Brits have a knack for knowing how to look at life differently and laugh at themselves.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Brits have a knack for knowing how to look at life differently and laugh at themselves.
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Laughing our ourselves is not a national aspiration of some countries.
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That could depend a lot on what you said, to whom you said it and where you said it. Over here, I am very cautious. They don't necessarily wear signs, but they could be wearing other things.
When I'm fully engaged in my work ... when I'm fully engaged in my work none dare.
When your mother country's language has sixteen (?) different words or phrases for rain, and where it usually rains 364 days a year, and your main contribution to world cuisine involved cutting potatoes into finger shaped pieces and frying the pieces in pig fat, you just have to have a sense of humor.
And for the record I'm English, didnt move to the US until I was 35.
- Drizzle
- Mizzle
- Haar
- Light rain
- Rain
- Heavy rain
- Pouring down
- (and the more vulgar version)
- Cats and dogs
- Stair rods
- Sheets
- Horizontal rain
- Sleet (wet snow)
...have some very good food. I could eat my way across Europe, Ukraine, Poland, Russia...
So few of us here in the US of A seem to have that ability. I'd have been dead long ago if I'd taken myself seriously all the time. My father could laugh at himself, and I thank him for passing that down to me.
Germans have the second wurst food in Euope after Norway. Correction. Third wurst. Mustn't forget Belgium.
This weekend's grumble - kitchen cabinet stores that say their prices are 50% off but turn out to be 30% higher than the competition.
Back in the UK, a flat pack or self assembly kitchen cabinet chain called MFI used to have a permanent "50% off sale", using the UK trading laws and one of their stores in deepest darkest Wales that never actually sold anything.
And Zales Jewellers in Bournemouth, England. Last time I was there in the 90s they were still having their "closing down sale", which at that point must have been running 30 years.
Back in the UK, a flat pack or self assembly kitchen cabinet chain called MFI used to have a permanent "50% off sale", using the UK trading laws and one of their stores in deepest darkest Wales that never actually sold anything.
And Zales Jewellers in Bournemouth, England. Last time I was there in the 90s they were still having their "closing down sale", which at that point must have been running 30 years.
Yes, it is amazing how long it takes for a company to go out of business
. I am surprised that more of them aren't selling bridges. I have bought several but have not received one title...I keep on hoping. Oh, well...maybe I wasn't meant to own a bridge.
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For me, laugh at ourselves feels a bit cruel. Laugh with ourselves feels more fun.
"Yes my brother Gog was right. How were we to know the comet would land right in the middle of our giant warehouse. It's a cataclymic sale down here. We're up to our poor necks..You're crazy we got'em. Your nap will rise again and that's my story...Good god its Magog brothers, Atlantis Carpet Reclaimers, serving Hooker, Heater, Hellmouth, and the low desert area."
"Yes my brother Gog was right. How were we to know the comet would land right in the middle of our giant warehouse. It's a cataclymic sale down here. We're up to our poor necks..You're crazy we got'em. Your nap will rise again and that's my story...Good god its Magog brothers, Atlantis Carpet Reclaimers, serving Hooker, Heater, Hellmouth, and the low desert area."
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I will make a point of asking Odin what he thinks of liverwurst. Will advise.
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Odin photobombed a video I made Sunday of a G major scale in diatonic thirds.
I find it annoying here in lockdown we need to figure out how to produce our own videos if we want to be heard. For the terminally curious, the ProSonus USB 96 worked perfectly from a DI. It was the DI cable I was missing, along with the desire to make it all go. Headphone monitor from the DAW, and a click track through the second input.
I find it annoying here in lockdown we need to figure out how to produce our own videos if we want to be heard. For the terminally curious, the ProSonus USB 96 worked perfectly from a DI. It was the DI cable I was missing, along with the desire to make it all go. Headphone monitor from the DAW, and a click track through the second input.
Is Braunschweiger (Liverwurst) Bad for Dogs?
They also like garlic saussage and stinky cheese. Eclectic tastes but best in moderation.
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Forty years ago, before I knew it was a no-no, my dog Zeke loved to clean the bowl after the chocolate ice cream was gone. He and I also shared a good many bags of peanut M&Ms.
We laughed at ourselves around here, years ago!
Back in the mid 1970s I used to play various bars and folk houses with Alex, John Bassette, Lynn Haney, and other NEO area folkie types.
Here are couple of other Alex Bevan songs I alway like to play.
Back in the mid 1970s I used to play various bars and folk houses with Alex, John Bassette, Lynn Haney, and other NEO area folkie types.
Here are couple of other Alex Bevan songs I alway like to play.
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