COLD DARK ROOM

[Linhdan Nguyen]

Indeed, there are.
And you're right, The USA is a huge, amazing and varied place itself. (not that I've been, but I'm sure one could spend a lifetime exploring it.)
In Poland I was working in telecommunications, In Saudi Arabia for an oil company, in England primarily palaeontology, in Thailand conservation and here I have sort of retired, but do a little English teaching to help out.

WOW ! You must have stories to tell your grandkids (and Tidgy )
Goodnight ! talk to you tomorrow

 

[jaizei]

In UK English your pants are called trousers.
For us pants is what you wear underneath them, I think you call shorts or panties ?

I'll let you explain this one to her

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

I'll let you explain this one to her

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A fanny pack?

 

[johnandjade]

Ive been to tampa florida (and around there) one summer for a month. I liked he weather (even when it rained) and youre right, alot of different cultures. And the beach is always lovely.
My boyfriend lived in florida for a couple years.. Him and his family hate it so theres no hope in me living there either. I might be able to get away with cali but not sure about the droughts. *deep sigh*
It looks like we will be staying in maryland though . But were both still young. So we'll see

you have a whole world of options out there keep staying positive

 

[johnandjade]

A fanny pack?

we call them bum bags

 

[johnandjade]

good mornooning all . looking like it's going to be a nice day here today

 

[JoesMum]

we call them bum bags

Another educational night I see

We now know that
US pants = UK trousers
UK pants = US panties

The UK and US can agree on shorts

As for the UK bum bag ... its US equivalent contains a word starting with f that doesn't get used in polite British conversation

Good morning all! We're having a quiet morning awaiting a visit from British friends for lunch.

They're visiting nearby Pont du Gard today and coming here afterwards. It's an especially good visit as my friend Sue is a friend since childhood and has recently finished chemotherapy for breast cancer.

 

[johnandjade]

Another educational night I see

We now know that
US pants = UK trousers
UK pants = US panties

The UK and US can agree on shorts

As for the UK bum bag ... its US equivalent contains a word starting with f that doesn't get used in polite British conversation

Good morning all! We're having a quiet morning awaiting a visit from British friends for lunch.

They're visiting nearby Pont du Gard today and coming here afterwards. It's an especially good visit as my friend Sue is a friend since childhood and has recently finished chemotherapy for breast cancer.

hope you have an amazing day mum

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

WOW ! You must have stories to tell your grandkids (and Tidgy )
Goodnight ! talk to you tomorrow

Thanks and good morning!
I have no children and therefore no grandchildren will be forthcoming.
Always been too busy doing what I wanted for kids. (and I don't particularly like them).
But I am writing a number of books (most of which will never get published or even finished, I suspect).
Tidgy's not a terribly great student for such things.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'll let you explain this one to her

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Thankfully, I think someone beat me to it.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

good mornooning all . looking like it's going to be a nice day here today

Good morning, John!
We had a thunderstorm this morning and a fair bit of rain!
Shock, horror!
Actually coming through the window and woke me up,quite refreshing, actually.
I went back to sleep, but Tidgy went into one of her, "Help! We're all going to die!", moods panicked and was racing around everywhere.
Wifey got up and spent two hours comforting her until the storm passed over.
Tidgy's now asleep and has refused breakfast.
Silly tort.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

A fanny pack?

Yes, I think you'll have to look up what fanny means in UK English.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Another educational night I see

We now know that
US pants = UK trousers
UK pants = US panties

The UK and US can agree on shorts

As for the UK bum bag ... its US equivalent contains a word starting with f that doesn't get used in polite British conversation

Good morning all! We're having a quiet morning awaiting a visit from British friends for lunch.

They're visiting nearby Pont du Gard today and coming here afterwards. It's an especially good visit as my friend Sue is a friend since childhood and has recently finished chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Good morning, Linda.
Always nice to meet old friends.
I'm glad Sue's alright now.
I love the differences in the languages.
As George Bernard Shaw said, "Two countries separated by a common language."

 

[Lyn W]

Another educational night I see

We now know that
US pants = UK trousers
UK pants = US panties

The UK and US can agree on shorts

As for the UK bum bag ... its US equivalent contains a word starting with f that doesn't get used in polite British conversation

Good morning all! We're having a quiet morning awaiting a visit from British friends for lunch.

They're visiting nearby Pont du Gard today and coming here afterwards. It's an especially good visit as my friend Sue is a friend since childhood and has recently finished chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Hope you all have a lovely day! Its great catching up with friends who you've known for most of your life. I recently caught up with my old friend from school we met when we were 11 - she only lives in Derbyshire but we don't get to see each other very often.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning everyone - it's scorchio here today!
Lola is already out enjoying some real sun basking but he'll be trotting in and out.
I'll be mainly in.
Thunder forecast here tomorrow so it will be a bit cooler then
Have a good day everyone.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning everyone - it's scorchio here today!
Lola is already out enjoying some real sun basking but he'll be trotting in and out.
I'll be mainly in.
Thunder forecast here tomorrow so it will be a bit cooler then
Have a good day everyone.

Good morning, Lyn.
Slightly cooler here today, after the storm.
But still scorchio.
You and Lola have a good day too, enjoy the sun while it lasts.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

@juli11
Sorry to bother you, but any chance you could paste a couple of your lobatsiana photos in here for The Cold Dark Roommates to look at ?
I'm sure they'd love to see them.
Thanks,
Adam.

 

[juli11]

@juli11
Sorry to bother you, but any chance you could paste a couple of your lobatsiana photos in here for The Cold Dark Roommates to look at ?
I'm sure they'd love to see them.
Thanks,
Adam.

Yes for sure! but I don't have so much and for me it's to hot at the moment to make new ones they're on the roofbottom? (You know what I mean) and there it is really hot at the moment!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi Del all good here thanks
Adam has withdrawn from the forum for a while.
He is fine though and does pop in now and again but rarely posts these days.
We are all hoping that when he has had a break he will come back as suddenly as he left.

Oh, thanks, my friends.
Now we need @Yellow Turtle01
and @AZtortMom
to come back, too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes for sure! but I don't have so much and for me it's to hot at the moment to make new ones they're on the roofbottom? (You know what I mean) and there it is really hot at the moment!
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Thanks very much my friend.
Astonishingly beautiful tortoises.