COLD DARK ROOM

[EllieMay]

Good afternoon? I'm off to bed in the next few minutes These time zones sure confuse me at times! [emoji23]

Goodnight Linda!

 

[EllieMay]

And I forgot “Asleep at the Wheel”. They’re a great wooden floor band.

Texas two-stepping music )

 

[EllieMay]

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[EllieMay]

I prefer the older country music artists to the more "modern" stuff that doesn't fit neatly into a particular genre... It just seems watered down to me. I tend to avoid listening to country music, but I don't mind the older legends. Give me Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Cash... from the days when country sounded like country.

Oh yeah! I’m mentally having a beer with you right now

 

[EllieMay]

Well it's almost 01.00 and way past my bedtime but I've managed to catch up.
So I'll say Nos Da now but will not see you all tomorrow.
Happy Weekend everyone!

Good night Lyn!

 

[EllieMay]

Circling back to Americans and bathrooms / toilets, there's a comedian named Jeff Foxworthy, associated with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour... For those of you familiar with the reference, I'm thinking of the Courtesy Sniff (or was it Courtesy Whiff?) bit...

@Cowboy_Ken @DE42 You guys know the reference I'm thinking of? Anybody have a good link to that bit?

Jeff Foxworthy will always be a comedy legend.. [emoji23]

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I jus remembered something else about the first year (of three) I spent in the UK. It was the most surreal thing... There was a honky-tonk over there. Near Preston, I think. It had an Old West feel to it, like being in a large barn. Definitely more Old West, not Southern or Deep South.

 

[Bambam1989]

Y'all now listen up here in the country we don't have rest-rooomms. We have the shitter lol

Crapper

 

[Bambam1989]

So anyway any Garth Brooks fans in here?

Me!

 

[Bambam1989]

Hi everyone at CDR, hope you are all well . This is Gillian Moore.

Unfortunately I lost all data on my device and I've had to have it maintained.

Love,
Gillian and the two Olis!

Hi Gillian! Hope your doing well

 

[DE42]

Crapper

Depends on which side of the mountain lol

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Crapper

That one has its basis in the surname of its inventor, if I remember what I read correctly, a while back. From a language standpoint, the Crapper became a word before the related...deposits...did.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Oh yeah! I’m mentally having a beer with you right now

Sounds like a plan to me! We'll make a day of it... Afternoon tea with @Moozillion (Bea), then maybe we can fit in a brief wine and cheese tasting, then a not-too-heavy dinner, then a relaxing beer? Someone else can be on kid duty.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Sounds like a plan to me! We'll make a day of it... Afternoon tea with @Moozillion (Bea), then maybe we can fit in a brief wine and cheese tasting, then a not-too-heavy dinner, then a relaxing beer? Someone else can be on kid duty. ;-)

Maybe we can do the wine and cheese tasting (or reception?) at an art gallery where @Bambam1989 has her artwork on display. Maybe @Maro2Bear can have some of his carvings on display, too. What else can we add in there? Besides a potato cannon demonstration at the firing range...

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

What else can we add in there? Besides a potato cannon demonstration at the firing range...

Maybe deep fry a turducken !

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Maybe deep fry a turducken !

While David Allen Coe plays for hours.

 

[JoesMum]

Sort of... I'm not sure if rude covers the sentiment, exactly... perhaps crass better describes it? I have no idea why, except that when it comes to bodily functions, Americans can be of a more Victorian mentality than the Brits.

One of the big differences I noticed, depending on whether I was in the UK or the U.S., was what got censored on TV - and what did not. I got to see the very same episodes on both sides of the pond, which is why I noticed.

The Brits censor the violence portrayed on TV far more than Americans do. It's understandable, given how many more centuries they have of experience with violence, some horrifically so.

Americans don't so much censor the violence, but they do censor unclothed bodies and portrayal of bodily functions (especially if there's more than one body involved).

Do you have "the watershed"? TV programmes broadcast before 9pm have to violence, sex and language moderated. Because parental control is still set on our satellite tv box, programmes originally broadcast after 9pm require you enter your PIN code before you can watch them.

 

[JoesMum]

Oh, and telling time! When I lived in the UK, I learned to ask for appointment times in 24 hour times. That way I never had to remember whether "half three" meant 3:30 or 4:30. Whichever way it is in the UK, I think it may be the opposite in Germany...?

Half three will always be Half past three. Quarter Past, Half Past, Quarter To

 

[CarolM]

Good Morning all.

Yayyyyyyyyyyy I have received my first card. Whoop whoop whoop. Thank you Ed, Kelly and Suki. [emoji3][emoji16]

 

[CarolM]

Brilliant! Well done, Jarrod! Hope this will be my daughter someday playing in front of the whole school! [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]

I had to laugh about the shorts though. This is SA in December, right? [emoji23][emoji8]

Lol. Yes this is SA in December. Swimming costumes too. [emoji3]