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Eutychus
From the edge
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First Birmingham, now central Paris (sorry, it was either here or Hell).
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“in just a ten-minute cab ride from the Eiffel Tower, you can be walking through streets that feel just like Baghdad.”
another link
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Adeodatus
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
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“in just a ten-minute cab ride from the Eiffel Tower, you can be walking through streets that feel just like Baghdad.”
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But only if it's a really fast cab, and you told the driver "Baghdad, please."
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Penny S
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When you get onto the M4 after arriving from the ferry at Fishguard, the Chiswick roundabout is on the second slip road.
(Genuine America misreading of instructions from Heathrow despite correction by Brit in car.)
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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Everything in Canada is "near Toronto". Canadians enjoy saying "about", "roof" and "out" for your listening pleasure, eh.
It is indeed tremendously cold and we all live in igloos. The electric plug sticking out the front of cars are because gasoline freezes, thus we are forced to have electric cars.
Make sure you call Canadians you meet "hoser". They like that.
Side note:
All Australians who come to Canada work in ski areas as lift operators and ski instructors. They have to come to Canada to learn about snow and how to ski, and obviously learn very quickly once they're here.
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Originally posted by Spike:
Also, while in Oxford, you'll be interested to know that the activity of riding punts on the river is known as "cottaging". If you'd like to take part, simply find a policeman or university professor and ask them to take you to the nearest location where you can can indulge in some cottaging.
There is cottage country just north of where I live. Most of us who own cabins (which is the western Canadian term for a cottage or camp) are members of Cottaging Associations. I know I am. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Albertus
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You do get misconceptions even within a country. When the British Sociological Association held its conference at Aberystwyth in c 1980, some of the delegates- and remember that these were (i) British and (ii) people who might be expected to have some informed understanding of British society- asked the organisers if it might be possible to lay on a trip to the local mining districts. Of course there were deep pits in Wales then, but the nearest of them was 60-odd miles* from Aberystwyth. Still, no matter, it was Wales, so of course the country was going to be thickly populated with jolly singing sociologically interesting miners, wasn't it?
*I do realise that in Northern Territory or Montana this is the kind of distance you'd drive to pick up your daily paper. But it's quite a long way in Wales.
BTW Some fans of Fulham FC, who play at Craven Cottage, used to display car stickers which said 'Follow me to the Cottage'. I expect they met some very interesting people...
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Either coal mines or sheep farms.
If going to Wales you'll need a phrasebook, as nobody speaks English outside Cardiff. Also, it's quite a small country so you can get from south to north Wales quite quickly. The same is true of travelling around the rest of Britain, which is, after all, only a small island.
You'll also need an umbrella as there is never a day without rain in Wales, or Scotland.
The weather changes once you cross Hadrian's Wall and enter a land of myth, and a time of magic. It is a place where anything could happen (but probably won't). As you head south, beware of the Brontes, who have lured many an unwary traveller to their lakeside home. Be careful in the Black Country, where the trees and flowers are dark as night and no birds sing. And of course, shun the frumious Birmingham...
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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In Yorkshire it is mandatory for all men to wear flat caps. If you lose yours a new fresh one will can be found in the nearest cattle field.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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..,whose sparkling domes and minarets are visible for miles.
Apparently the stage directions for Donizetti's Emilia de Liverpool describe the setting as 'a beautiful city a few leagues from London'.
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Albertus
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Originally posted by Ariel:
...If going to Wales you'll need a phrasebook, as nobody speaks English outside Cardiff...
No, no. Everybody speaks English but as soon as you enter the room they will switch to Welsh to exclude you. Even in Abergavenny.
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
First Birmingham, now central Paris (sorry, it was either here or Hell).
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“in just a ten-minute cab ride from the Eiffel Tower, you can be walking through streets that feel just like Baghdad.”
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They also got British PM in waiting, Nigel Farage, to comment on this. There are no go areas controlled by Muslims throughput France apparently.
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orfeo
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Side note:
All Australians who come to Canada work in ski areas as lift operators and ski instructors. They have to come to Canada to learn about snow and how to ski, and obviously learn very quickly once they're here.
