Weronika and Tamara wrote:
In the US I get in lots of conversations I'm completely lost in...
Tamara, does this ever go away?
No, not really. After 31 yrs here, I still fail every trivia test there
is, even the ones designed for my generation. But it doesn't bother me;
I can't be expected to
Lynn Scott wrote: ... Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride
the
following recipe for washing clothes.
Now this recipe makes perfect sense, unlike the bed advice! G I mean, we
still sort the washing in a similar way, and how practical to use the water
for the flower beds. And I
Hi Spiders,
This reminds me of a couple of weeks ago when I was in General
Trader (a super-duper kitchen shop) buying a new sauce pot. An elderly
gentleman came in asking for a larding needle. I wonder how many remember
those? The *young things* behind the counter had no idea what he
Ruth Budge wrote:
I come from England, have
lived in Australia most of my life - and after all, both countries are
supposed
to speak the same language! However, after all these years, I still find
that
the occasional Australian phrase comes up which I don't understand, I
still use
expressions
On May 28, 2004, at 0:52, Margot Walker wrote:
And the arrangement of dates? Don't even get me started...Where's the
logic of having month, day, year sequence???
Only the U.S. does that, the rest of us do day, month, year.
I have a strong suspicion -- Weronika? -- that Poland is now aping the
Ruth,
I know exactly what you mean - except I haven't been back to Oz since
1996 - and when I was back then, it took all of an hour for the accent
to return, much to DH's amusement. I've been her almost 14 years now,
and there are days when I think I'm speaking the same language as
everyone
Except some international protocols which do year month day. The
library I worked in, in Australia used this date protocol, and we
submitted data to an OECD database, and had to use that format, so
everthing was done in that order. After 6 1/2 years of it, I got into
the habit, until I came here
Wonder if bathbrick is a section of pumice, like the one I use on my
heels in the bath. Steel then wasn't stainless steel, and it would
rust. Have one of my grandmother's knives to prove it... If not
pumice, perhaps a block of polishing rouge?
--
I was at a meeting recently where the person was talking about the
Charles Bridge in Prague. He mentioned that there is a plaque on the
bridge giving details of when it was built and by whom. He said that
the foundation stone was laid on 9 July 1357 at 5.31 a.m. so that when
the numbers are all
