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Richard Humphrey.The little blurb at CricInfo doesn’t mention how he died: they found him floating face-down in the Thames. He had been robbed of his pocket-watch. At least that’s what my aunt said.
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Actually, I feel I have asked you that before.
Sorry for being repititive.
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan]
We don’t pay to watch men’s backsides
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Speak for yourself!
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan]
We don’t pay to watch men’s backsides 
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But you do pay to watch a bunch of men put their arms around each other for no reason? :eek:
[QUOTE=chowder]
I should have said that as far as employment is concerned you’d have no problems at all getting a job in a pub/restaurant/bar.
Minimum wage is about £5.40 or near enough to $10 per hour…tips on top of that.
The locals go nuts for an American accent, believe me it’s true
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I hope I would make more than that! You LIKE my accent? How…odd.
I’d love to come on holiday to UK; there is a small trifle called funds. The exchange rate is not favorable for me at present (it never has been in all the times I’ve been to Europe).
I could be a nurse over there, I suppose, but your nursing licensure is even more confusing than USA’s–and that’s saying something. I could work in a library, as soon as I get my degree here, but have a feeling that doesn’t pay much, either.
Can I just be a mooch? I’m fairly good at that. You’re rolling in dosh and I’m only quasi-married…I’m also getting on a bit. I’ll be 45 in a week. Are you still reading this? 
If you let me be a mooch, I’ll have you over for a visit and you can watch my 9 year old play football (soccer) and my daughter play field hockey(best if you google that-too long to explain). I like amateur sports better.
Yep I’m still reading.
I do like American accents but not those from the South cuz it’s sorta lazy drawn out drawl and it grates on me.
What is a “mooch” in american terminology? in Britspeak it’s a person who does nothing but just slopes around doing sod all apart from sleeping, eating and drinking and generally just “mooching” about.
I can cope with that I guess.
45 years old…well I guess I could be your sugar daddy 
cuz I got 20 years on you my lovely.
On the good side I’m witty, charming, charismatic, intelligent and modest to the nth.
Are you still reading this?
[QUOTE=chowder]
in Britspeak it’s a person who does nothing but just slopes around doing sod all apart from sleeping, eating and drinking and generally just “mooching” about.
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That’ll be the idle, feckless. dole-scrounging layabouts then?
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie]
That’ll be the idle, feckless. dole-scrounging layabouts then?
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Not neccessarily. You have to bear in mind that some people like yours truly are in their dotage, there are also the severly disabled who are unable to work.
I do get your drift tho’
Sal, out of interest, why did you apply for citizenship? Was there a logical rationale for you or was it just for fun?
I’ve been in the UK for many years with Indefinite Leave to Remain but have never seen a compelling reason to go for UK citizenship. The only tangible benefits I am aware of are the right to vote and the right to find work elsewhere in Europe. I haven’t been bothered enough about either of these things to apply.
[QUOTE=chowder]
there are also the severely disabled who are unable to work.
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By and large, outnumbered by aforementioned dole-scrounging layabouts! Next time I fancy six months off work, I shall look at the possibility of faking the symptoms of “stress”. It’s the latest thing to be off with, either that or a ‘bad back’.
Anyway, you might be in your dotage but at least your mind’s still sharp enough!
Of course I do realise that there are some idle bastards out there who have never worked a day in their lives and have no intention of ever doing so. These shiftless tossers I have no time for whatsoever and that, believe it or not, includes my own grandaughter.
She’s never done a stroke of work since leaving school,she is now 22.
Her father has disowned her because of her lazy ways and I’ve made it perfectly clear to her that her name in my will is conspicious by its absence and will remain so until she shifts her arse and makes a contribution to society instead of sponging off it.
She hasn’t yet realised that she’ll need me long before I need her.
Thanks for the compliment…I think I love you
[QUOTE=chowder]
Thanks for the compliment…I think I love you
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You mean it’s more than just my chest you’re after?
Just a quick question- and I may be totally wrong here. My daughter could only get a two year working visa for the UK. Fair enough- we are Australians. Although my grandfather was English- it was too far removed for her- although she said (I think) I could work there. Not that I want to- I enjoy retirement too much. So, my English background (such as it is) means nothing?
[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
If you let me be a mooch, I’ll have you over for a visit and you can watch my 9 year old play football (soccer) and my daughter play field hockey(best if you google that-too long to explain). I like amateur sports better.
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No need. “Field” hockey is the root form of the game and the one we generally play over here - it doesn’t have the mass appeal of footie, cricket or even rugby but it’s not that rare, being a traditional girls’ school sport since forever. If you take it to the rink we call it “Ice” hockey - the field version doesn’t need a qualifier.
So, chowder, you gonna set eleanorigby up in a nice little pied-a-terre or not? 
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie]
You mean it’s more than just my chest you’re after?
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Now then ::pponders awhile:: absolutely not,what sort of sugar daddy do you take me for?
Depends what’s in your chest anyways
send pics, my e-mail is in my profile
[QUOTE=Malacandra]
No need. “Field” hockey is the root form of the game and the one we generally play over here - it doesn’t have the mass appeal of footie, cricket or even rugby but it’s not that rare, being a traditional girls’ school sport since forever. If you take it to the rink we call it “Ice” hockey - the field version doesn’t need a qualifier.
So, chowder, you gonna set eleanorigby up in a nice little pied-a-terre or not?
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I can only hope and pray
I couldn’t possibly send pics, chowder, I’m far too concerned about what they’d do to your blood pressure. You wouldn’t like to end up in the clutches of the NHS, would you? Especially not with their recent bunch of rather dodgy docs.
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie]
I couldn’t possibly send pics, chowder, I’m far too concerned about what they’d do to your blood pressure. You wouldn’t like to end up in the clutches of the NHS, would you? Especially not with their recent bunch of rather dodgy docs.
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Trust me I’ll chance it.
NHS?
Only the poor use that m’lovely
That’ll be why I need a sugar daddy, to cope with my medical bills in later life!
[QUOTE=NinjaChick]
No southern accent here; I’ve done everything I possibly can to train myself out of a godawful Philadelphia/South Jersey accent* into a neutral ‘I dunno, American?’ accent.
And in terms of visas, well…I’m not ruling anything out, and let’s leave it at that.
*In which the plural of you is not y’all, but youse. You drink wooder, not water. And even after three years away from the region, it’s still a good day if I keep myself from using “yo”.
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Would that be the Kensington “yo” or the South Philly “yo” or the 54th & Walnut “yo” or the more gutteral and ear-insulting Pensauken “yo” ? Having grown up in West Mt. Airy then Cheltenham I’ve been told I have no accent at all. What a pity…
I fear that next to memorizing various and sundry culturual and historical bits so that he can fit in, our dear O.P.'er has a much more complication and potentially life-threatening issue to deal with.
His new citizenship status allows him to drive neither on the left-side nor the right-side. He’ll be one of those rare “double-yellow” drivers who plow down the middle of the roadway, cursing at ALL of the rest of us.
And, upon Edit, Get a room you two !! The rest of us are jealous.
Cartooniverse
I can’t believe not a soul has mentioned The Last Night of the Proms and Land of Hope and Glory.
Look for the clip on YouTube, it’ll make your chest swell with pride.
Heh I said chest