tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post7184492781526991501..comments2024-03-28T23:51:30.462+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: AmericanisationYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66109961944918215572019-04-16T13:05:31.180+01:002019-04-16T13:05:31.180+01:00Yes, the Chesapeake Bay. Lots of water and wildlif...Yes, the Chesapeake Bay. Lots of water and wildlife, boats of all types, especially sailboats, and large ship traffic up and down the middle as Baltimore, near the northern end, has a large port. The southern end of the Bay joins the Atlantic Ocean. Quite beautiful in many places, despite pollution, and quite treacherous, especially during storms. <br /><br />Thank you for the virtual pat. I was the fortunate one. Refugees taught me so much.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53877554685898162322019-04-16T08:53:40.799+01:002019-04-16T08:53:40.799+01:00Maybe I should change the blog name.Maybe I should change the blog name.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29593037679478497192019-04-16T07:42:07.167+01:002019-04-16T07:42:07.167+01:00They first lived in Maryland (his home) and now ar...They first lived in Maryland (his home) and now are somewhere in the South, Arizona I think. Sadly, not everything went smoothly between my cousin and other family members, and she has chosen not to stay in touch with her relations in Ludwigsburg, although we occasionally hear about her from my Uncle (her Dad, my Mum's brother).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88650270487630910492019-04-16T06:31:19.146+01:002019-04-16T06:31:19.146+01:00Yep!Yep!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52000264478426287662019-04-16T00:55:06.131+01:002019-04-16T00:55:06.131+01:00Safe cracking?Safe cracking?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71885589464787262212019-04-16T00:38:54.854+01:002019-04-16T00:38:54.854+01:00I never think to check...one of these days perhaps...I never think to check...one of these days perhaps I should...maybe...but at the moment I've got a job to do so I had better get cracking and get started!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21204846185911940422019-04-16T00:30:21.086+01:002019-04-16T00:30:21.086+01:00Calverley. I have never been there Lisa but I beli...Calverley. I have never been there Lisa but I believe it is close to the city of Leeds. What an amazing co-incidence that you also live in Canton, Georgia! I have been communicating to and fro with Mr Brague for about ten years. It would be lovely to meet him. Good luck with your move to the north west!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20379972862796469512019-04-15T21:38:27.242+01:002019-04-15T21:38:27.242+01:00Turns out that Mr. Brague and I live in the same t...Turns out that Mr. Brague and I live in the same town for a few more weeks, anyway. I plan to move to the Seattle Washington area at the beginning of June. I've never met him, but I may have seen him around town. I love your blog. Thank you for showing us around Yorkshire. My family originated in Calverley, and your blog is as close as I will ever get to seeing it.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3801141815308643592019-04-15T17:58:26.808+01:002019-04-15T17:58:26.808+01:00I must say that I never expected that memory Meike...I must say that I never expected that memory Meike. I guess your cousin lives over in America now...in which state? I wonder how much she misses Lovely Ludwigsburg. Or maybe the American guy chose to stay in Germany.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77085842310489129902019-04-15T17:46:00.754+01:002019-04-15T17:46:00.754+01:00Until the second Gulf War, my home town was full o...Until the second Gulf War, my home town was full of Americans - military people and their families, mostly. They had their own town just outside of Ludwigsburg, called Pattonville. In most larger shops around Ludwigsburg, US Dollars were accepted. You saw nearly as many American cars on the streets of Ludwigsburg as German ones, and as teenage girls, we gaped at the athletic figures and "LOOK AT ME!" outfits worn by many of the (mostly) black soldiers in their spare time. <br />Then it all ended when this particular military unit was pulled back home, and for a while, Pattonville became a bit of a ghost town. Now it is alive again, and has been renovated and built up to make room for our growing town.<br />Sometimes I feel a bout of nostalgia. The German-American co-existence wasn't always easy, but it resulted in many lifelong friendships and quite a few marriages (such as one of my cousin's). It was a different era, it really was.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63046681899670319632019-04-15T15:42:58.253+01:002019-04-15T15:42:58.253+01:00I hadn't considered your last point...and now ...I hadn't considered your last point...and now I am feeling rather upset because, as you know, I am a sensitive kind of chap. Is an ante-bellum thought a rude one? Oh and did your dad have the guns to keep his tearaway son in check?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4413931125404725682019-04-15T15:30:27.753+01:002019-04-15T15:30:27.753+01:00I feel your pain. I have been on the verge for se...I feel your pain. I have been on the verge for several months now of adopting English-style spelling (honourable, manoeuvre, theatre) and punctuation (putting periods and commas <i>outside</i> quotation marks, abandoning double apostrophes for single ones) but so far I have not been able to bring myself to do it. <br /><br />I do not own guns (although my father had three when we lived in Texas) but I do wear gingham dresses and red shoes. I'm kidding. Since I live in Georgia, if I did wear gingham dresses it would always be over hoop skirts. All the people here in Georgia think ante-bellum thoughts all the time and don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies. I thought you would want to know.<br /><br />My father's three guns were a pistol (.38 caliber), a .22 rifle, and a 12-gauge shotgun. And that's the truth. All the Texans called him Yankee in an endearing sort of way as he was from Iowa and said "yes, mom" instead of "yes, ma'am" like everyone else.