tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post4428502240636614547..comments2024-03-28T23:24:22.359-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: So What's England Like?LSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-74241452587440679462017-02-22T09:21:56.067-08:002017-02-22T09:21:56.067-08:00and parts of the UK are turning in their knives to...and parts of the UK are turning in their knives too:<br />http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-37800148 <br /><br />-breadandbulletsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-65221426015517545982017-02-21T13:40:42.277-08:002017-02-21T13:40:42.277-08:00London's very much its own thing, Borepatch, a...London's very much its own thing, Borepatch, and it has changed over the last 20 years. Mind you, I found the whole central London thing pretty much the same as it was in the '90s. Lots more Russians/East Europeans though.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-74452716573020385832017-02-21T07:49:35.372-08:002017-02-21T07:49:35.372-08:00I'm glad that I got to live there 20 years ago...I'm glad that I got to live there 20 years ago. London was a little demoralizing when I visited two years back - in many ways it doesn't feel English anymore.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-19341715978994085192017-02-21T07:32:08.357-08:002017-02-21T07:32:08.357-08:00I was taken aback by the spread and extent of the ...I was taken aback by the spread and extent of the surveillance, Jules... LOVE the French House.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-3026688000501767292017-02-21T07:31:11.930-08:002017-02-21T07:31:11.930-08:00I had great fun, Linda!I had great fun, Linda!LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-87201554482906322152017-02-21T07:30:41.485-08:002017-02-21T07:30:41.485-08:00LL, Brexit wasn't going to happen. It was absu...LL, Brexit wasn't going to happen. It was absurd, preposterous, fascist, catastrophic, apocalyptic. Bob Geldoff, the smug libelite press and their rulers in the elitocracy told us so.<br /><br />Then it happened. It's all eerily familiar.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-31626536175845981392017-02-21T00:07:51.624-08:002017-02-21T00:07:51.624-08:00Obviously I'm a big fan. What a beautiful cou...Obviously I'm a big fan. What a beautiful country I live in. <br />BUT...THE CAMERAS! I HATE, HATE, HATE THEM. I am 6 (or 3) points from losing my licence for speeding when in FACT I am one of the most sensible and confident drivers on English roads. It makes me SICK. There's no point in having a nice car anymore since you can't let it rip without being flashed, fined and berated. I may as well get a poxy Cinquecento and save some money. And as for the M25, well, I can walk faster. AND it wouldn't cost me $9 a gallon! <br />Apart from that, what's not to love about English countryside, amazing pubs, smart, quirky people, stunning Victorian architecture and The French House? <br />#RuleBritannia Jules https://www.blogger.com/profile/02447271977251616727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-79308678451942654852017-02-20T10:06:05.140-08:002017-02-20T10:06:05.140-08:00I've never been. But hubby did several TDY'...I've never been. But hubby did several TDY's there in support of what used to be the greatest (or maybe still is) intelligence gathering platform. Yes, I will go with that, instead of spy plane, haha. Thanks for the pictures and post. Glad you had a safe trip, Parson. :-) LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-58064885090875612112017-02-20T06:54:12.165-08:002017-02-20T06:54:12.165-08:00Britain was great enough to vote for BREXIT so tha...Britain was great enough to vote for BREXIT so that it was not subsumed by the EuroCulture. I'd say that it's great and that it can be great again, greater than ever before. (where have I heard that before?)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com