starlight32 Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Yes you can go to states like Delaware, Florida & Alaska, where you dont pay an income tax, and other certain taxes, and tax breaks.. If you lose you license in one state you cant drive in another.. I Killed a water mocassin last weekend in my back yard.. Thought nothing of it, and snakes are everywhere.. And never shoot an intruder in the back, and never shoot them more than twice A water moccasin is a snake I take it? Are they dangerous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shot shot Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Yup....62F and raining all day. I like it. Call me odd but I like cool, gray days. It's the Irish in you shining through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 A water moccasin is a snake I take it? Are they dangerous? Yes, but there fangs are not like that of rattle snakes. The water moccasin has to work harder to break the skin as his fangs are smaller.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 bud, you are confusing fangs with thongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 (edited) Yes, but there fangs are not like that of rattle snakes. The water moccasin has to work harder to break the skin as his fangs are smaller.. so what he lacks in size he makes up for with effort? :good: Edited June 5, 2009 by babbyc1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 (edited) Do Americans leave home for work before 5.00 every morning? Do Americans only take two weeks holiday a year? Are these the reasons why the American economy is/was/can be so strong? Do Americans refer to all people as 'guys'? I hate the expression! Do Americans work harder than we do? If so, why are there so many fat Americans? Does every American house have the country's flag on a pole on the front lawn? Do all Americans think that the gypsies in England are decended from native Americans? Do Americans realise that the reason that some of our roads and streets are so narrow is because they were roads and streets 1000 years before Europeans discovered America? Are all New York cops Irish? Do American cops have more family problems than other people? Edited June 5, 2009 by rjimmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniwizard Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 this tread is cracking me up, and I live in the fruitiest state in the union, have fun Stephen you need to get your roads fixed out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 you can tell who has visited America, and who has not. All this "Americans are ****" attitude is from folk who cant spell passport. I don't want any passport that's got the Euro stars on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXX73 Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Yes you can go to states like Delaware, Florida & Alaska, where you dont pay an income tax, and other certain taxes, and tax breaks.. If you lose you license in one state you cant drive in another.. I Killed a water mocassin last weekend in my back yard.. Thought nothing of it, and snakes are everywhere.. And never shoot an intruder in the back, and never shoot them more than twice So a double tap to the sternum is ok, just don't finish it off with one to the napper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 A couple of posts have been removed. This has been a good thread, keep it that way, or it goes straight into the Playpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOOTEMUP Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Dont You have Camera phones over there yet??? :blink: Or are they a new invention over there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shot shot Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I don't want any passport that's got the Euro stars on it. my passport is only 8 months old (which, coincidentaly was got to get me into america) and its got the normal royal coat of arms on the front. It does say "european union" at the top on the front, and again on the first page, but its hardly anything to get your whiskers ablaze about :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Do Americans leave home for work before 5.00 every morning? Yup, I do Do Americans only take two weeks holiday a year? Nope, i get about three weeks not including schedulled holidays & sick time. Are these the reasons why the American economy is/was/can be so strong? Possibly Do Americans refer to all people as 'guys'? I hate the expression! Not me guy :blink: Do Americans work harder than we do? :( If so, why are there so many fat Americans? Too many hours at the office and poor choice i diet.. Does every American house have the country's flag on a pole on the front lawn? I dont, but do fly one off my porch at times Do all Americans think that the gypsies in England are decended from native Americans? ****** are from Romania Do Americans realise that the reason that some of our roads and streets are so narrow is because they were roads and streets 1000 years before Europeans discovered America? I do Are all New York cops Irish? For the most part Do American cops have more family problems than other people? Yes, due to the heavy work load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Dont You have Camera phones over there yet??? Or are they a new invention over there? We have phones that shoot :blink: Mine is a 'Blackberry' in a .45 ACP with a three round clip.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaseone Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 We have phones that shoot :blink: Mine is a 'Blackberry' in a .45 ACP with a three round clip.. Lee Now you are having a laugh if ya press the wrong number does it go bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 LeeNow you are having a laugh if ya press the wrong number does it go bang No, its used like you normally would the camera :blink: Say cheez you son of a goat herder! BANG!