Country Discussion: USA

[Cool_Blue]

Aluminum, what’s that about?

Meer is the one that gets me (mirror)

 

[chicoazul]

SAY IT.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Americans > Brits

 

[TexanToffee]

I feel like this place is as crazy, but also not as crazy as you think. Wouldn't live anywhere else though.

 

[peteblue]

I used to fly there every other week, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Pittsburg etc. I loved going there and the people were lovely. One of my kids lives in Georgia but while I briefly thought of moving the family over there I’m glad I didn’t. We moan about the U.K. but have a great deal going for us. Obviously we should have kept the 13 states and then taken over the rest and combined it with Canada, but they would have just given us grief tbh……l

 

[mmmmsnouts]

I feel like this place is as crazy, but also not as crazy as you think. Wouldn't live anywhere else though.

There's much fewer crazy people than you would think from watching the news. But there's also much less motivation to get rid of the crazy people than there should be.

 

[Nightman]

I feel like this place is as crazy, but also not as crazy as you think. Wouldn't live anywhere else though.

As soon as you win the war on drugs, I'll visit.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

I didn't even see this post when I had a go at cricket:

Their sports are slow and crap, even if they name their competitions 'world series'...yet never leave North America.

'time-outs' in sport is grotesque. Match-play time
periods of quarters is absurd.

Mate England is currently playing a sport where they stop to drink tea

 

[lurky]

Am currently in Arkansas visiting good friends who have moved out here from the uk.

Lots of the stereotypes of southern US Bible Belt ring true - but have also been struck by incredible kindness and politeness, superb service and absolutely stunning unspoilt countryside and the opportunity to do stuff that would cost hundreds to do in the uk - or just be impossible because of the crap weather.

Today we got taken out on a boat on Beaver Lake and the water was warmer than the swimming pools at home. We swam, tubed, cruised, ate and drank in the sun all day. Then went to a fried chicken place which works “family style”.

There’s no menu choices. They just bring soup, mash, greens, bread and fried chicken to your table until you’re full, with refillable soft drinks constantly topped up.
Fantastic!

The other day we floated down the Elk River on canoes and kayaks and never saw another soul. Water so clear you could see loads of fish swimming clearly.

It’s just amazing out here.
Obviously there’s the gun stuff and gas-guzzling trucks, but when you come here and see the terrain and the wildlife (there are deer walking around in “urban”residential streets) you kind of get sense of why country folk are so into their guns and hunting etc.

Anyway - having a fantastic time and it’s definitely changing my long-held perspectives a bit

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Only time I've seen an eagle was when rafting down the river tully in Oz, was one of the best feelings ever

Saw a Sea Eagle feasting on a dead wombat on Wilson's Prom once, amazing.

 

[lurky]

Saw a Sea Eagle feasting on a dead wombat on Wilson's Prom once, amazing.

Saw a bald eagle and also a golden eagle on the Elk River the other day. Absolutely amazing

 

[Eggs]

….only done the Disney Florida and New York tourist things but enjoyed it lots.

My concern about America is how a large portion of Americans love Trump.

 

[Nightman]

I didn't even see this post when I had a go at cricket:



Mate England is currently playing a sport where they stop to drink tea

 

[Kurt.]

World champions in their own country at rounders

 

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