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teaspoon61 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/18/2008 9:14:51 PM)
I've always lived in SC and I've never called it a pOO!!! [:'(] It's a cement pond! [8D]

HisCovenant -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/19/2008 12:13:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DenimDiva A pool without an "L" stinks! [;)] No Joke!!! tsp- it may just be that way in AL... or just my large family from a hick town. [;)]

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/19/2008 12:14:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: teaspoon61 I've always lived in SC and I've never called it a pOO!!! [:'(] It's a cement pond! [8D] [sm=icon_smile_sing.gif]Sit and listen a story about a man named Jed.....[sm=icon_smile_sing.gif]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/19/2008 9:51:43 AM)
Well I say "pool" very similarly to the way I say the name "Paul". But then you Americans probably won't get that either, since I think you say "Paul" to rhyme with "ball", don't you? (I don't! lol)

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/19/2008 2:56:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 Well I say "pool" very similarly to the way I say the name "Paul". But then you Americans probably won't get that either, since I think you say "Paul" to rhyme with "ball", don't you? (I don't! lol) Yes. How are the academics in the schools over there verses here? I was an average student in school. My niece is considered advanced academically. The basic concepts of grammar and mathematics that I knew in second or third grade have not even been taught to her yet and she'll be starting sixth grade. They naturally do know more about computers than we did. However, that is pretty limited to how to turn the computer on and how to get online. Surely, ours isn't the only country suffering academically?

lexie -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/20/2008 9:01:02 AM)
quote: Surely, ours isn't the only country suffering academically? Ours is. Dh teaches high school and he is amazed at how different things are from when he was in high school. He says they seem to be dumbing down the curriculum. Interesting story. Dh came here from Jamaica when he was 15. He had completed grade 9 back home. When he enrolled in school they held him back and put him in grade 9 again because they didn't think the Jamaican school system was up to par with ours. Dh says it was the most boring year of his life. Turns out, they should have put him ahead a year, everything he learned in the next two years he had already been taught back home. I think the Jamaican school system is (was) very similar to the British system. They finish high school two years earlier than we do here, but having the same amount of stuff.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/24/2008 7:46:12 PM)
Manda, this is for you... Bah, humbug![;)][:D]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/24/2008 7:57:50 PM)
LOL!! Actually it's understandable. They're there to do Hamlet, not DW or ST. I think it's primarily to protect David and Patrick, which has to be the right thing to do.[:)]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/24/2008 8:18:17 PM)
Absolutely. I just found it funny they were making such a drama out of it and figured you'd get a chuckle ~ and I didn't for an instant think you'd be wanting something Dr Who signed! Oh, I caught the very end of the 'Hotel Inspector' tonight. Like the trailer for next week ~ they had a Dalek in the reception area (I think). I have a suspicion that I'm going to be watching it next week to find out more...[:D]

doinkdom -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 11:05:12 AM)
Well well well Mr. Tennant looks pretty handsome as the Danish Prince...[;)]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 6:46:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: doinkdom Well well well Mr. Tennant looks pretty handsome as the Danish Prince...[;)] Mr Tennant looks pretty handsome, period[:D]. Manda, I went into the new Tesco's in the next town today ~ it was kinda weird, but they were giving money off-off coupons (Ł5 when you spent Ł15) out so couldn't resist... They have marmite ~ flavoured with wine and champagne! Have you ever seen it? Have you ever tried it?

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:01:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos Mr Tennant looks pretty handsome, period[:D]. Indeed he does! <swoon> And as for Patrick Stewart being there too! <swoon> quote: Manda, I went into the new Tesco's in the next town today ~ it was kinda weird, but they were giving money off-off coupons (Ł5 when you spent Ł15) out so couldn't resist... Cool offer!! quote: They have marmite ~ flavoured with wine and champagne! Have you ever seen it? Have you ever tried it? Oh blech. [:'(] Seen it, yes, tried it, no, never never never!![8\|] It's sacrilege!!

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:05:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: doinkdom Well well well Mr. Tennant looks pretty handsome as the Danish Prince...[;)] uh huh!

