One of the big differences between many English speaking countries is the way words mean different things in different countries, I think I have been to all the English speaking countries so I know the difference between sidewalks and pavements and grouse and grouse and most of the other differences..
Last week I discovered the biggest difference between America and Britain which you guys are not going to believe..
We both have charity shops, you may call them good will shops, these are places where you can donate stuff you don't need to be sold to help a charity..
Last week I decided to go to one of these shops to buy some old cutlery, knives, forks and spoons..now we have about ten of these shops near here so it should have been easy..None of the shops had any for sale..Finally I found out why..
Charity shops have been told not to sell cutlery because it could be used as weapons..and get this..they can't sell knitting needles for the same reason...
And you can buy guns, black powder and ammo at your local sports shop..
Are we so much more dangerous than you..
John.
.........only with knitting needles......... ;D
JH: I remember going into Italy via motorcycle and getting stopped at the border, 3 of us had to remove our buck knives from our belts, because they were concidered weapons, yet at a store about 100 yds down they were selling switch blades that were like 20" before the blade came flying out.......ok I had to think that one out.....my folding buck is a weapon, what is a 20 inch switch blade.....
Damn, the British government likes keeping you all safe from yourselves, don't they?
QuoteDamn, the British government likes keeping you all safe from yourselves, don't they?
this from a guy who lives in the same state as Chilli......whom they allow to move about unsupervised.......
:o I've been unsupervised for years and have been allowed knitting needles for the almost the entire time.
On an international flight security took my friend's nailclippers out of her purse, then shortly after boarding she was severed a meal which had a metal knife and fork included???
It's getting beyond crazy..we are not allowed to buy or sell a sheath knife with a blade longer than 4" but we can buy or sell an axe, a 10" kitchen knife and a kitchen cleaver..
The latest thing they have banned are those paper chinese lanterns that you set fire to and let them float away because they could set fire to something when they return to earth.
Fireworks are only sold to over 18 year olds and only for the week before November 5th Guy Faulks night, or what we now call fireworks night.
I think each time another member of parliament gets elected they think up another crazy law so that when they get voted out they can say "that was my idea."
John.
And when they have finally idiot proofed the world, only idiots will be left........it will be like the entire world is inhabited by politicians...... :o
we also have bans on fireworks, for the most part of the year but it is not really enforced.
I'll not get into all the "laws" about riding your snowmachine that are coming are in effect....
When I was younger I lived in Connecticut for a while. Don't know if it's still like this, but back then it was legal to buy or sell a radar detector, but it wasn't legal to own one. That's a tricky one!
I think Ohio has similar fireworks laws. You can buy and sell, but you can't set them off. But, they don't usually care.
OH radar detectors......another cool one, some provinces allow them, others do not,but you can sell them and buy themn in Ontario but do not use them, huge fine if you are caught using.........ok tin foil hat and pants come into effect again......
It was my understanding UK was/is considering banning GLASSES in pubs... moving to plastic cups... because GLASS can be used as a weapon. It sounds like the UK has more than its fair share of Bloombergs and Piers Morgans!!
So I guess suspenders, neck ties, belts, and bras will be on their way out too.....suspenders, belts, and neckties could feasibly (if you are a politician) be considered a weapon with which to strangle someone............and some bras, (please forgive me here ladies, my fingers know not what they type)some bras, could be used as slingshots of lethal caliber...... ::) and (uh-oh) so could rolling pins wielded OW! by OW! housewives whose husbands' OW! fingers know OW! not what they OW!-OW! OW! type!! ;D
According to FBI statistics, over the last 4 years more murders were committed with a hammer then with guns. We should be banning hammers! ;D
...and pound nails in with revolvers!!!
You know King Louis XIV in the late 1600's banned pointed knives to control street violence... of course it didn't work, but these blunt knives turned into table knives. History repeats itself... at least whenever politicians start thinking they are kings and we are serfs.
Back in 2009, Scotland wanted to ban airguns... fortunately they didn't have the power at the time. The UK decided to "monitor" air gun laws.
