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  • Richt
    • Jan 08, 2004
    • 14844
    #1

    Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

    I have just written a reply to a message and I found myself typing "sidewalk"!. Thats a word that means nothing in England, but automatically used it here!

    Thanks Dr Atkins!!!!! LOL, I am losing my nationality.........
    sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

    It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




    I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!
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    • Lady_Hawke
      ADBB Admiral
      • May 02, 2004
      • 5053
      #2
      Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

      whats a sidewalk called in England?


      Lady Hawke

      Attitude Changes Everything.
      Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time.
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        • Richt
          • Jan 08, 2004
          • 14844
          #3
          Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

          Pavement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

          It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




          I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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            • higgies
              Moderator Emeritus
              • Jul 28, 2004
              • 3387
              #4
              Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

              Bur Rich....everything is pavement...the road, the sidewalk, a parking lot, a driveway, etc. How do you differentiate?
              Higgies
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                • Richt
                  • Jan 08, 2004
                  • 14844
                  #5
                  Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                  I'm confused now and think I need to go and have a lie down!

                  the road is the road,
                  a parking lot is a car park
                  a drive way is a driveway.

                  I want to go now...lol
                  sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

                  It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




                  I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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                    • higgies
                      Moderator Emeritus
                      • Jul 28, 2004
                      • 3387
                      #6
                      Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                      Yeah, I'm just givin ya a hard time...you must love that a parkway is a drive way and a driveway is a car park...
                      Higgies
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                      (Wish I still looked that good! LOL!)
                      33 y/o - Male
                      1st go around Started: 7/29/2004, Made Goal: 03/17/2005 HW: 286 / GW: 195 / Went off Atkins June, 2008
                      2nd Go Around: Started 1/4/2010 SW: 239/ CW: 233/ GW: 220

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                        • Dash Riprock
                          Not active
                          • Nov 14, 2005
                          • 110
                          #7
                          Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                          What do you call a quarter pounder with cheese over there

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                            • Richt
                              • Jan 08, 2004
                              • 14844
                              #8
                              Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                              We don't all have the metric system so we call it a quarter pounder with cheese.

                              We can't however walk into a movie theatre and order a beer. not in a paper cup or anything. But we do have fries with mayonaisse quite a bit, but we dont drown 'em in that sh**
                              sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

                              It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




                              I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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                                • higgies
                                  Moderator Emeritus
                                  • Jul 28, 2004
                                  • 3387
                                  #9
                                  Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                  Beer in a movie theater? I wish!

                                  I love Fries w/mayo!
                                  Higgies
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                                  (Wish I still looked that good! LOL!)
                                  33 y/o - Male
                                  1st go around Started: 7/29/2004, Made Goal: 03/17/2005 HW: 286 / GW: 195 / Went off Atkins June, 2008
                                  2nd Go Around: Started 1/4/2010 SW: 239/ CW: 233/ GW: 220

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                                    • sadie147
                                      Moderator
                                      • Jun 14, 2004
                                      • 6131
                                      #10
                                      Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                      Technically I guess a quarter pounder should be a .113398093 kilogramer


                                      You don't call a sidewalk a sidewalk? that's quite bizzare!
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                                        • Richt
                                          • Jan 08, 2004
                                          • 14844
                                          #11
                                          Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                          Paul did you not pick up on my quote from Pulp Fiction there?

                                          I was assuming that was what Dash Riprock was referring to.


                                          Originally posted by higgies
                                          Beer in a movie theater? I wish!

                                          I love Fries w/mayo!
                                          sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

                                          It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




                                          I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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                                            • julirama723
                                              • Sep 19, 2006
                                              • 12794
                                              #12
                                              Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                              A quarter pounder (in france anyway) is a royale with cheese...didn't ya see Pulp Fiction?!?!? )

                                              I think it's funny that the trunk is the boot, and a truck is a lorry and a bathroom, a loo. English versions are much cuter than American ones--ours are very brash and plain.
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                                                • Richt
                                                  • Jan 08, 2004
                                                  • 14844
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                                  Originally posted by julirama723
                                                  A quarter pounder (in france anyway) is a royale with cheese...didn't ya see Pulp Fiction?!?!? )

                                                  .
                                                  Yes I did see Pulp Fiction, its my favourite film of all time. Which is why I said that "in England we do not just run on the metric system, so we call it a quarter pound with cheese"
                                                  sigpic260/215/180 Male - 36 y/o

                                                  It never ceases to amaze me of how easy and how effective this ***diet*** is!!




                                                  I have since re-gained a bit of weight, but that is soon to be coming off again!

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                                                    • Outback Jess
                                                      Moderator
                                                      • Aug 01, 2006
                                                      • 6951
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                                      How about those Aussies, the bathroom is a dunny! the parking lot is a "car park"...
                                                      In Pittsburgh PA, to clean up a room, you say, "I need to read up a room" and He in READ a good book last night... Gum bands are rubber bands, in pitts. too...and a closet up there is a "Clothes Press"...
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                                                        • Dash Riprock
                                                          Not active
                                                          • Nov 14, 2005
                                                          • 110
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Its official, I am turning into an American!!!

                                                          They would never let us Americans have a beer in the movies cause we need both hands to hold our guns.


                                                          And if we spilt it the bubbles would tickle our toes.

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