In all seriousness, quite a few young Australians are keen to go to Canada precisely so they can have that kind of working holiday.
But not all. I met one working in a coffee shop in Vancouver instead.
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orfeo
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
(sorry, it was either here or Hell).
Why not both?
Frankly, I'm hurt by your policy. Next thing you know you'll be telling me that Hell is a no-go zone where 'normal' Shipmates dare not tread.
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Wow. Look out my window to my back garden.
Kangaroos jump constantly.
Koalas climb the trees, every tree.
Kookaburras laugh all the time.
Aboriginal dancers tell the stories of the Dreamtime, whilst surf lifesavers rest before running round to the beach in my front garden.
As a recognised Couch- surfer and Workaway/ Helpx host, I meet these expectations with most OS visitors to Australia.
They are shocked that THEIR expectations are not met in every household and garden. (Are you sure you don't have any bronzed lifesavers in your house, stashed away in a cupboard, or something?)
I giggle.
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Kelly Alves
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I have a wonderful photo and wonderful footage of red kangaroos at the San Francisco Zoo. The photo and the footage have the exact same activity level.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by orfeo:
Next thing you know you'll be telling me that Hell is a no-go zone where 'normal' Shipmates dare not tread.
Haven't seen any down there yet...
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Athrawes
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I have a wonderful photo and wonderful footage of red kangaroos at the San Francisco Zoo. The photo and the footage have the exact same activity level.
That's because they're smart. People come and feed them, so if they lie around in the shade it is easier for the food carriers to find them. They don't need to do anything except look beautiful, exotic and smug! The ones around here have to do a lot more work to get fed (although the wallabies in the Bunya Mountains have learnt to recognise tourists, and lie down looking relaxed whenever one comes into view.)
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Galloping Granny
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I'm reminded of a sandwich stall in Switzerland where an English tourist was looking forward to the chicken sandwich she'd ordered. It was no use telling her that 'schinken' was ham – no, no: it says 'chicken'.
If you're invited to a gathering in New Zealand where food will be consumed, you may be asked to 'bring a plate'. You may be surprised when you get there to find that everyone else arrived with food on their plate. And if the invitation had mentioned 'Men, a bottle' – yes, you've guessed it.
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Albertus
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What- 'got no loo so make your own arrangements for peeing'?
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by orfeo:
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
(sorry, it was either here or Hell).
Why not both?
Frankly, I'm hurt by your policy. Next thing you know you'll be telling me that Hell is a no-go zone where 'normal' Shipmates dare not tread.
Fox News travel advice for Hell: Everyone has a target painted on their backsides, and as soon as you pass the border into Hell, you will have one too. Be aware that it's not the same as The Good Olde Days™, but then, we thought it was part of a Christian web site. There are rusty farm implements scattered everywhere.
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L'organist
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It is possible to get from central London to Manchester and Liverpool on the Underground - using the Northern Line, of course.
[I once met a bemused tourist at Camden Town who was asking when the next tube to Liverpool left - he'd been told to go to Euston to go north so went to Euston and got onto the Northern Line.]
In Wales everyone responds well if greeted with yachi da and particularly appreciate being hailed 'hey, Taffy'.
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Pigwidgeon
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If traveling in Austria, you might have to explain to the locals what Wiener Schnitzel so they don't try to foist a piece of breaded and deep fried veal on you. Don't fall for that trick -- it's their way of making tourists look gullible.
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St. Gwladys
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quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
No, no. Everybody speaks English but as soon as you enter the room they will switch to Welsh to exclude you. Even in Abergavenny.
[tangent]In Abergavenny, you're more likely to hear broad Hereford![/tangent]
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Rowen:
Wow. Look out my window to my back garden.
Kangaroos jump constantly.
Koalas climb the trees, every tree.
Kookaburras laugh all the time.
Aboriginal dancers tell the stories of the Dreamtime, whilst surf lifesavers rest before running round to the beach in my front garden.
As a recognised Couch- surfer and Workaway/ Helpx host, I meet these expectations with most OS visitors to Australia.
They are shocked that THEIR expectations are not met in every household and garden. (Are you sure you don't have any bronzed lifesavers in your house, stashed away in a cupboard, or something?)
I giggle.
