What I Love About Britain - What Do You Love, Love?
Aug 13th, 2008, 04:30 AM
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Everything mentioned above plus Jacob's biscuits, especially the clubs, and trifle, the real thing made with sherry, not the crap some restaurants in the US serve and call trifle.
It has been a few years since I have been to the UK. Does Jacob's still make clubs. My friend who goes to Canada and used to bring them back for me said she couldn't find them in her usual place this summer.
Reading all the posts about the UK makes me want to go back so much! Unfortunately, it is about the oil tank that needs replacing and a major problem with the outdated wiring that has become urgent. Sorry about the whinging; I know there are many who have never had the chance to go and I have had many wonderful trips.
It has been a few years since I have been to the UK. Does Jacob's still make clubs. My friend who goes to Canada and used to bring them back for me said she couldn't find them in her usual place this summer.
Reading all the posts about the UK makes me want to go back so much! Unfortunately, it is about the oil tank that needs replacing and a major problem with the outdated wiring that has become urgent. Sorry about the whinging; I know there are many who have never had the chance to go and I have had many wonderful trips.
Aug 13th, 2008, 04:35 AM
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I'd forgotton all about Jacobs Club - I haven't seen them for years. They pared down the range and there were only a few left - the orange variety being one of the last available, I think.
Wasn't there a nasty raisin-y one too?
And one with a golf ball on the wrapper? No idea what flavour that was though.
Wasn't there a nasty raisin-y one too?
And one with a golf ball on the wrapper? No idea what flavour that was though.
Aug 13th, 2008, 05:06 AM
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Churchyard gardens -- especially St. James Piccadilly and St Mary Abbot's.
The military history section of W.H. Smith's in Paddington Station.
The gift shop at the V & A.
Sainsbury's.
TKTS in Leicester Square -- especially when they have tickets for ENO.
Albert Hall.
Welsh Male Choirs.
Walking across the Thames.
Embankment Gardens.
The boat to Greenwich.
Will have to stop listing reasons now and start looking up airline prices.....
The military history section of W.H. Smith's in Paddington Station.
The gift shop at the V & A.
Sainsbury's.
TKTS in Leicester Square -- especially when they have tickets for ENO.
Albert Hall.
Welsh Male Choirs.
Walking across the Thames.
Embankment Gardens.
The boat to Greenwich.
Will have to stop listing reasons now and start looking up airline prices.....
Aug 13th, 2008, 07:30 AM
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Now there are many, many things I like about Britain....but one small thing that I honestly LOVED and still remember years later is all the wonderful sandwiches. I know, I know its hard to hold up against Sherlock Holmes and Big Ben etc... but there were sandwiches everywhere. You could get a gourmet sandwich at the equivelant of a convenience store - and it wasn't sketchy or wilted or suspect.
Cheap, excellent sandwiches...put that along side a slice of lemon pound cake and VOILA! Oh..don't even get me started on the lemon pound cake.
Naxos
Cheap, excellent sandwiches...put that along side a slice of lemon pound cake and VOILA! Oh..don't even get me started on the lemon pound cake.
Naxos
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:12 AM
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"The cute accents. (true, and inserted here just to provoke)"
Used to be that an English accent would impress the pants off American girlies (literally).
No longer the case (or perhaps I have just got older and uglier?)
Used to be that an English accent would impress the pants off American girlies (literally).
No longer the case (or perhaps I have just got older and uglier?)
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:18 AM
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Lots of things, but for me one stands out above all the others:
London Theatre, where the houses are generally small, you can nearly always get a seat to almost any show at half price, and nobody races out before the curtain calls. (Just a couple years ago I would have added that the tickets are cheaper than Broadway, but other than discounted ones, that really is no longer true for us Americans).
London Theatre, where the houses are generally small, you can nearly always get a seat to almost any show at half price, and nobody races out before the curtain calls. (Just a couple years ago I would have added that the tickets are cheaper than Broadway, but other than discounted ones, that really is no longer true for us Americans).
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:19 AM
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Zebra Stripes - at least i think that's what the zigzag pavement marking mean but the ones with the blinking yellow lights that give pedestrians rights of way over traffic, which is supposed to yield to them
John Mack, Harvard loon who was also a UFO-alien 'expert' was tragically killed in one a few years back - no doubt after coming out of the pub - so be careful anyway
these yellow blinking things would NOT work in Italy or France IMO
John Mack, Harvard loon who was also a UFO-alien 'expert' was tragically killed in one a few years back - no doubt after coming out of the pub - so be careful anyway
these yellow blinking things would NOT work in Italy or France IMO
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:27 AM
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<"So pretty. I also love how the streets are so tiny and twisty and narrow and lovely."
They kind of lose their charm in the rush-hour.
Some of the main roads in London started life as goat tracks.>
I meant the tiny twisty country roads - I don't like driving the tiny twisty town roads during rush hour at all! You have to dodge people, dogs, sidewalks, buildings, other vehicles, etc.
They kind of lose their charm in the rush-hour.
Some of the main roads in London started life as goat tracks.>
I meant the tiny twisty country roads - I don't like driving the tiny twisty town roads during rush hour at all! You have to dodge people, dogs, sidewalks, buildings, other vehicles, etc.
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:33 AM
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PQ - they are Zebra Crossings. It is indeed mandatory to stop at them if somebody is waiting to cross. The flashing yellow lights are known as Belisha beacons after the government minister who introduced them.
Aug 13th, 2008, 09:59 AM
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Pies, pies, pies.
Hot pies, cold pies, sweet pies, savoury pies, veggie pies, meat pies, steak and kidney pies, cheese and onion pies, chicken curry pies, bean pies, pork pies, apple and blackcurrant pies.....pies pies pies.
Pies are the zenith of British acheivements...Shakespeare? Newton? Stevenson? Pah!
Who invented the pie? The greatest Briton ever who shall forever remain anonymous!
Hot pies, cold pies, sweet pies, savoury pies, veggie pies, meat pies, steak and kidney pies, cheese and onion pies, chicken curry pies, bean pies, pork pies, apple and blackcurrant pies.....pies pies pies.
Pies are the zenith of British acheivements...Shakespeare? Newton? Stevenson? Pah!
Who invented the pie? The greatest Briton ever who shall forever remain anonymous!
