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GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:00:04 AM)
thinks Tulip and I should go over together....

lronitulstahp -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:02:33 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp quote: "The English are devoted to sarcasm on a gigantic scale. Often mistaken as coldness or hostility, the warmth [of the English] is in the humour, a sort of national solidarity that is bred in the bone"...... explains why i always feel so comfortable amongst the Brits.... ~often sarcastic slut When are you coming over next for some comfort, then, OSS? hmmm...interesting that this question is asked after my cock worship post....[8\|] psssttt! Do they rent out the dungeons in Leeds Castle by any chance?????

Deliena -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:12:14 AM)
Oooo scening in Leeds Castle would be fun - there are some pretty good places (there's a pro dungeon in Stanley for example which is pretty good). I couldn't imagine living somewhere else, I work extensively in Europe and am constantly depressed when the only English TV channel is CNN - if that's the level of TV news reporting in the US I can understand why so many Americans watch BBC World!! I wouldn't say Brits are insular though - you have only to look at the immigration statistics to see that we welcome pretty much anyone from anywhere and our stats on emmigration point to fairly wideranging views on desiring to move abroad. Perhaps the writer of the Rough Guide had a poor experience in a pub in the middle of nowhere and assumed that all Brits are like village Brits (I am one from the south west, traditionally an area backward in outlook and notoriously difficult to break into as an outsider, although I now live in small town in Northern England) and they can be a little standoffish to people not from their village/area. Just takes talking to people to change that though......

GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:17:23 AM)
quote: you have only to look at the immigration statistics to see that we welcome pretty much anyone from anywhere except Americans who are not highly skilled workers that want to move there and work/live... sigh LOL

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:44:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 I passed through London many times when I was young. I've always wanted to go back and see everything again, but from a much older perspective. You'd get a very warm welcome in the North., Aileen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ59omWR_yk This one's my home town. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vb9UzwD_sc&feature=related If you ever make it over this part of the country, you'll have a guide......

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:47:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: missturbation As a land lady i'm curious what is superior about them? 'No pork scratchings in American bars.....boigers only....

GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:48:30 AM)
oooh...that's lovely, NG!! and those churches were making my shutter finger twitch (I have a thing about architectural photography, especially churches)

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:49:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aileen1968 You sell beer... He likes beer... Simplicity in all its beauty.....

lronitulstahp -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 8:59:03 AM)
i am one of those people that will try to fit in England Scotland Wales Ireland and if i can Paris in a one week trip...still wanna travel with me?? ~the incidental tourist

GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:02:37 AM)
Sure thing!! But I'm NOT wearing heels!

DomKen -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:12:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: missturbation quote: British pubs are superior to American bars in virtually every way. As a land lady i'm curious what is superior about them? Apart from seeing my lovely smiling face over the bar of course [;)] This is entirely my opinion but for me it comes down to community. IME in the US bars are for drinking in. There might be a game on the TV and the regulars bellied up to the bar might know each other well enough to chat but ultimately that's about all there is. The pubs I've been to in Britain have been much more of a community experience. Sure you are expected to buy and lift a pint or three but the people are simply more social. I think it might have a lot to do with what time people in the UK go to pubs versus when Americans go to bars. I've heard that closing times are getting later but pubs in England generally close around 11pm while bars in the US stay open well past midnight and aslate as 3 or 4 AM on the weekend.

