Good idea. Most of the portions seem to be enough for two. Some English pubs seem to be making larger servings now too. This is in contrast to some of the fancy restaurants where you need a magnifying glass to find your food.
Steve.
According to Inspector Lewis and Sgt. Hathaway, there is one murder in Oxford each week during the new series airing on TV. Wonder what those students are up to? In the US, before time zones, travellers used to set their watches based on the conductors announcements, as they moved east or west.
Consider bonnet and hood. A bonnet is removable and a hood is attached. So, which is the best definition for a car?
PE
Then why let kids in the USA drive at ages like 15? In the UK it's 17 and they are bad enough then.
Does not really matter how words are spelt or which ones are used if the accent is strong
It is most unfortunate that the killing occurs in Oxford
In NY (and PA when I lived there), you could only get a permit at 16, not 15. The permit allowed you to drive only when the sun was up. If the lights had to be on, it was illegal for you to drive. Exceptions were between home and work and back.
There were other restrictions over the years such as how many people could be in the car with a teen with a permit.
These have changed several times over the years, but they remain pretty strict here in NY.
PE
In NY, when driving on a permit a licensed adult driver must be in the passenger seat.
Spelled (sorry, couldn't help it).
Not just Oxford. It seems a murder also occurs wherever Jessica Fletcher goes.
Steve.
Here you can get a provisional licence at 17 and need a licenced driver over 21 in the passenger seat. You can however pass your test and get a full licence at 17. There have been a few cases of people passing their driving test on their 17th birthday!
In the UK, once you pass your test, you are licenced until you are 70 and usually you can re-apply by post. For many years I have thought this is wrong and I think we should have to re-apply every five years with random practical tests on application. I know you have to re-apply on a regular basis in the US. What is the system there?
Steve.
I know you have to re-apply on a regular basis in the US. What is the system there?
Driving at night without my glasses I would be lethal.
Varies by state. In California license is granted for 5 years. If driving record is clean we get 2 opportunities to renew without testing (written or practical) by mail/internet. After that they update photo, test vision, and might issue the written test.
It all changes at 70, though. Then they have a lot more discretion to issue practical test, impose driving restrictions (daytime only and no freeway driving, primarily)... as well as reduce the license duration to as short as 1 year.
There was a news item just last night about a 100 year old guy who was in an accident, and had a valid drivers license. He drove onto a sidewalk and into a bus stop full of kids. Fortunately nobody seriously injured. The interviews were interesting, though -- it isn't obvious that he had the mental capacity left to properly operate a motor vehicle. I've seen this before... where the state issues driver license to elderly who may not be capable but "somehow" pass the test. I know it preserves their dignity to still have the privelege, but at some point they need to be encouraged/forced to find alternative transportation.
When I lived in LA or shortly afterward some old guy rammed into the Santa Monica farmers market killing some and injuring a bunch of people. Recently in Santa Rosa there is some 84 year old guy who has a hard-on for people on bicycles and has run down a couple. Last week he chased a guy on a bicycle onto a gold course and ran him down. It must be those funny shorts he can't stand.
I'm not familiar with East Enders or Coronation Street, but my wife and I love Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances. As for reality TV here, it's a waste of time. I have my own reality which serves, thank you.Are you kidding. Those people are like aristocracy compared to the idiots that are on American reality TV.
...i'm use to etric for fine metal work an imperial for paper or wood. both work wel within their own world. That's all that matters.
That's right, get rid of the TV and shoot more film.So you have a better excuse than most not to watch...
Phhhfff! So would the rest of us.Yes, but I would like to move on to understanding gun laws in the USA.
I'm not familiar with East Enders ...
That's right, get rid of the TV and shoot more film.
Steve
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