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Interesting comparisons...In Canada you can drive for 4 hours and still be in the same part of the country... In UK you drive for 2 hours and the accents have changed twice and they have different names for bread rolls... :)
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Smudge3920 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:41 pm Interesting comparisons...In Canada you can drive for 4 hours and still be in the same part of the country... In UK you drive for 2 hours and the accents have changed twice and they have different names for bread rolls... :)
You’ve been away too long Smudge. You only have to drive 2 miles for that to happen :)
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Orange Box wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:26 pm You’ve been away too long Smudge. You only have to drive 2 miles for that to happen :)
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Or if you live in Texas you can drive for 10 hours and still be in Texas. It certainly changes your perception of distances. I remember when I used to live in Portsmouth and we rarely went to Southampton because it was a long way away (15 miles)! Of course we had to walk up hill both ways in those days.
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Did a trip from Cape Town South Africa to Swakopmund Namibia on a football tour - did 11 hours to reach the border and 12 to reach the destination . Left on a Thursday arrived Friday late evening played football Saturday and Sunday and headed back on Monday . Went into a shop in Windhoek and the lady spoke six languages (engllish , Afrikaans , German , French and two African dialects)
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BobHirst wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:34 pm Or if you live in Texas you can drive for 10 hours and still be in Texas. It certainly changes your perception of distances. I remember when I used to live in Portsmouth and we rarely went to Southampton because it was a long way away (15 miles)! Of course we had to walk up hill both ways in those days.
Reminds me of the old joke of a Texan in the UK talking to a Yorkshire farmer saying that he could get into his car 6 in the morning, drive 12 hours and still be on his land. Whereupon the farmer retorts Yes we used to have a car like that
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faaip wrote:

Reminds me of the old joke of a Texan in the UK talking to a Yorkshire farmer saying that he could get into his car 6 in the morning, drive 12 hours and still be on his land. Whereupon the farmer retorts Yes we used to have a car like that


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Smudge3920 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:41 pm Interesting comparisons...In Canada you can drive for 4 hours and still be in the same part of the country... In UK you drive for 2 hours and the accents have changed twice and they have different names for bread rolls... :)
They're heat-hardened yeast balls to me and always will be!
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mothbanquet wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:18 am They're heat-hardened yeast balls to me and always will be!
:lol: thats a new one on me ...not heard them called that before ...
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I called in to a chippy in Leicester and asked for fish n chips with a little bit of batter
The lassie said I'll ask the manager
When she came back she said flora or lurpack....dopey cow
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liggy wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:32 pm I called in to a chippy in Leicester and asked for fish n chips with a little bit of batter
The lassie said I'll ask the manager
When she came back she said flora or lurpack....dopey cow
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