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:23:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp hmmm...interesting that this question is asked after my cock worship post....[8\|] Is the cock worship thread tailored specifically to me?.......assuming it is, you'll have my attention and my contribution to its development........assuming it isn't, I'll just keep on meandering through the threads with generic significance.... quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp psssttt! Do they rent out the dungeons in Leeds Castle by any chance????? Do you have plans to be chained and held captive in dungeon six, by any chance?

lronitulstahp -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:23:55 AM)
ok...but don't be surprised when people mistake us for a couple...again!!!smile ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seriously, i am trying to see the Britsh Isles before the end of fall. I've a couple sofas in Brixton and one in Ealing that i'm assured of...but London is a pretty small part of Britian. i just think backpacking cross country might not be so appealing for a gal in her 30's. (EARLY 30's)

LadyEllen -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:27:53 AM)
Just some advice for US tourists regarding British pubs. Yes, there are some that are proper community meeting places, where a good time can be had by all. There are also "boozers" which are generally populated by the older generation, and rarely see any trouble. But there are also quite a few which are very dangerous places into which to venture for anyone who is unknown to the troglodyte regulars or unable to exceed their capacity for random violence against strangers. It is unfortunately the case that these three types will generally appear very similar from the outside. Only upon entry does their speciation become clear, and it is all to do with who the clientele are. Best advice is to ask the locals, about the locals. E

GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:30:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp ok...but don't be surprised when people mistake us for a couple...again!!!smile I was flattered :)

PainSmith -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 9:35:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen This is entirely my opinion but for me it comes down to community. IME in the US bars are for drinking in. There might be a game on the TV and the regulars bellied up to the bar might know each other well enough to chat but ultimately that's about all there is. The pubs I've been to in Britain have been much more of a community experience. Sure you are expected to buy and lift a pint or three but the people are simply more social. I think it might have a lot to do with what time people in the UK go to pubs versus when Americans go to bars. I've heard that closing times are getting later but pubs in England generally close around 11pm while bars in the US stay open well past midnight and aslate as 3 or 4 AM on the weekend. That's very true. The thing I really missed when I was living in continental Europe was the atmosphere of an English pub. A good pub almost literally what the word pub comes from, a public house ... someone's home, opened up as a business, and highly social, but still their home. You're spot on when you call it a community experience. It's not a closing time thing; English pubs retain their atmosphere even though they now close later, and sometimes much much later. That opinion is cast from revisiting old locals on occasional visits back home, so perhaps it's not absolutely on the pulse. I've not been in Ireland long enough yet to suss how Irish pubs work.

lronitulstahp -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 10:14:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp hmmm...interesting that this question is asked after my cock worship post....[8\|] Is the cock worship thread tailored specifically to me?.......assuming it is, you'll have my attention and my contribution to its development........assuming it isn't, I'll just keep on meandering through the threads with generic significance.... quote: ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp psssttt! Do they rent out the dungeons in Leeds Castle by any chance????? Do you have plans to be chained and held captive in dungeon six, by any chance? Anyone who can leave me fresh out of funny, flirty, slightly smart assed things to say...not at all generic. [sm=bowdown.gif]

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 10:34:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreedyTop oooh...that's lovely, NG!! and those churches were making my shutter finger twitch (I have a thing about architectural photography, especially churches) The North of England is an interesting place....superb landscapes and heritage.......I'd certainly recommend it...

GreedyTop -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 10:51:23 AM)
Due to the brevity of my trip I didn't get to see as much of the country as I would have liked... but I did see London, Harrogate (and some of the most breathtaking countryside I've ever seen around it), and a bit of the West Midlands. I'm looking forward to returning.

NorthernGent -> RE: The Rough Guide To England..... (5/11/2008 10:56:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Deliena you have only to look at the immigration statistics to see that we welcome pretty much anyone from anywhere In my experience, we tend to expect others to bend to our way of getting things done, particularly in one key area - humour - which isn't always easy to penetrate for the untrained eye. If you get it, you'll have a great time here; if you don't, you'll be lost. In terms of making people feel welcome, it depends what you use as a measure of welcome. Hand on heart, guests from another country will not have to put their hands in a pocket for a beer for the duration of their stay (were they in the company of the people I know). At the same time though, no one I know would be remotely interested in their country, and wouldn't even attempt to strike up a conversation about it. If you know nothing of England, then you'll have problems because the converation in the pub will revolve around everyday English life - including in the company of foreigners.

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