Recent content by ChipperT

Methinks I read a large measure of sour grapes and long-seated resentment in your response. Someday perhaps you will find a reason to feel rightful pride and admiration in the selfless actions of your fellow citizens. I will belabor this point no further. Additional moaning and groaning on...

Being proud of your fellow citizens is certainly not bragging. Bragging is "excessive or unwarranted pride in an accomplishment, feature or act" and the pride I feel for these unselfish actions of my fellow citizens is certainly not excessive nor unwarranted.

I must say that today I am extremely proud of my fellow Americans. It does not matter where or what the need, it seems America is there first, with the most and without expectations. Hardly had the dust settled from the tragic 8.9 earthquake before we were steaming to Japan's aid. My...

I know what you mean. I found the same problem in Dallas when I was last there. :)

Nope, the neighborhood is still banned.

For my fellow Americans who may have been confused at some terms in my last post: chipper = a place that mainly sells fish and chips. Usually they are sold rolled up in a greasy newspaper cone or brown paper cone. How healthy is that??? take-away = take-out restaurant. Not like McDonalds...

I haven't been to London since 2006 but there are some really good restaurants there. Those are mostly the up-scale "International cuisine" type. From my experience the chippers and local restaurants and take-aways still have the same bland, greasy and overcooked food that has been traditional...

In all my travels in Europe the worst food (generally) I came across was in Northern Ireland (UK). Everything was overcooked, underseasoned and generally unhealthy. What kind of a meal would deep fried chips smothered in baked beans be? Of course, then there is haggis in Scotland...

Great idea!

Ah, the quarry rises yet again. Isn't fishing the most marvelous sport?

If you would like a difficult language to learn, try Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic). Spoken words rarely resemble the written version. Spellings can totally change depending on the word before and/or the word after.

Sometimes it is difficult for an American to understand British (and many times Canadian) spelling of certain words that seem to be pronounced the same as we do: Centre (why is that not prounounced "cen-tree"?), behaviour, checque all come to mind.

Besides, if he were to cease and desist, I would have no one to bait, and I am becoming a master at that activity.

I know what he means. It seems that the more well known and advertised the charity, the higher the percentage of donations that is spent on those ads, etc to attract yet more donations. At some point marketing and management becomes more important that the end purpose of the charity. CEO and...

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