More fellowship=less crime.
http://world.time.com/2012/12/20/the-swiss-difference-a-gun-culture-that-works/
Quote from: 49Reo on February 24, 2013, 18:42:48 PM
So I guess suspenders, neck ties, belts, and bras will be on their way out too.....suspenders, belts, and neckties could feasibly (if you are a politician) be considered a weapon with which to strangle someone............and some bras, (please forgive me here ladies, my fingers know not what they type)some bras, could be used as slingshots of lethal caliber...... ::) and (uh-oh) so could rolling pins wielded OW! by OW! housewives whose husbands' OW! fingers know OW! not what they OW!-OW! OW! type!! ;D
LOL ...LOL ...Thank yo Mrs 49Reo!! ROTFLMAO!
Quote from: chief on February 24, 2013, 19:11:42 PM
You know King Louis XIV in the late 1600's banned pointed knives to control street violence... of course it didn't work, but these blunt knives turned into table knives. History repeats itself... at least whenever politicians start thinking they are kings and we are serfs.
I suppose that you do know the word serf is French for slave..until the 18th century when you bought land in Britain you got the village and farmworkers thrown in, in fact as a landowner it was your duty to provide workers for the army and navy..
pressgangs used to hunt in the seaside towns for men to capture to crew their ships which is one of the main reasons why seaside vacations did not become popular until very late in British history.
John.
Quote from: 49Reo on February 24, 2013, 18:42:48 PM
So I guess suspenders, neck ties, belts, and bras will be on their way out too.....suspenders, belts, and neckties could feasibly (if you are a politician) be considered a weapon with which to strangle someone............and some bras, (please forgive me here ladies, my fingers know not what they type)some bras, could be used as slingshots of lethal caliber...... ::) and (uh-oh) so could rolling pins wielded OW! by OW! housewives whose husbands' OW! fingers know OW! not what they OW!-OW! OW! type!! ;D
Oh yeah thats another one suspenders are what women use to hold stockings up, a suspender belt is worn around the waist with small straps hanging down with clips to hold stockings up...
Men used to wear braces to hold their trousers (pants) up.
I will be passing a collection plate around later in this thread because I understand that you are used to paying for education..
John.
Yep, the British propensity to use force to fill ship's crews was one of the reasons for the War of 1812. They liked to stop American ships at sea and use impressment to fill any vacancies on their warships. It was primarily used to fill slots in the Navy... they didn't have conscription.
Saxon Britain depended upon Thanes (noblemen, landowners - all land belonged to the crown) and their capability of raising armies when needed. Most of Harold Godwinson's (Harold II, last of the Saxon kings) army on that day in 1066 when William the Bastard invaded at Hastings was made up of armies raised by his Thanes. Harold did have his own force, they ended up being the last on the field that day.
Having lived in the UK with some decades between, I have run across many differences - which I mostly take for granted now. I do have a couple of interesting stories... I will keep it clean, considering this isn't the Pub.
For the first year I lived in Scotland, I never heard a Scot curse... the second year I noticed they cursed every other breath... my American ear finally got the wavelength of the Scottish accent.
I recall a friend telling me of an incident with a family he was visiting in New Zealand. He was describing Thanksgiving and when he got to the part about "stuffing" the turkey, his hosts fell out laughing. He was the brunt of endless jokes at the pub while he was there.
In the misty days of long ago, I sat in the garden of an English lady's home with her absolutely magnificent looking, and very blond, daughter and her also very attractive, very upper class, lady, mother. The daughter was sun bathing and, needless, to say I was enjoying myself. We were having a very nice conversation about generalities of life, enjoying some nice whiskey and wine, when the daughter (my age, btw) asked me if I had seen her .... ahhh... "cat"... Of course, the word she used is one we have ripped from the English language and assigned as a name of female genitalia. Her mother looked at me, glass at half hoist, laughed loudly and informed her daughter of the Americanized meaning of the term. From that moment on, the daughter would always ask the same question each time I visited, especially in the company of others. Whether or not I answered honestly... is another story.
Times change. With television and movies, most of these little differences in language and meaning are recognized on both sides of the pond. Some things are still pretty well confined... I think all Brits would know what bubble and squeak is... most Americans will have to look it up. I run across a new one every now and again.
Quote from: DriftinGirl on February 24, 2013, 23:05:25 PM
LOL ...LOL ...Thank yo Mrs 49Reo!! ROTFLMAO!
