THE BRITISH THREAD II

@Steve 41oo,

Gordon Brown's speech .... well, yes, quite inspirational.There's a glimmer of hope for Labour ...

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@Walter Hinteler,

well I did know that because I did check my emails and I think the miaico to be a wonderful little machine, complete with on board lavatory/glove box by the look of it.

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@Steve 41oo,

Little machine? A monster of a motor! (Unfortunately this photo was taken at the rare times, when the water started boiling ... up hill the Sauerland, you know)

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@Walter Hinteler,

its a fact that liquids boil at lower temperatures proportional to altitude/pressure. .

This Boils Law. (Robert Boyle)

and the volume of a gas decreases proportional to the pressure. except if its a vapour. inwhich case

it doesnt.

Poor little motor car. You made it carry you up the hill. It must have been really really tired and hot.

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@Steve 41oo,

Additonally: we went up a 20% steep hill in a village (it was marked on the map) .... besides perhaps three more cars (all of course with larger engines, all thought that there should be a check-point, it wasn't).
Even my mother could have overtaken our car ... (okay, using her walking-aid)

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@Walter Hinteler,

you heard about the motorist who said to the judge he was trying to go up a 100% hill?

he was fined for driving into a brick wall.

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@Steve 41oo,

Where's Spendi then a? mmmmmmmm.....

Hey Stevie... hugs to you and Mrs. S x

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@Izzie,

Dunno izz maybe he's in foreign parts...maybe Lancashire or somewhere

to you megahugs in return.

fond memories of Devon and rushing water!

are the steep hills still there? or have they washed away? Ros says look up Arley Hall in Cheshire for gardens...we were there for a wedding last week.

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Zion National Park today. Fantastic. Weather hot too. Top spot.

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@McTag,

Well, we hope to go there one day as well in the not to far future. (Now of to Holland ['Zuid-Holland'], watching wooden shoes and windmills ....)

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@Walter Hinteler,

Not too many posts on the poor old British Thread. Shame.
Hope Holland did not clog the old arteries too much, Walter.

I'm in the Best Western in Tonopah, Nevada tonite where they have thoughtfully provided a computer for guests.
Had an interesting and hot drive here today across the Utah and Nevada deserts.
Heading for California tomorrow. Millions of photos being taken, hopefully some good.

Lang may yer lums reek.

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@McTag,

If you wanted to extend your stay, try wearing a turban and photographing the Tonopah test range.

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@Steve 41oo,

Hah! How do you know about that? We drove past that yesterday, previously unknown to me. The missile bunkers (Greenham Common model) are easily to be seen from the road, and there is an airfield. Well, natch.
Amusingly, all the way across these high desert plains, every time we saw a sign it was shot through with bullet holes.

And we saw a dead cow.

Right, where's my deluxe continental breakfast?

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@McTag,

McTag wrote:

And we saw a dead cow.

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@Steve 41oo,

I've have intimate relations with a few of them. In my younger days of course. I'm reformed now.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

I've have intimate relations with a few of them. In my younger days of course. I'm reformed now.

where you bin?

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@Steve 41oo,

Hey Stevie

(he's back.... yay!)

(that was genuine Spendi!!!!! Brit thread just 'aint the same without you on it!!!)

hey to Mrs. Stevie x Very Happy

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@Izzie,

The credit crunch threads is where I've been. They are hilarious.

I'm sorry for neglecting this thread.

That was never a penalty.

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@spendius,

Good to see you back Spendi. Very Happy

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