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I have a question for our British friends.
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D_Gunther Snotpole
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Knowing that when a Brit says 'pavement,' he means the sidewalk, you're right.
When we use the word 'pavement,' we more usually mean the road itself, which is usually paved.
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Like most things in the UK, near enough all traffic movement (Motor, Pedestrian, etc), is kept to the left, but you will find in some cases this is not followed.
EG when the layout of a supermarket gives you no alternative but to reverse this, like Morrisons in Bulwell, Nottingham, as it's been built back to front (Main entrance is on the right of the store, not the more commonly found left), compared to most of their sites, and is also backed up by their staff when I asked them, and one said all stores follow a certain layout, but this one site has to do the plans in reverse near enough.
EG when the layout of a supermarket gives you no alternative but to reverse this, like Morrisons in Bulwell, Nottingham, as it's been built back to front (Main entrance is on the right of the store, not the more commonly found left), compared to most of their sites, and is also backed up by their staff when I asked them, and one said all stores follow a certain layout, but this one site has to do the plans in reverse near enough.
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Yes. Some people would lose a lot of weight simply by buying a left hand drive car. Perhaps my next fortune could be made by exporting right hand drive cars to the US. The DW diet plan. :smile: Stick shift of course, so that you also don't have a spare hand to eat whilst driving.
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The Queen got stuck in a McDonalds drive-thru a few years back (seriously). She was opening a retail park called Cheshire Oaks, and the standard on top of her car was too big to pass under the height bar in the drive-thru. :biggrin1:
Yes, lazy buggers - none of this automatic nonsense. :wink:
Wasn't it cobbled at the same time as Coronation Street?
D_Gunther Snotpole
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Drifterwood
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Can't trust them with anything. :wink:
We should pebbledash the White House and fit uPVC windows. (I know he's Canadian, but if we're talkin N America in general...).
D_Gunther Snotpole
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Only after we'd used the cobblestones to kill all the politicos and all the lawyers.
It was fun.
We're good peeps, Drifter. Sorta honorary Welshmen.
Piker.Can't trust them with anything. :wink:
We should pebbledash the White House and fit uPVC windows. (I know he's Canadian, but if we're talkin N America in general...).
We burned down the White House, we did.
August 24, 1814.
They've been well behaved since.
You should try it.
We did...1812?
Or did you mean try behaving? :wink:
Only bearable if you happen to be driving a Citroen (with pneumatic suspension), lol.
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D_Gunther Snotpole
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No, 1814, joll ... but during the War of 1812, sure.
And no, not any 'we' that includes a sulfurous son of St. David.
It was St. George and a bit of St. Andrew.
And burn down la Maison Blanche we did.
Funny, I wouldn't have pegged you as a Loyalist, but a free, proud Canadian.
If only. *sigh* Do us a favor, if ya'll come back, burn down the Capitol, or maybe the Supreme Court.
Better yet, the Pentagon.
Burning down the White House kinda misses the mark.
Drifterwood
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The Royal Regiment of Wales
"What was the 41st Foot's involvement in the Anglo-American war of 1812-1814?
The Anglo-American War of 1812-1814 saw the 41st Foot serving in Canada. Two private soldiers, Hancock and Dean, were specially commended in the General Orders for their valour at the opening encounters of the war. The General Commanding later described the 41st as 'an uncommonly fine regiment'. The 41st saw arduous campaigning during this period and over 100 men were seconded to serve as ship's crew in the naval ships and saw action in the Battle of the Lakes. This war saw the Battle Honours, Detroit, Queenstown, Miami and Niagara won by the 41st. Also of note is the fact that the Welch Regiment Museum holds the US National Color of the 4th American Infantry, the only one in British hands."
"F" HuhHuhHuqstar :wink:
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