by Englishman 53 Replies latest jw friends
Hey Comf,
Yeh, cruisin was cool. Our town, outside of Akron was so small that we did not have a Tasty Freeze, only a Dairy Queen, so we just kinda ran around in circles cause we didn't have a long enough place to drive. We did, however, have back country where we could go and "make out". It's all strip malls today. How sad.
I still ain't a gonna be a tellin you the secrit of the Devil's Strip juss yet.
Hi Tina,
A "Beating, country style" refers to being taken out behind the woodshed and whipped with a strap, switch, or whatever. But you didn't soon forget that type of whipping!
Comf,
Does a '62 T-bird with a 390 engine and dual Holley 4-barrels sound powerful enough to be in the race? Mine was Aqua metalflake with a white top.
RCat
RCat,
You're taken me back. I once owned a 1963 split window coupe (sp?) Corvette.
Bought it in '67 from the original owner. Sold it 5 years later at a profit when me, my wife and three kids needed a bigger down payment on a better house.
Hi Rcat!
Thanks for the definition.....sounds like you'd never forget THAT one..ouch......btw,been enjoying your posts! You go Girl!! hugs,Tina
Comf,
You could drive around Europe for weeks on end and never see an American car.
But! Some years ago I went to a car auction in Southampton England, and there on show was a Ford Fairlane 500. You've guessed it, I bought it for a song. Only then did I realise it was an automatic drive that was stuck in intermediate. However I got it working reasonably well, and apart from the driving position being on the left, it was superb. I eventually sold it for a good profit once I got it firing on all 8.
Englishman.
..... fanaticism masquerading beneath a cloak of reasoned logic.
Personally I've found Americans to be very kind, warm people.
Some of the politics and 'judicial' system make me want to gag though. Of course, by this I don't mean to say that everything in Europe is better.
I know one major problem, as other posters have pointed out, is that Americans are very insular.
Examples;
I was in Kansas on a teaching exchange. A junior year High School student, knowing I came from England, asked me if the American TV programs on British TV had subtitles. I laughed and she looked confused; I had assumed it was a joke. She preceeded to ask what language we spoke in England, to which I replied ENG-land, ENG-lish.
In a Junior High School, a science teacher (also the school coach) asked me straight out what language we spoke in England.
I was in the USA during the LA Olympics. If the USA weren't in with a medal chance you didn't see any coverage of the sport.
In American newspapers (some of which are very fine), 'World news' is generally a joke, a few inside pages.
The thing is Americans CAN be insular, without it really affecting them (aside from English exchange teachers having hysterics when asked damn fool questions).
As far as language goes, in '95 and '96 I acted as a student guide for International students attending my University in England. This was pre-Austin Powers, so Americans has no knowledge what-so-ever of English slang.
Thus I had the opportunity to give (unofficial) language seminars on the big difference between snog and shag, what wankers and bollocks meant, and how you could say 'Jesus fucking Christ' loudly in a public bar without getting stared at by offended Christians.
The English swear, a lot. Swear words are virtually unknown on American TV. On English TV they don't cause the same issues.
Don't let the 'Enlish politeness' rountine fool you. English people ruled about half the world at one point, and although there were a good few battles along the way, most of it consisted of being nice and polite until the incumbant rulers realised they no longer had any real power, and then writing them a polite three page letter which actually said 'fuck off', but was so polite you couldn't quite put your finger on why it bothered you so much.
Hi e-man,
It is interesting that you brought this point up of the differences between our cultures. The whole mcveigh issue stirred up alot of debate, that with a few exceptions, there was a strong dividing line between the US and Europe.
I also find our politics to be totally different. American politics appears to be more right wing than in Europe. May be, this has a lot to do with anti-communist propaganda that recent generations have been brought up on.
Yours dig
Think not about trying to add days to your life, but instead think about adding life to your days.
Englishman,
You could drive around Europe for weeks on end and never see an American car
Are you sure, some toyotas and hondas are made in America and on occasion hondas are exported overseas when the exchange rate between the dollar and yen are favorable (sometimes with the fluxuation of the yen hondas were made more cheaply here than in Japan). Also Some fords are made in Mexico with parts that are made from all over the Globe. With Globalization it is getting difficult to tell exactly what was made where.
At the wafer fab I work we design and build computer chips but we only do about 80% of the process here in America to finish (cut and cast) they are sent to Asia. Our chips are then sent to Asia,Europe and back to America to make products that are then shipped to everyplace on the planet.
Jelly
Jelly
Hey Larc,
A few years ago, my cousin had a 57 Red/white Corvette, a real beauty in mint condition. He "fell in lust" with a woman who had three kids, and sold the car for 35,000 in order to buy a house. Last year they got divorced, and he's SORRY he sold that car! lol Of course, now he has a brand new Harley, so he's not hurting, vehicle-wise.
RCat
Oops, forgot to say, Thanks, Tina! I appreciate the kind words.
Actually, I never got a whuppin' like that, but my Dad says I probably needed one a few times.
RCat
