Strange things you're not used to

[Krikit 1,166]

P.S. Years ago, I had a Canadian girlfriend, so I have a lot of good-natured cheap shots to share, si man, eh.

Shoot away. I love good-natured cheap shots. lol

But, then, who would be The Prettiest in your stead? Someone could certainly be The Loveliest, but not The Prettiest. Ergothuswithforthly, you should be un-absent from here recently, si man.

One thing that I consider eminently charming about Brits is their use of the term "whilst" instead of "while." It's almost as endearing as saying "si, man" instead of "eh," si man, eh.

I hunger for a mooseburger, yet none is forthcoming. Whilst waiting, I may have to settle for pollo, si man, eh, verily, wot.

Hey man. Don't bogart that joint. Pass some over here.

[*julez* 124]

Having a lot of Mexicans in Texas does not make Texas extremely diverse. It just means it has a lot of Mexicans, which is expected for a state that shares a border with Mexico.

[TBoneTX 48,104]

what TBone THINKS and what TBone SAYS do not always have to agree

We are the chorus, and we agree. We agree, we agree, we agree. Si man, si man, si man.

[TBoneTX 48,104]

You think having Mexicans makes Texas more diverse than England??

Si, man!

you should see the amount of foreigners we have all over England.

Here, we call them "furriners." Maybe some of them skin moose for a living, si man, eh.

Not to mention that I live in Bath

I commend you on your cleanliness, si man!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Americans mostly do all their shopping in one huge go, because the markets aren't on every corner like they seem to be in most other countries. Its not as convenient to do shopping every evening on the way home from work. In the town where I live, everything is soooooooooo spread out its just crazy. The bank is on one side of town, the drug-store over there, and the grocery over there and so on and so on. Any neighbourhood I've lived in in Ontario, everything is all pretty much in one spot, grocery, drug-store, bank (at least a machine), and other shops. The way the town is set up here, is incredibly in-convenient, we have to drive all over the place just to get our weekly errands done. Its one of the major things that bugs me here.

Older, larger cities in the US are different of course, and set up with more of everything all together and within convenient reach of each other. But it seems newer towns and cities just kinda plop #### down wherever it lands and don't think about it, so that everyone is entirely dependent on their cars.

I had never really noticed or cared about that before I lived in Germany for a few years. I had always lived in cities of relative inconvenience. What other world was there? Now it really annoys me.

What annoys my husband is turning cycles for stop lights. I never noticed it either before he pointed it out, but hmm. Maybe a conspiracy of the automatic transmission industry? He said he can't wait to get back to driving on roads that don't have semi-eating potholes in them. Like every pothole he hits burns into his soul somehow. He also now understands what I meant by 'construction season'. All of the main arteries near our house are completely ripped up save one.

Edited August 19, 2008 by Wacken

[Krikit 1,166]

What's a turning cycle?

[Dr. Obvious 49]

It is the time it takes for stop lights at an intersection to cycle through all of their colors and turns. In Germany, it is set up to optimise gas mileage and decrease unnessary stopping, where possible. Here, in his opinion, it doesn't seem like that was given any consideration. I get to hear about it all the time.

[StillThePrettiest 4]

I'd agree with that... lights in Australia and the UK seem better attuned to the actual traffic flows than they do here... sometimes you seem to stop forever and no one's even coming the other way

[Reba 2]

I always have to fight the urge to just go ahead, but then I think "what if there's a cop hiding somewhere just waiting for me to go thru and give me a ticket?" so I sit there and wait. *sigh*

[TBoneTX 48,104]

I always have to fight the urge to just go ahead, but then I think "what if there's a cop hiding somewhere just waiting for me to go thru and give me a ticket?" so I sit there and wait. *sigh*

And, what if there's a Mexican hiding somewhere, hoping to prove to a Brit that Texas is more diverse than London... or at least hoping to mooch a bite of a mooseburger?

[truffles 2]

When Texas has a significant amount of Polish, French, Indian etc then it can claim more diversity. The following is an article from 2007 regarding foreign immigration into Britain ( bear in mind how small the UK is in size)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/...ish-exodus.html

[StillThePrettiest 4]

*sigh*

why do people insist on taking TBone seriously? it only encourages him

[*julez* 124]

But isn't that what VJ is all about? Blindly encouraging people every step of the way, whether it makes sense or not to do so?

[Krikit 1,166]

I think it's in the license agreement and terms of use policy.

[StillThePrettiest 4]

julez, I wish you would stop messing with my LIFE :angry: