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#77 2013-07-26 08:07:00
- Goodyear welt
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Re: American Differences
We've got the same thing going on with imported cheap labour in western Europe too Jeff, only here its legal and its kinda masked in Britain with a pittance of a minimum wage limit. Of course the more unskilled workers imported in an all ready over crowded market the less the need to raise the minimum wage. Supply and demand, market forces and all that. Britain is filled to the max with Eastern European sandwich makers for instance. Still costs you £2.50 for a supermarket cheese sandwich though.
(just to keep the sandwich theme going)
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#78 2013-07-26 09:35:14
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Re: American Differences
My list of American likes
Cheerleaders
Hooters restaurants
Seafood
Big portions
New England
Wildlife - bears, bison etc
Foxhunting - still legal
My list of American dislikes, mostly imported into Britain 
False sincerity
Skyscrapers
Baseball caps
Democrats
Republicans
Fox News
CNN
Huffington Post
Shock jocks
Unfunny chat show hosts
Unfunny sitcoms
Game shows
Rock music
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#79 2013-07-26 09:44:54
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Re: American Differences
^
Crap culture, our chief export.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#80 2013-07-26 09:57:46
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The Fox News presentation style i.e. informing the viewer what they should be thinking with facial expressions is particular bad and odious export, much in evidence on Sky News and the BBC News.
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#81 2013-07-26 10:01:37
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^ We got our own back by sending the USA Richard Quest to annoy people on CNN.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#82 2013-07-26 10:24:06
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He's some man, pitched for the lonely business traveller stuck in his Sheraton or Novotel with only room service, the minibar and Mr Quest's effervescent delivery for cold comfort.
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#83 2013-07-26 10:30:17
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I should add Berlusconi's Rai channels, always a good source for eye candy on game shows, serious current affair and news programs.
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#84 2013-07-26 13:00:43
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Years ago were better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCsg0OHPsI
#85 2013-07-26 13:07:29
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All good eye candy from my perspective...
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#86 2013-07-26 13:24:20
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#87 2013-07-26 13:24:26
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Re: American Differences
"As I looked out into that night sky, with all those infinite stars, it made me realise how unimportant they are"
Peter Cook
#88 2013-07-26 13:25:01
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#89 2013-07-26 14:02:49
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#90 2013-07-26 14:13:46
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That's true. It's anyone's choice to eat it up. Supply necessitates demand. That's why my parents have 600 channels of crap being beamed into their house via satellite. 600 channels, and nothing worth watching. 20 channels of preachers, 40 channels of reality TV, another 80 channels of horrible music, 30 channels of home shopping, etc. My dad muses that there's "never anything on TV to watch."
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"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#91 2013-07-26 14:24:29
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Re: American Differences
What the world needs now is love, sweet love... And a jolly good kick up the harris.
#92 2013-07-26 16:44:55
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"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#93 2013-07-26 17:08:34
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#94 2013-07-26 17:21:46
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'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
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#95 2013-07-26 17:59:09
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I thought all first world countries were the same at this point. You know, McDonalds, Levis and all that shit. This thread is actually making me feel a bit more patriotic.
#96 2013-07-26 18:12:15
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#97 2013-07-26 18:46:57
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The terrible thing is that everything i love of America no longer exists by at least 47 years.
#98 2013-07-26 20:33:06
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^
I love plenty about the US as it is now, but I do often wish I was born about 40 yrs earlier.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#100 2013-07-27 02:18:02
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"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner