The Brits

Regarding the Russian rye, I don't see name in my area. I believe it is what we call Jewish rye here in the southern New England/New York City area. You can get with with or without caraway seeds. I love the seeds.

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I've found some Russian ..looked online at one of our supermarkets (waitrose Annie)..and they have it..and best of all it's wheat and yeast free...and I can have it with corriander instead of Carraway seeds, so I'll get some next time I'm shopping.
 
Gee with all this Hail Britannia sentiment flowing you wounder why we ever fought the Revolutionary War. I know....so we could drive of the right hand side of the road....doesn't it say something about that in the Declaration of Independence?
 

Well, let's see... according to statistics, most Americans are descendants of Europe. My ancestry is German-Dutch and my son's family (on his father's side) are Welsh.

Just sayin.
 
oakapple said:
When you want a bacon sarnie, try using the part baked baguette type bread from the supermarket,it only needs five mins in the oven, while you are cooking the bacon, then it will be ready to eat, gorgeous!
I love cucumber sandwiches, you peel the cucumber and slice thinly and use any bread you prefer , but it needs salt, it makes all the difference.
I must be the only British poster here not to have had tea at the Ritz!
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I haven't had tea in the Ritz. Back in 2006 when my niece went I think it was £40 each. No thanks!

We don't often have bacon rolls at home, just when out. But our bakery makes lovely rolls!
 
hollydolly said:
I've found some Russian ..looked online at one of our supermarkets (waitrose Annie)..and they have it..and best of all it's wheat and yeast free...and I can have it with corriander instead of Carraway seeds, so I'll get some next time I'm shopping.
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I'm stuck here. Only Morrison's. Even when we go into Glasgow I don't remember seeing any Waitrose.
 
LindaE said:
Well, let's see... according to statistics, most Americans are descendants of Europe. My ancestry is German-Dutch and my son's family (on his father's side) are Welsh.

Just sayin.
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I'm Irish, Welsh, Scottish, English and a wee bit German.
 
hollydolly said:
Annie there's a waitrose at Byres Road, ...there's another in Newton Mearns.. and one in Milngavie....probably easier and much less hassle to make you own..
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We always take bus or train into city centre, so we aren't flexible. I'll find a recipe for it for my machine.

Train is cheap, bus is free, and we have to take a ferry which is only free without the car. Plus parking in city centre!
 
If you really wanted to of course you can just get the underground from the City centre to Byres Road ...or the bus..not far.......but as you say...much more simple to make your own.. :)
 
Ameriscot said:
I get really annoyed when I go back to the US and drive. They may have roundabouts now, which they didn't when I lived there, but they aren't the same. And those 4 way stop signs! Traffic just flows more smoothly here. Plus you can flip the finger at another driver who screws up and not worry about him shooting you! :rolleyes:
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Oh yes, British road engineers love their roundabouts, almost to obsession. I used to use this one, the Magic Roundabout in Swindon, regularly. So notorious it has its own entry in Wiki (worth a look for road nuts)

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Can you imagine that between 5 and 6 on a workday?

Not many other countries seem to have them. I've seen one or two on the mainland, and I suppose the Peripherique counts as one in its own way, but give me the logic of traffic lights any day!
 
hollydolly said:
If you really wanted to of course you can just get the underground from the City centre to Byres Road ...or the bus..not far.......but as you say...much more simple to make your own.. :)
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Byres road sounds familiar. We went to a wedding via or on that road.
 
Laurie we have a similar r/a to that in Hemel Hempstead centre ...much harder to negotiate than the swindon one in my opinion...here's a video showing just one side of it, and remember there are mini r/a's on the roundabout all the way around..I was there just 2 weeks ago...have negotiated that roundabout dozens of times over the years..never had a problem, it's easy as long as you obey the give way to the right..rules of the road!!



However if you want a scary roundabout...then they don't come more scary than this one with no road markings at all at the Arc de triomphe Paris...