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmooney Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Do Americans leave home for work before 5.00 every morning? Not really. Depends on your job. I wake up at 5 but leave at 6:15. Most folks seem to start work between 7-9 unless you work someplace that has strange shifts. Do Americans only take two weeks holiday a year? It depends on your employer. My wife only had 2 weeks vacation for the first 5 year she was at her job. Next year she'll be there 10 years so she'll get 4 weeks. I get 30 days a year plus 12 days sick time. Most people here use their time off piecemeal and only every few years take a true holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmooney Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Are these the reasons why the American economy is/was/can be so strong? Not necessarily, the thing that really strengthened it IMHO was after WWII people just had more money so there was more money being spent which created jobs and the need for more industry. We are a very consumer based economy. As long as people are spending money things are great but when prices start to go up on things like food and petrol, people don't spend as much money and the system starts to fail. Top that with the fact that most of the manufacturing is no longer done in the US and foreign goods have surpassed American in quality for some time now in certain sectors and you have a drop in the economy. One of the big things this time around is that the majority of the spending in the past 20 years that kept the consumer economy flowing was based on credit not cash in hand. Once things started to slow people stopped paying the credit companies and all of a sudden the credit companies are sinking fast so it becomes harder to get credit so the spending not only stopped but the spender's credit accounts went into default. The biggest portion of the economy affected by this has been the housing market. Housing prices are high but at the same time there are many places where 40% of the homes are in foreclosure. Do Americans refer to all people as 'guys'? I hate the expression! Depends on where you are. Where I live yes. Where Lee lives the more common expression is "ya'll" Do Americans work harder than we do?If so, why are there so many fat Americans? Probably not. Many work hard but I believe you folks work longer hours. Our average workday is 8 hours. The fat and working hard have nothing to do with each other. I sit at a desk in front of a computer all day. On the days I work the hardest I don't get any more exercise that the days I do nothing. My job is 95% brain power. Does every American house have the country's flag on a pole on the front lawn? Many do, I do. The number is dwindling. After 9/11 everyone flew a flag but as time passes and memories fade the flags come down. I flew one long before 9/11 and fly it every chance I get. Do all Americans think that the gypsies in England are decended from native Americans? Most people over here have never heard of gypsies as you know them. The common perception of them here is that they are some kind of traveling circus performers from some mysterious small eastern European nation. Truthfully I was suprised when I found that a lot of them are Irish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmooney Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Do Americans realise that the reason that some of our roads and streets are so narrow is because they were roads and streets 1000 years before Europeans discovered America? Not really. There are still places here where there are narrow roads and bridges because when they were laid, horse and buggy was the prefered mode of travel. If you think most Americans are ignorant of geography, ask them some history questions, the results are usually worse. Are all New York cops Irish? A good number of them. It's more diverse these day though. Do American cops have more family problems than other people? Not necessarily. It's just the media seems to latch on to when it happens to cops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Some horse-drawn travellers stay with me a couple of times year. Once, on the roadside, somewhere between Cornwall and Stow-on-the-Wold, an American chap got talking to the husband(he's ex army and married a gypsy girl). "Say! Is she Appache?" Asks the American. "She might be." comes the reply. "Gee! I didn't know they got this far." says the American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeinVA Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Some horse-drawn travellers stay with me a couple of times year. Once, on the roadside, somewhere between Cornwall and Stow-on-the-Wold, an American chap got talking to the husband(he's ex army and married a gypsy girl). "Say! Is she Appache?" Asks the American. "She might be." comes the reply. "Gee! I didn't know they got this far." says the American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 And why do the drive though cash machines have braile keys? Im sure if you drove there you can see the keys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 (edited) . Edited September 22, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Why do our colonial cousins constantly, and willfully, spell words such as "colour", "harbour", "mum" etc. incorrectly? (Sorry if its been asked before. This thread is now assuming epic proportions.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Why do our colonial cousins constantly, and willfully, spell words such as "colour", "harbour", "mum" etc. incorrectly? (Sorry if its been asked before. This thread is now assuming epic proportions.) Because that is the way the American version of English is spelled. It was a deliberate decision made by Noah Webster (he of Webster's Dictionary fame) to make that change, he was really very keen on distancing the US from England. Before the advent of print and dictionaries there was very little standardisation on spelling on either side of the pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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