tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post114717409351827491..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: GoneYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147473906175039992006-05-12T23:45:00.000+01:002006-05-12T23:45:00.000+01:00Hey By George - You're 53 baby - you've mentioned ...Hey By George - You're 53 baby - you've mentioned Italy before - if you're ever going to do it you've got to get on the case right now - get planning instead of dreaming. We only have one life.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147450779770768922006-05-12T17:19:00.000+01:002006-05-12T17:19:00.000+01:00England is also my ancestral home. At least on my ...England is also my ancestral home. At least on my father's side. <BR/><BR/>Ancestors came over I believe in the 17 hundreds. <BR/><BR/>Of all the places in the world that I've always wanted to visit. England and Ireland are at the top of the list. Now of course since I was an art teacher.. Italy is there too. but other than that, I want to explore America first. As a child I went all over the West. Grand Canyon, Petrified forest, Metor Crator, Yosimite Park. I've been to the redwood forest on a campint trip (the very edge of the forest... we measured a tree stump at 15 ft diameter).<BR/>I have never been to New England, or Montana/Wyoming, Oregon or Washington State. <BR/>I've Been to DC but I want to go back.<BR/>Mostly Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, California. I lived in Okinawa as a child. Very beautiful.By Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354290886936308105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147389709918403502006-05-12T00:21:00.000+01:002006-05-12T00:21:00.000+01:00Ah, were I in England, or anywhere in the UK, I wo...Ah, were I in England, or anywhere in the UK, I would feel just as Chris did. <BR/><BR/>I love Canada, and I appreciate it's beautiful splendor, but it does not have the history that the UK does. It is a young country still in its teen years. The UK is full of history, wherever you go, and you walk amongst it daily, living within it's folds, it's buildings, the streets themselves. That is what draws people to its shores. <BR/><BR/>For me it is also an ancestral home, and those ancient ancestors call to me. One day I will go over 'ome and reconnect with the past.<BR/><BR/>I hope you find a way to stay connected with Chris. Renewing your friendship as you have is, perhaps, fated. He will need the support of good friends as he goes through this new chapter in his life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147277250804866912006-05-10T17:07:00.000+01:002006-05-10T17:07:00.000+01:00By George - I guess Chris was thinking not just of...By George - I guess Chris was thinking not just of the beauty but of England's history, the stone and brick houses, the tight communities... I told him he was wrong. I am proud to admit once again that I am an Americophile and I often challenge people who try to run America down. In his heart Chris knows that the USA is a fantastic, beautiful, wealthy, varied, exciting land of opportunity but just for a moment in his life he had been surprised about aspects of English life that he had never before guessed at - like opening a secret treasure house.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147275334088899612006-05-10T16:35:00.000+01:002006-05-10T16:35:00.000+01:00Hum.. don't really understand the thick American r...Hum.. don't really understand the thick American reference. <BR/>I have to disagree with Chris. <BR/>America has some mind boggling, breathtaking, awe inspiring beauty. It's fierce, rugged wildness cannot be matched. I've never been to England, but I've been to Oklahoma. Sorry. Everyday I when I get in my car to drive to the grocery store or exercise class,I see such beauty that it nearly brings tears to my eyes. I live in Central Texas and our vistas are magnificent, cresting a hill I can see for miles until the distance indeed becomes a purple mountain magestiy-- which sadly are becoming clutterd with more habitation daily, but while they are here,I will enjoy them. <BR/>I suppose I'm one of the rare Americans who are proud of being an American. Proud to be a Texan. Proud to be from the South. Proud to be a Navy Brat, , Navy Wife, grand mom. But...I'm not a Republican!<BR/><BR/>Not a Hick or hayseed. <BR/><BR/>Ok.. soap box gone.By Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354290886936308105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147194832377189232006-05-09T18:13:00.000+01:002006-05-09T18:13:00.000+01:00How wonderful that you were able to meet up with a...How wonderful that you were able to meet up with an old friend and spend time together...it certainly sounds like you both had a grand old time!! When I read about the guide asking if he was a "thick" american, it reminded me when I was in British Columbia for Expo '86 and while standing in line at a pavillion, an american group standing in front of us asked how many times a year we had to rebuild our igloos! At first I thought they were just having a poke of fun at us but they were serious!! As for Chris' marriage, I do pray that everything works out for him.Carole Buranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497329055251626140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147193427983654622006-05-09T17:50:00.000+01:002006-05-09T17:50:00.000+01:00Yes oh sweet Alkelda, thou canst have yon spicy re...Yes oh sweet Alkelda, thou canst have yon spicy relish that the hairy beast hath forfeited through its bitter indignity. Me thinkst that thou art truly one of the bright ones too BUT NOT THAT FREAKING BRAD - NO WAY!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1147191589731107442006-05-09T17:19:00.000+01:002006-05-09T17:19:00.000+01:00Ah yes, Chris has touched upon the inferiority com...Ah yes, Chris has touched upon the inferiority complex Americans have mixed in with their superiority complex. I suspect that the English have it too. I've had English friends stay in America and make comments that I would have previously suspected only from thick Americans abroad! <BR/><BR/>I have a romantic view of England, undeterred by photos of depressed towns and the sludge of corporations squeezing in and homogenizing places. It's happened on a grand scale in my country (and it seems that's always been the goal, to homogenize places), but there are still areas of breathtaking beauty.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad your visit with Chris was splendid. He does indeed sound like one of the "bright ones." I hope that whatever finally happens with Chris's marriage, he will find joy and fulfillment.<BR/><BR/>P.S. <I>I</I> don't refresh your page just to see the numbers go up. Does that mean I can have Brad the Gorilla's Henderson's Relish?:)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.com