Things you rather like about this country

[antnee]

Well having lived in quite a few areas and travelled around this Green and pleasant land a fair bit I am still amazed at the rich variety of the country. Makes me proud of my heritage.

 

[stephec]

A certain je ne give a fark about dressing or whatever folk think about what you're wearing.
Which can of course produce interesting street styles.
(yep - even if I might be a bit non-plussed by some).
Little worse in my book than someone who has taken just a bit too much care, especially on the "smart supposedly casual" spectrum.

I know a certain resident of Accrington who might take issue with that. 😄

 

[Blue Hills]

I know a certain resident of Accrington who might take issue with that. 😄

I'll make an exception.
I was kinda thinking of years ago arranging to meet a PR bloke outside harrods to pick up some plane tickets - some last minute arrangements.
It was a sunday and I couldn't help smiling when I saw him from a distance - tho casual everything was just just so.
(He was a decent enough soul tho even though he did tell us we were flying to Lapland - not really true)

 

[palinurus]

Time trials, in particular the whole evening 10 thing.

 

[slowmotion]

Hedges.

 

[numbnuts]

well there's.......Oh maybe not, what about.........no that's gone now, yeah but........sorry that's a thing of the past

 

[Blue Hills]

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Your marbles?

 

[palinurus]

That- if it is quiet- I can pretend to drive DLR trains.

 

[welsh dragon]

Chocolate in the UK tastes better than the muck you get in other places.

 

[Blue Hills]

Chocolate in the UK tastes better than the muck you get in other places.

You do surprise me.
But maybe you aren't buying the common workaday stuff.
(I always look for the cocoa solids figure, it can be damn low)

 

[Edwardoka]

Chocolate in the UK tastes better than the muck you get in other places.

I hope you're not talking about a certain company on the outskirts of Birmingham.

Someone I know recently decided to make corn flake cakes, only to discover that Dairy Milk is no longer dairy, or milk.
They've changed the recipe so much that it no longer melts, it turns into gritty stuff that resembles bitumen, and then it burns.

Never eating it again.

 

[welsh dragon]

You do surprise me.
But maybe you aren't buying the common workaday stuff.
(I always look for the cocoa solids figure, it can be damn low)

American chocolate is on a dreadful level all of its own.

 

[Chris S]

Chocolate in the UK tastes better than the muck you get in other places.

Even chocolate in America tastes salty!

 

[Reynard]

Urgh, Dairy Milk is vile and much too sweet. And it's only got 20% cocoa solids, which is the minimum for it to be legally called chocolate in the UK. Even Tesco's own brand milk chocolate is 25% cocoa solids.

Green & Black - and now you're talking.

And Belgian chocolate. Umm...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The seaside towns that are way past their heyday but full of charm , including the open shelters along the promenade and the piers etc.