Fellwanderer

Did Dougie Mason and WHSB teach you nothing!!!

All the best
FELL

A signature is no substitute for a life

Harleybloke

Personally I love the Yanks..............OK, so I prefer the 'Rebs'..........but hey, you go with what you have....................

It's fashionable to take a 'Pop' at the Yanks. God help us, without them in WW2 we'd have been in poop....................

Think about it....................God Bless America! Well the South anyway......... 'Sweet Home Alabama.................' ' Damn Yankees........'

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

Steve Crook

So do I, I work with some and often socialise with others.
But that doesn't stop us teasing each other

Steve

smiffy

I don't mean to sound patronising Aaryk , but the american thought there were only two types of Brits , Fry and Winstone , I don't think he has any notion of Paxman .I am more Winstone than Fry (In build anyway ) but I have absolute admiration for Stephen fry ,who I think displays many of the qualities the world admires and associates with being British (Even if he is of eastern european heritage , we're all mongrels to an extent anyway) He is Witty , Charming , Intelligent , Eccentric and full of insecurities ( We need a union jack smilie "it is the Britmovie forum after all " )
Whereas good old Ray epitomises the good old, Working class, in your face , never say die Bulldog spirit
While writing this a thought occured to me that with ray winstones latest movie in mind ,Beowulf ,where his body is improved and made younger by CGI ,could they not use the same CGI to Morph Fry and Winstone and come up with Britains first superhero ,someone who can "Smash yer face in " but can reason why it was neccessary and charm you at the same time

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

torinfan

I love seeing Are You Being Served? on PBS channels over here.

Many years ago when the tv cable channel called USA began, they showed Coronation Street on it and I immediately fell in love with that show. I miss seeing it.

Tony Pendrey

Yes Mr. Fell. That life is heartbreakingly unfair.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

Tony Pendrey

My partner is from Alabama. When we first met years ago, I actually called her a Yank.

Ooohh Dear. Big mistake. She could put Scarlett O'Hara to shame.

It still gets bought up.

Ah Yes, the Soviet Union. All them wheatfields and ballet in the evenings

Aaryk Noctivagus

I've known many American's on the internet and liked many of them lots... however, every single American I have met in real life has been obnoxious in the extreme. I don't let it reflect on all the nation though.

I don't think I'd get on with many Americans IRL... I'm outspoken (common among Autistics) and that translates as disrespectful especially among Americans who store great value in unthinking respect in relation to position rather than respect and independant thought in relation to merit. Its like that in the UK also, but not as extreme.

Aaryk Noctivagus

ROTFLOL

David Brent

What always surprises me about the Yanks is their general lack of knowledge regarding anything outside the USA.
I always remember years ago an Australian television crew asking locals walking the streets of New York to point where they thought Australia was on the world map.
The great majority got it wrong! Many pointed towards Europe (must have got mixed up with Austria) or Africa.

Dave.

Steve Crook

Many of them couldn't even identify where America is on a world map or where New York is on a map of America.

That great institution The National Geographic runs a geography bee to test the geographic knowledge of American schoolchildren. They organise local and regional heats leading up to the State finals. The winners of each State final then win a trip to Washington D.C. where they compete against each other for the National Final. Lots of razamatazz, lots of big cups and trophies awarded.

Then, as a super special prize, the winner of the National Final is flown to wherever the International Final is being held that year and they compete against children from all around the world.

The Americans always come last


While you're checking their geographic knowledge, check their knowledge of history and of any events, historical or current, that take place outside the USA, or even outside their state!


We may complain about the British education system, but ...

Steve

Harleybloke

Just back from Biarritz, watching Saracens turn certain victory into a 1 point defeat......................been there before.............

ALL the Basque people we met were delightful! Generous, handing out full colour A3, laminated match posters to Sarries fans as souvenirs. Inviting us to join in their pre-match rituals from the Basque folk dances and singing, to the beers!

Inside the stadium, respectful and enthusiastic. but trust my luck to be next to a Sarries fan chanting 'oo are ya?' at the French, effing & blinding at the ref and protesting long and loud at the end...........he was 50+ so should have known better.

Is it any wonder foreigners look at the Brits and just wonder.................

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!

batman

Sounds like you had a fantastic (apart from the result). Good for you!

BristolUK

Another news item to be proud of.

CALLOUS ROBBER HAS JAIL TERM SLASHED


A DRUG-taking robber who snatched a bag from an 82-year-old woman, leaving her sprawling on the pavement, has had his prison term slashed.

Colin Fiddes attacked Nina Westley in Fishponds as she was travelling home after collecting her pension.

Only the day before, crack cocaine user Fiddes had been to court and was given a 12-month community order for driving without insurance and was disqualified.
Fiddes, 26, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to robbery in Bristol Crown Court in April this year and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in July.

A senior judge at London's Court of Appeal reduced that to 21 months, which means he could be out by spring next year.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: "Colin Fiddes was found guilty of a mindless attack on an elderly, vulnerable woman.

All robbery offences are a top priority for our officers to investigate and we go to every length possible to see the offenders put behind bars.

"We can only hope that he will have learnt his lesson from the time he has spent in prison."

The Court of Appeal heard Mrs Westley was left "shocked and in pain and discomfort" after Fiddes grabbed her handbag on January 25 this year and she fell.

Fiddes fled the scene but was followed by a taxi driver who saw him get into a Vauxhall Vectra and reported the number to police.

The judge said Fiddes, who has appeared before the courts on 12 previous occasions for 22 offences including common assault and dishonesty, clearly suffered from "impaired thinking" when he was entrenched in drug use.

A prison report described his attitude as "unpromising" and said he had been in some minor trouble while behind bars.
The judge noted the offence was aggravated because Fiddes selected an "elderly and vulnerable" victim to target, a day after being handed down a community order.

He said it was Fiddes's good fortune Mrs Westley was "determined and strong minded", refusing to go hospital after the incident.

However the judge allowed Fiddes's appeal, saying the sentence was "manifestly excessive".

smiffy

In the early nineties I went to Paris with three coach loads of BT colleagues and our wives to see Phil Collins in concert .
It turned out to be the only concert on his world tour that he cancelled
On our way back to the hotel a dozen of us got off the coach saying , blow it we're in Paris lets have a bloody good night so we made our way back through the streets stopping off at most bars on the way.After walking for twenty minutes without finding a bar we came across a seedy looking little backstreet place which normally you would avoid.Due to some of the ladies being desperate for the loo I was pushed forward to check it out ,I opened the door and walked in and an instant hush descended,the barman came to meet me and just said one word "Allemagne "?when I said non , Angleterre, he looked outside and then welcomed us all in explaining that this was a Basque bar and they didn't have many non Basque visitors.We had a couple of drinks and were made very welcome ,It was heartening to know that at least we were more welcome than the Germans

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up