Questions for our British friends - Page 574

**trailmaster** · May 22nd, 2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

I'm already part way there, I'm pretty well crippled with arthritis already...

CDs ? Compact discs or Cross dressers ?

CD stands for Certificate of Deposit!

**trailmaster** · May 22nd, 2019, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Arturo2nd

Well done

but you are still a creaky old septuagenarian like me.

Not yet. I'm only 68.

**old alal** · May 24th, 2019, 05:39 PM

Just not the septuagenarian then

**BCFC_1982** · May 24th, 2019, 06:22 PM

Old Man, Father, Dad, Daddy.

**HugoHackenbush** · July 15th, 2019, 07:25 PM

Lady Hackenbush and I are going to be traveling this summer to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. On the way back we will be spending a few days in London. We have tentatively planned day trips to Windsor and Canterbury.

Now outside of the obvious sites in each fair town (the castle in Windsor and the cathedral in Canterbury) any suggestions for interesting sites or things to do in each place? Remember these are days trips, so great night life is probably not in the cards.
Cheers!

HH

**vinceprince** · July 16th, 2019, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by HugoHackenbush

Lady Hackenbush and I are going to be traveling this summer to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. On the way back we will be spending a few days in London. We have tentatively planned day trips to Windsor and Canterbury.

Now outside of the obvious sites in each fair town (the castle in Windsor and the cathedral in Canterbury) any suggestions for interesting sites or things to do in each place? Remember these are days trips, so great night life is probably not in the cards.
Cheers!

HH

There's nothing much else in Windsor apart from the castle. If you want to see more obnoxious privilege you could visit Eton School though all the toffee-nosed pricks will be on holiday now.

There's not much else in Canterbury apart from the Cathedral and Canterbury Tales Attraction, though if you like nice castles and gardens Leeds Castle is only a few miles away. So is Dover Castle which is much more historically significant.

**Sir Honkers** · July 16th, 2019, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HugoHackenbush

Lady Hackenbush and I are going to be traveling this summer to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. On the way back we will be spending a few days in London. We have tentatively planned day trips to Windsor and Canterbury.
Cheers!

HH

I don't believe a word of that Hugo. I never met an Englishman who travelled further from home than he could throw a kipper out of his upstairs window.

**haroldeye** · July 16th, 2019, 01:28 PM

I'm now in my 60's and I can remember people who had not travelled more than 30m from their home.

Kipper throwing went out of fashion many years ago, shame really as it was a good sport and kept the oiks like me in oily fish suppers.

**Dr Pepper** · July 16th, 2019, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

I'm now in my 60's and I can remember people who had not travelled more than 30m from their home.

Kipper throwing went out of fashion many years ago, shame really as it was a good sport and kept the oiks like me in oily fish suppers.

....so THAT's where all the north sea oil came from......!?

**seany65** · July 17th, 2019, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by loosegoose

I don't believe a word of that Hugo. I never met an Englishman who travelled further from home than he could throw a kipper out of his upstairs window.

Huh? So the Aussies are NOT descended from British criminals and the Yanks are not descended from British "mentals"?

Well, you learn something new every day.

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