Just a quick round of pressy opening early in the morning. And thats about it.
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Re: Weird US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
you start by telling me you have huge boobs.....and expect me to sympathise
nothing wrong with poundstretchers or 99c only stores.....expensive crap ...cheap crap when Jan 1st comes around it's all crap
nothing wrong with poundstretchers or 99c only stores.....expensive crap ...cheap crap when Jan 1st comes around it's all crap
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Having a HAM for xmas dinner, a lot of my american friends have asked me this week "have you got your ham yet?"
Don't have one, don't want one, thank you very much
Don't have one, don't want one, thank you very much
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Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
nothing wrong with poundstretchers or 99c only stores.....expensive crap ...cheap crap when Jan 1st comes around it's all crap
Come to think of it cheap crap has less packaging than expensive crap. That's got to be worth a trip to Big Lots.
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Originally Posted by Partystar
They were such a bane in my life that I had them cut off!
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Originally Posted by franc11s
1. Can American women understand how unattractive it is to see them in a Christmas cardigan (straight after the organge pumpkin ones). they are pathetic.. Something you might wear if you were two years old and it was knitted by Granny... Ladies - unattractive is an understatement - DON'T wear them..... :scared:
2. Please STOP sending me christmas cards disguised as photographs of your entire family. What is that all about?
3. Americans who turn up for the Christmas party / dinner party in a jumper, jeans or less than even Friday casual wear (or said cardigans). You can tell the Europeans because we all make an effort and it's nice and the women look great....
I LOVE Christmas but these things make me cringe. Bah humbug .
2. Please STOP sending me christmas cards disguised as photographs of your entire family. What is that all about?
3. Americans who turn up for the Christmas party / dinner party in a jumper, jeans or less than even Friday casual wear (or said cardigans). You can tell the Europeans because we all make an effort and it's nice and the women look great....
I LOVE Christmas but these things make me cringe. Bah humbug .
How many times do you hear of people "starting a family tradition" ? Is that an oxymoron?
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
LOL!
I was thinking to myself, why don't you get off your lazy cheapo arse and spend $10 to do the same thing.
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
They don't have real traditions here, America hasn't been around long enough. They only have things they remember doing last year.
How many times do you hear of people "starting a family tradition" ? Is that an oxymoron?
How many times do you hear of people "starting a family tradition" ? Is that an oxymoron?
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Re: Wierd US traditions drive me bonkers..
Originally Posted by izibear
Oy, leave my Christmas jumpers alone.
I love the way that people celebrate over here.
I love the way that people celebrate over here.