Are All Americans . . .

[Buenchico]

. . . completely bonkers or just 99% of them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-56861212

[gness]

Not all, Chris. My friend Dale is fine as is Pasta.....but that’s about it I think....... :-)

[seekeerz]

I was going to say 99% out of kindness but having read the story.....

Morning Chris :))

[Buenchico]

I've actually met quite a few highly intelligent Americans in pubs in Bury St Edmunds (which is fairly close to two big USAAF bases).

By 'highly intelligent', I mean that they're deliberately seeking out the very best English real ales and go pale if anyone dares to mention American Budweiser ;-)

Good evening/morning, Gness.

Good morning/afternoon, Seekeerz!

[nescio]

Apparently, Tannerite is sold in 1lb kits, with 2lb kits only available to professionals (professional whats, you may ask). These nutters detonated 80lb, mixed with chalk!

[seekeerz]

Like you, I've met some lovely Americans over the years, mostly in the horse breeding fraternity, who came to Oz, decided they liked the whole idea and stayed .....they would be turning in their respective resting spots now !!

Morning, gness xx

[Buenchico]

That's the American philosophy though, isn't it, Nescio?

'Bigger' is always better in the USA, it seems, irrespective of whether it refers to skyscrapers, portion sizes, waistlines, national debt or explosions ;-)

[Buenchico]

Yes, Oz is indeed a lovely country, Steff - if you discount the spiders, the snakes, the sharks, the droughts and the bushfires ;-)

[seekeerz]

Admittedly Oz has it's drawbacks .....but to the best of my knowledge, we don't run around trying to blow things up ( not mentioning Maralinga)

[Buenchico]

I actually loved Oz on my all-too-brief visit there in 1986, Steff. I've got a photo of me hugging a beautiful female somewhere from that trip. She was absolutely gorgeous, even if her claws were piercing my chest at the time. (She was a koala!)

[seekeerz]

And talking of my country and it's wonderful customs, I'm off to play two-up on the one day of the year i can legally ......if I win a fortune, I'll come visit ( as the Americans say ). Love you and leave you xx

[seekeerz]

I'll warn you ....us koalas are very affectionate inspite of our claws and the tendency to pee on people !!

[Buenchico]

Good night (or good something anyway), Steff.

I'm off to bed now, as there's a cat waiting to jump into my chair as soon as I stand up ;-)

PS: Yes, I have googled it ;-)
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/04/27/two-up-game-anzac-day/

Happy Anzac Day!

[pastafreak]

Crazy...Moi??....noooooo!

[Apc2604]

I have met some lovely Americans in the UK, who have come here and stayed here. Pasta, of course, is one of them, although I haven't met her except on AB. I must admit the USA is not a place I would want to go except for the amazing scenery. I just cannot understand why it is still claimed to be democratic and the leader of the western world.

[pastafreak]

Apc, if you did go, you would meet some lovely people. Mainly from the East coast of course...where I am from. We tend to be the most sensible yet outgoing, and do not attempt to make you change your worldly ways and go hide in an underground bunker somewhere in the dust bowl of the mid-west. ;)

[Bazile]

What mfd you up sticks and come to live in the UK , pasta

Is he an Adonis ?:-)

[Bazile]

'made'

[Apc2604]

I am sure I would Pasta. I would avoid New York though because I hate cities and crowds. I would love to go to New England in the fall. But unfortunately my days of foreign travel are very much over - I would add that is not because of present restrictions and Covid, just because I can't get about!

[pastafreak]

Bazile...yes, it was a Brit that caused me to up sticks, and no...he was not an Adonis. He lives on the other side of this city, and it's my daughter that keeps me here. That and all those crazy people on the other side of the Atlantic.

[Bazile]

Yep they are crazy .

They call the boot of a car , a trunk - the pavement , the side walk - a wallet , a pocket book

I ask you - they are the most craziest people .