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In the early 00s, a Hong Kong friend went to Johannesburg for work. She's a big foodie - she and I once went to Penang for a week just to eat...
I think a lot of this is because Barcelona is a tourist destination, and the touristy areas - with bewildered, newly-arrived, distracted and naive...
I've been to quite a few big cities, but the only places in big cities that I've ever felt unsafe were parts of LA and parts of Manila. I suppose...
I'm not sure about divergence increasing. It did, certainly, for a while, but I think now there's more of a convergence. We all watch the same...
I can think of one member here who is already his own language group.
It tends to then confuse everything else, and makes more of a mess than it solves. Oooh, that would be very annoying.
It could be worse: you could be like me, writing in a language that your browser seems to think has been superseded by another...
Oh dear. He really walked into that one.
That sounds like ... a skill. It is illegal to put lives at risk in a chase, but people very rarely drive off if they're pulled over.
That is quite weird. What happens if you live in a place with toll roads? Do you just not get charged because the plate recognition won't work?
I've seen footage of some fairly enthusiastic traffic enforcement in the US. Just not with white drivers.... The US is far from alone in that,...
In Australia you have to have a separate plate affixed to a bike rack or anything like that. [ATTACH]
My (Scottish) dad always said you should wear your sporran on the inside of your kilt. Because "That way, if you get pickpocketed, at least...
Yes, much of the English-speaking world finds "fanny pack" hilarious. A cargo sporran, though.... that's an excellent term.
Whenever I am reminded of that conversation, I feel a surge of British patriotism.
Is "plums" not used as slang in America in the same way as Britain and Australia? Adhesive stickers on my plums would be infuriating. And painful.
For NYT and Financial Times reports, among others, I find my cat-like reactions do the job. The article appears for a second or so before it's...
That's called an Optima here. I don't think they sell it here any more. Anyway, yes. My last couple of Hertz cars were OK. But I got a Model...
For both of us. That said, the place I've moved to is a joy for food. I'm on a quiet cul-de-sac, but within five minutes' walk I have a huge...
I'm moving house at the moment. My sister called me the other day, at 6pm my time. I was eating when I picked up the phone. "What are you...
