American tourist's list of observations about small-town Britain

[NickStone]

Oh this made me laugh.

http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl..._campaign=i100

[Feathers McGraw]

This one is very true:

Pubs are not bars, they are community living rooms.

You can often tell how tightly knit a community is by how busy the pubs are. Small village with three pubs doing good trade? It's going to be a nice place to live.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Nice list!

[wartnose]

Oh this made me laugh.

http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl..._campaign=i100

That is hilarious!

[SecretCode]

Brilliant

[charles052]

That's why I love living in America. Lot's of room on the roads, big fridge, modern electricity, and if I'm hungry, I can grab one of my many guns, walk onto my huge backyard, and shoot something for dinner.

[Feathers McGraw]

and if I'm hungry, I can grab one of my many guns, walk onto my huge backyard, and shoot something for dinner.

I really can't tell if you're being serious or not

[GreyGeek]

Modern Electricity? What do you think we have over here, electricity from the 19th century?
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Modern electricty: that which is from renewable resources, not carbon or nuclear. It has been estimated that within 15 years over 30% will be from, in the US, Solar power farms. (See Solar Power Tower II)

Get dinner from the back yard with a firearm? (And bow and pole) No joke.
My back door was 350 meters of farm and woodlands next to the Platte River. I frequently took a shotgun and three shells and come back with three pheasants, or a rifle to get a deer, or a pole to get a string of Bass. And that was in central Nebraska. In most of the west, south east, Texas and Alaska I suspect it will be a lot easier. I.e., right from the back porch.

Your news media has a slanted agenda. There is no "war" on Black people here There are 750,000 law officers in the US and only about 500 are involved in deaths while in police custody. Of those roughly 60% are Black and most of the remaining are White. The large majority of Black homicdes are at the hands of other Blacks. Ditto for Whites. The FBI has the data.
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc...#disablemobile

[vinnywright]

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WTF ,,,,,,how did you descend to cannibalism .

nothing wrong with adding a deer or turkey or pheasant to the freezer ?

VINNY

[claydoh]

WTF ,,,,,,how did you descend to cannibalism .

nothing wrong with adding a deer or turkey or pheasant to the freezer ?

VINNY

Or squirrel. They have those in the UK too, I hear.

(May be NSFW for some)

[Feathers McGraw]

Why eat squirrels when you can teach them to waterski and make millions?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2xxKwesCKJk

[GreyGeek]

I remember the first time I ate squirrel. I was around 12 or so. I shot it with my 5mm air rifle.
I gutted it, skinned it and put it on a spit over an open camp fire. I rotated the spit for 30 or so minutes.
I had no real clue about how to cook game but when I thought it was cooked I carved off a piece and began chewing on it.
It tasted like leather and chewed like leather. Was it tough. I should have eaten the spit and thrown the squirrel out.
That was the last time I ate squirrel.
If I had to I'd eat it again, but I'd use oils and spices and cook it wrapped in aluminum foil to retain the moisture.
I've learned a lot about cooking since I started taking care of my wife eleven months ago.