:D ??ROTFLMAO??? ???
Never mind, figured it out. :D (ROTFLMAO)
Quote from: chief on February 25, 2013, 10:24:53 AM
In the misty days of long ago, I sat in the garden of an English lady's home with her absolutely magnificent looking, and very blond, daughter and her also very attractive, very upper class, lady, mother. The daughter was sun bathing and, needless, to say I was enjoying myself. We were having a very nice conversation about generalities of life, enjoying some nice whiskey and wine, when the daughter (my age, btw) asked me if I had seen her .... ahhh... "cat"... Of course, the word she used is one we have ripped from the English language and assigned as a name of female genitalia. Her mother looked at me, glass at half hoist, laughed loudly and informed her daughter of the Americanized meaning of the term. From that moment on, the daughter would always ask the same question each time I visited, especially in the company of others. Whether or not I answered honestly... is another story.
That story reminds me of Mrs. Slocombe on "Are You Being Served". ;D
Quote from: DC on February 25, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
That story reminds me of Mrs. Slocombe on "Are You Being Served". ;D
We didn't send you that old chestnut did we..
Oh and another thing we serve up here is a mixture of raw minced pork, onions or leeks, liver, and sage it half fills a baking dish and the the top is filled with an ice cream scoop to make it easy to cut into large round balls of meat...we don't call it meat balls but it is quite a gay meal beginning with F.
Edit ..you probably don't mince beef, you grind it..
John.
Gay meal?????? Hmmmmm
And "fag" has a entirely different meaning here too. You definitely don't want to be caught smoking one of those, no sir.
Quote from: John Hopkins on February 25, 2013, 13:32:24 PM
We didn't send you that old chestnut did we..
The show has been running here for at least 30 years. I think I have every line of every episode memorized, from watching each at least 100 times. We get a lot of choice BBC offerings.
How about Fawlty Towers? Now THERE is a good oldy from across the pond! :D
Regards,
Yeah the first time a guy asked me if I had a fag, my fast wit saved me.... errrr, no I said calmly as I pulled out and lit a ciggy... not really, I never smoked cigs... I just moved further down the bar. Faggots come from a fire... now almost always called coals.But the meatball version is very good when made right.
My wife and I are really into brit detective shows. We watch all we can find. I hate the British Wallander, love the Swedish original...
I remember Steptoe and son... or similar it became Sanford and Son here. And A Man About the House became Three's Company.
After I discovered Monty Python..about 1964, or so,my whole world changed. Here is a rip that might interest you. As "bikers" we tend to have our own familiar terms, so here are some British versions with an American translation:
Default Ever not have a clue what Luke is saying? Brit-biker slang
stolen from socalsvriders who stole from MCN 9/04
Brit-Biker Slang
by Susan Buck and Dave Searle
MOTORCYCLISTS, BEING THE fringe element that we are, might think that the language of our subculture travels the world as easily as the sun sets over the next horizon. Yet for all the universal themes within the biker world, two "English-speaking" cultures as similar as the United States of America and England are still, as wit Oscar Wilde once famously said, "two countries separated by a common language."
So, before you cross the pond, and "drop a clanger," (make an embarrassing linguistic gaffe), "gen up" (get some information) on the jargon. Then, tune up your best British biker accent and try these handy, but by no means comprehensive, translations:
Everyday Conversation
(British to American)
"Ace"-Cool.
"Arse"-Its usage dates back to Chaucer, but its use is somehow more rude than the American's "Ass" as in, "He's an arse," or "I can't be arsed" (bothered).
"Barmy"-Nuts.
"Bespoke"-Nothing to do with spokes, but means custom-made.
"Biggie"-Alternately refers to poop or an erection.
"Biscuit"-Cookie.
"Bleeding"-An alternative to the ever-popular "Bloody" (see below), as in "not bleeding likely."
"Bloody"-A swear word of great versatility. Used for emphasis, as in "bloody hell" or "not bloody likely."
"Blooming"-A less profane version of bloody, for those who choose not to swear.
"Blow Me"-Not what you might think, but a short version of "blow me down" as in you're so surprised, you could be knocked down with a feather.