 
Laurie said:
Oh yes, British road engineers love their roundabouts, almost to obsession. I used to use this one, the Magic Roundabout in Swindon, regularly. So notorious it has its own entry in Wiki (worth a look for road nuts)

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Can you imagine that between 5 and 6 on a workday?

Not many other countries seem to have them. I've seen one or two on the mainland, and I suppose the Peripherique counts as one in its own way, but give me the logic of traffic lights any day!
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I wouldn't like to drive on that set of roundabouts, but I find them more efficient than stoplights. The US is getting lots of roundabouts but the rules are simpler I think. Mentioned to nephew about being able to turn from lanes other than the outside one and he thought that would be confusing.

http://www.2pass.co.uk/roundabout.htm#.VcXQlvlVikp
 
Spain has r/a's only difference to here of course is that we have to drive around them the opposite way...that's confusing until you get used to it...I lived in Spain for many years and each time I came back to the Uk on a visit I would start to negotiate one of our r/a's on the wrong side of the road...even now when i go out to Spain the first day driving there there will almost always be one r/a where I start to go around the opposite way..and hubs will be shouting...We're in Spain...!!!!! :playful: other than that I have to be honest and say once I got used to driving on the right in europe, I always found it to be more intuitive than driving on the left as we do in the UK...
 
hollydolly said:
Spain has r/a's only difference to here of course is that we have to drive around them the opposite way...that's confusing until you get used to it...I lived in Spain for man years and each time I came back to the Uk on a visit I would start to negotiate one of our r/a's on the wrong side of the road...even now when i go out to Spain the first day driving there there will almost always be one r/a where I start to go around the opposite way..and hubs will be shouting...We're in Spain...!!!!! :playful: other than that I have to be honest and say once I got used to driving on the right in europe, I always found it to be more intuitive than driving on the left as we do in the UK...
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I learned to drive on roundabouts in the UK, so I'm sure I'd go the wrong way if I was in a country where you drive on the right. Hubby said he's driven the wrong way on a roundabout in France.
 
I've driven all over Europe, including most of the Greek Islands , and I've almost done it in every country that drives on the opposite side...



here's a list of countries who drive on the left like us...

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua
New Guinea
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts and Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
 
Ameriscot said:
I'm Irish, Welsh, Scottish, English and a wee bit German.
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See? ;)

Laurie said:
Oh yes, British road engineers love their roundabouts, almost to obsession. I used to use this one, the Magic Roundabout in Swindon, regularly. So notorious it has its own entry in Wiki (worth a look for road nuts)

290px-Magic_Roundabout_Schild_db.jpg



Can you imagine that between 5 and 6 on a workday?

Not many other countries seem to have them. I've seen one or two on the mainland, and I suppose the Peripherique counts as one in its own way, but give me the logic of traffic lights any day!
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I DESPISE roudabouts. If there's an alternate route to go around them, I take it. I don't care how far out of my way it takes me. It's become a new 'obsession' or 'fad' here and it makes me fume.
 
LindaE said:
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I DESPISE roudabouts. If there's an alternate route to go around them, I take it. I don't care how far out of my way it takes me. It's become a new 'obsession' or 'fad' here and it makes me fume.
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You've never be able to drive in Europe, Africa and many other places.
 
hollydolly said:
I've driven all over Europe, including most of the Greek Islands , and I've almost done it in every country that drives on the opposite side...



here's a list of countries who drive on the left like us...

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua
New Guinea
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts and Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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First time I drove on the left was Ireland and I had no idea about the rules on roundabouts. Managed not to get in any accidents. I've driven in Thailand which is also the left. Uganda is left but I refused to drive there. And wasn't asked to do any of the driving in South Africa or Australia.
 
Ameriscot said:
I'm afraid you'll have to learn to deal with them. My family and friends tell me they are popping up everywhere.
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Yes, they are. There's ONE that I've got the hang of. But then there's this other one that's closer to my home and it is HORRIBLE. I don't know who designed that stupid thing, but I took one that had a left arrow, going in the direction I was driving, and I ended up in oncoming traffic. Scared the poop out of me.
 

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