You know you've been in the US too long when...
Jan 10th 2013, 6:57 pm
#106
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Collecting can only mean ESSO.
I wonder if these are still in my mums attic?
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/ESSO-FOOTBALL...8jQ~~60_12.JPG
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/197273...enary/card.JPG
I wonder if these are still in my mums attic?
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/ESSO-FOOTBALL...8jQ~~60_12.JPG
http://cards.littleoak.com.au/197273...enary/card.JPG
I had a couple of collections of those "Embassy's World Of ..." collections from my dad's fag packets
Jan 10th 2013, 7:03 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Got, got, got, got, swap, got,...
Jan 10th 2013, 7:07 pm
#109
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Jan 10th 2013, 7:08 pm
#110
He/him
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
all this childhood nostalgia reminds me of the Hobbit, and Bilbo saying he was "quite good at conkers". How many Americans knew what that was?
Jan 10th 2013, 7:09 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
When you buy into this 'freedom' crap.
Jan 10th 2013, 7:33 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Jan 10th 2013, 7:35 pm
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Jan 10th 2013, 7:44 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
You say 'might could' in conversations with your British spouse and he doesn't blink (I'm sure it would be different if we lived north of the Mason-Dixon line).
Jan 10th 2013, 7:46 pm
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Jan 10th 2013, 8:24 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
Jan 10th 2013, 9:56 pm
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Jan 10th 2013, 10:03 pm
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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...
You know you've been in the US too long when...
... you don't see any problem in this circular that came in the mail:
"free $349 LTE4 smartphone with AT&T, no contract, when you sign up for a new 2 year agreement with..."
... you don't see any problem in this circular that came in the mail:
"free $349 LTE4 smartphone with AT&T, no contract, when you sign up for a new 2 year agreement with..."