You mean Neighbours and Crocodile Dundee aren't documentaries about every day life down under? (Where women um ... And men chunder?)
Tubbs
PS. Sorry!
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quote:
Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
No, no. Everybody speaks English but as soon as you enter the room they will switch to Welsh to exclude you. Even in Abergavenny.
[tangent]In Abergavenny, you're more likely to hear broad Hereford![/tangent]
I thought it was just me who couldn't understand anyone in Abergavenny... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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no prophet's flag is set so...
Proceed to see sea
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quote:
Originally posted by Galloping Granny:
I'm reminded of a sandwich stall in Switzerland where an English tourist was looking forward to the chicken sandwich she'd ordered. It was no use telling her that 'schinken' was ham – no, no: it says 'chicken'.
If you're invited to a gathering in New Zealand where food will be consumed, you may be asked to 'bring a plate'. You may be surprised when you get there to find that everyone else arrived with food on their plate. And if the invitation had mentioned 'Men, a bottle' – yes, you've guessed it.
GG
This reminds me of being in Québec (city) and hearing an anglo complain about being brought pineapple - ananas - which she thought was banana.
Tea is always hot here, unless it is said to be ice tea, in which case it means sugar water made from powder, like koolaid. On the other hand, hockey is always played on ice.
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... It is indeed tremendously cold and we all live in igloos ...
You may jest. A friend of ours who comes from Windsor, Ontario, worked as a border official in the summer holidays when she was a student, and she tells of people crossing the border, in July, when the temperature was in the 30s C., and asking where the snow was. She would point northwards and tell them that if they drove for about a week in that direction, they might find some snow ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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When driving in New York City it is not lawful to yield to emergency vehicles with flashing lights and blaring sirens. Indeed, it is considered great sport to race them.
Also, there is a ten second grace period between the time a traffic light turns red and the time when you actually have to stop.
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Brenda Clough
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An allied law, of traffic lights in the US: Green means go. Red means stop. The intervening yellow light is a signal to step on it and go faster.
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Leorning Cniht
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
An allied law, of traffic lights in the US: Green means go. Red means stop. The intervening yellow light is a signal to step on it and go faster.
That one's pretty universal.
When visiting the UK, it is appropriate to show respect to police officers. The accepted way of doing this is to place the heels together, bend the knees outward in a demi-plié, and greet him or her with a hearty "'Allo 'allo 'allo".
If you don't recognize the insignia on the officer's tunic, it is in order to follow up your greeting with the question "What's all this, then?"
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Albertus
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On traffic lights, one saying which is perhaps more accurate than misleading is that in Turin, a red light is a command; in Rome, it's a suggestion; in Naples, it's a challnge.
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Rev per Minute
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Originally posted by Albertus:
On traffic lights, one saying which is perhaps more accurate than misleading is that in Turin, a red light is a command; in Rome, it's a suggestion; in Naples, it's a challnge.
and a pedestrian crossing is an opportunity for prayer, being a good Catholic country!
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Bill Bryson suggests that if a pedestrian wants to cross a street in Rome, he/she should find a group of nuns and stick to them like a wet t-shirt. NO ONE would dare hit a nun, but anyone else is taking their chances in the Roman traffic. (I actually took his advice.)
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Gill H
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Mind is now boggling at the thought of the words 'nuns' and 'wet t-shirt' in the same sentence...
I had a teacher who had been a passionate 1960s radical, who told me if I ever went on a protest march, walk between the nuns and the kids' groups. There's never any trouble.
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Anselmina
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Originally posted by SvitlanaV2:
Going back to the OP, one thing I'd like to counter is the idea promoted by some that in Birmingham UK there are 'no-go areas' for non-Muslims (otherwise described as 'white people').
It's true that certain inner city districts and suburbs of Birmingham have a relatively high population of Muslims. But these areas all have churches that local Christians (and others) can attend if they want to! Even inner city Birmingham still houses some white (and other) non-Muslims, and of course, some of the residents are now white, non-Muslim East Europeans.
I think it's more the case that some (working class) white British people feel uncomfortable living on or visiting a street where people from their cultural background are in the minority. But that doesn't mean that Muslims have somehow banned them from being there!
