Eb in England (was general HP questions)

[hamster8 at hotmail.com]

And who, might I ask before we proceed further, is General H.P. 
Questions?  That's something for you guys to do, find that out for me.

On the countryside;

"And the funniest thing is, the countryside actually LOOKS like the 
storybooks!  :-)"

One could indeed be forgiven for assuming the principle industry in 
the UK is the manufacture of vast quantities of chlorophyll.

On tourists;
 
"LOL!  Yeah, it's tourist syndrome.  I'm sure if I were British and 
lived anywhere near one of these tourist traps, I'd either go on 
holiday or retreat into a cubbyhole until September."

*Al nods sagely ... lives five minutes walk from Hampton Court 
Palace* ... now, I have nothing against our fine touristy friends 
from the States and Japan, but sometimes I would like to be able to 
get out of my house.

On plugs;

"None of them fit."

I think that might be in response to a bit of ill conceived advice I 
may have given you on the HP_London list, or in chat ... but I can't 
remember, so I'm admitting nothing!

Cup of tea?

"Wow--I take mine with both milk and sugar, how do I say that?  LOL!"

Yeeeuch!  Sugar in tea is the Devil's work!  Get ye behind me *vbeg*  

"... and saw this huge electric teakettle sitting in the middle of a 
tea-tray with all the trimmings.  It's sweltering, there's no air 
conditioning anywhere, and yet it was important for me to have a 
TEAKETTLE?"

Well, we're a people who know how to get out priorities right.  So 
sue us!

On the washing up;

"There are four kinds of detergent-- "biological", "non-
biological", "performance", and "colour".  Two kinds of bleach, thick 
and something else... I think it's thin, but I can't remember now.  
No fabric softener sheets.  No liquid detergent, whereas at home a 
slight majority of washing soap's liquid."

I just buy Persil tablets, bung it all in and hope for the best.  
Have had no disasters *yet*

Looking forward greatly to Sunday.
Hasta la vista!
Al