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:17:47 PM)
quote: Cool offer!! That's what I thought too ~ used a voucher today and have another one for next week! Then I'll probably revert to Somerfield (until it becomes the Co-op!). Just wish it was Waitroses! Oh... and I bought some English cherries in Tescos today (that'd be after buying some last week in Somerfield!). quote: It's sacrilege!! Thought that might be your reaction![:D]

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:29:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos That's what I thought too ~ used a voucher today and have another one for next week! Then I'll probably revert to Somerfield (until it becomes the Co-op!). Just wish it was Waitroses! I do about 75% of my grocery shopping in Tesco - our Somerfield isn't really up to scratch. And it smells bad [:'(]. We have a Waitrose that is a 10 min drive away, so Sarah and I go there once a week. It's the only place I can get Tropicana OJ with Calcium. I usually get a few other bits and bobs while I am there, and Sarah gets to choose a couple of little cakes for herself - they have such a lovely cake counter at the bakery! quote: Oh... and I bought some English cherries in Tescos today There were only Turkish cherries in our Tesco this week, and they looked a bit sub-standard so I didn't bother.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:39:44 PM)
quote: they have such a lovely cake counter at the bakery! Don't they just![:D] There's a Waitrose in Bath and I tend to nose in whenever I go into the city. Somerfield isn't really up to much, but given it's a few mins walk away (compared with at least a 10 minute bus trip) it's handy. I tend to use the greengrocers and the health store for as much as I can (and the health store isn't any more expensive than Tesco's!).

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:46:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos That's what I thought too ~ used a voucher today and have another one for next week! Then I'll probably revert to Somerfield (until it becomes the Co-op!). Just wish it was Waitroses! I do about 75% of my grocery shopping in Tesco - our Somerfield isn't really up to scratch. And it smells bad [:'(]. We have a Waitrose that is a 10 min drive away, so Sarah and I go there once a week. It's the only place I can get Tropicana OJ with Calcium. I usually get a few other bits and bobs while I am there, and Sarah gets to choose a couple of little cakes for herself - they have such a lovely cake counter at the bakery! quote: Oh... and I bought some English cherries in Tescos today There were only Turkish cherries in our Tesco this week, and they looked a bit sub-standard so I didn't bother. Tropicana OJ is the best! Is Waitrose a grocery store?

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:49:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DenimDiva Is Waitrose a grocery store? Yes, and their stores are amazing. [:)]

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:50:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: DenimDiva Is Waitrose a grocery store? Yes, and their stores are amazing. [:)] Surely they can't beat Lucky's! [;)]

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:53:27 PM)
Are you talking quality or price? There are some things that are more expensive in Waitrose, but the quality is excellent across the store ~ and often they are very similar prices to other big supermarkets ~ and I've noticed that some things are cheaper there. I'm not rich, but I think I'd save money by shopping there because the quality is so good.

Mrs.X -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:53:47 PM)
LOL, I don't know if you've been a Bay Arean long enough to know the old Lucky's before Albertson's bought (married) them. Bleh! I went to a new Lucky's last time I was down there, and it was nice, but it was no Fred Meyer.

manda59 -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 7:56:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: agapetos There are some things that are more expensive in Waitrose, but the quality is excellent across the store ~ and often they are very similar prices to other big supermarkets ~ and I've noticed that some things are cheaper there. Their ice cream is lush - and pricewise it is the same as other supermarkets' ice cream (but tastes so much better!)

lexie -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 8:05:50 PM)
Ugghh...I'm flipping through the television channels last night and I come across Katie and Peter. Bleh. [:'(]

DenimDiva -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 8:16:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Mrs.X LOL, I don't know if you've been a Bay Area long enough to know the old Lucky's before Albertson's bought (married) them. Bleh! I went to a new Lucky's last time I was down there, and it was nice, but it was no Fred Meyer. When we first moved here in '76, Lucky's was the cheapest in town. Albertson's was around, but we seldom shopped there. Fry's came later. Fry's was cheaper and closer than Lucky's so my dad started going there. Albertson's is now gone. So is Fry's. Lucky's is now where Fry's used to be. (The old Lucky's is now a Staples.) Now we have two Safeway's. They are more expensive than Lucky's and have horrible produce. We have a Foodmaxx that is fairly inexpensive but they are understaffed, bare shelves, dirty store, meat and produce are horrible. I'll pay the extra and go to Lucky's.

agapetos -> RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American (7/25/2008 8:30:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lexie Ugghh...I'm flipping through the television channels last night and I come across Katie and Peter. Bleh. [:'(] Well aren't you the lucky one!![:D][;)][:'(]

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