"Bob's your uncle"-A wrap-up phrase used at the end of a lengthy explanation as if to say, "and that's it."
"Bodge"-A quick and dirty job, and therefore a "Bodger" is one who performs such sub-par work.
"Bollocks"-Technically means testicles, but also refers to "no good" or "rubbish," as in "he's talking bollocks." However, the phrase "the dog's bollocks" is a superlative, like "the cat's meow" in the US.
"Brew"-Coffee.
"Brill"-Short for "brilliant," which is used in such an offhand fashion that it isn't "brilliant" in the American sense, merely "cool."
"Bum"-A person's rear end, but you can also "bum" (scrounge) around for some thing.
"Braces"-Suspenders.
"Grassed-off'-See "chuffed" below.
"Chuffed"-Similar to the US "pissed off."
"Cobblers"-Another variation of "bollocks."
"Codswollop"-As in a "load of codswallop" similar to baloney or BS.
"Cor"-As in "Cor blimey" a variation of "Gor blimey;" said to be a corruption of the oath "God Blind Me." Also, the phrase "Cor love a duck."
"Cracking"-Means the best (the `g' is silent, of course).
"Crumpet"-Attractive woman.
"Cuppa"-Tea, also "cha."
"Diddle"-To con or rip-off.
"Doddle"-It's a cinch, as in it's a doddle.
"Dodgy"-Something not to be trusted.
"Dog's bollocks"-Great, fantastic.
"Duff'-Junk, trash, useless.
"Fanny"-Important to get right, as Americans consider it a cute term for the female derriere, but to Brits it means the opposite
side of the anatomy.
"***"-Cigarette, or "*** end" (cigarette butt).
"Flyover"-Overpass.
"Full Monty"-Made famous by the movie of the same name, but does not refer to nudity, but simple to "going all out" or "all the way."
"Gobsmacked"-Amazed, as when you smack your gob (mouth) in amazement.
"Goolies"-Another variation of bollocks.
"Gormless"-Clueless, as in "linp's gormless," or a "total gorm."
"Honking"-Throwing up.
"Jolly"-Classic British, it means "very" as in jolly good.
"Hooter"-The horn on your bike or car, or a person's nose.
"Knackered"-Worn out.
"Knock off'-Not to copy something, but to steal it.
"Knock up"-To wake someone up or to make something from available bits and pieces, as in to knock up a play bike.
"Knockers"-Breasts.
"Lorry"-Truck, so of course, the driver is then a "lorry driver."
"Mate"-A friend, as in "me mate."
"Mug"-As in, "Chris' a bit of a mug" meaning gullible.
"Mutt's nuts" or "the Mutt's"-Another variation of dog's bollocks, meaning great.
"Naff'-Uncool or tattered.
"Nick"-To steal.
"Nosh"-Food, as in going out for a good "nosh up."
"Nut"-To head butt, a too common move at soccer riots.
"On yer bike"-A polite way to tell someone to get moving, or to piss off. But there doesn't need to be a bike present.
"Pants"-Crap (the C-word means the same as it does in the US, but is less rude in Britain), as in something is "totally pants."
"Pear shaped"-When something goes "pear shaped" it has gone awry, a disaster.
"Posh"-Fancy, high-class, deluxe.
"Potty"-Not to be found in a toilet, but means crazy or looney.
"Pukka"-Super or super fine. Also, "smashing."
"Quite"-Alone, it means absolutely, as an adjective it means very.
"Randy"-Horny.
"Rodger"-To copulate.
"Rotary"-See roundabout below.
"Roundabout"-Traffic circle. The vehicle already in the roundabout has the right of way. Once mastered, they're fun and make a lot of sense compared to stopping for lights.
"Sad"-Means the same as "naff."
"Sleeping policeman"-A speedbump, typically these are very high in Britain.
"Sod"-Another all-purpose expletive that is less offensive than others. An "old sod" is a bit of a bastard, and to tell someone to "sod off' means get lost.
"Sod's Law"-The British version of Murphy's Law, as in "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."
"Sorted"-To fix a problem, as in get it sorted.
"SWMBO"-She who must be obeyed.
"Stonking or Stonker"-Huge, as in "a stonking wheelie."
