THE BRITISH THREAD II

Very willing to be paid to travel. I have extracted some money from my business from drumming up Arab students at least. I need someone with a good camera, a movie one of course as well, but stills for the book of the film. Anyone??

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Walter is the man for still photos. Good luck with your enterprise Clary.

Have you converted to Islam btw?

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http://www.thehijabshop.com/?ref=googleL&gclid=CPvM9YPJsZACFQGKMAodOEIjGw has quite a nice range of sporty hijabs, but somehow, the actual religion is completely incompatible with my rational agnostic/atheist upbringing and general approach... so NO. Mind you, I do fancy men in dishdashas.

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That's a low key Siren call Steve.

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However, in the United Arab Emirates, the word kandura is more common. In the Levant, dishdasha is the most common word for the garment.

Hi Clary-- how's it going?

I was down that way myself once.

Why don't you let the kandura wearers know about your predeliction?

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Clary wrote:

the actual religion is completely incompatible with my rational agnostic/atheist upbringing and general approach... so NO.

thank god for that, I was a worried for a moment.

You know that big black box thing in mecca? Whats in it?

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That'll be the national Bingo computer that draws out the winning millionaire each week.

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McTag wrote:

Hey where's Smorgs?

She'll be along as soon as she's parked her car. Very Happy

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I watched for about a minute it was too painful after that

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However, in the United Arab Emirates, the word kandura is more common. In the Levant, dishdasha is the most common word for the garment.

Well my knowledge of the garments is based on Oman, and what was written about them in the Museum in Muscat, when they were called dishdashahs, for both men and women. I have never heard of kandura, but then I do not mix with Emirati, they are too grand, all the people I know are poorer Arabs like Lebanese and Jordanians, or Indians and Pakistanis.

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

Most Americans try that in vain .... extending over life time.

We don't speak English. We speak 'merican

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And with forked tongue.

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Not too many Brits around. Is Smorgie sick? She said she was coming down with the dreaded lurgy.

(that dates me, doesn't it?)

I'm getting a sore throat myself, this morning. Must dose with whisky when the sun is over the yardarm.

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There's a lot of it going about at the moment, just in time for christmas!

I made the mistake of wearing woollen boxers whilst doing my christmas shopping yesterday. By midday, my little weasel was suffering from heatstroke. Bloody indoor Malls with their warm air turned up full. The temperature of these places are definitely geared to women's metabolisms, or lack of, I should say.

Quote from Al Murray, the pub landlord - "What does a woman really want? The central heating turned up, of course!

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I don't understand a fairly large fraction of the references and terms used here -- yet another demonstration of how different we really are. However you are a congenial lot, and I wish you all a most happy Christmas.

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Where is everyone? It's as dead as a monkey conservation rally in Hartlepool.

Mind you, I have a slight sniffle starting up. I'm afraid it could be man-flu.

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georgeob1 wrote:

I don't understand a fairly large fraction of the references and terms used here -- yet another demonstration of how different we really are. However you are a congenial lot, and I wish you all a most happy Christmas.

Cheers mate, here's mud in your eye.
Don't worry, we don't understand it either.
A merry and contented Christmas to you too.

We think we understand a lot of what makes Americans tick, although there are some things still which I find surprising. Still, from early days we can read American comics, see TV programmes which were made there, Hollywood output over the decades, imbibe popular music/culture, read Fenimore Cooper, Damon Runyon, Gore Vidal, P J O'Rourke, Carl Hiaasen, Hunter S Thompson.
I still remember the days with pleasure when my father would bring in copies of magazines like Look, Life, or Picture Post. American culture dominated the grey days in Britain in the 1950s, when food rationing and clothes rationing were still in force.

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Doowop wrote:

There's a lot of it going about at the moment, just in time for christmas!

I made the mistake of wearing woollen boxers whilst doing my christmas shopping yesterday. By midday, my little weasel was suffering from heatstroke. Bloody indoor Malls with their warm air turned up full. The temperature of these places are definitely geared to women's metabolisms, or lack of, I should say.

Quote from Al Murray, the pub landlord - "What does a woman really want? The central heating turned up, of course!

That reminds me of a joke from The Royle Family:

Dad says, "I'm going to the pub. Get your coat on."

Mum, brightening, says, "Oh, are you taking me with you?"

-"No, I'm turning the heating off".

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I had a subscription with Time and Blue Note when I was at school.

Merry christmas, George!

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Will be a different view of the Tay, McTag, in the future ...

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Morning, Walt.

Nice view, wrong river.

I hear the suspension bridge, built in the 1960s, has problems both with the main cables (due to corrosion) and the cable anchorages.

Expensive.

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thanks George happy Xmas reciprocated.

(I'll feel better when I'm over this sickness/shivers/stomach cramps)

right now I dont feel very xmassy. I feel like death warmed up. Back to bed with hot water bottle now.

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