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Thanks Ypunday!
And that's a nice picture..
posted by
mneme
on October 14, 2006 at 12:16 AM
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Had to come back to the Language Rocks like U know it at home post!
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 AM
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Thanks Ypunday, very nice pictures. Especially the one in the south - exactly as I remember it.
posted by
mneme
on September 23, 2006 at 7:02 PM
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Ooops--I got carried away. I meant one...then gave four pics of magnolia.It
messed up my sentence. CORRECTION: Make "here's one..." "Here are four..." Shalom, Neil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 23, 2006 at 7:17 AM
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No, Mneme, this pic is from the Internet (i cheat b/c I work too many hours
but that is an excuse)...I will do better and get my own pcis. Here's one I stole for you--
in US south!
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 23, 2006 at 7:16 AM
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Very nice, Ypunday
Thank you for the picture, is it Africa?
posted by
mneme
on September 23, 2006 at 2:13 AM
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Fried fish and patriotism---flowing like beer in the veins. Just kidding
Here's a gift to join U in saying LONG LIVE THY COUNTRY; and everyone else's. Shalom
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 22, 2006 at 2:49 PM
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naorem,
welcome, and thanks for reading.
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 7:08 AM
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azur, I only mind
if we need groceries. I'd forgotten gites - great when they're well equipped, still ok when not, if you remembered to get in the wine, chees and bread before the supermarket closed.
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 7:07 AM
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Thanks, Taps,
I never tire of it. That's what makes being away such a dilemma, so I'll just have to make more trips, more often.
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 7:02 AM
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johnmcnab
I've only been into a Scottish boozer once, and I was out again just as quickly. I didn't feel that they particularly liked women in there unless behind the bar, but it might have been just that I was a shy 20-yr-old. I remember the smell of smoke and beer, come to think of it, a lot like the pub on the corner of the street my grandparents lived in. - there, I'm off down memory lane again...
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 7:01 AM
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wiley.coyote
I wonder what technology the grandchildren will be using by the time I get some - hope it's not too hard because I need glasses now to read the buttons on remote for the DVD player.
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 6:54 AM
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Ha ha, .dave.
and we should know...
posted by
mneme
on September 22, 2006 at 6:51 AM
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Just shows the joy of text knows no age boundaries.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 22, 2006 at 6:36 AM
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mneme
Sounds like fun, I remember days of enjoying the pubs on leave in England in the 50's.
Interesting about the senior's doing text messaging.
Being a loner anyway, I just don't feel the need to learn but I do know what you are talking about. lol
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 21, 2006 at 10:47 PM
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An English country pub is one of the most enchanting places to be, mneme. It beats a Scottish boozer hands down, and I haven't come across a pub in Canada with quite the same atmosphere.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 21, 2006 at 9:39 AM
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mneme, I love it when people love their country and talk about it with the tone of wistfulness and nostalgia peeking through. It doesn't matter that it may not be the country that I love or the language that I speak or a places that I have seen. There is just something special about a person who really loves their country. It is not the same as one who loves his own idea of what he wants his country to be.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 21, 2006 at 9:18 AM
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Tis true about the older generation and texts
The grandparents who can handle the technology have a lot to gain. My mother knows how to text now and will do so on her imminent travels. I never minded that France shuts for 3 hours.If you are holed up in a nice restaurant or gite or at a friend's farm it is a good way to pass the day. I quite like ploughmans too and English pubs, the ones in England that is, not the fakes everywhere else
posted by
Azur
on September 21, 2006 at 7:19 AM
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read it will join again
posted by
naorem
on September 21, 2006 at 2:08 AM
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