orbboy Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Lots of green ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Aw man, I think I want to move to England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Can't talk. Got a plane to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 If you can get used to hot and cold water coming out of different taps you might make it here. You need to decide if you want to freeze your hands or burn them to splash water on your face or rinse your toothbrush. I will say that for one of the cradels of civilization this is one backward assed country. Everything is really expensive as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Now now, I have fond memories of hitchhiking in England and northern Scotland back in 1972. When you could do such things. In October and November. At least, now that I am safely removed from the experience. For quite a while, though, those memories weren't entirely fond, I admit. I do distinctly remember the hot and cold taps. And having to put coins in a machine to release enough hot water for a bath. But the breakfasts were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 LOL I was born here so I can poke as much fun at Engalnd as I want. Don't get me started on how skinny the roads are. It's scarey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 I keep forgetting that -- about you not being born in Canada. What kind of accent do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 LOL I was born here so I can poke as much fun at Engalnd as I want. Don't get me started on how skinny the roads are. It's scarey. Not to mention driving on the wrong -- uh, I mean the other -- side of the road . . . And what we took to calling the whirlarounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 I thought they were called "round abouts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 I thought they were called "round abouts" They were! I finally started to like those giant circular intersections when I realized that if you missed the turn you wanted to take, you'd just be circled around again and again until even an idiot could work their way over, across multiple lanes of traffic, and catch the correct turn. We took to comparing the experience to those sections on some roller coasters where you go into spiraling turns (usually shrieking "I hate this part I hate this part") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 No accent at all Steph. Not even any "aboots" or "ehs" as you Americans seem to think about Canadians hehe. Roundabouts are a real great idea and save tons of time and effort in most cases. When things get busy they are a real pain in the ass though. The ones in London are nuts. I'm in Gloucester and it has a world famous one. Do a search for "Gloucester Rabbit Roundabout" and you can see. There are dozens and dozens of the little buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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