"Suss"-To "suss out" something is to have it figured out, or have it "sussed."
"Tool"-A word for penis.
"Wanker"-One who wanks, or masturbates.
"Whinge"-Whine about something. Also, whinger; one who whines.
"Wobbler"-To throw a wobbly, is to throw a tantrum.
"Wonky"-Unstable, or shaky.
"Yonks"-Ages, as in, "blimey, I haven't heard from you in yonks."
Machines & Hardware
"Aluminium"-Note the extra "i," but we'd say aluminum.
"Anchors"-Brakes.
"Articulated lorry"-A tractor/trailer truck.
"Banger"-An old car, or a sausage as in "bangers and mash" (mashed potatoes).
"Barrels"-Cylinders in an engine.
"Bomb"-Really fast when referring to performance, as in "it's a bomb" or expensive if you say something "costs a bomb."
"Bonnet"-The hood of a car.
"Blatting"-Riding or driving fast.
"Boot"-The trunk of a car.
"Bone dome"-Helmet.
"Cans"-Mufflers.
"Car park"-Usually an uncovered parking lot.
"Carburettor"-Carburetor.
"Chair"-Sidecar.
"Cheese-head screw"-A head screw.
"Combination"-Motorcycle with sidecar.
"Crash-hat"-Helmet.
"Diversion"-Detour.
"Duralumin"-A high-strength aluminum alloy, usually not specified in the US (the most common grade is 2024).
"Drophead coupe"-A convertible car.
"Estate car"-A station wagon or specially lengthened sedan.
"Ergal"-Term for an aluminum alloy.
"Fender"-A car's bumper. Are you confused yet?
"Fork Yokes"-Triple clamps.
"Gas"-What you cook with or use to heat a house, not gasoline.
"Gudgeon Pin"-Wrist pin on a piston.
"Grub screw"-Allen-head screw.
"Inconel"-Stainless steel.
"Jam sandwich"-A police car (as they are white with bright orange stripes along the sides).
"Juggernaut"-An 18-wheeler, or any large lorry (truck).
"Jumble"-a swap meet, as in an auto jumble or bike jumble.
"Kit"-One's riding gear.
"Monkey"-Sidecar passenger.
"Motorway"-A major road; freeway.
"Mudguard"-A bike's fender.
"Pavement"-Careful, it's not on the road, but the sidewalk.
"Number plate"-A license plate for the road.
"Parrafin"-Kerosene.
"Petrol"-Gasoline, found in petrol station.
"Prang"-Sounds like bent sheet metal, and refers to a dent in same or accident.
"Run-in"-Break-in, as to break in an engine.
"Panniers"-Saddlebags.
"Perspex"-Clear plastic, as in a perspex windscreen.
"Pillion"-Passenger, also "pillion pad" or seat.
"Propstand"-Kick stand. May also be called a "Jiffy stand."
"Saloon"-A saloon car is a sedan, but a saloon may also be a section of a pub.
"Shooting brake"-A station wagon for the rich, usually a woodie.
"Skid lid"-Helmet.
"Spanner"-Wrench.
"Spares"-Spare parts.
"Sparking plugs"-Sparkplugs.
"Stays"-Braces, as in mudguard stays (fender braces).
"Subway"-An underpass or road crossing, not to be confused with the "Underground" trains.
"Swinging arms"-Swingarm.
"Tappets"-Lifters.
"Tarmac"-Road surface.
"Tick-over"-Idle speed.
"Ton"-100 mph, which used to be a big deal on a motorcycle, as in "doing the ton." Nowadays, a "ton-fifty" might be more impressive. A ton is also 100 points in darts.
"Torch"-Flashlight, but the medieval origins survive.
"Visor"-Faceshield.
"Windscreen"-Windshield.
"Wing"-The fender of a car.
Very nice troll, too bad I didn't have that list when I first moved there!
Quote from: Troll on February 25, 2013, 19:41:30 PM
Everyday Conversation
(British to American)
"Ace"-Cool. Also used to say "the best" as in ace fighter pilot.
"Arse"-Its usage dates back to Chaucer, but its use is somehow more rude than the American's "Ass" as in, "He's an arse," or "I can't be arsed" (bothered). see bum.