Two of the happiest years of my life were spent in Birmingham, where our theological college was located on the borderlands between the wealthy surburbia of Edgbaston, the Balti Belt of the Bristol Road and our nearest town-centre, Harborne.
We did some of our placements in Lozelles a mixed Black-Christian/Muslim area, where within the space of a few streets we could experience the 'typical' Black Pentecostalist church, a mosque and a gurdwara; did school visits to Church of England schools with 95% Muslim children attenders, whose parents largely supported the broad-based CofE ethos which prevailed. And in one of my own parish placements - inner-city Brum - our next door neighbour was the Saddam Hussein Mosque - doubtless re-named since then!
I LOVED Birmingham.
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On Los Angeles freeways, the "diamond lanes*" are reserved for persons wealthy enough to employ a chauffeur to drive them.
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* Actually the diamonds mark the carpool lanes, reserved for vehicles with two or more occupants.
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Originally posted by Gill H:
Mind is now boggling at the thought of the words 'nuns' and 'wet t-shirt' in the same sentence...
If that's the way your cookie crumbles, I'm sure a search of the web with all the safeguards switched off will find someone happy to cater for your tastes. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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Lord Jestocost
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Be sure to check the currency regulations so that you do not try to carry more than the maximum permitted amount of Scottish pounds into England, or vice versa. Banks in any border town will offer competitive rates of exchange.
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BroJames
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quote:
Originally posted by Lord Jestocost:
Be sure to check the currency regulations so that you do not try to carry more than the maximum permitted amount of Scottish pounds into England, or vice versa. Banks in any border town will offer competitive rates of exchange.
But you should be aware that attempting to trade Scottish currency in England is illegal and an arrestable offence. However this law is widely flouted, and a discreet word with a shopkeeper, restaurateur etc. in the border regions of England (Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham) should allow you to benefit from the more favourable unofficial rate of exchange.
In Scotland, where a different legal system applies, provided your English notes are demonstrably genuine, you will find almost any local happy to give you £1 Scots for as little as £1.10 or even £1.05 English.
The discrepancy is due to the economic impact of North Sea oil.
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Eirenist
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It is illegal to tip taxi-drivers in London
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BroJames
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Originally posted by Eirenist:
It is illegal to tip taxi-drivers in London
Snap!
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I was wondering if someone was going to notice that.
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Eirenist
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'I was wondering if anyone was going to notice that.' (Capt. Mainwaring)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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When traveling from Mexico to the United States, one can avoid long lines and delays at border checkpoints by chartering a rowboat to take one across the Rio Grande.
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Tubbs
Miss Congeniality
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quote:
Originally posted by Anselmina:
... our next door neighbour was the Saddam Hussein Mosque - doubtless re-named since then!
I LOVED Birmingham. [/QB]
Renamed the Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre in 2003. [Sorry, slow work day!]
I used to have to go there every few months to do training in an old job. I loved it too!
Tubbs
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Matt Black
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In the town of Poole in Dorset, it is compulsory for every property to have its own swimming pool, no matter how small.
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St. Gwladys
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When crossing from Wales to England, or ngland to Wales, it is necessary to stop at the border control to show your passport.
(A few years ago, our church had a delightful, but rather naive, Peruvian layworker. We took her to Hereford via Pontrilas, where there is a bridge over the river and large signs saying Welcome to England. We managed to persuade her that she would need her passport.)
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L'organist
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# 17338
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The people of Wales guard their culture jealously and take precautions to avoid being 'swamped' by foreigners - so a charge is levied to drive over the border.
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Posts: 4950 | From: somewhere in England... | Registered: Sep 2012
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Baptist Trainfan
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And so it is: £6.40 per car travelling across the Severn Bridge.
I note that one isn't charged for leaving Wales ...
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L'organist
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# 17338
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WRONG!
It went up again on 1st January and is now £6.50 - roughly $9.80.
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Piglet
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It doesn't work like the Skye bridge when it was first built does it? If you were crossing the bridge with livestock, the fee wasn't charged.
So they got this sheep ... ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Once they'd paid for the bridge, they took the toll off, and presumably the sheep was made redundant*.
* or made into a casserole. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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