<br /><br />Perhaps your dwindling British readers know something we don't.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24373178288835249722019-04-15T15:22:12.333+01:002019-04-15T15:22:12.333+01:00Largest estuary in America? Would that be Chesapea...Largest estuary in America? Would that be Chesapeake Bay? I have never been there. I guess there's a lot of water and a lot of mud. Thanks for calling by Mary and can you feel me giving you a big virtual pat on the back for giving so much of your life to refugees? Genuinely admirable.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56747638449199503012019-04-15T15:15:03.118+01:002019-04-15T15:15:03.118+01:00I have been to your blog and seen your profile pic...I have been to your blog and seen your profile picture. No you are not a robot Tasker. You are a ghost from another age.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18093761377739927492019-04-15T15:13:52.410+01:002019-04-15T15:13:52.410+01:00Jennifer - Don't forget to warm Gregg's sl...Jennifer - Don't forget to warm Gregg's slippers for him and hug him when he comes home from work.<br />Mary Moon - Thank you for confirming the accuracy of my portrait and for enhancing it. Now, scuttle off to the kitchen honeypie to bake that special meatloaf for Mr Glen.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22492444984058910042019-04-15T14:41:07.487+01:002019-04-15T14:41:07.487+01:00Well, you know, Mr. P., we don't have "La...Well, you know, Mr. P., we don't have "Ladies". That's a title only given out in your country. We don't have "Lords" either. We are all just hardscrabblin', self-confident, good-hearted individuals who all pull ourselves up by our bootstraps so often that sometimes the bootstraps just snap right in two! And of course, all of us base our wardrobes on the costumes in the Wizard of Oz. As we women get older we slowly move from the gingham dress to the more sensible aproned outfit of Aunty Em along with sensible shoes, good for walking the dusty miles to the general store or slopping the pigs. But yes, about the pies you are correct. We are ALL excellent cherry and apple pie bakers. It's in our very DNA. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22980907934952024432019-04-15T12:57:23.649+01:002019-04-15T12:57:23.649+01:00While I am from the US, I'm a bit of a US/UK m...While I am from the US, I'm a bit of a US/UK mutt having been born to a War Bride Brit and an American. Moved to UK when I was two and stayed for most of my childhood and early teens with a stint in Germany, too. I get back as often as I am able. Having grown up with plenty of UK relatives, I have absolutely no problem with translations of things such as boot or pavement. Still use plenty of them myself--though asking someone 'when they want to be knocked up' can get you into trouble here. Though I did live in TX one year (not a fave place as there were too many tornadoes that year), not to mention several other US states, I do not wear cowboy boots, red gingham dresses and don't own a gun. Retired now from decades of refugee work--sadly being undone by the orange idiot in the WH, I live just half a mile from the western shores of the largest estuary in the US. I'll let you figure that one out. Enjoy reading your blog.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34798423788159202732019-04-15T11:59:08.391+01:002019-04-15T11:59:08.391+01:00Oh my gosh! I always wear gingham dresses and red ...Oh my gosh! I always wear gingham dresses and red shoes! How did you know? Now I'm off to take the apple pie out of the oven. Hee haw, y'all. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85827068223445704382019-04-15T11:30:01.222+01:002019-04-15T11:30:01.222+01:00I had one of the captcha login tests to prove I...I had one of the captcha login tests to prove I'm not a robot. It said to click on all the pictures containing crosswalks. Didn't know what they meant. Failed. I'm either a robot or not American. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16136163949171204582019-04-15T10:14:10.813+01:002019-04-15T10:14:10.813+01:00Lady Americans wear gingham dresses and red shoes....Lady Americans wear gingham dresses and red shoes. They are good at baking apple or cherry pies and say things like "Gee!" and "Oh my gosh!" I am sure that Mary Moon, Jennifer or Bonnie will confirm these facts Kylie.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10934222687745130182019-04-15T09:41:34.682+01:002019-04-15T09:41:34.682+01:00I wonder if Jennifer wears cowboy boots and a Stet...I wonder if Jennifer wears cowboy boots and a Stetson! kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733888108530605722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58900561081922468002019-04-15T08:21:37.841+01:002019-04-15T08:21:37.841+01:00I sense that too. America's old confidence an...I sense that too. America's old confidence and certainty have been rocked.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69063953649768050882019-04-15T08:19:30.629+01:002019-04-15T08:19:30.629+01:00I have forgotten where exactly your American daugh...I have forgotten where exactly your American daughter lives. Is it Red Hook? Red Bluff? Red Bay? Or maybe Red Lick, Texas?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20926743860133200702019-04-15T08:13:50.244+01:002019-04-15T08:13:50.244+01:00You have gone a step too far with your last remark...You have gone a step too far with your last remark Jenny!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68643871427075393712019-04-15T04:27:23.886+01:002019-04-15T04:27:23.886+01:00There has been so much negative here in the US par...There has been so much negative here in the US particularly since the last presidential election. Add that to the increase in the number of mass shootings and the divide you mentioned between the rich and the poor not to mention many other current issues and you have a country full of many worried people. I wonder if possibly some Americans are subconsciously turning to UK blogs in a search for much of what we have lost. Don't get me wrong, I am proud to be an American and I know most of the people in this country are truly good people. I just think many of us are seeing some disturbing changes these days. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.com