"Biggie"-Alternately refers to poop or an erection. Not really, Jobbie is a poop but only in Scotland. An erecrion is refered to as a hard on..
"Brew"-Coffee. or tea, as in having a brew up.
"Grassed-off'-See "chuffed" below. Grassed up is informed on to the police or in school to the teacher, chuffed means delighted.
"Chuffed"-Similar to the US "pissed off." Not a chance
"Cobblers"-Another variation of "bollocks."
"Cracking"-Means the best (the `g' is silent, of course).
"Crumpet"-Attractive woman. also a 1/2" thick pancake made with bread dough which tastes disgusting unless you toast it and coat it in half a pound of salted butter which transformes it into a feast.
"Cuppa"-Tea, also "char." Brought back from India where it is called chai[/b
"Knock up"-To wake someone up or to make something from available bits and pieces, as in to knock up a play bike.The more common use is to make someone pregnant, as in "she is knocked up" or "up the duff," or "she has a bun in the oven.""
Naff'-Uncool or tattered. Not too sure about this one, it is one of the words gay people brought out of the closet with them.
"Nick"-To steal. Or cut yourself shaving
"Potty"-Not to be found in a toilet, but means crazy or looney.Also a baby's toilet.
"Sad"-Means the same as "naff." It means unhappy, whereas gay means happy.
"Sod's Law"-The British version of Murphy's Law, as in "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."
Machines & Hardware
"Bomb"-Really fast when referring to performance, as in "it goes like a bomb" or expensive if you say something "costs a bomb."
"Jam sandwich"-A police car (as they are white with bright orange stripes along the sides). The word is Jamjar to rhyme with car, police cars used to be called Pandas..
I've corrected a few of them for you so now you have it straight from the horses mouth.
John.
Gotta keep up to date...things change when you're not watching
being a sailor, I always liked "aye"... so I knew at least ONE word when I was drinking with my Scottish buddies... ok 4 words... whiskey, pint"a" heavy, aye and pub.
Do they still say "in the Club" when a girl gets preggers? Or is that too old of an expression?
Quote from: DC on February 27, 2013, 06:21:01 AM
Do they still say "in the Club" when a girl gets preggers? Or is that too old of an expression?
As far as I know we still do..
Although these days with obesity it is "Oops sorry love I thought you were in the club"
John.
Quote from: chief on February 25, 2013, 19:24:52 PM
Yeah the first time a guy asked me if I had a fag, my fast wit saved me.... errrr, no I said calmly as I pulled out and lit a ciggy... not really, I never smoked cigs... I just moved further down the bar. Faggots come from a fire... now almost always called coals.But the meatball version is very good when made right.
My wife and I are really into brit detective shows. We watch all we can find. I hate the British Wallander, love the Swedish original...
I remember Steptoe and son... or similar it became Sanford and Son here. And A Man About the House became Three's Company.
When my wife was alive we used to watch all the Columbo shows..The funniest tv series with wonderful scriptwriting and double meanings is the British "Coupling" The star is the British captain out of the Pirates of the Carribean films who was going to marry the heroine in the first film.
If you get the chance to watch it, record it and watch it twice so that you understand it, you would have to be dead not to laugh at that..
John.
Quote from: John Hopkins on February 27, 2013, 21:02:03 PM
As far as I know we still do..
Although these days with obesity it is "Oops sorry love I thought you were in the club"
John.
;D We have the same problem here. They even have a TV show called "I didn't know I was pregnant". That's how many large, unknowingly-pregnant women we have here. . . . enough to make a TV show. ::) :o ???
And I thought obesity was just a American problem...
What!!!
you think we don't have Mc Donalds..
I think you have more fatties than us but we are trying hard to catch up..
I guess I'd like to lose 40lbs but it's too late for me.
John.
Mmmm, fatties. Er, I mean McDonalds.
Actually I treat my body kinda okay. I like to stay away from fast food and focus my "junk" intake on quality junk. Good beer, cigars, fresh baked goods and chocolate. Homemade type love. And it's never too late, enjoy. We'll be dead soon enough.
Quote from: chief on February 25, 2013, 19:24:52 PM
And A Man About the House became Three's Company.
