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03-08-2009, 09:10 AM | #1 |
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great pics, Sundae! You live in such a picturesque town...
what is weird is how often peas show up on the menu... I don't think I've ever seen "peas" listed as a side in America...weird, huh. Is a "hand held burger" a burger that's been hand shaped???
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03-12-2009, 03:42 PM | #2 |
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Yes, I was positively perplexed by the preponderance of peas, personally. (whew!) Seems like that's the most popular 'veg' they have -- odd, since in my house they're considered a starch, not a veggie at all!
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I used to have this British guy as a cow orker, and he would bring peas in for lunch. Just eat them out of a tupperware container. I'd never seen anyone else do that before, or since. Not every day, but often.
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Frozen, canned, or fresh?
Never mind. Different thread.
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great photos S.G.
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03-08-2009, 09:39 AM | #6 |
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The difference between where you live and where I live is that YOUR town has a sense of itself as a community and looks like it was charmingly planned. MY suburb is a post-WW II sprawling utilitarian zombie town, utterly devoid of any charm, community, history or pride. Everything that is here was built in the 1950's and is gross. My house is one of about only five different styles in the neighborhood and while there is an arts center and a lovely park (with made-made lake they had to drain once a little girl went permanently missing) at one end of my street (Rosewood Park) there is a low ceiling'd 1960's-style bowling alley round the corner of the other end of my street. It's a schizophrenic kind of place.
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by John Betjeman Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! Come, bombs and blow to smithereens Those air -conditioned, bright canteens, Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans, Tinned minds, tinned breath. Mess up the mess they call a town- A house for ninety-seven down And once a week a half a crown For twenty years. And get that man with double chin Who'll always cheat and always win, Who washes his repulsive skin In women's tears: And smash his desk of polished oak And smash his hands so used to stroke And stop his boring dirty joke And make him yell. But spare the bald young clerks who add The profits of the stinking cad; It's not their fault that they are mad, They've tasted Hell. It's not their fault they do not know The birdsong from the radio, It's not their fault they often go To Maidenhead And talk of sport and makes of cars In various bogus-Tudor bars And daren't look up and see the stars But belch instead. In labour-saving homes, with care Their wives frizz out peroxide hair And dry it in synthetic air And paint their nails. Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough To get it ready for the plough. The cabbages are coming now; The earth exhales. Not being rude about Aylesbury here, just Bri's comments made me think of this poem.
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Picture Aylesbury as a country virgin. Pretty, unworldly, charming and innocent. Then picture the town planners as evil, spiteful, malicious rapists. There you go, that's pretty much the 60s situation. Okay, not really fair, but those of us living with the consequences would love to smack them upside the head. Until now I've taken pics of Olde Aylesbury because I'm trying to show you what you don't have at home. And because I do love my home, despite everything. I'll take some Nasty pics though. Just to show how badly those that call themselves Town Planners can plan. And it is bad. From the 60s onwards.
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Oxford is worse.
Because parts of it are so damned beautiful. And modern parts are ugly enough to make you heave. Do I really want to hold my home town up to ridicule? Yes. Although I might start another thread to do so. Rude About Aylesbury maybe
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I didnt say anything bad about aylsebury....I said something bad about Coventry
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The problem with Coventry and Oxford is the don't have SG in residence.
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I have seen Aylesbury IRL - just not the lovely bits as shown here by SG!
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