I think you spoiled that..the joke was that Robin Trip the man about house was straight and everyone knew it except the idiot landlord, he just pretended to be gay so that he could live with the girls..in the American version he was gay.
Some British humour (humor?) doesn't travel across the pond..
John.
Nope, Jack Tripper in Three's Company pretended to be gay so the landlady (and later landlord) wouldn't kick him out.
Chief's right on this one. Jack pretended to be gay.
I grew up watching that show in the U.S., so I'm here to tell ya, jack was straight.
Yeah he kept trying with the girls in the apt... never worked out for him.
I stand corrected..
John.
I preferred the UK version of that one, actually. 90% of the shows on BBC1, BBC2 and STV back then were crap... went off about 10pm... but the other 10% were exceptionally good. Nowadays there are 400 channels of crap ... the exceptionally good ones don't seem to last.
There is/was one UK show... Life on Mars... I like the brit version, but didn't care much for the USA version.
Red Dwarf! 8)
Roger that... also first Dr. Who I ever saw was when I lived in the UK.
Only fools and horses..
and how many of you knew that Paul Hogan (Crockadile Dundee) started off as a copy of the Benny Hill show..the Paul Hogan show, Michael Crawford started off with 'some mothers do have em' and Brian Connely had a catch phrase 'It's a puppet' and his co star was Larry the loafer.
Billy Connelly was a Welder, then a folk singer, then a comic, and now a presenter.
John.
Yeah, I knew that... Michael Crawford was EXCEPTIONALLY silly in that show!
That's how he got his start...he did all his own stunts..we were amazed to find he could sing.
John.
Yeah surprised me too...
Quote from: John Hopkins on March 06, 2013, 13:56:49 PM
Only fools and horses..
and how many of you knew that Paul Hogan (Crockadile Dundee) started off as a copy of the Benny Hill show..the Paul Hogan show, . . . . .
John.
Yeh, Benny Hill! That's going back a ways! ;D
The one thing I enjoyed about Brit tv back in the old days... nudity. How much does the TV license cost nowadays?
Yeah we get a lot of nudity license is about £150 but it goes up by about 8% each year..but if you want real porn you can't get much better than a Drifter..they are a lot harder to see than nudes.
John.
Wow... Is is still per tv? We have 7... that would be more than my property taxes!
Quotethat would be more than my property taxes!
Correct me plese if I am wrong about my US of A history, but I was told if you were a member of the original the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians, then you were exempt from paying taxes.
but I could be mistaken, but I think if you were a member of said board you should not have to pay taxes, so I feel for you having to pay taxes....
Watauga... nahhh.... they still considered themselves subjects of the British Crown (despite written notions to the contrary) - at least until they came to their senses... it didn't last long as they were eventually swallowed up by State and county governments around 1776. Property taxes are levied by the county and/or State. Some states like Tennessee have very low rates. Some states, like anywhere run by liberals - NY NJ CA IL etc. have very high property taxes.
You have to remember, taxes was one of the reasons we decided to fire Britain. It may not seem like it now, but back then we believed the money we earned was our own.
Tennessee has no income taxes and low property taxes - we fought off a income tax by liberals back in 2000 and have since made the prohibition part of our Constitution. All those guys were told to stay home and we replaced them with folks who could manage our finances. Tennessee is very conservative with the exception of the Memphis/Shelby County area and a few scattered districts in Nashville area.
Britain never met a tax it didn't like. I can remember the "brain drain" days when anyone making any sort of income migrated out of the UK to Canada, NZ, Australia and the USA. Sorta like what some of the French are starting to do right now.
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 07, 2013, 21:13:28 PM
Correct me plese if I am wrong about my US of A history, but I was told if you were a member of the original the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians, then you were exempt from paying taxes.
but I could be mistaken, but I think if you were a member of said board you should not have to pay taxes, so I feel for you having to pay taxes....
No I think that is wrong I know we have a law that if you are over 75 and can prove both your grandparents are still living with you, and that you are directly related to Noah, you get a 5% discount on your first parking ticket of the year.
John
if they had that law in the US of A then think Chief, Troll and PC would have free get out of jail cards too.
Delaware also has very low taxes.